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Enjolras and Eponine walked around the park under the stars hand in hand for a while. Eponine was laughing and Enjolras seemed more relaxed than he had been in a long time. The sky was beginning to lighten when the pair of them turned and headed back to the house, Enjolras leaning against Eponine for support. Eponine stated half jokingly "You should get stabbed more often if it makes you like this!" as they entered the house. Enjolras laughed and when the two of them had kissed each other they parted and fell asleep almost at once. Gantaire smiled as Enjolras' steady breathing joined Joly's and Gavroche's. Pretending to be asleep was such fun and now Enjolras' and Eponine's secret became his to.
Camille woke to the sound of the door creaking. She looked across at the other bed and saw Eponine's dark hair spread out on the pillow. Marius was at the door signalling for Camille to come. Quickly and quietly Camille dressed and crept out of the room. Gantaire and Joly were already awake and Enjolras was dozing in the armchair. Joly looked up as Camille came into the room. "Camille great, we were wondering if you knew if there was any place we could take Enjolras in case Thenardier and his gang come after him." Camille thought for a moment but it was Gavroche who had woken up who answered "Why not just take him to his flat. I don't think Thenardier knows where he lives." The boys discussed this for a moment in low voices but were interrupted by a knock at the door.
Enjolras stirred at the tapping and Marius went to open the door. Combeferre and Courfeyrac stood on the top step with a few letters in their hands. "Hello, we went to Enjoras' house and when he wasn't there we decided to come here." Combeferre gave the letters to Enjolras who started reading them. "We picked the post up for you." He said. Camille went back to her and Eponine's room to find the girl awake and dressed. She smiled "Morning Camille" Camille smiled back and said "I came to wake you because Combeferre and Courfeyrac are here." Eponine smiled and put down the brush that she had been running through her tangled hair. "I guess it's time to explain what yesterday was about." Camille laughed "I guess so Eponine!"
The boys were all sitting down in the drawing room talking when Eponine walked in. Combeferre grinned at her. "Morning Eponine, apparently you and Enjolras aren't expecting a new mouth to feed!" Eponine grinned back "No! Sorry to disappoint you but Enjolras isn't with me at all!" She lied the last bit smoothly and the edges of Enjolras' mouth turned up slightly. Courfeyrac looked sad, but Marius turned the conversation away from that saving both Eponine and Enjolras from embarrassment unintentionally. Eponine settled herself on a chair next to Gantaire and Gavroche immediately jumped on her lap. "Gav! God you're too heavy" The boys laughed at this and Gavroche gave Eponine a sad puppy dog face that she couldn't help smiling at. Joly watched Enjolras reading a letter. "Enjy what's got your attention so much?" Enjolras looked up and sighed. "Just my sister saying she's coming down next month to see me." That was true but there was something else. The letter was actually from the boy's father and said.
My son, I am horrified at the way you have chosen to life your life. You have chosen to disrespect mine and your mother's wishes. You have turn and pushed aside the ways that we taught you; that we raised you and you are making your mother very ill with this talk of a revolution. My wish is that you no longer write to us or even call on us. You will land your mother on her deathbed if you continue. You will no longer be allowed to write to any of us; my mother, your sister or even me. You have destroyed the family as such with your mother and sister thinking that this is a measure to drastic but I am now ashamed to call you a son of mine. Your sister is allowed to visit you one last time in a month and that is the last favour from me. Your mother will continue to send you money but I'm afraid that this is the last time you will hear from me or her. Your father.
Eponine watched Enjolras for some time until he looked up. Then she drew her gaze away and focused on the story Gantaire was telling her about the time he and Gavroche had run away from Enjolras just to stop the fights. She smiled at Gavroche's attempts to act it out. Soon though Courfeyrac brought up the day before. "Gav you don't seem to have your sister's acting skills" he stated casting a sly glance around the room. Combeferre then asked "Okay we know you were acting but you never answered my question... why?" Marius looked and Eponine and she nodded so Marius began to explain the whole thing, starting with Thenardier's attack on Eponine over two months ago.
