A/N: Much thanks to thelovelyflorencelovett and for reviewing! It means a lot to me loves! Anyway, hopefully this chapter is a bit less depressing than my recent ones! Enjoy!

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~Ele

Toby nervously wrung his hands in front of him as he walked down the hall. He had never felt like this before, so terribly terrified. He finally reached the dark mahogany door, and after hesitating for a few seconds, knocked loudly.

"Come in."

His sweaty palm twisted the knob and he entered the room with slightly unsure steps.

Mr. Todd was sitting at his desk, with Nellie in his lap as they reviewed the responses to some letters they had sent out concerning Jack. He could tell that she had been crying some this morning, since her eyes were slightly red rimmed and her normally pale cheeks partially blotchy.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. T, is this a bad time?"

Sweeney Todd shook his head and from his lap, Nellie replied,

"Not at all, love."

"How can I help you, Toby?", the older man asked.

"Well…well, um, Johanna and I, we've been…courting for a few months now…", he startd, somewhat unsurely.

The couple nodded, almost simultaneous in their actions.

"A-and, I was hoping to a-ask her for her-", he cut off, his nervousness getting to him.

"To ask her for her hand?", Nellie finished for him.

He nodded, jamming his hands into the pockets of his trousers.

"And you wanted to make sure Mr. T was alright with it first?",Nellie continued. Honestly, sometimes he thought that the woman could read minds.

They both turned to look at Sweeney.

He sighed, placing his pen back on the desk.

'I'd love to tell you no, Toby, for the simple reason that I don't wish to see my little girl taken away from me, as every father wishes. Unfortunately, that isn't the case here. I can see it, in both of you. She makes your eyes have that sparkle in them, as do you to her.", Sweeney said.

"How can you tell?", he asked.

"Well, simply put, it's the same way I look at Nellie, and the same way she looks at me.", he replied, smirking at his wife when he saw her blush.

Toby's mouth formed an 'o' in understanding.

"I can see that you make each other happy. Although it kills me to admit it, Johanna is 21 now, no longer a child. I know that you will be a good husband to her."

Toby's grin could have lit up the room.

"Thank you, thank you sir!" he said, coming closer to shake Sweeney's hand.

Nellie grinned, twisting on Sweeney's lap to smirk at him.

"I win!", she chimed, laughing when Sweeney grumbled.

"Win? Win what?",Toby asked in confusion.

"Our bet, silly!", she replied.

"You were betting on us?!"

"Of course we were! It's Sweeney's fault, really. He wouldn't admit that I was right.", she replied, turning to stick her tongue out at him when he pinched her side.

Toby shook his head and laughed, before leaving the room.

"Well, at least something good is happening for once.", Nellie murmured, tucking her head under Sweeney's chin.

He pulled away to look at her.

"How are you, really, Nellie? And don't give me any bullshit about being fine, I know you're not."

Her bottom lip quivered and her eyes filled with tears.

"He was going to kill us and he-…He knew Sweeney. He knew where Jack was, and I didn't even stop to think and make him tell me. It's been weeks, Sweeney. What if we never find him?", she whimpered, burying her face in his neck.

"Hey now, don't talk like that. We are going to find Jack. I promise. If I have to go to the ends of the Earth I will. I will find our little boy, okay?". He told her firmly, rubbing soothing circles into her back and kissing her lips briefly. She sniffled and nodded once, tightening her hold on him.

XxX

Johanna nervously straightened her dress. Toby had asked her out again, and he had seemed oddly jumpy when he had done so. She hoped, no prayed that he wasn't going to tell her that he wished to break off their courtship, not when she was so good and in love with him. She let out a deep breath and combed her fingers through her curls when she heard a knock on her door.

Outside, Toby stood there with a sheepish smile on his face.

"Are you ready?", he asked, extending his hand to her.

She nodded, and they walked down the staircase, waving to Nellie as they left.

She was surprised when Toby led her down the slightly rocky path to the beach, where he had a candlelit picnic set up in the grass. She gasped slightly, and Toby looked down at her with that gorgeous smile of his, and she felt her knees tremble.

They both sat down, and Johanna distinctly sensed an awkward tension in the air. It was never like this between them. What was wrong? Was it her?

"Toby? Are you quite alright? You seem to be acting…differently."

"Uh…Um..Different? No, no, I-I'm fine.", he stuttered, rubbing the back of his neck with one hand.

"Oh.", she murmured, looking away from him at the darkened waves lapping at the sandy shore.

"Actually, yes. There is something wrong with me, Johanna.", he said, sitting up straighter.

She turned to face him with a worried frown creasing her forehead.

"For quite some time, I've- I've been having these feelings for you.", he started, and Johanna felt her breathing quicken.

Oh god…He must hate me!

"And they are quite strong-"

It's true, he must really hate me!

"And I've come to understand that for the last four years, I'm completely in love with you."

What?!

"I love your beauty and elegance, and how caring you are to the others around you. I love how your smile can light up a room, and how you can look so gentle yet be so fierce. I love you. And that's why-"

Johanna felt tears brim in her eyes. He loved her!

"Will you marry me, Johanna Todd?"

Her heart stopped, and she wondered how she didn't notice him getting up to kneel in front of her, and her eyes darted to the simple elegant diamond ring he held in hand. Her fingers rose to cover her mouth, which was gaping open most unlady-like.

Toby swallowed dryly as she continued to remain silent.

"J-Johanna?"

"Oh, god! Do you even have to ask?! Of course I'll marry you!", she almost shrieked, flinging her arms around his neck and kissing him passionately. He laughed and returned her kiss, slipping the ring onto her fourth finger.

She giggled and ran her fingers through his hair, admiring the softness of the brown locks.

"Come on, let's go tell Mum and Dad!"

She pulled him up by the hand and dragged him off to see Nellie and Sweeney, practically running back to the house.

"Mum! Dad!", she called as she burst through the doors,

Nellie came out of the sitting room with a huge grin on her face, immediately grabbing her left hand to inspect the ring on her fourth finger.

"Ooh, love it's beautiful!", she exclaimed, hugging both Johanna and Toby tightly as she congratulated them.

Sweeney smiled somewhat tightly, shaking Toby's hand and hugging his daughter. However, when he looked down and saw a genuine smile in his wife's face, the first one he's seen in quite some time, his stoic stare faded slightly.

"Come on then, this call's for some champagne!", Nellie called, already heading for the kitchen.

For once, things were alright in Sweeney Todd's life. Well, as alright as things could get when his son was still missing.

XxX

The red headed woman laughed and cooed to him, her pretty brown eyes dancing as she looked down at him. She was singing a lullaby to him, her pretty and melodic voice washing over him as she rocked him in her arms. Suddenly the scene changed and Jack watched as the woman's face changed and she was screaming, being held by a scary looking man who was sneering at Jack horribly. She had tears streaming down her face as she screamed his name.

Jack woke up thrashing and crying, tangled in the sheets of the bed he slept him. The blue eyed lady was desperately trying to hush him, and Jack realized he must have woken her up from her sleep, since she was wearing a hastily donned nightrobe.

"Hush, child, hush.", she said softly, wrapping him in her arms and rocking him gently. Jack sniffled before succumbing to sleep. There was something about the blue eyed lady that comforted him. Something dreadfully familiar that he couldn't quite put his finger on.