The Kings Princess

Chapter 26: Telling Daddy

Jareth crossed his arms over his chest, he looked at everyone "well, what is going on?"

Desiree gulped and walked slowly towards her father "now papa please don't be angry"

Jareth started looking at his daughter worried "why would I be angry"

"Jackal has asked me to marry him" she tells him gushing with happiness

Jareth's face was emotionless, and then he frowned and turned around and walked away.

"PAPA!" his daughter called out

Sarah frowned at his reaction and followed him, Jackal came up behind Desiree and put his arms around her waist "he will come around" he told her

Desiree nodded her head mournfully

Damien looked at Desiree and Jackal "I'm not sure how much my opinion counts for, but I am happy for you"

"Thanks Damien" she said then went up to him and hugged him, Jackal shook his hand

"You're welcome my dear, now I am going to talk some sense into your father" he told her as he walked away

Desiree turned in Jackals arms hugging him tight, her head on his shoulder, with tears coming from her eyes.

Sarah walked into the bedroom, her son in her arms asleep. She looked around the room, it was a mess, everything was around the room, a mirror was broken, her vanity was turned over on it's side, Jareth's back was turned away from her. She quickly put the baby in the bassinet, she walked up behind him.

"Jareth what happened here, it looks like a tornado hit" Sarah says

Jareth turned around to look at her, he looked furious; he scared Sarah that she backed away from him.

"The tornado was me" he told her as he was cupping his left hand in his right

Sarah studied his hand and noticed blood on it, she gently took his left hand in hers, he hissed, she looked it over "how did you do this to your hand?"

"I punched the mirror" he said calmly

"Why?" she asked gently

Jareth pulled his hand out of Sarah's roughly "my little girl is getting married"

She smiles at him "yes, I know"

"She's only sixteen years old" he told her

"She's seventeen she had a birthday remember" she tells him

"Still she's too young" he told her as plopped down on the bed upset

"Then tell her to wait a year"

"That's not the point, she will get married, have a family and forget about me" he tells her sadly putting his head in his hands

She gave him a sorrow filled smile "you think she could forget about you, Jareth no one could forget about you"

Jareth raised his head looking at her "you think so"

"Yes, because after all these years. I still couldn't get you out of my head"

Jareth beamed at her "really"

"Really, now let me take care of your hand" she said as she grabbed his hand

Jareth pulled his hand away "you forget about something my dear"

"And what is that Jareth?" she asked with her hands on her hips

"I have magic" he told her as he waved his right hand over his left healing it, then he waved his hand around the room, and it appeared the way it was before he messed it up.

"Impressive" Sarah said amazed and sat down next to Jareth on the bed

"After all these years my magic still impresses you?" he said surprised

"Yes" she told him

Jareth and Sarah sat there in silence for a moment "I think you should talk to her" Sarah spoke up

"I think that is a good idea" a male voice said from the doorway

They both looked up shocked at who was standing there "Damien what do you want?"

"Well Jareth, I think your beautiful wife has a good idea, you need to talk to Desiree" he told him sternly

"Don't know what to say" he told him as he stood up facing him

"Just tell her how much you love her, and how proud you are of her" Sarah told him also standing up with them

"She thinks the world of you Jareth, she loves you, and you are her hero" Damien told him

Jareth smiled bashfully "you are Jareth, she is always worried about what you think, and she loves you" Sarah added

"Fine I will go talk to her" he said defeated

Damien walked up to Sarah and put his arm around her "good you go do that, and I will keep your wife company" he joked

Jareth grabbed his arm off of Sarah "no, you will leave, and we will have our talk later"

"Talk. Talk about what?" Sarah asked curious

"Damien wants to be in Desiree's life, so he wanted to talk to her about it. But he wanted me to be ther. To make sure that Desiree felt safe in his presence" he told her

"Fine" Damien told him and left the room

Jareth kissed Sarah quickly and left the room.

When Jareth arrived outside, he saw Desiree in Jackal's arms crying and mumbling to him. "why can't my dad be happy for me, doesn't he know how much I love him, and his happiness means so much to me"

"He knows" Jareth said from behind them

Desiree let go of Jackal and turned around "Papa" she cried happily

"Jackal can you give us a moment alone?" he asked him kindly

"Sure" he told Jareth and walked away

"Let's sit down" Jareth said as he gestured to the bench with his hand

"Okay" she said as she sat down

Jareth sat down next to her, Desiree wiped her face and eyes with her hands, Jareth and Desiree kept staring at each other nervously. Waiting for other to start.