I have shocked myself. This is the longest chapter I have written by a long shot! So I lied about when Sarah's friends make their debut in my story. Once Bentley and Arianna's wedding is done, the friends should be reunited. Well enjoy chapter 17!
p.s. I own nothing but Bentley and Arianna. I wouldn't mind owning Jareth in a 50 Shades of Grey kind of way... :)
Bentley and Arianna walked hand in hand toward the royal gardens. There was a noticeable addition on Arianna's left hand. As they neared the gardens, both donning a large grin, they saw the goblin king and queen sharing a rather passionate embrace. Faes are definitely passionate to say the least, Arianna thought to herself, fighting back a chuckle. Bentley and Arianna stood there in silence, as Jareth and Sarah had yet to notice them standing there. The passion could be smelled in the air, and neither wanted to interrupt them.
Finally, Bentley cleared his throat rather loudly. Jareth and Sarah instantly stopped and look toward the direction of the sound. There they saw Bentley and Arianna giggling madly at the two of them. "Did you have a good walk brother?" Bentley asked between chuckles. Sarah's cheeks turned quite red and she smiled embarrassingly. Jareth, however, felt no shame, "Why yes, thank you. I definitely enjoyed our…constitutional." Bentley and Arianna went from chuckles to hard laughter. Sarah rolled her eyes toward Arianna. Then suddenly, something sparkly caught her eye.
"It's a ring! It's a ring! Does this mean what I think it means/" Sarah asked, nearly jumping out of her seat. Arianna smiled at Sarah's excitement. "Yes it does. Bentley asked me to be his wife, and I couldn't say no. It just felt so right." Sarah jumped up and threw her arms around her friend, "I am so happy for you Ari!" Jareth shook his brother's hand and gave him a pat on the back. Then, Jareth turned to Arianna and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "I hope my brother treats you well." Arianna smiled at him, "I am sure Bentley will be a great husband, and don't worry Jareth. I will take good care of him." Jareth smiled back, "I have no doubt you will."
Jareth looked at his smiling brother, "I suppose it's time to tell our parents." Bentley's smile faded, followed by a groan. Sarah arched her eyebrows, "What's wrong Bentley? Don't you think they will be happy for you?" "Oh no, it's not that dear queen," Bentley said. "Actually, it will be the complete opposite. They will be too happy and excited about it." Sarah retained her confused expression. Jareth further explained it, "Our parents were always a trifle worried that Bentley would have trouble finding a wife due to his shyness. They expressed this worry time and time again, though I assured them that he would have no problem." Sarah finally understood. "Sounds like to me that parents are just as crazy Aboveground as Underground. Dad and Karen always were worried that I was being too flaky with men to actually settle down." The four of them nodded in agreement.
Bentley conjured up a crystal. "I suppose now is as good a time as any to introduce my lovely fiancé to the parents. Good bye brother. Good bye Sarah. Hopefully we will be back soon." Sarah gave Arianna's hand a squeeze as Bentley put his arm around her, kissed her gently , then threw the crystal down to transport them to his parent's castle. They disappeared to a cloud of light glitter, as Bentley was not as keen on sparkling as much as his brother.
Jareth took his wife's hand and said, "Come." It was simple enough, though Sarah preferred details. "Where are you taking me now?" Sarah asked. She loved this garden so much, so she had very little desire to leave it. "We don't believe in long, drawn out engagements in my family. Bentley has a wedding coming up soon, so we must too prepare." Sarah looked at Jareth with serious eyes. "Just how soon are you thinking?" Jareth cocked his head and said, "Well, if I know my parents as well as I think I do my guess is tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" Sarah exclaimed wide eyed? She could understand a short engagement, but one day? Things were certainly different that what Sarah was used to back home. Then she figured something; she and Jareth did not have a long engagement. They only had a day, if that. Everything happened so fast for Sarah then, so that detail never fully registered.
A light breeze danced in Sarah's hair. Jareth's eyes were transfixed. He was wondering what she was thinking about. He was so pleased that things were working out for them. He was hoping that Sarah would continue to acclimate to her new home and her new role and not forget her place. He was now more than willing to give her time to adjust and to compromise as the situation may call for, but he could not forget his role as king and all the responsibilities that goes along with it. If Sarah were to forget her place and openly defy him at a public event, it could smell trouble for their kingdom, for if other rulers were to see Sarah defy Jareth, they would assume he is a weak ruler and possibly take advantage of that. Jareth was not about to let that happen. He had been born to privilege and with that came specific obligations.
Jareth smiled and said, "I want to show you something, precious." Sarah looked at Jareth. She loved the playfulness she saw in his eyes. She was sure that Jareth was very excited to show her what he had in mind. "What is it?" Sarah asked. Jareth took Sarah's arm in his own. "I want to show you something that is for the goblin queen." Sarah decided to be playful. "The goblin queen? Who's that?" Jareth attempted to hide his smirk. "Don't play coy, dear." Sarah continued her little game. "I surely have no idea what you are talking about." Jareth gave Sarah's behind a playful whack. Sarah yelped in surprise and turned red, not because she was upset with the smack, but because she actually liked it. She never minded a good-humored spanking.
