Chapter 40

Its Only Forever, Not Long At All

Warning: This chapter contains mature/sexual content in graphic detail.

You have been warned.

Jareth's POV

I woke up a while before Sarah.

Ruby and Gareth we're already gone.

Sarah was still nestled against me, deep in sleep. Thankfully, her sleep looked peaceful, not full of nightmares. The nightmare she had been having was concerning me. Normally, nightmares of Vailan didn't just come from nowhere.

Sarah began to stir and I stroked her hair, soothing her.

She looked up and smiled. "Hello."

I smiled back. "Hello. Did you sleep well?"

She nodded lightly and snuggled further into me. "I always sleep better when your around."

I smiled again and kissed the top of her head.

She leant back and looked me in the eyes for a moment, before kissing me lightly on the lips.

When she pulled away, I looked at her and stroked her cheek.

My Sarah.

She must have thought something of the same because she shifted on my lap, so she had one leg either side of my hips and kissed me more forcefully. I knew Ruby and Gareth would be gone all day, Ruby had told me when Sarah was asleep last night. But still, a dungeon didn't exactly make it to my of top ten places I wanted to pin Sarah down. It looked like it didn't make it to Sarah's list either because she pulled away slightly. "Jareth, I don't want to..." She paused, as if trying to find a way of putting it delicately.

"I know. I agree. The dungeon doesn't exactly set the mood now does it." I laughed and Sarah joined me.

"Oh Sarah, you do make me Laugh. Always so full of surprises."

"Why?" She looked at me slightly confused.

"We are in a dungeon, where I was last night chained up, after failing to cease the castle, in the middle of the war and here we are cracking jokes." I said between bursts of laughter and she joined me. We must have laughed for ten solid minutes because my chest was starting to hurt.

Sarah stood and helped me stand. I was finding it hard to straighten my back after four days crumpled against the floor.

"How's your side?" she said, lifting my shirt slowly up to my chest, then smiling and lifting it over my head.

"Now I'm no physician, but I am sure you didn't need to lift my shirt that high it came off." I smiled knowingly at her.

She looked at me with a smug grin even I was not worthy of and replied with, "It makes it easier to see the wound."

"Does it now?"

"Yes, or in this case, the lack of wound. It's gone, not even a scar." She smiled, her hands lingering on my chest.

"Does this hurt?" She said, pressing her thumb into where the gash had once been.

I shook my head. "No."

"Good. Then this won't either."

I didn't have time to wonder what she meant because she pushed me against a wall with strength I did not know she had and started to kiss me.

Ok, I know I said a dungeon was not the perfect setting for this, but Sarah's determination was really making it difficult to stop myself from pinning her to the wall right there.

Sarah pulled away and smiled.

"You know. This dungeon really isn't that bad. At least its dry."

I grinned and Sarah forced herself back into the kiss.

I panted against her lips. "Months I've been resisting the temptation that is you, but I gave in once, and now..." She cut me off.

"How will we ever stop."

I laughed against her lips and pulled her back to the kiss. Like literally pulled her, with so much force I'm  surprised she didn't break.

I felt Sarah's hands slide to my trousers and picked her up.

I tucked my hands around her thighs and placed her on my waist, just as I felt my trousers drop. She lost her hands in my hair, pulling me deeper into the kiss as I slid inside of her.

She gasped as I spun around and slammed her back into the wall, getting deeper inside of her, feeling everything she had to offer.

Unlike the first time, there was no gentleness to this, just pure, love filled passion and desire.

I thrust into her so hard I don't know how I didn't hit the wall behind her.

It was then when I realised that I was much stronger than Sarah and began so slow down, opening my eyes to look at her. Her eyes were forced closed, but not out of pain, out of pleasure. She felt my slowing in pace and opened her eyes, looking longingly in to mine, then she pulled me into a harsh, forceful kiss. Biting at my lower lip.

The first time I had finally spent the night with Sarah, I had known she was a virgin from her nervousness. But this just proved it. Not only has she not slept with anyone before me, but she had never gone any further than a kiss with a guy, if even that. She was around twenty one years old now so, no doubt this little release was what she needed. And from the look on her face as I quickened pace, I was right about that too.

I trailed soft kisses down her neck to that soft spot I had grown very fond of.

I laid a mixture of soft and harsh kisses on that perfect spot, causing her to push her hips into me.

God that felt good.

I rest my hands on her hips, pressing them against the wall and pushing my thumbs deep into the sort skin of her lower stomach, between her hips causing her to gasp louder and pull at my hair. And then seconds later bit down with all my strength on that sweet spot, feeling my release inside of her.

I stood there for a while longer with Sarah wrapped around my waist as we panted hot breath in to the others mouth.

"I love you." I whispered, stroking her hair behind her ears.

"I love you too." She breathed back.

I placed her down on the floor pulling out of her and she whimpered at the loss of intimate contact. I would have stayed there forever, but I could feel my legs going from beneath me as tiredness took over.

After pulling my trousers back up I slid down the wall, Sarah joining me.

I turned towards her and wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her closer to me.

I rest my forehead against hers and closed my eyes.

"You are mine Sarah as I am yours, and nothing will ever change that. I will seek out every crevice of your being and touch everything you have to offer, just as I hope you will do me. You will be my only lover, no matter how long I might live. I will spend every day of my never ending life loving you. You, Sarah Williams, are my very reason for existing." I whispered. My very heart and soul pouring out to her. The words so easily falling from my lips. "All I ask of you is forever."

I felt her soft, warm hand touch my cheek. "I was an ordinary, selfish, spoilt girl who thought the world owed her because she had an abusive step mother. One day, out of stupidity, I made a wish, using lines from a book I had read. But my wish came true." Sarah was telling me how we had met, which I obviously knew, but I wanted to hear it from her perspective.

"At first there was this scary and intimidating yet oddly intriguing mad man I had to defeat, and everything was about getting away from him. But when I finally did defeat him and returned home, I missed his dearly. Then my abusive step mother somehow learned the words of that wish and brought me back. When I looked at the man that had once scared and interested me at the same time, I realised. He had transformed in to somebody that loved me. And I had transformed into somebody that loved him.

And still, I love him, very, very much. And I always will. So when he asks me for forever...

Its only forever, not long at all."

I smiled, so happy to hear those words, and she kissed me lightly on the lips.

She cuddled in closer to me and we fell asleep once again. But I swear, the smile never left my face.

Hi Guys, this chapter is longer than the others so enjoy. Sorry about the sex scene, I will stop/lighten up on them. There will not be as many of them in the future I swear. Also sorry about the late update. I've also uploaded this story on AO3 (Archive Of Our Own) but the last 4 chapters posted in the wrong order. I tried to fix it, but accidently deleted the story, I have been trying to fix it all night but have only managed to get the first chapter up. So I'm really sorry this is late.

Your comments are always welcomed.

Thanks so much for reading

Labyrinth