A New Understanding

Sarah woke a little while later to find herself in an unfamiliar place, with arms wrapped tightly around her. She was disoriented at first and then she remembered where she was. The stage was gone. And the bed was just as big but it seemed simpler than it had before. She turned into Jareth’s chest, and looked up at his face. His arms tightened around her as he woke. His beautiful mismatched eyes met her green ones. He smiled at her and she felt overwhelmed that someone as beautiful as he was would have any interest in someone as ordinary as her. She tried to smile back at him, but her bottom lip began to tremble and she started to cry.
“It ‘s ok love, I'm here.” He whispers, kissing her and holds her stroking her hair until she stops. She looked into his eyes again and remembers what happened between them earlier. She reaches up and kisses him, a soft kiss that deepens with the urgency of the emotions that are coursing through her. She pulls away and whispers “thank you.” Before she lets him pull her back into him. She is not sure what else to say and as his lips find the back of her neck, she finds words to be less necessary then she thought. He runs his hand down the side of her face as he eases her onto her back. He positions himself next to her.

“Sarah? Are you all right? I didn’t hurt you did I?” He looks concerned, and he seems so different than he did last night, just as unsure as she feels.

She smiles at his newfound compassion. “Jareth, I, can we? …Will you?”

“What is it love?” he smiles at her shyness, not sure what it is that she wants.

“Will you make love to me again? I …” she stops at the expression on his face. “If you don’t want to…”

“Of course I want to love, I just didn’t know that you would want me to…I thought you would be upset because I, well I made you last night.”

“Jareth, I want you, I've never wanted anyone but you, even when I thought I made you up. Please make love to me.”

Jareth started to stroke the side of her breasts, and he leaned over and sucked a nipple into his mouth. She gasped at the sensation and then ran her hand up his chest. It was his turn to shiver under her touch. She smiled at his reaction and ran her hand back down his chest and reached down to stroke his already hardening member. She remembered how his lips had felt when her kissed the very center of her. She hesitantly pushed him down and turned so her head was near his sex. She reached out and took his shaft in her hand and examined it. She was amazed that something could be so silky and hard at the same time. She wasn’t sure but she thought that it was bigger than average. She had only seen one other one and that had not been pleasant. He groaned deep in his throat as she stroked him. She leaned closer and ran her tongue along the underside of his shaft His hips bucked towards her as she moved along his length, pulling a startled cry from his lips. She looked up at him and saw the need in his eyes. She decided that she had to know what he tasted like. As she sucked the head into her mouth his head fell back. She started a slow rhythm up and down his shaft stroking what she couldn’t quite get into her mouth with her hands. He started to pump his hips in time with her movements. She felt strangely powerful to be able to do this to him. She felt the shaft tightening in her mouth and then his release as his hot seed flowed into her mouth. It tasted salty and sweet at the same time. She did her best to suck it all down, she sucked him clean and he was already starting to get hard a second time when he gasped out “enough” she released him and he turned her to face him.
"Did I do something..?" She started to ask.

"No Sarah, everything was perfect but.." He smiled, "There is more we can do. What do you want? Hard? Soft? Loving? Rough?”

“Everything, Jareth as long as it is with you.”

He smiled “I want you as much as you want me pet, I always have.” He pulled her on top of him. She smiled and kissed him as she positioned herself over him. She slowly lowered herself onto his hardness and gasped as he filled her to his limits. She was still so tight, almost painfully so. She slowed her pace and came to rest with him embedded in her.

“That’s it love, you are in control this time, go as fast or as hard as you want. All you have to do is tell me what you want and it is yours. But that means admitting what it is that you want.”

Her lip quivered again as she looked down at him. She leaned down and kissed him and then she started to slowly rock her hips back and forth, rotating them as she did on stage sometimes. The feelings inside her were building. She found herself riding him harder and harder. His hands had found her hips and he was helping to guide her movements. The sound of their labored breathing filled the room. He found his control more strained then it had ever been. He was still afraid that he could hurt her though.
“Jareth” she sighed out as she started to shudder. He felt her silken muscles tighten around him, clutching at his thick member. He needed his release badly, but he wanted to satisfy her needs first. Without pulling out of her, he rolled her onto her back. He then started to pump slowly into her. She started to meet his movements and tried to sped up. He pulled out of her. Her eyes were confused until he started to kiss his way down her body. His lips worked past her breasts and down her flat stomach. By this time she was whimpering under his touch. He opened her with his fingers and plunged his tongue into her, exploring her folds, smiling when she clutched at his head. He must have hit a spot that felt especially good. He continued until he had made her climax again. He slid a finger into her tight passage, and then another. Stroking her to prolong her orgasm. He then started stroking her faster and harder, driving her passion to a new hight while continuing to explore her with his mouth. She desperately pulled at him but her resisted loving the way her sweet honey tasted.

“Please Jareth, I want you inside of me.” She moaned. He moved back between her legs and pushed himself into her, his control was starting to slip. He plunged into her and before he knew what he was doing he was ramming into her.

