Prologue
Eponine walked into Grantaire's kitchen to go make herself another drink. He was hosting a huge party to kick off senior year, but the main reason for Eponine being there was to drown her thoughts of Marius and Cosette in alcohol. Just as she was putting her lips to a bottle of beer, she noticed Marius doing the same thing.
"Marius!" she began, "What are you doing? Where's Cosette?"
"She couldn't come and I'm really lonely," he said gloomily.
"I know just the thing to help."
The next thing she knew, Eponine was walking up the stairs to Grantaire's bedroom, holding hands with Marius. They shut the door behind them as they walked in.
"Do you have a condom?" she asked.
"No," he declared, but it didn't matter. Eponine had already found an entire pack in Grantaire's sock drawer. They spent the next twenty minutes going at it like it was their job. When Marius climaxed, she knew something wasn't right. It was as if his semen had gotten inside of her, unless...
"Marius, pull out!"
He reluctantly did and that was when they both saw the mangled mess of what was once a condom.
"It's fine, you probably won't get pregnant," he said, the alcohol impairing his judgement.
Eponine decided she needed to lie down and just at that moment, Grantaire walked into the room, shocked at the sight before him.
"Woah! Two girls at once! Nice, bro! Don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
Marius simply smiled and shut his eyes. When he woke up in the afternoon, he saw Eponine watching him sleep. Suddenly, everything came racing back to him. "I cheated on Cosette!" he exclaimed, eyes wide with terror.
"Marius, it was all my fault, I'm so sorry." Although she appeared to truly be upset, she was actually happy that even if for just one night, Marius loved her. "Do you remember what happened with the condom?" she asked.
"No, remind me again."
"Well, um, it broke."
"What?!" he said, immediately sitting up. "How did that happen?"
"Sometimes when you go at it a little too hard, it breaks and..." She was stopped by a finger on her lip.
"It's okay, everything is going to be okay," Marius said. "It's probably nothing but take a pregnancy test later just to be sure." Eponine nodded and began putting her clothes back on.
"Goodbye, Marius," she said calmly, and with that, she was out the door. As she began the long walk home, she prayed that her parents wouldn't be home. To her dismay, she saw her mother through the window of their tiny, dilapidated home. She braced herself for the worst as she entered the house. Her father looked at her with a furious glint in his eyes.
"Where have you been, you little slut?!" he shouted.
"None of your business," she replied coldly.
"What did you say, missy?"
"I said 'none of your business,' it's not like you care anyway," she added. Her cold words met with a cold slap to the face.
"That'll teach you to talk back. Now where were you?"
"Grantaire's house, he let all of his friends sleep over." Although the second part was a lie, she didn't need her father knowing that she was secretly sleeping around.
"Next time just start with the truth," her father said behind clenched teeth as he walked away.
Eponine sighed as she walked to her room. Azelma and Gavroche sat on their mattresses as they did. Eponine took out her calculus homework and sat down next to Azelma. She had procrastinated on it all weekend and now it was time to face the music. Luckily, it proved to be easier than she had expected and she finished within half an hour. Azelma still had some science homework left to do, so she decided to stay with her as she worked. However, she quickly got bored and took out the cell phone she had bought without her parent's knowledge to talk to Musichetta, her best friend.
Eponine: Hey
Musichetta: Hey Ponine
Eponine: I have to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone
Musichetta: Kk I promise, what is it.
Eponine: I slept with Marius last night
Musichetta: OMG no you didn't!
Musichetta: Cosette's going to hate you even more now...
Eponine: Yeah but I'm not exactly desperate for her approval
Musichetta: True and you deserve him more anyway
Eponine: Lol true, I have to go Chetta, see you tomorrow
Musichetta: K bye
Eponine smiled, relieved that she had gotten her secret out to one of the only people in her life that she knew she could trust. Taking some money with her, she climbed out her window and walked to the Cafe Musain to hang out with her friends.
