The Eve of Revolution

no longer all on my own

She could not believe her ears, she was just so shocked and so disgusted by Enjolras. How could he do that to her? He had probably had it on his mind since the start the cruel man.

He handed the money over to her father and shook his hand; his father inspected the money before putting it in his pocket.

‘ Come mademoiselle’ he said seducingly, tears rolled down her face. This man had shown her such kindness only to spit it right back in his face.

She looked up at him with hate in her eyes ‘you are and evil man mousier’ she spat ‘do you like taking advantage of women you see in the street, so much for equality I bet in your eyes the new world will be the same for prostitutes’ she voice was cold and harsh she knew and she hoped he could feel it her voice was like a razor.

They turned the corner and he grabbed her, she tried to struggle when his soothing voice whispered to her ‘Eponine its okay, it okay I’m not going to hurt you’ he pulled her into his embrace and she struggled more ‘Eponine I’m not going to…do anything I just paid your father to get your out of there! I’m not going to hurt you I’m trying to save you! I would never buy a women at all for such things, I am not going to take advantage of you, that’s not who I am please! Calm down!’

Eponine looked into his eyes, his eyes she could read like a book, and she saw truth in his words. He had paid his money to save her from a night with the perverted man. He had been pretending, and he had saved her. He was a good man she was alright. It was going to be okay.

Enjolras caught Eponine as she fell into his arms crying, he had just had a glimpse into the life she had to lead. His thirst for revolution became stronger if she had rights she could get out of there, escape that life. So what if he had fallen in love with her? It wasn’t her choice that she had to lead the life she did, he held her close. Just holding her. She relaxed her head on his chest.

‘Thank you Enjolras, you are a good man’

He looked at her and nervously planted a kiss on the top of her head, she tensed, and then he remembered. Marius.  

He pulled back nervously and she looked up at him but he couldn’t meet her eyes, Marius still lingered in his mind.