"So Beautiful"

My first fanfiction. And yeah, Im in class so this will be short. Haha. Read and review, por favor?

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"We could have a life, us two" the words echoed through Todd's head many times as quickly as they could, over and over before Mrs. Lovett continued on with her words. "Maybe not like I dreamed, or not like you remember…But we could get by", she told him, he could read her like a book. Tired and desperate, safe yet unsure, longing but patient – he knew now that since he had been back, her patience had slowly began to deteriorate. She had thrown herself at him many times when they were alone together. Of course, it didn't bother him much…it wasn't like he really paid any attention to it. His attention and focus was all on the Judge but right now – now she had his attention.

His eyes fixated on something outside of the window, his lips were parted as he thought on that phrase for a moment. Could he really have a life with Mrs. Lovett? Could he really be happy? As he turned around to face her, his face grew more compassionate with his eyebrows lowering slowly and his lips turning into a gentle pout. He pitied Mrs. Lovett. He was aware of the loss of her husband, sure he may not have asked about him, but he knew. There was no one sitting around eating all the pie that Mrs. Lovett had in stock, so Todd knew that he was gone.

Mrs. Lovett was alone, desperate, and simply wanted a family – Todd knew that he couldn't be the family that she was looking for. However as she started up at him, into his eyes – he noticed the slight stitch of hope arisen in her very tired darkened eyes. And then, as if it were a dream, her eyes suddenly began to brighten into a bright shade of blue, her usually tassled blood red hair became a dream-like shade of 'yellow' and appeared to be curled underneath a bonnet on her head. It was Lucy…it was his Lucy. Todd's lips spread into a hopeless smile as his eyes showed a bit of warmth once again, which surprised Mrs. Lovett and caused her to smile too. Todd recognized Mrs. Lovett's smile as the smile that he had seen on Lucy the day that he was exiled. So young, so beautiful.

"My…Lucy", Todd whispered softly and immediantly pressed his lips against Mrs. Lovetts within seconds of speaking, not even giving Mrs. Lovett time to object to him caling her 'his Lucy'. Nellie's shot open as he kissed her with such passion, everything in her head made her want to push him away, but her heart objected. She would do anything for him – she would BE anything for him…Even 'his Lucy'. She would do that just for him.

Mrs. Lovett lifted her thin pale arms to reach around Todd's neck and she pulled him in slowly, holding onto him with such strength, you'd think that she had been waiting for this for many years. Which she has. She has been wanting and longing to hold Todd in her arms – when she first became smitten with him…He was not Sweeney Todd. Back then…he was 'Benjamin Barker', or 'Her Benny' was what she called him.

"Benny!" Nellie called from down stairs in her 'pie shop', times were easy back then for Mrs. Lovett and the Barkers. Times were less stressful, and they were all so young and yet so complicated. During this time Nellie was married to a rather paunchy working man. Of course, all he did was ate but that usually gave Nellie the confidence she needed to continue creating her pies for the lovely home. The man Nellie called 'Benny' was actually 'Benjamin Barker', her landlord, very dear friend, and the man that she had a very secret fondness for.

He was married – married to, who Nellie thought, was just an awful woman. For some reason, this, 'Lucy Barker' has always had some sort of spite towards Nellie…something inside of Lucy caused her to just find ways to make Nellie miserable. Nellie didn't blame her, Nellie was in love with Lucy's husband. Lucy knew, Lucy could tell – a woman can read another woman so easily. But that's why Lucy always strived to keep Todd away from Nellie by taking him on little outings or strolling in the park with their dear little girl, Johanna.

"Benny, dear, you'd bet'er get down 'ere before Albert eats ev'rthin'!" she laughed softly as she heard the loud footsteps of Benjamin rushing down the stairs. When he finally made it to the cooking area, there was already a pie sat on a plate with a tiny little cherry on top and a note that read, 'Benny Dearest' on it. Nellie liked to put cute little notes around the dishes to make things feel more personalized for everyone and a lot less awkward. She had one for everyone. One for Benny, of course read, 'Benny Dearest', one for Albert that read, 'My Husky Hubby', one for Johanna that read, 'Little one', and one beautifully stribbled for Lucy that simply read, 'Lucy'. Just like Lucy disliked Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Lovett disliked her just as much.

Benjamin grabbed his own plate and held it up to his nose, the enriching aroma filled his nose and he smiled softly, looking over at Albert who was already holding his plate out for 4ths, he brought his kind brown eyes to the direction of Nellie and smiled an even brighter smile, "These smell heavenly", he complemented, and she smiled sweetly in his direction, "I made 'em just for you…" she WANTED to say, instead, she smiled, "Thanks…but where's Lucy? I made one just for 'er – she always seems to miss out", she commented curiously, looking around the area and then back at Benny who had his little mouth filled. Instead of swallowing what he had in his mouth, he spoke with his mouth-full, allowing some of the contents to spill out of his mouth and onto his shirt, "She said she was headed to Mrs. Mooneys"

"Mooney…" Mrs. Lovett hissed as she laughed at the mess that Benny made onto his shirt and face. She grabbed a napkin and shook her head slowly, marching over in his direction, "I swear…" she said, "That woman does things in spite of me", she told Benjamin as she wiped his face of crumbs and pieces of meat. Benjamin looked confused, obviously there's a side of Lucy that he has not seen yet from her – so naturally, he didn't believe a word that Mrs. Lovett said, "Oh you're just imagining things, Nellie…" he says with a laugh. Mrs. Lovett shook her head slowly, "She's actin', Benny, dear – if only you could see that" she said to him after she finished wiping him off.

She stood up and went back behind the counter, "Anyway's, you'd better ship off to work, you've got a long day today", she smiled up in Benny's direction as he smiled back and waved at her then ran out of the door. She watched him leave, sighing dreamily to herself, then looked at Albert, "You 'ad enough yet dear?", he looked back up at her, on his 11th pie now and he went back to scarfing them down his throat. She placed her hand on her jaw and then her elbow rested on the counter, holding her head up as she shook her head, "Thought so…" she said, "I swear, Albert, you're gonna eat ya'self to death"

This moment with Todd, it could've lasted forever, it felt like, her heart beated hard in her chest and her eyes watered, allowing tears to fall down her very pale cheeks. Finally, at the sound of the stairs being stepped on at an alarming speed, Todd pulled back quickly, snapping out of his imagination of Lucy and seeing Mrs. Lovett again. His brows wrinkled, and her own face turned into one of confusion before the both of them turned around to finally see Antony bursting through the door with news for the two of them – mostly Todd.

As Anthony spoke, Mrs. Lovett was in her own world, running her fingers gently against her lips. Sure he thought she was Lucy…did it really matter? Of course it did…Would he ever really love her, for her?

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Yeah, that's the end. Im sorta in College right now – this very moment so I don't have much time to really think about what I'm writing. I've got to get to class, but let me know whether or not I should continue. I'm probably gonna continue anyways since I've gotten into this. Haha, Just let me know what you think? Critisizm, please?