Author's note: holy crap, i can't believe the response i got to the last chapter, thank you all so much (individual thanks will follow this note) the song i used in this chapter is I'd Come For You sung by Nickelback, the song is amazing and fits this chapter perfectly in my opinion but of course i changed the words just a little bit to suit my purpose better. I'm sorry it took two months for this chapter to come out and if you seriously want an explanation then message me and i'll give it but the epilogue is done and shall be posted shortly :)
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Fate exists but it can only take you so far, because once you're there, it's up to you to make it happen
~ Movie: Can't Hardly wait
Linnet sat at the bay window in Thatcher's house. Antony and Johanna were out and about, enjoying the day before the foretold shower came. Johanna was ecstatic to finally be out of her prison and could not get enough of the outdoors. She truly was like a bird set free, her spirit soaring to new heights unimagined in her previous confinement; and while Antony was happy for her and more than happy to indulge her childlike enchantment, he was growing increasingly worried over his mother's mental health. He was sure that if he ever saw Sweeney Todd again, regardless of the kindness he had previously shown him, the man would pay for inflicting more undeserved pain on his mother.
"Antony?" Johanna's voice called sweetly, "Where are you love? Your mind is too far for me to reach."
"Mr. Todd." He replied simply, disappointment ringing in his voice.
"It saddens me too. He seemed like a wonderful man. And Mother looks at him the way I'm sure I look at you." Johanna has quickly adapted to calling Linnet "mother", her marriage to Antony would only solidify and legalize the relationships between the three.
"Regardless of how my mother looks at that man, what he deserves is a swift kick in the arse for not seeing what she could have been for him and if I ever see him again I intend to deal him one." Antony huffed.
"Oh love you know you don't mean that." Johanna chided.
"Oh yes, I do." He crossed his arms causing a giggle to erupt from Johanna before she planted a chaste kiss on his pouty lips.
"Let's not think on it anymore, let's just enjoy the day before it's time to go in." She smiled.
"I just hate the thought of Mother sitting at that blasted window, waiting for a sign that's not coming." He sighed.
"We've tried everything we could darling, the only person who can help her now is herself; she has to pull herself out of it knowing that there are still those that love her and that if Mr. Todd has opted to cast her aside, she must do the same to him."
In fact Linnet had stopped mournfully gazing out the window and was in the kitchen making herself feel useful. Rachelle was bedridden as the later stages of her pregnancy were proving to be quite exhausting for her so Linnet began preparing dinner for everyone. Thatcher would be home from work soon and as the first echo of thunder rolled through the sky, she knew Antony and Johanna would not be long either. She first made up a plate of sliced fruit and some cheese and crackers for Rachelle to snack on as her appetite seemed to be lax as of late, which would have absolutely terrified Thatcher had he not already gone through the experience with his sister almost eighteen years ago. Linnet recalled that he had rung the doctor almost seven times a day at any hour during her own pregnancy having endless questions about her condition and what was considered "normal". Thankfully the experience made him more prepared for his own wife's ordeal, Dr. Carmichael was thankful as well.
She took the plate in to Rachelle and went back to preparing the stew for their own dinner. It wasn't long before a faint whistling could be heard followed by Thatcher's appearance through the kitchen archway, "Hello sister dearest." He greeted cordially with a slight skip in his step before noisily kissing her cheek. Linnet giggled as he danced his way through the kitchen towards his bedroom door in the hallway, popping his head through the door momentarily to inform Linnet of the "gentleman caller" she had waiting on the stoop.
"You can tell Mr. Parker thanks but no thanks." She replied, throwing a dish rag at his retreating figure.
"Not Mr. Parker!" He called back before disappearing behind the safety of his bedroom door.
Linnet sighed and made her way to the front door to inform whoever it was that she was not looking for anyone to whisk her away. Whatever made men think that a woman could not be content with just herself and her family needed to be destroyed, she thought as she opened the door.
Her heart clenched and her breath stilled for the barest of moments when she saw none other than Sweeney standing before her. He said nothing as his sorrowful eyes gazed back at her, and nothing needed to be said. Linnet could see how ragged he looked. Obviously he hadn't changed his clothes since the few days they had spent apart, he hadn't bothered to shave either and Linnet wondered if he had even bothered for a meal. With his shoulders slumped and tears slowly gathering in his eyes the longer her silence continued, Linnet realized that he had never before looked so human.
It seemed that whatever vengeance Sweeney needed on behalf of Benjamin was finally gone. Benjamin was at peace and as such, had granted that peace to Sweeney. This new Benjamin, a revitalized Sweeney, embodied everything she loved in him. It was this realization that had her catapulting into his arms - regardless of his pungent stench - and as their bodies collided, booming thunder rolled, foreshadowing the imminent shower to become a raging storm.
"I'm so sorry." Sweeney pleaded. Both so wrapped in each other, neither were able to acknowledge the furious boy beneath the cover of trees being held back only by his relatively frail fiancé.
"Why?" Linnet answered back.
"Just one more moment, that's all I needed.
Like wounded soldiers, in need of healing.
Time to be honest, this time I'm pleading,
Please don't dwell on it, 'cause I didn't mean it.
I could not believe what I had done, what lay on the ground…" Sweeney's tears finally fell in time with the scattered raindrops leaking from the growing black mass above them, "But it doesn't matter 'cause I've changed my ways, forgive me now.
Every day I spend away my soul's inside out,
Must be some way that I can make it up to you now, somehow." The storm broke and soaked them both within seconds, the sounds of water slapping skin and cobblestone musically emphasizing his every word, "By now you know that I'll come for you,
No one but you, yes I'll come for you,
But only if you told me to.
And I'll fight for you,
I'll lie, it's true,
Give my life for you,
You know I'll always come for you.
I was blindfolded, but now I'm seeing.
My mind was closing, now I'm believing.
I finally know just what it means to let someone in,
To see the side of me that no one does or ever will,
So if you're ever lost and find yourself all alone,
I'd search forever just to bring you home.
Here and now, this I vow.
By now you know that I'll come for you,
No one but you, yes I'll come for you,
But only if you told me to.
And I'll fight for you,
I'll lie, it's true,
Give my life for you,
You know I'll always come for you.
You know I'll always come for you." Linnet's tears joined his own as she clasped her hands to his face, pressing their foreheads together. Sweeney's hands held her wrists gently as he continued to serenade her with every heartfelt promise.
"No matter what gets in my way,
As long as there's still life in me,
No matter what remember you know I'll always come for you.
Yes I'll come for you,
No one but you, yes I'll come for you,
But only if you told me to.
And I'll fight for you,
I'll lie, it's true,
Give my life for you,
You know I'll always come for you.
I'll crawl across this world for you,
Do anything you want me to,
No matter what remember, you know I'll always come for you.
You know I'll always come for you." As his voice faded into the rain, he lowered his lips to hers in the gentle whisper of a kiss.
"I forgive you."
"But I don't."
review please! epilogue coming in just a minute ;)
(maybe two)