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"Yes, but what were you doing there?" Marius asked.
"Stealing," Odette answered. Marius sighed.
"Nevermind." Marius gave up.
"You said you knew a Grantaire?" Éponine chimed in.
"Yup. He and I were friends or something... I can't remember at the moment..." Odette trailed off.
"Perhaps it will come to you," Éponine said. After a beat of silence, Éponine spoke. "Hey what's your name?"
"Odette. Just Odette."
"It's a nice name. I'm Éponine. Thénardier."
"And I'm Marius Pontmercy," Marius added.
"Thanks for the foo-" A hiccup. "Food."
"You're welcome," said Marius.
"Do you live anywhere?" Éponine asked Odette.
"Anywhere I please," Odette responded. "Well not anywhere... If I had my way, I'd be living in a palace, eating bunches of food, and the king would on the streets, scrounging for something to live. He needs to spend a day in the poor's shoes."
Marius chuckled. "Can't argue with you on that."
"Perhaps you could stay here for a while," Éponine suggested. "I mean no one really ever came here but us and our friends. And there's still some food left over. You'd be safe from the police."
"R-really?" Odette gaped.
"Sure. And we'd check in on you every now and then," Marius said.
"Sounds amazing!" Odette said in a sing-song voice. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," Éponine said.
"Well we'll leave you to it," Marius cheerfully said. "I have to find Cosette."
"What?" Éponine asked, her voice sad.
"Oh I forgot to mention..." Marius bit his lip. "I uh promised Cosette I would see her today."
"Have fun." Éponine faked a smile.
Marius nodded. He got up and left. Odette and Éponine sat in silence.
"You like him, don't you?" Odette spoke, breaking the silence.
"Of course, he's my friend," Éponine replied.
"No I mean like... like him, like him."
Éponine blushed. "What? N-no I don't he's just-"
"Shh." Odette put a finger to Éponine's lips. "It's obvious. Except not to him. He's completely oblivious to the fact."
Éponine sighed. "Yes, it's true. I do love him. But only on my own."
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La Souffrance
FanfictionWhat if Éponine had lived? Marius has two girls and has to make up his mind. Éponine fights against the king. Set in 1832, Paris, France during the rule of King Louis-Philipe. A Les Misérables fanfiction. (Formated the way that the book is; based on...
