Grantaire sat in his usual spot at the bar 2 weeks later, his wine glass surprisingly enough, was untouched at the moment. The other students were all out and about somewhere, without Abby running around causing trouble, the Cafe was very quiet.
Enjolras was often exhausted during meetings, almost enough so that he had considered calling them off. Instead though he'd just have Combeferre speak, or whoever had something to say would talk while he sat the the table, head low, eyelids drooping. Nobody dared ask him anything about Abby, and Joly had stated quite clearly he wouldn't talk.
So here Grantaire sat on this quiet spring afternoon, alone in the bar, not unlike the way it had been before Abby had come into the picture. As he studied his wine he almost didn't hear the cafe doors open and close. Honestly he wouldn't have even looked up if it wasn't for the little voice that spoke "NANNY!".
His eyes snapped up towards the door, to reveal his mighty Enjolras, with Abby on his hip. Enjolras carried her over and put her in his lap "Winecask, can you..." he broke off and yawned but then continued "watch Abby for the afternoon" he finished. Grantaire smiled and bounced Abby on his leg playfully "No problem. I was lonely anyway" he admitted.
Once Enjolras was gone Abby smiled brightly and hugged Grantaire tightly "Oh Nanny, I missed you so much!" she said, her voice a little shaky. He hugged her back "It's alright lassie. Now why don't you tell Nanny what happened. Hm?" he asked.
She nodded "Oh it was horrible! Me and Gavroche were just walking, minding our own business. And then these men, the ones who killed my mother! Jumped out at us. Then Gavroche started fighting them and I ran as fast as I could! I was so scared Nanny! But then I was in the park, and I knew those meany men wouldn't follow me if I jumped off the bridge, so I jumped..." she trailed off.
"What happened then?" Grantaire prompted her gently. She blinked, her green eyes dropping to the floor "That's it Nanny, I don't remember what happens next. All I remember is waking up with Enjolras next to me" she almost whispered. Grantaire smiled "Well it's alright lassie, nothing happened that you need to worry about" he reassured her.
The rest of the afternoon was spent of Abby telling Grantaire all about how boring bed rest was, and how she was worried about Enjolras because he didn't sleep the whole week she was in bed, and how rarely left her alone the week she was allowed up to roam their small flat.
Finally the rest of the students began coming back, including Enjolras, who looked a lot better than he had when he'd handed Abby to Grantaire earlier that day. Everyone decided to celebrate Abby's return, by having drinks, which Grantaire couldn't say no to.
Abby hopped down from her place and began wandering around the cafe. Occasionally a student would scoop her up and say hello, to which she would socialize happily with them until either another student snatched her or the student she was with finally decided to put her down.
It wasn't long before she finally found who she was looking for "GAVROCHE!" she called, walking up to him since she'd been told by Enjolras and Joly not to run. He smiled brightly at her "Abby! You be back!" he said excitedly, Eponine appeared behind him "Aw, guess this means no more staring at Marius" Gavroche said to her, making a mockingly sad face.
Eponine rolled her eyes "It's good to have ya back Abby" she said after she'd hit Gavroche in the back of the head with her cap. "And don't listen to him. I wasn't watching Marius the WHOLE time" she said, putting the cap back on her head. Gavroche smiled cheekily "Yes you did!" he said, before Eponine could do anymore he was running into the group of students.
The two girls laughed at him "Silly Gavroche, as if I care. You can look after whoever you like Eponine" Abby laughed. They sat at the closest table and began talking, before Enjolras came told her it was time to go. "Awww but 'Jolras! I don't wanna go just yet!" she told him.
He took her hand and began tugging "You don't have a choice in the matter. It's nearly midnight, time to go home" he told her. She made another whiny sound before going and bidding everyone in the cafe goodbye, making sure to take as long as she could.
Finally Enjolras managed to get her out and they began walking home, but about halfway Abby got tired and Enjolras had to carry her. "'Jolras? Why do I have to be cooped up now?" she asked him innocently. He kept his eyes focused ahead "It's not safe for you to be alone" he told her simply.
She sighed and didn't say anything for the rest of the walk. Enjolras fumbled with his keys and finally managed to get into the flat "Enjolras, why do you have so many keys?" she asked him as he set her down. He held up the ring of keys "Well, I don't know..." he said, looking at the keys in a bit of curiosity "Honestly I keep them because maybe one day I might remember what they go to".
Abby yawned and Enjolras lead her to her bedroom. She settled down and he kissed her forehead like he'd been doing since that night two weeks ago. Once he was gone Abby squeezed her eyes shut, almost afraid to fall asleep. She hadn't told Enjolras, but one of the reasons she didn't want to go home to bed was because of the nightmares she'd been having.
She plummeted into the swirling black torrent below. It soaked through her dress and dragged her under the churning waters. She grasped out for anything, anyone, but there was nobody there. She tried to call for help but when she opened her mouth water choked her.
