Here's Chapter 2!
Mrs. Lovett POV
"Mrs. Lovett!" Mr. Todd yelled down the stairs after Diana had come back down to the shop after giving him his tray of food. Oh no! What she do now!
"I'm in the shop Mr. T!" I yelled back.
"I need to talk to you," he said while entering the room. "Alone," he added after looking at Diana.
"Well I'll go get the tray from your room then. Bye," Diana said leaving for Mr. Todd's shop.
"Okay then what do you want to talk about Mr. Todd?"
"Who is Diana's father?" he asked. Oh no! I didn't want to tell him this yet!
"What did you say Mr. Todd?"
"I asked you who is Diana's father."
"Oh um... he's uh..."
"Come on woman spit it out."
"He's..."
"Ahhh!" screamed Diana from outside.
"Diana! What's wrong?" I asked while running for the stairs leading to his shop. We got to the bottom of the stairs when I noticed her lying on the floor, the tray of food next to her. "Diana! Diana, love are you alright?" I asked while picking her up.
"Mum?" she asked while spitting up some blood.
"Yes, love I'm here."
Diana then coughed up some more blood. I then noticed all the cuts and blood on her arms, neck, face, and dress, "Mr. Todd I need you to go down the street and go get Dr. Facinelli. Hurry."
Mr. Todd then left hopefully going to go get the doctor.
Sweeney POV
As soon as I was going to get answers from Mrs. Lovett the girl has to fall and now I have to go get a doctor for her! Why am I even doing this? I don't even really like the girl. I walked down the street until I reached a building where the sign above it said "Dr. Facinelli's".
A woman opened the door and I asked her, "Excuse me miss, is the dr. in?"
"Yes, he is why?" she asked me.
"My neighbor's daughter, Diana, fell down the stairs to my shop and is bleeding a lot," I said just as the doctor showed up behind the woman.
"Then what are we doing here? I'll be back shortly Jennie, I'm sorry love," Dr. Facinelli said while exiting his shop and following me.
"Can you tell me exactly what happened Mr...?" he asked me.
"Todd. I'm not sure. Mrs. Lovett and I were talking in her pie shop when we heard her scream we found her at the bottom of the stairs in a bloody heap." I said just when we made it back to Mrs. Lovett's.
"Oh thank god," Mrs. Lovett said, "Thank you for coming so quickly doc."
"Is there somewhere close by where we can move her," the doctor asked.
"There's the couch in the parlor," Mrs. Lovett informed him.
"Perfect. Mr. Todd if you would help me move the girl there," Dr. Facinelli said.
"I didn't think you would actually go and get a doctor. Let alone get one that fast," Mrs. Lovett said while Dr. Facinelli was checking out and cleaning up Diana.
"Do you think I'm some cold, heartless, monster or something?" I asked her. She opened her mouth to speak, but I cut her off saying, "You know what don't answer that."
"Diana seems to be fine. She sprained her right wrist, bruised a couple of ribs, and cut herself up pretty badly, but other than that she appears to be absolutely fine," Dr. Facinelli said interrupting Mrs. Lovett and myself.
"Then why was she coughing up blood?" I asked him.
"I'm not sure, but right now it doesn't look like she's had anything serious happen to her. I gave her some medicine to help her sleep and to help heal her wounds. Mrs. Lovett can I speak to you alone for a second," he said before walking out of the room with Mrs. Lovett.
"Of course love," Mrs. Lovett said.
As soon as the two were out of hearing distance Diana said, "Mum?"
"What do you need Diana?" I asked while walking over to her. What is wrong with you Sweeney? She's Mrs. Lovett's daughter not yours.
"Mum is that you?" she asked.
"No it's me, Mr. Todd. Your mother is talking to Dr. Facinelli. Can I get you something?" I asked her. What is coming over me?
"I'm cold that's all, but I can last until Mum gets back," she said while shivering.
"Where's your room?"
