If only you knew I'm hanging by a thread, the web I spin for you. If only you knew I'd sacrifice my beating heart before I lose you. I still hold onto the letters you returned. I swear I've lived and learned.
- Shinedown {If Only You Knew}
Jareth had decided to spend his time in one of the castle's private and hidden gardens. He chose the Otherworld garden, not particularly his favourite, but possibly the most peaceful due to the lack of birds and interfering goblins. It was full of blossom trees; various flowers ranging from different shades of pinks and reds, contrasting with various white flowers, such as lilies, chrysanthemums, orchids and other trees and flowers chosen from other kingdoms and the Aboveground. He sat against a cherry blossom tree, crystal in hand, staring at the image of Sarah in its depths. If only he could touch her.
She was wandering through the outer edge of the Labyrinth, which was where the stone walls began; she was quite far from the hedge maze that it encased, which was very far from the castle. Jareth sighed. He was longing to see her again. Of course, he would never let on that he was to her face, or even to the more common goblins. But anyone who spent most of their time with Jareth or knew Jareth the most could tell that he loved Sarah, he adored her. If only she would love him back.
But he knew he couldn't confess his heart and soul for her like he did in the Escher room. She'd get scared or angry, or even both. She'd most definitely run away again and completely cut him out of her life. He couldn't stand for that; he couldn't live if that happened again. He needed her. He don't know how he fell for her, he just did. Her determination, stubbornness and her will was everything he loved about her. She was strong and independent; she knew what she wanted in life. She didn't care about titles, power and money like many other Fae women he had met, who wished to marry him because of royalty. She had her own power and that made her a power in his eyes.
Sarah…
A/N: According to one of my mates, I'm really fast with my updates. But, that's only because they're incredibly short chapters (including this extremely short one, sorry for that! I will attempt to rectify that at once!), and the amount of emails about story alerts and reviews really makes me smile and inspires me to write more.
Thank you for taking the time to read, review and put it on alert; I wrote this for you.