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It wasn't supposed to be this way. I'm not supposed to die in the middle of the freaking forest, this is not how I am going to go. I haven't lived, I haven't performed a quadruple bypass, a humpty dumpty, a valve resection, I haven't… haven't… I'm not done. Ok!? I survived this far, a little longer won't kill me. I thought internship was going to kill me, I guess not! It's going to be a fucking plane.

3 HOURS EARLIER

I exhaled. I mean-I relaxed. I chuckled to myself, its been a long time since I have done that! Working in a hospital really does keep you on your feet, but what exactly did I think I was signing up for?

Ellis-sorry, I mean my mother wasn't exactly taking me to careers fairs, I didn't have much of a choice in my career path. But in a way I'm glad… I'm glad I have, as Richard put it so well on our first day, "been pushed to my breaking point", while some of it has been, how do I put it… shit. I have met not only my person, but my people- my family, something you can't get working at the mall. Ah, how many times I thought that –

"Meredith?... Meredith… Wake up sunshine"

My eyes fluttered open squinting at the bright artificial light of the plane cabin, not too pleased about this, I turned my head over and looked to the window,

"Come on Mer, there's turbulence, you have to put your seatbelt-"

"Fine!" I interrupted

"Alright then!" Derek said offendedly

"Oh no, sorry Der, I'm just tired- I scrubbed in on a 14 hour double gastric bypass last night, I'm exhausted…" I turned over to look him in his beautiful blue eyes. I don't think there will ever be a time when I will get bored of those stunning eyes… and his hair… I smiled just thinking about it…

"Mer! Not again…"

She fell asleep again, I mean it's fair enough considering how long she's been awake, but honestly I'm surprised she can do it on this tiny plane. There is barley enough space for 4 of us, let alone 6! Anyway, I let her drift back to sleep since she seemed so beat.

Mark and Lexie were sitting directly behind us, I could just sense the tension between them radiating, they had been denying their love to each other for much too long, it was about time one of them admitted it, but with Julia it made things very complicated… but what wasn't complicated about the drama at Seattle Grace Mercy West?! I tried not to get involved.

The plane fell silent as Lexie and Mark fell asleep, all that could be heard was the whir of the turbines and the gentle snores of my beautiful wife. In that moment, it was so blissful, just about time to fall asl….

Just as I was skimming through my copy of Cardiothoracic Monthly, something interrupted, more specifically, a beeping noise? I carried on, probably just a seatbelt warning, it happens all the time. But by the time I had finished Dr Chen's article, it was beginning to get on my nerves, I mean it was loud- how had no one else noticed this? I flung my head around in annoyance to complain to Mer but she was fast asleep on the window with Derek leaning awkwardly on her shoulder. Mark and Lexie were both napping too, with their hands overlapped, ugh so damn cringey. Little Grey gets on my nerves. Nonetheless, the beeping continued so I furstatedly slammed my magazine down into the adjacent seat and strode towards the cockpit.

All of a sudden, I felt a sudden jerk pull me to the wall of the cabin, even more frustrated I continued to the cockpit door

"Hello? Hellooo? Captain? Or is it Pilot? Whatever, can you please sort out this beeping and maybe avoid this turbulence?..." the beeping lingered, seemingly getting progressively louder. "Excuse me?" I decided to go and talk to him in person since yelling didn't seem to be getting the job done.

I shoved the door open, it was swinging for a good 10 seconds as I took in what was infront of me.

The pilot was lifeless leaning on the sea of multicoloured winking lights. His brown hair was stained with a web of dark crimson blood still dripping from his head staining the control board.

My heart began to quicken, the thumping in my chest began to mirror the eratic blinking of the neon lights.

Breathing became a bit hard, as I looked up from the pilot to the windshield expecting to see the blue sky.

A blur of green greeted me.