Disclaimer: Jareth, Sarah, and all Labyrinth-related stuff belong to Jim Henson, George Lucas and Brian Froud.
Chapter Nine -Part One-
The chaste brushing of lips soon became a deep, passionate kiss. Sarah felt herself blush furiously as his tongue lightly caressed her lower lip. She opened her mouth and let him in and her hands ran through his hair.
He tastes so good...She thought.
Jareth's hands were on Sarah's back, keeping their bodies as close as possible. He had been waiting so long for this moment, dreaming and planning it in all the details. He felt one of Sarah's hands slowly slide down his back, hesitating when it brushed the towel wrapped around his hips.
This is way better than you ever imagined my friend. He thought and let his hands wander on Sarah's lower back and hips, moaning softly when she enthusiastically responded, pressing her body more tightly against him.
When they had to break the kiss to breath Sarah opened her eyes, her face was flushed and her lips slightly parted. She stared at Jareth's face, speechless. His eyes sparkled in glee and an extremely satisfied grin spread on his face. But before either of them could say anything they heard a loud noise and voices approaching. Jareth felt himself being pushed aside against the kitchen table while Sarah had little time to see the bunch of yelling goblins throwing themselves at her.
The goblins had run to the kitchen, armed with pillows from the couch and a pan that one of them had stolen the previous day. They saw their king being assaulted by the witch and charged them, yelling.
"Save the King!"
"Kill the witch!"
"Save King!"
Pymp had followed the group and tried to stop them, but had been pushed back and a pillow thrown by one of the strongest goblins had sent him back into the living room.
Sarah screamed. The goblins had made her fall and one of them had almost hit her face with a frying pan. She had managed to grab the handle and stop it, but now another goblin jumped on her, hitting her face with a pillow. Another goblin jumped on her back and she was pushed back, her head hit the base cabinet hard and she screamed again, just as the goblin on her back started pulling her hair. She tried to kick away the goblin on her legs, but she couldn't move them, the goblin was tying her ankles with a dirty rope.
Pymp came to the kitchen and ran toward the Lady. He grabbed one goblin by his pants and bit his arm. The goblin screamed and they both fell down. Sarah felt the tie on her ankles loosen and she kicked another goblin, sending him far from her. She tried to grab the one that was hitting her with the pillow, the hanging zip cut the skin on the base of her neck, and she cursed. The one on her back pulled her hair again, and her head hit the cabinet for the second time, hard.
Jareth had been too stunned to react when the group of goblins had come running toward them. One moment he was living the most perfect moment after the crystal ball dream they had shared six years before, and the other he was staring at that bunch of imbeciles attacking his Sarah.
"Enough!" He shouted, tossing a crystal at them. The goblins suddenly stopped, frozen, and started floating in the air.
"Argh! The witch! She made a spell!" One of them yelled.
The others tried to move, but they were all petrified.
"Kill the witch!" Another screamed.
"Aaaaah!"
"King! Save us!"
"Lady!" Pymp yelled, running at Sarah's side. "Pymp told them to stop, you are no witch, but they ran and punched Pymp!" He caressed Sarah's arm, anguished. "Lady hurt? Lady okay?"
"What is the meaning of this?!" Jareth roared, kneeling beside the girl and helping her to a sitting position.
Sarah raised a hand to gently massage the back of her head, moaning in pain.
"Are you hurt?" Jareth asked, covering her hand with his own. He then noticed the cut on Sarah's neck and raised a hand to touch it, but Sarah's hand took it, intertwining their fingers.
"It's nothing" She whispered. "But I'll have a nice bump... I'm okay, Pymp. Don't worry, I know it wasn't your fault" She gave the little goblin a trembling smile and tried to stand up, but the room started to spin and she leaned against the cabinet.
Jareth clenched his jaw and picked her up, hushing her protests by pressing his lips against hers.
The goblins widened their eyes at the sight of their king kissing the evil witch. Their mouths fell open and Pymp covered his eyes with his hands.
"Eeeuuuugh!"
Sarah shook his head and pushed with his hands to stop him. "Jareth" she breathed "Jareth! Your.. the towel!" She kept her eyes squeezed shut and tried to hush her inner voice that was going hysterics.
What are you doing, girl! Open your eyes and give a full look at all that...
No! Nononono!
Jareth's smirk grew wider and he had to suppress a laugh, he didn't think Sarah's lovely face could become even redder. "Well, precious, I hope you enjoy the view" He threw her on his shoulder and didn't bother to cover himself as he walked toward her bedroom, using his free hand to conjure a crystal and send the goblins directly to the Bog.
Sarah opened her eyes to tell him to put her down, but from that position her eyes focused on his royal and nakedderrière, and her mouth dropped open.
Now that's quite the view! Her inner voice giggled.
Sarah wanted to close her eyes again, but found herself unable to. "Jareth!" She managed to shout. "Let me go right now!"and cover yourself, for my sake! With an incredible effort she pressed her hands on her eyes.
Oh, come on! You're a party pooper! Her inner voice booed.
The only answer she got was a very satisfied chuckle.