AN: hey great feedback! Thanks! Anyway so I'll answer a question from

Anna: Gav as you know, lives on the streets(he prefers it). And because Eponine constantly worries about him he never tells her where he is. So whenever he needs something (or misses her) he comes back. But the reason he's come back is because he's sick.

Chapter 4: If it's for her

Joly walked out of Eponine's room. She immediately stopped pacing, "he'll be fine. Just a bad case of the flu. I'm shocked that he was able to walk as far as he did." she nodded, "I'll put in a prescription and bring it back in the morning. I already gave him some stuff that'll make him sleep. So by the time I get back he'll just be waking up."

"he'll be ok 'Ponine." Enjolras said patting her On the back. Joly gave him a look, 'that is unusual' he thought. Enjolras never showed any sort of comfort to anyone, especially women.

"I just can't believe he let it get this bad before coming to me!" she was sobbing again, "He could've died! I should've had a better eye on him."

"Eponine, you know how he is. He doesn't want anyone to find him. Especially his protective sister." Joly told her.

She was sobbing even harder now and said something no one could begin to understand. Enjolras pulled her into a hug and she sobbed into his chest, "He'll be ok 'Ponine. I'll make sure of it. I promise." she nodded.

"Well I'll be back in the morning with the prescription and a list of things to make him better quicker." Joly told her. Eponine hugged him and sobbed out a thank you, "Eponine it's going to be alright, he'll be better in a few days"

"It's not that! It's that this happened in the first place! He should've been here with me!"

"Maybe he'll stick around this time, one can only wish." Joly said before leaving the apartment.

"Do you want me to watch him tonight?" Enjolras offered. She shook her head, "I can sit there with you if you want."

She shook her head again, "I just want to be alone. You can just go to bed."

Enjolras went to his room and began to read once again. He read one page four times because all he could think about was Eponine. Around 2am he just couldn't stand her dealing with this situation alone. He cracked the door to her room open and peered in. She was sitting in an awkward position on her swivel chair. Her feet were propped up on her bed, it looked like she had fallen asleep looking at Gav. She hadn't bothered to change anything about her appearance, she was still wearing what she had worn to dinner.

He slowly approached the sleeping Eponine, she was really pretty when she slept. He took of her heels and grabbed a blanket from the living room and covered her. Without even thinking about it he kissed her forehead. He froze, why had he done that? It was so out of character, he only liked her as a friend. Just. As. A. Friend. At least that is what he told himself. He rushed himself back to his room, scared and confused her put his books away and decided to get some sleep.

The next morning he woke up to the sound of someone tapping on his door. Suddenly remember the events from last night he dragged himself out of bed to answer the door. "You guys really need to lock your front door, what would happen if a lunatic came in?" Joly said.

"I'm looking at one right now." Enjolras said rubbing his eyes. "Is 'Ponine up yet? Or her brother?"

Joly shook his head, "Not yet, I didn't want to disturb her,so I decided to disturb you instead."

For once Enjolras didn't mind being disturbed, he wanted to help out as much as he could. "Tell me what to do Doc."

"You can probably wake the kid up in half an hour. He needs to take his medicine with some sort of food."

He nodded and they went to the kitchen and Joly showed Enjolras what medicine needed to be taken with and what the child could/couldn't eat at certain times. When Joly left and Enjolras began to think about what he was going to feed Gavroche, he realized he knew nothing about children. He ran out of the apartment and yelled down the stairs, "Wait!" he shouted, "What do I feed him?"

Joly shrugged, "I don't know. Figure it out."

"You're about to be a dad!" Enjolras yelled frustrated.

He only shrugged, "Good luck bro."

Enjolras rolled his eyes and entered the apartment once again. He decided to scramble some cheese eggs and grab a bottle of Gatorade from the fridge. He then quietly entered Eponine's room to wake up the twelve year old. "Hey gav." he whispered.

The blonde boy stirred a little bit, "Uh-huh?"

"Are you hungry?"

The sick little boy replied, "Always."

Enjolras, knowing the little boy was weak carried him to the sofa and offered him one of the plates. "Breakfast is served, little man."

They both quietly ate until Gav plucked up enough courage to ask, "So are you Eppie's boyfriend?"

He almost choked on his food, "Me and Ponine are just friends, I needed a place to stay and she offered it up."

"Good. Because if not. I would have to make sure you don't hurt her. She can't handle anything like that again." he murmured.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Ponine was engaged a while back, and I'll just say things weren't well to begin with and ended worse than how they began. He's the reason she ran."

Ponine woke to the sound of a scratchy coughing from the next room. Her eyes flashed to the place where little Gavroche was supposed to be sleeping. Immediately throwing the blanket off of her she marched into the living room where she found Enjolras sitting on the couch with Gav leaning against his shoulder. Both watching classic cartoons. "Morning Eponine, did you sleep well?" Enjolras asked.

"Mornin Eppie!" Gav exclaimed

She gave him a strange look, "No... Ummm where is Joly?"

"He couldn't stay so he told me how to take care of the little man."

She nodded, "And Gav, I would like for you to explain yourself."

The twelve year old sat up a little bit, "I was gonna come to you Eponine, but I didn't think it was that bad... Until I could barley breathe."

"Do you know how worried I was when I got home to find you curled up on my doorstep? I thought he had found us Gav! Oh you know what that does to my nerves! I swear my worries for you alone will be the death of me!" tears began to bubble up in her eyes again, "I'm going to make myself some breakfast. You carry on."

Enjolras focused his attention back on Gavroche. The boy was staring blankly where his sister once stood, "I didn't think of that. Her worries. Am I terrible person?"

Enjolras shook his head, "No, you're just a kid. But I would highly consider sticking around here for a while. You know, stay with Eponine. She told me that she wanted to a couple of days ago, why dont you stay here and go to school and stuff?"

"For Eponine, I'd do anything. So I'll stick around for a bit. Just to make sure she'll be alright."

AN: hey so I hope you liked it. I'm sick and there are probably a few spelling or grammatical errors but I'm too exhausted to proof read. Since I am sick I'll try and write another one tonight. I can't promise anything. All feedback is awesome