Fixing You

Chapter 9

It started out as a good night, but the nightmares soon infiltrated my mind. "Worthless! Trash! Scum of the street!" , these are the words my father said to me as he beat me when I refused to go to the docks. My body involuntarily shook as I slept; that is when I started screaming. "Eponine wake up!" Courfeyrac shouted as he shook me awake and engulfed me in his arms. "Shhhh shhh, he can't hurt you now" he cooed as I cried into his chest. My cries and sobs receded to whimpers when a tiny voice broke the silence. "Courf? Eponine? are you guys okay?" Courfeyrac picked Gavrocheup and put him in the bed in between us. "We're fine buddy, your sister just had a nightmare and I was trying to make her feel better." Courfeyrac said wisely to him and Gavroche nodded and wrapped his arms around us. "We're like a family right 'Ponine, I mean you and Courf love each other and you both love me so we're a family?" I nodded, "Yeah 'Roche, we are our own little family" My baby brother's face lit up as I told him this; a smile on his cheeky face as well as a yawn. "Gavroche, why don't you spend the night with your sister" Courfeyrac suggested and Gavroche nodded and fell asleep on my chest as Courfeyrac exited the room. As I laid beside my brother my body began to hurt again where I was beaten again. I guess I forgot how much pain I was in while I was having the nightmare and sleeping. I gently moved my brother off my body and slowly made my way across the hall to Courfyerac's room. Each step was agony, the stab wound in my leg made walking unbearable it also caused me to lose my balance and fall, waking my beloved. He picked me up and carried me to his bed. "You weren't supposed to get out of bed" he whispered, wiping the tears off my face . I sniffled , "I know, but I started hurting and didn't want to hurt anymore I hate this!" I cried breaking "why can't they leave me alone" I whimpered into his neck. " I don't know baby but I will do everything in my power to protect you" he cooed, kissing my cheek. He sat me down and gasped. "What?" I asked worried. "You're bleeding; your stitches re opened, I'm going to get Joly" Luckily Joly was our neighbor so he was here in seconds.

"How is she?" Courfeyrac asked. Joly sighed "well the strain of getting up caused her ribs to overexert and now the healing has been prolonged ." I was barely listening but Courfeyrac responded for both of us, "thanks Joly" and with that Joly left. Courfeyrac sighed "I'm sorry" I mumbled from the bed. "No sweetheart, you don't have anything to be sorry for" he said kneeling at my bedside, "you were hurting and did what you had to to make it stop; I should be the one apologizing, I should have stayed with you and gave you more medicine." To stop my boyfriend from beating himself up, I kissed him and held his cheek "it's okay love we both messed up" He kissed my head " I love you, you rest now, it's almost morning so I am going to get the house ready for when maman comes." I nodded and he gave me my medicine, I then fell into a drug induced, nightmare free sleep.