"Our Past Follows Us"

AN: Holy crap guys! Didn't expect for my email to explode the night after I posted the first chapter! So like I promised I uploaded chapter two within the week! I think I'll post chapter three around Friday. I have a soccer game to attend but I'll make sure to post it my like 11pm.

Also I'd like to apologize. In the first chapter I spelled Enjolras's name wrong. And that's not entirely my fault XD my IPad keeps changing it and I got frustrated and simply said 'screw it' but I kept my temper this time around and went back four or five times to change the spelling of his name.

Thanks, Tay

Before the two knew it a week had passed by and Enjolras was at his desk in the living room when he heard the doorbell ring. "Hi! You must be Enjolras! The guy whose stolen my room!" it was a blonde girl that looked oddly familiar, "Marius and Eppie really talk about you a lot!"

Oh, this was Cosette. He had seen her with Marius on multiple occasions but he had never realized she was Eponine's flatmate. "Yes, um. Eponine's still at work, she has a faculty meeting today."

"Look at you, memorized her schedule! Anyways I already knew that, she said to just drop this stuff off at our place while you were home." home. So that's a word he could use now to describe the apartment.

"oh uh... Sure. I guess she just forgot to tell me."

"No problem! I'll just leave them in the living room." She had three large tubs sitting in the hallway. "Took me a while to get up here, there were so many and so heavy!" he really didn't care how heavy they were, he just wanted to know what's inside of them. "Alright, well I guess I'll see you around." she said exiting the apartment.

"See you around." he murmured.

After he made sure she was gone he walked over to where the three tubs were. No. He shouldn't open them, it would be invading Eponine's privacy and he just couldn't do that. He went back over to his desk and continued taking notes. He was trying to find a cause worth protesting. But he didn't know what yet. It drove him mad. Completely mad, he had to know what was in those boxes! He approached them dozens of times only for his conscience to make him go back to were he had come from.

Finally he had his hands on one of the latches when the front door opened, Eponine rushed in and threw her school bag down. "Oh Yee! They're here!" she grabbed her phone to text a thank you to Cosette. His hands had flown to his hair and he was trying to come up with an excuse as to why he would be opening her things. "So have you opened them?" she asked casually, finishing her text.

"What? No no no, I um. Haven't"

She gave him a look, "Well why not?" before her could give her and answer she flew her hands up, "Who cares, let's open them now!"

When they opened up the boxes, he didn't expect to find the tubs filled with children's clothes. "Oh perfect!" she handed the smaller tub to Enjolras, "Will you go into my room and put these in the blue dresser?" he nodded.

He had never been in Eponine's room and really hadn't planned on it either until she gave him permission. He saw a green dresser then a blue dresser and went and placed all of the boy clothes in the drawers. Why would Eponine need little boy clothes? It's very odd... She was too young to have a child that would fit into these clothes, so what could it be? "um... Eponine?" he asked when he was back in the living room.

"yeah?" she replied.

"Why do need to have children's clothes?"

Eponine froze, "Well um the ones that I have in these tubs are for kids who need them at school. Like under privileged kids..."

"but what about the ones I just put in one of your dressers?"

She smiled a little bit, "They're for my little brother. He doesn't really have much, so whenever he makes a surprise visit I'm relieved to see that he's still alive. Then I make him go against his ways like make him shower, eat, and put some new clothes on."

"well... Where is your brother."

"He sort of ran away from home... Kind of like I did. He was just younger than I was when I ran. He lives on the streets. But he likes that, and I'm not going to stop him from doing so, but I just wish he would come and just stay with me... Longer than a week. I miss him so much." her voice faded.

Enjolras patted her back, she ran away... That's something he didn't expect coming from her, "Your family, they sound like a strong bunch."

"Oh Gav is, Zel isn't. And me. I was just really scared. So I ran away. Transfered schools and got a teaching degree. So I would be able to help the kids that never want to be seen. I don't want to see anyone feel the way I did." before Enjolras had time to respond she had recollected herself and sprang up, "In that case will you help me put these in my car? They're extremely heavy, i don't know how Cosette could lift these things up three flights of stairs!"

Enjolras helped Eponine down the stairs and loaded the remaining two tubs into her trunk. "Hey enjolras, can you check to see if I left my purse in passenger seat?"

He climbed in the passenger seat and began looking around, "I don't see anything."

"Good." Eponine said slamming the car door shut and walked to the other side.

"What are you doing!?"

She shrugged, "Not sure yet, where would you like to go?"

His mouth dropped, "Back in our apartment! I have work to do!"

"You've been at that desk for three days! You're not eating, sleeping, and you're certainly not getting any work done!"

"I have been getting working!"

She rolled her eyes, "Well I'm taking you out, the boys are at the coffee house waiting for me and I'm sure they'll be happy to see you!"

