A/N Hello! This chapter is a bit longer-ish but anyways, hope you like it!Oh, and as always, reviews are always appreciated :)

P.S I changed the title but I basically only capitalized it.

DISCLAIMER: I still don't...

Enjolras' POV

It's been one week since I last talked to Ep. She's been avoiding me ever since we finished our History project. She didn't talk to me; she didn't sit next to me or across from me at lunch, she didn't ask any questions at all. Anyway, today was the dance and I had to go because 'Ferre said so. I tried calling Ep but she didn't pick up the phone so I called Courf. "Hi, Enj!" he greeted. "Hey. What time are you going to be there?"

"At about 5 o'clock. Are you going?"

"Yeah, I am. Oh, and at what time does it start?"

"I think it starts at 6 or something. Well, I'm going there early so I could go and get as much ladies as possible." He snickered.

"What the hell? I thought you're dating Azelma! Anyway, see you there!"

"I still am and bye!" I hung up and started getting dressed.

Eponine's POV

I arrived at the gym, dressed in the blue cocktail dress that Cosette let me borrow and my black pumps. 'Sette decided to give me the dress so I can actually say that it's mine. I walked into the gym with 'Sette and 'Chetta. 'Sette was wearing a pink knee-length dress and 'Chetta was wearing a dress similar to 'Sette's but 'Chetta's was green. As we scanned the gym full of people, we saw Joly and Marius standing near the huge punch bowl in the corner. The three of us waved to them and hurried over where they were. "Hey Cosette. Hi Ep and hi 'Chetta." Marius greeted with a smile. "Hi." Me, 'Sette and 'Chetta replied in unison. We waited for the other guys to arrive and by the time they did, the teachers were announcing Homecoming queen. What they did was have people in the school vote for their favorite female person so almost every girl has a chance of being Homecoming queen. Everyone gathered in front of the stage as the chattering lowered. "Good evening, students and teachers. As all of you know, we are going to announce our Homecoming queen and she gets to choose her king for the night. Tonight, we have 3 places for homecoming queen so the one who gets first place gets to choose her king. And 3rd place goes to…Melanie Beaumont!" Madame Fantine, our principal and Cosette's mom, announced. 'Chetta elbowed me in the arm and smirked. "She's going to be as jealous as hell!" she whispered. I smiled in satisfaction as Melanie, with an enormous frown plastered on her face, slowly climbed up the stairs and onto the stage. "And 2nd place goes to…Musichetta Fremont!" I turned to 'Chetta and saw her staring blankly at the stage so I nudged her on the hand. "Didn't you hear Madame Fantine? Get up there!" I said, pushing her towards the stage. I watched as 'Chetta, slowly and looking astonished, climbed up the stairs onto the stage to receive her crown. "And first place goes to…Eponine Thenardier!" My jaw dropped and I stood still as a statue. Cosette enveloped me into her arms and squealed. "Congratulations!" she screamed right in my ear. I quickly ran up the stage to receive my crown and Madame Fantine shook my hand. Then, she hugged me. "Congratulations, Eponine. Just to let you know, your friends helped with this." She whispered and sent me a smile as she handed me a microphone. I sent her a confused gaze and she mouthed, "Speech." I stood near the edge of the stage, with my knees shaking and my palms sweaty. I didn't know what to say about this. Then, I thought about Madame Fantine's words. Just to let you know, your friends helped with this. I slowly raised the microphone to my mouth and started speaking. "Hi, everyone. Umm…I've never been a Homecoming queen before. I've never thought of being one either. I've always thought that I'm invisible to everyone. But my friends proved to me that I exist, even in other people's eyes. For a long time, I didn't believe them. I still thought that no-one knows who I am and no-one cares about me. But, then again, my friends supported me whenever I needed them and never left me alone with my troubles. All I'm trying to say is that, I'm really glad I have the friends I have and I will never regret getting to know them. I would like to thank you, Cosette; you always made me happy when I'm around you. And you, Musichetta; you are the best friend anyone could ever have. And Les Amis; you all helped even when I said that you didn't need to. So, thank you." I smiled before handing the microphone to Madame Fantine but I froze when I heard heavy footsteps stomping towards me.

Melanie's POV

That bitch, Eponine, didn't deserve to take my place as Homecoming queen. I've always been Homecoming queen since I started high school. I couldn't BELIEVE that she took MY place! I stomped towards her on the stage. I grabbed her by her long brown hair and yanked it hard. She shrieked and turned to face me as she put a hand on her head. "THAT HURT! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" she screamed. I chuckled sarcastically and rubbed her shoulder as she slapped my hand. I screamed and shouted, "YOU BITCH! YOU TOOK MY PLACE AS HOMECOMING QUEEN! YOU DON'T FUCKING DESERVE IT!" My hand went flying across her face. She started panting heavily as she touched her reddened cheek. "WHAT THE FUCK? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!"

