Chapter Twelve

Third Person POV

Lilyʼs eyes widened and her heart stopped when Jareth reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a velvet jewelry box. She gasped when he opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. The diamonds wrapped all the way around the silver ring. Lily looked up from the ring at at Jarethʼs face.

She looked into his eyes and all she saw was love. She felt her eyes prick with tears for the second time that day, but this time, they were tears of happiness. It took her a moment to find her voice again before answering him. "Of course." she whispered.

Now it was Jarethʼs turn to feel tears form in his eyes. He was a little surprised. He hadnʼt cried in years. It was different now. This was the happiest moment of his life. He had been waiting for this moment for sixty-four years. He took the ring out the box, placing it back in his pocket, and slipped the ring onto her left hand ring finger.

Lily stared at the ring for a few moments before wrapping her arms around Jarethʼs neck and kissing him passionately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next few days were hectic for both Jareth and Lily. Jareth had insisted on the wedding being as soon as possible. It had been four days since Jareth asked Lily to be his queen and now he was sitting in his study working out the last of the details. He had already sent a messenger to the Immortals, informing them that he was taking a queen.

He looked down at the papers that cluttered his desk. He had received a letter the day before informing him that they would send an Immortal to administer the wedding. He promised Lily that the ceremony would be small and that the only ones that would be there were the people of this realm.

He did this because he didnʼt want the news of his marriage reaching his parents as quickly. Having a small ceremony would give him time to prepare her for the "pleasure" of meeting his family. Jareth sighed, leaning back in his chair and pinching the bridge of his nose to rid himself of the headache that was slowly forming.

He jumped a little when there was a knock at the door. "Come in." he called and smiled when he looked up to see who it was. Lily stood in the doorway with her hands clasped behind her back in a dark brown dress. The sleeves looked like an over jacket that cut off at the shoulders and the dress only went down to about her knees.

No matter how simple the dress looked, he couldnʼt help but think she looked like a goddess in it.

Lily walked forward, shutting the door behind her as she did, and stopped in front of Jarethʼs desk. "Are you sure thereʼs nothing I can help with?" she asked softly, cocking her head to side slightly. Jareth chuckled and stood up from his chair. He made his way around the desk and stopped in front of Lily.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her flush against him. Lily smiled, wrapping her arms around his back and resting her head on his shoulder. With the heels that she was wearing, she didnʼt have to rest her head on his chest and came up to his shoulder.

"No need to worry, love. Iʼve got everything under control." he told her, bringing his hand up to run it through her hair, which cascaded down her back. When she was silent, he pulled away and cupped her cheek with one hand while the other rested on her hip. "Have you finished with the fitting for your dress?" he asked, his eyes shining with amusement.

Lily wrinkled her nose. "Not even halfway done." she said, annoyance thick in her voice. Jareth let out a deep laugh and leaned down to kiss her forehead. Lily let out a content sigh and leaned against Jareth again. Jareth smiled and wrapped his arms around her again, burying his face in her hair.

They stayed like that till there was a small knock on the study doors. Jareth let out an annoyed sigh and let go of Lily before head to the doors and opening them to reveal a very short, blond nymph. "Iʼm sorry, your Majesty, but the seamstress has requested that Ms. Valentine return to the sewing room to finish her fitting." she squeaked, never taking her eyes off the ground.

Lily groaned and walked up behind Jareth and smiled at the girl. "Let her know Iʼll be there in a few moments, Anastasia." she told her softly, smiling at the nymph. Anastasia looked up from the ground and nodded. She bowed to Jareth and left. Jareth turned to Lily and raised an eyebrow. "What? I didnʼt like sitting there doing nothing." she defended, crossing her arms over her chest.

Jareth chuckled and bent down to kiss her on the cheek before ushering me out the door. He brushed some hair behind her ear and ran his thumb across her cheek bone. "You should probably go before the seamstress gets agitated. Iʼve know the old coot for years and she doesnʼt take these things very lightly." he chuckled.

Lily laughed and leaned up, kissing him on the cheek before retreating down the corridor to the sewing room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aliessa fell from her perch on top of the six foot gold mirror when the sewing room doors opened unexpectedly. She caught herself before she hit the floor and looked up to see Lily walking into the room. "About time you got back. Mrs. Myers was getting a little impatient waiting for you to come back." she said, flying over to Lily and landing on her shoulder.

As if being called, Mrs. Myers walked into the room with a scowl on her childish face. Even though Jareth called her an old coot, she looked like a child. Her white hair went down to her waist and her bangs covered her eyes. She was about Lilyʼs height, a few

inches taller. Aliessa stifled a laugh as Mrs. Myers crossed her arms and shook her head.

"I understand that this is a tedious task, Ms. Valentine, but I must ask that you try not to run off again." she scolded. Aliessa flew off of Lilyʼs shoulder and took her place back on the mirror. She had been frightened when she lost Lily in the Labyrinth. She was even more frightened when two guards from the castle came to get her and take her back to the castle.

Lily sighed and started undoing her dress. She took it off and laid it on the back of one of the many chairs and walked up to the platform where her dress was waiting. The design of her dress was simple, but beautiful in her opinion. Even though it was strapless, the design of the top portion was completely elegant.

Mrs. Myers followed Lily up onto the platform and helped her into the dress so she could finish fitting the future Goblin Queenʼs wedding dress. Lily didnʼt understand why the dress needed to be altered. It fit perfectly in her opinion. Lily sighed and let Mrs. Myers do what she was trained to do and let her mind wander to what her future might be like with the Goblin King.