"Eponine, this is excellent! Just what I was looking for!" said M'sieur Gavroche. It was the next morning in Eponine's French 2 class. Eponine and M'sieur Gavroche were discussing Eponine's last quiz that she had taken.
"Merci, M'sieur Gavroche," said Eponine. She took her seat next to Joly on her left and Marius on her right. She turned to Marius and said,
"Are we still going ice skating this weekend?"
"Yup, I'll see if my mom can drive us," said Marius.
"Cool. I can't wait until Saturday," said Eponine.
"What's Saturday?" asked Marius.
"Our two month anniversary," said Eponine.
"Right, I forgot about that," said Marius.
"How did you guys do on Gavroche's quiz that we took yesterday?" asked Joly.
"I got an A on it," said Eponine.
"I also got an A on mine," said Marius.
"Neato, Dorito," said Joly.
"All right, class. Take out your textbooks and turn to Chapter 12 and read silently to yourselves. Anyone who talks, the entire class will have a pop quiz on Chapter 12," said M'sieur Gavroche. The entire rest of the hour, no one talked. The bell for class to end rang twenty-seven minutes later. Eponine and Marius were talking about their plans for the weekend when Liz walked by Eponine. Eponine opened her mouth to speak, but Liz went by her in a hurry, not looking back.
It was after school and Marius, Eponine, Theo, Cosette and Tony were hanging out at Tony's house. Eponine, Marius, Tony and Cosette were playing ping-pong while Theo watched TV in Tony's game room.
"This is so much fun!" exclaimed Cosette.
"Hey, Theo. Are you sure you don't want to play?" asked Marius.
"No, I'm fine. Thanks though," said Theo.
"You know what, Marius, we should be heading back to your place," said Eponine.
"Why?" asked Marius.
"Because we have that thing to do" said Eponine through clenched teeth.
"Oh, right. I'll go call my mom. Be back soon," said Marius. He put his paddle on Theo's lap and went to use the phone.
"I'm not real good at ping-pong," said Theo.
"It's really easy. I'll teach you," said Cosette. Tony and Eponine sat on the couch in the corner while Cosette taught Theo how to play ping-pong. Marius returned a few minutes later, smiling at Eponine.
"Ready? My mom should be here in..." said Marius.
"In what?" asked Eponine.
"She's here, 'Ponine. Let's go," said Marius. He took Eponine's hand and they said goodbye to their friends.
"Where's Enjolras today?" asked Eponine.
"He's staying after school for something," said Marius. He opened a passenger door for Eponine before getting in front with his mom.
"Hey kids! How was your day?" asked Mrs. Pontmercy.
"It was okay," said Marius.
"Rather dull," said Eponine in a bored voice. The rest of the car ride was pretty silent. When they reached home, Eponine told Marius and his mom that she wanted to take a shower and then go to bed. She also told them that she had a slight headache and was feeling dizzy. Eponine got into the shower and sang songs from the fall play, Tarzan.
"Come stop your crying, it'll be all right
Just take my hand, hold it tight
I will protect you from all around you
I will be here don't you cry..."
As soon as Eponine got out of the shower, the phone rang.
"I got it!" yelled Marius. "Hello? Oh hi Liz. Yup, she's right here, one sec," he handed the phone to Eponine.
"Hello?" said Eponine.
"Eponine? It's Liz," came Liz's voice from the other line.
"Liz!" exclaimed Eponine.
"Yeah, hi. I don't have a whole lot of time to talk, my mom's expecting a phone call. I'm really sorry I got mad at you for transferring to French 2. I'm also really, really, really, really sorry for saying you weren't my friend anymore. Can you forgive me?" said Liz.
"Of course I can forgive you," said Eponine.
"Do you want to have lunch together on Monday?" asked Liz.
"Sure. You, me and the gang as usual?" said Eponine.
"Yup. I guess I need to apologize to Maria about telling her about your lunch date with Tony," said Liz.
"No, I'll do it. What's her Screen Name?" asked Eponine.
"HeadCheerleader33," said Liz.
"Thanks. I guess I'll see you on Monday, 'kay?" said Eponine.
"Definitely," said Liz. Eponine hung up the phone and turned to Marius, smiling.