A/N Hey everyone! Sorry to keep you waiting again and this time, there's absolutely no reason I didn't update. Anyways, thanks to the people who actually read this and who favorited, followed and reviewed this. And same old things, guys: please favorite, follow and review to tell me what you think! :) Thanks! You guys are seriously the best!
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Eponine's POV
"You three gave our school a bad reputation considering what your parents did just a few moments ago." Madame Fantine started. Gav was shivering beside me and clung to me like a sloth clinging on a tree. "And your parents are now arrested and put into a high-security jail that has no windows, no doors, metal as walls and ceiling and about 50 security cameras all around the room that have people watching all the time. Javert's got it covered and he's going to go to the jail to check on them every day after school so you don't have to worry about that. Now about the robbery-"
"I can explain, Madame. We're really sorry. We didn't want that to happen." 'Zelma quickly interrupted Madame Fantine but she held up a hand to stop 'Zelma from speaking. "Why did you ask them to come, then?" Madame Fantine asked, her eyes piercing through us like needles. "We didn't ask them to come. They came by themselves because they wanted to. We didn't have anything to do with their appearance here." Gav answered. His voice was shaky and small. He didn't use that kind of voice that often so it was pretty new to us. Madame Fantine nodded solemnly and turned to Ms. Bridget and Mr. Valjean. "A word with them about what their parents stole?" Madame Fantine asked them. They nodded and Mr. Valjean started speaking. "You know, Eponine. I really enjoy teaching you and you are one of the most active students in class. I'm not against you or anything about your parents but I feel like it's not fair. I know who Monsieur and Madame Jondrette are because they are the most famous criminals in Paris but how come I never knew they were your parents?"
"I'm sorry, Monsieur. I was just embarrassed to tell everyone the truth. I feel like if everyone knows whose children we are, we'll be criminals, too, and that we won't make any friends. We don't want to be famous in a bad way." I said.
"Does anybody else know? About you being your parents' children?" Ms. Bridget asked, adoring her diamond ring that my parents almost stole. 'Zelma, I and Gav looked at each other. "Courfeyrac." 'Zelma and Gav said together. "Enjolras, Cosette, Musichetta, Joly-" I said as Madame Fantine cut me off. "Les Amis?" She asked. I gulped. How does she know?! Panic rose in me. Nobody in VHHS knows about Les Amis except Mr. Valjean. "Y-Yes..." I answered, cautiously trying not to reveal any more details. Then she smiled. A happy smile that she usually has. Relief washed over me and I felt Gav's grip on my shirt a little less fierce. 'Zelma sighed a little as Madame Fantine opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out at first. "Are you part of it?" Madame Fantine finally spoke. I almost stopped breathing. How should I answer this? Should I lie? "No." I lied. I didn't have to but I just couldn't tell her. "I thought you are. All three of you." She said, still smiling. I started to get scared that she will expel all of us instead of only the three of us. But she's Cosette's mom. Why would she do it? She wouldn't. What if Cosette's betraying me? I didn't know how to answer that question and the thought of Cosette betraying all of us kept coming back to me. She is such a good friend and she wouldn't do that to us. At least I didn't think she would. I almost started crying and I was holding back tears. Madame Fantine, please don't ask me if something's wrong because I'm sure that I'll lose it. "What's wrong, 'Ponine?" Gav asked me. Oh no. I couldn't hold it any longer and broke down crying. I felt the three teachers' eyes on me and 'Zelma kept rubbing my back. "What's wrong, Eponine? Are you alright?" Mr. Valjean asked me. I shook my head. "Eponine, what's going on? Why are you crying?" Madame Fantine asked, reaching a hand to touch my shoulder. "Is Cosette betraying Les Amis?" I asked between sobs. Madame Fantine scratched her brown hair. "What do you mean 'betraying'? She told me all about you guys and she said that you guys are the best friends in the world. She loves being around Les Amis, as far as I know. Why do you think she's betraying you?" Madame Fantine asked. I sniffed and said, "You don't want to expel only the three of us. Since you now know from Cosette that we are a part of Les Amis and we caused trouble in the school, you're expelling them, too, aren't you?" I said.
"Oh, Eponine! How could you even think I'm going to expel you? Of course, I'm not! What would Cosette do without you? She loves having you as her roommate and she tells me all the time how happy she is to be your friend. Expelling you three isn't an option at all!" Madame Fantine said.
"It isn't?" I, 'Zelma and Gav asked at the same time in disbelief. Madame Fantine nodded and laughed a little at our reaction. "It's not like Melanie's case." She said. I wiped a tear from my eyes and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I asked. 'It's not like Melanie's case'? What does she mean by that? "Oh, you haven't heard about that, have you?" She asked. The three of us shook our heads. "Well, I'd better be going, then." Mr. Valjean said as he walked out the door with Ms. Bridget following him. "Okay, back to the story. So she caused the blackout two days ago. Remember that?" Madame Fantine carried on. I gaped at her. "What?! She caused the blackout?!" I asked. Madame Fantine nodded. "Who's Melanie?" Gav asked.
