Prince of Thieves
"I'm a thief," he says dejectedly, chin in hands and staring at the unopened bottle of Coca Cola on the kitchen table.
"Oh for god's sake, it's only a bottle of pop, Enj - "
"Yeah, now it is, but what next? A widescreen TV? A diamond ring?"
"How on earth can you walk out of a shop with a TV by accident?!"
He glares at her.
"It's your fault, you know. You distracted me."
Grinning wickedly at the memory, Eponine shoves the last of the shopping bags into the kitchen drawer and sits down opposite the ashen-faced Enjolras, her feet propped up on the table.
"I only suggested we buy some whipped cream and strawberries. No one said it was intended for a repeat of last weekend, though I understand if that was still on your mind."
She bites back a laugh as he turns purple.
"Ironic though, isn't it?" Eponine says cheerily, crossing her legs. "Only yesterday you were yelling at me for getting a new salt shaker for the kitchen-"
"You're not supposed to just take them from restaurants!"
The pair fall silent and she watches as he drums his fingers on the table nervously, eyes darting back and forth between her face and the forbidden cola bottle.
"All those years spent lecturing Grantaire about the sins of antisocial behaviour and delinquents, and now I am one."
Eponine snorts.
"You're a delinquent because you forgot to pay for some Cola?"
"It's the principle! If I don't have my principles, what have I got? Stealing is stealing, Ep. It's wrong."
With a sigh, she pulls her phone from her purse and starts to dial.
"What are you doing?"
"Alerting the clergy."
"Oh very funny."
"Well don't be such a drama queen! If it's bothering you so much just take it back tomorrow - that's if they don't laugh you out of the store. You really need to stop being so uptight, Enj."
(He scowls at her.)
...
The front door slams and Eponine peeks up from the sofa, where she lies stretched out reading a magazine, a tub of icecream resting on her stomach.
"Well Robin Hood, did they arrest you? Were they sick with worry? Is the case of the missing Coca Cola finally solved?"
He stalks past her, eyes averted and nose in the air. "They laughed and gave me another one for free."
Fin.