A/N: Hey guys! This is my first Sweeney Todd fanfiction. The idea came to me in a dream, literally. So I hope you guys enjoy where my mind tends to go! Please review so I know if it's at least half decent! :)


His eyes snapped open and were immediately clouded with a heightened sense of confusion. He glanced around the room, slowly getting up from the small bed her slept in his shop. He slowly walked around the room, running a hand over the walls, the window sill, everything he could touch, wondering how it was possible to be still here. He thought… no, he had no idea what had happened. He made his way down stairs and into Mrs Lovett's shop and there she was, cleaning the benches as if nothing was wrong.

Mrs Lovett looked up and jumped slightly as she saw him, "Oh, Mr T, you startled me!" she paused and studied his face intently, "Is something wrong?"

"Why are you here? You should be dead…" He whispered, making his way closer to the woman who he swore he killed only hours ago.

Mrs Lovett looked shocked and slightly scared at such a question, but she stood firm, she wasn't afraid of him anymore, nor was she ever. "What are you talking about, Mr Todd? I'm alive and plan to be for a long while."

"I should be dead…" Mr Todd replied, bringing a hand up to his throat and slowly running his fingers along the slit that should have been there, but alas, there was nothing.

"Mr T, you're not making sense." Mrs Lovett on the other hand, barely had any confusion about their situation, she knew what had happened. "You must have had a bad dream. Come on, love. I'll get you some gin"

She carefully took his arm and pulled him over to one of the seats around the store. She went into her room and got out a bottle. Glancing in the mirror she took a deep breath, she wanted another chance, for things to go right this time. She nodded at her reflection and put on a small smile before heading back out to Sweeney and pouring him a glass of gin.

"Now, no more of this silly talk, we have business to get on with…" she walked back to the counter and started sorting out her equipment before taking a glance out the window and seeing the one person she hoped she would never see again. Across the street was Lucy. Back to her former glory, her light pink dress was glowing in the glum of the streets and her wavy blonde hair falling down her back. Mr Todd caught Mrs Lovett's eye line and turned to look at what she was looking at. Before Nellie could think twice, Sweeney stood up, his mouth open in shock at the sight of Lucy. Just as she used to be.

Without a thought he stumbled out of the store and across the street. He paused right in front of his blonde beauty and stared at her in shock and awe. She could only look back at him with her blue eyes.

"Benjamin…" she said softly, her eyes glistening with tears as the two of them embraced.

Mrs Lovett, still stuck to her spot in the shop watched the exchange, tears coming to her eyes straight away. This wasn't going how she planned, she'd hoped that Lucy wouldn't be here. She wanted Sweeney to herself once and for all, without any interferences from anyone else. She made her way closer to the window, placing a hand on the glass as she let one small tear slide down her cheek.

Sweeney began to walk back over to the shop, Lucy on his arm and with the happiest smile Mrs Lovett had seen from him for 16 years. She took a step back and watched them walk into the store.

"Mrs Lovett, would you care to get Lucy a pie." He said simply, sitting down with her on a table. Nellie stood there, unmoving before meeting Lucy's gaze. Nellie felt the hate for the woman build up inside her; she had always been envious of Lucy all those years ago, marrying the man she had been in love with for so many years. Lucy caught the look in her eyes and tried to give her a small smile.

"It would be much appreciated, Nellie…" she said, her voice shaking but still soft and gentle.

"It's Mrs Lovett to you" Nellie replied before turning away and getting the pair their pies and quickly going into her small room.

She fell onto the couch in a mess, her eyes again welled up with tears. Covering her face she started to cry. The love she felt for the man just outside was unbearable and to know that it would never be returned crushed her inside. The last time she had told him she loved him it had been under bad terms, very bad and he had ended up pushing her into the furnace.

She glanced up quickly when she heard the creaking of the floor boards near the entrance to her room. She quickly wiped her eyes and sat back as if nothing was wrong. Lucy walked into the room, carefully taking a seat beside Nellie.

"I'm sorry… I know you…"

"No, you don't get to speak. You ruined everything" Nellie replied, cutting her off and looking over to the other woman with such anger and hate in her eyes.

"Nell… Mrs Lovett, I've been waiting for him for 15 years. This could be my second chance. Please, you have to understand." Lucy said gently, in truth Nellie and Lucy had been friends as children, always playing together in the gardens around town. They're parents being friends, but as they grew older both of their affections turned to one man, Benjamin Barker. And their friendship split.

"I've loved him just as long as you, he would have been mine if you had left well enough alone! He's not Benjamin Barker anymore, Lucy, he's not the man you fell in love with. He's Sweeney Todd now, and he's mine" Mrs Lovett hissed, getting up and walking away from Lucy.

"I don't want to hurt you, I never did but he still loves me… If you truly loved him, Nellie, you would let him go." Lucy said before standing and making her way back to the store.

Mrs Lovett let Lucy's words go through her. True, she loved that man but she would never give him up that easily, no matter how much she loved him. She wanted him, she had for many, many years and this time, she was going to get him. She was going to win.