Chapter 7
Eponine and Enjolras had been searching for Marius and/or Cosette for a few hours with no luck.
"Do you think they've found each other?" asked Eponine as they walked through a forest.
"I don't know," answered Enjolras. "I thought he would go back to the barricade if he had found her."
"Well, how do we know they aren't at the barricade?" asked Eponine. Enjolras stopped walking.
"We don't know, do we?" said Enjolras. Eponine shook her head. Enjolras walked over to the nearest tree and began banging his head on it, but Eponine pulled him back.
"Save your energy to bang Cosette's head on a tree," she told him.
"Okay, what are we going to do?" said Enjolras. "Even if we find Marius, what are we going to do with him?"
"I don't know. What was the point of this. . . expedition anyway?"
"I don't know."
"Well doesn't someone have to know?"
"I don't know if anyone has to know!"
"Well, do you at least know the way back to the barricade?"
Enjolras paused for a moment, then groaned, "No. . ." Eponine sat down on a log and screamed.
"This is just great! I am stuck here, in a forest, without even my beloved Marius!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, what do you see in him anyway?" said Enjolras. "He is stupid, and. . . he's just stupid!"
"Well then why are you here, trying to get him to come back to the barricade? If you think he's stupid, why didn't you just let him leave with Cosette?"
Enjolras opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't have any comeback to retort. He sat down on the log by, buried his face in his hands, and muttered, "Stupid, stupid, stupid." Eponine laughed slightly at Enjolras's misery.
"Well, I'll be going to find Marius now," she said. "I assume you want to go back to the barricade." Enjolras nodded. "And look, if he's there with Cosette, send Gavroche or someone, and I'll come back."
"How will he find you?" Eponine shrugged.
"Somehow, that little kid seems to know everything. He'll find me."
"All right. Bye."
"Bye." Eponine walked off, and after a brief moment, Enjolras walked off in the opposite direction.
Gavroche yelled into the megaphone, "All right men, let's practice this. Fire!" Everyone put their guns over the barricade and fired their guns.
"Gavrooooooooooooche!" whined Jehan. "My gun is broken!" He put the gun down and began sucking his thumb. Joly gasped.
"Do you know how many germs are on that thumb!" he exclaimed.
"I don't caaaaaaaare!" Jehan whined as he stomped his foot.
"You two!" yelled Gavroche as he pointed to Jehan and Joly. "Stop that bickering and give me twenty pushups!"
"But my gun is broken!" protested Jehan, sticking out his lower lip.
"But there are germs on the ground! How could we. . . put our hands on it?" protested Joly.
"If the gun is broken, then fix it! And you can wash your hands after you give me thirty pushups!" ordered Gavroche.
"You said twenty!"
"Thirty-five!" Jehan and Joly reluctantly got on the ground into pushup position. Joly did thirty-five pushups extremely fast, then got up and ran as fast as he could to the river, holding his hands as far away from his body as possible, screaming,
"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!" Jehan finished the pushups slower and afterwards tried to fix his gun.
Enjolras was totally lost, and it was beginning to get dark. He didn't see anything familiar, and saw no signs of anyone. He hurried along quickly, hoping to get somewhere before it was too dark.
Eponine was just as lost as Enjolras. It was beginning to get dark, and she couldn't find any signs of civilized life. She began to walk faster, hoping to find her beloved Marius to protect her. Suddenly she heard a wolf howl. Eponine let out a small whimper and walked even faster. The wolf howled again, this time closer, and she began running. A moment later, she heard numerous wolves howling at once, and footsteps. She ran as fast as she could, and suddenly she ran into something, fell down, and let out an ear-piercing scream.
"Eponine?!?" exclaimed a voice.
"Marius?!?" exclaimed Eponine excitedly. "Marius is that you?" She sat up, leaned forward, squinted at the figure lying on the ground, and was just able to make out Enjolras's relieved face by the moonlight. "Oh you," she said, disappointed. "Damn." Enjolras's relieved face turned into a frown. Suddenly the wolf howled again, they both screamed, and leaped into each other's arms. Enjolras immediately let go, muttering,
"You are such a baby."
"Hello?" exclaimed Eponine. "We both freaked out." Enjolras didn't answer. The wolf howled again and Eponine outstretched her arms. Enjolras promptly jumped into them.
"I have a confession," whispered Enjolras. "I'm scared." Eponine just laughed quietly to herself.
A/N: Are there wolves in France? Probably not, but oh well.
