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Chapter 5

            "Marius, sing me a like, love song," sighed Cosette.  Enjolras as well as just about everyone else who had heard Cosette groaned and covered their ears.  Marius had a tendency to get songs wrong, and even if he got the right song, the notes were usually wrong.  But suddenly Enjolras decided to take this to his advantage.  Before Marius could open his mouth, Enjolras pulled him aside.

            "Marius," he whispered into Marius's ear.  "I'll show you how to make her propose!"  Everyone strained closer to hear what Enjolras was telling Marius, but all they heard was inaudible whispers.  Enjolras pulled away after a moment, and Marius beamed and nodded his head like a puppy about to do his first trick.  Marius turned his head to Cosette, still beaming, and began to sing.

Who do you think you are

Barging in on me and my guitar

Little girl, hey

The door is that way,

You'd better go, you know, the fire's out anyway

Take your powder

Take your candle

Your sweet whisper I just can't handle

Better take your hair in the moonlight

Your brown eyes

Goodbye, goodnight

Marius didn't get any farther before Cosette interrupted.

            "You like, loser!" she yelled.  "I like, hate you!  After all that we've, like, had!"  Marius's beam turned instantly into a frown.  She took off her shoe and threw it at him, but Marius managed to catch it.  "And I have green eyes, but it's not like you would know!"  She stormed off.

            "YES!" exclaimed Enjolras, a little too loud.  He covered up his mouth.  "I mean, um, oh."  Marius was confused. 

            "Enjolras!" he whined.

            "Um, don't worry," said Enjolras.  "She'll come back, and then she'll love you more than ever!"  Enjolras snickered.  After Marius finished moping around and went to take a nap, Enjolras let out an evil laugh.

            "Mwhahahahahahaha!"  He coughed.  Where did that come from, he wondered.  Suddenly Eponine came running in from nowhere. 

            "Did Marius break up with Cosette?" she screamed.  Enjolras nodded. 

            "Sort of," he said. 

            "But is Cosette gone?"

            "Yes."

            "Glory Hallelujah!" she screamed in delight.

"You're telling me," muttered Enjolras to himself.  Eponine let out a girlish laughed and clapped her hands in glee. 

"Where is he?" she asked.

"Napping," replied Enjolras.  Eponine laughed again and skipped over to Marius's cot.  She began to sing.

Don't you fret, Monsieur Marius

You shouldn't be feeling any pain

The best is yet to come

Forget that whore Cosette

I'm here, that's all you need to know

And I will keep you safe

And I will keep you close

And Cosette can rot in hell for all we care

Then she realized Marius was asleep. 

She decided not to wake him up; it might make him grumpy.  But the moment he woke up, he would forget all about Cosette! 

"Mwhahahaha!" she laughed quietly to herself.  Where did that come from, she wondered. 

A/N:  The song that Enjolras told Marius to sing was an actual song, from the musical Rent.   And also if anyone knows how to put stuff in italics on here, please tell me!  Unless the italics actually worked on this.  You see, I am too lazy to keep on uploading this.