A/N: I know I said it will be next weekend but I'm doing this today since I just found out I'll be busy this weekend and pretty much all next week. So after this there won't be another update until the weekend after the 4th. Please Read and Review.
Eponine went straight home after lunch and laid herself across her bed and cried. She didn't care if she got in trouble for skipping class and detention, none of that mattered anymore. Enjolras hated her and she didn't even blame him. She was the one who couldn't let Marius go and had accepted his invitation for a date. What was she thinking? He was right. She couldn't date both of them but was it really so wrong to want to? She really wished she hadn't of gotten pregnant. Things were so much less complicated then.
She ended up crying herself to sleep and was woken up by someone shaking her roughly. She actually thought it was Azelma. She had a habit of doing that sometimes when it was time to wake up in the mornings. "Please Zelma just leave me alone!" She cried with her eyes still closed. "Eponine get up right now!" She heard her father's voice say. Just great, she thought. This was the last thing she needed to deal with right now.
"What the hell are you doing here? It's two thirty you are still supposed to be in school," he snapped at her.
"I got sick so I came home." She said sitting up on her bed.
"You wouldn't be sick if you didn't get pregnant you little whore," he spat out at her. She was hurt even though she didn't expect him to say anything better than that. The short time he was nice to her when he thought he could get money from Marius' grandfather was now over and things were now back to normal if not worse. He loved to call her a whore now because of her pregnancy.
"Just leave me alone, okay?" She said trying to stay calm. He slapped her across the face hard. She rubbed her cheek. He did hit her and Azelma every now and then but he hadn't in quite some time so this was coming as a shock to her. "Don't ever talk to me that way again. Do you hear me?" He warned her.
He grabbed her up by her arms and pulled her to him when she didn't answer him. "I said do you hear me?"
"Please don't hurt me. I promise I won't talk back again," she said afraid that he would hit her again and that it will be much worse.
"You better not. It's bad enough that you're pregnant and it's not like it's helping us or anything." He then let her go by pushing her down and she landed on the bed.
"It's not supposed to help you! Why do you always have to be so selfish?" She couldn't help but snap back. He slapped her again. She was sick of being hit. It was getting a bit out of control. She didn't take it from Cosette and she wasn't going to take it from him either. She got up and attempted to hit him in the face but he caught her arm before it made contact. "I should break your damn arm for that, you little bitch!"
"Go ahead and do it! Then when I go to the hospital I'll tell them you did it and then I'll have your ass arrested." She threatened. She was dead serious about it and it must have shown on her face because he let her arm go. "I've had it with you, Eponine. If you think you can raise your hand to me and stay here then you are crazy. Get out of my house!" He spat at her.
"Out?" She asked shocked.
"I think you heard me the first time. Now get the hell out! I'm not playing. Pack your crap and get out!" he screamed at her. When she didn't move, he proceeded to go into her drawer and pull out some of her clothes and throw them at her and yelled for her to get out over and over again. She had no choice but to pack up the small suitcase that she and Azelma shared and put as many things as she could in her backpack. "Don't you come back to this house again you ungrateful brat!" He said as she walked out of the door. He then slammed it behind her. She wondered if her mother would have tolerated it if she was here and she quickly realized that sadly she would have. She walked out of the apartment complex and towards the street. She knew there was a hotel across the street and walked towards it. A nice woman was at the desk and asked if she could help her. Eponine noticed she had manager on her name tag and figured she was just the person who could help her.
"I was hoping I could get a room for the night or maybe for a few nights. I don't have money, ma'am but I'll work here to pay for it if that's what I have to do." She pleaded with her.
"How old are you?" The woman asked her.
"I'm 16, ma'am but I'll work very hard. I've been working since I was 12 years old." She said hoping it would help her out.
"I'd love to help you out, miss but you are a minor and I can't take you in. It's not legal. I'm very sorry. Look if you've runaway from home I think it's best that you just go back. The streets are no place for a pretty young lady. Plus whatever is going on, I'm sure you're parents really love you." She didn't want to tell her that she didn't runaway but she was thrown away and for no real reason and her parents loving her? Well that was a joke!
"Um…may I at least use your phone?" She asked her sadly still hurt about the woman turning her down. The woman led her to the office and left her so she could make her call. She knew the reasonable thing to do would be to call Lauren. She was sure her family would put her up for as long as she needed it but living with Lauren would mean seeing her father every day and she couldn't have that. She decided to call Enjolras instead, she knew he was mad at her but she also knew that he would help her out if she needed it. He didn't answer his phone even after she called him five times. It was as if he knew it was her or something. She hung up and made another phone call. She wasn't sure if she wanted to but it wasn't like she had much of a choice right now. He picked up after the second ring. "Hello Marius? I need your help…"
A/N: Thanks for reading! Like I said there will likely not be an update until the weekend after the 4th. So have a good holiday and I'll see you then!