Sarah's Choice

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Jareth sat up in bed. He listened as Toby told him yet another story about Sarah. "And then the flour exploded and we were covered in it. My mom wasn't too happy, but me and Sarah had a lot of fun." Toby was good. Jareth could almost see Sarah covered in flour except it wasn't her little brother with her. Toby sat on the armchair going on with his story. Not noticing his sister coming in with Jareth's lunch. Jareth glance over at Sarah as she shook her head. "I think that's enough. Hoggle has something you can do." Toby got up and walked out waving goodbye to Jareth. Sarah placed the tray on the bed and took Toby's seat. Jareth ate his meal in silence as Sarah read from a book. Just be able to watch her without a crystal was not enough. He wanted her to touch him again, but since he had woken up she had stayed in that chair. If she would only seat on the edge of the bed. He didn't mind the fact he had been attacked as long as Sarah was beside him taking care of him.

Sarah sat in the armchair reading her book glancing up every so often to watch Jareth. She'd been saying his name in her mind for a week. The Healer Goblin had told her to keep him in bed till tomorrow. He hadn't complained at all for the last week. Jareth did as she told him. Sarah glanced at him. He was reading a book. Looking down at her book, she realized she'd been reading the same paragraph for half an hour. Sarah got up and went out the door. She looked around and saw Aurea coming up the stairs.

Jareth put his book down. He'd ask Hoggle to get it so he could pretend to be reading. When Sarah wasn't looking at him, he was watching her. Why had she left? At least tomorrow he could get out of this bed. Hearing a sound near the door, he turned to see Aurea to walk in. She smiled at him and took Sarah's place in the chair. He glanced back at the door. "Where's Sarah?" Aurea smiled and shook her head. "She needed a break. Beside I thought you would prefer me to a goblin." Jareth smiled at his old nanny. "Of course."

Robert and Irene Williams stood in the police station. Irene was demanding why no one was looking for her son. Neither said a word about Sarah. Robert glanced at Jason. He had introduced him to Sarah. Their wedding wasn't that far. Sarah would come back and Toby with her. He didn't know that the Goblin King knew his real reasons for trying to get Sarah to marry Jason. Three left and met at the Williams's home.

The three sat in the kitchen. Irene poured the men a drink. Jason took a slip of his drink and looked at Robert. "Why did she run? It doesn't make sense. You said she wouldn't change her mind." Robert looked at him. Why was he trying to make his daughter marry this man? He wasn't worthy to even touch Sarah's shoes. Could he sit there and let her marry someone she didn't love?

Sarah stood outside the castle beside the grand entrance. She watched as the Goblin City around her lived. Lately she'd been spending as little time inside the castle as she could. It was easy since no one needed her to do what she wanted. Aurea had told her not to leave the city. "You may have solved it once, but it will change and make it harder for you if you enter it again." As she stood watching the city around her, Jareth walked out.

He'd been looking for her. After looking everywhere he could think in the castle, he had found Aurea and asked her. He watched as she looked around her. She hadn't noticed him yet. He walked toward her. Today her hair was pulled back and she wore a dark green everyday dress. Beautiful. He smiled. To him she was always beautiful. As he neared her, she noticed him. Sarah moved away from the wall and faced him. Jareth stopped a foot from her. She looked at him and he at her. "You want something?" He smiled. "I came to thank you." Sarah walked past him and turned to face him before entering the castle. "You're welcome, Jareth." She ran up the stairs and into the castle. Did she just call him by his name? He knew she had said his name in her sleep, but to hear her say it to him face to face made him smile. "Almost there, Sarah? Now you only need to realize who you love?" He followed her back into the castle.