Not everything is as dark as it seems....

Practical_Magick · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: 10 Years After The Labyrinth

Sarah breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the clock. 5:04, time to go home. She had never been so happy it was Friday. It had been an extremely taxing week.

She gathered up the materials she would need over the weekend, and then navigated her way through the maze of cubicles that made up the office where she worked. Tonight she was going out to a bar, for the first time in ages.

At home, Sarah took a long hot shower, marveling at how good the water felt against her skin. She hadn�t realized how tired she was until she got into the shower and let the warm spray revive her.

After drying her hair, she rummaged through her closet for something to wear, cursing her tendency to forget to do the laundry. Everything she wanted to wear was either dirty or crumpled in the bottom of her closet, which was basically the same thing.

She finally settled on hip-hugging blue jeans and a simple black tank top. She had natural good looks, so she only used a bit of eyeliner on her eyes and a touch of mascara, and she was ready.

She flopped down on her couch and flipped on the TV to pass the time. A commercial came on featuring a gorgeous blond man, who bore a striking resemblance to her latest boyfriend. Or make that ex-boyfriend, after he cheated on her. Thinking about him made her think back to all of her dating disasters.

She had never been lucky in love. Every time a guy seemed too good to be true, he was. Somehow, she didn�t attract the �right� kind of men, only the ones who wanted to use her. She sometimes wondered fleetingly if it was something wrong with her, not the guys she went out with. Even with the nicest of men, she always felt like something was missing, although she couldn�t explain what it was. It was like a small part of her heart had been claimed by a man, and she had yet to find that man to make her heart complete. She realized that she always held back in relationships, not wanting to delve too deeply into what she may or may not feel. Sometimes she wondered if she would ever meet someone who could make her feel complete.

�But you did, and you let it go,� she whispered to herself. Try as she might, he was always in the back of her mind. True to her word, she had done her best to put Jareth out of her mind. But not surprisingly, she didn�t succeed. Although it had been ten years, she could close her eyes and still picture him as clear as if he was right beside her. She could see his fluffy mane of blond hair, his beautiful mismatched eyes, and in all her daydreams he wanted her as much as she wanted him.

The mood shifted in the room. Suddenly Sarah was terrified; without opening her eyes she just knew someone was in her apartment with her. She sensed it. Her heart beating wildly, she slowly opened her eyes�and nearly fell off the couch.

Soon after she grabbed her purse and left for the bar. Soon after she arrived at the new nightclub Gemstone. There was no way he could be here in this teenagers� bar, it just couldn�t happen, but how she wanted him to be there, just close to her.
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medi evil fairy · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

Jareth looked through the crystal, he was watching her now. He knew it was wrong, but it was the closest he could get to seeing her in real life. He'd misse dher, and He was now admitting that.
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