::Cosette::
Cosette stared out the downstairs window of her house. She saw smoke coming from the center of town and wiped her eyes. Marius, her Marius, was down there. She turned away from the window and went to bring Eponine the medicine for her leg.
She carried the bottle upstairs and opened the guest bedroom door. The covers on the bed were off and no one was there. Cosette dropped the bottle, spilling medicine everywhere. Eponine was gone! At first she had a fleeting thought that Eponine had been kidnapped...but Eponine would be able to defend herself for sure. She shook her head.
It was too painful to think of all the bad things that could have happened to her. She ran downstairs and pulled on a thin jacket. She had to find Marius and tell him to help her look for Eponine. She ran out the door and down the road, breathing heavily. Every little sound made her jump. Smoke was starting to fill the air around her, making it a bit harder for her to see.
As she neared the Café, smoke blanketed the air, irritating her throat and eyes. She heard loud gunshots on either side of her, but she kept walking. Now she couldn't see two feet in front of her, the smoke was making her eyes water so much that tears were streaming down her face.
She stumbled over bodies, hoping desperately that one of them wasn't Marius. Now she was coughing violently. She tried to stop and calm herself, but smoke filled her lungs again. More coughing. The gunshots were deafening now, and she was filled with confusion. Her mind started clouding over. She flailed her arms helplessly, stumbling backwards.
Cosette started to feel lightheaded, and just before she felt like passing out, two strong comforting arms wrapped around her. She didn't care who owned them at the moment, but was relieved when they said, "Cosette, its Marius." She grabbed his vest and buried her face in it, still coughing. She started sobbing hysterically. "Cosette," He said in a soft voice. "Calm down." Cosette breathed into his vest, but started coughing harder. Marius hugged her tighter to him. "I'm bringing you back to the Café." He walked with her, and it felt like the whole world stopped.
They stepped through the doors of the Café, and Cosette grabbed his arm and didn't let go. He tried to pull his arm away, and she tightened her grip. "Cosette," He whispered soothingly. "I have to go back out there." She choked back a sob. "Go upstairs. Eponine is there, Enjolras just told me." Cosette gasped.
"She's here? Are you sure?"
"Quite sure. Now go." She let go of Marius and started upstairs. Eponine was lying in a cot by the window, sniffing and drying her eyes.
"Eponine, What's wrong?" Cosette asked, walking over to her. Eponine turned around.
"I love him too." She sobbed.
"Love? Who? Also?" Cosette was at a loss.
"En . . .En . . ." She couldn't say the name.
"Enjolras?" Cosette helped her out.
Eponine nodded and cried harder. "But Eponine, that's not a bad thing."
"I know." Eponine wailed.
"So then why are you crying." Eponine shrugged.
"I don't know!" Cosette hugged her reassuringly and got up.
"I have to talk to you about something." Cosette said. "You left my house without telling me, and I didn't know where you were. I was really worried. I came down here, and luckily that's where you were. But before you go out of my house again, especially if you're wounded, please tell me first." Eponine nodded. She felt like a child being told what to do.
Cosette then gazed out the window. "The fighting's terrible." Eponine nodded and wiped her eyes. "Your leg will be healed in a bit, and then you can go outside." Said Cosette, trying to cheer Eponine up.
"In a bit." Eponine grumbled grumpily, and turned over in her cot, pulling the covers over her head.
a/n: Sorry that the paragraphing is off (meaning that whenever they speak it isn't indented) I try and I try again to fix it, but the new fan fiction editing service just wont allow indentations anymore...so oh well!
