Mrs. Lovett came in the shop that moment and saw Sweeney hugging a blond little girl. She recognized that blond hair anywhere.

,, Joanna, welcome back!'' She smiled widely.

,, I don't know if you remember me, but I took care of you, while your mother was gone. You used to call me Nellie, because my name was too long for you.''

Joanna came closer to Mrs. Lovett and looked in her eyes.

,, I remember now! You used to take me for a walk in the park to feed the ducks and sit under the tree.'' She smiled warmly.

,, Yeah, those were the days.'' She hugged her.

,, Well it's great, that I have a father, but where's my mother?'' Joanna looked at us with a questioning look.

We swallowed hard and I put my hand on her shoulder:,, Let's go to the living room and I'll tell you okay?''

She nodded and followed me in the parlor.

We sat down and I asked:,, So what would you like to know about her?''

She thought and said:,, What was her name, what did she look like and why isn't she here with us?''

I sighed and started:,, Well her name was Lucy and she had blond hair like you and the same blue eyes. She was the sweetest thing in London. She saw pureness in everyone. But one day when the three of you went for a walk your father was taken to Australia's prison on a false charge. It was the Judge Turpin's fault, because he had a fancy for your mother as well as your father. So he sent him away to get closer to her, but she stayed loyal to your father and rejected the invitations from him. One day he tricked her by saying, that he knows where he took him, so she went to his house and fell in his trap and… got raped at the mask ball.'' I sighed.

She gasped and forced the tears back.

,, After the ball she got back here and used arsenic to poison herself, but she didn't die. She lost her marbles and ended up in Bedlam. But she somehow managed to escape and she became a beggar, which sells her body to any man, which walks by. So she's somewhere out there begging for alms.''

I looked back at her and I saw her puffy eyes as she rested her head in my lap and sobbed:,, She went through so much. I wish she was here so I could hug her tightly and never let go.''

She chocked on her tears and hid her face in my lap as I stroked her back calming the poor girl.

Sweeney walked in and frowned as he saw his little girl crying.

He sat down next to her and whispered:,, Shh. It's alright now. At least you'll have me.''

She rose her head up and asked with a broken voice:,, Really? You promise?''

He nodded and said softly:,, I promise.''

She hugged him and sobbed in his chest as he stroked her hair whispering comfort words and rocking her.

I frowned as I saw her like this. She reminded me for a moment.

,, Crying all over the place.'' I thought. ,, Just like me.''

After she managed to stop crying we walked back in the shop.

,, Well she knows everything now.'' I sighed.

,, Well where is she going to spend the night?'' I asked.

,, Well me and Harry can squeeze in one bed or one of us could take the couch in the parlor.''

,, Sorry, but the couch will be occupied, because it's Thursday and Toby gets his drink on.'' Mrs. Lovett sighed.

,, Well there's an inn near here.'' Ann said.

They both looked at each other and Anthony said:,, Okay then. We'll take the inn for the night.''

She nodded and smiled at us she noticed Sweeney's arm around my waist.

,, So you're going to be my step mother?'' She looked at me.

,, Well it seems like it.'' I smiled.

I looked at Sweeney and he looked at me and smiled, planting a kiss on my lips.

,, Well it's getting late. I'm going to bed. And it was nice to meet you, Joanna.'' I smiled at her.

,, You too.'' She smiled.

I exited the shop and went upstairs to the barber shop and packed the present for Sweeney. It was the other half of the cure. I put it in a red box and tied it with a black ribbon. I hid it in one of his drawers next to a thing I'll ask him to give me. So I dressed my self in a velvet red nightgown with a black straps and laces. It was cute and attractive too. Tonight is going to be the night that Sweeney becomes a human again. I sat in the chair and crossed my legs so the nightgown would reveal my upper thighs a little. Just to tease him. I started to brush my hair and looked at the stars waiting for the reaction I would expect from him seeing me like this. I heard the door opening and closing. I tried not to giggle and kept brushing my hair.

,, Hey, have you seen my razor sharpener?'' He froze up as he saw the view.

I stood up and noticed that he was starring at me in that lustful way again.

I giggled and asked:,, You like what you see?''

