Chapter 10

            Since he was not lost anymore, Enjolras decided to head back the barricade.  Eponine was feeling suicidal again, so she came along too. 

            "Oh, woe!" cried Eponine.  "Woe is me!"  She was about to blow her nose on Enjolras's vest, but he quickly moved away and handed her a tissue. 

            "Don't mess with the vest," he muttered under his breath.

            "By the way," she said in between bawls.  "Doris says you are grounded for a year."

            "Do you think Cosette's dead?" asked Enjolras randomly.

            "I don't know.  I don't care.  I hope Javert's dead though."  Suddenly Eponine picked up a thick piece of wood and banged it numerous times on a tree, screaming, "Die Javert!  Die!" 

After all her stress had been released, she put the piece of wood on the ground, and sat down peacefully.

"I feel much better now," she sighed.  Enjolras smiled in amusement. 

"That's good," he said.

"I really need to get over these mood swings."  

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            Eventually, they reached the barricade.  Everyone was packing everything up, and it looked like they were about to leave.

            "What are you guys doing?" exclaimed Enjolras.  Gavroche came running up to him.

            "We won, Enjolras!" said Gavroche.  "I commanded the men to victory!"  Gavroche started acting out the battle, but Enjolras stopped him.

            "Hold on Gav.  You're saying you guys beat the National Guard. . . without me?  Under your command, not mine?"

            "Yeah!"  Enjolras sat down, frowning.

            "Well this sucks," he muttered to himself.  Eponine laughed.  Enjolras glared at her.

            "What?" she asked innocently.  "You laughed when we found out Marius was gay."  Enjolras sighed. 

            "So nothing is going our way for the two of us," he said.  "You don't get your man, and I don't get the fame of saving the Republic."  He flung his arms in the air helplessly.

            "So what do we do now?" asked Eponine.

            "I don't know," said Enjolras.  "Go see if Cosette is dead or not?"  Eponine shrugged.

            "Got nothing else to do."  And so the two ventured out back to the village.

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            They observed that Marius and Javert had somehow gone from fighting to making out, Doris was asleep and snoring in the window, and Cosette was gone underneath the hay cart. 

            Enjolras cursed underneath his breath.

            "I heard that!" exclaimed Eponine.  "Shall I tell Doris?"

            "Are you threatening to blackmail me?"

            "No, but that's a good idea."

            Suddenly Cosette came around the corner on crutches.  Half of her hair was gone, and what was left of it had turned slightly gray.  She had a black eye and bruises all over her body.  In other words, she had turned extremely ugly.  Enjolras and Eponine both burst into tears of laughter.  After a long time of laughter, Eponine managed to choke out,

            "What happened to you?"

            "It is a side affect of the medication," grumbled Cosette as she stormed off.  Eponine and Enjolras continued to laugh throughout the night.

THE END!

A/N:  Eek, didn't know how to end it.  I have another idea for a Les Miz fic, but I'm not sure when I can start writing it and get it up.  Hopefully it will be in less than a month.