Illusions That Confine Us

Chapter Nine

Mrs. Lovett put her hand over the blood-soaked bandages, strategically pressing against his wound to help make it stop bleeding.

It wasn't until a few hours later when Sweeney Todd had finally awoke, much to Mrs. Lovett's relief. Mr. Todd's eyes opened half-way, just enough to see a blurry sight of his wife putting something on his wound.

"What are you doing?" He mumbled, as if he had just been under anesthesia.

She smiled aptly, happy to hear his voice again. "They're leeches love, make ya heal faster."

"Hmm?"

"It'll keep yer blood flowin' an' make sure it won't clot…. Just don't don't worry about it." She snapped back oddly, she was still frazzled from almost losing the love of her life, after all.

"Mhhmm." He grumbled, attempting to sit up.

Mrs. Lovett lightly pushed him back down and then told him to relax and to let her go on with what she was doing.

It wasn't until the second following when he realized how calm she seemed to be acting. But that thought gave him the chance to observe this closer. When he looked up at her he saw that her face was smeared with blood, which he figured to be his, and her eyes looked sad but at the same time relieved.

As soon as she was finished with wrapping his wound up tightly, he cleared his throat, forcing her gaze to snap over to his. "It's alright." He said, staring right at her, trying to light a fuse somewhere in her mind letting her know that he was aware that she was worried and that he knew that she would never have stabbed him on purpose. Although secretly he wished that he had died, as soon as the sharp blade of the knife pierced through his skin, he hoped for death.

Sadly for him, there was no internal bleeding.

Mrs. Lovett's eyes suddenly watered as she continued to stare at him. "I'm sorry." She whispered, shaking her head, "I was so angry and you jus' walked into the kn-knife… I thought I killed you…"

Sympathy suddenly washed over him after seeing that she was shaking. "You can't kill a man that's already dead."

She looked back at him again, her gaze that was once filled with sadness was now filled with bewilderment.

Finally understanding what he meant, Mrs. Lovett suddenly let out a sob that she had been suppressing for the last few hours and collapsed her head in the crook of his neck, careful not to hurt him.

Sweeney winced and was shocked at the sudden contact and lied there awkwardly for a moment as he felt Mrs. Lovett's warm tears soak through the fabric of his shirt.

Mr. Todd hesitantly lifted his arm up to pat her back and shushed her.

"I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" She repeated over and over again.

In some ways you could say that Mrs. Lovett was somewhat apologizing to herself for falling in love with him in the first place, especially when he wasn't planning on returning her affections for him anytime soon.

"Do stop crying pet." He said softly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable with her being as physically close to him as she was.

Mrs. Lovett suddenly regained her senses and sat up from him, her eyes puffy and red.

Looking away from him to glance in the mirror she bowed her head down in embarrassment before sighing. "Look at me… I'm a bloody mess."

She started to get up to leave the room when her wrist was grabbed by her husband's strong hand. "Come here." He grumbled, angry with himself for actually feeling sorry for her.

Mrs. Lovett sat back down and was surprised when he took the wet cloth that she had on his head and started wiping her face with it, ridding it of the blood and tears.

"I'm-"

"Shhh…" He cut her off and pulled her down onto the bed with him.

Mrs. Lovett cuddled herself up beside him, confused that he wasn't yelling at her and being mean to her like he always was and exhaled.

Perhaps a good stab in the stomach was what he needed all along. Or maybe he was just trying to get her to be quiet and finally let him be. Either way, he was being nice, for now.

As soon as the couple fell fast asleep, Alfred came and curled up right between the two, nestling comfortably against them and purring contentedly to the beat of their broken hearts.

NrrrdGrrrl I don't deserve you, I don't get the references you refer to xD

I have that song stuck in my head.

Well, yes, I am back. Like I wrote in my note I have had a lot going on and besides sometimes you need a break.

Sorry for the shortness, but… I have good news for you!

The Virtual World program I was doing is over and I now have more time and energy to update! I am going to miss it though… 'specially mahh Lost (the TV show) buddy Lennon :(

Oh wells, he's in sixth grade so it sucks that I can't hang with 'im. & Terday I had my 8th Grade Science Exam… I hope I did alright! Hmm, I just helped my 82 year old aunt to the bathroom and stuff, I hope she is starting to feel better… Well TATA for now, loveee youu.

Thank you to all of the ladies and gents that gave me all of your opinions and answers to the few questions I had… Have a loverly day…