A/N: Srry for late update, been pretty busy!!!
"Um, yes. Can I help ya?" Nellie Lovett asked the gentleman.
"Evening ma'am, I had recently moved out of my house, and I need a place to reside until I can seek a new one. Do you have an extra room I could rent, for a few months?" he said with a bright smile. His teeth were perfectly white. His hair was a beautiful shade of dark brown, that was neatly combed. His eyes were deep pools of dark brown, that Nellie had almost gotten lost in. He was tall and slender. His body was not too muscular but not scrawny either.
He was beautiful, Nellie thought.
"Ma'am? Did you hear what I said?" he broke her out of her trance. "Oh, sorry love. Why yes, 'course I do. Come right on in dear!"
She felt joyous when she knew he was planning to stay here. She brought him into the living room, with the fire still going on.
"Alright, you sit down warm ye bones. I'll be right back with tea." she smiled.
"Thank you" he smiled back at her. Nellie went into the kitchen and got out a two teacups and poured tea into both of them. Before she went back into the living room, she sat the tea on the small table in the hallway and checked herself in the small mirror hanging on the wall. She fixed her hair to make sure all the pins were in place and it looked neat.
After all, it wasn't everyday you found an extremely handsome male at your doorstep.
She walked in the living room and found the man sitting in the chair patiently, looking at the fire. Nellie sat the tray of tea on the coffee table and handed the man his cup.
"Why, thank you Mrs.-?" he asked.
"Nellie Lovett, dear."
"Well, why thank you, Mrs. Lovett" he said kindly.
"So, love I never 'ad the chance of asking your name?"
"Terribly sorry, my name is Benjamin Barker." he said politely.
Benjamin, Ben. She knew she liked that name already.
"I would also like to thank you for the hospitality, you have agreed to give." His smile was so perfect, she almost fainted, and usually you didn't see to many men with perfect teeth in London.
"Of course, of course its no problem at all." she smiled dreamily at him.
"So tell me where did you happen to find my shop? Just came here today, I did."
He sipped his tea. "Oh, well I met a man, by the name of Adam Wright. Do you know him?" he asked.
Of course, Adam was the one who saved her life, how could she not forget?
"Why yes, yes I do."
"Well, I work at Howard's Barber Shop, a few blocks from here. Mr. Wright came in for a shave and we started talking. I was asking him if he knew any place around London where I could stay, since I knew he sometimes would take care of establishment plans. He told me to go to fleet street and find a woman named Mrs. Lovett. When I came, here I didn't know if this place was yours or not. But Mr. Wright told me to look around and I'll find it. He says you were a wonderful lady." he told her.
Mrs. Lovett thought she would have to thank Mr. Wright. After all, he was the one who saved her life and, not to mention getting her to meet the wonderful, Mr. Barker.
"Of, course dear its no problem at all."
"Thank you, because my wife, Lucy, and I had no idea of where we were going to stay until we bought a new house."
Wait a minute…… His WIFE?
"Oh, you have, a wife?" Mrs. Lovett asked hoping he was kidding.
"Yes, she's everything to me." he told her.
"Oh, well where is the dear now?" she asked trying to stay calm.
"Well, we think she may be expecting. So she is at the doctors to be checked."
So, he is married AND they might be having a baby? "Oh, that's very nice love." Mrs. Lovett tried to sound happy.
"Thanks, I told her I would pick her up from the doctors in thirty minutes or so," he checked his pocket watch. "Hmm… yes I suppose, its almost time. Well, Mrs. Lovett, I will be back in a few minutes okay?" He put his coat on, said goodbye to Mrs. Lovett, for now, and walked out the door.
She stared after him as he walked out the door.
"Why did he have to be married?" she said quietly. "Well, maybe his wife isn't that pretty." she kept on thinking what she would look like.
About fifteen minutes had passed, and Mrs. Lovett was driving herself crazy, and about to jump out of her chair when she suddenly her a knock on her door once more. She almost ran over to in and opened.
Of course, it was Mr. Benjamin Barker, with a few suitcases. Along with another woman. This has to be his precious wife, she thought.
Benjamin's wife was slim, about the same height of Mrs. Lovett. Her skin was milky-white, she had clear, blue eyes and yellow hair.
Mrs. Lovett didn't want to, but had to admit that Benjamin's wife was very beautiful.
Mrs. Lovett was pissed
"Mrs. Lovett, this is my wife Lucy" he smiled at her. Lucy looked at Mrs. Lovett with her magnificent blue eyes. "How do you do?" Lucy held out her hand to shake it. Mrs. Lovett wanted to take her hand and squeeze it so hard 'till she broke it, but instead she took it kindly and shook it.
"Fine dear, and yourself?" Mrs. Lovett pasted a fake smile on. "Fine thank you" Lucy said.
"Well, Mrs. Lovett, thank you so much for the rent. We wanted to wait to find out the news of the baby until we got here, Lucy wanted it to be a suprise." Benjamin said.
"So, my dear, what's the news?" he asked Lucy with eager eyes.
"Well Ben, I found out that… we are going to have a baby girl!" Lucy smiled brightly with her white teeth.
"Oh Lucy, my pet, that's wonderful!" he grabbed a hold of his wife and kissed her.
"Oh, Im so happy for the two of ya!" she said trying her best to sound happy. Of couse, Mrs. Lovett wished she was the one the Benjamin was kissing, the one that he was holding close to him.
"Well, ill let u 'ave your celebration, Ima go and get some tea. Congrats to you both." she smiled once more before she went into the kitchen.
Her smile completely erased.
Just when Mrs. Lovett thought her life would be happy, it wasn't that much better.
Reality was heap of rubbish.
Poor Mrs. Lovett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing seems to be working out for her. Yeah im going to make her suffer for a bit, oooohhh but she will have hers, all in good time my pets, all in good time... Just you wait and see...