Three's a crowd (COMPLETE )

Drowning is like falling

Enjorlas POV

By the time I woke up, eponine was already half under water.  The water seemed to be flooding in from a reservoir from the river.  Eponine cut me free but she couldn't keep herself up for much longer.  I attempted to hold  her up but it was like she'd had weights attached to her.  She reached up and her lips grazed mine, for one fleeting second,  and we were in heaven.

But then she let go and she was floating away from me fast.  My hands fumbled for her waist,  anything that would bring her back to me. But my hands didn't collide  with anything.  I was frantic,  my heart was beating so fast and bile rose up to my throat.  I had to get her back.  "EPONINE!!! "

I knew I had to stay strong but every moment I wasted meant she was closer and closer to death.  I dived under but it was near impossible for me to see anything.  Suddenly one of my hands managed to grasp at something I pulled up with all the strength I had.  When I surfaced I caught hold of the thing that it was attached to.  It was Eponine!!  But I feared she was already gone,  for her chapped lips were unnaturally blue and her face a deathly white.  We had to get out. 

I looked for any method of escape, but I couldn't find any way out . I began to panic. I couldn't keep her or myself up for much longer. Suddenly I spot an open grate, which is just about big enough to fit both of us through and up to the empty street.

Swimming as fast as I can with eponine on my back , I manage to grip,the edge enough to push Ep through,then me . Her limp body slides through the gap easily but it seems harder to haul myself up .

Hearing noises from above causes me to push harder  until I end up flopping on the road in exhaustion.

Suddenly the noise above stops as if they've realised somthing . I hastily pick myself up and grab Eponine's tiny frame and start to run . I run for a while until I reach a workshop . I collapse by the locked doors ,convinced that Ep is dead.

Tears flow down my face in realisation , and I stroke her lifeless face . Trying to remember how to save her life I begin heart compressions , then mouth to mouth . It doesn't work .  She's gone...

"good night sweet angel. I love you  " I whisper absently into the night . I place a kiss on her delicate lips, lingering as if it's going to bring her back . I pull away just to hold her for a second .  

"and I love you too Enjorlas..." a croak comes.from my arms , followed by a lot of choking and spluttering. When she stops coughing , she looks up to me and smiles .

"But you've really gotta stop using your kissing to save me mister ! Honestly , anyone would think we were in a fairytale! " she smirked as she said this .

" life's a fairytale with you,Ep . I wouldn't want it any other way ... I know this may be hard to answer ,considering the situation we were just in and we haven't known each other for very long ... but ... Would you, Eponine, do me the honour of becoming my wife? " the suspense of the question setting in drove me crazy , so I tried not to look Ep in the eyes . Her soft hand gently turned my face to see hers . " Enj, you saved my life , and this whole ordeal has made me realize just how much I love you... So yes, I will marry you Enj ... You... complete me. "

She leans in and gives me the best kiss I've ever had . I'm marrying my Eponine.

And nothing could make me happier.