Okay, I am officially at writer's block :( so I don't know when the next chapter will be, and this one probably isn't the best and I might come back and edit it some more. So for those of you who are enjoying this, please be patient with me, and I shall try my best to keep posting chapters in a fair amount of time. But enjoy this chapter and please review! Tell me what you guys think!

Haunted Dreams

Chapter 16

It was a 5 hour ride back the Nellie's and Sweeney's hometown on the outskirts of London.

"Well doesn't this bring back memories." Sweeney said staring out the window. Nellie playfully kissed him on the cheek. While Sweeney barely remembers his childhood, Nellie remembered all of it. Over on that hill was where Nellie and her best friend had a snowball fight and ended up rolling down to the bottom where they shared their first kiss. Nellie was ten years old, and that friend had been Benjamin Barker. Not that he remembers any of these little details though. Nellie thought, casting a glance at his different state now. And over at that park bench at the bottom of that hill was where he met Lucy for the first time, when he was fifteen. Nellie didn't want to bring up that memory, since it was the day she lost her friend and her prince charming to someone else. But she was happy to make Sweeney remember those memories of her, their first kiss.

"When I was ten years old, on a snowy day, at the bottom of that hill over there, was the day I fell in love with you." She whispered in Sweeney's ear.

He smiled and grabbed her hand. "You fell in love with Benjamin not me." They're the same person, but there is no reason when it comes to dealing with him.

"Okay, I fell in love with Ben, and I fell in love with Sweeney when he walked into my shop on Fleet Street." She said smiling flirtatiously.

"You could barely see me, it was so dark with the dreary, gross London smaug." He answered nuzzling his nose to her cheek.

"I could see you." She smiled, kissing his cheek once more. He held her hand, and glanced back outside the window. The carriage bumped up in down on the stone road.

Across from them, Nettie was glancing out the window as well, but Daniel was staring directly at them.

"What?" Nellie asked.

"Nothing." He said shrugging, "It's just, you two are adorable."

Sweeney looked over at Daniel as well. Jeramey stood up in his mother's lap and starting tugging on his father's vest, when the carriage came to a stop.

"Oh goody, we're here!" Nettie said. They all piled out of the carriage, looking up at the enormous estate.

Sweeney looked over to the manor slightly behind the Castellian's to the Barker's. It was still standing. But it looked empty.

Nellie followed Sweeney's glance and knew what he was thinking. "Do you think they still live there?" She asked, referring to his parents.

"I dunno."

"We could find out. Go knock on their door."

"No!" Sweeney demanded. "I don't want to see them."

With that Nellie dropped the subject and walked inside her own home. Which wasn't too easy considering all the bad memories that linger in those halls. She stood in front of the door, it was unlocked and opened where Nettie and Daniel had already entered. Sweeney stood behind her looking unsure for his wife. I don't think she can do this? He thought. Jeramey stared at the back of his mother's head with a worried expression as well.

"Take your time." Sweeney said.

Nellie shook her head, coming out of her daze. "No no I'm fine." It was just too overwhelming. Her sister Rose's death, then her father's, then her having Ben, the love of her life, leave her and marry someone more beautiful, leaving Nellie to be married off to Albert who she did not love on bit. And now her other sister was dying. Well her brother was gone, but Nellie didn't care about him, he chased her around the house with a knife, and tried to rape her once. No. Good riddance, John.

For once she wasn't keeping her thoughts on Sweeney and the future they have now. She focused on herself, her past. She took a deep breath and stepped over the thresh hold.