He was hardly breathing, he had fever, and she didn't separate herself from him. She held his hand which he was holding with strength, because he felt at the edge of the death, but that didn't let him down. He had to fight for his life, because he wanted to live, for Éponine. She was the only reason he wanted to live for. Those giggles of her made him fight for living another day.

They were at Enjolras house. Enjolras and Grantaire were sharing the bed because they didn't find another place to put Grantaire in.

Enjolras coughed and his skin was starting to feel cold. This worried Éponine, who stared at her sister with a sorrow look.

Bahorel, Joly and Courfeyrac were wounded, but in short days they got better, so they helped Éponine and Azelma to take care of their soul brothers.

One of the quacks withdrew Éponine of her beloved and she touched Enjolras skin. This woman attended Éponine when she was wounded and Éponine was very thankful with her, she hoped that this woman could save Enjolras, she was a wise woman, maybe it was because she was of advance age, and she had wrinkles all over her face that reflected her wisdom. She frown her forehead wrinkles and then she called her helper, a youngest woman. Éponine bit her nails without blinking, trembling and feeling much worried.

The old woman approached Éponine.

"I'm sorry, honey. I can't do anything; he needs a doctor's care, the same as the other man. You need a miracle. Pray for them. For now you just need hot water while you find a doctor. God be with you" she caress Éponine's cheek and she went away after doing the holy cross signal for Éponine, because she knew she'll need it.

Éponine understood that she couldn't just stand by and do nothing. Enjolras and Grantaire depended on her. She approached to the bed. Enjolras was woken, Grantaire was asleep.

"I have to go to the streets to look for something to save you" she announced. Her friends that were sat beside Azelma and Azelma reacted.

"But… it's not safe now" Enjolras replied as he could.

"Ey… remember I grew up on the streets and I know them" she approached him and gave him a little kiss on his lips.

Azelma offered herself to go with Éponine, so together they went to the streets of Paris, to look for a cure for those two suffering souls. They separate to find the cure faster. Even though Éponine look for a cure everywhere she couldn't find anything. Desperate she started to walk in circles trying to think about a cure, but even thought, she had no more hopes. After walking many circles, she found herself in front of the Musain café, and although she wanted to be with Enjolras, she entered to the café and started to go down stairs. That place might give her the clarity she needed the most to think and recover strength to keep on looking for the cure Enjolras and Grantaire needed. So, she went to the destroyed meeting room and she got surprised about what she saw.

"Marius?!" she exclaimed surprised and excited at the same time.

Her best friend was sat in a chair weeping for those memories of the joyful moments he lived with his friends at that room. He had his arm bandaged and also he had a cane to walk. He turned his head and saw his best friend standing and staring at him without believing he was alive.

"'Ponine!" he stood up and started walking as fast as he could with his cane, Éponine arrived to him earlier that him to her and they hugged. "Oh 'Ponine… I thought I'd never get to see you again! This is a miracle!"

"You are alive… Marius! I can't believe it! How…?" She couldn't even talk because of all her emotions.

"Someone took me from the barricade. Now I have two debts, one with you, and one with that man"

"You don't owe me anything" Éponine insisted and she gave him a little pat oh his left shoulder "But… you know who this man was?"

"I don't know" he answered, he could barely remember the sewers and a big man carrying him like a baby "But… guess what? Cosette is with me now. The man who saved me took me back to my grandfather's house, I was wounded and the doctors saved me. Cosette and her father come to visit me every day".

"Oh… That is wonderful! I am very happy for you"

They separated from their hug.

"And… what about you 'Ponine?"

She sighed.

"Joly, Courfeyrac, Bahorel, Grantaire and Enjolras are alive, Grantaire is frail, but Enjolras is dying. I have to save them"

Marius was happy about listening that some of his friends were still alive, but he got worried about Enjolras and Grantaire, especially of what he saw on Éponine's expression.

"Bring them to my house" he said "Enjolras and Grantaire. I have doctors that can save them".

"Marius… this is for real?! Oh…! Thank you! Thank you very much! You are an angel!" she exclaimed.

In that moment her eyes illuminated because she loved Marius very much, but not as a man, she loved him as a brother, she loved him the same way she loved her brother Gavroche. Marius was an extraordinary man, who deserved a life full of happiness and endless wonderful moments.

Éponine didn't hide her happiness so she jumped and stared to go down stairs really fast without realizing that she left her friend behind.

"Wait 'Ponine!" Marius exclaimed, smiling.

Feeling really excited and without measuring her velocity, Éponine suddenly stumbled against a girl who was arriving at the Musain. The two girls felt to the floor.

"Oh… I'm really so…" Éponine touched her forehead and saw the other girl "Cosette!" she exclaimed and approached Cosette to hug her with enthusiasm.

She was really happy about seeing her again, but Cosette was disgusted, even though, she pretended to be happy. She didn't like Éponine because she was poor and she thought she was better than her. But also she still had this stupid childhood rancor and now she wanted to rub to Éponine that now she was the one who had a good life full of jewelry, good clothes and men that always looked at her.

"Éponine! I'm so happy to see you again!" Cosette murmured to her ear, and then she made a hate gesture that Éponine couldn't see "I heard about Gavroche. I'm sorry. I just want to tell you that you have all my support". They separate and Cosette held tight Éponine's hands. "How are you?" she wasn't' interested, but she had to pretend.

"Kind of happy and kind of sad, it hurts me not seeing my little brother again, but he died defending his ideas, and I know he loved me and my sister as much as we love him. He is an angel who is looking us from up above"

"I'm sure about that"

Even though 'Ponine was cunning, she couldn't realize Cosette's fakeness and she thought Marius was really lucky because he found a good woman, she thought Cosette was admirable. If only she could know…

Fauchelevent interrupted their talk appearing on the scene. He did remember that girl who was talking with Cosette; she was the poor Thénardier's older daughter, so he smiled at her the same as her.

Marius arrived exhausted because he tried to go faster with his cane. At the same time Marius arrived, Azelma did, she was confused but she didn't talk.

"Let's go for Enjolras and Grantaire" Marius said, decided.