A/N Owning Nothing, Bonus Chapter for the 300 hit mark. Yay
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I was in a wasteland. There was only barren desert around me. Through the haze I thought I saw something. I stumbled forward until I reached a wall. I saw some things that looked liked tiny people flying around. I walked towards the door and pushed against it. It opened and I walked inside. I began walking down a long hall for I don't know how long. I sat down to think for a minute. My mind was cloudy; I knew I was dreaming but I was so confused. I heard a small voice, "'allo."
I tried to clear my vision and looked straight forward. I saw a little worm coming out of a little hole in the wall. "Hello. Do you know how to get to the castle?" I had no clue what I talking about or why I expected an answer from a worm, but this was a dream and I just went with what felt natural.
"Sure just go through that opening there." I loved the little worm's accent. It made me smile. I looked at the wall. I didn't see an opening. Maybe I would morph through it or something. So I tentatively reach my hand out and it kept going further than it should have. It was an illusion. There was an opening. I called out a thank you and went through.
I walked for a long time along the path. I was surprised at my lack of choices to make. Then I started to hear a strange beeping noise. It was getting louder and more annoying. I looked at the wall to see flashing red lights that said 9:00. It was time to get up.
I sat straight up in my bed. I didn't get much sleep and the sleep I did get was full of dreams of me walking. I took a hot shower and slowly got myself ready for work. I got to work late and so did Valerie. We hustled to get the place ready for lunch. As soon as the lunch hour ended, I went to Jareth's office. I hadn't seen him yet today and I wanted to know if he really had a good time. I opened his office door to find it empty. I asked Valerie if she had seen him, but she was so busy she didn't really notice. I checked the kitchen and he wasn't in there either. I smiled to myself. I would so use this against him. I was able to come into work the next day, but the workaholic couldn't.
My shift was just about over when Jareth finally showed his face. I hoped that he didn't feel like he absolutely had to come in everyday. Everyone there knew the routine and I am sure someone had his cell phone number in case of an emergency. Did Jareth have a cell phone? I thought about it more. I did not notice a phone in his home so he must have one.
I ran over to him, "What's your cell phone number?" I pulled out my phone and got ready to add it to my phonebook. "I was thinking that I should have it for the next time you decide to take the morning to sleep in."
Jareth stared at me for a bit, "I didn't take the morning off. I had to check in at my newly acquired store. I do not own a cell phone. Now go back to work." Jareth went straight into his office and closed the blinds.
I almost cried at the way he spoke to me. I relaxed and took a breath. If he was out all morning he was probably just exhausted and needed some time to rest. I took him some dinner and didn't say anything before I left for the day. As I was leaving with Valerie I thought of something. Valerie still had Jareth's credit card. He told her that she was in charge of any shopping he needed done so she might as well keep it. Valerie was thrilled and didn't argue. I told her about Jareth's lack of any kind of phone and she understood immediately. We went straight to a store and started looking.
We told the sales woman that we needed a phone that Jareth could check his email on, one that had a bunch of fun things he could do, and relatively small. We were trying to take into account the clothes he wears and wondered where he could fit it. We had to go to another store, because we didn't see anything that would work. When it was obvious we were not interested in anything she had, she suggested we try an I-phone. We ended up getting him that. I bought some purple metallic wrapping paper and a purple and gold bow and was going to give it to him the next day.
I flipped through the channels that night thinking about nothing in particular, waiting for it to be an appropriate time to crawl into bed. I was wondering what store Jareth went to. It suddenly hit me. I really must be stupid. He was at the store he bought from Sarah. I called Jareth's financial advisor. Why did I have that number but never realized I didn't have one for Jareth? I told him that I was making up a spreadsheet for him and I needed the name of the store. I got the name and looked it up in the phonebook. It was called Fairy Books. It was a bookstore about an hour and a half away. It was too late for me to go now, but I did have Sunday off. I would head out there and see it and then drive back to give Jareth the phone.
I decided I wanted to go to sleep even if it was early. I went right back into the dream I had the night before. I was back on the path and continued walking. I was a bit more prepared with what I was doing, but my mind was still clouded over. Finally there was a fork in the road. I didn't know which way to choose. I looked around hoping to find another little worm to help me out but there wasn't anyone. After what felt like another hour of stumbling along I was very lost. It was actually a maze now. I heard some voices and ran towards them.
I saw a small man spraying the something on the bushes. He was mumbling something to himself. I called out to him. He turned and stared at me for a long time.
"Hey, sir, do you know how I can get to the castle?" I said breathlessly.
"What are you doing here and why do you want to get to the castle?" He was looking at me amazed. I felt like I knew him from somewhere. Of course I did, I thought to myself. It is a dream and everyone I meet in here must represent someone I met in real life.
"If I get to the castle then the dreams will stop and I can actually have a restful sleep." It sounded right to me. Before he could direct me anywhere I heard the beeping sound again. That was fast, I thought. I opened my eyes and hit the alarm.