Let's go back to the barricade:

At that moment the barricade was very calmed. No attacks yet, but they were prepared for one, now that they knew that in any moment, the soldiers would come back.

Éponine was sleeping, she already was bandaged and resting to be healthy as soonest as it was possible, she tried to be calmed and not to worry, but in a place like that, being calmed was impossible. How could she sleep peacefully when maybe Enjolras was about to die or was in a risk to die like she was not so long ago? And it's not only about Enjolras… What happens with her brother and her friends? She cannot calm down because of thinking about that, but when she watched Enjolras so worried, she decided to cheat him looking like she was sleeping, but finally she ended by really sleeping.

Enjolras passed outside the place where Éponine was many times, only to watch her. It reassured him to know that Éponine will get better in a short time. He stopped and from the window he observed her sleeping finally with a quiet and peaceful breathing. He noticed somebody at his side, someone who was also observing Éponine.

"How is she?" Marius asked.

"She is getting better, thank you. I am glad to know she is going to get better, at least I could die calmed, but it haunts me that I could never have a life with her after this" he said unhesitatingly.

Marius sighted thinking about that special girl for him.

"At least you have the chance to see her again" he said unwittingly, immediately he felt a stab of pain, and he wanted to repair what he said, he expected that the thing he said would bother Enjolras, but it wasn't like that, instead of being tough with him he comforted his friend holding his shoulder.

"Go with her if you wish to, look for her"

"She is going to England" Marius responded with a huge hole on his heart "Her father disposed it and I can't change it. Her father doesn't even know who I am."

Not too much time passed when they listened that someone was calling outside the barricade, that someone said he was there as a volunteer. Obviously, they didn't trust him. They let him pass as a trick. He was Jean Valjean dressed like a soldier. Marius didn't saw him well so, with his friends, he menaced Valjean with weapons, because they all thought that like Javert, he was a spy. Gavroche recognized Cosette's father because he gave him the letter that Marius wanted for Cosette to read, so he announced to Les Amis that he was a good man so he unite the revolutionaries.

The next day a short attack came in and a few revolutionaries died included Gavroche who died when he was looking for admonish. That attack immediately woke up Éponine, and worried and frenetic to know what happened, she stood up and ran, she wanted to go out but the women that were taking care of her, didn't allowed her to leave.

"Enjolras!" she screamed, thinking that something happened to him, she knew that her friends and Enjolras's lives were on danger. "Please! Let me out!" she begged "Enjolras!" she called again.

After that, there were no more bullets and Éponine ended exhausted for begging, she felt on the floor, with strong heartbeats, anguish, worried, nervous she had everything by now. Her breathing was rushed.

Suddenly, Enjolras entered to the room, he didn't know what to say to his beloved about her brother, he had no words, and he didn't want her to suffer, he started thinking at the moment he saw her. When Éponine saw him she was totally soothed, she deeply sighted, stood up and hugged Enjolras as if was the last time she could.

She noticed something strange in Enjolras, he was sad and he was really… really… hmm… nervous, and she started to have a bad feeling.

"What's wrong Enjolras? Is somebody wounded?" she asked worried.

Enjolras departed Éponine of him and he tried to look at her eyes, but he couldn't.

"Éponine… is… Gavroche…." He said.

Her face turned worried.

"Where is him? Who is attending him?"

Oh my God! How am I going to…? Enjolras thought desperate but then, he told himself in silence that he should be brave enough to talk to Éponine with the truth even if it broke his and also her heart. He started to sweat all over his body, his hands started to shake so he closed them. He took his fist to his mouth and then he took Éponine's hands.

"…Nobody… he …" he sight again "died".

And with that last word, almost all Éponine's world went wrecked. She released Enjolras's hand and she started to walk away from Enjolras staring at him and denying with her head. She was shocked. Her little brother, her sunshine, her help, her counselor, her friend… he was now dead… she couldn't believe that words. That wasn't possible… how can it be? Not him, not Gavroche. Why? How would she tell that to Azelma? How she and her little sister would overcome that loss?

She wept and then the felt on the floor to cry for her little brother. She couldn't be comforted.

"We did everything we could, but he didn't died in vain, I promise you that, Éponine, I will defend your brother's death, for you, for my honor, even if that costs me my life" Enjolras swore and he kneel beside Éponine and put his arm around her.

Immediately she reacted and turned to Enjolras's direction.

"No. Why with your life? That would not serve for anything, that isn't good for anyone. I would have 2 losses and I can't handle that, not you Enjolras, I love you too much to lose you too. I don't want any revenge, he die defending what he believe in and that's enough for me, I adore him and I admire his courage at his short age, but it stills hurting me that I would never see his face again, that I will never hug him again" she started to cry with no consolation after saying that. "Why my little brother?" she wept again. Enjolras kissed her forehead, comforting her. She hugged him just thinking just about that little boy, that little urchin that used to sing and walk along the streets of Paris with that trusted revolutionary air. She was never going to see him anymore. But then she thought about her other friends. "He is not the only one, right Enjolras?"

He sighted, ruefully and stared at his friends. He saw monsieur Fauchelevent carrying Gavroche to another room, Bahorel and Laigle carrying Feully, Courfeyrac and Prouvaire carrying Combeferre and Grantaire and Joly carrying Bossuet.

"Feully, Bossuet and Combeferre" he said and he let Éponine wept for them on his chest.

After a while, she could see them dancing and singing at the Musain, she could see them drinking and laughing, making jokes, dreaming on revolution. Thinking about them that way made her understand that they were in a better place now and they were still doing all the things they did at the Musain, and the most important thing: they were watching her and her friends, and Gavroche was still taking care of her from up above.

She took a breath and stared at Enjolras who kissed her forehead and gave her a small smile, and then she saw Marius entering in the room, he wanted to see how did his friend took the death of Gavroche.

"Hey 'Ponine" he wave "Sorry about I haven't visit you before" he approached "How are you feeling?" Éponine turned her head to her friend.

"Well… I don't know, Marius, I mean physically I feel better, but inside… Marius… how could I live without that urchin smile and those innocent eyes? He was my brother! And Azelma's! He helped us when we needed him and he loved us above the situation we were living!"

She was starting to feel again the pain of that loss and Marius and Enjolras held her tight.

After not so long Enjolras had to review the territory so he left, but he was feeling good because he left his girl in good hands.

Marius and Éponine smiled to each other and they kept quiet for a few minutes.

"This isn't just about me, Marius… what about you? Why aren't you looking for Cosette?"

"I wrote a letter for her and Gavroche gave it to her. And now her father is here" he informed.

"What? No. How could he…? But… what does it means? Her father is here? What about her? Where is she at?"

"I guess she stills at Rue d'l' Homme Armé. It's better for her to stay there. And it's better for you to go home, Éponine"

When he said that, Éponine got really mad.

"Home?! It doesn't exist without Enjolras and my brother and you! What if all of you die? How would I live then?! Don't ask me to go home because I don't have any!"

"Sorry 'Ponine, but… you're my best friend and I want you safe"

"I want you safe too, but I can't ask you to leave because I know you won't, so don't ask me for that because besides I'm still wounded and I won't listen to you"

They hugged each other.