Jareth led Sarah back into the castle. After a few turns, Sarah found that they were at a formidable door. It looked as though it led to a dungeon. Sarah became very nervous, as her overnight stay in the dungeon had been very recent. She squeezed Jareth's hand in fear. Jareth sensed what his wife was thinking. "Don't worry dear. This is a surprise that you will like. We are not going to the dungeon. I promise."
Sarah took a deep breath as Jareth led her through the door. They went down steep, spiraling stairs. They were quite dizzying. At the bottom of the steps, Sarah only saw a sitting area at the end of the wall. Sarah wrinkled her brow in confusion. "Jareth, I don't understand. There's nothing here." Jareth smiled and sighed, "My dear Sarah, did you learn nothing your first time in this kingdom? Nothing is what it seems in this place." He did not give Sarah time to respond. He put his palm to the naked, long wall. As his hand made contact, the wall began to split apart, like stage curtains. Once each side of the wall had completely opened, Sarah could see the precious items within, and they took her breath away. She saw a small room with gorgeous, sparkling jewels on shelves all over. Jareth put his arms around Sarah's waist. "These are the crown jewels of the goblin queen. I thought you might want to pick some out for Bentley and Arianna's wedding."
Sarah walked into the small room and looked around. She saw gorgeous necklaces, dazzling bracelets, beautiful earrings, stunning rings, and magnificent tiaras. Jareth was pleased to see Sarah so entranced by the jewelry. Sarah turned to Jareth and said, "I don't know what to pick because I don't know what I'm wearing." Jareth conjured a crystal and said, "I was thinking something like this." He threw the crystal at Sarah. Instantly, her dress was replaced by an unbelievable gown. This was no ordinary gown. This gown looked identical to Sarah's senior prom dress, except it had sleeves added to it. The gown was a beautiful aqua blue. The bodice was adorned with clear and blue crystals. The gown had a drop waist to it and the crystals dripped down to the bottom of the gown. Sarah recognized the gown immediately and gave Jareth a questioning stare. Jareth merely shrugged. "I saw you the night of your prom and thought you looked amazing." Sarah blushed for yet another time today. "Thank you Jareth. It was nice to know you were watching over me." Sarah turned and looked into a mirror that was in the jewel room. "I love it." Jareth snapped his fingers, and Sarah's original dress had returned to her body. "Good. I'm glad. Now let's see what jewels you would like to wear with the gown."
Sarah inspected all the jewelry collections she saw. She could not get over the selection! She stopped at a platinum set. The necklace had four streams coming off of it, alternating from diamonds to aqua marine jewels. There was a pair of matching earrings and a matching tennis bracelet. The tiara for this set had for triangle points. Each triangle had a jewel hanging down from the top point. She knew at once that this was the perfect set for her gown.
Jareth agreed. "Great choice, precious." Jareth waved his hand over the set, and they disappeared. "I moved them to our bedchamber." He then led her out of the room. He waved his hand once more, and the wall moved back together, looking as though it had never come apart in the first place.
Jareth couldn't stand it anymore. Sarah was looking so radiant that he had to have her at that very moment. He took her by the shoulders toward the wall and passionately captured her lips with his own. This was no chaste kiss, rather a possessive kiss. Sarah was momentarily stunned, having not expected such a heated kiss at that moment. Soon enough, she found herself lost in his kiss as her tongue intertwined with Jareth's.
Not long after he began the kiss, Jareth's hands were no longer content holding onto Sarah's shoulders. Oh no. Jareth's hands began exploring the rest of Sarah's body as he moved his lips down to Sarah's neck. Sarah moaned in pleasure. Jareth's hands stopped at Sarah's breasts, his fingers teased the rose buds that laid hidden by her dress. He could feel them elongate in delight, much to his own satisfaction.
Once his hands concluded their passionate assault on Sarah's chest, Jareth moved his hands further down her body to her rear end. It was at this moment Sarah realized exactly what Jareth wanted, and it was not to merely get to second base. "Wait Jareth," Sarah breathed as she put her hand on Jareth's chest. "Here? Now?" Jareth smirked at his wife. "Why not precious? This is our castle. We can make love wherever, whenever we want. Plus, no one else is permitted down here besides the two of us, so you need not worry about being seen."
Sarah tilted her head to consider what Jareth had said. Her passion got the better of her. "Oh, what the heck!" Sarah exclaimed as she met her lips to his and entwined her fingers in Jareth's wild blonde locks. Jareth picked her up as Sarah wrapped her legs around him. He carried her over to the seating area and placed her on the couch. He hiked up her dress to her waist. Jareth's gloved fingers explored his wife's silky folds finding them to be drenched in anticipation. Jareth freed his member from his tight breeches and drove it into his wife. He pumped slowly at first then increased speed as they went. Sarah's moans grew in volume until she was at last screaming in pleasure. "Oh yes baby," Jareth said as his lips and teeth assaulted Sarah's neck. "Jareth," moaned Sarah in a hoarse voice. "I want to here you come precious," Jareth said. That was no problem for Sarah. She screamed as she climaxed which drove Jareth to his own climax.
After taking a few moments to catch their breaths, Jareth and Sarah stood to straighten up their appearances. Sarah looked into a mirror that hung on the wall to fix her hair. As she did, she spied something on her neck. She moved her hair out of the way to get a better look. Sure enough, Jareth had left a rather large mark during the throes of passion. "Jareth, I'm going to kill you!" Sarah exclaimed.
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