Chapter Three
Eponine:
Riding on a train was painless. Easy, and painless. Getting on a train however, was much more difficult. You'd think with everything I've been through I'd be able to hop a train, but it's much more complicated then that. You need to time everything out. When to jump, when to run. It was a long process.
It took me a while to find train tracks. I may know this city backwards and forwards, but I have never in my life seen train tracks. When I finally found some, I followed it. I figured it would lead me to a station somewhere. It was bound to happen.
I ended up in Charlotte. Getting in was simple. Anyone could walk into a train station. That much I knew. But getting on a train is where it gets tricky. I decided that hopping was no longer a feasible option for me. The train cars were too high and went too fast for a human body to jump on. I decided to sneak on the train and hide out in the bathroom. No one would barge in on someone in the bathroom, especially if it's locked. They wouldn't be able to get in.
Well, I thought my plan was seamless. As I walked on board the train, I tried heading towards the bathroom. But something caught my attention. I ducked into one of the cabins and peered over the door.
"Look what you did. Master of the house, my ass!"
"I was master. If that brat didn't mess things up, we would've been living large about now!"
"But we aren't! Are we? We're running away from the police you idiot."
"A bit of a bloody misunderstanding, really."
"God, you are stupid."
"I'm gonna get a drink."
"Drink all you want. I'll be right here waiting to save your ass. Like always."
My parents. How can this be happening? My parents are here, on this train. What am I going to do? I'm supposed to be dead. D-E-A-D. Not that they cared about me at all or something, but they just can't know. If they found out I was alive? I'd rather be dead already, because when they find out I will be dead soon enough.
I took the sunglasses and scarf that were hanging on the coat rack next to me and put them on. I somehow needed to pass them without them noticing. I started walking in that direction. I got so distracted, that I ended up bumping right into someone right in front of them.
"Sorry," I said in a low voice.
I looked to my right and noticed they were staring.
"Um."
"Move it, kiddo. Nothing to see here."
"God, what a joke."
"Just bring me to the bar already, sweetheart."
I held in my laughter and rushed right past them. I quickly ran into the bathroom and locked the door.