Sorry this took so long you guys, school has kept me pretty busy... i know how frustrating it is when things aren't updated frequently. Anyway's hope you guys will enjoy this, the next chapter will have a little more Toby in it... but for those who love Toby, you might not like it
Mrs. Lovett woke slowly, as usual Sweeney had his arms around her. He was so handsome when he was asleep, she meant to tell him that one day but he doesn't take compliments to well.
She chuckled quietly to herself, he was quite a kind man but had an uncontrollable anger and tended to be quite cold. She thought nothing of it, that's just how he was.
"Hmm?" He mumbled half asleep.
Her laughing must have woken him up.
"Sorry luv" she said feeling slightly guilty, she never liked waking him up, he already so much trouble sleeping.
"S'all right" he said groggily rubbing his eyes with his good hand "What time is it?"
She looked over at the clock.
"Ten o'clock in the morning" she replied
The shop was closed for the long weekend.
"Mmm" he moaned tiredly in protest letting his head fall back against the pillow.
She rested her head on his chest, he pulled her closer.
"You know luv" she started
"Hmm?" he said half asleep once again
"Never mind" she decided she did not want to try a compliment on him right at this very moment.
"Alright" he said more of a mumble than actual words.
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"Are you ready to go?" Mrs. Lovett asked a day dreaming Sweeney as he sat by the kitchen table.
"Mr. T?" she nagged "You there?"
"Hmm?" Sweeney replied snapping back to the present time
"You ready to go?" She asked again.
Sweeney swallowed hard, and nodded once, getting up from his chair he walked over to the door and held it open for Mrs. Lovett.
They decided to leave Toby at home, mainly to avoid any unnecessary complications.
Mrs. Lovett knew that Sweeney was rather reluctant to going to this outing.
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Sweeney could see the beach now. Mrs. Lovett looked over at him, his eyes fixated ahead.
"S'all right luv… everything will be alright" she reassured him.
He nodded but did not dare say anything, he was straining to keep his temper under control.
He had his injured hand hovering unnoticeably beside his razor, which was tucked comfortably in its sheath.
As they walked onto the beach Sweeney could see a young couple and a child sitting on the sand.
They approached the couple, Sweeney looking down at his feet.
"Mr. Todd!" he heard Anthony exclaim.
He looked up slowly to see the young boy rushing towards him. He glanced quickly to Mrs. Lovett beside him who smiled kindly at him
"It's so good to see you" Anthony said enthusiastically shaking his hand.
"Like wise" he replied numbly.
"It's good to see you to Mrs. Lovett!"
"Please come sit" Anthony gestured to the small blanket on the sand.
He walked over with him, he could see who was most likely Johanna sitting on the blanket holding a small child in her arms.
Sweeney was still looking down at the sand Mrs. Lovett close by his side.
As they approached the blanket Sweeney looked up from the sand to see Johanna staring at him with wide eyes.
He looked over at Mrs. Lovett who was staring at him with a look of confusion on her face.
Anthony cleared his throat.
"Johanna this is Mr. Todd and Mrs. Lovett, Mr. Todd this is my lovely wife Johanna" he introduced them.
Johanna stood up abruptly.
"You… you're the man who killed judge Turpin and the Beadle, and who had almost killed me." She said in a small voice.
"Oh now luv, you must be mistaken, Mr. T would never." Mrs. Lovett explained
Johanna eyes were still wide at Sweeney.
He suddenly realized that she was the young lad who had snuck into his shop that night, the one he told to forget his face, which clearly she had not.
"Please…" He begged
"I did it for good reason, I did not know who you were, I thought you were a young lad who was looking for trouble" He explained
"It's just… He took everything from me, I needed from revenge" he continued "He took my wife and my child" Sweeney looked back down at the sand Mrs. Lovett put her hand on his shoulder.
Sweeney was silent
"Who was your wife?" Johanna asked
"Your mother…" he said quietly
Johanna gasped at looked over at Anthony who was staring at Sweeney in shock
"Please… I beg for your forgiveness…" Sweeney started
"You're her father?" Anthony interrupted "All this time you could have told me"
"I know… I'm sorry" Sweeney apologized
"What about her mother?" Anthony asked
Sweeney took in a sharp breath of air, he looked up quickly, he could feel his grip on his temper begging to slip.
He opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted.
"There was an unfortunate accident" Mrs. Lovett started "She got down into the bake house and in her mental condition she had fallen into the oven" she explained.
Sweeney looked at Mrs. Lovett then back at the sand.
Johanna sobbed quietly as Anthony pulled her into his arms.
"Please forgive me Johanna, I did not mean to harm you in any way… I think I would be best if we were on out way" Sweeney said through his teeth his eyes still watching the sand.
"No please stay" Johanna said in a shake voice "I'm sorry, this is so much information, please sit and enjoy dinner with us"
Sweeney nodded accepting their invitation.
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Sweeney sat on the beach Mrs. Lovett at his side. He did not say much that evening, he just sat and ate the sandwiches that Johanna had made.
As the sun went down, they said their goodbyes.
Sweeney shook Anthony's hand and turned to say goodbye to Johanna.
"I'm sorry one again for everything" he explained
"Please no need, you did what you thought was right"
Sweeney nodded and started to turn away.
"Mr. Todd?" Johanna called, Sweeney turned to face her.
She wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. Sweeney returned the gesture, he never thought he would be able to hold his child again.
"Will we get to see you again?" She asked looking up at him
"I would very much enjoy that" Sweeney replied.