Gavroche to the rescue? Éponine made a mental note to thank her brother for that later - if he hadn't kicked him, they could've been stuck here for quite a while.
And no, she definitely wasn't crying. At all. Anyone who said otherwise was clearly lying. Either that or they were Azelma, who... had a bit of an unfair advantage when it came to knowing her sister. "I do. With... everything that I am."