Chapter 1: Introducing Everyone
Eponine looked at Jehan nervously before stepping into the Café. Jehan followed her in and shut the door behind him, as it was cold. Eponine looked around the Café in wonder. It looked very homely and the whole room smelled faintly of tea. She inhaled it deeply before looking at the paintings on the walls of the Café. They were very beautiful, and she could see that one painting was by an artist she liked. She looked at all of the people inside before turning to face Jehan again. He smiled and motioned for her to sit down with his friends.
She looked at his friends nervously. The first one she saw had blonde, curly hair. He was very handsome and looked like an angel. He was wearing a red jacket and a black tie which was hanging loosely around his neck, although everyone else's ties were hanging loosely around their necks too. She looked at the others, and saw straight away a man who was bold. He looked too young to be bold. He wore a black jacket with a dark purple tie, and he appeared to be reading a book. Next, she spotted a man with black curly hair. He was quite handsome, and he wore a brown jacket with a brown tie to match. He had a woman sitting next to her, and it looked like he was chatting her up. Sat next to him was a man with short blonde - brown hair. He was wearing a blue jacket with a blue tie, and had a moth trapped in a jar on the table near him. It looked like he was chatting to a man who had black curly hair. He was different from the other one, and he seemed to have a bottle of wine in his hands. He looked very drunk, and Eponine thought that she should stay away from him, as he looked like he might try to chat her up. There were three more men, and all of them had brown hair. One of the three had curly brown hair and wore a grey jacket with a black tie. He was reading a book - it looked like a book about Poland. The other two men had short brown hair. One of them looked really strong, and he had his jacket off, revealing his muscular biceps. He looked like he could win a fight any day. The other man - and the last member of Jehan's friends that she saw - was staring with concern at his arm which was red and looked like a rash.
By the time she saw everyone, she was at the table and sitting down next to the handsome man she saw first. The man looked at her quickly, and then looked back at his book. Jehan sat down next to her as a waitress came over to them.
"I'll have a cup of tea please. What would you like Eponine?" Jehan asked. Eponine turned to face the waitress. "I will have a hot chocolate please." She ordered. She looked back at Jehan who stood up to address his friends.
"Excuse me. I have someone for you to meet." Jehan exclaimed. All of his friends turned towards him, apart from the man with the blonde, curly hair, who continued to read his textbook about politics. "This is Eponine, my friend." He stopped to motion to Eponine. "She doesn't know any of you, so I would like all of you to introduce yourselves. Joly, you start." He continued. Joly faced Eponine.
"Hi. I'm Joly. It's nice to meet you Eponine." He explained. The man sitting next to him - the strong one - turned towards her.
"I'm Bahorel." He added. The man who was reading the book about Poland looked up.
"I'm Feuilly." The drunken man looked at Eponine and raised his wine bottle.
"I'm Grantaire. You look very pretty today." He slurred. Eponine ignored the comment and looked at the man who wore the blue jacket and tie.
"I'm Combeferre. Welcome to our group of friends - we call ourselves the Amis!" He explained. Eponine liked the name, and smiled at him. "This is Courfeyrac. He's too busy chatting to that woman next to him, that he can't introduce himself to you." Combeferre continued, motioning to the man who was talking to a woman. He heard Combeferre's comment, and decided to actually talk to Jehan's new friend. He asked to woman to order him some coffee, so he could talk to Eponine without her feeling jealous.
"I'm Courfeyrac, as you already know." He exclaimed, shooting a quick glare at Combeferre. "Jehan, you do have a fine looking friend, I must say!" He joked, and then he thanked the woman, that he was chatting to, for the coffee. Eponine, once again, ignored the nice comments. She hated people, that she either didn't know or was just introduced to, trying to flirt with her.
"Honestly Courfeyrac, you're always flirting with someone!" Lesgles commented. Courfeyrac glared at him quickly. Lesgles picked up his book, but accidentally knocked over Combeferre's jar, with the moth in it, onto the floor, Combeferre stared at the broken glass in horror, and saw the moth fly away. He tried to catch the moth, but he kept failing. He soon gave up, and glared evilly at Lesgles.
"Why did you do that? Now my moth has flown away! Why Lesgles?! Can't you just try to stop knocking over things! My moth has gone! It was a rare species, and it's gone! Do you know how hard it was to catch that, Lesgles?! Do you?!" Combeferre ranted angrily at Lesgles.
"I'm sorry..." Lesgles muttered while looking down at his feet.
"Oh, Combeferre, do stop shouting. You're giving me a headache." a man said sternly. Combeferre sat back down, and stopped ranting. Eponine looked at the man who just spoke, and saw the handsome, angelic-looking man. He then turned to face Eponine.
"I'm sorry about him. He's very fond of moths. I'm Enjolras by the way." He said. Eponine smiled. "It's ok." She exclaimed. "I don't mind at all. I found it quite amusing actually." She replied.
"Good. Now everyone, please treat Eponine nicely, as she's new here." Jehan explained to his friends. Everyone nodded, apart from Enjolras. He seems quite rude. Eponine thought.
"Please, Jehan, don't make a fuss about me." She replied. Jehan looked at her and nodded. "Sorry." He said. Eponine smiled.
"Don't be." Eponine was happy that she met new people. Hopefully, she would get along with them all. At least I have Jehan as a proper friend. She thought.
So that was my first chapter of "Roses and Eagles"! Please read and review! I will do the same as I did with "Love is All Around" – post a chapter every two days. Thanks for reading, and remember, please REVIEW!
