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Wish for a Second Chance Chapter 5

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Six years after defeating the Labyrinth, Sarah accidentally lets the Goblin King back into her life.

Disclaimer: Jareth, Sarah, and all Labyrinth-related stuff belong to Jim Henson, George Lucas and Brian Froud.

Chapter Five

Much to Sarah's relief, her roommate Claire wasn't in the apartment. She had left a note saying that she would be out until after dinner.
Sarah looked at the Goblin King, not sure about what to do. She decided to ignore him and clean up a bit, as her roommate wasn't exactly a neat person.

Jareth stood silently in the living room. He conjured a crystal and his clothes magically changed into his usual Goblin King attire. He looked around, it wasn't a huge room, welcoming and warm. There was a big brown couch in the center and a glass table in front of it, which was full of books, the television was placed on a piece of furniture at the wall right in front of the couch. He suddenly lost interest in scanning the rest of the room when he saw the photos next to the television. While Sarah wasn't paying attention he took a few where the girl was with other people. In one she was almost naked, he noticed between excitement and irritation, only two little pieces of cloth covering her most intimate parts. A tall boy had his arms around her, and Jareth had to repress the violent need of destroying the photo and the boy. In another one, Sarah was with two girls in a crowded place, she had a nice short dress and was holding up a bottle of wine, laughing...
"What are you doing?!" Sarah grabbed the photos from his hands. "I told you not to touch anything"
Jareth crossed his arms on his chest. "I was looking around"
Sarah bit her lower lip. She hadn't noticed his change of clothes, but now she had to admit that she liked his medieval attire.
Wait, what? I don't like his clothes, nor any part of him. She reprimanded herself.
Liar, you do love those tight leather pants... A voice in her mind teased.
Sarah blinked, hushed the voice and said: "Just sit on the couch, okay? I... Are you hungry?"
He nodded, ignoring her request and following her with his eyes as she walked to the kitchen corner.
"Do you like pasta?" she asked without looking at him.
"I do not know... What is it?"
Sarah turned, a pack of spaghetti in her hand, to give him a surprised look. "Really? You've never eaten pasta?"
Jareth shook his head "Is it some kind of meat?"
Sarah laughed. "Oh no, it's... Pasta. Italians eat it every day"

Jareth walked towards her to see what she was doing. Apparently, this pasta was made of long and thin yellow sticks.. like bread perhaps? He observed with wonder as she took a medium sized pot and filled it with water, then put it on a strange black panel with four round bases. Blue flames appeared around one of them and Sarah put the pot on it.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"No.. Sit down, I can give you a glass of... Water. I'm afraid my roommate and her girlfriend have drunk all the wine we had" She took a bottle of coke from the fridge and two glasses from a cabin.
"Water is fine, thank you" He replied, sitting on the sofa and taking a book from the glass table.

An hour later Sarah collected the dishes and put them in the sink.
"It was delicious, precious" Jareth said, his eyes on her back, a warm smile on his lips. He could easily get used to having her cook for him...
Sarah felt a shiver run down her spine when he called her precious.
It's just a pet name.
Yes, but if it makes me feel like this, I'd better kick him out right now.

"I'm glad you liked it"
"Sarah, I think we should talk"
Sarah's expression darkened. "Oh really?" She finished washing the dishes and dried her hands. She turned around and jumped, Jareth now stood right in front of her. "Give me some room, dammit!" She snapped.
"Sarah" He put a hand on her shoulder, while the other lifted her chin to make her look at him. "If my presence upsets you so, maybe you should tell me how I can fulfill your wish and be done with it"
Sarah blushed and tore her gaze away. She didn't want to talk about her wish, or how to grant it. Jareth was leaning closer. She opened her mouth to say something, but the door of the apartment opened and her roommate came in, yelling: "Hey, Sar! You won't believe what... Oh! I... I didn't know we had a guest tonight"

Jareth frowned and growled at the sudden interruption. He was tempted to conjure a crystal and reorder time to get rid of the new girl, but the stiffness of Sarah's body and the tormented look in her eyes kept him from doing so. He took a step back and changed into his human clothes in the blink of an eye.
This must be the girl who lives with my sweet Sarah. He thought, amused. The girl was petite, with short red hair and bright blue eyes, she wore a colorful dress and violet leggins.
Sarah moved further away from him and promised herself to buy a twelve-donuts box for Claire the next time she went downtown. She bit her lower lip. "Hi Claire, how was your day? This is.. Uhm.."
"I'm Jareth, a... friend" he said, winking at Clair.e
Claire smirked. "Sarah's friend?"
Jareth smiled, a mischievous look in his eyes. "Yes, a... special friend"
As usual, sorry for any mistake. Enjoy! :D

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NikiMaweird's avatar
Ok first the elevator was some sort of oubliette and now he has no idea what pasta is? :rofl: