After the announcement that Gavroche said about Lamarque, Azelma left the Musain, really affected, all her world was falling down to pieces, all her friends and her brother, and what about Éponine? She disappeared after that day Enjolras confessed what he felt for her and since then Azelma hadn't see her again, she missed her older sister and she was worried about her, she had no one by her side to comfort her in that moment. She hugged all her friends when they decided to fight and when everyone was distracted, she decided to leave discretely. Enjolras saw her leaving but he stopped her to talk with her, he listened to her and he also hugged her, a thing he wasn't so accustomed to do and something that made Azelma surprised. He also told her the things he felt.

"But… why don't you look for my sister? If you loved her as you say you wouldn't be here, you would be looking for her".

Enjolras sighed "I looked for her, I found her but she ran away from me, she is really mad with me, I don't think she is going to forgive me ever".

"My sister is not rancorous" Azelma replied. "She loves you. I mean… even though she didn't accept that at first, she does, when she looked at you… it was something really special, magic, but you both are stubborn, accept it Enj, but now what? How is she feeling right now if she knows about the revolution? Maybe the same as I do, thinking about Bahorel is going to…" she realized what she said and she went speechless. Enjolras went surprised.

"Bahorel? Oh Azelma I didn't think that you were…"

"Don't mention it, sorry… I have to go… I just need to look for my sister"

Azelma went down stairs and decided not to come back at Musain for now and she went anywhere, to look for her sister. Enjolras hoped that Azelma found Éponine and told her how he was feeling about her.

All les Amis where preparing everything for the start of the revolution, they couldn't wait for it. They were all preparing for the big day of their freedom, they all were excited, but Enjolras wasn't so much as he should, he was feeling down, sad, because he knew that his death was possibly about to happen, but he expected that the people of France joined him and his friends on their crusade. He was cleaning the guns and loaded them with gunpowder.

Suddenly Marius arrived after a while.

"I'll fight with you" he announced.

After a long debate with himself about what he should do he decided he would fight in the barricade. Éponine had totally forgotten to give him the letter, but she told him everything that happened: that Cosette and her father will be parted and that new made him wanted to die as Éponine supposed before, and then he started to think.

Regarding Éponine, she forgot about the letter because she was thinking of Enjolras's future, as in the future of her friends and the future of her revolutionary and adventurous brother little Gavroche. Their destinies for their country…. Their destinies would be death and disgrace, blood and sadness. The only thing she did when she thought about that, was cry and sob without stopping until she decided to join the revolution. She went to her last house for an attire of her father, a coat and a cap to cover her hair and parts of her hair for not being recognized by les Amis.

She arrived at the Musain in the moment Marius announced that he would fight.

"And so am I" she said, pretending a male voice as she could.

"Who are you?" Enjolras said, intrigued.

"Jondrette" she answered.

It was the first thing that passed on her mind. One of the nicknames of her dad, one of the nicknames he used to fool people. Marius knew that nickname, but he couldn't remember whose nickname was of. So for better, he didn't speak or showed a surprised face to avoid more problems, he already had enough with not seeing Cosette ever again.

Jondrette/Éponine could not stop looking at Enjolras, who was, as regularly, serious, but he/she noticed that he was sad. As he didn't approach her/him he could not recognize who was that newcomer.

After Lamarque's funeral all the revolutionary people made the barricade. Many outside people united to the cause.

The cunning Gavroche obviously recognized his sister when he approached her at first, she begged him for not to say a word, he hardly accepted that but in the end he agreed, even though he didn't wanted a bad ending for his bigger sister. They were sat together without saying a word. Near them there were Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Marius and Feully just talking about how to attack. Gavroche and Jondrette/Éponine could perfectly listen to what they were saying.

"What is going to happen with Éponine, Enjolras?" Courfeyrac asked because he and everybody else of his friends of Musain knew that Enjolras was more than love with Éponine and they also knew it hurt Enjolras so much that he would not see Éponine anymore. They knew that their friend Éponine was also in love, since the day of the toast they made for those two souls and Enjolras running into the rain, the feeling that Éponine and Enjolras had for each other, made it all clear suddenly. Les Amis, were sure that there was more than love between their friends.

At the moment he/she listened to that name Jondrette/Éponine turned his/her face immediately he/she looked at Enjolras who grieved when he heard at his friend pronouncing Éponine's name. He kept silenced, because he didn't want to think about that. Then, he realized that it was so pointless to hide from his friends all his feelings, he wanted to unburden himself now.

He sighed and looked at his friend.

"I love her. But I can't let down the people, not now that it's too late for one 'us' between Éponine and me. It haunts me to know that someday Thénardier would come back and made a hell of her life again. I could never give her the beautiful life she deserves, but I will love her even after my last breath and my last sight" he admitted "And I know she probably hates me now for as I have been with her, but I'd liked that she knew that I love her more than I could ever imagine loving was like".

Jondrette/Éponine didn't get avoid letting go some tears. He/she was totally moved at the moment she listened what Enjolras had said by finally opening his heart that wasn't that cold as everybody thought. He finally admitted his emotions he finally sat himself free inside. Her heart went faster and although the circumstances she was happy because she knew she wasn't on her own and Enjolras felt the same way as her, so now she could die on the barricade in peace.

Not so much time passed. There was a strange tall man who was very quiet; everybody was on their business so they didn't notice him. But Gavroche suddenly did. He touched Jondrette/Éponine's arm, she/he saw that strange man too.

"Hey… isn't him who I think he is?" he/she asked.

"Oh yes… he is" Gavroche affirmed.

He called Enjolras and told him about that strange man who really was inspector Javert, so he was a spy. All men at the barricade captured him and didn't let him go. Soon, the government soldiers came to the barricade. Enjolras prepared all his people to get in their positions to wait for what was going to come.

The hell came out. The bullets didn't stop for a while but the revolutionaries waited because they preferred not to waste their powder, then they started shooting. A few revolutionaries died in the process.

Marius had an eloquent and also dangerous idea that could end in disaster or could save all his friends. On one moment, one of the soldiers aimed Marius to kill him or wound him, but Jondrette/Éponine interposed between the bullet and Marius by pushing him away, he felt for a moment but then he reincorporated himself quickly. He menaced the soldiers by saying he would blow the barricade if they didn't leave.

He menaced again and the soldiers went away. Jondrette/Éponine got hurt on a flank, and she/he couldn't stop bleeding. All the revolutionaries paid attention to the wounded man who saved to Marius's life.

At the moment she felt, her identity was discovered, the cap didn't cover her anymore. For a fraction of a second Enjolras was petrified about what he saw, then he ran to his beloved. Marius went to his friend too. They sat beside her.

"What are you doing here? Why are you here?" Enjolras said scolding her in a sweetly way, he couldn't speak hard to her, never.

"'Ponine…" Marius said sadly but thankfully of what she did for him.

"I needed to see you" she said looking at Enjolras very weakly, she could feel that she would die in any moment. With her weak strength she lifted her arm and she caressed Enjolras's cheek, tenderly. Enjolras approached his face to his beloved's face closing his eyes feeling her soul at last so near to his, and so connected. He was regretting about the circumstances, because of his fault Éponine was wounded, because of his fault Éponine was at the barricade about to die. He felt really guilty and heartbroken. "I couldn't live without watching you at least one more time. You don't have any idea of how much I love you Enjolras. I love you in despite of myself…" her voice was increasingly weak and Enjolras opened his eyes to look at hers.

They slowly approached their faces and after gave to each other a smile they closed their eyes and finally their lips found each other in a moment of passion, love, sadness and revelations. Their first kiss, full of love and honestly, full of truly feelings. Their love was reflected by the way they kissed.

Of course all their friends were watching at the tragically but beautiful and emotional scene. They were also surprised. Grantaire, Joly and Feully showed some tears of commotion. Marius felt happy for them, but at the same time he was heartbroken, he really missed Cosette and he wished that the ones that were kissing in that moment were Cosette and him instead of Enjolras and Éponine. He tried to stand up, but Éponine noticed that and stopped kissing Enjolras to stop Marius, she didn't let him do it by holding one of his arms with her weak hand. "Marius, please don't go already. I need to know that you will forgive me…"she begged with her weak voice.

Her friend was totally confused about her words. "Forgive you? Why? I don't have anything to forgive you for. I owe you my life"

"But… I forgot to…" she said, she couldn't finish the phrase because an insupportable pain came along to her. She moaned aloud. Enjolras held her sweetly and protectively. He was by far the sweetest man in the whole planet, that's what Éponine thought in that moment in spite of her pain. "I forgot… giving you this… Cosette asked me to give it to you… take…." she gave a cry of agony. Her wound was getting worse, the bleeding didn't stop.

Marius took the letter to calm his best friend down and to read the content of it. He let Enjolras lifted Éponine with his arms and took her to a room which there were a few women who knew something about medicine and could cure her and save her, which was the most important thing now. Enjolras was next to her, looking after her. He kissed her many times in her lips, her hands and her forehead to calm her down.

While the quacks were curing her she was biting her blouse, but the pain was still insupportable for her. Enjolras was also feeling pain because of seeing Éponine suffering that way.

"Everything it's going to be fine" he whispered to her holding her hands. She was sweating, and she was cold. Enjolras was very worried about that.

"You know m'sier how I felt in love with you? It was all so fast… the first time I saw you, something completely strange changed me. I didn't want to accept that at first because I only thought Marius was the owner of my heart. The day he asked me to look for Cosette, my hopes faded away. But then monsieur… you told me that you looked at me in a different way. Suddenly, Marius was nothing for me compared to you, he was just my friend. In that moment, I knew that I loved you as I could never love anybody else, then when you denied what you said I thought that you didn't love me the same way as I do. My heart was totally broken, m'sier…" she wept and she leaned on Enjolras's shoulder.

"That I didn't love you the same way as you? Mademoiselle… I was afraid of loving, I messed up all, I know it… but how I would not love you? You are my princess… you are my sun, my reason to be. My life had always just one sense: republic, republic and more republic stuff, I know our friends nickname me as the 'Marble Statue'… then, I met you and you drove me crazy. Beautiful mademoiselle, I'm not good with romance and love words; but the only thing I know is that you are the most important in my life and I hurt you. The only thing I can say to you is I am sorry and I love you".

He kissed Éponine's hand, looking at her eyes. Éponine was totally lost in his eyes and for a moment she forgot about her pain. They smiled.

Somebody interrupted them. It was Bahorel, he hated to interrupt his friends but he must do it, for the sake of everybody, they thought something was happening outside the barricade and Les Amis must call their leader.

"Enjolras... sorry, but we have a problem, Emm… we need you here to lead us, because we don't know when does the soldiers are going to attack" Bahorel announced.

"But…" it was the first time Enjolras didn't want to know anything about the barricade. Éponine needed him by her side, he must stay with her.

"Go Enjolras, you have to, I'll be fine, I promise…" she said a little bit less weakly. "You have to take care of the barricade and being with all your friends, I understand that"

Duty called Enjolras, so he resigned and again he kissed Éponine's lips and he caressed her cheek tenderly. He sighted looking at her.