There was nothing but darkness, and she clawed her way to what she thought was up, or to where the shore was, but she couldn't really be sure. But suddenly, there was peace, and Abby looked around in a bit of confusion. Now she was standing in the cafe, and all the students were sitting at their usual meeting.
Abby walked over to Grantaire and tried to get his attention, but her hand passed right through him. She gasped and reeled back, before going over to Grantaire again, he was sobbing and drinking quite uncontrollably "Nanny?" she asked, but her words were not heard.
Fear creeping in on her, she turned around to go up to Enjolras. He was standing on the table, a wine glass in his hand "I say this calls for celebration! That we're finally ridden of the little pest!" he called. The other students, to her horror, all cheered and clapped and shouted merrily, as if one of them had won the lottery.
She looked around for Gavroche, only to find that he was celebrating too! They all were, Courfeyrac, Joly, Prouvaire, Lesgles, Combeferre, even Marius, who hardly knew her, was partying like there was no tomorrow.
Suddenly the cafe began to change around her, no longer was it the way she remembered, but it was abandoned. Shattered glass and broken pieces of furniture surrounded her, and she looked around for the students, but couldn't find them.
Abby went outside, only to find that a very large wall of some kind had been built on the street in front of her, made out of all the tables and chairs and other things that were scattered around. Crates, posts, anything and everything was used to build this, wall.
Wondering who would decide to build a wall in the middle of the street, she suddenly noticed things littering the ground around the bottom of the wall. Upon closer inspection, she nearly cried out in fear and alarm, they were the students! All of them, the ones who had just been celebrating her death were now lying dead in pools of their own blood.
Then she noticed the absence of two, Gavroche and Enjolras. Almost too afraid to find out what had happened to them, she began climbing over the wall to the the other end of the street. Maybe they were back at the flat, whether they were or not, she was determined now to find them.
As she reached the top of the wall, she froze in shock at what greeted her. Gavroche was lying dead on top of the body of a soldier, one of many that littered the other side of the wall. And just a few feet down the wall from where she stood, lay Enjolras, on top of a blood red flag.
She wanted to move, shaking her head she wanted the dream to end. She swallowed the lump in her throat, closed her eyes, and with one big leap, she jumped off the wall.
Abby awoke suddenly, tears streaming down her face and her breaths were shaky. She tried not to cry, but the longer she sat alone in her dark room trying to bite back tears, the more she became frightened for Enjolras, and for everyone. She'd never had THAT happen in her dream. No, it only went as far as her drowning and the students celebrating. Never to the strange wall in the street.
No longer able to fight the urge, she leapt out of bed and bolted out of her room like there was a monster at her heels. She burst into Enjolras's room and went over to him, shaking him frantically "Enjolras! Enjolras! Wake up!" she called him frantically.
He groaned and turned over "Abby, whatever it is can wait until the morning can't it?" he asked her sleepily. She shook him harder and began to cry "Please wake up! Please!" she cried. At the sound of her cries he sat up and looked at her, his dark hair disheveled and his face weary, but his brown eyes began to fill with worry "What's the matter?" he asked her.
She practically jumped into his lap and held onto him tightly, crying into the nape of his neck "Oh 'Jolras! I had the worst nightmare" she sobbed. He wrapped his arms around her and began rocking her "What kind of nightmare?" he asked her. She continued to cry and he stayed with her, stroking her black hair and hushing her.
Once she was calmed down enough to talk she spoke "Y... You and the others. I fell in the river, and then I died and you all celebrated and said you were happy I was gone. And then..." her voice began to hitch and he hushed her "It was just a dream" he told her gently.
Abby continued to cry "B... B... But it seemed so real! You all died! At the wall in the street! And Gavroche, and the ground... was covered in blood, and the cafe was all torn apart and broke" she sobbed. She hugged him tighter "It was terrible!".
Enjolras hushed her "Calm down now, it wasn't real. I'm right here see? And tomorrow everyone else will be at the cafe too. I promise" he told her. She sniffled "I'm scared to go back to my room" she admitted quietly. He sighed and pushed her over so she was next to him on the bed. He then took a pillow and placed it between them. He pointed to him side "My side" he pointed at her "Your side" he said simply.
Before Abby could make another word he was asleep once again. She smiled and lay down on 'Her side' before drifting back to sleep. Only this time, no nightmares plagued her mind, just dreams of ponies prancing on pink fluffy clouds, oh, and there was a unicorn too, which she promptly named Enjolras.
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Yes, this got really mushy and fluffy didn't it. But right now I'm sorta in an Eponine situation, dreaming about 'him' but he hardly notices me. I guess I was thinking of him cuddling me when I wrote about Enjolras and Abby. They're so cute aren't they?
NO! Enjolras and Abby will NOT end up together! That's sick, why would you even think that? Enjolras MAY shoot policemen and tie spy's up without mercy, but he does NOT rape little kids. Sick sick minds in the fandom sometimes, I'm tellin ya. But hey, I never said anything about AbbyXGavroche did I?
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