-1Kirsty lay curled up in a ball on the trailer bed, Meredith watching her from the bench.

'I can't believe that she's here, that she's back here and wants her,'

'She won't get her. I won't let her get her,' Meredith looked to Derek, Derek taking her hand and squeezing it gently.

'I'm not going to run, I'm not going anywhere,' Meredith leaned back against Derek, running her finger around the rim of the glass.

'I hated her more than anything when she gave me custody of her. I hated her even more when I was allowed to adopt her. But now…I wouldn't want anything more than that. I would fight for it more than anything else…she's my baby Derek,'

'I know,' Derek glanced at Kirsty sleeping but her feet caught his attention. She rubbed them together furiously, Derek slipping out and taking her socks off to reveal the blood seeping out of the multiple cuts.

'Jesus Derek,' Meredith sat Kirsty up, Derek shaking his head and lifting her into the tiny bathroom. He held her as he bathed her feet in the sink, removing the tiny shards of glass that were sticking out of her.

'There's a box under the bed, clear. Bring it in here,' Kirsty sat obediently on the toilet seat while Derek stitched her feet up, bandaging them.

'Why didn't you say anything?'

'I couldn't feel it,' Kirsty curled back up in the bed, Meredith lying next to her.

'She always sleeps, when something bothers her she sleeps,'

'She has every right to sleep. Look, three of us can't stay here…we'll book into the Archfield, couple of nights, room service, we'll take a couple of days off, get her out of school and just…get her away from everything, away from her and get her head sorted,'

'The Archfield? you have expensive taste,'

'Yes I do, and you guys deserve a break. we could just load the jeep up with a couple of bags and drive to New York, only takes about four weeks,'

'It was a couple of days you wanted to take off,'

'Yeah well, we should just disappear,'

'I like the sound of that…just disappearing,'

Derek took the large black duffel bag off Meredith and threw it into the back of the jeep along with the other bags.

'You guys got everything,' Meredith nodded, Kirsty coming back out of the house with another bag.

'Ok, now we have everything including the kitchen sink,'

'Yeah well, be prepared. You never know what might happen,'

'We're going to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, you have to be prepared,'

'She's right mere,' Meredith put her hands in the air in defeat.

'OK, you guys win. But I get to choose the music,'

'No way. You always put Duran Duran on and they suck,'

'Duran Duran? Your that person?' Kirsty laughed, handing Derek her pile of disks.

'I have taste,'

'The clash? You are officially my new best friend,' Kirsty climbed in the back, Meredith instantly asking her if she was belted in.

'Why is it that you always ask me that even though you know that I always do it the first time that I get into the car?'

'Because sometimes you might forget and the one time you might forget will no doubt be the first time that we are in an accident,'

'Your so optimistic,'

'Yeah well, I've lived with you for twelve years,' Kirsty wrapped her arms around Meredith's neck, kissing the side of her face.

'And you love it,' Meredith returned the kiss.

'every minute,'