A/N; Super Bowl Sunday everyone! Though much like Eponine I could really care less...i'm not a football fan
Did anyone ever notice that in One Day More Enjolras comes in right after Eponine and they sing the SAME THING! Its the exact same tune and they are right next to each other. I know they never talk in the musical but come on! I see that as a sign (Plus in many editions Eponine stands right next to him as they march! Honestly how could neither of them see the other there!?)
Oh and you know who was a hot Enjolras? Daniel Digs...he was Enjolras in the Marid Cast of Les Miz, he was amazing, as was the Eponine in that cast! Oh my she did amazing as Eponine, she took a tougher side when she played her but it was amazing nonetheless, she is the Eponine persona i now base personality off of (though Samantha Barks is still my fave) if you ever get a chance type in Sale el Sol on Youtube, even if you dont speak Spanish the song is amazing as is the acting :D (you will love it, i promise!)
Enjolras: Can we just get on with the story, i doubt many of these readers will have seen the people you are talking about
Me: Stop telling me what to do!
Eponine: He has a point
Me: Oh sure side with him...I brought you here to help me break him not encourage him
Eponine: Oh whatever
Please review everyone :D
Eponine sat in the giant armchair in the café once again, her mind wondering around aimlessly as she gazed out the window into the rainy afternoon. Her journal was spread across her lap and she aimlessly tapped her pen against the rim of it. The day before she had ran into a boy at the café, when he grabbed her elbow at first she had half a mind to knee him in the stomach but there was something about his charisma that just made her melt. She still held on feelings for Marius but she also couldn't help but think about how cute that boy was.
Oh stop it 'Ponine! What's wrong with you? You are starting to sound like Cosette.
With that she turned her attention back to her journal and began writing away. She was sitting in the armchair waiting for Enjolras; apparently speech had been canceled for some reason and he thought it would be a good idea to tutor Eponine instead. They both decided to move the session to the café as it was a more comfortable setting and Eponine could get to work as soon as it was over.
When he first asked Eponine if she was available for a tutoring session she was a little suspicious but seeing as it was Friday afternoon and she had nothing better to do she went along with it, especially since Azelma went out with a bunch of friends and her father decided to go buy a six-pack. She was still writing away in her journal when someone sat down in the couch next to the armchair and placed a cup in the little table between them.
She looked up from the white pages of her journal to see Enjolras lying back on the couch.
"Is that for me?" she asked, motioning to the drink he had set down.
"Who else could it be for?"
"I don't know your imaginary friend?"
"Very funny"
"I try." She said as she took a sip from the cup, "Hot chocolate…you remembered!"
"Of course I did, not every day you find out that the waitress at the coffee shop hates coffee."
"Shhhh, lower your voice. Don't want the boss to know, and I never said I hated it, I just said I didn't like it."
"Same different"
"It's very different Enjy."
"Moving on, let's get to studying."
"Fine by me," she shrugged as she got up and moved to a small table with two chairs. She sat down and rubbed her face as it wiping the sleep off of it. Enjolras let out a little laugh as he saw her face when he sat down next to her. "What's so funny?"
"Eponine, you got a little something on your face."
"Huh?"
He chuckled again before taking out his iPhone and switching to the front facing camera so she could see. Eponine let out a little gasp as she looked into the screen, there were ink markings all over her face were she had rubbed it. She then looked down at her hands and saw that they had ink stains too. It was then that she noticed the pen in her hand had broken and left a bit of a mess on her hands.
"Oh wow," she muttered, "I better go clean this off. I'll be right back."
With that she dropped her journal down on the table and sped off to the bathroom to wash the ink off of herself. She was gone for a few minutes but when she returned she was mostly ink free. She slid in next to Enjolras and cracked open her textbook and notebook.
"So one subject you need to raise your grade in is English right?"
"Yes." Eponine answered as she organized her things.
"That's surprising considering you have some real talent."
"What?" she asked, completely confused by his statement
He smugly held up her journal and her facial expression changed from confusion to anger. She lunged to snatch the journal back from his grasp but he pulled back just in time.
"Give me that!" she hissed, "It's mine."
"Well you left it in plain view, so fair game."
"I do not need to be lectured on laws counselor," She mocked, "but just because the journal was in plain sight does not mean that you could open it and go through it. The pages and writing on them themselves are not in plain sight."
"You seem to know a lot about laws and legal procedures."
"I watch a lot of Law and Order." She shot back
"I can tell, that aside I mean what I said."
"About what?"
"About your writing Eponine, you're a very talented writer."
Her eyes narrowed at him.
"Don't believe me?"
"Not really, name one entry in there that's any good."
Enjolras sighed but in a second he flipped through the pages till he finally came to the poem that struck out to him the most. In actuality when Eponine scurried off her journal fell on the floor and his only intention was to pick it up, but it was open to a page and his eyes glanced over the entry as he did so; that in mind he read over the entry and was astounded by it. He had no idea Eponine was capable of writing something like that. Out of curiosity he looked over some other entries and poems, but none compared to the first one he saw.
"Here, this one is amazing."
Eponine rolled her eyes once more as she took the journal in her hands but as soon as she read the page and saw which entry it was her heart dropped. The poem Enjolras opened to was the one she labeled as On My Own.
She read over it carefully, though she knew fully well what she wrote.
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone/I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me
In the rain/The pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight/And all I see is him and me forever and forever…...
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind/ Still I say there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over/ He is gone/ The river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
The world is full of happiness that I have never known!
I love him….I love him…I love him
But only on my own
"I really don't appreciate you reading this without asking me," She mumbled shamefully, "No one was supposed to see this."