The car ride was very interesting, that was his word to describe their encounters. She always caught him off guard especially when she sang along with the music. She didn't really sing the lyrics, she sang the sound of the musical instrument. He just watched her do it, she knew he was but didn't care. "How do you do it?"

"Do what exactly?"

"Do ridiculous things and not give a damn what people think?"

She shrugged, "I like my weirdness and if the people surrounding me don't like it they can find someone else. I don't need people to weigh me down."

"Interesting." she laughed, "What?" he asked

"You say that a lot."

His hands flew in his hair again, "Sorry about that..."

"But anyway I feel like this is a great time to get to know each other!" she turned out of the neighborhood and onto the highway, "Like tell me about your life."

"Well I'm a lawyer, which I think you already know?" she nodded, "But uh... I was kind of forced into this engagement not too long ago. She was a childhood friend who adored me, but I was honest with her a few nights before we were supposed to get married. I told her that she shouldn't marry me because I would never 'love' her. Then she left, I was kicked out, then I lost my job. And now I'm somehow here, locked in a car with an insane person."

Eponine hit him, "I'm not insane, I'm just weird." he smirked, "but anyway, why did you say 'love' like that?" When Enjolras had said the word, his voice was filled with hatred.

"I guess I just don't believe in love. It's kind of childish don't you think?" Eponine slammed on her brakes, "Oh my God! Eponine, what the hell?"

"Your life is hell."

"Thank you, at least someone is honest with me." he said sarcastically.

"and I'm going to help you!" she proclaimed.

"And how are you going to do that?"

"I will use my knowledge of women to help you fall in love. That is where we are going tonight! Call the boys! Cancel our plans! I'm taking you out tonight!" Eponine grabbed her phone of her purse and dialed Graintaire, "Hey boys, just letting you know plans have been canceled!" his voice was muffled, "Because I am teaching Enjolras how to woo women, that's why!" she rolled her eyes, "Yes you and the other boys can come too. If you really need that much help."

"So does this mean we're going back to the apartment?" he asked as she made an (illegal) U-Turn.

"Yes, but not so you can go back to your desk. I'm teaching you boys the secrets of women, and there will be no complaints or I will burn your red coat."

His jaw dropped, "you really mean business..."

"heck yes I do!"

"This is ridiculous. We don't need help with women." Enjolras pleased.

"Yes we do!" the rest of the boys said in unison.

"Well I don't, Chetta is just out tonight." Joly said

"BOYS!" Eponine shouted, "Shall we begin?" all but Enjolras nodded, he rolled his eyes instead, "I'm only giving you a few tips tonight. And rule number one is 'Types'. Now I know you all have your own 'types' most of them probably evolve a Barbie looking princess, but let's face it guys. They don't exist! So that means what Graintaire?"

"Look harder!"

Eponine scowled, "No. It means give other women a chance, they may turn out to be the girl for you!" they all looked at her weirdly, "I'm not saying you shouldn't try and find what you want just try something different for a change."

Enjolras had managed to sneak one of his philosophy books out and began to read it, "Also, women don't like to be ignored, it really pisses them off" Eponine grabbed Enjolras's book. He sighed, thinking she was just going to put it on the table but she walked over to the window and chucked it into the alleyway.

The other boys laughed at the look plastered on Enjolras's face, "Eponine! Why did you do that?"

"To prove a point." she shrugged. "I think that's all for tonight, I'm exhausted and have a mountain of paper work to grade! So I'll be in my room if anyone needs me."

As soon as she closed the door Enjolras rushed over to the window to see if he could find his book, "You're out of luck my friend, it's too dark to go searching for it this late at night." Courf said.

He sighed, "I know, and I have another copy of it in my room so I don't know why I'm worrying so much." he sat back down in his chair and began filing through his notes.

That was when Graintaire returned to the living room, "Where do you keep your booze?" he asked.

Enjolras rubbed his eyes, "Eponine is a school teacher, do you honestly think that she has liquor in the kitchen?"

"So it's hidden in the laundry room?"

"it's hidden in the laundry room."

"Why would she hide it in there?" Joly asked.

Enjolras threw his hands in the air, "Hell if I know, she's weird like that! According to her that's where someone would be least likely to find it."

"well she's going to have to think of a new hiding place now!" graintaire emerged with a bottle in his hand.

"I think she finds a new place every time you find it Graintaire. She's really going to hate you now" Ferre laughed.

"Nah, Eppie could never hate me. We've been through too much for her to truly hate me." and with that he took his first swig of his drink.

AN: so how'd you like it? I promise it'll get interesting soon! I just want some fluff before getting to the actual plot.

But anyway I hadn't really shown the boys with women or graintaire with his drinking probs. also I'd like to get into him and Eponine's relationship... Which is kind of cool

Anyway see you guys Friday!

-Tay