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"Hey kiddo, I'm going off to the school, are you going to need a ride later?" Javert called from outside her door.
"It's open. I'm not one of those modern people…I like to sleep in clothes."
Javert popped the door open and stood in the entrance.
"Enjoying the bed I see."
She was sprawled with long dark her in every direction and one foot dangling off the side. Eponine shifted in her bed and blinked at the white light from the window.
"Yes. It's my new best friend. And No..ugh …it's okay I'll walk." She said as she pressed her head back into her beloved mattress.
"Are you sure?"
"Mhmm."
"Wear a jacket."
"You wear a jacket."
Eponine heard him leave and started the process of trying to get up. Taking her phone from its perch on her pillow she noticed she had three alerts.
"I'll pick you up at nine. I'm taking you to breakfast. – Enjolras. "
"Dude Enjolras just called and told me to tell you that you better be ready by nine because he's treating you to breakfast and then driving you to the game. I'm leaving with R so don't start walking anywhere.- Lizbeth"
"Oh I gave him Javert's address. My bad. - Lizbeth"
Eponine felt her eyes widen and looked over at the clock it was already 8:54.
"SHIT!"
She ran to her closet and took out random clothes but she stopped suddenly and relaxed.
There was no way he'd be on time.
What was she thinking; a Les Amis with punctuality, a god would smite her first.
At that thought she slowed down and was half way to the restroom when the doorbell rang.
"FINE, STRIKE ME DEAD YOU BASTARD." She yelled at the ceiling while she walked to the door with a frown.
Enjolras looked at her and smiled at her rumpled pajamas and bed head.
"You look as classy as that picture you sent me last night."
She scoffed at him and invited him inside.
"Dad made coffee if you want some."
Her feet padded down the hall back to her room and she heard him follow behind.
"So this is your new place."
"Mhmm."
"It's nice." He said as he looked around.
"Your attempt at small talk sucks." Eponine bit out.
" And you are not a morning person." He teased pulling on her hair softly.
She laughed but stopped when they reached the door to her room.
If they both went in there things would get complicated. Both of them in a bedroom, didn't tend to end well.
She opened her mouth to tell him to wait for her in the living room but nothing came out. Instead she turned the knob and let him in without turning to look at him.
The moment they stepped into her room she felt the tension in the air; the unfulfilled promise of the night before. She could see it coming before it even happened.
Strong arms circled around her and she pressed back into them without hesitation.
What was she doing? Not this again.
Long fingers fiddled with her shirt and button by button her top became loose.
Enjolras let one hand into her shirt and softly played with her breast as her breathing got hoarse. She shivered in his arms and cried out his name into the empty room. She tried to bite down the moans but they escaped her over and over again as he grunted and squeezed harder, he pinned her face forward to a wall and his other hand pushed the front of her pajamas until they hung at her thighs. With two fingers he found her clit and alternated between rubbing it and thrusting his fingers into her.
She keened in his grip and felt her nails dig into the plaster where she held herself against the wall.
"Eponine…fuck. You're so wet my little girl." Enjolras let out in a whisper kissing the crown of her head. The sound of her nickname on his lips made her drip more unto his hand and she felt her face get hot when she noticed the small thatch of curls she had were soaked.
She felt Enjolras rock hard behind her and she flushed harsher as she felt it prod her back.
This was completely sober, with the daylight streaming in, both with full consciousness. She had to snap out of it.
"I…need to shower." She managed to let out.
He nodded into her hair and let her go with no hesitation, lifting up her bottoms running his hand over her behind once before leading her out the door. Eponine walked into the bathroom and closed the door without locking it.
Her heart was going crazy inside her chest and her body ached for release.
She turned on the shower and let the steam fill the room. Undressing quickly she pushed a finger into herself and whimpered. It wasn't the same.
Behind her the door opened softly and the lock turned in place.
Eponine didn't even have to turn around. She wasn't a saint and she certainly was not stupid. She knew what she wanted. Enjolras. It was always fucking Enjolras.
She cursed herself for her weak will but she couldn't find it in herself to stop him or ask him to leave when she saw him looking at her as if she was fresh water in a dead sea. She ran her fingers over herself again and he groaned out loud at the sight.
She didn't care when he took off his shirt and his clothes followed hers on the ground. She wanted him…she always wanted him. She needed him.
He pulled them into the scorching water and cringed when it hit him. She let one of her fingers trail his jaw and he turned his head to capture the two she had used on herself into his mouth. She gasped at the sight and felt her heart drum harshly in her ears.
"You are so beautiful, you taste so fucking good my sweet little girl." Enjolras told her letting her fingers escape his hot mouth. She shifted closer to him and their bodies blended in perfectly.
