A/N: Thank you to PrincessDaydream77 (Glad I could help by the way!), Mrs. Sweenett, Rainbow Username, Oprah Noodlemantra, EleKat, Morticia A. Addams, Bianca, music is life 99 xxx, Tallen93, Xena Depp Hernandez and Mirabilem Electo for being so fantastically amazing and giving me inspiration/energy to write this chapter so quickly! It's the longest one yet so, enjoy!

"Wait!" Nellie cried, racing out of the house after her husband. Luckily, he hadn't made it too far thanks to his swollen knee. "I didn't mean it Sweeney! Please, come back." She finally caught up with him and grabbed his arm.

"I said that if Toby stays, I go. And since Toby is staying, I'm leaving."

"Please don't go! This is ridiculous." Nellie begged desperately.

"I'm leaving Nellie." He said sternly, shaking her off of him.

"But…"

"But nothing. You made your decision." He turned and started limping down the beach.

"Sweeney?" Her voice was barely audible over the sound of the rolling waves, but he heard and turned to face her. "I-I thought I meant everything to you." Tears streamed down her face. He sighed and studied her tear stained face. Slowly, he started limping back over to her trembling form, hugging her close to him.

"You do." Was all he could reply.

"Then why are you leaving me?" She asked, her words muffled against his jacket.

"Because you…I…we…" He closed his eyes, trying to compose his thoughts. "I'm not a father. I was once, but I failed. I don't know if I can be a father again, or if I even want to be. Then yesterday you told me you were pregnant and I didn't know how to react. Now, Toby's here and you want him to stay. I don't know if I can be a 'father' for two children, even if one of them isn't born yet. You deserve someone who is willing to do that, and I don't know if I'm that person." He concluded with his second uncharacteristic statement of the night. Nellie cupped his face in her hands, a few stray tears still dripping onto her pale cheeks.

"Of course you're that person. You are a wonderful husband and I love you more than anything in the world. And this baby," She took his hand and placed it on her still flat stomach, "is our baby. And Toby is a sweet boy, he'll be no trouble. Just, please don't leave."

Sweeney stared at his hand resting on his wife's stomach. Then he looked up into her eyes, her dark chocolate eyes. She looked so pained and heartbroken, it was almost unbearable. He sighed again and brushed a stay curl out of her eyes.

"I'm sorry Nellie." He kissed her forehead before turning away. "I need some time to think."

"No!" She sobbed, throwing herself at his feet, clutching his ankles, "Please don't leave me." All thoughts that she had just had about remaining calm were gone now. She needed him to say, he couldn't leave.

"Let go of me Nellie."

"I won't let you leave." Her tears were blinding her. How could he possibly be leaving? He loved her, didn't he?

"You're not making this any easier." He growled. "Get off!" Startled and scared by his furious tone, Nellie let go of his ankles and he began to limp away.

"I love you." She whispered hoarsely, still in a heap on the sandy beach.

"I know you do." He replied, not bothering to look back at her.

"Do you really love me back?" He didn't answer, instead, he walked down the beach away from her, trying to ignore her heartbreaking sobs as they fade farther and farther away.

0o0

Eliza and Jack Bellind didn't have visitors very often, so when there was a knock at their door late that evening, they both wondered who could possibly be coming to see them at such a late hour.

"Oh, Sweeney! What a pleasant surprise." Eliza smiled, "Where's Nellie? And what happened to your eye?"

"She's at home. I was wondering if I could maybe spend the night…here, if you don't mind." He replied, ignoring the comment about the black eye Toby had given him.

"Why would you need to stay here?"

"Nellie and I are having some issues…" Sweeney looked at the ground.

"Issues? So, she kicked you out of the house?"

"Not exactly." Eliza raised an eyebrow.

"Well I think you'd better go back and talk to her. Jack will drive you home. Go." She ushered the two men out the door before anyone could protest.

0o0

"So, what exactly happened between you two?" Jack asked as he drove the carriage back towards the Todd household.

"It's complicated." Sweeney muttered.

"Alright. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but what about Nellie. How did she feel about you leaving?"

"She was upset."

"Then why did you go?" Sweeney was getting annoyed with all the questions Jack was asking.

"Because I needed time to think."

"Well have you thought enough?" Sweeney considered this question. He had thought a lot about what had happened since he left the house. He had made a decision about what he was going to do.

"I have."

0o0

Nellie opened the door, her face was stained with tear streaks and she was wearing a deep red robe, her black silk nightgown visible underneath. Her eyes were red and she was clutching a tissue, it was obvious that she had been up crying.

"Oh…" Her face fell when she saw Jack Bellind standing in the door way, "Hello Jack."

"Nellie! Why do you sound so upset? Not happy to see me?" Jack did his best to hide a smile.

"Oh, it's ju-"

"Never mind that! I brought something for you that you're going to love." Jack stepped to the side and pushed Sweeney forward, into the light.

"Nellie, I'm sorry." He whispered, hearing her gasp slightly. He had planned his apology to her the whole way back. "I don't know what I was trying to accomplish by running away. I thou-" He was cut off when Nellie grabbed the collar of his shirt and brought his head down, planting a huge kiss on his dry lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he moved his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

As angry as she was at him, Nellie simply didn't have the energy to fight with him anymore. All she wanted was for him to be home with her.