Eponine and Enjolras had been searching for Marius and/or Cosette for a few hours with no luck.
"Do you think they've found each other?" asked Eponine as they walked through a forest.
"I don't know," answered Enjolras. "I thought he would go back to the barricade if he had found her."
"Well, how do we know they aren't at the barricade?" asked Eponine. Enjolras stopped walking.
"We don't know, do we?" said Enjolras. Eponine shook her head. Enjolras walked over to the nearest tree and began banging his head on it, but Eponine pulled him back.
"Save your energy to bang Cosette's head on a tree," she told him.
"Okay, what are we going to do?" said Enjolras. "Even if we find Marius, what are we going to do with him?"
"I don't know. What was the point of this. . . expedition anyway?"
"I don't know."
"Well doesn't someone have to know?"
"I don't know if anyone has to know!"
"Well, do you at least know the way back to the barricade?"
Enjolras paused for a moment, then groaned, "No. . ." Eponine sat down on a log and screamed.
"This is just great! I am stuck here, in a forest, without even my beloved Marius!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, what do you see in him anyway?" said Enjolras. "He is stupid, and. . . he's just stupid!"
"Well then why are you here, trying to get him to come back to the barricade? If you think he's stupid, why didn't you just let him leave with Cosette?"
Enjolras opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't have any comeback to retort. He sat down on the log by, buried his face in his hands, and muttered, "Stupid, stupid, stupid." Eponine laughed slightly at Enjolras's misery.
"Well, I'll be going to find Marius now," she said. "I assume you want to go back to the barricade." Enjolras nodded. "And look, if he's there with Cosette, send Gavroche or someone, and I'll come back."
"How will he find you?" Eponine shrugged.
"Somehow, that little kid seems to know everything. He'll find me."
"All right. Bye."
"Bye." Eponine walked off, and after a brief moment, Enjolras walked off in the opposite direction.
Gavroche yelled into the megaphone, "All right men, let's practice this. Fire!" Everyone put their guns over the barricade and fired their guns.
"Gavrooooooooooooche!" whined Jehan. "My gun is broken!" He put the gun down and began sucking his thumb. Joly gasped.
"Do you know how many germs are on that thumb!" he exclaimed.
"I don't caaaaaaaare!" Jehan whined as he stomped his foot.
"You two!" yelled Gavroche as he pointed to Jehan and Joly. "Stop that bickering and give me twenty pushups!"
"But my gun is broken!" protested Jehan, sticking out his lower lip.
"But there are germs on the ground! How could we. . . put our hands on it?" protested Joly.
"If the gun is broken, then fix it! And you can wash your hands after you give me thirty pushups!" ordered Gavroche.
"You said twenty!"
"Thirty-five!" Jehan and Joly reluctantly got on the ground into pushup position. Joly did thirty-five pushups extremely fast, then got up and ran as fast as he could to the river, holding his hands as far away from his body as possible, screaming,
"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!" Jehan finished the pushups slower and afterwards tried to fix his gun.
Enjolras was totally lost, and it was beginning to get dark. He didn't see anything familiar, and saw no signs of anyone. He hurried along quickly, hoping to get somewhere before it was too dark.
Eponine was just as lost as Enjolras. It was beginning to get dark, and she couldn't find any signs of civilized life. She began to walk faster, hoping to find her beloved Marius to protect her. Suddenly she heard a wolf howl. Eponine let out a small whimper and walked even faster. The wolf howled again, this time closer, and she began running. A moment later, she heard numerous wolves howling at once, and footsteps. She ran as fast as she could, and suddenly she ran into something, fell down, and let out an ear-piercing scream.
"Eponine?!?" exclaimed a voice.
"Marius?!?" exclaimed Eponine excitedly. "Marius is that you?" She sat up, leaned forward, squinted at the figure lying on the ground, and was just able to make out Enjolras's relieved face by the moonlight. "Oh you," she said, disappointed. "Damn." Enjolras's relieved face turned into a frown. Suddenly the wolf howled again, they both screamed, and leaped into each other's arms. Enjolras immediately let go, muttering,
"You are such a baby."
"Hello?" exclaimed Eponine. "We both freaked out." Enjolras didn't answer. The wolf howled again and Eponine outstretched her arms. Enjolras promptly jumped into them.
"I have a confession," whispered Enjolras. "I'm scared." Eponine just laughed quietly to herself.
A/N: Are there wolves in France? Probably not, but oh well.