She was just as frantic as he was and she started to shudder as she started to cum again. As her velvety insides clutched around him he fhe felt his orgasm overtake him and plunged into her one last time releasing his hot seed within her. This time it was him that cried out her name. He collapsed on top of her, unable for a moment to move. Then he rolled off to the side, and looked at her. He was afraid of what he might see in her eyes. He had been a little rough with her this last time and he wasn’t sure how she was going to react.

She looked back at him, her eyes full of love. He was everything she had ever hoped for and more. She was sure that this was where she belonged. But she had a few questions, and she wasn’t sure how to ask what she wanted to know. She noticed the anxiety in his eyes then and smiled uncertainly at him. “Jareth? Did I do something wrong? Are you all right?”

He quickly smiled at her. “I was afraid I hurt you there at the end. You are ok aren’t you? I’m afraid I got a little carried away.”

“I’m fine, and I was glad you did. It was amazing. Can I ask you a few questions? I don’t want to make you mad but I really need to know a few things.”

“Ask me anything Sarah, I won’t lie to you.”

“Well ok, um, why me? You could have anyone you wanted so why me? I was a bit of a brat when I was here last and well…. you aren’t really what I remembered. I thought you would be well colder somehow.”

“Your questions might take a little while to explain. I am not bound by the magic of a summoning this time, so I am myself; you had cast me as somewhat of a villain when you were here. And you added to the spell before casting it. You said I would love you. I hadn’t expected that and I was angry at the time that you forced me to feel that way.” He took a breath and saw hurt creeping into her reaction. ”Wait Sarah, let me finish. When you left the spell was broken and I was myself again. I had never known what love was, and I had never offered myself to anyone before, and you refused me. That rejection stung at first. No one had ever defeated the labyrinth and you did. I found myself thinking about you more and more as time went on. I wasn’t sure why at first, but I came to recognize a kindred spirit in you. I love your courage and the way that you never give up. I love your strength and I want to be there for you when you need someone. I want to earn your love. I will do everything in my power to make you happy, but only if you will have me.” He looked down at her and smiled again, “I am new to love, or at least this kind of love, I may need your help, and there will be times I will behave stupidly, but I want to try Sarah…. Do you want me to? I am a king, and not used to this, but if you wish it I will kneel at your feet and serve you.”

She smiled at him “of course I want to give this a try. I just don’t want to disappoint you. I have my own ghosts so to speak. And I promise that if you try to kneel to me I will run far away. I like it when you ... But there are a few things I don’t understand…. Were you in the club last night?” She could see the color rise in his face at the memory. “How long have been watching me? Why didn’t you come before this? You said you wanted to be there for me but I have been suffering for the last two years…”

“Last night was the first time in about three years that I gave in and checked on you, I was trying to give you time to grow, to come of an age that you would understand what I was offering to you. I knew nothing of your pain, I wish I had known, I would have come to you so much sooner.” He looked at his hands that were playing with the edge of a sheet. “Then I saw you in the club, I saw you dance and I knew I couldn’t leave you in that place. I love you Sarah and I am truly sorry that I wasn’t there for you. If you will let me, I will be here for you from now on, for love, or talking, or to have someone to throw things at if that is what you need.” His eyes darkened. “You said you had never willingly… will you tell me what happened to you, and tell me why the last three years have been so bad?”

“Can we talk about all of that later, Jareth? Right now I just want to lie here in your arms and talk about what we do now. I am just guessing but our lives are very different. How are we going to do this? You are a king; I am a stripper and a student. You live in the land of the goblins and my life is in New York. There are a few arrangements that will need to be made. I am guessing that if I want to be with you I will have to give up living in New York. I don’t have a problem with that. But I need to go get my things and cancel my lease so they don't think something bad happened to me. I want to say goodbye to Toby."

“Of course.” Jareth stood up and Sarah took the opportunity to admire his naked form as he walked across the room. He went to the door and opening it slightly he gave an order for a double breakfast and a fresh bowl of golden raspberries. He waived his hand and they were both wearing silk pajamas.
She smiled; hers were the same burgundy color that she had been wearing the night before. He sat down on the bed and stroked her hair back out of her face.

“Sarah, love, you have to understand that you are mostly free to do as you wish, but I really want you here, with me. There will be times that I will have duties to attend to and I won’t be available. But I will always try to keep those times as short as they possibly can be. I want us to be happy. Is there anything you need from me right now? Any other questions you need answered? Because there are a few things that you have to be aware of as well.”

“No, I think that you have answered my questions pretty well. Is there anything you would like to know?” she frowned then. “Anything other than the disaster that bee been my life that is. I want to enjoy this fully for today. Do you have anything you have to do today or can you spend the day with me?”

“I am free to spend the day and night with you unless I get summoned away. You must understand that I must answer a summons whenever it happens.”

“Do you really turn the babies into goblins?”

