Éponine Thénardier turned the corner of Valjean University so quickly; she ran face-first into Gabe Enjolras, who stared down at her, grinning.
"Morning 'Ponine!" He only smiled when he was with her.
Eponine almost growled in reply, obviously still half-asleep. "Shut up, and don't talk to me until I've had caffeine." she muttered under her breath. Only when she looked up, did she notice her best friend there.
"Oh, sorry! I thought you were someone else." Éponine sputtered, slightly embarrassed.
"That's fine, considering you obviously haven't had caffeine yet." Enjolras teased. He only teased when he was with her.
The bell went off.
"They really need to tone the bell down a bit. if I hear that bell that loud again it's going to shatter my eardrums!" Éponine complained as she headed to class.
Enjolras went his own way, in an attempt to rediscover where they left the political science room. You forget a lot of things after a while of slacking.
Eponine managed to slog through morning classes, and charged towards the cafeteria as soon as her lunch break started, hoping that the University didn't adopt that pathetic no-caffeine policy that she heard of in the news. If they did, she thought, at least it would be her last year here. She was double-majoring in Art and Philosophy, while Gabe - who more often than not went by only his last name, Enjolras - was majoring in Political Science. After scoring a cup of coffee, she went to sit down with Enjolras and the rest of their friends, Courfeyrac, Combeferre, Joly, Grantaire, Jehan, and a few others. They were like a huge posse of rowdy, rambunctious ten-year-olds, but in university. They had just gotten back from their break, and today was the first day of the fall term, which didn't help the problem.
"Heyyyy it's Pony!" shouted Grantaire, even though she was just beside him.
"I told you a million times before, DO NOT CALL ME PONY!" She grumbled, slamming him upside his head with a textbook, then chugging the last drops of her coffee.
They all chatted for a while, until it was time for the everybody to go back to class. Eponine was was slowly trodding up the stairs to get to her philosophy class, when she felt a hand gripping her shoulder. She turned around, and there stood Marius.
Eponine blushed. "Ermm, h-hi Marius! How are you doing?" she stuttered.
"Hey Ep!" Marius replied, his face aglow. "Did you see that beautiful girl?"
Eponine's face sank. "Uh, no..."
Marius sighed, but continued. "You see, I saw the perfect girl today, and I think that I'm in love with her. Can you give her this letter? I think her name's something like Colette."
Colette? He couldn't possibly mean Cosette, could he? Eponine thought. She felt a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. Problem was, she has been in love with Marius Pontmercy since middle school, and knew that they could never be, seeing to the fact that he thought of her as "just a friend", but she never abandoned hope. But now, this was it. He would never love her. Well, if I could never be happy, it doesn't mean that Marius can't be...
She straightened her back, plastered a smile on her face, and agreed. "Sure! I definitely will!"
"You're the best friend ever, Eponine!" Marius exclaimed a little too loudly, hugging her tightly. She buried her face in his neck,soaking in his scent, and wished the moment would last forever.
But, alas, it ended too soon, and Marius went on his way. "You will never know how much I love you" she whispered, as soon as she was out of earshot.
The only one heard it was Gabe Enjolras.
A/U: HAI YOU GUYS! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my fic. I don't know how much/how often I'll be able to upload, because my Provincial Achievement Tests are coming up, and as soon as school lets out, I'm going out of town to visit family for most of July, plus it took me over 4 hours to write under 650 words. So sorry in advance! Also, I haven't gone to a university before, nor have I ever visited one, and I don't know how they work, so excuse me if any of this is inaccurate. Remember to review!
xoxo,
Daisy
