Sarah stared at the door of the Indian restaurant; from her table she had a perfect view of the entrance, which was one of the reasons she chose the table. If it wasn't for her flatmate Misty she would not have been sat on her own in a Indian restaurant waiting for her blind date to arrive, which Misty had insisted on being a 'surprise.'

Although Sarah was 20 years old she found it hard to date men, she had had a couple of long term relationships but she just found them too boring, they had no imagination and had probably never read any of the books she had wrote. Not that she minded that, but she had to always compare them to a certain goblin king who liked to invade her thoughts at least once a day. Her trip to the labyrinth was not something she could easily forget even though she had tried, but found she now loved Toby and her family much more then she had before. She still spoke to her labyrinth friends now and again. She had a great relationship with her family she visited regularly and looked after Toby some weekends.

Misty who brought a different man to the flat every week decided that Sarah needed a new man in her life and so she had arranged this blind date even after Sarah's protests. Even after Sarah had begged Misty to tell her who it would be, Sarah had no clue.

'Hey maybe it was the cute fireman who lived in the flat next door' she thought to herself and if he wasn't she could quickly run before they saw her. After a couple of hours of searching through her wardrobe she had picked out a pale rose dress which wasn't too low with makeup to match, now she just hoped it wouldn't be wasted.

Finally, she thought as someone walked past the window with a red rose, Misty had given Sarah one too to leave on the table just in case he didn't recognize her. Dread filled Sarah as the person stepped into the restaurant with the rose, Sarah didn't know how she dived so quickly, but she managed to duck under the table before he faced her. She knew straight away who it had been, it was Matt her old boyfriend.

"Shit!" she whispered to herself, she'd left the rose lying on the table. Quickly she reached from under the cloth and grabbed the rose. Ducking again she hoped he hadn't seen her.

Sarah had dated Matt in her late teens and he was the most arrogant jerk she had met, he was even more arrogant then Jareth had ever been! He had even told her that she should have been glad he chose her out of all the other girls. Sure he was handsome, but he was obsessed with his appearance. Even now as she peeked out from underneath the table, while he had been looking around for her, a mirror had caught his eye and he was now stood combing his hair in the middle of a restaurant! 'God, I can't believe I spent a whole year with him!' she realised that Misty must have read her old phonebook which still had his number inside and decided he was the love of Sarah's life. She was going to have to kill her when she got home, she desperately wished he would leave but now he was chatting to a tall blond.

'I wonder what Jareth would do in this situation? I bet he wouldn't be hiding under some table from his ex!' Sarah still wasn't sure about Jareth, he may have stolen her brother but he made her feel so good, like in the ballroom, if she hadn't of remembered her brother she could have danced with him for hours on end. Since returning from the labyrinth whenever she spoke to her friends she would always ask about Jareth. Hoggle would just tell her he was 'ok I suppose' or ask 'what do ya wanna know bout him for?'

Looking again Sarah was relieved to see Matt walking out of the restaurant, with the blond now holding the rose and his phone number, 'should I warn her?' Sarah thought to herself.

Groaning Sarah pushed herself back into her seat, couples were staring and whispering about her.

"What am I doing, hiding from him?" she whispered straightening her dress and taking a sip of wine.

"Yes Sarah, what on earth are you doing?" Sarah nearly jumped a mile as she spun around, sure enough Jareth sat behind her with his back to hers.