WE'RE RELATED??? (Jareth)

[Daphne Scotts]

"I don't know either," Daphne said with a slight shrug as she looked up at the ceiling right where the lightning bolt came from earlier. Then again, he does have a historical reputation of not keeping it in his pants. So he could have just wanted her because he could." She paused for a few seconds to make sure she wouldn't get hit by lightning as well, but nothing happened.

"I guess dad does have favorites," she said with a bit of a smirk as she glanced over at Jareth. She reached over to pat out a path of smoke that was still coming from his shirt sleeve. "Probably quite a few lightning bolts," she said with a bit of a chuckle as she let go of hand before cocking an eyebrow at him. "Unless you already have a tally of how many times he's hit you?"

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Jareth looked up along with her, but no bolt came. It sort of made Jareth happy, knowing he cold possibly be the only kid that he bolted on a weekly bases. It was a really special bond between them. Jareth chuckled in his head at the thought of being happy about something like that. Something like being electrocuted by your dad because he has the emotional range of a four year old. "Well, if she looked anything like you when they-" he stopped, catching himself in the awkward comment. He shouldn't have to feel awkward flirting with her. But this was life. This was his life. Just their luck.

"Hey, hey. I like to think that the fact he bolts me means that I am a favorite," he joked, leaning forward a little to allow her to wipe the residue off his sleeves. He reached up and shuffled his hair a little, trying to get it back into place. "I don't actually have a tally just yet. I should probably work on that. He might have one though..." he was sure his father didn't care enough to tally that sort of thing, but the thought was semi comforting.

"So, now what?" he asked, looking straight into her eyes and feeling that familiar butterfly feeling mixed with poison in his stomach.

[Daphne Scotts]

Daphne laughed as she shook her head as she tried to ignore the comment he almost made earlier. "If being the favorite means that you get zapped, then by all means, go ahead and be the favorite." She smirked a bit as she pulled both of her hands away from him. "I mean, it's probably not good at all that you get zapped that often, so I actually have a chance of survival if I'm not the favorite."

But that awkward moment came between the two of them as she felt herself blush slightly. After talking it out, Daphne felt a little less conflicted about the situation, but the past was still there. "I don't know," she said with a bit of a shrug before nodding towards the TV and game system. "We can still play if you want to. I promise I'll try not to cheat."

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"I will gladly take the hits for you," he said with a smile. At first it was a flirty smile but he concentrated on transforming it to a... brotherly smile? He wasn't even sure he knew how to pull that off. Especially with Daphne, but it would be fine. He glanced over at the tv and game system along with her nod. "Well, I suppose one more round wouldn't hurt," he chuckled.

Truthfully, he liked it when she tried to cheat. At least, he used to. Now it would just be easier if they just played the game straight through and finished their little visit for the day. After this it might even be better that they don't spend time alone together anymore. As much as the thought bothered Jareth, he realized it was probably the 'grown up thing' to do.

He shifted so he was facing the screen again and held her controller out to her, "one more time?" he asked. Though, he wasn't really sure what he meant by that deep down. Was he really talking about the game?

[Daphne Scotts]

Daphne could slowly feel the awkwardness settle in between them once more. She couldn't help but mentally swear at herself, since she thought they had gotten past that point. Would they ever get past that point? She forced a friendly smile at him as the realization that if she wanted to not do something stupid, she had to distance herself away from Jareth, which hurt her more than anything.

She shook her head as she reached out to take the controller from him. "One more time," she said as she nodded her head before taking a seat on the floor next to him. She focused hard on the screen as their game started up once more. She took a deep breath as she forced herself to focus on her screen, not Jareth or his screen. But with each passing moment, it was getting more and more tempting to sneak a peak before she finally glanced over at him.

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The game was pretty intense that time. It seemed like they were both pretty darn set on winning. She was getting better, remembering old tricks and tactics it seemed. Jareth resisted the urge to let her win, like he'd done in the past. He didn't do it often, mind you, but it had been known to happen. He had to play this game like he would with anyone else. With any sibling. He almost gagged in his mouth.

