AN: About time I update, huh?
"Mum! Mum!" Toby cried excitedly, shaking Nellie awake. Nellie groaned.
"Toby, what time is it?" she asked sleepily.
"About nine in the morning," Toby answered grabbing her hand and pulling her out of bed. "But you have to see this!" Toby led her to a window near the back door and Nellie gasped when she saw what Toby was so excited about.
"It's snowing," she whispered. She hadn't seen the snow in so long.
"Ai'n it beautiful?" Toby asked. Nellie nodded. "And it's on time too, the first of December!" Nellie's eyes bulged. Was it really December already? November was passing by so slow except for the last four or five days, when time just seemed to fly by.
"Wow, that is somethin'," Nellie agreed. "Let's show Sweeney!" she suggested happily. "Dress properly and after we eat breakfast, we'll all go out in it together, okay?" Toby's eyes lit up.
"Do you mean it, Mum?" he asked happily.
"Yes, I do," Nellie answered.
"Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Toby almost squealed as he crushed Mrs. Lovett with a bear hug. Nellie hugged with a more gentle grip, hoping Toby would loosen his hold. Thankfully, Nellie's wish came true and Toby let go.
"You're welcome, dearie," Nellie said, ruffling his hair a bit. "Be right back," she promised and headed back to her room to get Sweeney. She kissed him awake.
"Rise and shine me love," Nellie chirped happily when Sweeney's eyes fluttered open.
"Hello there," Sweeney said with a smile.
"'Ello, love," Nellie replied. "Get up, I want to show you somethin'!" she said happily.
"What is it?" Sweeney asked, not wanting to get out of bed.
"You'll just have to see for yourself!" Nellie answered. Sweeney groaned a little.
"You really are going to drag me out of bed, aren't you?" Sweeney asked, knowing there was no way for him to back out of it.
"Yep!" Nellie answered, grabbed his hand, and yanked him out of bed.
"Why can't you just tell me?" Sweeney complained as Nellie pulled him along.
"Because, I can't describe it. It's like knowing a stranger's name, you don't know it until they tell you, or in this case, until you see it," Nellie answered.
"Fine," Sweeney said. He couldn't argue with that. He soon understood what she meant when they reached the window that Toby was standing at. A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"You're right!" he said in awe. "It is indescribable!" Nellie smiled.
"Told ya," she said with a wink. "Now let's get changed, I promised Toby that after breakfast we'd go out in it."
"You sure you don't want to go out wearing that?" Sweeney teased, gesturing to her sheer crimson nightgown. Nellie blushed.
"Sweeney!" she gave him a playful shove.
"Oh, you don't like that?" he teased. Nellie sighed.
"Us. Bedroom. Now!" she said with annoyance and false anger. She actually enjoyed his teasing, but not when the boy was around. She got behind him and put her hands on his shoulders, guiding him back to the bedroom. When the bedroom door was shut Sweeney smirked,
"What?" he asked.
"You know what, now get dressed," Nellie answered, grabbing one of her newer dresses, corsets, and shoes. She slipped off her nightgown and slopped on the corset, lacing it up tightly with expertise.
"Why do you tie that torture device so tightly?" Sweeney asked.
"I like it this way," Nellie answered.
"Sure," Sweeney said with doubt as he pulled a shirt over his head. He grabbed a jacket too, knowing it would be cold outside.
Nellie stepped into the dress, pulling it up over her legs, over her corset, and finally got her arms in the sleeves. There was a zipper on the back that she couldn't reach, so she turned to Sweeney for assistance.
"Could you zip this up for me, please?" Nellie asked, turning her back to him so he could zip it up.
"Of course," Sweeney answered as he grabbed the zipper, and zipped the dress closed.
"Thank you, dearie," Nellie said as she turned around. She planted a quick kiss on his lips. "Guess I should get to making breakfast, huh?" rhetorical question. Nellie left the room to do said task, leaving the door open for Sweeney. Sweeney smiled after her. Always working her bloody head off, he thought in wonderment. How does she stand it?
About twenty minutes later, the three of them were sitting at the table, eating Nellie's pancaked.
"These are delicious, Mum!" Toby complimented about three timed.
"Thank you," Nellie responded each time with a smile.
"These are quite good," Sweeney added.
"Thank you, love," Nellie smiled fondly at Sweeney from across the table.
In another ten minutes, Nellie collected everyone's dirty dishes and put them in the sink to be washed later. Toby was almost burstine with excitement. He was the first out of the door, of course.
When Nellie and Sweeney followed, they were greeted by a snowball smashing in their faces. Toby was laughing.
"So it's war you want, aye boy?" Sweeney called to Toby, smiling wickedly. "We'll show him war," he said to Nellie and winked, scooping up some snow of his own. He packed it into a ball, and hurled it at Toby. When one smacked him on the behind, he turned to Nellie, who was giggling like mad. Fine then, he thought. Let it be war on all!
AN: AWWWWWW! It's a snowball fight!! :D