Chapter Nine- In which Gavroche finds something and A barricade scene occurs
A/N: I do not own Les Miserables or Ragtime. Please Review but no flames.
Gavroche was up on the roof while the next scene was occurring. He was looking around for Joly. He suddenly heard a weak voice.
"Help… help… someone… help…" It cried.
"Joly?"
"Gavroche! Help me!" Joly cried out.
"Where are you?"
"I'm on the awning! I grabbed onto a spire but it broke of and we both fell but I landed on the awning while the spire fell. Could you help me up?"
Gavroche ran over to a fire hose that was on the roof. He extended it to Joly who climbed up. He was drenched, shivering, and sneezing. He looked at little Gavroche.
"Thanks…"
"No problem but you're on soon."
Joly hugged Gavroche. Gavroche helped him down the stairs.
Meanwhile, Eponine was in the corner. She was looking at one of the broken shards of the mirror. She looked from her wrist to the shard and back to her wrist. She had only done this one other time and had almost died… but Joly had found her when he was first starting out in medical school and bandaged her. Eponine cried softly. She wanted it all to end.
Grantaire was watching Enjolras from backstage when he heard Eponine cry out. He ran over to her. She had cut her finger with the shard accidentally.
"I was rethinking cutting my wrists… maybe I could join Joly…"
Grantaire hugged her as she cried. Gavriche helped Joly through the door. Joly looked around. He looked in the corner to see Eponine and Grantaire. Eponine was crying softly into his shoulder. Joly walked over to them.
"Eponine? What's wrong?"
"Oh Joly… I just heard that you died because you thought I hated you and I wanted to kill myself and- Joly?"
Eponine looked up. Joly's auburn hair was drying now into curls. His blue eyes looked wearily at her. He smiled weakly at her. Eponine stood up and threw her arms around him. They kissed passionately. Grantaire smiled and looked offstage. He gasped. Enjolras and his men had built a barricade on the stage. It was made from bookshelves and tables.
"Enjolras' insanity was finally proven when he shifted his rage from Javert a known bigot, to Babet, the most powerful man of his time. He has barricaded the library and threatens to blow it up. Only a mad man would do this." Combeferre said.
The ensemble "women" crowded on another part of the stage behind police barricades as they sang in vigil. Eponine and Joly rushed in into the back after missing their cue. They stood in the back. Joly smiled. She had kissed him and most likely meant it. Eponine smiled. Someone actually loved her for her and had kissed her. And she like it.
"A day of peace
A day of pride
A day of justice
We have been denied
Let the new day dawn
Oh Lord I pray!
Ooh ooh ooh…"
Babet was shouting into the building for Coalhouse to surrender. Thenardier entered and told them to send in Combeferre to negotiate.