Chapter 1 - "What's new with you?"

Eponine remained lying still for quite some time, until her usual morning headache subsided and her eyes fluttered open anxiously. She had no idea what time it was, but the light shining through the window of her apartment filled the whole room and was quite bright, so she had to guess that it was maybe midmorning.
She hadn't any idea of the days' events, only that she would follow Marius to the daily meeting in Cafe Musain, but that wasn't until evening. As much as Eponine loved spending as much time with her love as she could, she did not want to seem too obsessive over Marius even though she secretly was. But when she found she could do nothing better to wait around all day until Marius knocked on her door, she left for his apartment.
When she got to Marius's apartment building, she climbed the few flights of stairs and found his door open. When she stopped at his doorway he did not seem to hear her, being preoccupied with something she could not tell. After quite some time she spoke up, "Good day Monsieur."
Marius turned back to her upon hearing her greeting and smiled back at her, revealing to be pulling a gun out of a case which troubled Eponine. She knew that every day neared the death of General Lamarque which only meant one more day closer to the revolution Enjolras and the rest of the ABC were planning. "Good day Eponine. I was wondering when you'd be stopping by." He put the weapon away and hid it under his bed.
"What's new with you? Are you still pretending to be poor? Come on, I know your grandfather's rich." I smiled putting what I just saw behind me. Eponine could not stop herself from smiling back at him.
Marius stood up and walked over to her and past her. When he walked out, she followed him.
As the pair were descending down the staircase, Eponine called after him, "I like the way you talk!" She giggled at her remark and Marius turned back to look at her curiously.
He quickly remarked, "I like the way you always tease."
Eponine shook her head quickly knowing that he possibly couldn't comprehend any of the feelings that she felt towards him. Little he knows, little he cares. She thought before Marius called back up to her. "Are you coming or what, Ponine?"
She shook her head silently in attempt to clear her thoughts and then ran down the rest of the way down the staircase and out the door of the apartment building.