"I love him," I said to myself as I walked through the rain. "But he loves Cosette, not me." A tear slowly trickled down my cheek. "And he loves her. What can I do?" I pulled my overcoat in further as the night became colder.

I saw someone walking down the street coming towards me. I knew in an instant it was him. My love. Marius. I stopped dead in my tracks. My heart began to beat faster and faster. Its pace quickened every step closer he came. I began to feel weak, as though I couldn't hold myself up any longer.

I noticed he was smiling. Most likely Cosette was behind me and he was smiling at her. She always ruins everything for me. I turned around expecting to see her right there behind me. No one was there. It was just me and him alone, together in the rain.

He walks up to me. I'm not sure if I can speak. He takes my breath away. I manage a "hello". He takes my hand in his. A series of happy tears flows down my cheeks. Marius takes me in his arms. In his embrace at last. He's here, holding me, not Cosette. My world is complete, the hole in my heart is filled.

"Eponine.... Eponine.... Eponine..." I open my eyes expecting to see Marius' face but it's just my pushy, rude father waking me up. I had fallen asleep in the rain laying on the side of the street. It was just a dream. Marius wasn't beside me. I felt uncomplete again.

I will always love him. Until the day I die. He will love me.... in my dreams.

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