Two weeks.

Thats how long she's been working at the pie shop.

How long since the kiss, since she ran away.

Since Sweeney has spoken to her. He didn't open the shop for a week straight,and still hasn't, so there were no bodies to cook. No money, no one came in to buy anything. They were growing poor.

She would have to talk to him, about what in bloody hell he think he was doing.

She told toby to drink the last of the Gin and watched him as he fell into a deep sleep, still half a bottle left. She drank some, and drank more. She made her way up the outside stairs. She nearly fell,she was drunk, the bottle was still clutched in her pale, shaking hand.

She open the door, the bell rung. "Benjimen? oh Bejimen!" she called, using his old name.

He came out of his room and stopped when he saw her. "Arrin, what do you want?" he said slowly, thinking, waiting. "Benjimen..What do I do wrong? You hate me, don't you! what happened to us? before you married lucy, that b*tch, when WE were in Love!" shhe pleaded.

Why weren't they together, beacause Sweeney will always feel like he betrayed Lucy, he could never, love Arrin.

But he did, he loved her so much he was afraid to admit it. He didn't know why, he just was.

As Arrin said, when They were in love, whem they we teen's. remember that flashback? well they got together right after that. They did all kinds of romantic things, Benjimen was really romantic. They went on sun-down picnics, they went for walks, they went to dances, he sung to her, he learned the piano for her. He told her he loved her. He said alot and hhad ment it, but his parants didn't apprrove of her,they thought she was a rich brat. She wasn't, not at all, she had money, all the food,dresses, thimgs she wanted but,shhe loved nature, children and so many thing her mother had before she died. Ofcourse she was getting hit at home, but no on knew but Benjimen,Arrin and her father. Her father was the law, so when rumors started they died down quickly.

Meanwhile, Arrin was waiting for answer and was getting annoyed. She drank more Gin and through the bottle on the ground. It shattered into pieces alot of the pieces went to Arrin, one landed in her arm and she gasped but pulled it out, it wasn't so deep, but it was sharp, it left a trail of fresh blood on her pale still shaking,now bloody arm.

"I..I..Don't know." was all Sweeney said. He looked at Arrin as she took aa step towards him, and another, and another. She was snading in front of hi now, she smelled of flowers and Gin. " You don't know! well let me tell you ben, i know why you don't love me...Because you never did! You..never..did." she said yelling a first and died down, her voice a whisper saying the last three words. "But i loved you, I beleived you loved me, that if i did things for you, if i ran away with you, you'd really love me." she said voice shaking and hurt. They did plan to run away. When they were young, whe she loved him and he supposivly lied.

"You regret two weekes ago, you regret the kiss, you regret me coming back, you regret me! you hate me! i know you do, say it to me, tell me, for i can stop crying for i can stop asking myself, i tired, i feel like you play be when were younger, cause you left me for Lucy so quickly, and had a child and left. You dissapeared." she ssaid, waiting for him to speak, for him to say something.

If he tells me to get out, i will, i'll leave and leave him alone, i'll go back to father, i'll suffer again, i'll probley get killed but him anyway.

Arrin said, she did plan on juust leaving when toby fell asleep, she would go back to her father, and the beatings, she didn't care any more. Then this happened.

Sweeney put on hand on her waist and the other on her heart. This was and odd thing but he wanted to feel her heart beat when he pulled heer close, thats whats he did. He pulled her close and her heartbeat grew quicker and he smiled, she couldn't help but get giddy and have a little nervousness when he pulled her close. When he touched her. "Arrin, i don't regret you, i never will, Arrin..." He stopped and he let his hand that layed on her heart, and put in oon her other side of her waist, her felt and around her, loving the feel of her body, he dug his figers ggently in her waist and said "Arrin i do love you, I'm just..afraid, of this, of fleet street, of falling in love again in london, but Arrin i love you, Run away with me? This time we will do it..Please?" he asked amitting it for the first time to her, for the first time outloud.

Arrin was shocked, and was feeling so good, with his hands on her waist and the way his fingners, gently ceressed her petiet body. She snapped out of it when he asked her run away with him, again. She bit her botton lip and looked up more, and looked in his eyes, tears formed, and the slightly warm water surprised her as it landed on her arm, it wwas her blood, no that dried already but it was a tear. But her tears hasn't fallen yet, they we Sweeneys.

Sweeney was asmaed off him crying but, he couldn't help it, if she said no, he would surly die inside, he loved her, he was afraid, and if she said no, he would be afrain..alone. He stared in her light-green eyes, she had sleeply eyes bbecause of the gin, Her bottom lip was being chewed on as she thought.

She was a strong drinker, but a dramatic on too if she drank much, if she had drank the last of the gin before she threw it, she would be too drunk to think straigh, but she hadn't she was actrully think hard, and smart about this.

What if he plays you? What if he dissapears? What if he leaves me, lie to me?What if...

She thought more, minutes passsed by him still holdiing her, her gaze had drifted to the large window, were it showed a cloudy, slightly starry sky, the moon shined all over london and threw the window.

"Yes, yes i'll go wit yew, I love you too.." She said laying her head on his chest, his hand travled up and down her back and waist. She knew what he wanted, and she wanted it too. Shee looked up to him and said "Do you want to..." She said trailing off, hoping he'd catched on. "Ah..May I?" he asked lifting a hand to her back bone were laces to un tie her dress. His hand shaked, ofcorse he was nervous. She nodded slowly and he begun, he led her to hs bedroom..and um well you can guess what happened.