A/N Own Nothing

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Once I remembered that I had to eat before taking the prenatal pills I felt much better. However, I was still always very tired. I even skipped a Friday outing. I spent the Friday before my first doctor's appointment in the bathroom most of the night. I felt like crap but nothing would come up. Jareth was actually really nice to me the whole time. He brought me water, soda and crackers but I noticed he kept his distance a bit.

That night I was in for an extra surprise when I climbed into bed. I was back to falling asleep at my normal hour and Jareth was coming to bed with me.

"What are you doing? Are you actually going to sleep next to me?"

Jareth smirked at me, "I sleep next to you every night. At least I do when you don't try to push me onto the floor. I think you gave me whatever you had because I am starting to get tired earlier."

"Oh so that makes you on track with normal human hours right?"

"I am not human." He tried to sound angry but it was hard to believe him when he was cuddling into me. We snuggled and fell asleep almost instantly.

I waited a long time to go back into the labyrinth. I hoped Sarah didn't call for Hoggle again on the same night. That would have been weird. "Hoggle!" I knew I wouldn't have to wait long for Hoggle to show up.

"Good thing you didn't call for Didymus. He and Valerie would have hated the interruption." Hoggle walked over towards me. "What's up? Jareth said you were too sick to come out tonight. You look fine now."

I smiled at him. "I am fine now. I wasn't earlier. Listen I need to talk to someone. Do you mind?"

Hoggle looked at me blankly for a minute, "Why do you want to talk to me? Wouldn't one of your friends be better?"

"Well, you are one of my friends. And you know Jareth pretty well, which makes this easier."

Hoggle smiled, "Friends? Alright, something about Jareth then? What do you want him to ask you to marry you or somethin'"

I laughed and found a place to sit down. "Maybe, but that's not why I am here now. I need a distraction for Jareth on Monday. I have to go out and I don't want him following me. I know he checks in on me on his crystal ball sometimes even though I asked him not to."

"Why do you need the distraction? You're not seeing that other guy; are you?"

It was nice to see Hoggle looking out for Jareth in his own way. "No, I am not seeing Bill. I need to see a doctor and I don't want Jareth to be worried or know about it."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Really sensitive stomach lately. So don't tell Jareth where I am and distract him somehow."

"That might be a little bit hard. I need his help to get aboveground."

I thought about that for a bit. "I can bring you aboveground. Can't I?"

"Yes, but you can't change the way I look. I don't think I would fit in the aboveground looking like me."

"Hmm, alright well let's try to think of something before Monday."

I left the labyrinth a little unhappy. I didn't know what kind of distraction I intended Hoggle to do to get Jareth to not pay attention to me. I also didn't know how to get Hoggle up to the aboveground in his human form without Jareth realizing what's going on.

Monday morning I had my idea. I called Valerie right away. She was very happy to help. I summoned Hoggle and Didymus to my mirror and told them what my plan was. Valerie was going to run into Jareth's office all upset about something that Didymus supposedly did on their date. She was going to make a big fuss until Jareth brought both of them in and hopefully she would get Jareth involved in the fight. It was brilliant and didn't require Valerie to know about who Didymus and Hoggle really were.

Jareth actually liked having Valerie around. I don't really know why. I didn't remember him ever being able to put up with any other employee besides me. He liked it better if they stayed away from him. I hoped Valerie wouldn't get fired, but I guessed that I could always pull some strings to get her job back if I needed to.

I got to my appointment and everything went by really quick. They did all their tests, confirmed I was pregnant and told me pretty much what Valerie already said. They scheduled another appointment for the next month and I was out the door. It wasn't until it was over that I realized that it was over. I didn't think I knew anymore than when I walked in, but they were able to find the heart beat. It was strange to think of and I went to the restaurant happy.

I was hoping to surprise Jareth and take him home. Valerie was still in there with Didymus and Hoggle when I walked into the office. Valerie was crying on Jareth's sleeve and Jareth was looked pissed off.

"What's going on?" I was hoping that three of them were still acting.

Jareth's glare didn't stop even as he looked up at me. I flinched and he looked back towards Valerie before he answered. "It seems that Valerie is unhappy with something about Didymus but I still am unable to figure out what. She has been screaming to me to bring Hoggle and him in and once they got here I couldn't understand a word. And to make it worse, she is crying on me!"

I giggled a bit. I couldn't help it. I turned my face serious and pulled Valerie up so she could hug me and took her to the employee room. Once there I told her everything about the appointment even though there wasn't much to tell. We left the room and Valerie started working again. Jareth looked relieved that I was able to sort it out. It looked like there was something else wrong with him too but I wasn't sure what exactly. I had never seen him look so tired except when he was sick. I prayed it wasn't that again.