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Enjolras scanned the room. Drat he thought he couldn't see the girl anywhere. Enjolras was a man of vision and the leader of a revolution. He was standing in the ABC cafe with his friends and revolutionary partners; or as the National Guard called them Partners in Crime. Les Amis was there name and nearly everyone in Paris knew them by it. His friend Marius was standing next to him and talking about some blonde hair beauty he had seen in the street. Then he mentioned her name. "What did you say?" Enjolras asked, Marius looked at him puzzled and thinking "I said that the girl was the most beautiful ever and 'Ponine's gone to find her." Enjolras sighed he would have to wait for Eponine to return.
Eponine watched as the old man walked through the black garden gate and held it like a perfect gentleman as a young girl passed through. Cosette! Eponine saw the girl and her blood ran cold as it had when her father had shouted it that morning. Cosette had been a friend long ago. A secret friend! Eponine walked slowly away and only glanced back at the house thinking how lucky Cosette was. She had a lovely house, a loving father who didn't beat her or sell her to pay of his debts and most of all she had Marius' love. Eponine was jealous but she didn't feel hatred. How could she, Cosette had lost almost everything when she was young and there was a bond between the girls a bond that Eponine could tell hadn't been broken.
The cafe was lively when Eponine walked in the revolution plans were in full swing and Eponine was glad to have something to listen to. Marius saw her and ran over to her. "Did you find her 'Ponine? Did you find the girl?" Eponine smiled and almost laughed. Once she had loved Marius but now the only one she could love was looking at her from across the room. She shared a secret smile with the revolutionary leader. For so long she had been jealous of any girl that Marius had looked at but now she was jealous of the revolution. She hurried out the room with Marius dancing at her side. Her best friend was full of glee at having the love of his life found.
Eponine hurried down various alley's dodging police and other gangs. Marius followed her. "'Ponine, she was the most beautiful creature ever. She has burst like the music of angels. She is the light of the sun" Eponine laughed. "Mousier you should take over from Jehan and write poetry!" Marius laughed and danced along like an excited puppy. Eponine arrived at the gate and saw a girl sitting there. She smiled and pointed for Marius to see "There" she whispered eager to get this over with so she could go to Enjolras. Marius moved slowly from her side and walked hesitantly to the gate. The girl looked up. Marius looked back at Eponine and she smiled.
Marius turned back to the blonde in front of him and opened his mouth but no words came out. "I'm sorry Mademoiselle, words are lost to me!" Cosette smiled and said "Then make no sound Mousier" Marius chuckled and moved forward putting a hand on the garden gate. "My name is Marius Pontmercy" From the shadows Eponine laughed here was Marius trying to prove himself a gentleman. "And mine's Cosette" Cosette answered laughing and Marius joined in. Eponine sank to the floor and dreamed of Enjolras, with his blonde curly mob and his blue ocean eyes. She remembered what the boy had said just before she left, "General Lamarque is dead. His death is the hour of fate the people's man, his death is the sign we await!" She had left before she could hear anything else but she knew that the revolution wasn't going to be far off. It was time!
Marius and Cosette talked for another hour leaving Eponine in the shadows, she was cold and the whole time she yearned for Enjolras; for the feel of his lips against hers and the feel of his arms around her. She barely noticed Marius walk past her with a handkerchief in his hand, but she saw Cosette stand up and walk towards the house leaving the gate. Eponine moved forward and watched Cosette embrace a tall broad man before looking back at the gate. She stared at Cosette and saw a look of recognition and astonishment come over her face. "Eponine" the whisper was soft but Eponine heard it. She smiled and watched as Cosette smiled back. Friends forever! Nothing had changed between the girls since Cosette had left Eponine. Cosette's father came back out of the house and guided Cosette inside. Eponine sunk back into the shadows glad that Cosette knew who she was.
Suddenly there was the sound of voices coming down the alley. Eponine stayed where she was hoping not to be noticed. Five men appeared and stopped outside the garden gate. Eponine took in their faces. She recognised them at once. It was her father and Montparnasse with three other of their henchmen. "This is the place, I've seen the old fox around, keeps himself to himself, he's staying close to the ground." Eponine's father said and Montparnasse glared at him. "Let's do this job I don't care who you rob." Eponine's father; Thenardier glared at him. "Ten years ago I let him go with Cosette, this will cost him dear." Montparnasse pushed two of the men towards the wall "Finish the job." One of the henchmen spotted Eponine lurking in the shadows. "Wait who is this hussy?" Thenardier and Montparnasse turned and Montparnasse reached out dragging her out of the shadows where the men could see her.
"It's your brat Eponine, why's she hanging about here?" Thenardier glared at Eponine and the girl knew she was in for a beating when she got home. She had to stop the men, Cosette was still her friend and Marius deserved her loyality to him and to Cosette. "I know this house I tell you, there's nothing here for you, just the old man and the girl, they live ordinary lives" She spoke quickly trying to get her father to turn away, but instead he said, "Don't interfere, you've got some gall, take care young miss you've got alot to say" the other men started mumbling things like "She going soft!" or "Go home 'ponine go home you're in the way". Eponine felt a surge of anger that they weren't listening and a surge of bliss of disobeying her father, the man who made her life hell. "I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here!" Her father looked at her making her quiver "One little scream and you'll regret it for a year!" The men started climbing the wall again and Eponine warned them again "Well I warned you I'd do it, I warned you I'd do it"
In the house Cosette was sitting on her bed thinking of her conversation with Marius but her thoughts slowly wandered to the pale, think girl who had smiled at her from across the street. Eponine! Cosette had always longed to go back for the girl but she knew it was impossible. They had been such good friends and she had always been a light in the darkness. Cosette was woken from her thoughts and memories as a scream filled the air. Cosette knew the scream was Eponine's and she sprang from her bed ready to help her when her father came in. He told her they were leaving and Cosette was horrified, she would never get to see Marius again and she would never get to speak to Eponine as she wanted to.
In the street Eponine was full of pride after her scream. She had saved Cosette and defied her father all in one. The pride was short lived as Thenardier started shaking the girl and Montparnasse slapped her hard across the face causing her to fall to the ground Eponine felt a sharp blow to the head and blackness fell around her. Montparnasse watched as Eponine fell unconscious and kicked the girl in the stomach for good measure. Blood tricked down her head from the wound she had claimed when her head had whacked against the wall. Thenardier pulled him and together they crept to the sewers while the police went past glad they had dragged Eponine's body into the shadows.
Eponine came round from her slumber in time to see Cosette putting a letter on the gate. She didn't look at Eponine and she turned quickly and ran back to the house where she closed the door firmly behind her. Eponine pushed herself up and winced at the pain in her head and stomach. She walked slowly to the gate and picked up the letter. Eponine blinked a few times until the writing stayed still then she could make out the name Marius. Eponine almost fell over again as the pain in her head became unbearable. She grabbed the gate for support then as the pain subsided again she walked away from the house. She would give the letter to Marius in the morning but now she wanted to see Enjolras. To tell him everything and to ask him what was going on with the revolution. She was going to be there to stand and maybe fall by his side. She vowed to herself that she would never let him see her in pain so she gathered all her strength and tried to walk normally only to fall back into a hunch position because of the pain in her stomach. Enjolras was her only hope, her only chance to be happy and to be full. Half of her was already with him and now she needed to be whole again.