"OH, YES YOU DID! YOU TOOK AWAY MY BOYFRIEND! HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE YOU, WHORE! YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED SELLING YOURSELF TO ENJY!" I shouted as tension was rising. "HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND! YOU WERE THE SHITTY ONE WHO TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME AND HIS FRIENDS, YOU SLUT!" Then, she slapped me. I didn't know until then that she had so much strength. I could've sworn that it would sting for hours. I pushed her down to the ground and grabbed her wrists harshly. I glanced over to the crowd that was chanting, "Fight. Fight. Fight." I looked to the other side of the gym, where Eponine's friends were standing. I saw the worry on each of their faces but the thing was, I didn't see Enjolras there. Then, that other bitch, Musichetta, grabbed me by the arms and tightened her grip, making me weaker at grabbing Eponine's wrists. "FUCK. OFF. BITCH." Musichetta said, letting go of my arms. I stormed off with Juliette and Adrienne just the same way I stormed off at the cafeteria after the fight with Enjy. Why do bitches get the good stuff and angels get all the shit they don't deserve?

Eponine's POV

My cheek started to sting as if a bee had stung it and my head hurt as if I was having a migraine and it felt like she had actually ripped some of my hair off. 'Chetta helped me up to my feet and I mumbled a "thanks" to her. I turned around and found Madame Fantine with horror spread across her facial expression. She was shaking but at the same time, standing firmly. I smiled at her and said, "I'm fine. I'm not hurt at all." Then, silence took over the atmosphere of the gym and it made me nervous. I walked over to Madame Fantine and took the microphone from her hands. "You said that first place chooses her king?" I asked. Madame Fantine nodded slowly at first but snatched the microphone from me and said, "Now, the moment you might have all been waiting for…Homecoming king selection!" she announced and the crowd started cheering. I didn't really know anyone who I'd choose because, one, Marius was taken and I hardly like him anymore and two, nobody else is interesting. As I was trying really hard to answer, Enjolras came stumbling into the gym rather quietly and froze when he saw me on stage. "Enjolras?" I blurted out into the microphone. Madame Fantine took the microphone and said, "Enjolras it is!" The crowd started cheering loudly and I shook my head rapidly. "No! That's not what I meant!" I said but the crowd was too loud for Madame Fantine to hear me. Then a couple of teachers dragged Enjolras onto the stage. "What the heck is going on?" I heard him say under the cheering crowd. Then the teachers put a crown on his head and signaled the DJ to turn on some slow songs as the lights turned from warm colors to cool colors. I finally got the message. Great, I had to dance with the last person I wanted to slow-dance with. I hadn't talked to him for, like, a week and I had to actually slow-dance with him in the first time we met in the week. I slowly and reluctantly made my way to Enjolras. He smiled and offered me a hand. I laughed softly and took the hand. We stood in the middle of the gym with 'Chetta and Joly already dancing away in each other's embrace. I shifted awkwardly in the spot since I didn't know how to dance. As soon as he caught the action, he put both of my hands on his neck and put his own hands on my waist. We danced for a while in an awkward silence until he suddenly said, "I miss you, Ep. And I'm being honest." I smiled up at him. "Well, I miss you, too. Considering we haven't been…interacting so much for the past few days so, not a question that we miss each other." I replied. He pulled me closer to him. "Uh…Enj?" Before I knew it, my lips met his and I was lost in my thoughts. I almost made a sound at how warm his lips were since I never kissed them before but I didn't. I just kissed him back and let myself deepen the kiss even more. My hands led themselves to the back of his head as his hands led themselves to my back. I got completely lost in thought and I had no idea what I was doing. As soon as I realized that I was kissing Enjolras, I pulled back. It ended as quickly as it started and my feet were glued to the ground. "I'm sorry, Enjolras. I just can't." I ran off as quickly as my feet took me. "Wait! Wait, Ep! I'm sorry!" I heard him shout after me but I was gone in a blink of an eye. I got to the door of my dorm room and saw a familiar blonde-haired figure standing in front of it. Gavroche. "What are you doing here?" I asked him, wiping the few tears away from my eyes and pretending that I was just rubbing them because I was sleepy. Gav, however, caught on quickly enough to know that there was something wrong with me. "'Ponine, don't lie. I know that you're crying." He looked at me in concern as I shrugged the topic off. "You didn't answer my question. Why are you here?"

"Well, I called you when you were dressing up for the dance to say that I couldn't do my homework by myself so you told me to come over. I waited because I don't have the key so…yeah, I waited."

