They had Mr. del Rossi hooked up to a bunch of different machines and Marco and Mama stared at him as doctors ran some tests.
"Marco?" Paige asked. "I got your text." She hugged him. "I'm sorry I had my phone turned off, but I was hanging out with Alex and Hazel."
He nodded and held tightly to her and cried into her shoulder. "Where's Dylan?" he asked.
"He's on his way, Hon," she told him.
Right on cue, Dylan ran through the doors and over to Marco. Marco released his old on Paige and clung tightly to Dylan. Dylan held on tighter and dropped to the floor with him and brushed his hair with his hands. "It's ok, baby," he said, whispering. He kissed Marco's head. "Everything's going to be ok."
At that point they heard a flat line on the heart monitor. "His heart's stopped," someone yelled. "We have to restart it."
Marco sobbed and hung onto Dylan, never wanting to let go. "I'm killing him," Marco said.
Dylan shook his head. "No, you're not." He hugged him and Marco jumped as Dylan's arms touched his bruised ribcage.
"What happened?" Dylan asked. "Tell me everything."
They went to a secluded area of the waiting room and Marco told Dylan everything with his forehead pressed against Dylan's. "It's all my fault, Dylan," he said. "All my fault." He was crying.
Dylan pulled him over to his side and kissed each salty tear that rolled down Marco's cheeks. He held onto him and brushed his cheek with his hand. "Don't blame yourself for this," he whispered. "Your papa's going to be ok."
Marco sat up and looked at him. "The longer I stay there, the more I'll be killing him."
Dylan sighed and folded his hands and propped them up on his knees and leaned forward and grazed his chin with his knuckles. "Give me some time," he said. "I just need a little bit more money to get the apartment I've been saving up for. Then we can move in together."
"You mean it?" Marco asked.
Dylan shrugged. "You'll be graduating next year," he said. "I think that you and I should move in as soon as we can. For your papa's health."
Marco smiled. "I love you," he whispered.
"I love you, too."