"Eponine, what's got you so down?" Leanne asked her. They were having ice cream in a small village cafe.
"I can't say. I can't tell anybody." Eponine said regretfully.
"Tell me! Come on! I hate seeing you this way." Leanne urged.
"It's a dreadful secret, Leanne. I mustn't tell a soul." Eponine insisted.
"But it's me! Please... I tell you anything. Won't you say? Will you tell?" She pleaded.
"Alright..." Eponine began, "well, you know Marius?"
"Yes."
"And you know he's dating Cosette?"
"I do."
"Well you see. I love him. But when the night is over, he is gone, the rivers just a river." Eponine explained, beginning to cry.
"Eponine!" Leanne gasped, throwing her arms around her friend. "I'm so so sorry. That's awful." she sympathised.
"Like you and Enjolras." Eponine wondered.
"Yes. When someone doesn't love you back... It kills. Unrequited loves are the worst. Does Marius know?"
"No! And you cannot tell him no matter what! Promise you won't?"
"I promise I won't." She smiled.
"Okay well... I have to get going. I wanna get myself together before my next lecture." Eponine said and walked out the cafe,
"Bye!" Leanne called after her, "and I swear I won't tell Marius... But Cosette may be interested to know..." Leanne smiled to herself. Revenge was sweet.