A/n: I do not own Sweeney Todd or any of the characters from the movie or play. I do own Amelia Jenkins though.
Several nights Amelia had watched Benjamin Barker and his family. No, she wasn't a lunatic. She just wanted to see what true happiness was. She had never felt that kind of happiness in her whole life. Her childhood was one of the worst a child could probably have in her opinion. Her mother was murdered by her father. Her father abused and raped her. By the time she was sixteen, she put an end to her suffering by murdering her deranged father. She had ran away and opened a liquor shop at the very end of Fleet Sreet. She was now twenty one, and she had to admit, she was getting pretty lonely. In her shop, the only customer she had was Mrs. Lovett, who would go by her shop to get a few bottles of gin for her pie shop. 'Prob'ly the best company you'll have for a while.' she would think bitterly to herself.
Then she saw Benjamin Barker walking down the street with his beautiful wife nd daughter. When they were a few good feet away, she slipped out of her shop and quietly followed them. When she caught up with them, she knew that they were planning their lives out with each other. But thats when she saw Benjamin get forcefully taken away from his wife and daughter. Too afraid to see if the poor woman was alright, she ran to Mrs. Lovetts shop.
"Wot's this? Why ar' you runnin' in her li' you witnessed a murder?" Mrs. Lovett asked worried. When Amelia caught her breath, she managed to choke out, "The barber 's gone. Taken away, 'e was. I don' know 'ho took 'him, but they 'it 'im pretty hard wit' a club."
Mrs. Lovetts eyes widened. "That means the misses will be back soon. If she 'ears ya ramblin' on abou' Barker bein' taken away, I do believe she'll go bonkers." she said hurriedly, "You best calm down. An' keep yer mouth shu' when she tells me wots happened, alri'?"
Amelia nodded slowly as Mrs. Lovett poured her a glass of gin. She scrunched up her face but drank the gin. Moments later, Lucy ran into the shop screaming that her husband has been taken. After Mrs. Lovett calmed her down, she sent her upstairs to her room.
