Authors Note: Well here is the second chapter. Enjoy...ish.

Disclaimer: Alas Sweeney and Lucy And Lovett do not belong to mwah.

Mrs. Lovett, you're a bloody wonder, eminently practical, and yet appropriate as always...


"Please just stop." He whispered into her red hair. "Please, stop this nonsense-"

She looked up at his pale face as he hugged her close to his chest. "Sweeney, love..."

He smiled down at her. "Hush."

They sat there for a few minutes in the pie shoppe, staring at each other and taking in the feel of being in each other's arms, when the bell on the door rang, and the scummy old beggar woman walked inside. Sweeney ignored her completely, enjoying the feel of Nellie so close to his chilled skin.

"Benny..." The woman whispered uneasily as Sweeney leaned down toward's Mrs. Lovett's lips.

He stooped abrubtly, staring between Nellie and the woman when the realization dawned over him. "Lucy...?"

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He couldn't believe his eyes... his "suppposed" dead wife was standing here before him. Emotions shot through him that he hadn't felt in years; happiness, hope, excitement, fear, but even more, remorse. He had nearly given himself up to Mrs. Lovett, when the dirty wench had lied to him about Lucy's death. He glared at her, seeing the immense fear that was shooting throughout both of her eyes.

"Lucy seems well and alive to me, my dear." He said, his voice thick with hatred.

"I-" Mrs. Lovett managed to say before he cut her off.

"You lied to me."

"Benny?" Lucy whispered again, walking towards Sweeney's shaking form. "Where is my Benny Barker?"

Nellie feared that, even if Sweeney loved Lucy, he would kill her for saying his old name. For bringing back the memories of what the Judge and Beadle had done to them both. But instead of killing her, he sank to his knees before her, warm tears clinging to his eyes.

"Lucy, love. I'm here... you're Benny is here."

Nellie stared, open-mouthed at the words he was speaking. She had never heard him call himself that... not since he had lived in this very house... truly as Benjamin Barker.

"Benny..." Lucy said, her eyes searching for him. "She's a witch..."

"I know." He gritted his teeth and looked over in Nellie's direction. "And I will make her pay."

Mrs. Lovett stepped back away from the two of them, her eyes full of fear. She knew well enough what he was capable of doing to her and she was desperatly afraid of him. Her dear Sweeney had been succumbed by his crazy old wife. 'Can't she just die?'

Sweeney stood in front of his wife, his eyes shining. She stared back at him, a look of confusion upon her disgustingly dirty features. He tugged at her ragged dress, pulling her into his cold arms. She gasped, remembering something from long ago...

'Benjamin? Ben? Benny where are you?' Lucy's voice rang out through the kitchen.

'Upstairs me love.' She crept up the creaky old stairs towards their bedroom. When she opened the dark door, she heard him chuckle slightly. 'I love you.'

'Ohh Benny, where is little Johanna?' Lucy asked uneasily.

'In her crib... which means...' He held her tight in his arms. 'I have you all to meself.'

"Are you my Benny Barker?" Lucy asked, staring down at Sweeney's pale face.

He nodded. "Came back for you, I did. All the way from Australia."

"The Judge..." She whispered, looking around.

"Won't touch you ever again. Nor Johanna."Sweeney smiled as he moved closer to her face. "Ah my love, my sweet, my Lucy!"

Lucy smiled, slightly unfazed by his words. She was still crazy... the arsenic she had drank had made sure of that... but Sweeney was sure he could do something to help her. "Benny, I love you too."

Sweeney smiled at her again, his eyes glistening. He leaned close to her dirty mouth, taking in the hidden scent of her beauty that he could still find there. Then he kissed her. He kissed her so hard that his mouthed ached from the tenseness of it. Sweeney couldn't help but shake from happiness as he tangled her dirty hair in his hands. His Lucy was alive... a tad crazy, but alive.

And Mrs. Lovett was soon going to be a dead woman. He was going to make sure of that.


End Note: Well it's really short. :3 But yeah the third will be longer. With DEATH BLOOD AND not sexual things. :3