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I woke to a soft touch on my forehead and soft whispering. I opened my eyes and found Mum standing over me, smiling. Her hair was braided and put up like normal. She wore a normal dress and I could see Toby gathering our bags behind her.

I slowly sat up and found the sun sprawling across my bed. "The train leaves in two hours," Mum told me, kissing me on the forehead. "Get dressed. I'll make your breakfast by the time you're ready." With that, she turned, flashed a smile at Toby and left.

I got out of bed and stood up. Toby was already dressed and had his bags all packed up. I walked across the room and pulled out one of my mother's old dresses from my bag. Toby smiled and turned around. I hurriedly pulled off my nightgown and pulled on the other dress. I turned Toby around and hugged him.

He squeezed me tight and rubbed his hand up and down my head. "It's almost over," he whispered. I smiled and nodded.

"Finally," I agreed. With that, we turned and walked down the stairs, hand in hand.

After a warm breakfast of porridge and hot chocolate, we all gathered our bags and prepared to leave. I pulled my bags down to the kitchen along with Toby. Sweeney and Mum were saying goodbye to the building one room at a time I guess. When they finally came down the stairs, Toby and I were long since ready to leave.

Toby and I walked out of the building and turned to find Sweeney and Mum staring into the front room. I looked at Toby and he rolled his eyes. I smiled and walked forward. Slowly, carefully, I slipped my hands into my mother's soft, small one and into Sweeney's large, rough one. Then, I pulled the hands I held together so Sweeney held Mum's. They looked at each other, mum with a look of embarrassment and Sweeney with a look of shock and confusion. However, eventually, both of their expressions softened and their grips tightened. I then turned and they followed me out.

We walked down the streets toward the train station. No one looked at us but I couldn't help but be jumpy. If anyone found out what we had done…I didn't want to think about it. The helpers are probably already suspicious. The sooner we got out of London, the better.

We reached the train station around eleven and Sweeney went to go get the tickets. Toby, mum and I sat on a nearby bench. Mum looked at me and I knew she needed to tell me something. "Jesse," she said, holding my hand. "When we get to wherever we're going we'll be okay…for a while. But Sweeney isn't going to give up until Judge Turpin is dead. He may stay with us for a month and then go off to search for him. I'm just warning you," she said looking deep into my eyes. "We aren't going to be a whole family. Not for a while, at least."

I nodded. "I know mum." With that, she smiled and dragged our bags over to Sweeney. Toby sat beside me and put his arm around my shoulder. After a moment I said, "I'm going to find Mark."

Toby looked at me and I stared back at him, a look of pure determination on my face. After a pause, he nodded. "I'm coming too." I smiled and kissed his forehead. As he pulled me into a hug, I saw two familiar shapes behind him.

"Toby," I hissed into his ear. "Helpers are here." He didn't turn but nodded. With that, I stood with Toby and walked over to where Sweeney and Mum were waiting for our tickets. Trying not to be too conspicuous, we whispered to my mum and Sweeney the situation. Their eyes flicked to the helpers and then back to us.

"Come on," Sweeney told us and we hurried along the rows of people, desperately trying to reach the train. If we could get on and stay there, we'd be safe and we'd get out of London. We could do it. We were almost there…

"THERE!" Someone shouted through the crowd.

"Run!" Sweeney screamed and grabbed Mum's hand. With that, Toby grabbed mine and we sprinted in opposite directions.

Jesse and Toby

I followed Toby as we ran with all our might down street after street. I sucked in painful breathe after painful breathe as Toby sprinted blindly down another alley way. Finally, we turned a sharp corner and ran into a small alcove, desperately trying to hide in the shadows.

Two men ran by us and, as we held our breath, they walked slowly down the alley and turned the corner. Around ten minutes after they were gone Toby let go of me and we stood still, catching our breath. Finally, Toby sighed and pointed back to the station. "Let's go, we can still make the train." I stared at him.

