Enjorlas
A month has gone by and Eponine has recovered physically but mentally she needs more time. She keeps telling me she is fine but i know she isnt. Its the nightmares in the middle of the night, the hesitations to leave the house by herself and the face that she triple checks the alarm system every night when she thinks im not looking. Im worried for her, and so is everyone else.
Eponine is out doing last minute wedding stuff for Marius and Cosettes wedding next week so I invite all the guys over to watch the soccer game. It is during this time when we start talking about Epoinine. "So how is Ep doing since the incident" ask Marius. " She keeps having nightmares and triple checks the alarm every night and this only bothers me because I love her and I just want her to feel safe" "Maybe she just hasnt had time to recover mentally I mean she did jump right back in to work right when she could" Joly pipes in. The game comes back on so they all get focused back on that but thats when i realize that maybe Joly is right, maybe she needs a few days to just relax. Its then when I get the idea to go on a very relaxing family trip just the three of us to the country side for a few days, maybe after Marius and Cosettes wedding.
The guys minus Marius have all left by now. Marius and Cossete are staying over for dinner so right now the two of us are trying to entertain Elliot, trying being the key word. By the time Eponine and Cosette walk on Elliot won't stop crying. Eponine smiles at me and takes him from me and he immediately calms down...of course he does. She feeds him real quick while Cosettes makes dinner and then puts him to sleep. We eat dinner and talk for a while and then they leave.
Once Eponine climbs in bed I decide to mention my idea to her. "Hey Ponine what would you think about taking a trip to the country side for a few days after the wedding, just the three of us, to get away from everything" "that sounds great, but what made you think of it" " well I just thought that after the incident you kinda felt the need to jump back into things and I feel like mentally you have fully recovered. I mean I see you every night get out of bed to check the alarm system, and sweetheart I know the nightmares terrify you and I just wish I could take them away because I hate to see you hurt like this, I just want to help". She starts to tear up a little and I wrap her in my arms hoping that she feels safe. She is crying now and I wished I hadn't said those things. "Hey..shhh I'm hear ok, he isn't going to hurt you again" I slowly rock her in my arms until she has calmed down, I'm not used to seeing her like this, broken and beaten I'm used to a strong independent girl who defends herself. "You right" she says with a sniffle "I just thought that if I ignored the problem everything would be ok but it's not. Let's go on the trip it will be good for us, our first family trip" I smile at this, she is right it will be our first trip with Elliot. She yawns and I know we should go to bed so I keep her in my arms hoping that this will keep the nightmares away.
short chapter I know I'm sorry the next one will be longer I promise I was changing schools and stuff so just trying to update all my stories now. Anyway please review!