I Really Like You
Disclaimer: I do not own Sweeney Todd or the associated characters.
He was truly head over heels in love with Mrs. Lovett, though he knew she would not return his affections. She was bent on getting revenge from the Judge and what he had done to her. She ran the pie shop, but spent the time when she had no customers plotting. He took her dear, darling Lily.
Lily was her first and only child, a true blessing. She would have been fourteen today. The daughter of her love, Benjamin Barker. He was gone now, even oblivious to the fact that he had a child. Both of them were gone now...
The bell to her shop dinged and she looked up to see no other than Sweeney Todd, the man renting the room above, running the barber shop, standing at the other side of the counter. She noticed he always lingered around her, after they were done talking. Mrs. Lovett was anything but blind to his attraction to her. But her love was Ben. Lucy, his wife, had passed away soon after Ben left, leaving the space above the shop empty.
Sweeney raised an eyebrow as she stared into space. She did that often, even before she was technically a 'Lovett'. She must've been married some time.
"Elenor?"
"Yes, dear?" She shook her head from her thoughts.
"Have you ever... Thought about children?"
"Wot kind of question is that? I'm not married, let alone in a situation with enough money and..." She slammed dough on the counter.
"And?"
She slammed down a washcloth she was using to wipe the counters with. "I can't. I had a wonderful li'le girl once. She was so beautiful... Dark hair like her father. Though he never knew her.. Two years, she was, when they took 'er. Said it was none of me concern. She would be fourteen today."
"If I may ask, who was her father?"
"A noble man. We were not wed. He had a lovely wife though- Yellow hair. Benjamin Barker was his name. Was taken away on false charges, poor thing. The judge stole them both from me."
Sweeney was shocked. So he had a daughter? "Nellie... I want you to know something."
"Well go on, tell me."
"I really like you. I love you."
Then Nellie woke with a start. It was all a dream... She looked over and saw Albert sleeping next to her, his back facing her. She looked down at her pregnant stomach and shut her eyes as she tried not to think about the Barker family who had been living upstairs. She knew the baby had to be his. And it was. Her little baby... She'd meet it in only a few weeks. He didn't even know, for he himself, was gone. She could only hope the dream would not come true. But during their last tryst, Benjamin had said…
"I really like you."
Author's Note: I'll admit I had a little trouble with the ending. Thanks so much for reading! Sorry it's so short. I am trying to reach the goal of producing a story every day for as long as I can keep up! No chapter stories yet. They will come though.