"I forgive you."

"But I don't." Antony's voice called from behind them, "Johanna, you should wait inside before you catch your death." As Johanna obeyed his request, he turned back to the pair.

"Antony, you don't understand the situation." Linnet pleaded to her son, afraid of what he may do.

"I cannot let what you did to my mother go unpunished." Antony spoke directly to Sweeney, "Unhand my mother sir." He hissed through gritted teeth.

Sweeney calmly obeyed, not wanting to further anger the boy. This surprised both mother and son, though only the former would show it, as the old Sweeney was more likely to scoff and hold her more tightly out of spite.

"Now turn around and face her." Antony continued in the same tone indicating all seriousness. Sweeney complied and no sooner had he when, to Linnet's absolute shock, mortification, and mild amusement, Antony reeled back his leg and delivered a direct boot to Sweeney's arse.

"Antony!" Linnet scolded over Sweeney's cry.

"I said I'd kick his arse for what he did to you and I meant it. Now he's forgiven." With that put simply, Antony walked calmly inside to inform his soon-to-be-bride.

Linnet turned to Sweeney with a small smile on her face, "Are you alright?"

"Fine." He squeaked before clearing his throat, "Um, I'm fine. I did deserve it." He replied, rubbing his throbbing bottom with a sheepish look on his face, "I'm sure I'd feel better once I had your lips."

Linnet chuckled, pushing him away before he could kiss her, "Come on inside. You sir need a bath before I do anything else to you tonight." She winked as she turned her back to him.

Sweeney looked to the heavens with a broad grin on his face, "Not even married and she's already a wife." He chuckled, "And so the institution begins."

Not two years had passed when both Johanna and Antony, and Sweeney and Linnet were expecting the first children to sanctify their marriages. Johanna's due date was still two months away while Linnet, complaining of her whale-like resemblance, was due any day.

"I wasn't this big with Antony." She whined, "I'm huge. I'm grotesque."

"Darling you are not grotesque, you are round with our child. At least we can tell he'll be healthy." Sweeney joked as they lay in bed together, he rubbing her stomach.

"How do you know it's a boy? It may be a girl. I'd like a girl, I've already had a boy." Linnet pouted.

"Do you know any girl that would grow to that size?"

"So you admit I'm huge?"

Sweeney's face deadpanned, no matter how long passed, some traits of Benjamin would never fade, "That's not what I meant, love."

"I don't care what you bloody meant it's what you said and I-ah!" Linnet's face clenched in pain as contractions rampaged her abdomen.

"What? What is it? Are you alright?"

"Do I look bloody alright? Call the midwife! I'm in labor you imbecile!"

"Mr. Todd?" The midwife called to him.

"What happened? Is she alright? My baby? Our baby? A boy?"

"Calm down Mr. Todd. They're all fine, your wife is resting and you were half right."

"Half?"

"Congratulations Mr. Todd. You've just had twins. Mr. Todd? You look rather pale, are you sure you're alright? Mr. Todd? Mr. Todd!"

Sweeney collapsed to the floor, "Twins." He whispered to himself with a smile.

Once Sweeney and Linnet came back into their consciousness, they agreed to name their little girl Emma Lucy Todd, and their little boy Benjamin Barker Todd, in memory of their two friends who would never truly leave them.

Linnet, holding Emma turned to Sweeney, "I swear to you that I'll always be here. I'll give anything and everything to you. Thank you so much." She said through her streaming tears of happiness.

"I should be thanking you, love. You've given me the greatest joy. I promise you that I'll always care for you through weakness, strength, happiness, and sorrow."

"For better for worse."

"I love you."

"With every beat of my heart."

Live well and prosper, for it is The Greatest Revenge.

~ The Talmud

So honestly speaking, who noticed that there wasn't a quote at the beginning of this chapter? Haha I hope you have been reading those and not just skipping past them to the chapter because it took a lot of effort to find them.

BROWNIE POINTS TO WHOEVER CAN NAME THE NOT SO HIDDEN SONG

and that is the end **takes bow**

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SHAMELESS PLUG/TEASER: for anyone who's been following my pirates story, i made a title page for the third movie and personally i think it turned out really great compared to the other ones i did which kinda suck haha, and there's a pretty big hint as to the big question of everybody's favorite purple one!