Stephen Sondheim
and Tim Burton owns Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I
own all my own people
A/N Alright, last chapter. Sorry for the
looooong update wait on the last chapter, but, like I said, I hope it
was worth the wait. Enjoy my fellow Sweeney fans.
"Here,"
Sweeney said handing Mrs. Lovett a hot cup of tea as the two sat on
the couch together, a thin blanket wrapped around her her only
covering.
"Thank you," she spoke softly grabbing the
tea and sipping it slowly.
He sat down beside her, groaning
softly as the pain in his stomach ripped through him once more. Toby
had been gone for twenty minutes, without signs that help was on the
way.
They both sat in silence as Mrs. Lovett sipped her tea, both
to unsure of what to say.
"So," Sweeney said after what
felt like forever in uncomfortable silence. "Did he... you
know?"
Mrs. Lovett stared into her cup, giving a brief nod
and biting her bottom lip to keep the tears from spilling.
Sweeney
sighed and looked down to the ground.
"I'm sorry," he
spoke to her sincerely, "but I tried to warn you that-"
"Sweeney, please," Mrs. Lovett pleaded, tears beginning
to fall from her eyes "you were right, I was wrong, but I'm
really not in the mood to 'ear a lecture from ya."
Sweeney
bit back his remark and looked back down to the unpolished wood
floor.
After awhile, Mrs. Lovett spoke again.
"I'm
sorry," she told him looking down at her now empty cup, "I
know you were jus' lookin' out for me, but." Tears began to fall
harder, "I didn't think somethin' like that would 'appen to me,
or that a man 'oo acted like that would do such a 'orrible thing. I
just haven't felt that way about a man in a long time, and when 'e
started sayin' I was beautiful, and that 'e loved me, I believed it.
" She shook her head as more tears came pouring out of her dark
eyes, "I should 'o listened to ya. I never should 'ave believed
a man could love me or that I was anything special."
"Eleanor
Jane Lovett," Sweeney said, looking up at her, "I know you
don't believe that about yourself."
" 'Ow can it not be
true?" She let out a sob, but quickly wiped away the tears. "No
one beside 'im 'as even showed the slightest bit 'o interest in me
since Albert died. I'm nothin', and this proves it."
"Nellie,
listen to me, " Sweeney told her, turning her head towards his,
"you are beautiful, smart, kind, intelligent. I'm serious,"
he insisted seeing her scoff, "and if no other man besides
'him'," he said, spitting out the last word like it was poison,
"can see it, then every man in London is an idiot."
Mrs.
Lovett looked into his eyes and he into hers, and her heart began
racing.
"You really think that?" she whispered
"Every
word," Sweeney told her, his eyes never leaving hers.
They
stared into one another's eyes for a moment before the bell in the
front rang, followed by heavy footsteps.
"They're in there,"
they heard Toby yell, and he ran into the parlor, followed by two
policemen.
"Mam, are you alright?" one of the cops
asked her.
Mrs. Lovett didn't answer as she and Sweeney continued
to look into each other eyes.
"Mam," the second cop
asked giving her a tiny shake,
She blinked and turned towards
him, "Wot's goin' on?"
"I'm Officer Alan Steely,
Are you okay?" The first cop asked once more.
Mrs. Lovett
ran a hand through her hair and nodded, "I'm fine. The man
responsible is in there."
She pointed to her bedroom where
Thomas laid dead. One of the cops went in there and then shouted out
to his partner.
" 'Ees dead!"
Alan turned back to
Mrs. Lovett, looking over her bruises.
"Is the man dead
responsible for hurting you?"
Mrs. Lovett nodded, biting her
bottom lip.
" 'Ee was... 'e was in the middle of 'urtin' me
when Mr. Todd rushed in and saved me."
Alan turned to
Sweeney , "is that true Mr. Todd?"
Sweeney nodded,
"Yes. He was on top of her and she was tied to her bed screaming
when I went in there."
He nodded, "Well thank you, Mr.
Todd. You probably saved this woman's life today."
Sweeney
merely shrugged before Alan took out his notebook.
"You two
are gonna 'ave to go to the hospital, before we take your statements
on what happened. And don't worry, we should get all of that,"
he motioned to the bedroom where a large puddle of blood had formed,
"cleaned up by the time you get back."
Mrs. Lovett
nodded before Alan stuck his hand out for Mrs. Lovett to grab.
Apprehensive at first, she soon grabbed it and he pulled her up,
being careful to make sure the blanket stayed on her.
As soon as
she stood up, she let out a cry of pain and stumbled to the ground,
but the cop caught her before she hit the ground.
"You're
okay," he told her, helping to stand her up. She hated his
touch, innocent as it was, but she didn't want to tell him that. She
didn't want to look even more weaker in Sweeneys eyes then she had.
As he helped her to the door as Mrs. Lovett glanced back at
Sweeney, silently pleading with him to come with her.
With a
groan of pain, he stood up from the couch and looked towards the
bedroom, where the other cop was busy drawing the crime scene out.
He knew she had been changed, she knew that it would take her a
long time to get over this, perhaps she never would. She had been
broken, she would no longer dream of a life by the sea, but instead
be haunted by what had happened that night.
He would help her as
best he knew how, try to get her to her old self, but he knew that it
would be hard.
But he also knew that Thomas was dead, never to
haunt her again, never to hurt her as long as she lived, and hoped
that would give her some freedom.
With a sigh, he walked out
after them, shutting the door behind him, thanking God, that he had
woken up, from this part of the nightmare at least.
Final
Thoughts: Doesn't that just scream 'Sequel'? It surely does, so be
sure to review this, and be on the look out for,
"The Demons
Nightmare Two: The Awakening,"
Will it be Sweenet, or is
Alan more involved in Mrs. Lovetts life then Sweeney would like? Be
sure to read and find out.
