She's here

A\N: As I said in 'Waking up next to her', I'm editing all my Tiny Pretty Things stories. I hope you enjoy them, Angels.

She sits beside his bed, watching as he sleeps off the drug that's in his system. She holds his hand in hers, her chin resting on them, her eyes fixated on his sleeping face.

When she found out Caleb had been drugged, she had raced back to Chicago to be by his side, as she's the only one who knows how much Caleb hates being alone in a dark place. She hasn't been looking at his sleeping face for very long before she hears a groan.

"M..Monique?" His voice is rough and scratchy. Monique looks at her student/lover with a smile.

"You're okay. You're okay." She reassures him gently, standing up and stroking his hair.

"Can I go home now?" Caleb asks, his eyes looking around his room, Monique sighs: she knew he'd ask her this the minute he'd wake up.

"Not tonight, Caleb, they want to make sure that the drug is entirely out of your system and there are no long term side effects, they're discharging you in the morning." Monique tells him, her fingers never leaving his hair as she speaks. Caleb sighs.

"I don't wanna be here, I wanna go home. I don't wanna be here alone." He admits, Monique withholds a sigh.

"You won't be alone, Caleb because I'm going to be here until they release you tomorrow morning. I promised." She smiles when Caleb nods and tries to hide a yawn.

"Go back to sleep, Caleb, I'll be here when you wake up." Monique kisses his forehead as she sits back down in the uncomfortable hospital chair, her fingers intertwined with his, she's past caring who will see her like this. Caleb feeling safe and protected is more important to her.

Caleb opens his eyes with a groan as the bright hospital lights burn his eyes from the ceiling of his hospital room. He looks around the room and sees a familiar blonde woman sleeping in the chair beside him, her hand in his.

"Monique." Caleb whispers. In a second, her blue eyes are open and she's awake, smiling at him.

"You're here?" He asks, he thought that she'd only told him that to get him back to sleep and would leave when he fell asleep.

"Yeah, I'm here." She says softly, her fingers squeezing his hand.

She stayed here with him even though she didn't have to, but because she wanted to.

A/N: Another Tiny Pretty Things oneshot.