Thanks for the views and one review already guys, that makes me so happy! I wrote this a long time ago and had up to chapter 15 on my computer haha so I'll put those up for people to read, but after that things might get slow because I haven't wrote anything in awhile. But I will work on that.

As for the story, keep some things in mind: I know nothing about being pregnant so if things seem inaccurate to real life then sorry. And I know nothing about the time period either, I don't even know what time period Sweeney Todd takes place. I've looked it up before, I think it's around the 1800s but I don't know. Also I know my grammar isn't the best so feel free to help me with that!

To anyone reading this, your awesome! And thank you!

Haunted Dreams

Chapter 6

Nellie hadn't eaten anything; it came to a point where she couldn't take it anymore. She felt horrible when she was eating of course, since the baby wouldn't let her keep anything down. But this feeling was honestly much worse. She would feel lightheaded, and weak, she would start gagging since there was nothing to come up. It got so much out of hand she decided to go back to trying to keep food down. If she went the entire pregnancy without food she would surely die.

Trying to keep her meals down didn't work; of course. She felt better with this process though than not eating at all. She decided to go to the doctor one day to see if he could help her in any way.

"Well pregnancies are always different Mrs. Todd, and I'm afraid you're having a very hard one."

"But I can't keep anything down." She complained. The doctor just gave her a sympathetic look.

"Well, just keep trying. Luckily this will only last the first few months."

I'm already four months along and are still having these problems Nellie thought. She didn't tell Sweeney about all this. She just felt like he wouldn't understand. And she didn't want him to worry.

It was a cold winter evening; Nellie was sitting on the couch reading her book. She was completely exhausted, she really should stop working, or at least cut her hours down. All of a sudden; Sweeney bursts through the door.

"Nellie good news!"

"What is it love?"

"The Williams have invited us to their home for dinner tonight." He said this with so much giddiness; Nellie forgot who he was for a minute. Then she replayed his words in her mind. Dinner at someone's house? Oh no! "What's wrong?" Sweeney asked noticing his wife's reaction.

"Nothing that sounds great" she lied. "Umm who are the Williams again?"

"The rich couple that live on top of the hill at the end of the town. I was shaving Arthur Williams this morning and he asked if we would like to join him and his wife for dinner. And of course I'm not going to turn that down; becoming friends with the Williams will bring us a lot more customers in Nell, rich customers."

"I didn't expect that you would want to become friends with anyone."

"We need the money Eleanor." He said gesturing at her stomach.

"No your right. Fine let's go, it sound like a grand idea."

"Great." Sweeney smiled and gave Nellie a big kiss. "Oh, and it's a good thing you got over that whole eating, vomiting disaster. I wouldn't have told Mr. Williams we were going if you were still feeling sick." Nellie gave a little fake laugh and kissed her husband.

She knew she would regret lying to him. You'd think she'd learn her lesson about lying to him when they were back on Fleet Street, but there she goes, lying to the man once again.

Sweeney did think that Nellie was eating normally again, how? She wouldn't eat with him. She would make up the excuse of saying that she wasn't feeling good at the time they normally ate meals, then she told Sweeney she would go eat something a few hours later, when she would never eat anything. And right now as Nellie was getting ready to go to the Williams's mansion she was starving. Oh maybe this is a good thing, maybe I can actually eat the food, and not vomit it all over the place. Nellie had to stay positive. She told herself this while she tied her corset. Which was a whole other matter because her corset suddenly felt extremely tight? Why that's ridiculous I always tie it this tight she thought. It was because of the baby, well Nellie wanted to make a good impression so she wanted to look her best.

The tight corset was starting to hurt; she could feel her child just thrashing around being very uncomfortable. "Sorry little one. But it's only for tonight." She said rubbing her belly. She started feeling very light headed, and her whole torso started to ache.

Sweeney walked into the bedroom wearing his tuxedo. "About ready Nell?"

