Chapter 19

Diner With The Family

Sarah's POV

Sat in my own room now, all I could think about was what Jareth had said. The words kept running over and over in my head, as if it were a broken record.

** flash back **

"Chances are, you'll be stuck here forever." He said, his fore head pressed against my own. I leaned back. "What do you mean?" I asked, still panting from before.

"Sarah," He said, looking me in the eyes. He looked so heart broken. "You must understand. In this world, sharing your self with another is one of the highest levels of binding. It is permanent. If we were to continue, we would be bound together and, because of my immortality, the binding would turn you into a Fae. You would no longer be human. And that might stop you ever being able to go home." He stood and walked over to the window.

I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist, resting my head against his back.

I had already admitted to my self that I had feelings for Jareth, but I wasn't sure what they were. But when we started kissing, it felt so right. I knew.

Jareth turned around and wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that until the sun rose, and he walked me back to my room.

I didn't really want to stay in my own room, I wanted to stay with him. This is the second night I have slept alone since we got here almost a month ago.

** present tense **

I stood from the window sill and walked over to the wardrobe. Jareth was inviting his family over for diner with us. I had been asked to wear a diner dress, which I had no idea how to put on.

I walked over to the section of dresses that were label 'diner dresses' and began to look through them.

In the end I was stuck between two dresses.

One was an earthy green colour, with sleeves that show the top of my shoulder and hang to the floor, with a delicate pattern on the front.

The other was a puffy black dress with neon blue lace around the top and falling down one side.

I'm not wearing a black puffy dress to diner.

The green one it is.

The dress was simple enough to get on, but it had a lace up back which, even if I did know how to do, I doubt I would be able to do it my self.

At that moment a young woman walked through the door to my room and poked her head around the wardrobe door.

"Good evening. " She said, smiling when she saw me. "My name is Areyn."

"Oh your Jareth's sister." I said, but not relaxing from my startled stance.

"Yes, do you need some help?" She asked, pointing to my dress.

"Eah... Yes... Please." I said, a little embarrassed.

She walked to the back of my dress and started lacing it up.

"Don't worry Sarah. Jareth told me you don't wear these dresses anymore in the human world, and anyway, I didn't learn how to do these up until I was 600, and I wore them every day."

That cheered me up. She was nice, in these few minutes I decided I liked her.

"There. All done." She said stepping away.

"Thank you, I'm 93% sure you've just saved me from making a total fool of myself."

She laughed. "Don't worry about it. Now, shall I do your hair?" she asked, though I'm pretty sure it was a rhetorical question.

I walked over to the vanity table and sat in front of the mirror.

She didn't do much with my hair, she just pulled the two front bits out of my face and pinned them in behind my head, but it looked lovely.

After that she put a simple silver chain necklace around my neck and, arm in arm, we left my room to go to diner.

Walking down the hallways, I saw Jareth. He smiled when he saw me, but still looked a little sad. Still some way away from him, me and Areyn stopped.

"I need to go check on my other brother, I'll see you at diner." She said, smiling and walking away.

I walked over to Jareth and he smiled, then looked away. He was obviously still sad about earlier and I think he wasn't sure where we stood.

I wasn't sure either but I had some idea. I took his hand and kissed his cheek.

He looked me in the eyes and smiled, obviously happy to know I didn't hate him. And I'm not saying that because he looked like it, I'm saying that because he thought it, I heard him think it.

Looks like it goes both ways.

He put his hand on my cheek and I smiled. He smiled wider and kissed me. It was short, but it was meaningful.

When we parted he took my arm and we walked down the rest of the hallways to the hall where we were eating.

Walking in I saw Areyn, who had somehow beaten us here. A man who looked just like Jareth, but both his eyes were blue, and a woman who looked the same age as everyone else. If we hadn't already met I wouldn't have knows she was Jareth's mother.

When she saw me she smiled.

"Sarah my dear how are you?" she said walking over to me and taking my hands in hers.

"I am fine thank you Elisa, and how are you?" I asked. Shocked by my sudden etiquette.

"Oh I am fine thank you my dear. I see you have already met my daughter Areyn, have you met Gareth yet?" she said turning to the twins who were, for some reason wearing the same cloths.

"Oh for goodness sakes, I hate it when they do that, I used to make them wear different coloured shirts when they were younger so I knew who was who."

I smiled at her. "Please excuse me." I said, walking over to the twins.

Now this will be fun.

I walked over to the one on the left and put my arm in his, then put my hand on the one on the lefts arm. "Gareth it's so wonderful to finally meet you." I said to the one on the right. He looked at me shocked.

"How did you.... but you couldn't see ... we had our backs to you... but... what? Erm... I mean... It's wonderful to meet you too Sarah."

I laughed at his reaction.

"Bravo!" I heard Areyn call from the other side of the room. "See mother, I told you they wouldn't be able to fool Sarah."

"Yes, I see what you mean Areyn, well done Sarah."

I blushed a little.

"Right everyone it's time for diner now that Sarah's father, Robert, has joined us."

He had? I hadn't heard him come in.

Jareth smiled and lead me to the table.

Jareth sat at the head of the table, as usual, I sat on his left with my father at my side. Areyn sat across from me with Gareth next to her, and Elisa sat at the other end of the table.

Where's Toby? I asked Jareth in my head.

A goblin is watching over him, do not worry he is quite safe.
He said, not looking away from the conversation he was currently having with his mother.

Two conversations at the same time, now that's talent.

He smiled.

Diner arrived and we sat eating.

Jareth and Areyn were having a conversation about the Labyrinth whilst I was talking to Gareth and Elisa about when Jareth was a child.

My father sat quietly, I felt sorry for him. He didn't know anything about any of these people.

We were in our separate conversations until Elisa said something about baby photos and Jareth shot out of his conversation and in to ours.

"Now mother, I don't think we need to bother them with that."

I laughed. "Oh sure you do, I want to see little Jareth."

"Now now Sarah," My father piped up. "I wouldn't start if I was you, I have my wallet on me remember." He said taking his wallet out and waving it in front of him.

I snatched it out of his hands and quickly sat on it. There was no way they were seeing the photo of me when I was 3, stark naked and covered in paint, my father kept in his wallet.

Jareth laughed in my head.

Sarah you are aware if you picture things in your head I can see them right?

He continued laughing.

Damn! I blushed and slapped him lightly on the arm.

"Look at them, tormenting each other in there minds." Areyn started.

"Come now Areyn, we must not torment them too."

I blushed and smiled at Elisa, using my eyes to thank her for sticking up for me. She nodded and returned to her meal.

We ate the rest of our meal in conversations about nonsense.

Hi guys. This one is quite a long chapter and, finally giving in to the constant nagging I am getting day in day out from my friend, I am going to start making my chapters longer.

Comments are welcomed!!!!!

Thanks for reading

Labyrinth.