Looking up at him Eponine saw is blue eyes were fill with both lust and hesitation.
"Are you sure?" He asked with a hoarse voice.
Eponine nodded and sucked droplets from his neck and moaned at the sensation of his skin against her tounge. It felt like years since she'd been with him and she was on fire for him.
"There's no going back if we do this again Eponine, I wont be able to just walk away from you anymore. You can tell me to stop and I'll stop. I can't be more than just a friend to you…But I want more than just that….fuck…am I making any sense? What have you done to me my beautiful little girl?"
She completely understood. Eponine didn't love him and he didn't love her, this wasn't like that.
But he was right the other day when he said they could never be just friends. Look at them; they lasted all of ten minutes in each other's company before wanting to tear the clothes from their backs. He couldn't give Leslie up and his way of life and she was in love with a boy who was supposed to be one of his best friends. But they wanted each other more than they ever had their respective others. They could admit that much.
"Just …just this once." Eponine mumbled.
That was a lie. To him or to herself she didn't know and it didn't matter. It was a lie.
And just like that they amended their relationship again.
From mortal enemies to a one time fuck to an almost drunken night to friends to….exactly what…fuck buddies? No…it was different than that…this was more intimate, she was sure they felt something more than that. He was special to her. He was Enjolras. How could she describe that?
"This isn't me." Eponine stated and he took her hand in his and kissed it from wrist to tips. Letting the now closing wounds grace his lips.
"You make you. If you want to stop, tell me." He told her as he kissed her hard on the mouth. "I'll stop no questions asked."
They looked into each other's eyes and Eponine shook her head in refusal.
No, Leslie be damned…Enjolras….he was hers. In this special fucked up way. He was hers.
She twined her fingers through his and kissed him until both their lungs hurt.
"You're mine." She voiced the forbidden thought and he held her tight enough to bruise. Storm clouds raged in his eyes and Eponine felt electricity run through her.
"Yours. " He kissed her. " No matter what happens. I'm yours. Forever."
Eponine nodded at him and they kissed again under the spray of water. He took her there inside the stark white walls and steam filled room. Their hands never breaking their embrace, entwined tightly as they pushed each other over the edge.
Enjolras was right. Maybe they were just Eponine and Enjolras. They were just them. And no one other than them ever had to know.
"Again Eponine! I thought you said you wouldn't do that to Leslie or whatever noble bullshit you told yourself." Liz joked as she took a bite of a hot dog.
They were at the local park sitting on the bleachers and enjoying the surprisingly warm afternoon.
Nina laughed and punched Eponine in the arm. "We have no morals! We're wretched!"
Eponine hung her head in shame. She did feel bad about it. She did…but when she was in his arms that kind of lessened.
Her skin still tinged where he'd claimed her, her body covered in love bites and his back riddled with crisscrossing cuts. They had spent most of the morning in her bed afterwards kissing lazily and repeating their actions twice before they made it out of her room.
As soon as they left the safety of her house though they went right back to jabbing pointed jokes at each others expense. They went right back to the real world with its somber grey skies and burning cigarettes.
Banishing all the thoughts of that morning Eponine told the girls she would be right back and ran into the gate to yell loudly into Javert's ear.
"HI DAD!"
He jumped about a foot in the air and rolled his eyes. "About time you got here kiddo. Did you eat breakfast at home?"
Enjolras's naked chest came to mind and she shook her head adamantly.
"Nah, we're all going out to eat after this." Eponine said happily and she sat on the small gate with her feet dangling.
"Nervous about the game?"
"No the opponent's pitcher got an injury in the last game and he was really the only reason they would have put up a good fight, their best- You stopped listening didn't you?"
"No…I'm really not..but by all means keep going?" Eponine joked sneaking a look at Enjolras who came to field dressed in his uniform. His butt looked pretty nice from where she was.
"Well don't make it obvious. His mom is right there." Javert chided, tilting his head a bit in the woman's direction. Eponine took a hint from him and glanced at her from the corner of her eye while biting her lip.
Enjolras's mother was a stern looking woman with hair the same color as the Amarth children but with a severe looking face that would have never done well on her younger daughter.
Mrs. Amarth sat on a bleacher surrounded by her fellow rich mothers of the Les Amis but somehow made it look like a throne, and the others her court. Next to her Leslie Snow was standing looking haughty, when the girl saw Eponine she quickly turned to speak to Enjolras mother. Mrs. Amarth immediately looked in her direction and Eponine almost fell of her perch from the suddenness of it.
"Oh dear god…she's terrifying" She cried out to Javert.
He laughed honestly." I told you so. Now scram I've got these idiots to scream at. Take this and buy yourself some food. "He passed over a twenty and she was going to refuse but the glare he sent her made her lift up her hands in defeat.
