It was cold on that December night but Azelma knew it would not be long until she met up with her young lover and they would be able to keep each other warm. She loved his ruggedness and his boyish charms but there was something about him that was niggling away at her.
Azelma was a young 15 year old girl with long red hair and the most enchanting emerald green eyes she had been brought up by her wayward mum and dad whose only aims in life were to rip people off.
A lot of people came and went in her life. Some were only there for a few days others stayed for years but she was very close to her sister Eponine. They would walk for hours and just talk but Azelma fell out with her sister when Eponine tricked a boy on to the barricades.
For a few years Azelma felt lost with no one to talk to and no one to care for her. Her father wanted to take her on jobs with him but she soon realised it was because she was small and could fit through skylight windows that he could not when robbing houses.
Anyway back to Azelma's love , she had met him when he had joined the barricade and picked an argument with the leader Enjolras. He was younger than her by a couple of years but it did not worry Azelma as she was not grown up herself. He had been in trouble a lot with the law but that did not worry Azelma because she too had been arrested but was realised because of her age.
Azelma met her lover in the alley near the Café Musain and as always he was loving and attentive to her in the way only young people know how.
They walked for a bit just discussing the barricades and what the plans were for the next day. He could not stay long as there was a lot going on and he was needed back on duty also he had heard rumours his sister had joined dressed as a boy to watch over the man she loved.
Azelma's first thought was someone was in love with Enjolras and she was fine with that as he was such an influential figure of course some of the women would do anything to be near him but so long as they all leave her Gavvy alone she was fine.
Gavroche returned to the barricade in time to stop Javert betraying the barricade boys to the French Army but he saw Marius was head over heels for Cosette which was nice to see but he also watched how the others taunted him so of course Gavroche stayed quiet about the love of his life. He decided that when they was a break he would talk to Enjolras and get his advice on the matter after all Enjolras seemed to be a man who knew a lot about the world.
"Enjolras can I have a few minutes of your time"
"What is it? We don't have long until they come again"
" I am in love with an older woman and was looking to talk to you about it"
"Really how much older?"
"Only a couple of years, her name is Azelma"
Enjolras stopped dead and starred at Gavroche in disbelief.
"You mean Azelma, Eponine's little sister?" " Oh and your older sister!"
"NO I only have Eponine as an older sister"
"We will come back to this there is a lot you need to know!"
Gun fire rang out through the barricade and everyone held their positions. When things went quiet Enjolras went back to Gavroche to explain things.
" Your parents had your sister but you were too young to remember and then of course you were kicked out"
"Azelma is NOT my sister!"
"I know its hard Gavroche but she is and that is probably what drew you to her"
Gavroche walked away not wanting to hear more. Suddenly gunshot rang out and before Enjolras could protect him, Gavroche lay dying on the barricade.