AN: This is my first fanfiction. I'll do my best to update at leat once a week. I hope you like the story! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Les Misrables... sadly... :P
March 25th, 1832
It was late. At the Café Musain, Les Amis de l'ABC was trickling out into the dark street. At least, everyone but Enjolras.
"You guys go on ahead," Enjolras said. "I'll just be a here a few minutes longer."
"Okay, but don't over do it," Marius replied. "You need your sleep." Marius then walked out into the night air, leaving his friend. Little did he know that he was being watched by a small girl with sad eyes.
Soon after they were all gone, Enjolras walked out outside to get some fresh air, and he saw the girl sitting there. She was staring off in the direction that Marius had gone, wishing he would come back and save her from this life of horrors.
"I don't see why you bother with him." His voice made her jump. She looked up at the blonde man and sighed. "He's blind towards all your affections."
Eponine Thenardier, a poor street urchin, was living a life where you never know when your next meal will be or when you'll have a full night of restful sleep. It seemed as if all the pain in the world was in her eyes.
"I love him, Monsieur," she replied with sadness laced in her voice. "I wish he would see that."
"Well, he won't," said Enjolras, his voice raising. "He never will!" He watched as the poor girl ran off crying. Maybe he was a little too hard on her.
I should probably go follow her, he thought to himself. Don't want her to do anything drastic. He couldn't live with himself if he heard that something had happened to her, after that night.
Enjolras walked into the street and followed the sound of Eponine's muffled sobs.
He soon found her sitting in an alleyway. She was singing a strange tune.
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
As Eponine finished her song, she stood up. Looking around to make sure no one saw her crying, she dried her tears and walked away. She had not seen Enjolras sitting in the distance.
Enjolras felt something churning in his heart, and it wasn't pity.
Could it be love? he thought. No, it couldn't. I don't have time for love now.
Enjolras walked away, trying to put this strange girl out of his head. He had more important things to do then to think of a gamine who was helplessly in love with a blind young man. He decided that he could contemplate and decipher this feeling another time, after his revolution.
There you have it! The first chapter of my first fanfiction! Please rate and review. I'd love to know what you guys think :)