"Thanks old man." She jumped off the gate and was about to go to the concession stand when Javert stopped her with a hand to her shoulder.
"Thank you."
"For what?" She asked honestly confused.
"For calling me dad for the first time in almost seventeen years."
She felt tears prick her eyes but frowned at him. "Quiet you. You know we both don't do well with emotions. But…I love you too bye."
He shoved her to the stand and she smiled when she heard him call Grantiare an incompetent baboon.
"DID PONINE TELL YOU TO CALL ME THAT?!"
Nina met up with her at the concession stand and Lizbeth ran into her in a hurry.
"Ponine….I've got to warn you." She started out of air.
"What of?" Eponine asked accepting a chili cheese dog as she took a bite.
"Eponine. Isn't that the name of a myth of some sort?"
Eponine choked and felt chili fall down her chin.
Enjolras's mom stood in front of her with hawk like eyes, ever inspecting.
"The woman, the myth, the legend." Eponine answered after a hard swallow and used the back of her jacket to clean her mouth. Hesitating she offered the woman her hand to shake.
"Minerva. A pleasure...i'm sure. I hear your my son's…for lack of a better word 'friend'.
Eponine let her hand drop and years' worth of looked upon gazes harden her to stone.
She shrugged.
"I'm also your daughters best friend. Also an excellent volleyball player. I'll be shocked if they don't whisper the name Eponine the terrible in courts across the land."
Lizbeth laughed and Nina giggled behind her hand.
"Well its nice to see you so invested in sports all of a sudden for a change Ponine. Maybe you should try out for cheer leading god knows you know how to spread your legs wide enough for a good jump." Leslie remarked as she stood next to Enjolras's mother.
"Well there is a reason you're up for captain next year Leslie, wouldn't' want to take anything else away from you now would I?"
Lizbeth laughed harder and her mother turned to look at her with stern eyes and a flared nose.
"And how are you faring daughter of mine, living with a lesbian behind closed doors. A disgrace."
Lizbeth only scoffed and kept laughing reaching over to Eponine as she handed her a soda.
"Can it mother. I dont allow myself under your microscope anymore. I don't take your money and I'm doing just fine thanks for asking. Just here with my lesbian lover. " She joked as Adrianne came over and wrapped her arms around her. Suzy sprung up the other side and hugged her as well. Nina laughed and went down on her knees to wrap arms around Lizbeth's legs and Eponine just shrugged and wrapped a long leg over the girls.
"It's an Lizbeth Lesfest." She cried out as Eponine snuggled into Suzy's hair with her chin.
"STOP THIS …THIS INDECENCY!" Mrs. Amarth yelled her face gone as red as Nina's hair.
The girls let go and Nina led Adrianne and Suzy away from them leaving only the two friends alone to deal with the furious woman.
"Mom, this really isn't any of your business. How Enjolras spends his time and with whom is none of your concern. You're his mom, not his warden. Enjolras won't be pleased when he finds out you cornered Ponine and he definitely won't be happy with you dragging his mom into this Leslie."
"Lizbeth, you should know better than to talk to Leslie that way. Shes been in your brothers life for the last three years and I'm sure after this year she'll be with us for much longer. I know what is best for my son Lizbeth and he will listen. He knows that a lot better than you. They say blood is thicker than water Lizbeth, you should think about that.
"Yea well syrup is thicker than blood. So pancakes will end up being the cause for my early death to cholesterol. I don't really see how basic science and buoyancy is helping any one do you Lizbeth?"
"No logic in that sentence whatsoever Ponine, I'm glad you noticed it too." They turned and nodded at each other with their chins in their hands like old gentlemen.
Lizbeth's mom had enough, she turned and walked away leaving them with an irritated Leslie.
"Enjolras is STILL my boyfriend. I just want you to know that Eponine. Nothing you can do or say will change that. He will NEVER leave me for trash like you. You know it's true. You may have a new pair of second hand jeans and a decent shower but Enjolras wouldn't marry a girl from the slums. Not him, or Marius or anybody."
Eponine pursed her lips and raised an eyebrow. " Hey…well here's to my health…may I never marry." She raised her half eaten chili dog to her mouth and took a bite…
"Mmmm damn that's good. Food, yummy delicious real food of the non grass variety. Would you like a bite Lizbeth."
"Yes please. " Exagerating she rolled her eyes back in pleasure." God damn its better than an orgasm, want some Leslie? When's the last time you had an actual hot dog that didn't end up between your legs?"
Eponine gagged and started coughing as laughter racked through her.
Leslie's eyebrows were furrowed in concentration and her ears a sharp crimson.
