Sarah's Return To The Labyrinth: Sooner Than You Might Think

Chapter 23 The Ball

Chapter 23

The Ball

Sarah's POV

I walked into the grand hall wearing a blue and white dress, It had a white skirt with blue material covering the top of the dress and most of the sides, revealing a triangle of white at the front.

Jareth had picked it out, now he hadn't exactly come up to me and told me that one. But when I was looking at dresses, I kept getting drawn to it, thinking how wonderful it would look as we danced. That's how I knew.

I had my hair loose around my shoulder with blue gems sewn in to it.

I looked around the hall and saw Jareth's family spread around the hall full of people who I didn't know, my father was talking with my friends, holding Toby in one arm. But no Jareth.

A song began to play that I knew. I was about to walk over to my father when I felt a hand on my waist, pulling me in and spinning me around.

Jareth.

There you are. I said to him in my mind and he smiled at me.

I blushed as he started to sing.

"There's such a sad love,

Deep in your eyes.

A kind of pale jewel

Open and closed

Within your eyes.

I'll place the sky

Within your eyes.

There's such a fooled heart

Beatin' so fast

In search of new dreams.

A love that will last

Within your heart.

I'll place the moon

Within your heart."

I smiled at him and he smiled back. He had sang this song to me the last time we danced. Now, I know for me it had only been about a month, but for him it had been seven, and I got the feeling he hadn't danced since then either. I may have only danced with him once, but it was starting to get addictive. He started singing again.

"As the pain sweeps through,

Makes no sense for you.

Every thrill is gone.

Wasn't too much fun at all,

But I'll be there for you-ou-ou

As the world falls down.

Falling.

Falling down.

Falling in love.

I'll paint you mornings of gold.

I'll spin you Valentine evenings.

Though we're strangers 'til now,

We're choosing the path

Between the stars.

I'll leave my love

Between the stars.

As the pain sweeps through,

Makes no sense for you.

Every thrill is gone.

Wasn't too much fun at all,

But I'll be there for you-ou-ou

As the world falls down.