"Yes I'm ready." She quickly tried to hide the pained expression on her face before Sweeney could see it but it was too late.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm fine. Let's go." Nellie walked out of the room passing him as quickly as she could. Hoping he didn't catch her corset, but of course he did.

"Nellie, how tight is that corset?"

"What do you mean?"

"Come here!"

Letting loose a sigh of defeat; she walked up to her husband. He examined her closely as if he was listening for something. "Your breathing is off. Loosen that thing now!"

"No, Sweeney I feel fine."

"NELLIE. LOOSEN YOUR CORSET YOU DAMN WOMAN!" He screamed at her. He had his fingers on the ties before Nellie could get her own fingers there. He tugged at the strings. "I can't believe you. You stupid, daft...You've been pregnant for four months and already suffocate the poor thing." He untied her strings and tied them back up. Nellie looked in the mirror. She did feel a lot better, but her baby bump was showing.

"Sweeney, I'm showing."

"And why are you ashamed? You should let them know that you're with child Nellie."

Oh trust me, they'll find out she thought.

They left for the Williams's mansion. The Williams were the richest family on the English Channel. Their son, George died when he was a little boy.

"Don't you think that showing my pregnancy off will be an insult to them?" Nellie asked as they walked up the path to the mansion.

"No. It'll be alright, their son died a long time ago."

They made it to the front porch and knock on the door. Wow! was the only thing Nellie could think. The house was amazingly huge.

Arthur Williams answered the door. He gave them a bright warm smile. "There you are!" He gestured the two of them into his home. It was so beautiful. Mr. Williams led them into the drawing room. "Would you like some wine?"

"That'd be great, thank you." Sweeney said accepting the glass.

"None for me thank you." Arthur looked at Nellie and noticed her pregnancy for the first time.

"Mr. Todd, you didn't tell me you and your wife were expecting. Just try to keep the subject of children down as much as you can. My wife, Elizabeth is still a little bit depressed over our loss."

"Of course sir." Sweeney replied. Nellie looked at him, her eyes saying, I told you the pregnancy would bother them. "Forgive me, Arthur but how did your son die?"

"Darling!" Nellie said with a warning in her tone. You don't just ask people that, it could be rude.

Arthur picked up a picture off of the table in the corner of the room and showed it to them. The picture showed a five year old boy standing in his family's back yard. "He would've been about eighteen now." Just then Elizabeth Williams came in. She smiled and shook hands with Sweeney and Nellie. She made a weird gasping sound when she saw Nellie's stomach. Nellie suddenly wanted to get out of this house. Elizabeth looked like she was about to have a mental attack, when Arthur interrupted the moment, gesturing everyone into the dining room for dinner.

"Is this your first child?" Elizabeth asked. The first course was a salad. This was good, because Nellie can keep salads down.

"Yes." Sweeney answered grabbing Nellie's hand under table. They sat down next to each other with the other couple across from them. Nellie hated sitting across from Elizabeth, she kept giving her weird looks. They weren't mean looks, but they still made Nellie feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Oh, that's lovely. How far along are you?" Elizabeth asked Nellie.

"Four months." Nellie answered.

"What do you think you'll have?" She continued. "A boy?"

"I want it to be a girl." Sweeney announced proudly, squeezing Nellie's hand.

"I wanted a boy, and I got one." Elizabeth said.

"Elizabeth." Arthur said, with warning.

"That's him." She continued, ignoring her husband. She gestured to the picture hanging on the wall behind Sweeney and Nellie. It was a painting of George when he was little. "I painted that."

"It's lovely." Nellie commented with a smile.