"Down the hall. Why?" she asked as I left the room.
I came back after grabbing a blanket from her bed. I put it on her but she grabbed my arm forcing me to sit down next to her on the couch. Stupid girl. She snuggled up next to me and before I realized it I was stroking her hair and was telling her everything was alright. Get a hold of yourself Todd. You're losing it. This isn't Johanna this is Mrs. Lovett's daughter someone who you shouldn't care for.
Mrs. Lovett's POV
I came back from talking to the doctor and showing him the door to find Mr. Todd and Diana huddled together on the couch. Talk about a strange sight. I don't completely regret telling him now. It looks like he'll be able to figure out who her father is on his own.
"What did the doctor say?" Mr. Todd asked pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Sorry. What was that Mr. Todd?"
"I asked you what did the doctor say."
"Oh he just gave me some medicine that I need to give her every couple of hours and told me to have someone keep an eye on her. That's all. You know you don't have to stay there."
"I know, but it's kind of nice here and I don't really mind. Besides this way you can finish up cleaning your shop while I keep an eye on her," he said.
That man continues to shock me more and more. "Okay, I'll hurry, so you can go back to your room," I said before leaving for my shop.
"Mrs. Lovett there is no need to rush. Take as long as you need. I don't really want to go back up there right now," he said.
"Are you sure you aren't coming down with something Mr. T?"
"I feel fine. Why?" he said while his temper was rising a bit.
"You're acting kind of funny, but you know what just stay there. I'll leave."
I spent the next couple of hours cleaning the stairs, dusting off the tables, sweeping the floor, cleaning the dishes, and putting away all my ingredients for the pies. When I walked by the parlor I found the two of them in the same positions, but both were asleep this time. I decided to not wake them and continued to walk to my room.
Sweeney POV
I found myself in my shop staring at one of Lucy and mine's wedding picture. There were tears streaming down my cheeks, but that wasn't what seemed weird to me. I couldn't figure it out until I walked closer to myself and then I realized it. I was looking at myself from when I was still Benjamin Barker.
I watched Ben walk over to my bed in the corner of the room and sit there staring at the picture. Mrs. Lovett then walked in and told me to come downstairs saying she had prepared dinner. "Come on Ben, she'll be back in a few days. Moping around isn't going to get her to come back any sooner. She won't like it if you starve yourself."
She then walked over grabbed the picture and set it on the vanity before grabbing me and dragging Ben into her shop where she had two meat pies, two glasses, and a bottle of gin waiting on a table. At least her pies tasted better back then I thought to myself remembering when I had one of her pies yesterday that obviously didn't have real meat in it.
"Come on Ben. You definitely need a drink," she said before Ben grabbed his glass and drank the whole shot at once.
"Better Nellie," Ben replied to her.
"Come on love. Tell me what's wrong. You know you can trust me," she said while pouring me another shot of gin.
Ben drank that one just like the first one before telling her how I was worried about Lucy and Johanna and everything else on my mind. Before long half of that previously full bottle of gin was empty. Most of it had been drunk by Ben. That was when the images began to blur and I couldn't recognize or hear what was going on.
I then woke up to find that I had fallen asleep on the couch in Mrs. Lovett's parlor next to Diana.
What on earth happened that night? Why can't I remember it? Uhh... that stupid Mrs. Lovett got me too drunk to remember anything.
For heaven's sake that could mean that we... and that I'm Diana's father. No, no you would never do something like that to Lucy. You loved her too much. Besides Diana probably is too young to be your daughter, Todd. Just ask Mrs. Lovett how hold she is later? If she's about fourteen or fifteen then you need to worry.
Uhhh why can't live ever be easy!
That's the end of the chapter! So tell me what you think. By the way the parts that are in bold and underlined are just so you don't mistake the wording. The stuff in bold and italics are dreams. Just wanted to clear that up for you in case you already hadn't figured it out for yourself.