"Ugh, ugh, ugh!" Eponine shouted. "I know why you're here. You want to ask me how Marius and Cosette split up. Well, I had nothing to do with it!"
Enjolras looked surprised. "Wait, Marius and Cosette broke up?"
"You didn't know?"
"No! Why should I know the minute it happens? I actually just came here to check in on you, to see how you're feeling with your hip as in physical, and the scene at the hospital as in emotional."
Eponine smiled softly at him. Azelma and Gavroche sighed, soft enough so Eponine wouldn't hear them. "Thanks for coming. I really appreciate it."
"Love!" Gavroche sang loudly. Eponine glared at him, while Enjolras stifled a laugh.
"What did you just say?" Eponine snarled. "It is not love, we're simply just friends." Behind her back, where Eponine couldn't see but Gavroche and Azelma could, Enjolras' face switched from amusement to evident disappointment. That caused Gavroche to giggle again. There was another knock at the door. Gavroche raced up to get it this time.
"I'll get it!" he exclaimed. A few minutes passed when a head of blonde hair appeared at the door. "Hello Eponine." Cosette said quietly. She then blushed softly. "Hi, Enjolras. I'm glad you're here, Eponine. Listen, as I told you before, I only dated Marius to annoy you, but now I've actually developed feelings for him. I'm so sorry Eponine!"
Cosette burst into real tears and ran over to hug Eponine. The brunette was surprised, and realized that Cosette really wanted to be friends with her. Eponine patted her back comfortingly. "It's alright, I've moved on."
"You see, that's not the real problem. The real problem is that I also like Enjolras." Cosette confessed. Enjolras didn't seem surprised at that. "I'm torn between the two! Actually, the reason Marius and I split up was because I was watching you, Enjolras. He knew. Then we got into a fight, I kissed him, and I walked away."
"Wow, such girl drama." Gavroche commented.
"Why am I not surprised?" Azelma replied.
"You know what, I think we should accept Cosette back in our group. She really was nice to us. She looks so miserable now! I can't stand it!" Sydney cried.
"Yeah, drop the plan, Joanne. Everybody but you agrees that we should Cosette back in." Ida said. Joanne scoffed.
"Colette was a huge joke. I'm way better than her."
"It's Cosette, not Colette." Brielle whispered quietly. Joanne turned sharply to face her.
"And why do I care?" Joanne snarled.
"That's the whole reason why we should let Cosette back in. After her time away from us, she's learned to be less self-centered, unlike you, Joanne. We want a popular girl that's pretty, smart, and nice and generous." Karen said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I'm all of that!" Joanne yelled. Everybody shook their heads.
"You are pretty, but you're not that smart and you're not generous or nice at all. You're selfish, dumb, and keep everything for yourself." Brielle commented.
"It's time to let our old friend back in."
Leslie ran down the sidewalk on her morning jog. Her ear buds were in her ears, and she sang softly to the Rent music playing. Sweat was beaded on her forehead, but it didn't bother her.
She waved at the baker, the grocer, and the librarian. They were all part of the community, so they all knew each other. The statue if General Lamarque stood high and proud on the grass in the park.
Suddenly, a person's soccer ball hit her in the leg, causing her knees to buckle and Leslie fell to the ground. She lay there on the sidewalk for about five seconds. A person ran over to retrieve their ball, when they saw her on the ground.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" the person cried. They held out a hand for Leslie, and she pulled herself up. When she looked up, she saw that it was in fact a boy from her school. Leslie smiled.
When the boy saw who she was, he blushed slightly. Her light smile turned into a confused one. Besides Courfeyrac, Leslie had been crushing on this particular boy since fifth grade. However, she still didn't know his name. Ha. Beat that.
"Hi." he said shyly, still holding his soccer ball. Leslie giggled. He liked her! Cute!
"I'm Leslie. What's your name?" she asked, eager to find out.
"Jake."
"That's a nice name."
"Do you want to go out with me?" Jake blurted out. He blushed even deeper. Leslie's smile got wider.
"Most definitely yes."
Gavroche exited the house, eager to get away from Eponine's stormy mood at him. He walked down the sidewalk, stepping over all the cracks in the cement. Suddenly, a flash of green turned his head. There, sitting peacefully in a crack, was a five dollar bill.
Gavroche rubbed his hands together, and picked it up. He could buy something at the Café Musain with it! His feet seemed to lead him towards the coffee shop. Finally, he reached the door. The bells jingles as he yanked it open, already knowing what he was going to order.
Gavroche strode up to the counter. "I'll have one tall passion fruit iced tea with just a little bit of ice and foam. Exaggerate on the syrup, please. I like it sweet, but not too sweet, you know? Yeah. Okay. Can I also take a chocolate chip cookie?" Gavroche ordered. The lady sighed and got to work.
In five minutes, Gavroche was sitting peacefully on a leather armchair, sipping iced tea and eating a cookie. Suddenly, a girl his age sat into the chair next to him. Gavroche smiled. She was cute!
"Hey." Gavroche said. The girl looked over and smiled.
"Hi!" She exclaimed.
"So, I see you like chocolate chip cookies too, eh?"
"Yeah. What's your name?"
"Gavroche."
"I'm Rose. Nice to meet you! I think you go to my school. I've seen you around, but not as much lately."
"Well, my former girlfriend is moving to California, so I'm kind of bummed." Gavroche explained. Rose smiled deviously.
"I'll be your new girlfriend." Rose said. Gavroche smiled.
"Why not? Here's my number." Gavroche handed Rose a slip of paper consisting of his phone number. She gave him hers.
Gavroche couldn't wait to tell Eponine that he got a new girlfriend.
A/N: Well, you're not going to be hearing much from Leslie anymore, I'm trying to get rid of some of the other characters, like Nessa and Elphie. Nessa and Elphie belong in my other story, Looking Through Another's Eyes. Check it out soon!
