At the café, Musichetta, Joly, and Bossuet decided to not tell anyone else about the kiss. They didn't want the news to get out, and they didn't want to face Enjolras's and Grantaire's wrath.
Courfeyrac had come up with another plan to get Enjolras and Éponine together. He smiled and rubbed his hands together. Jehan remarked how he looked like a villain.
"Hey Marius," Éponine said, sitting down next to him. "What's up?"
"Nothing really, just dreaming of Cosette. I got to spend a couple minutes with her. Ah, those were glorious minutes," said Marius, daydreaming.
"Oh," said Éponine.
"Her beautiful hair, like golden silk. Her clear blue eyes, sparkling like water. Pure like water…" Marius continued. Éponine suppressed a snort, she could think of many examples where water was not pure.
"Éponine!" Courfeyrac called out, across the room. Éponine was glad to get away from Marius, she felt as if she was going to puke.
"So, we are having another meeting tonight," Courfeyrac said, "It's at Enjolras's house."
"I'm not really a member—" began Éponine.
"Oh, yes you are," cut in Courfeyrac. "And we need someone like you on our side. Besides, you're our friend."
"Will Marius be there?" asked Éponine, nonchalantly.
Courfeyrac paused. That was a tricky question. Usually Éponine followed Marius around, but now she was starting to become more and more independent. Something he connected with Marius hanging around Cosette.
"Just come," said Courfeyrac.
"I'll drop by," said Éponine.
Courfeyrac grinned, "Excellent."
That night, Éponine went over to Enjolras's house. She knocked on the door, and waited for a little bit until Enjolras opened the door.
"Oh, hi Éponine. What are you doing here?" he asked, confused.
"The meeting?" replied Éponine. Then realization began to dawn on her. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I'll just go—"
"No, no, no, you can stay," said Enjolras, letting Éponine inside. "I'm just working on a speech. You can proofread it."
"Are you sure?" asked Éponine, walking inside. Secretly, she was a little pleased.
"Yes, it's no big deal," said Enjolras, sitting down at his table. Éponine sat down next to him, and looked over his speech.
Éponine was caught up reading his speech. She was lost in the words. "Wow, this is really good," Éponine said, glancing up.
"You think so?" asked Enjolras.
Éponine nodded. They were both facing each other. They paused. There were only inches in between them. They sat there for who knows how long, in a hiatus. The only sound they could hear was each other breathing.
It was Éponine who first broke the pause. She cleared her throat and turned back to the paper. "You need some transitions here and there, and also you go off into unnecessary directions."
Enjolras didn't say anything, he just nodded. They finished revising his paper, and then Éponine got up to leave. Enjolras walked her to the door.
"Thanks for coming," he said.
Éponine just nodded, and gave him a half-smile.
"You're welcome here anytime," Enjolras said.
"Thanks," said Éponine, leaving. Enjolras nodded and watched her walk away until she completely disappeared. He sighed and shut the door.