He glanced over at her for just a moment and realized that she was looking at him as well. He gulped down. Her gaze was electrifying, no pun intended. He slowly lowered his controller as he studied her face. The game was still playing, but he had stopped. He cocked an eyebrow at her and said, "hi," breathlessly.

[Daphne Scotts]

Daphne's face heated up when Jareth caught her staring at him. She managed a weak smile at him and muttered a greeting before she abruptly turned her head back to the screen. She couldn't exactly focus on what was happening on her screen or which buttons she was pressing. She seemed to be pressing the wrong ones, because soon enough, Jareth's army stormed her fortress and took it over.

She muttered a curse underneath her breath as she laid her controlled down in her lap defeated. She glanced over back at Jareth and her face heated up once more. "Umm..." she said as she picked the controller from her lap and put it on the floor next to her. "I should get going..." she muttered as she slowly got up while avoiding his eyes. "I still need to unpack from the quest and stuff..."

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He turned back to the screen after her awkward smile and greeting to sort of pay attention to what he was doing, but not really. He still managed to take over her fortress, though. He wasn't really even sure if he noticed. He set his controller down beside him as the game ended and glanced back at her as she did at him.

She slowly started to stand, avoided eye contact. This was ridiculous. Were they going to be like this forever? Just awkwardly avoiding one another? No, something had to be done. And Jareth really only had one idea. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, gently though, and pulled her toward him until he kissed her right on the lips. After a few moments he pulled away and stared at her with wide eyes. That actually made him feel... better. Not in a 'he wanted to kiss her even more' way. But like, it was okay between them. He hoped it had the same affect on her.

[Daphne Scotts]

Daphne was pretty sure that once she got back into her room, she would hide in there forever until she died of embarrassment. Maybe she could convince Marius to let her stay with him until either Jareth moved out of the cabin or she died. Whichever came first. She was so lost in her thoughts and how to get out of this situation that she didn't notice that Jareth gently grabbed her wrist and pulled her down towards him. She barely noticed how close his lips were until they were on hers in a kiss.

Daphne stood there stunned for a few seconds after the kiss ended. She blinked a couple of times before she collapsed on the ground trying to process what happened. She remained silent as her eyes widened a bit and her mouth went into a slight 'O' shape before she gingerly touched her lips with her fingers. All that time imaging what it would be like kissing him and it ended up like that?

"Umm..." Daphne said, breaking the silence, as she lowered her hand away from her face and knitted her eyebrows together. "Let's not do that again..." She looked up at him and gave him a slightly disgusted face. "That was probably the most anticlamatic kiss that I've ever had... hate to break it to ya."

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Jareth watched in horror as Daphne sat down and touched her lips gently. He had no idea what was coming. Her expression could mean anything. He waited... And waited... Until finally she spoke. "Thank Zeus..." he said after her comment. He felt a laugh starting to bubble up in his throat until he let it out whole heartedly. "I'm so glad you feel that way!" he exclaimed while laughing even more.

He didn't regret doing that, not at all. Not if it made living with her bearable. He cocked an eyebrow at her, "How pissed do you think dad is right now?" he suddenly let his laughing slip away as he thought about that. Zeus may not care.. I mean, wasn't incest a big thing up there? Not that he and Daphne were going to go anywhere with this. No way.

[Daphne Scotts]

Daphne couldn't help but feel extremely relieved that Jareth was feeling the same way she was feeling about that kiss. She couldn't help but laugh a bit. "I can't believe all those years lead to that. That was so disappointing." She felt herself relaxing as the tension in her shoulders was gone and they dropped slightly.

"How pissed dad is?" She laughed as she threw back her head. "Jareth, dad IS the king of incest after all. Hera is technically his older sister. I guess it runs in the family." She smirked as she got up and brushed herself up. "Jareth, can you promise me something?" she asked as she looked at him and cocked an eyebrow at him. "Can you not say a word to anyone about this? I don't know how Marius will handle it and people really don't need to know the fail." She shrugged her shoulders as she smirked at him. "Well, I really need to unpack, but I'll see you around, okay?" She smiled before she left the room to go to hers.