::Cosette::
a/n: If anyone is mad at me for jumping up a whole seven months, don't stay mad, instead...look forward to a special ficlet coming your way! After the last book in the series is put out, I'm going to release a small story of what happened during those 7 months, for all the curious people who are still mad. You can thank me later.
-Sandra
Cosette awoke that morning having gotten no more sleep than the last. There were visible rings under her eyes, and her whole body was limp from fatigue. Ever since she and Marius had left their friends back in Montrouge, her mind could not be taken off them.
Had they ever moved from the hut? Had Kate had her child? Did Eponine or Enjolras even care about her anymore...would they ever come back if she sent for them? By now she was almost positive it was too late. With all the funeral/burial arrangements, she had let her mind slip into its own world...and it had just recently come out.
She was downstairs making breakfast for herself when Marius came down the stairs.
"Are you going to send for them today?" He asked solemnly.
"Perhaps." She answered yet again. She looked up at Marius miserably, but he made no move to comfort her.
"Are you upset with me?" She asked, already knowing that he was. And he had every right.
"Cosette, they're my best friends, and you haven't let me, or us for that matter, see them once for seven months!"
"I understand." She said shakily. When Marius had finally left the room, she allowed the tears to escape her eyes. She wanted to send for them months ago, but once she began putting the task off, she couldn't get out of it.
It was the feeling you get when you've received a gift, and you mean to send a thank you letter, but you keep forgetting, and then eventually it is useless to send anything, because the time when you received the gift is so far off that the person who gave it to you has probably forgotten about it.
In a way though, she still knew she would send it, and she knew she must, because Marius was on the edge. She could tell that one more day of hesitation and he would snap, and possible leave her forever.
::Marius::
a/n: too short, you know the drill.
Marius left the room and went back upstairs. He gazed at his suitcase and once again pondered whether to leave or not. He didn't want to leave, but Cosette offered him no choice. He was positive that Eponine and Enjolras were still in Montrouge, but he didn't know how much longer they would wait for a letter.
All morning he thought about it, pickling up his suitcase, and putting it back down again. Eventually, he sat down at his desk, and wrote them a letter.
a/n: Usually, Kate's chapter comes after this, but since she's dead, that will be quite hard to accomplish, so I think you might have to excuse her absence.