A/N Own Nothing

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I went into the restaurant with my list of things to do. Jareth promised he only gave me the essentials, but it looked like a ton of work for one little restaurant. Mark was surprised to see me in on a Sunday. I told him I was covering for Jareth and that made him looked more surprised. I laughed at him and headed into the office.

As soon as I started the first task which was to go through his emails, I started to feel like I was back in my administrative position. It was a piece of cake to get back into that routine, but it was also a lot harder because I began noticing that a lot of what Jareth had asked me to do had did not involve the Labyrinth. He wanted me to do some administrative work for all of his other businesses.

I sorted through his emails, answered the ones I could and kept the ones I couldn't for Jareth to look at later. I saw a pile of forms that Jareth needed filled out and got to work on those. Thankfully Jareth actually had that spreadsheet I told his financial advisor I was making so it made it a lot easier for me to copy what I needed. I couldn't help think of all the places Jareth owns and why he chose to use this one as his main office. Mark knocked on the door and brought me lunch and that made me giggle. That was probably the reason. Jareth didn't have to worry about lunch or dinner if he worked here.

By 5:00, my hand was in serious pain from all the typing and writing. Jareth had sent me a few text messages throughout the day, mostly asking about what the kids could and couldn't do. I sent him his answers and also reminders to take the cold medicine. I also sent him the phone number to Dave's room and asked him to let the kids call him. I was so glad when I finished Jareth's list. I stretched and walked out of the office. I looked around to see who was working that night when my eye hit someone sitting at a table waiting for me.

I wanted to hold my hand over my face and run out the door. It was my ex-husband. He waved at me and motioned for me to sit with him. I did and tried to be as nice as I could be. It was a good thing I was tired and not in the mood for an argument. I would save that for when I got home to Jareth. That thought made me smile; coming home to Jareth. I quickly banished it and concentrated on what Bill was trying to say to me.

"Felicia, I want you to come back home with me. I made a terrible mistake."

I sighed, "Is that code meaning that the house looks like shit and you need your laundry done?"

"No, of course not."

"Ok, so it means that you haven't paid any bills in god knows how long and you need me to get your life back on track. Oh wait, one more guess, you can't find another girl to have sex with you." So much for being nice.

Bill sat there glaring at me for a minute and then gave me a sad look. I think he was going to beg. "I love you Felicia. What I did was stupid. I would never leave you again."

I just shook my head. "It's too late. You left and I wasn't sad. That means something." I got up and walked out of the door. I was a bit shaken so I just stood in the parking lot for awhile thinking.

Someone grabbed my hand and spun me around. "It's that freak isn't it. He is trying to take you away from me," Bill yelled at me.

"Don't ever call him a freak. He is a better man then you will ever be."

Bill laughed, "Oh yeah, the Goblin King. He can't get his mind out of that stupid book."

I was getting really pissed. "Well I wish that the Goblin King would come here and kick your ass, right now!"

I heard thunder as Bill pull me in for a kiss saying, "I will never let you go." Once again I felt something pull at my wrist, taking me away from Bill's kiss. I heard a noise and next thing I knew Bill was on the ground. I looked up and saw Jareth standing there. He punched Bill right in the face and he was going in for another. It started raining, making everything really hard to see.

"Wait, wait, stop it." I tried to restrain Jareth but it wasn't doing any good. He got a few more punches in and I tried to get in the way to make him stop. I got in the way at the wrong time and I ended up taking the punch for him. Well, on the bright side, it made Jareth stop. Damn, I thought, how could he be so strong now and yet earlier he was so weak.

I looked back up at Jareth; he was almost the same as when I had left. Pale, red eyes, red noise and just looked crappy. He might have been a little bit better but I couldn't tell. I was having trouble seeing out of one eye.

Jareth picked me up and held me like a child. "Are you alright? You shouldn't have gotten in the way like that you silly girl." He walked over to the limo and tapped on the door. Jason and Carla got out and we all walked, well I was carried, back into the restaurant. Jareth ordered us all dinner and something for my eye. I assumed Bill left, but I honestly couldn't care much.

"Why were you here?" I asked Jareth. I was still trying to figure out how Jareth always seemed to arrive at the perfect times.

"To get the children some food and because you called me."

"I didn't call you."

Jareth looked at me and quoted my words about wishing that he would come and beat Bill up. I just looked at him in amazement. Either he was a stalker or he had perfect luck in timing.

Carla started chatting with me and I tried to listen to her, "Jareth told us that we would be coming here for dinner because he ruined lunch. He should have just asked me to heat it up. I know how to use the microwave." Jason started giggling at Jareth.

I was distracted now. "What did you do to the microwave? What did you do to lunch?"

Jareth gave Carla a very evil look which only made her laugh more, "You should have left instructions on how to use the device. It appears that I overestimated how long it would take the food to be heated."

I tried to hold in a giggle, "How have you never used a microwave before? I don't understand how you have never done almost anything before. How long did you put it in for?"

Jareth refused to answer me so Jason answered for him, "Jareth put the food in for ten minutes." Jason was smiling away. Both he and Carla thought that embarrassing Jareth was hilarious and I had to agree.

This time I could not hold back the laughter. "Ten minutes! Oh I will have to clean that mess up before the cleaning lady comes. That must be disgusting. An exploded lasagna all over the thing."

Jason started giggling even harder and soon Carla joined in. I looked at Jareth and he hid his face. "What? What did Jareth do?" I was afraid to ask but I really wanted to know what I had missed.

"Nothing," Jareth answered, but that only made the kids laugh harder.

Carla was only too happy to tell me, "Jareth threw the microwave out the front door and then zapped it. It is in a million pieces on the driveway now."

"Zapped it?" I was afraid to ask again. However, no one responded to that one. The kids couldn't stop laughing and Jareth wouldn't look at me. I decided it was funny to see Jareth embarrassed and I laughed as well and leaned on his shoulder. He flinched away and slowly came back and let me. "You are going to have to learn to control that temper."