A/N: So this is my second Eponine/Enjolras fanfiction and it was written after I read the book, so yeah I hope you guys like it! Oh, each chapter ends with the lyrics to On My Own, it ends with some of them and it goes in order so yeah it's like the song broken up into chapters! ENJoy!

On My Own

There's a light rain as usual this time of year. It's cold, but I'm used to it now, a decade in the rain gets one used to it, so now every pour is just a little fall of rain. Sighing, I walked down the streets by myself looking for him- Marius Pontmercy.

He's the one. I'd do anything for him, take a bullet, starve, possibly even go to the docks if it meant that at the end of the day I could have him. Right now, we were only just friends, but I felt that someday we could be more.

When I first met him, I knew that he was going to lead me somewhere. But now, I realize that he's led me to love. A love I've never known before… I used to know love, a fatherly love and a motherly love my parents used to feel for me, but since we lost the inn, there's no love in our poor old house anymore. Now there is pain.

Thankfully, Marius lives only next door, so when I've had enough of my life with my horrible family, I know I have a happy, loving place to seek refuge and that he is all my own. Usually, when looking for him, I'd look in the ABC Café, so that is where I was heading.

Marius didn't spend all his time with them, but he had a friend in Les Amis, Courfeyrac, so he'd attend some of their meetings, and when he did I would too. Quickly and quietly, I wandered the streets towards Le ABC Café so that I wouldn't be noticed, however my bare feet made a slapping noise on the wet pavement that I was always aware of. When I reached the café, I hurried inside. There was always the smell of warm food and friends in here, and though I sometimes didn't buy anything, the owner welcomed me here as if it were my home.

"Bonjour, Monsieur Hucheloup," I smiled.

"Bonjour, Eponine. Today there is not a meeting, however, I believe that some of your friends, are up there," M. Hucheloup said, then chuckled at his little joke.

"Yes, I'll go see moi amis right now," I grinned.

So, I passed M. Hucheloup and hurried up the steps two at a time, nearly slipping because my feet were still a bit wet from the outside. When I reached the top, I saw Enjolras, Combeferre, and Courfeyrac standing with their heads together around a table, the leaders of Les Amis. I approached them and saw them gesturing towards a map that was on the table.

"Bonjour, Monsieurs, would any of you mind telling me-"

"Where Monsieur Marius is?" Courfeyrac interrupted, turning to look at me.

All three men stopped what they were doing and spared me their glances of pity. It felt like all Les Amis knew that I liked Marius, but I hoped that I wasn't too obvious…

"Oui," I blushed.

"Not here," Enjolras grumbled, seeming eager to get rid of me so that they could get back to work.

"What are you looking at?" I asked, looking at the map of Paris.

"Maps of the city, we're looking for the areas of Paris where poverty strikes the most," Courfeyrac announced.

"Ah," I nodded, and walked up to them. A pen on the table was dripping ink and ruining the map, so I picked it up and watched them.

"Madamoiselle, we don't require your help, please don't let us waste your time by boring you with-" Enjolras started.

"Ever the polite one, man of marble, but I can see through your polite attempt at trying to get rid of me, and I'll go, but here," I said, and I threw the pen at a point on the map-it hit right where I wanted it to, "That's where poverty is striking badly, take it frome a gamine."

"Merci," Combeferre said, and I smiled at them before making my way back down the stairs.

On my way down, I looked back up at them once more and wished that I could be a part of something like that, but I had things to do, people to take care of, and so I couldn't just overthrow a king now could I?

"He down there?" Monsieur Hucheloup asked when I passed his counter.

"No, he wasn't," I sighed, "I'll be on my way… see you later."

"Abientot," Monsieur Hucheloup waved as I walked out.

And now, I had to look out for Marius, all on my own.

Bonjour- Hello

Oui-Yes

Abientot- Goodbye

Moi amis- my friends