Labyrinth Fanfiction, "A tale of Two"

Chapter 22-

Yet again its the middle of the night and I'm wide awake. I don't know why I can never sleep when it gets dark. I guess am still trying to get used to the Underground. I'm thinking about Jareth. Lately he had been so nice to me, which made me wonder. He wasn't exactly the nicest person you'd ever meet but he wasn't the worst. My opinion was slowly changing. I couldn't help but think about what he thought about me. No doubt he thought I was still the young, stubborn stupid girl he first met but I wasn't. I had grown and matured since then. I had also learnt a lot of things about myself. My stubbornness and sarcasm was my shield. A shield that I used to protect myself from pain and heartache. I had been hurt many times before and I didn't want to go through it again, not with Jareth....specially Jareth.

I sighed and got out of bed. I wrapped a blanket around me and walked over to my balcony and opened the doors. I looked out over the Labyrinth. Even though it was dark I could still see parts of the Labyrinth. Despite the bad parts I still found it beautiful. No matter where ever I walked everything looked the same. I think Jareth made it that way so it would put off possible runners. That way they wouldn't win......however I won. Jareth always hated the fact that I defeated his Labyrinth.

I looked up at Jareths balcony. His doors were open and I could see the drapes blowing out the door. I wonder if he is awake?

I thought about trying to contact him in my head. I don't know how he does it though.

"Why am I finding it hard to go to sleep!" I say annoyed, banging my fists against the balcony handles. I turn to face my room and slide down onto the floor, bringing my legs into my chest. I look down at the ground.

"Sarah?"

I look up to see Jareth stood in the doorway. I smile weakly.

"Sarah, whats wrong? What are you doing out here? It's freezing" he says sounding worried.

I look over my shoulder to see that the blanket was no longer draped around my shoulders. I found it lying on the floor in the doorway. The next thing, Jareth is wrapping the blanket around me, rubbing my arms up and down trying to get me warm.

I watch him closely. He then holds out his hand to help me up, but I just still remain on the balcony floor. Jareth stands over me.

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I have no idea what to do, what to say..... I've never been in this position before.

"Sarah, I know you might find this absurd but would you like me to stay with you tonight?"

I look up to face him. I can see that Jareth's hesitating because he's scared what my answer will be.

"Jareth....would you?" I answer gently.

"Of course Sarah".

He helps me up and we walk back into my room. I climb into the left hand side of the bed and Jareth climbs in on the right. I pull the covers back and turn to face Jareth. He's gazing into my eyes and I blush lightly. My eyes start to close and the last thing I heard was Jareth speaking.

"Good night Sarah" he kissed me on the forehead.