"You two are revolting." She finally walked away and Lizbeth threw away the rest of the food.
They exchanged looks and made their way to the bleachers. The game was long underway and Eponine smiled at Javert who was yelling at Combeferre to haul ass and Enjolras who was at third base. He caught her eye and waved a bit before turning back to the game.
Eponinee brightened at that and drank her coke quietly trying to keep up with the game but getting bored pretty quickly.
"Look at Leslie." Adrianne whispered at them as they huddled, two of them sitting on the bleachers and the other three on the floor.
"I don't understand how people do this all day" Suzy said with an air of submission.
"They sell their souls to Satan." Nina suggested bored as she drew them in her sketchpads as old revolutionaries on horses.
"Doesn't your brother have a basement full of them? Tell me why does he need more?" Eponine joked.
"He's a magpie."
The game finished with a victory for her the Les Amis and while others around them cheered loudly.
Lizbeth slept reclined on Nina while the others cheered a feeble 'Yay look he did a thing.'
The team rushed out of the dugout.
Joly ran straight for Suzy and kissed her on the cheek which the small girl beamed and Nina highfived and hugged Jehan from her seat.
Adrianne stood up and was talking to the rest of the team while trying to catch Javerts eye.
Eponine laughed as Grantiare came over and ruffled her hair. "Hey there princess chief."
"Princess chief?"
"You're the chief's princess there fore the witty nickname. I'm incorrigible aren't I? " He fluttered his eyes at her and she was over it.
"Fine whatever, just don't call me that anywhere near Enjolras's mom."
"Will do. Now give me my future child bearer."
Lizbeth jolted awake when Grantiare pick her up bridal style and spin her around.
"You idiot! Ugh. I swear!" He smiled widely at her and kissed her nose which shut her up immediately and for a split moment she let him see her smile meekly.
Eponine sat entranced at the scene but stood up to give them privacy. She scanned the area for Enjolras finally finding him with his mom. Leslie was holding onto his arm and he was rubbing the back of his neck. It was however Enjolras's mothers colder than ice glare at Grantiare and Lizbeth that caught her attention. Her expression was close to…morbid.
Two hands grasped her shoulders and she turned around to find Javert standing behind her.
"Be a brave strange little girl and go say hello to your mother in law."
"Don't be ridiculous. Marius's mother will love me." She joked.
"Pontmercy's been missing from a lot of practices. Two more strikes and I'm obliged to bench him."
Eponine bit her lip with concern, she might have a lot going on with Enjolras but news of Marius always concerned her.
"Where has he been?"
"Hell if I knew. Just thought you would like to know."
She hugged him tightly " I did. I do. Thank you. "
He patted her back and told her to call if she wouldn't be able to make it home or if she needed a ride."
"Will do Pai Mei."
"What happened to dad."
"You're one of many things dad."
Smiling gruffly he walked away in the direction of his car.
Eponine walked back to the group and felt oddly disconnected from all the commotion until Combeferre's came up to her.
"Hey."
"Oh. Hi." She looked down and scuffed the edge of her shoe.
"Gavroche does that too."
She smiled up at him and he blushed.
"I forgot you guys spend a lot of time with that pipsqueak. I'm surprised he's not here"
"He usually is, but he said he had something to do."
They stood reclined against the fence and in away even this was comfortable. There was no drama or pressure here. Just a nice guy keeping a girl company while her friends all mingled in romantic interlude. This was as normal as it got.
"So wha-"
"You're-"
They both laughed heartily and an ease drifted over Eponine.
"You go first." He gestured with his hand.
"You're studying law as well right?"
He nodded his head.
"Why?"
"I want to help families that are struggling and can't afford proper legal representation."
"Really?"
"Of course."
"Wow…it's just …that's very honorable of you. I would have thought you were just in it for the money or class or whatever."
"No…its well, if I'm speaking honestly it was. I never really thought much about it until Enjolras brought it to my attention. Our fathers went to law school together. They own a practice together. We come from old money but law is our families' profession, passed down from generation to generation. It was just what we do."
She bit her bottom lip and processed the information.
"You said Enjolras…what did …what made him change your mind." Eponine asked shyly.
"He just came up to me like almost a week ago ranting and raving about inequality and rights and how we can change France and make life fair for all the people of our Patria. He made me read essay after essay, book after book, it opened my eyes. It's almost like he removed a blind fold on me. He's really passionate about this, he wants to open up our own firm and use our influence to bring real change. Real political change. He's so crazed about it I'm sure if he didn't see things go his own way he'd build a barricade and lead us to rebellion." He laughed out and Eponine smiled.
The image of Enjolras in a revolutionist red jacket and a flag came brightly to her mind. She would fight beside someone like that; she would take her place with him.
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