He smirked and shook his head:,, I don't like it. I love it.''

He picked me up bridal style and laid me in the bed. I started the plan's first phase.

,, Um, Sweeney? Can you hand me my book from the third drawer from the top?'' I made a cute puppy face and he smiled and went to look for it.

,, What's this?'' He picked up the red box.

,, Oh that. It's a little something, something for you.'' I threw him a flirty wink and sat in the bed.

He looked at it and shook it a little.

,, Careful! Don't break it.'' I giggled.

,, Come on, open it.'' I smiled.

He opened the box and felt a little bottle.

,, I have a feeling that you're trying to make fun of my little drinking problem.'' He raised an eyebrow.

,, No, just pull it out and then let's see what you'll say.'' I giggled.

He pulled it out and took a good look at it.

,, You didn't.'' His smile grew wider as he recognized the blue liquid.

,, Oh, but I did.'' I played with my hair.

He kissed me and opened the bottle:,, To us.''

I smiled:,, To us.''

He drained the rest of the cure and made a funny face.

,, Oh, sorry. I probably should have warned you, that it's super sour.''

I giggled as I kissed him, but then I made a face too. It was one sour kiss. So he lay in the bed and looked at the ceiling.

,, When is thing going to kick in anyways?'' He asked.

,, Soon.'' I whispered.

I rested my head on his chest and sighed. I heard a little beat in his chest that was growing bigger.

,, Sweeney?'' I asked.

,, Mm?'' He looked down at me.

,, You have a heartbeat.'' I smiled.

,, You're lying.'' He grinned.

,, I'm not. Can you feel it?'' I asked.

He widened his eyes:,, You're right. I do feel it now.''

I kissed him and said:,, Congratulations, Sweeney. Welcome to the living.''

He kissed me back pulling me on top of him. I looked down at him and saw some life in his cheeks. They weren't so pale anymore.

He moved his hands from my waist to my thighs and smirked:,, Would you like to tell me a little about that dream you had in the hospital?''

I blushed as I remembered it. ,, Um, I don't really remember what it was about.''

I avoided eye contact so I could keep the lie going.

,, Oh do you now? Well how about I remind you something from it?'' He gave me a flirty look.

,, Oh, uh, well, um.'' I started to run out of excuses.

He chuckled and sighed:,, I knew, that it was something you would like to do in real life, right?''

I looked at him confused.

,, I mean the way you softly moaned my name in your sleep was so amusing.''

I blushed redder than ever.

,, Can we talk about something else?'' I tried to change the subject.

It made him even more interested. ,, Why? You don't trust your old Sweeney?''

He raised an eyebrow, while drawing circles on my thigh with his index finger.

,, I do, but I don't like to talk about it.'' I finger walked my way from his chest to his nose and patted it with my finger.

He slowly moved his hand to my inner thigh making me gasp lightly.

He smirked and said:,, I like it, when I make you do that that.''

I giggled and leaned to kiss him, but he kissed my collarbone instead.

I knew where he was going with this. He wanted to make moan his name like I did it in my sleep. He lightly bit my neck making me tremble from surprise.

He slowly moved his free hand closer to my curves making me froze up and asking him:,, What do you think you're doing, mister?''

He shrugged and said:,, Making you moan my name as soft as you did then.''

I giggled:,, You, demon.''

He kissed my stomach and whispered:,, And you're the devil.''

He pressed his lips against mine. I felt one of my straps getting looser. I felt the other one get loose as well. So I started to work on his shirt before he got my nightgown off. He smirked and kissed my neck again, but more passionately. I finally gave up and let out a soft moan. He growled in victory as he felt my hands sliding off his shirt. He slipped my nightgown off, when we heard a knock on the door.

,, Shit.'' I thought to myself, hiding under the covers.

To be continued...

Oh, this isn't fair. There's always somebody at the frickin' door. I'm kidding I did that to stop writing the spicy part. I can't go on like this :( Ann please don't make me do this. This was the part of the bet. I lost it in five minutes. Turns out I'm not that flexible as I was. :-? So anyways, review, favorite and stay tuned for the next chapter! ^_^