"Questions later, Gav." 'Zelma whispered to him. "So I expelled her because she was lying and accusing other people. Her parents came, talked to her, signed her up for summer school and made her home-schooled. I also learned from Cosette that she was Enjolras' first and only girlfriend so far and it didn't end that well." Madame Fantine continued. I nodded. "They dated for only a night and she was bossing him around. She wasn't really a good girlfriend. She is also known to date 'hotties' and she is known to flirt a lot. And lately, she has been dating Montparnasse." I told her. I was both overwhelmed and happy that she finally got expelled from school and that meant she would not bother anyone anymore. And a popular girl in summer school? I wonder how much screamed at that. "Oh, really? Montparnasse? Javert said that they were kissing in class. Anyway, are you acquainted with Montparnasse?" Madame Fantine asked. I pursed my lips. "He's her ex." 'Zelma answered instead of me. "Oh. That's interesting." Madame Fantine said.
"Madame, could you please expel Montparnasse, too? He's in my dad's robbery group. My dad is the leader of a stupid robbery group that goes everywhere and steals people blind. It's pretty severe, Madame. The group consists of 5 people: My dad, Montparnasse, Brujon, Babet and Clequesous. They are vicious. You wouldn't know they're criminals by just looking at their faces. They act really well, too." I explained. Madame Fantine's eyes were wider than anything. "Is that really true?" She asked, putting a hand over her mouth. I nodded. "And my dad also made me date Montparnasse since we're the same age. I'm really sorry I haven't told you this earlier but everything is true." I said. She nodded and said, "Alright. I'll do something about it. Well, you three can go now. I just needed to talk to you, that's all. I'm not going to pick on you nor expel you. Thank you for the information, though, Eponine. I really appreciate that." Madame Fantine said as we walked out the door. 'Zelma closed the door and turned to me, frowning. "'Ponine! You weren't supposed to say that! It's a secret! Papa will kill us if he finds out!" She whispered. I laughed with Gav for we didn't really fear our dad that much and 'Zelma was the one who followed all the rules. "Papa's never going to find out and neither is Maman. They're in jail, for God's sake, 'Zelma!" I said.
"Let's go back to our rooms. I'm tired and hungry." Gav said as we started walking back to our rooms.
"Who am I staying with today?" Gav asked as we got to my dorm room's front door. Gav either slept in my and 'Sette's room or Enjolras' and Combeferre's room. "You can sleep at Enjolras' room tonight." I said. Gav smiled and nodded. "Bye, 'Ponine! Bye, 'Zelma!" Gav said as he walked next door to Enjolras' and Combeferre's room. "Bye, 'Ponine. I'd better get going." 'Zelma said. I grabbed her by the arm. "Where are you going?" I asked.
"I live with Courfeyrac. Separate beds, for your information. We don't have sex that often." She replied casually. 'that often'?! "So you actually have sex once a week?! Gosh, 'Zelma. But I don't get it. So who's whose roommate again?" I asked. I was totally confused. If 'Zelma lives with Courf then where is Courf's original or previous roommate living in? "So you and Cosette, Enjolras and Combeferre, me and Courfeyrac, Grantaire, Marius and Bossuet, Joly and Musichetta, Jehan and Bahorel." She explained. Now I get it. "Oh, okay. Well, see ya later!" I said and waved as I opened the door to my room. I found 'Sette sitting on the couch, watching TV. I still thought about what I was thinking in Madame Fantine's office. She's way too nice to betray Les Amis. Anyone but Cosette would do that. I took off my shoes and put them back in 'Sette's shoe box. "Oh, you're back." 'Sette said, her head turned to me. I smiled. "I saw the scene. Are you, Azelma and Gavroche alright? Did they hurt you?" She asked, turning her whole body to face me. Gosh! This issue isn't going to drop, is it? I shook me head, walked towards the couch and sat down next to her. "They just stole your dad's wallet and Ms. Bridget's diamond ring. It really wasn't anything. Papa almost killed me, though, but it was nothing. Just a little..." I stopped talking as my hand reached my neck. I let out a sigh of relief when I didn't find blood there. "Yeah, it was nothing." I continued.
"Thank goodness it wasn't because I was worried sick when you told me to run away to my dad. I didn't stop to wonder because I knew if you say something about running away somewhere else, it means danger is ahead so thanks." She said, smiling. So she really does care. It was only four in the afternoon and there was hardly anything interesting to watch on TV so we kept talking. "Should we invite Musichetta and Azelma over? I think they would enjoy our company since it's so boring here." 'Sette said. I nodded as she dialed 'Chetta's number on her phone. I took out my phone and dialed 'Zelma's number. I waited a while... Then I waited some more. There was no answer. I hung up and dialed again. Still no answer. By the time I dialed the third time, 'Sette finished talking to 'Chetta and I still couldn't get to 'Zelma. "Maybe we should go to her room or something? I'm starting to worry." I told her. She nodded as we raced out of our room to 'Zelma and Courf's room. The room across from ours is Musichetta and Joly's and next to our room is Enjolras and Combeferre's. The other side of our room is Jehan and Bahorel's, on one side of Musichetta and Joly's room is Bossuet, Marius and Grantaire's and the other side is 'Zelma and Courf's. We didn't really have to go anywhere far to see each other and I'm glad that my best friend's mom is the principal because Madame Fantine is the person who assigns the rooms and the roommates so Les Amis are one lucky group. I and 'Sette glanced at each other before she knocked on the door. There was no answer to that either. I banged on the door and pressed my ear on it. I almost stopped breathing when I heard kissing from inside the room. Then moans and 'oh's from a girl. After that I heard a boy saying some words like 'oh yeah' or whatever that I couldn't hear clearly. I swear it was the longest kissing sound in the universe. Then some more whispering and more moans that sounded like they wanted more of each other. It was very disturbing and unpleasant. The moans were getting louder and louder. I gulped. Who could they be? "We're at the right door, right?" I asked 'Sette. She nodded. "Well, it's room 322, isn't it?" She asked. I looked up and there it was on a small gold banner: 322. I nodded back at her and leaned my back on the door. "Why? Did you hear something weird?" She asked.
