Sing to me [Oneshot]

    I still remember the rhythmic beeping of the EKG. Her heart beat meant everything to me in that moment, because it was a signal that she was still there...
    Somewhere.
    She was my best friend, no... my sister, and I couldn't leave her. She needed me right now.
    She had just attempted suicide, and I needed her to know that I was here for her. So every night I sang a song  to her. It was her favourite song, and I think I finally understand why.
    It was almost like it was written for her and I could have almost sworn it was.
    I'd always hold her hand as I sang to her, not understanding what I was singing at the time. I just thought that maybe if she heard me singing it...she might wake up.
    And eventually she did open her eyes and look at me, but they didn't shimmer like they had always done before.
    "What's wrong, little sis?" I asked as she looked into my cerulean orbs with her (e/c) ones.
    "Why did you save me?" she choked out.
    My heart broke on the spot. She wanted to die? "Because you're my closest friend, _____.." I managed say as I choked on my words a little.
    She looked sadly at me. "Alfie...I...I don't want to be here."
    I could feel tears well in my eyes as she said that, it all seemed like too much at once. "Why?" I questioned, not knowing how else to respond.
    "Because...I want to go to a better world. One where I don't have to deal with everything. I can't handle this.." she whimpered out as tears formed in her eyes.
    I didn't know what to feel when I heard here response.
    "Please Alfie, let me go..." she pleaded and looked to the IV. She wanted me to disconnect the medication that was keeping her alive.
    I shook my head as tears began to run down my face. "No..." I whimpered back.
    She looked crestfallen as her own tears ran down her cheeks.
    I couldn't let her die, but I also didn't want her to go through this. I knew why she wanted to leave, but I was being selfish. I knew that she didn't want to hear her parents fight anymore. She didn't want to hear her mother's pained cries or the shattering of glass. I knew...it would hurt her more to have her stay.
    By now she was sobbing and shaking. "Please...Alfie" she pleaded. "I don't want to watch them kill each other anymore."
    I didn't want to, but I did it for her. Slowly I had reached out my hand and gently pulled the IV from her arm.
    She smiled at me, her eyes still glistening with tears. "Thank you..." she murmured.
    I held her hand and watched her take in a deep breath.
    "Sing me to sleep. Sing me to sleep. I'm tired and I-I want to go to bed." she began in her beautiful voice. "Sing me to sleep. Sing me to sleep. And then, leave me alone."
    She had begun singing her favourite song to me, the same one I had sang to her.
    "Don't try to wake me in the morning, cause I will be gone. Don't feel bad for me, I want you to know..."
    I then parted my lips and began to sing with her. "Deep in the cell of my heart, I will feel so glad to go..."
    She sucked in a deep breath and I could see the life draining from her as we continued. "Sing me to sleep. Sing me to sleep. I don't want to wake up on my own anymore."
    My hands began to shake as I watched her sing the next part, for I was unable to sing through the tightness in my throat.
    "Sing to me..... Sing to me. I don't..." her eyes slowly began to close. "..want to." she couldn't finish the verse before she left.
    Through a hoarse voice I sang what she couldn't. "-wake up on my own anymore..."
    I never knew words would hurt me so much until that day. But I hope that she's feeling better than she was...
    Where ever she is....