Highway to Hell

A/N: It has been a few years since I've written a story. Yesterday I was thinking, why not start another one. So bear with me if this absolutely sucks! I also do not own any of the Grey's Anatomy characters, except for my original characters, aka the kids.

It was the first day of summer for the Grey-Shepherd brood. Meredith was running around the kitchen cleaning up the mess her family had left from breakfast. Derek was taking luggage to the car. This was the year they were taking the kids to Disneyland.

"Meredith screamed up the stairs at the kids, "Kinsley, Kennedy, Kollin. Help your dad load the car. Karson, can you help me clean the kitchen?" She heard stomping and running coming down the stairs./p

Sixteen-year-old Kinsley Shepherd was talking on the phone to her best friend, Abigail. "I know I'm going to miss it. I'll be back before the summer is over. Make sure nothing good happens without me." Looking up as she hangs up the phone, she asks Meredith, "Do I have to go? I'm going to miss way too much the next few weeks. Can't I just stay home?"

"No, you can't. Don't you want to see your mom? She's going to meet us for a few days while we are in California." Meredith says, glancing in Kinsley's direction

"I guess." Kinsley says, stomping off to help her dad finish loading the car.

Eleven-year-old Kennedy comes in, hugging her mom. "I cannot wait to get to Disneyland. I want to meet Elsa and Anna. I want to sit in the sun with Olaf. How long is it going to take us to get there?" Kennedy is hopping from foot to foot, anxious for an answer.

"It's going to take 18 whole hours. That means you would need to watch 36 episodes of "Stuck in the Middle" to get there." Meredith chuckles at her rambunctious daughter.

"OK, let's go!" Kennedy yells as she ran out to the car with her iPad ready for viewing TV shows.

Kollin and Karson come racing down the stairs. Eight-year-old Kollin grabs a juice box off of the counter. "Is it time to go yet?"

"Not yet. Almost though." Meredith says as she reaches down to pick up three-year-old Karson. "Are you ready to go see Mickey Mouse, Karson?"

"Yes!" Karson yells, kicking until Meredith sits him back down.

"Boys, why don't you both go on outside to the car. I'm almost finished here. Then, we are Disneyland bound!" Meredith wipes up the last of the crumbs off the counter.

Two hours later.

"Are we there yet?" Kollin screams from the backseat.

"No, sweetheart. We haven't even left Washington yet." Derek calls back as he maneuvers I-5 traffic. It was raining extremely hard as well. The rain had slowed their travels. Instead being two hours away from Seattle, they had only made it an hour away so far.

"How much longer?" Kollin whines.

"A very long time, Kollin." Meredith sighs.

Traffic was coming to a standstill up ahead. Derek slows the car to a stop. "Maybe we should have flown." Derek puts his head in his hands.

"No, this is quality family time." Meredith jokes. "And you know how I feel about airplanes." They had been involved in a plane crash 2 years earlier. They were lucky to make it out alive. Lexie and Mark did not. The kids were crushed that they lost their aunt and uncle, but were grateful to still have their parents.

The visibility on the highway is terrible. Derek turns around and looks at his children. Seeing that Karson has dropped his sippy cup, Derek throws the car in park since they are stuck in traffic and unbuckles to reach the cup. Just as he sits back up to hand the cup back to Karson, he sees a semi-truck barreling towards them. Meredith looks over at Derek, "Why do you have a look of terror on your face? We're going to the happiest place on Earth."/

Derek looks at his kids, "I love you, guys." Looking over at Meredith, as he turns around to try to buckle back up before impact, he says, "I love you so much, Meredith. Whatever happens, know I will always love you."

"What are you talking about?" Meredith looks at her husband.

The truck driver did not see the stopped traffic in time. Although he was braking, there was no way he was going to be able to stop in time.

Derek buckles his seat belt just as the truck makes an impact.

Where am I? Meredith opens her eyes. Realizing what had happened, she looks around the wreckage, making sure her family was still in one piece. Karson is still in his car seat, crying, not sure what is going on. Kollin and Kennedy are still in their booster seats with shocked expressions on their faces. Kinsley is slumped forward with her head against Kollin's seat. The luggage had been tossed towards the front of their SUV. The SUV was a total loss from what Meredith could see. She looks over at Derek, gasping as she sees his condition. His head is through the windshield, resting on the hood of the car. Her vision starts getting fuzzy. She realizes then that her family is in trouble as she falls into unconsciousness.

A/N: I know, I know. Not cool to start a story off like this. But I wanted to catch ya'lls attention early. R/R. Let me know what you think! More to come soon, especially because I'm on Spring Break from my school job.