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Mrs. Lovett gasped.
"Yes! Yes, of course I'll marry you Sweeney!" She cried as she threw her arms around his neck.
"Let me help you put it on." He whispered into her ear. She moved the hair off of her neck as he took the necklace out of the box. He carefully locked the claps together once it was around her neck.
"It's beautiful!" She whispered, gazing down at the necklace. She looked up into his eyes. "I love it." She leaned in carefully and closed her eyes. Sweeney didn't hesitate to do the same. Their lips met and they both pressed up against each other. Mrs. Lovett's heart beat faster and harder in her chest. She could feel Sweeney's hammering heart as well.
"Nellie, it's getting rather late." Sweeney said slowly once they finished their rather lengthy kiss. Nellie nodded. "How about we go to bed and talk more in the morning. She nodded again. She was about to stand up when, to her surprise, Sweeney swung her legs into one arm and held the small of her back with the other. Then he carefully carried the backer to her room and placed her down on the bed, just as he had done when she was sick.
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Sweeney was surprised to feel how light Mrs. Lovett was. He remembered, back when she was sick she wasn't this light. Then he remembered what Toby had said, she had barley eaten in over a week. He looked down at her and studied her face. She was very pale and looked extremely tired. He felt strange. His heart was beating faster and his stomach was churning. He had gotten this feeling before, but he had always tried to ignore it. Every time he looked at Mrs. Lovett the annoying feeling would return. Now as the feeling flooded his body once more, he didn't try and stop it, he enjoyed it and knew what it meant. He carefully placed her down on the bed and touched her cheek.
"It's late, time for bed." He whispered in her ear. She nodded. "I'll be right back." Sweeney walked out of the room towards Toby's room.
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When he walked in through the open door, he found Toby lying in his bed staring up at the ceiling. When he cleared his throat, Toby looked over at him, a little startled.
"Oh, it's you Mista T. Is.."
"Mrs. Lovett is fine. I talked to her and everything is alright, better even."
"Oh that's good." Toby turned his gaze to the floor.
"Thank you." Sweeney said suddenly, surprising himself and Toby.
"For wot?"
"For coming to find me, to help Mrs. Lovett."
"Ya welcome." Toby nodded.
"I…um, have to get back to Mrs. Lovett, don't want her getting upset again." Without another word he walked out the door.
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Sweeney walked back into Nellie's room to find her, back facing the door, fumbling with the buttons on the back of her nightgown. He smirked and walked over towards her. He quickly moved her hands aside and buttoned the buttons with ease.
"There, done." He said once the last button was in the hole.
"Thank you." She placed a hand on his chest and started at it thinking hard.
"Is everything alright?" She blinked and looked up at him.
"Wot? Oh yes." He wasn't convinced that everything that everything was alright, but he didn't feel like questioning her any farther. So he took her forearm and was about to lead her to the bed, when she lat out a little yelp of pain and jerked back her arm.
"What's wrong?" Sweeney said a little alarmed and afraid he had hurt her in some way.
"My arm." Nellie whispered. She carefully pulled up the sleeve on her aching left arm to show him an ugly sight.
A big black and purple bruise stained Mrs. Lovett's otherwise pale skin. Sweeney stifled a gasp.
"What happened?" he asked, though he had already guessed what had happened.
"Judge Turpin." Mrs. Lovett replied, confirming his guess. "The night 'e…umm…kissed me…well before it happened, I tried to walk away but 'e grabbed me arm and made that." She watched Sweeney the whole time, watching his eyes filled with concern that soon turned to rage. "It's faded a bit now but it still 'urts a bunch."
"Faded? You mean it was worse?" Rage filled his voice.
"Yes, it was worse, but it looks much better now." She said trying to calm down.
"This hardly looks much better my dear, no matter what it originally looked like."
"Don't worry love, I'm fine." She winced as he ran his thin fingers along her dark bruised skin. She quickly pulled her sleeve down over her arm again. "Come now love. Let's get some rest." She climbed into her bed, thinking that he would sit in the chair next to it, knowing that he wasn't the type of man to lie down in bed and rest, but to her surprise he laid down next to her.
"Come here." He said, beckoning her closer to him. She rolled her body over so they were face to face. He carefully wrapped his arms around her, and she did the same, her face buried in his chest and his face buried in her hair.
They both looked so peaceful. Falling asleep in each other's arms. So happy, so content, for now.
A/N: So there you have it! Chapter 7! Did you like it? Yes, no? I will have Chapter 8 up as soon as possible!
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