“No Sarah, they aren’t turned into goblins. What you must understand is that most of the people who send their children here are abusive and neglectful. The good people who are just frustrated always get their babies back.”

“What would you have done with Toby if I hadn’t gotten to him on time?’

“Normally the children are adopted out to fae families who want children. Toby’s case was a little different. He was a special child. I would have kept him here and raised him as a member of the court.”

“Why was Toby different?”

“Toby was a beautiful, peaceful child. And here he would have become powerful in his own right. I have no heir and he would have been perfect to raise as one. Or at least as a consort to any heir I might have in the future. Keeping Toby would have been a better option than tying myself down to one of the social butterflies here who were only concerned with social standing and what I could do for them as a king or the fae realms.”

“Is that the reason you want me Jareth? Because you won’t be as tied down by me? Or are you going to try and take Toby back again?” Suspicion came into her eyes.

“Sarah, listen to me. The fae love children and as children go Toby was special. First of all Toby is much to old for that to happen, and second of all I will be just as tied to you as you want me to be. I love you. How can I convince you of that? I will do most anything you ask of me.” He looked frustrated that she didn’t understand. She mistook the expression for anger and flinched back away from him. Seeing this reaction he did his level best to control both his tone and his expression, but some of the hurt that he was feeling crept into it. “I won’t hurt you Sarah, I just want you to try and trust me ok? I don’t hit women, ever. Unless they ask me too of course. At least I never have to this point.” He sighed as she started to look guilty again. This was going to be harder than he first thought.

“Jareth, I am trying but you are so different than you were nine years ago and it will take a little getting used to. This is different than anything I have ever felt before and I’m not sure what you want of me yet. I don’t know what to do or say. I haven’t even had time to think about this whole thing yet. There are only two things I know. The first is that I love you. The second is that I want to try and make this work, but that there can’t be any deception between us. No lies. It is all or nothing. Those are my terms. Is that acceptable to you? And will there be a lot of other women?”

He was taken back by her straight forwardness. It was refreshing after the games of the court. “Sarah I want to give this a fair chance. I will do as you ask. To answer you better, I’m not sure what draws me to you exactly but I am very glad that it does. I love you. I’m not sure how much that will help but it is the truth. We are very different and we need to be able to have time to work this thing through. I need you to be able to talk to me about anything. The ways you like me to touch you, the things that have happened to you, the things you want to happen to you. You can tell me anything. I won’t laugh at you. I won’t set out to hurt you. Is that fair to you? Can you live with that Sarah? I’m not demanding that you tell me everything right now. Just that you will eventually open up and let me into your life. That’s what I want to be a part of your life. But I am also a king. There are times that I may ask things of you that will be hard for you to understand. I will give up other women unless there is a desire for us to try something new...”

She smiled “That’s what I want too. I think that this might work. Wait a desire..? You mean the two of us with another woman?”

He grinned. "There is always the possibility. Or another man if you prefer. One of things you need to understand,Sarah is that the fae view sex differently. Here it is not sinful as you find it in the world above. We have been accused of being hedonistic pleasure seekers. And we are."
As she smiled up at him there was a subdued knock on the door. A liveried servant walked in carrying a tray. On that tray was a breakfast that rivaled any she had ever seen. There was stuffed French toast, waffles, bacon, eggs, toast, hash browns, sausage, ham, and little tarts with fresh golden raspberries covered in a fresh cream. She had never seen anything like it. He placed the tray on the table. With a sincere smile, at both Sarah and Jareth, he left without a word.

Jareth groaned inwardly. He knew there would be rumors all over the castle by lunchtime and all over the kingdom by evening. He would just have to deal with the problems as they came up. Today he wanted nothing more than to enjoy Sarah’s company. He smiled and then took her fork away. She looked at him puzzled. He sat down next to her and asked her, “what would you like first?”

“Do you plan to feed me?”

“Yes love, feed you and then talk to you, and later explore more of your desires.”

He slowly fed her a little of everything she asked for, making the meal as sensual as possible for her. He then decided that if he didn’t get them dressed they would spend the rest of the day in bed. Not that that was an entirely bad idea… but he had things he wanted to show her. He took her on a tour of the castle. It was really a beautiful place. She was amazed to find that it didn’t look as she remembered it. He explained that the magic of the calling spell had made it look the way it had when she was here last. He was suprised when she didn't imediatly demand to see the dear friends she had made during her first trip here.

There was a lot that he needed to explain to her. He also needed to tell her that things wouldn't always be fluffy and warm between them. There were certian protocalls that had to be followed. He was thinking about this while he was watching her exploring her new enviorment. He hadn't told her that he couldn't return her to the surface for a little while. If her returned her before marking her and making her his, she would never be able to return. That was something he couldn't face, eternity without her. But it was her choice. She had to willingly submit to him. To become his completly. A first visit to the underground was rare. A second was unheard of. If she went back now he would have to erase everything she remembered about his kingdon from her memories. He couldn't let that happen. Not this time.