What You Don't Know

What you don't know pt6

Mrs Lovett's eyes slowly began to flutter open greeted by the stream of light seeping into Sweeney Todd's Bed room. As she began to wake she noticed she was naked under his white sheets and suddenly last nights events came flooding back to her. She turned her head slowly to see Sweeney's back facing her, she missed the warmth of his body and couldn't help but gently reach out to touch his back with the tops of her finger tips.

She smirked seeing red lines covering his shoulders and realised they had been rather rough again last night. He turned her into such a wild animal when they made love, he made her feel things she never felt before, she felt so alive, so madly in love....

However the thought of love had her heart sinking. Mrs Lovett was afraid that all he wanted from her was sex. He had told her he could never love again and so she wondered if she would be enough to break that promise he made. Mrs Lovett wanted him so much the very idea of him leaving, would probably kill her.

She began to feel him stir to which a small grumble escaped his lips as he slowly began to wake up. Smiling Nellie leaned closer to him and slowly ran her arm around his waist pressing the front of her body into him. "Morning love" She whispered into his chest before leaving light kisses between his shoulder blades. She felt so much closer to him now, comfortable enough to hold him and kiss him when she pleased, she only hoped he felt the same.

Slowly removing her arm from around him Sweeney sat up right in the bed without saying a word. He hadn't even looked at her yet, hadn't even said good morning to her neither. "Everythin' alright?" She asked pulling the duvet up around her chest feeling a little sad he wasn't talking to her.

He leaned forward and picked up his trousers. "Fine" He muttered rather bluntly pulling them up and standing to buckle up the belt before finally turning round to her. "You better get up, don't want Johanna worrying where you are..." he said glancing at her in his bed before grabbing his white shirt from his cupboard.

Mrs Lovett blinked in response as she watched him. Why was he acting so distant and blunt...

"She knows I'm sleepin' up ere' dear, besides she knew you took me out last night as well, she's an adult" Mrs Lovett rambled as she watched a very quite Sweeney change.

"Don't want her getting the wrong idea Mrs Lovett, she might not take to the news so well when she finds out I'm her father..." he said turning to look at her again as he placed on his waistcoat.

"What's that supposed to mean..." she sounded angry and for that he sighed.

"Knowing I'm sleeping with her guardian and that her real mother was my wife.....could look bad on me" he stated causing Nellie to grit her teeth in annoyance.

"Bad on you! How exactly?" Her eyes were shocked and her brows knotted in confusion.

"Because Lucy was a lady!" The words tumbled out of his mouth in anger but immediately he regretted it.

Her eyes hardened "An i ain't!"

"That's not what I meant" he tired but failed as Mrs Lovett turned her head away in anger.

"Get out so I can get my clothes on" she couldn't look at him, she had never been so insulted in her whole life, she was furious.

"Eleanore..." he growled.

"Get out!!" She snapped back her eyes glaring with rage as she looked back at him.

Reluctantly Sweeney left the room and closed the door behind him sighed loudly in the process. He had to go an open his big mouth didn't he! He felt awful now for saying that, he didn't even know why he did. He was bringing to feel things towards Mrs Lovett now that it scared him, the only way he knew how to deal with it was to push her away and say the wrong things. He didn't know why, but that's how he seemed to cope...