"Does mouth-to-mouth moans count as weird?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. She laughed a little and knocked on the door again. I tried to turn the door knob and it wasn't locked. I opened the door and stepped in. The room was dark and the breeze of air condition welcomed us into the room. It was too dark to see what there was but all I saw was a bed...and people? Yes, there were two people on the bed, one on top of the other, making out. Then it hit me. Oh shit! The key to our room that was in my hand dropped onto the ground as my jaw did the same. 'Zelma and Courf are... But they couldn't be having sex because they fully clothed. Or at least I think I saw them fully clothed. Suddenly, 'Sette crept up beside me and her expression was just the same as mine. "Are they...?" She whispered. I shook my head. "I think they're fully clothed." I replied, equally softly. I heard her sigh of relief. She wasn't exactly the type to watch people having sex and neither was I. "Azelma Thenardier." I blurted out. I flicked the lights on quickly enough to catch her falling off the bed. Courf quickly sat up and pretended nothing happened. He was shirtless with only shorts. Maybe not exactly fully clothed but at least he's wearing shorts. 'Zelma got up from the floor and sat on the bed. She was wearing a tank top and an underwear. "When did you get here?" Courf asked, a little uneasy.
"Soon enough to see you having the thing of yours." I answered. Courf and 'Zelma's expressions turned from 'nothing happened' to 'uh-oh, they saw it'. "Relax, guys. We're just here to get 'Zelma." 'Sette said, making 'Zelma get up from the bed. 'Zelma gave Courf a quick kiss on the lips and went to the bathroom. A few minutes later, she came out, dressed in a T-shirt and shorts. She waved to Courf as she followed us out the door. I opened the door to my and 'Sette's room and found 'Chetta on the couch, watching TV. "Oh, hi." She said, waving.
"Hi." I, 'Zelma and 'Sette said in unison as we walked over to the couch to join her. She was watching a shopping spree documentary. "What do you want to watch?" I asked my other three friends.
"A romantic movie! Please!" 'Zelma pleaded.
"Why don't we try 'The Notebook'?" 'Chetta suggested. All of us nodded and I went to our movie shelf. I started looking for 'The Notebook' and it gave me a hard time because we have so many movies on that shelf. When I finally found it, I put it in the DVD player and went back to sit down on the couch between 'Sette and 'Chetta. Then I saw something on 'Zelma's collarbone. It looked like a bruise but how come I've never seen it there. Papa never beat her up before so why would she have a bruise? And the bruise looked like she just got it a few hours ago and it couldn't have been Papa or Maman because they were gone since this morning.I was the one who got beaten up by my own parents not her. Then the scene appeared in my mind. Wait, is that a...hickey? Curiosity soon overtook me. "'Zelma, what's that on your collarbone?" I asked as both 'Sette and 'Chetta turned to 'Zelma's direction. "Nothing you have to worry about." She replied.
"You've kept enough secrets from me, 'Zelma. Just tell me because I'm your sister." She sighed and sank down further in the couch. "I don't really want to say it because I think you know what it is." She said as 'Sette and 'Chetta gasped. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" 'Chetta asked.
"I think I am, B2." 'Sette replied to 'Chetta, mimicking Bananas in pajamas. We laughed before turning our attention back to 'Zelma. "Is it a hickey?" I asked quickly. She nodded. "Courf gave it to you, didn't he?" 'Chetta suspected. 'Zelma nodded once more. "You see, I'm so damn embarrassed so please don't tell anyone. Is that okay?" She said and the three of us nodded. We watched about 8 more movies after that and it was midnight when we finished the 8th one. I was already sleeping on 'Sette's shoulder and 'Sette was snoring a little while 'Chetta kept watching movies and 'Zelma was sleeping on the floor. We had a great night and we were full as pigs. We ate chips and the cookies that 'Chetta baked. They were chocolate chip cookies and they were really good. We also ordered Krispy Kreme doughnuts and some pizza. I was more than happy that my parents were in jail and that they wouldn't be seen around anymore, robbing from people and hurting me and my siblings. It was a miracle for both the 'my parents' case and Madame Fantine expelling Melanie. Could this get any better?
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