Chapter 10

Why can't I sleep? I'm wide awake and so confused. She laid there staring at the ceiling flashes of the last few days going through her mind. Enjolras appeared in her thoughts. I need a hero, is it you? She laid there a few minutes longer then she hear Enjolras open the door and close it softly.

"Hey." Eponine managed to get out in a whisper.

"I thought you'd be sleeping."he walks over to where she was lying on the sofa, moved her feet then sits in their place. "It's late."

She gave a sight smile. "I couldn't fall asleep." She hesitated before adding, "I'm very confused."

"About what Ep? What is there to be confused about?" He looked into her deep brown orbs that were filled with passion.

"What you said earlier." She sits up and moves into a better chatting position. "About you not wanting me to get hurt."

"What about it?" He hadn't made any second thought to that statement that he said earlier. He didn't even catch the fact that he said it. So that is what Joly caught and was talking about.

"Well... What did you mean by it?"

"What do you think I meant by it?" He wanted to hear what was going through her mind before he spoke what was going through his.

"What do I think... Hmm lemme do that for a second." She thought for a few minutes, curled up into the couch and chose her words very carefully. "The way the words came out of your mouth... It seemed as though you..."

"Cared about you?" He thought about what Joly said earlier that evening, that these could be the last three days he had alive. "Maybe I do."

he watched her eyes get bigger at the confession that he had just made. "What about Patria?"

"I am still going through with the revolution Eponine. Nothing is going to change that." He smiled at her. "Not even you."

"So that is a yes? You do care?" She stared at him for a few seconds.

"I don't know if I do or not." He stated.

She relaxed a little and pulled closer to him. He stopped right before their lips met then said, "How do you feel about me?"

She pressed her lips to his. She didn't realize how much she had wanted to do it until that moment. Her feelings for him grew more and more the longer the kiss was being held. She brings her head back gasping for air. "What does that tell you?" Was all that she replied.

He couldn't tell wether he actually wanted it or wether he needed it. But once again the distance closed between them once again. This time the kiss more passion filled. They put their whole bodies into the action they stopped before it increased beyond a hungry, passion filled kiss. He pulled back and stood up then said "I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. Are you sure that you want all of this?" He gestured to himself. "I have never actually cared for anyone other than myself. I have been the center of my universe for so long. Well, I didn't add Patria into that equation but you know what I mean."

"Yes. I do."

"He rushed to sit down where he was before and replied, "No. You deserve someone better than me. Better than Marius, he treats you like dirt. I am probably going to die in this revolution. I am willing to die for my country. But now that you're in the equation, I don't want you getting hurt. You deserve to be with someone who isn't going to die within the next three days." He pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. "You need someone else."

She thought about that for a moment. "Well then, we better make this the best two damn days of our lives won't we?" She placed a quick kiss upon his lips which he quickly responded to.

"Yes. These next two nights are going to be the best." He smirked at her before kissing her again. He lifted her off the couch while kissing her and carried her to the bedroom. He laid her on the bed and placed kisses along her jawline then dipping to her collar bone. They removed their clothes quickly as they continued kissing. They only broke apart to breathe and remove something from their body.

Although this was called making love, they weren't completely in love, they weren't in full control of their emotions. They didn't know what they felt for each other. But in that moment he wanted her and she wanted him. That was all that mattered at that moment in time.