"'Ponine this is nothing to be ashamed of, your poem is amazing."
"It's nice of you to say that-"
"I mean that, you have a real knack for this."
"Thank you." She responded timidly as her teeth scraped over her bottom lip.
"Why don't you pursue this?"
She looked at him as if the answer as obvious, "Writing is a nice habit but at the end of the day it won't help me put food on the table."
"It can if you find the right field."
Eponine opened her mouth to say something witty when Marius bursted into the room and ran over toward her.
"'Ponine thank goodness I found you, I need to talk to you."
"Really now?" she asked sarcastically
"Yes, you see-"
"You have another letter," she interrupted, "and you want me to give it to Cosette." Her tone was bitter with a slight touch of venom but Marius was completely oblivious.
"You know me so well." He cheered as he took out a letter and placed it in her palm, "I honestly couldn't ask for a better best friend." He pulled her into a tight embrace and Eponine felt her heart soar but it was only for a moment as he quickly broke away and left, quickly shouting thanks at her again over his shoulder as he left.
Eponine stood there for a minute without budging an inch, one hand held the letter and the other at her side. Her hand was rolled up in a fist that so was tight her nails dug into her palm. She just stared down at the letter with Cosette's name written across the top. Her heart ache even more than usual, Marius didn't even wait for her to respond, he just assumed she would do it, and he didn't even ask her how she was or even talk to her for more than a second. All he cared about was getting that stupid letter to Cosette, Eponine felt degraded, like she was nothing more than a messenger in his mind. As she walked back to the table she could feel the weight of two anchors on her feet with every step. When she sat back down her face went straight down to her books and she didn't notice Enjolras' expression, it was one of apprehension and irritation.
"You really meant what you wrote didn't you?"
No words escaped Eponine mouth but she did nod her head in response.
"Why do you do it Eponine?" His tone was made up of both anger and sympathy.
She remained silent for a moment before going on, "Because he asks me to."
"I honestly don't get it. You like the guy, completely devoted to him, and yet you are helping him get together with another girl? Where is the logic in that?!"
"It's not logics Enjolras."
"Well obviously." He responded, very annoyed with the whole thing, "I would love to hear your reasoning behind this."
Eponine's eyes flicked up to him, "I love him and I would do anything for him. Being with Cosette makes him happy and-"
"But you are miserable!"
"Why do you care?" Her anger was reaching its boiling point, "Marius is my closest friend and I can't bare so see him upset."
Enjolras gave her a hesitant smile, "He is an idiot for falling for someone else when he already has someone like you. I just wish you didn't allow yourself to get hurt like this."
Her gaze soften a bit, "When you care for someone like this you would do anything for them. So long as she needs me I'll be there."
"And what happens when he doesn't need you anymore?"
"Then I'll be on my own again, it's bittersweet really."
"I'm not following."
"It hurts to see him fall for Cosette but it hurts more that I have to be the one in the middle. Once they get their senses and actually talk to each other I won't have to be the middle man anymore…."
"You can be left alone and move on." He finished, understanding her point.
She nodded, "His world will go on turning without me, but it at least it will be a world full of happiness. That's all I can ask for."
Enjolras sat there for a moment, not really knowing what to do. He could tell Eponine was upset but he had absolutly no knowledge in how to comfort her, or anyone for that matter. So instead simply he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and rubbed her arm."You deserve more."
She gave him a genuine half-smile, "Thank you."
They saw like like for another moment before Eponine shrugged off his arm and turned back to the school work in front of her, she didn't like dwelling on things, it didn't help anything and in the end in only produced more pain.
"So lession 5.3 right?"
Enjolras was confused by her at first but caught on quickly, he felt bad for Eponine, and pissed at Marius for hurting her like that even if it was unintentional, but he admired her for her strength. Without another word he starting tutoring her again and tried to avoid all mention of Marius and Cosette.
Eponine found, however, that she couldn't let it go as easily as she wanted. She tried to focus her attention on her school work but the lingering thoughts of Marius and Cosette kept haunting her. The letter in her pocket weighted a ton and it burned her skin.
"Eponine are you alright?"
"Excuse me?" she asked, coming back to reality
"You seem very distracted."
"Sorry..."
"It's alright...Eponine you can't keep doing this. Don't you see what it's doing to you?"
Eponin pressed her lips together and nodded, "Yeah I realize that...and your right."
"I am?" He asked, surprized and pleased with himself
"Yes, I can't keep delivering the letters. It gives me false hope and each letter feels like a knife to my heart."
"Well I am glad you are coming to your-"
"I have to bring them together."
Enjolras looked at her as if she was crazy, "You lost me."
"I'm going to make them meet."
A/N: So my I was wearing my hat the other day and when my friend mentioned that it look like a Les Miz hat i told him it was an Eponine hat, he replied with "Well that's a bit of a stretch...then again you do look like an Eponine, you have the right hair and complextion"
Fair to saw I was very happy! Oh and me and another guy i know started talking about the movie and we realized something...during Empty Chairs at Empty Tables there was only ONE TABLE! I took out my phone to prove him wrong (i have a picture of that scene) only to see he was right...he still thought i was crazy tho
Joly; I really feel like i may have to examine her one day...but i dont want to catch whatever she has, her con-Tammy-nation is spreading quickly.
Enjolras: I think that's impossible Joly as he problem isnt one that can be solved by medicine
Joly: So you think she is just crazy?
Enjolras: Yea pretty much
Me (glaring at Enjy): You better watch yourself or in the next chapter I'm gonna force you to listen to Its A Small World for two hours non-stop
Enjolras: You wouldn't!
Me (glaring at him): Try me!