Chapter 25. June 7th

Combeferre rolled his eyes as he watched Coufeyrac talk with some girl across the room. We all have our own ways of mourning. He thought to himself as he tried calling his wife again. Once again it went to voice mail. Sighing he slid his phone into his pocket as he watched the pair leave the waiting room. A little while later Coufeyrac and the girl with three cups of coffee.

"Combeferre this is Azelma. She's Gavroche's other sister." Coufeyrac said handing Combeferre one of the coffees. Azelma smiled at him.

"It's nice to meet you." She said.

"I wish it was under better circumstances. Sorry about your sister."

"Thanks," Azelma said looking down at her hands. "At least my brother is alive. Sorry about your friends."

"They all knew what they were getting into when this started." Coufeyrac said sadly taking a seat next to Combeferre. The trio sat in silence for awhile. Eventually Combeferre's wife called. She was headed towards the city. She had been with her parents who lived a couple hours away from in Maryland. She would be there by three. Gavroche's doctor also came out. The little boy had made it through the surgery and they would be able to see him when he got out of the recovery room. Azelma sighed in relief along with Coufeyrac. Her brother would be able to grow up and make something of himself, unlike her parents. Speaking of her parents.

"Excuse me a minute. I need to make a call."

She said before walking out of the hospital. She hadn't talked to her parents since she had moved out last July. Sighing she pulled out her phone and dialed her parents number. Luckily it went to voice mail, she did not want to actually talk to her parents.

"It's Azelma. I just wanted to call you and tell you that Eponine is dead. She was shot on one of the barricades" She said in the iciest tone she could muster. "Stay the hell away from the funeral. Stay the hell away from me. I want nothing to do with any of you ever again." She said before hanging up. She didn't say anything about Gavroche because they didn't care about him; or her really. She stood there for a minute taking deep breaths before going back inside. Once Azelma got back inside she saw a blond girl talking with Combeferre and Coufeyrac. The girl seemed vaguely familiar to her. Coufeyrac saw her and waved to her.

"Azelma, this is Cosette. She's Marius's girlfriend. Apparently he survived too." Cosette smiled and held out her hand to Azelma. Azelma shook it. She remembered Cosette from when she was little.

"It's good to see you again." Cosette said. "I haven't seen Eponine for awhile, how is she?" Azelma looked at her feet.

"She, um, she died on the barricade."

"I'm so sorry. She's the one who got Marius and I together." Cosette replied.

"I know. Eponine told me all about it." It was then that the doctor came out and said that they could see Gavroche. "Now, if you excuse me I have to go kill my little brother for getting shot." Azelma said. Coufeyrac stood too.

"I'll come with you." He said quickly. Azelma glanced at him. "You know. So that you don't actually kill him." With that the two of them followed the doctor out of the waiting area.

Marius was surrounded by darkness. He could hear something beeping as everything started to take shape. He was in a room that could only be in a hospital. He groaned and tried to sit up, pain shot through his body and he fell back against the stiff mattress. The memories of what had transpired filling his thoughts. His last memory was of running towards the Musain, a burning pain in his shoulder then blackness. He was brought out of these thoughts by someone entering his room.

"Marius!"

He looked up and saw the last person he ever expected to see, his grandfather. The old man rushed to his grandson's bed side. His eyes full of concern.

"Grandfather what are you doing here?" Marius asked. He hadn't spoken to or seen his grandfather since he left.

"I'm hear because I got a call saying you had been shot." The senator paused and took Marius's hand in his, "Marius, I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I realized that it is not my place to say what your views are. If you want to change the government it's not my place to stop you. Hell, I'm starting to have second thoughts about the current administration too." Marius smiled at his grandfather.

"I forgive you." He paused, "How did I get here anyway. The last thing I remember was getting shot."

"Some man dropped you in the ER and left before anyone could talk to him. All he told them was your name. But enough about that." He said with a cheeky smile. "I want to know more about the beautiful blond in the waiting room who say's that you're her boyfriend." Marius sat up, ignoring the pain in his shoulder.

"Cosette's here? Can I see her?" His grandfather chuckled.

"I suppose a short visit wouldn't hurt. She seemed very concerned about you." Marius smiled thinking about Cosette,

"She's the most wonderful and caring person in the world."

"Then I will go get her."

Patrick stood up and left the room to go get Cosette. Five minutes later Cosette ran into the room.

"Marius!" She cried "I was so worried."

Marius took Cosette's hand in his. "Cosette, I'm fine."

Cosette leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. Marius broke the kiss.

"Everyone else is gone, aren't they." Cosette sighed.

"Apart from you there were three other survivors."

"Coufeyrac, Combeferre, and Gavroche." Cosette nodded.

"They left before the last battle to get Gavroche to the hospital. Is Gavroche ok?" Cosette nodded again. Marius looked down at his hands.

"Are you sure you're ok." Cosette asked. This time Marius shook his head.

"How can I truly be ok when all but three of my friends were killed by the government." Cosette gently wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his good shoulder.

"You'll all get through this, eventually. You all have each other." She paused. "And you have me." Marius wrapped his arm around Cosette.

"I know." And so the four survivors of the barricades began to heal that night.

Hello Everyone, I promised lots of updates this summer. Sorry I lied. this story is probably going to be a few more chapters before its over. Hope you enjoy.