Author’s note: Well hope you all like it so far. More intruige and ofcourse the so hateful Gertrude. But don’t you just love her!
Chapter 5
Jareth could not believe what had just happened. He was now the shape of an owl perched on a tree near Sarah’s apartment. He just wanted to be near her. She had just gotten up and he could see thru the window that she was already drinking her coffee. Sarah was working on her latest project which was supposed to be on the stinkiest place in the Underground but lately all she could think of was Jareth.
Since he came back to her life she could not stop thinking of him. Jareth was everything in her mind. Time passed and Jareth was to angry to go back home so he decided to just sit there doing his favorite pass time which was spy on Sarah. He knew that if he went home Gertrude wouls surely find him. He did not want to become a murderer.
Jareth even fell asleep moments later…..
Sarah inside got tired and could not get any work done. She typed and typed but got only little work done. Her head hurt by now so she decided to lay down for a while and maybe take a nap.
Sarah lay down on her couch and quickly fell asleep.
In her dreams Sarah was running through a maze of mirrors in a room where all the floors and walls where white even the ceiling was white. She could see herself dressed in the white dress she wore in her the ballroom.
She ran and ran and could not get anywhere until there she saw the image of Jareth standing looking at her. She ran to him trying to touch his image but somehow kept getting nowhere and everytime she would see what she thought was Jareth turned out to be a mirror image of him.
Finally Sarah saw Jareth walking and she saw a wooden door and then Jareth opened it and walked through it. She followed him desperately trying to seek him but the way seemed so long. Finally reaching the door she could see inside it and it was what looked like his bedroom.
Most of the furniture was made out of a dark wood. The furniture looked old but very beautiful. His bed was a huge canopy bed and the curtains where made out of burgendy velvet. The tassels where golden. She turned around in her dream and she could see the complete room which was lightly lit by a few candles placed around the room. The scent of vanilla in the air as she see the grey marble floor shine with every flicker of the candles. All of a sudden Jareth appears to her in black clothing. His usual poet’s shirt and his military boots blended in with his black tights. His shirt open at the top revealing his chest which was heaving up and down as he approached her.
“Sarah how long I have been waiting for this moment where you and I could become one.”
Sarah looked into Jareth’s eyes which read into her soul as she reached up to kiss him she felt her clothing become lighter and she looked down to see herself in a black silk nightgown which reached all the way to the floor while her barefeet could now feel the cold marble floor beneath her. Her shuddered a bit as the spaghetti strapped nightgown exposed most of her upper body. Her chest heaving up and down as well as she looks up to Jareth’s face again to kiss him for sure this time.
A kiss so passionate she could barely breathe. Jareth felt the world spin around and next thing they knew they were floating in mid air as they swallowed each other in a kiss that left them light headed. Her hands caressed his hair as he let his hands wonder down her back side caressing her back lightly moving her long brown hair with every move.
As they floated in mid air Sarah looked up and could not believe she was there kissing her sworn enemy.
Next thing she knew they were floating down as he led her to his bed. She let him lead her by pulling her by the hands never lifting his eyes from hers.
He gently lay her down holding her neck with his hand, he lay on top of her kissing her lightly around her face looking intensly into her eyes.
“Sarah I love you.” he said when all of a sudden Sarah woke up.
She sat up breathing heavily as she tried to make sense of what she had just dreamt. She sees a white object fly past her window and she runs to her window only to see the image of a white bird flying away. She knew deep inside her that was Jareth.
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Two months had passed by and Sarah had not heard of Jareth since she had had that dream. She did not know what to make of it. But if he really loved her then why hadn’t he come looking for her.
‘if he loves me then why did he run away?’
She kept thinking of why he had run away. Why was he not trying to keep her instead he just flew away. She was so confused and she did not know what to make of it. Ryan only added to her confusion as he confessed to her that he was beginning to feel more than just a friendship for her. Sarah was faced with decisions to make in her life but Jareth was not helping her any. She knew she loved him but her pride did not want to yeild to begging.
‘But then again if I love him why don’t I fight for HIS love?’
She sat infront of the computer again supposedly trying to finish her story which had not changed much since that fateful day.
The phone rings and it’s Ryan ,”Oh hi Ryan naw I was just working on my latest project. No I just can’t seem to write anything! Yeah real bad writer’s block. Yeah I suppose so. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to get some fresh air. Ok I’ll be ready in an hour.Ok, bye.”
Sarah got up and began to get ready for a night on the town. New York was great for that. She needed to get her mind off Jareth. After all he was just a dream an illusion, he was fantasy. But Ryan he was real and he had no suprises for her. He didn’t tell her he loved her and then run away.
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Jareth sat on his throne looking at Sarah through one of his crystals. He saw as she was getting ready to leave with Ryan.
‘hmmph Ryan, why he can’t even choose the right dress for her. Let alone make her happy for the rest of her life! Unless she wants to live a long dingy boring life.’
Jareth tried fooling himself. But what more could he do his life with Sarah was over now. He had to stop thinking of her but he could not. He had run away from her that day of their dream for he had not planned that dream. Somehow destiny made it so that they found each other in their dreams. When two people or fae or in love they are connected in body,spirit and mind. That day they both had fallen asleep and somehow their need to be with each other gave them a special and beautiful dream. But it had scared Jareth for in his dream he was so vulnerable. And what was to come if he had stayed with Sarah after such a confession. How would he tell her that he was married. He had decided to leave Gertrude and week after his dream with Sarah he walked into Gertrude’s room……….
Flashback…………..
“Come in. Oh it’s you Jareth my love. I’m glad to see you. You’ve come to apologize.”
Jareth stood strong looking at Gertrude trying not to tear her apart with his bare hands. He knew what he had to do for his own sanity.
“Quiet the opposite my dear, I’ve come I’m afraid as a bearer of bad news. I am tearing up our contract my dear Gertrude and I am going to ask Sarah to marry me. She is the only one I love and I should have never married you. Not even for the sake of my father’s wishes. He is not here suffering every day with you insufferable woman! I am and so I have come to the conclusion that a promise is not as strong as the love I have for Sarah. Therefor this is the end of our marriage.”
Gertrude began to cry frantically as she fell to his feet holding them tightly begging Jareth not to leave her.
‘This is the moment I have been waiting for, now is the time to drop my bomb.’ She thought.
“But Jareth you can’t do this to me! Or do you want your baby to be a bastard!”
Jareth stiffened up not knowing what to make of it.”What! What did you say?” He grabbed her by the arm and lifted her up to his face. “Repeat what you just said!”
She tried to wipe her tears and speak clearly giving him a meek smile,”I , I am with child Jareth. Your child. You can’t leave me now Jareth. I am having your baby.”
She hugged him tightly crying knowing full well that Jareth would never leave her now. Not after she told him she was pregnant.
Jareth could not believe what he had just heard and if it weren’t for Gertrude holding him he would have fainted there and then. Not believing what life had bestowed upon him.
Back to present time……………………
Jareth shuttered at the thought of having to stay with Gertrude be he surely could not abandone his wife now that she was going to have his baby. He was not that evil.
All he could do now was dream, dream of what his life would have been with Sarah his one true love. His match. There she was doubting his love for her while each day that passed Ryan was gaining ground on his beloved. He hated his life!