"I'm so happy you're back." She whispered, clinging onto his shirt. "Thank you for taking him home Jack."

"Don't worry about it Nellie. I'd best be off, goodnight."

"Goodbye Jack." Sweeney said before shutting the door.

"Please don't leave again." Nellie sniffled, burying her face into his shirt.

"I won't pet." He murmured into her hair.

"Promise me."

"I promise."

0o0

The morning during breakfast, the Todds and Toby sat at the table, eating in complete silence. The sound of their forks scraping against their plates filled the room. The baker fidgeted in her chair, the silence was rather uncomfortable. Finally, she cleared her throat.

"Toby, Mr. Todd and I talked last night and we decided that you can stay here if you'd like, for as long as you like." She gave her husband a worried glance, hoping that he wouldn't get up and storm out of the house again.

The barber paused and looked up, his grip tightening around the knife he was holding. He gave the boy a cold glare, which Toby and Nellie both tried to ignore, before going back to eating, doing his best not to make a snarky comment.

"Really? Thank ya." Toby smiled widely.

"Good. Well later we'll take you into town so you can get some new cloths and things like that."

"Oh you don't have to do that, ma'am."

"He's right Nellie. We don't have to do that." Sweeney agreed.

"No I insist love." She shot him a look, "Besides, I need a few new dresses since these won't be fitting soon."

"What are you talking about?" Toby asked.

The baker smiled softly, and ruffled his hair, "I'll tell you later dear. I'll be back downstairs in a few minutes and then we can go." She turned to face the barber, "Behave, both of you."

0o0

"How does this one look?" Nellie called, stepping out from behind the curtain wearing a royal blue dress with a complex floral pattern on the skirt and lace sleeves, a few beads sewn on here and there, making the dress sparkle.

"Fantastic." Sweeney grumbled, not really paying attention. He just wanted to get out of the dress shop as soon as possible.

"It looks great!" Toby was a bit more enthusiastic about helping his mother pick out a dress.

She smiled, "Thank you Toby. Now, which one is better, this one or the purple one." She pulled a purple dress with black horizontal stripes across it out of the dressing room and held it up in front of her. Sweeney groaned, making Nellie frown, he was sick of shopping. They had spent half the day shopping for Toby and the other half, looking at dresses for Nellie.

"I like the blue one." Toby said, trying to cheer his mother up.

"So do I. Sweeney, what do you think?" She looked at him hoping he would want to give some kind of input.

"Blue." He agreed, just wanting to get out of the store.

"Fine. Blue it is."

0o0

"Can I go down to the toy shop we passed earlier?" Toby begged. "I just want to look around."

"Of course dear, we'll meet you there in a few minutes." Nellie smiled, watching as Toby scampered down the street. She took Sweeney's arm and moved a little closer to him, looking around at all the shops. After a little while, she paused, staring into one of the shop windows. Sweeney looked over, wondering what could she possible be staring at. Then, he understood.

In the shop window there were tons of baby cloths, bottles, toys and carriages. He sighed and put an arm around her shoulders. He could tell that something was wrong.

"I never told you," She spoke softly, "the doctor said I'm about a six weeks along. I was six weeks the last time too."

"Last time? What do you mean?" He asked unintentionally.

She shook her head, "I don't want to talk about it right now." She quickly composed herself before adding, "We have to find Toby and start heading home. I want to be back before its too dark out."

0o0

Nellie was quiet for the rest of the night. By the time dinner came around, Sweeney was slightly worried, usually her voice filled every inch of the house, but tonight, not a sound could be heard coming from her.

"Are you alright?" Sweeney asked as they sat in bed together. Nellie nodded, barely looking up from the book she was reading. "You haven't said a word since we left town." She shrugged. "God Nellie, you are so moody!"

"Well I'm sorry! What do you want me to do?"

"Just say something for God's sake!"

"There! I said something! Are you happy now?"

"Yes!" Nellie threw the book across the room, not in the mood to read anymore. They sat, not talking for a few minutes.

"Why are we fighting so much? It seems like every few hours we start fighting again and I hate it." She confessed.

"It's been a long few days, pet. We need time to adjust to these…sudden changes."

"I'm sorry." She breathed, looking over at him.

"So am I." He let her rest her head against his chest. Nellie could feel herself relaxing as he gently stroked her hair.

"Yesterday, before you left, I asked you if you really loved me, but you didn't answer, and I've been wondering, do you really love me? Be honest."

"Nellie, I don't care about how much we fight, or how far apart we are. I will always love you, no matter what." The baker smiled, having heard exactly what she needed to hear. She closed her eyes, rapidly falling asleep to the sound of his beating heart.

A/N: I know the end was a little OOC but we needed a little bit of fluff after all that fighting.
Are there any artists out there? Now that Fan Fiction lets us have covers for all of our stories, I was wondering if any of you would be willing to make one for me for this story or Deep Down. I would die of joy if any of you could. I would probably have to name a character after you or something like that!

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