"Oh, right. Now I remember. Sorry for the wait, though." I said as I got the key out of my bag and unlocked the door. The dorm I share with Cosette is pretty small for us both because Cosette has a lot of stuff and so do I but overall, it isn't all that bad. I let Gavroche into the room and closed the door behind me. I turned around and saw him jumping on my bed. He messed up my blue bed sheets and my blue pillow but I didn't really care. Cosette would've if he messed up her pink bed sheets and her pink pillow but she wasn't there at that moment. I went to change in the bathroom into my red and black polka dot pajamas Enjolras bought me on my birthday last year. "Gav! You said you wanted me to help with your homework! Stop jumping on my bed!" I said as I came out of the bathroom. He stopped, climbed down from the bed and sat on the carpet. He threw his backpack on my bed as I sat down next to him on the floor. "So I can't do my math homework." He said, taking out a bunch of papers. Shit. I was never good at math since I was born. The only 'math' I've ever done was helping my dad count the money he stole from strangers when I was little. I didn't want to give Gavroche the wrong answers just so he could get yelled at by his teacher. "Look, Gav. I'm not good at math. You should ask…'Ferre. Maybe he knows. Or maybe Joly but I'm not one of the choices."

"Okay. I was going to ask you a question, 'Ponine. Why were you crying?" He asked, putting his papers back in his backpack. "I…uh… It's nothing."

"No point of lying, 'Ponine." Ugh! Why do I have such a clever brother? Sometimes, honestly, I wish I just didn't. "Well, I got into a fight with my friend." I said matter-of-factly. Then, there he went again with the 'You're lying again, 'Ponine' look. "Oh, fine! I kissed someone." His eyes widened immediately. Before I could answer, I heard a knock on the door. "It's me, Ep." The voice, which I recognized as Cosette's, said. "Come in." I said as she opened the door, revealing her, Musichetta and Azelma standing there. "Are you alright? We were worried about you. About Malaria…erm…Melanie pulling your hair." Musichetta said. "I'm fine. I really am. You know, you could've just stayed there. You didn't have to do this." I said. Cosette hugged me and whispered, "We're worried, Ep. We're your best friends and best friends look out for each other." I smiled and returned the hug. As she let go, she said, "We saw that." I was really confused. "What? What do you mean?"

"Well, you were kissing Enjolras!" Azelma squealed. Oh God. Azelma knows?! If Azelma knows, the whole world knows! "Ha! I knew it! Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" Gavroche said triumphantly. I turned crimson and shook my head. "I did not!"

"Relax, Ep. I kissed Joly when we were dancing. That's not weird." Musichetta said. Cosette nodded and said, "Yeah and I kissed Marius."

"And I kissed Courfeyrac. There's nothing to be worried about. Kissing is nice, I must admit." Azelma said, agreeing with 'Sette and 'Chetta. "Hey, what's with the red cheek?" Gavroche asked, touching my cheek. I winced in pain. "It's just…someone slapped me." Gavroche pulled his hand away from my cheek and hugged me. "Whoever did this to you shall die immediately." He said quietly. I patted his back as I laughed. "You're starting to sound like Bahorel. Anyway, do you girls want to have a sleepover?" I asked 'Chetta, 'Sette and 'Zelma. They nodded. "That's great! Are the boys back in their dorms?" I asked them once more.

"I don't know but Joly, Courf and Marius are." 'Sette said.

"Okay. I'll drop Gav there and I'll be back." I said as I grabbed Gavroche by the hand and ran out the door. When we got to Joly's dorm room, he was examining Grantaire. They were roommates so I guess the only way Grantaire could get out of Joly's 'medical examination session' is to move out but he never did. "Hi, guys. Would you mind taking care of Gavroche for tonight?"

"I'd love to but I've got a lot of homework and Grantaire to deal with. I'm really sorry, Ep." Joly said, taking a break from the examination. "Oh, that's fine. I was just asking. Thanks anyway." I said as we hurried out the door. It appeared that no one else was available so the only room we haven't gone to was Enjolras and Combeferre's. I knocked on the door expecting 'Ferre to answer but the problem was, it wasn't 'Ferre. It was the last person I wanted to see. Enjolras. "Hi. I was wondering if you could take care of Gav for me. It's only for tonight." I said quickly. "Sure. I don't have much homework and neither does 'Ferre so we'll take him." He said with a smile. Damn. He looked so cute when he was smiling. Wait, what? No he does not! On second thought, yes he does! NO! I got into a mental fight with myself until Gavroche snapped his fingers in front of my face. "Wh-What? What were you saying?" I asked, clearly lost. "I said 'bye'. See you tomorrow morning!"

"Bye!" I said as Enjolras closed the door behind him. I went back to my dorm room only realizing that it was already 10 at night. I opened the door of my room and found 'Sette, 'Chetta and 'Zelma dancing to some songs and being crazy. I frowned at the sight. I turned the music down, causing the three to groan. "What are you three doing…without me?" I asked as I turned the music back up and joined them in for dancing. We had some chips in our small kitchen so we brought them out and started having a mini party between the four of us. It was really fun and we didn't sleep for the whole night.