"Thenardier came to the house shortly after Enjolras brought Eponine here. He beat her up and left her. Joly came and tended to her wounds. Then Enjolras offered to look after Gavroche. It was all working but then when Eponine finally got out of the house and came to the cafe I had a meeting with my grandfather." Marius stopped there and Enjolras took over. "Marius asked me to escort Eponine home so I said yes. Since Gavroche was falling asleep as we came near to my flat we took him in then continued to here. Eponine came in and "I was walking back through the park and some men came up. I didn't know it was your dad at the time because the snow was too thick. I can remember cursing the snow. Then I was punched in the stomach and my feet were kicked from under me. Then a voice said something like 'Think you got a chance with my daughter do you mate?'" "Then the man said 'Sorry to disappoint you but I've already got her a husband for when she gets home. Her father then said something like 'She'll start a new life and you won't be part of it. Not you, not the man she with at the moment, and not even your revolution would be able to help her. I know it is cruel selling my own daughter but trust me she brings good business you know what I mean. I don't think you should trouble yourself with a whore Monsieur.' Then a foot stamped on my face everything went black around me. I don't remember being stabbed unless they did that after they knocked me out." Then he stopped and looked around most of the faces were shocked so Marius took the story back up. "I was walking back and I almost fell over Enjolras I dragged him here when I figured out who it was and Eponine tended to his wounds until morning. Gavroche and Gantaire came and were pretty surprised at the sight of Enjolras covered in blood." Gantaire smiled. He had been shocked by something else to! He thought but didn't say anything. Gantaire took over the story. "I had gone to Enjolras' flat to empty his wine collection and found Gavroche with a candlestick about to beat me. When he saw it was me and not Enjolras he was pretty shocked and worried about Eponine and Enjolras. We came over here and Camille let us in. Enjolras woke up while I was opening a wine bottle I think. Camille and me tried to talk to Eponine about it but she closed up saying that Enjolras would tell her if her life was in danger and stuff like that." Enjolras grinned and looked at Eponine who blushed slightly. She then started on the story. "Enjolras did tell me exactly what he told you about that night and I was more worried about Gavroche until he reminded me it was my birthday the next day. I didn't want to remember because well..." She broke off and Camille continued "when Eponine was twelve her dad first beat her, he was fed up, they had just lost their old in because people had figured out that their family was a bunch on cons. Gavroche was asleep and papa dragged her from her bed and handed her over to one of his friends. Montparnasse!" Eponine continued from that "I hated this guy. Papa told 'Parnasse he could do what he liked with me on my twentieth birthday if I didn't get married. Then he told 'Parnasse that since no one would ever like me enough to marry me I was as good as his. Now Enjolras had told me that when I went home papa had me fixed to a marriage, and it would have been 'Parnasse. Nothing would have been able to help me. Not even the revolution."
There was silence as Gavroche stopped flicking his head between two people. "You kept this from me. Why?" Eponine looked at him sadly "To protect you!" Marius took over the story and continued it "Camille told us in the early morning and I had an idea to help her. One that Enjolras wasn't keen on and one that I knew Eponine wouldn't be keen on; I said that Eponine should pretend to be pregnant and to make it believable engaged. Unfortunately Joly already had someone and her father would know it was a trick if it was me. The only person that fitted the bill was Enjolras. We spent ages getting him to agree and then she had to agree. When she did we were happy we came to the cafe and well you know the rest don't you?" There was a silence as everyone took in the story and realised that both Eponine and Enjolras were lucky to be alive. Enjolras said "Well anyway I think I should be moving back to my apartment if my sister's coming in a few weeks." Marius agreed and said Gavroche could stay with him. Gavroche said he missed the streets and wanted to leave to. Eponine smiled and stated she knew how he felt. Marius said that she was able to stay here. Eponine agreed but a plan was already forming in her head.