Several days had passed, and a routine had been created for Sarah. Every morning, she would wake up and remember that she was in the Labyrinth, and walk to Jareth's chambers, politely knocking on the door. Only on her first night there did he not answer immediately. She would ask to return home, because she still had a job after all, and that she would return to him once her work was done. In the back of her mind, though, she did wonder what Jareth had in store for her once her play had finished its final show.
She didn't have to wait long after her show's season ended. It was then that the nightmares started.
It wasn't Sarah having the nightmares, though. Jareth had started waking Sarah from her lovely dreams of spotlights and bouquets by his screams caused by dreams of shattering apart and his very world being rent in twain by loneliness and grief. When these started, Sarah would rush to his room, and comfort him until he fell back asleep. It reminded her vaguely of when Toby had been very little and would have nightmares, asking her to read him a story until he fell asleep, except Jareth only asked that she stayed by his side until he slept. Eventually, the nightmares became so frequent that Sarah requested that her bed be moved into his chambers, but Jareth declined her, saying it was "improper". On some nights, when Jareth had multiple in a row, Sarah took her blanket and pillow into the hallway and slept outside his door to save her the trip.
It was on one of these nights when she was sleeping outside his door, that he happened to exit his room. He looked at her with a bit of half-surprise.
"How long have you been doing this?" he asked.
"Since last week," she admitted.
Then, without warning, he pulled Sarah upright by her arm, and led her back into her bedroom. He made sure that she actually got into her bed, blanket and all, and took himself to the couch that had been on the other side of the room. He had guaranteed her that she would get a much better night's sleep in a bed than she would get on the floor, and almost instantly fell asleep on the couch. For the first time in two and a half weeks, Jareth slept soundly through the night.