I'm Your Friend Too, Mr. Todd

The Plan

Everyone sat at the floor eating their food, it was mainly Nellie, Johanna, and Anthony talking to each other with Sweeney remaining quiet but Johanna glanced at him and nudged his arm a little.

"Say something," she whispered to him. Sweeney made a face but then cleared his throat and turned to Anthony, "where do you plan to live once you two are married?" It was a simple question but the barber really was curious what the plan was once his daughter and sailor were married and it concerned him if his daughter had nowhere to live after her wedding.

Anthony was a little surprised by his question but smiled, "I'm already saving enough money for a flat once we're married". Sweeney nodded in understanding, feeling relieved that the sailor has a plan.

Johanna smiled at her father, seeing the worry fade from his eyes and she patted his shoulder. "Don't worry about us father, we'll be okay".

Sweeney gave a small smile to his daughter and Nellie couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth, seeing the murderous barber be so soft and protective of his only child, it was almost bitter sweet.

Johanna turned to Nellie, "you're also invited to my wedding".

The baker's eyes widen a little in disbelief. "Really? You want me at your wedding?"

Johanna nodded and took Nellie's hand. "Of course. It only seems right to invite the woman that raised me to be in my wedding".

Sweeney couldn't help but frown a little, but he also knew he couldn't protest about it knowing it will upset Johanna and cause more conflict between him and Mrs. Lovett. So he swallowed his grudge against her.

The party continued to chat with each other, including Sweeney occasionally, even after their food was gone.

Although Sweeney and Nellie rarely spoke to each other, Nellie felt more at ease with the barber after seeing the small interaction with him and his daughter. It seems Johanna is bringing back a small piece of Benjamin Barker back to the demon.

After dinner, Anthony and Johanna decided to go to sleep and they wished the barber and baker goodnight while Nellie and Sweeney stayed up. Despite Sweeney starting to warm up to the baker, he still prefers to sleep on the floor, but Mrs. Lovett got out of her bed and made her way to the nightstand and pulled out one of the drawers where she found a piece of paper and a fountain pen and began to write in it.

Sweeney looked up from the floor and saw Nellie writing something on the paper and grew curious. He sat up and approached behind her.

"What are you doing?"

Nellie was startled by the barber's voice and turned around to face him. Sweeney glanced down at the words she was writing and his eyes widen a little.

"Who are you writing to?" He demanded.

Nellie gulped. The way Sweeney was staring at her made her shiver a little and she swallowed.

"A friend," was all she said.

Sweeney shook his head. "I don't think it's wise to write to anyone right now." He glanced at the letter and saw the name Nathan Clark and glared at Nellie. "Who the Hell is Nathan Clark?"

Mrs. Lovett swallowed, "he's one of the sailors that rescued us".

The barber growled, "and why are you writing to him? You know we can't."

Nellie glanced at Anthony and Johanna who were still asleep and turned back to Sweeney.

"I just... I just want to let him know I'm okay," Mrs. Lovett honestly wasn't sure why she wants to write to the sailor but something about him gave her comfort and she also wanted to make sure he was okay.