The Williams's butler brought in the main course; some rolls, green beans, potatoes, and roast beef. If you're smart Nellie, you won't eat this. Just tell them you're not hungry anymore. Nellie thought, as she looked uneasily at the food. She felt so hungry though that she couldn't help herself. She started to shovel into the meal. Sweeney glanced at his wife uneasily. The last time he saw her woofing her food down this fast was when she would still get sick a lot. Come to think of it, I haven't seen her eat since then. But I guess she'll be fine, she told me she was eating normally again. Unless she was lying. Sweeney thought staring at his wife. He hoped she wasn't lying. When they left Fleet Street, when they were still in London, walking through the streets, he made Nellie promise to never lie to him again. She promised she wouldn't. Well, if that food comes back up then I'll have to teach her lesson tonight. Sweeney thought, scooping up his green beans on his fork. Nellie saw the look in his eyes and knew she was in trouble. She quickly prayed that her meal would stay down.

Throughout all of this; Elizabeth was still talking about her dead son. "Would you like to know how he died?"

"Elizabeth!" Arthur said, a little bit louder this time.

"Yes." Sweeney said. Nellie looked at him appalled. Sweeney found this woman to be very annoying, Yes, I have a sad life too. But I moved on.

"He was playing on the beach with some friends, and the tide came in too fast, must have caught them off guard I suppose. And they drowned."

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry for your loss." Nellie said. She suddenly felt sick. Oh shit! No it's okay, just act like you have to use the restroom, and Sweeney won't know you're going to be sick, pregnant woman do piss frequently. "Would you mind if I use the restroom?"

"Of course not, Mrs. Todd. Down the hall to the left."

"Thank you." Nellie quickly got up from the table and went to the restroom.

"She didn't look too well." Arthur commented.

"Yes, she's having a hard pregnancy. If you excuse me, I'm going to go help her." Sweeney said getting up from the table and heading into the bathroom. Of course, right on cue as he got to the door he heard Nellie throwing up. He waited in the hall and in a few minutes, Nellie walked out and slammed right into him. Causing her to gasp.

"Oh... Sweeney... I was just-"

"You lied to me." He said interrupting her. She felt scared.

He continued to glare at her. Nellie sighed, "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to worry." He just ignored her and led her back to the dining room. "Wait, do I look okay?"

"Just fine." He said without even looking at her. Just before they entered the room he grabbed her and growled in her ear "I'm going to punish you when we get home." Then they entered the room and sat back down acting as if nothing was wrong.

Nellie was terrified now. Punish me? What am I his child, he can't punish me. Nellie wondered what he would do to her, surely he wouldn't do anything too bad, and he doesn't want to hurt his little baby.

After dinner, the four of them went back into the drawing room for tea.

"Feeling better, Nellie?" Elizabeth asked.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you." Nellie uneasily sipped her tea. Good thing she can get tea down too, tea, salad, and water, is all she can eat right now.

The clock strikes ten' o' clock and it was time for the Todd's to make their way back home. Nellie could not wait to get out of that house.

"Well that was creepy." She commented while she and Sweeney walked home.

"That was nice, I like them."

They walked the rest of the way home in silence. Sweeney was acting a little strange Nellie wondered then she remembered that she was in trouble for lying again. Nellie didn't fear the so called "punishment" she was going to receive. She knew it wouldn't be anything bad. Sweeney wouldn't dare hurt his little child now would he?

They made it to their house and stepped inside. Sweeney locked the door. Nellie stood awkwardly in the living room. Sweeney came in gave her an evil look and started to take his jacket off, then his shirt, then his shoes, then his pants, and lastly his underwear. Oh here we go Nellie thought. He started to walk towards her slowly, his eyes flashing a look of loathing, and something else... hunger.

"Well I think I'll go get ready for bed, then." Nellie mumbled, she turned and flew to the bedroom before Sweeney could catch her. She almost had the door closed when his hand pushed it back open and slammed it behind him. Nellie started to undo her corset. Calm down Nellie! He's just going to have sex with you and it'll be very rough, nothing you haven't handled before. Her dress fell to a pool at her feet; she turned around and saw him watching her. She took off her underwear and realized that Sweeney was holding his razor tight in his hand.