Disclaimer: Jareth, Sarah and all Labyrinth-related stuff belong to Henson, Lucas and Froud
Chapter Six
Sarah woke up feeling strangely positive and ready to face the day. She sat on the bed rubbing her eyes and yawning, then turned off the alarm. The light coming from the window in front of the bed told her that it was sunny, and she smiled. I like sunny weekends.
She stood up and went for the bathroom, still half asleep, without bothering wearing a pair of shorts.
"Well, good morning precious" a deep and sexy voice greeted her.
Sarah froze and widened her eyes just as the memories of the previous day came back crushing in her mind.
The Goblin King slept on my couch last night.
And I'm standing in front of him in panties and t-shirt.
Someone kill me now.
Jareth was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee. He had been very, very positively surprised when Sarah had come out from her room wearing only a blue t-shirt that barely covered her bottom.
She was so beautiful.
Sarah blinked, blushed, looked down at her bare legs, then screamed something and run to the bathroom, locking herself inside.
Jareth laughed, sipping his coffee.
Sarah hit her head against the wall another time, muttering "Idiot, idiot, idiot".
How could I forget that the Goblin King was here? How?!
Worst of all, she had noticed the utterly satisfied smirk that had lit up his face at the sight of her.
What. .
She washed her face with ice cold water, wishing with all her heart that he would just disappear from her kitchen. She wore the shorts Claire had left in the bathroom, mentally sending her a huge thank you, and walked out. Unfortunately he was still there, smiling like a Cheshire cat.
She shot him a look clearly meant to kill or at least maim and went to pour herself a cup of coffee.
"So. You're still here" She said coldly.
"You know I can't leave, sweetheart"
"Can you just stop with the pet names?"
"Why? Don't you like them?"
"No"
Jareth smirked. "Liar"
Sarah fumed, taking some cookies from a cabinet and went to sit at the opposite side from Jareth.
"Have you seen Claire?"
"Yes. She said she will leave us the house for the entire weekend, and here I quote, you're welcome Sarah, this one's for free, unquote" he said grinning.
Sarah looked at him speechless. "She.. She really said that?!"
He nodded. "Every word"
Sarah silently cursed her roommate.
"So.. What are we going to do today, presc... Sarah?"
"I don't know yet. First I have to tame this sudden need to... kill someone" She muttered the last part, but Jareth heard her and smiled.
"It is a beautiful morning"
"Are you always so talkative in the morning?"
"Do forgive me, dear Sarah, but I am constantly surrounded by goblins, which as you may understand are not the best.. or the smartest... Interlocutors"
Sarah frowned. "Of course"
While Jareth and Sarah had breakfast, a bunch of creatures appeared in Sarah's bedroom, unheard and unnoticed.
"Where we are?" One of them whispered to the others.
"It's the Lady's bedroom" Another answered.
"Ooooh" The other replied, looking around.
"What is we doin here?" One asked, caressing the blanket on the bad.
"No touches!" Another whispered. "We must find King!"
They all nodded and peeked out of the bedroom, as silently as possible.
"You, go on"
One of them was pushed out of the room. He looked around frantically and run to hide behind a pile of books on the floor.
He saw the King and the Lady talking. The King looked happy, he was smiling. The Lady instead looked angry. He frowned at the scene and run back to where the others were hiding, accidentally hitting the pile of book. One book fell with a thud.
"Idiot! The King could see you!" One of them hit him on the head, making him fall. "What did you see?"
He stroked the back of his head, offended. "The King ain't hurt. He looks... happy"
The other looked confused. "Why don't he come back to the Underground then?"
He shuddered. "Me don't knows"
Jareth and Sarah turned at the sudden noise and they only saw the fallen book. Sarah sighed.
"Oh, my bad. I should find a proper place for all the books I keep buying"
Jareth was frowning. He shook his head and looked at Sarah. "So dear, what great day awaits us?"
Sarah rolled her eyes and stood up. "Slow down, Goblin King. I'm going to take a quick shower, then we'll see"
Jareth smiled. Oh no, Jareth, hold back... "Need a little help there, dear one?" … Couldn't help myself.
Sarah shot him a look. "No!" and stumped to her bedroom.
The goblins saw her coming toward them and panicked.
"The Lady's coming! Hide!" They all run in different directions and two of them bumped into each other.
"Oh, I can't believe it! He's such a self-centered, arrogant..." Sexy ".. Selfish, manipulative.." Those pants.. "... Bastard!"
How can he be so handsome? She thought picking up the clothes. Then she shook her head. Wrong! He's not handsome.
You did look down his unbuttoned shirt, dirty girl, don't deny it.
Ok, he's got a nice chest. Happy?
Her inner voice purred, naming other parts of Jareth's anatomy that she considered "nice".
She blushed and let out an exasperated sigh.
"Oh my, I'm afraid to see what will happen today" She told her reflection in the mirror of the vanity.