"We can't just go! What about mum and Sweeney?"

"What about them?"

"We can't just leave them. It's our fault they're getting chased in the first place."

Toby looked at me and put his hands on my arms. "Jess, it is not your fault that you were…you know what I mean."

"If I hadn't gone to see you that day, you wouldn't have given me your coat and he would've found out about us."

"If Pirelli hadn't taken me nothing would've happened at all." He did have a point. But I wasn't about to leave Mum and Sweeney.

"We can find them! We can save them."

"Why does this matter so much to you? A few months ago you didn't care about her…you cursed her even."

"That was before I knew she really cared about me and that we could be a family!" I yelled, not caring about who found us.

"You didn't care…before!"

"I care now!"

"But I don't!" Toby yelled back pushing me back a bit. We paused to catch our breath.

Finally, I ran my tongue over my lips and sighed. "So you don't care about the welfare of the man who saved me. Remember that, remember when the Headmaster raped me and Sweeney Todd saved me! Do you remember that! He raped me! But Sweeney Todd saved me…and now he might be killed." I was screaming now and crying. Toby let my words hang in the air and then walked closer and hugged me.

"Jesse," he whispered, holding me close, "I'm so sorry! I'm just…worried. Worried…no, I'm terrified. I'm terrified that they'll take you away from me. That they'll kill you and I'll end up alone, like I was those years I was with Pirelli. The thing is I never wanted to be the child of a family. I was never the child the child of a family and I'm not starting now! I want to have my own family! I want to have my own house! I don't want anyone else in my life…I don't want anything else! All I want is you! Jesse, I want you and only you." He held my hands and pulled me closer so our faces were inches apart. I was crying slightly and smiled.

"Toby," I said quietly, "I understand. I completely understand. But…I don't want to have my own family now. I want to have a mother…at least for a little while. And you can too."

He dropped his eyebrows and gave me a confused look. "Jesse…what?"

"We can find your mother too. And your father too if you want. We'll find your mum and dad. We'll find them and Mark too."

Toby smiled and pulled me in, kissing me on the lips. "Yes Jesse, yes. We can do it." He then twirled me and then pulled me back in for a hug. "We can find them, let's go." We turned to run, only to run into two burly men standing in front of us. One grabbed me and the other grabbed Toby.

I screamed and kicked, trying to loosen his grip but it was no use. Toby tried too but nothing happened. Terrified, we were dragged away to who knows where.

Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett

Sweeney dragged Nellie down street after street, desperate to get away from the police. He held his one bag with an iron fist. It was the only bag he hadn't dropped but Nellie knew why. In it were his razors and Lucy's pictures. In that bag, was his old life and he wasn't giving that up.

They ran with all their might as three police men followed them. They sprinted around a hard corner and Sweeney pulled them into a small alcove. They held their breath as the three police men ran past them, not stopping to look. Once they were gone Sweeney finally let go of Mrs. Lovett's arm, unaware he was squeezing it.

"Let's go," he said, pulling her back the way they came. "We can still make the train."

"What, Sweeney we can't!" Nellie cried, pulling her hand out of his reach. "We can't leave Jesse. I can't leave my daughter."

"A few weeks ago you didn't even know she existed, much less was in London."

"True, but now I do. She's my daughter, Ben. I love her." He paused.

Finally, he shook his head. "We…can't."

"I'm not leaving her!" Nellie yelled and ran with all her might down the streets, desperate to find Toby and her daughter. However, as she ran around another corner, she ran straight into a burly looking police man. "Damn," she whispered as he pulled her in and swiftly clicked the handcuffs into place.

She bowed her head as the man walked her away. However, all of a sudden, I heard a yell come from behind her. She turned slightly to see Sweeney running toward them. However, before he could reach us, he was ambushed by another police man, who tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

"Nellie, I'm sorry," he yelled as the man who handcuffed me continued to walk me down the street. With that, the man pulled him up and walked us off to who knows where.