Together Again

chap 6

Hector slowly sings remember me as the young girls grip on his hand slowly loosens. He placed his forehead on hers as the song comes to an end. She smiles happily, her eyes still closed.
"I love that song." She sighs and stuggles to open her eyes. "Why are you crying?"
"You're dying maria." Hector says as he wipes one of his tears from her cheeks. Sniffling to hold in anymore tears.
"I'm happy though." She laughs weakly. Her cheeks blushing red and her lips forming a weak grin.
"How can you be happy at a time like this?" Hector struggles to look her in the eye, her skin color faded and pale. Her eyes glossy with unshed tears. And her breathing slowly and faint.
"If I die, I can be with you again." Maria closes her eyes and reaches her hand out, as if looking for his in the darkness behind her eyelashes. She placed her open hand on his boney cheek.
"You should want to live. What about miguel or Luisa? Enrique?"
"I'm happy if I can see you more often. Ive been so lonely since I came back." Maria strokes his cheek and looks up at him. "Do you not want me with you?"
"I do, but I would never wish for you to die. Not like this. Not right now. Not with so many people who would miss you." He grabs her other hand and presses his head on hers again.
"I can remember when you were fading. The first time I saw you like that, i realized my feelings for you." Maria lets her hand fall and let's her tears fall down her cheeks and onto the bed sheets.
"Maria, I'm dead." Hector chokes. As if that little fact would make maria want to live.
"Im as good as dead."
"Dont say that! You have to live, you have so much more things to discover. You wanted to become a song writer and sing your songs to hundreds of people. If you die, you wont be able to accomplish that dream."
"I have a new dream." Maria looks at him with a smile. "I want to be with you, for as long as I can."
Hector pulls her into a hug the best he can. His arms wrapped around her small frame as if a puzzle piece. He kisses her forehead and her cheek and she laughs.
"Your laugh is so weak." He smiles at her.
"Please sing again, but don't sound so sad when you do." Maria pleads as hector stands up, his fingers intertwined with hers. He starts singing remember me again, with as much joy as he can muster in such a critical time. Matia joins him and the two weakly sing together. When the song is over maria smiles happily and sighs. She lays back and falls asleep. Hector finally breaks down and falls to his knees beside her bed.
"I never wished to see you like this." He weakly says through sobs. "Please, live with miguel and the rest of the rivera family. They need you more than I do." Hector pleads in a sort of prayer. Maria smiles in her sleep and grips hectors boney fingers. He squeezes back and places his head on the side of the bed, silently pleading for her to be alright. He shakes in fear and looks at her. She turns her head to the side and takes a deep breath, her chest rising the highest hes ever seen it. His "heart" stops as she sighs and doesn't take another breath. Her grip on his hand slowly fading as the heart moniter goes blank.