Here's the next chapter... this one was... amusing to write
Disclaimer: I don't own Les Misérables or the characters.
Eponine fainted out of sheer shock. Marius almost didn't catch her, having been so surprised by the news that she was pregnant with twins. Twins... Marius was trying very hard not to freak out. He'd been nervous even when he thought Eponine was only pregnant with one baby, but two... two babies... Though, despite the fear, Marius was not upset by this news. There would be two beautiful children that he would get to raise with Eponine. Two beautiful children that he hoped might look just like their mother. He found himself trying to picture them. Then he looked at Eponine, who was limp in his arms. She was clearly surprised by the news as well. She had been worried that she wouldn't be a good mother and finding out that she was pregnant with twins made her doubly afraid. Marius looked at the doctor.
"Are... are you sure?" he asked. The doctor nodded. "How do you know?"
"Well, her stomach is larger than it would be were she pregnant with only one child, and when I last listened to her stomach with my stethoscope, I heard two heartbeats." The doctor explained. Marius looked at Eponine again. The doctor did the same. "She'll be fine. She'll probably wake up soon, having only passed out from shock." he said. Marius nodded, finding that he seemed to have lost the ability to speak.
Soon enough, Eponine opened her eyes and immediately looked at Marius, who was still holding her.
"We're having twins..." she said quietly.
"I know..." Marius replied, just as quiet.
"How do you feel about that?"
"We're going to have two beautiful babies," he smiled slightly. Eponine smiled back. "They're going to be beautiful, like you." He set her back on her feet. "Ready to go?" he asked her. She nodded. He took hold her her hand and they left the hospital together, after thanking the doctor once again. Eponine smiled as they walked through the streets together, the fingers intertwined, heading towards Marius' apartment above the Musain. She was unbelievably happy. Marius loved her. He actually loved her... and she was pregnant with his children. As much as the last part both worried and scared her, she found herself looking forward to being a mother. Especially since Marius would be the father. Not only that, but they were also engaged! They were going to get married! Eponine had always dreamed of that, and now she would finally have her dream come true. He was her fiancé. She liked the sound of the word. Fiancé. Betrothed. She liked it a lot.
Marius was also very happy. He would be marrying his best friend. That was the perfect love story. They were best friends and they were in love. They were going to get married and she was going to have his children. His best friend, Eponine, the woman he loved... In his eyes, she was perfect. She was all he would ever want in life. He was going to marry her...
When they walked into the Cafe Musain, all of Les Amis de l'ABC turned to look at them. Once they took in the sight of Marius and Eponine holding hands, Joly, Bossuet, Feuilly, Bahoral, Prouvaire, and Grantaire all turned to look at Courfeyrac.
"He's clearly noticed." Bahoral said.
"They're clearly together." Bossuet added.
"You made the bet." Joly reminded him.
"Pay up." Grantaire finished.
"Why do I have the feeling that we're missing something?" Eponine asked Marius.
"Courfeyrac bet the others that Marius would never notice that you're in love with him." Enjolras explained to them.
"And they all disagreed." Combeferre said. Courfeyrac sighed and started to reach for the money in his pocket, but then stopped. He looked at them, a grin slowly spreading across his face.
"Wait," he said, "who said it first?"
"Said what first?" Marius asked.
"Who said 'I love you' first?"
"I did." Eponine replied. Courfeyrac laughed. The others groaned.
"Pay up." Courfeyrac said to them, grinning. One by one, the Amis, sans Combeferre and Enjolras as they had not participated in the 'foolish' bet, payed Courfeyrac the money they had bet. Eponine and Marius shared a look.
"So you guys actually bet on whether or not I would ever notice that Eponine loves me?" Marius asked. They all nodded. "I... am actually not quite sure what to say about that." Eponine laughed quietly. Then Jean Prouvaire, the romantic of the group, noticed the ring on Eponine's left hand.
"You're engaged!" he exclaimed, a smile on his face. "Congratulations!" There was a chorus of congratulations from all of the Amis. Eponine smiled. She had guessed that Jean would be the first to notice the ring. It was also, she thought, only a matter of time before one of them noticed her baby bump.
"Some wine to celebrate!" Grantaire said. He was obviously already drunk, though that was not surprising in the least. He poured them each a glass.
"That's, er, kind of you, Grantaire. But no thank you." Eponine said politely, knowing that alcohol would not be good for the baby... babies. Grantaire shrugged and took the glass that had been meant for her and downed it. Marius eyed the other glass of wine and then glanced at Eponine. "Go ahead." she said to him, under her breath. He smiled and took the glass, quickly downing it. "But no getting drunk, Monsieur." she said, a slight grin on her face.
"I wouldn't dream of it."
"That's what you said last time."
"Well this time I mean it."
"I've heard that before." Eponine said, but she smiled and kissed his cheek lightly.
"That's going to take some getting used to." Courfeyrac commented.
"I think it's sweet." Prouvaire said.
"You think anything to do with romance is sweet."
"Because it is!" Prouvaire argued.
"Great argument, Jean." Courfeyrac said with a laugh.
Meanwhile, Enjolras was watching Eponine. Something about her seemed... different. She almost seemed to glow. But what was it? Enjolras knew this question would bother him until he figured out the answer. Perhaps she was just happy that Marius had finally realised that he loved her, or perhaps it was because they were engaged. But neither of his theories seemed to explain it. Then he noticed it, the slight swelling of her stomach... Realisation dawned on him; Eponine was pregnant.
Aaand Enjolras has figured it out. So what do you guys think the babies names should be? What genders do you think they should be? Also, I started high school today, so the updates won't be as frequent. Sorry.
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