AN: again i'm really sorry i haven't updated, but here's chapter 5! Hope you all enjoy it!

DISCLAIMER: Obviously i do not own any of these characters, they all belong to Victor Hugo. So all credits belong to him.

Also every special thank you to my friend and writer SashaSnape who read and checked this chapter for me!

A fact for you, in the USA they call this - '.' A period, whereas in the UK (where I live) we call them full stops!

Now, on with the story!

Enjolras stared at her intently, once again trying to think of a way to get her to accept his help. Éponine started to fidget where she stood. Finally she spoke.

"What are you looking at?"

Enjolras looked at the ground and muttered, "Uh, nothing." He cleared his throat with a deep cough before pausing and continuing. "Doesn't matter".

Éponine looked at him quizzically…what on earth was going on in that man's head? "First he barely acknowledges me, then he helps me. He was literally just staring at me, and now he's being distant!" she thought as she sighed. "Fine then," she said, rubbing her aching arms.

They both looked around the room awkwardly with nothing else left to say, until a noisy growl filled the silence. Éponine's face grew red with embarrassment and she quickly turned and tried to scamper out of the room. "Wait!" Enjolras shouted out. Éponine, who was already running through the door, stuck her hands onto the doorframe and swung herself back round to face Enjolras once more. She squeaked out a "yes" before letting more of herself emerge from behind the door.

"Would you like some food?" Enjolras patiently asked, keeping his voice calm and steady. Eponine nodded vigorously, she could feel the hunger inside of her. "I will go and talk to Joly about fixing something up for you," Enjolras said, getting ready to leave the room.

"No!" Éponine shouted "Monsieur, I refuse any special treatment to be made for me"

"Eponine, once again, I am not Monsieur, I am Enjolras. If I am Monsieur, you are Mademoiselle," Enjolras stated simply.

Éponine giggled lightly "Yes, yes, sorry. Enjolras," she corrected.

"Very good, now how about that food?" Enjolras said with a smile overtaking his lips.

Within 15 minutes Joly was moving round the kitchen preparing some food suitable for Éponine. He knew he should get her food that her stomach would be able to take, but also food that would give her energy. He kept it simple as he wasn't the best cook, so prepared some bread, ham and cheese. Whilst he was doing this Enjolras had decided to clean the papers up around the apartment after sitting for a few minutes staring at them. Éponine, however, was sitting staring at the pale walls, her gaze rarely moving. But no one noticed as they cooked and cleaned.

"Here you go, Éponine" said Joly, placing the food in front of her with kind smile. Éponine glanced quickly up at Joly, her eyes widening, she hadn't seen this much fresh food in years. "Thank- thank you" she stuttered. She ripped off a piece of the crisp bread and slowly raised it to her mouth. She licked her chapped lips and placed it in her mouth. Éponine resisted the urge to chew it quickly and stuff the rest in her mouth, so instead she slowly chewed on it.

Before long the plate was clean from the moist ham, the flavoursome cheese, and crumbs from the bread. And for once her stomach was full; she wasn't hungry, she was content. Sighing, she fell back into the chair, closed her eyes and drifted into a blissful, happy sleep.

Enjolras walked over to the table after he had tidied the apartment to his satisfaction. He walked up behind Éponine and noticed that she was slumped down in her chair. He quickly asked her if she felt okay, only to receive silence filling the air. Walking round the table he looked at her face, it was relaxed and happy, her skin looking bright, clean.

Looking closer he could see her chest rising and falling; her pink, full lips were parted slightly as she slept. Her dark eyelashes were fluttering lightly and her matted hair was covering some of her face. But she really was very pretty, nearly beautiful, if she cleaned herself up a bit more, he thought to himself.

Enjolras turned to Joly. "What... Erm... What should I do?" Joly replied, laughing, "Just take her back into my room. I can bet you it's been a very long time since she's had a proper meal, especially as big as that." Enjolras nodded, knowing what Joly had said was true. He gently picked up Éponine from the chair where she was sleeping. In her sleep she wrapped her arms around Enjolras' neck, resting her head on his shoulder.

Enjolras couldn't help think that this, Éponine in his arms, felt right. She fitted perfectly in them.

"No," He thought. "No, you are helping her but you will not get involved with her. You cannot get involved with her. Besides, she loves Marius!" He shook his head trying to remove the thought from it. He walked gently through to Joly's room, taking care that Éponine did not hit anything as they moved through the narrow halls. As they got to Joly's room, Enjolras turned round and used his back to push the door open and step inside, upon doing this he walked to the bed and tried to place Éponine down.

However Éponine seemed reluctant to do so, she only held on tighter as he attempted to ease her grip. "Éponine" he whispered, "Éponine, please let go." Éponine's eyes at once opened and she moaned lightly, "Stay with me, please, just stay." Her eyes were wide and her face had a pained look on it. "Yes I'll stay," he paused. "For you," he added with a smile. Éponine then rested her head down onto the pillow, Enjolras pulled the covers up, and tucked them around.

As he did so, he heard her murmur a quiet "Thank you." Enjolras once again smiled before pulling a wool blanket onto the floor and laying on it. He decided that he would talk to Éponine about her future soon. Slowly he shut his eyes, and felt his body relax. For now he could just enjoy the moment.

AN:Okay so I feel like that was mainly fluff, but I'm quite pleased with this chapter! So let me know if you liked it *hint hint*! Also, I'm updating this on holiday, it's really difficult to do on a phone!

Please review, they really mean a lot, thanks! :)