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It was a rare, sunny day in London and Mrs. Lovett's pie shop was running smoothly. It was the week, so only a few customers had come in, but it still brought the shop more money than Nellie thought it would.
"Toby, could you come in here?" Nellie asked as she opened the door to the open dining area. Toby looked up and stopped washing the table he was working on to follow the Mrs. Lovett back into the shop.
"Have a seat, lad," Nellie said and Toby sat down at one of the booths, ready to listen to what the woman had to say.
"Mr. T, you can step in now."
Toby's heart jumped when he saw the older man step out from the shadows behind Mrs. Lovett and he moved back in his seat a little. Sweeney simply glared at Toby from his spot leaning against the wall while Mrs. Lovett began talking.
"I know that there is tension between the two of you and I want to get rid of it. Toby, you're old enough to understand why we did what we did, right, love?"
Toby slowly nodded his head, despite his brain screaming at him to shake his head and book it out of there.
"Good. And Mr. T, you understand why Toby acts the way he does around you?"Mrs. Lovett asked as she looked over at the barber who nodded his head with a small grunt.
"Excellent! Now, I'm going to be out for a while to do some shopping and while I'm gone, I want the two of you to at least try to talk to each other," Mrs. Lovett said as she grabbed the small bag the held her money off of the counter where the pies used to be made.
"Ma'am, c-could I come with you?" Toby asked and Mrs. Lovett sighed as she shook her head.
"I'm afraid not, deary, I need you to stay here in case anyone comes in for a pie," she replied before walking out, leaving Toby and Sweeney alone in silence. As Toby opened his mouth to say something, Sweeney stomped over to the side door and walked out of the shop, making sure to slam the door shut as he left. With a sigh, Toby dropped back down into a booth and put his face in his hands. There was no way that this was going to work, no way in hell.