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The first thing Eponine saw when she woke up was somebody's butt. "What the heck?" she muttered. She slowly stood up and realized that she had been lying on the floor along with… Enjolras?

Dayummm… she realized. You have a nice butt…

She checked the time, 9:30 AM. It was December 16, and it was Christmas Break. Suddenly, a phone on the table buzzed. Enjolras's, she supposed. She picked it up. It said:

New Text: From: R

To: Enjolras

Hey Gregory! U comin to my party tonight?

Eponine smiled for a moment. Gregory… she mused. Then, she began to type.

New Text: From: Enjolras

To: R

This is actually Eponine here. Is this Grantaire? Anyway, Enjolras's still asleep.

She took the phone and went into the kitchen. He probably had lots of food… All she had in her shed was Ramen noodles for the past month and she had been rationing herself to a quarter of a cup every meal. She needed to save it. But now she was living with Enjolras, who OHMYGODRASPBERRIES! Eponine had opened the fridge, and to her great delight, saw two boxes of the red berries sitting on a shelf. The box of raspberries that Enjolras had bought her had been eaten in the first hour. But now there were more. Eponine grabbed a box off the shelf along with some eggs, sausage, and butter. She heated up the skillet and cracked some eggs. Once they were cooking, she began stuffing raspberries in her mouth.

That was when Enjolras walked in. Her mouth was completely full of raspberries and she had his phone in one hand. He stared at her for a moment. She saw the stern look on his face, but then he did something she did not expect: he burst out laughing. She took the opportunity to swallow all the berries and gently set his phone down on the table. "Hungry much?" he asked.

"Yeah, there wasn't too much food in the shed. I've been rationing it to one fourth of a cup of ramen noodles every meal. His eyes grew wide. "You will have as much to eat as you need, 'Ponine," he declared, one arm stretched sky-high. "You're going into proclaiming mode again. You really don't have a group for like, revolutions or something?"

His eyes grew misty. "I did, once. But that was a time past. Who's texting you?" he asked. She looked over; his phone buzzed. She grinned unabashedly. "It's Grantaire, I think. And he's texting you, Gregory." He just looked at her coldly. "Oops?"

"WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT NAME?" he shouted. "Um, Grantaire? He's probably drunk, you know," she supplied.

"Gregory is of a time past just as my revolutions group was." he said quietly.

"Uh, okay. Grantaire wants to know if you're going to come to his Christmas party tonight." Eponine said.

"Tell him that of course I am," he said. Eponine grew confused. "Why don't you just tell him yourself?" He sighed. "I don't really want to deal with drunken Grantaire this morning." Eponine shrugged and picked up his phone again.

New Text: From: Enjolras

To: R

Enjy's awake now and he says that of course he'll come.

Once that was sent, Eponine made some toast. "Want some?" she asked, holding out the buttered toast to him. He took it with a mumbled thanks and bit into it while she served the eggs. Enjolras's phone buzzed and Eponine picked it up.

New Text: From: R

To: Enjolras

SAWEET! You should come too, Ponine, we all love you.

Eponine blushed despite herself. "What are you looking at?" came Enjolras's muffled question through a mouthful of sausage.

"Grantaire was just saying that he wants me at the party because you all love me!" She grinned widely and he laughed. "You seriously didn't know that we love you? You're like our sister! I mean, all of us adore you. Marius does, Jehan does, Grantaire does, Couferyac does, we all do!"

Eponine blushed deep red. "Seriously? I thought that I was a loner!" Now it was Enjolras's turn to laugh. "You are everything but, I promise. But on more serious terms, do you have any more clothes then that ratty t-shirt and my jacket?"

"Not really." She shrugged, showing her bony shoulders. "Then we have a task ahead of us."

An hour later, Eponine was stuffed, a good and unfamiliar feeling, and clean, as Enjolras had let her take a shower and wash out her tangled locks. Now, she and Enjolras were walking down the street to go buy clothes, with a light snow falling around them. Eponine was about to walk into the nearest clothing store, but Enjolras pulled her back and directed her toward another, obviously expensive, store. She gasped. "You're taking me… here?"

She saw the hint of a grin on Enjolras's stoic face and without another word, continued toward the door. And inside, she gasped at the beautiful women's clothing. She immediately picked up a pair of bright red skinny jeans and judged the size. Soon, she was in the dressing rooms, with a large pile of clothes to try on.

"Ponine," came Enjolras's voice from outside. "Yeah?" she replied. "Come out and show me." Eponine nodded, then laughed at herself, realizing that Enjolras couldn't see it. She pulled on the red jeans, a black-and-white striped tee, and slid a pair of knee-high black leather boots over the jeans. Lastly, she slipped into Enjolras's dear red jacket and opened the door so he could see her. He stood for a moment, and gave a curt nod, almost of dismissal. Hurt, she retreated back into the dressing room to try on the rest of the clothes, not showing him any more.

As Enjolras paid for the clothes, the kind cashier took the tags off and told Eponine that she could put on some of the new clothes, instead of her ratty t-shirt. So again Eponine went to the dressing rooms, putting on the red jeans and the striped shirt with the boots, as it was her favorite. As she buttoned the jacket up a bit, she heard a familiar voice talking to Enjolras outside. Joly, she realized after she tried to place whose voice it was.

Ready, she opened the door and stepped outside, and tried to keep the heat from rising to her cheeks as Joly gaped. "Ponine," he managed to get out. "You're so different, you're… beautiful!" She smiled at him and looked at Enjolras, who again, gave that stiff nod she was beginning to loathe.

"Ready?" she asked. "Of course, Eponine," he replied, and she walked ahead of them to the door, as Enjolras was talking to Joly. She could tell that the hypochondriac was trying to whisper, but was doing a very bad job. She caught snippets of the conversation.

"What was that, Enjolras?" she heard Joly say.

"I looked her over and it met with approval. I was showing that."

"Good god, man, you could have at least told her she looked nice."

"I showed her that I liked what she was wearing, Joly."

She heard Joly sigh loudly. "You have no idea how to treat woman, and yet so many of them are pining after you."

"I have no intent to. I wish to die a bachelor. And who are these women that are wanting after me?"

She listened intently. She knew that many girls had a crush on Enjolras, but she was still curious all the same. After all, she was a Thenardier, and Thenardiers were born to eavesdrop… sadly.

"Well," she heard Joly say. "Your friend Eponine is a clear example. I've seen the way she looks at you." This made Eponine stop in her tracks, and was rewarded by some cursing as Enjolras walked into her. "Why'dcha stop, Ponine?" he asked. She looked up and saw a red light at the crosswalk. "Red light," she said stiffly. "Really monsieur, you aught to have been paying attention." Then, the light turned green and she walked on, not waiting for a response.

She was infuriated. To have Enjolras ignore her and then to have Joly say she liked him? Gods be good…

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