Derek was officially board. He had tried to go back to sleep after Meredith had woken him up but he still couldn't figure out why she wouldn't give him the time of day. He had been nothing but nice and had saved her life but she seemed like she would have rather died in the water. He wasn't going to give up. He was intruiged now. He just couldn't stop.

He dragged the boat out of the water and into the dry sand to look through the compartments on the raft. There were about eight compartments each filled with something different. They were sealed with a zipper so they were damp. When he got everything out he started to take inventory. Three blankets, two pocket knifes, a flint to make fire, a small first aid kit, three caned foods, two flashlights, one tarp, and three bottles of water. The blankets were the wettest so he took them up the beach and layed them on large rocks to keep them out of the sand. He also got rocks and some dry wood to start a fire.

After a half an hour he had gotten a fire started and had gotten a meal cooked. He had found bananas, opened a can of beans, which he heated, and gotten a peice of bark to put everything on. He made a plate for himself and Meredith.

He walked over to where she still sat looking out into the water. "Here," He said as he handed her a plate and a water bottle.

"Thanks." That was all she said before putting the food on the ground and walking over to the raft. Derek wondered where she was going. Maybe she just wanted to get away from him. He laid back and ran his hands through his hair and over his face. He didn't notice when she came back and sat down. "Could I have that pocket knife?" She asked. He still wasn't sure what she was doing. She had come back with a small black case from her backpack. She had it on when she fell so it had still been in the raft.

She swiftly flicked open the blade and raised it to her finger.

"What are you doing?!" Derek exclaimed as she pricked her pointer finger so a bubble of blood formed on her finger. Derek quickly took the knife out of her hands figuring she would hurt herself again.

"I had to you idiot." She said as she pulled a circular testing kit out of the black case. "I have diabetes. I have to test before meals." She said calmly as she placed the blood in the tester and waited for the read out. Derek was going to be a doctor and he couldn't believe that he was just now noticing her shaky hands which was a sign of low blood sugar.

She started to eat after she finished with the meter but still wouldn't look at Derek. "Nothing can happen between us." She stated after she started to eat. "It doesn't matter that we are not on the boat anymore."

"Thats fine." Derek said simply as he started to peel his banana. "How about this?" He said as he turned towards her. She was now looking him in the eyes. "I won't jump you as long as you don't kick me in the stomach again." He stuck his hand out trying to look profesional. She giggled. Derek loved that sound. He had known her for two days and he already couldn't get enough of it.

She took his hand and played along by shaking it hard. Silence fell on them once again as they looked out into the beautiful water. "Its so peaceful here." She said to no one inparticular. "I wish I never had to leave."

"I do to." He said back. "I love my family but with four sisters it gets pretty hectic." Derek said quietly. "Do you have any siblings?" He asked. She seemed very hesitent to answer him back. "I'm asking you as a friend. We are going to be stuck here for who knows how long so we might as well have something to talk about." She took a deep breath.

"No, my parets stopped after me."

"Thats cool." He said. The silence was once again upon them. "Where do you live?" He asked her.

"In a town out side of Boston. Its called Arlington." She said shyly. She now had her legs drawn up to her chest so her head could rest on them.

"No way. I live in Copley Square." He said unbelieved. "We live like five minutes from eachother."

"Where did you go to school?" She asked. This was the first question that she had asked him and he could tell that she was opening up to him more.

"Belmont High." He said simply.

"Thats where I go." She said excitingly.

"I'm lucky. I just got out of their for good."

"I'm stuck their for another two years."

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They had talked a little more then made their way over to the fire to get type of shelter up. Derek had suggested using the raft for a roof and the tarp on the sand but Meredith had insisted on making herself a tent away from Dereks so he gave her the tarp and used the raft for himself. It had gotten dark a while ago but they had stayed up talking. They were across the fire from eachother so they couldn't see one another and they laid so they looked up at the stars.

"So are either of your sisters in high school still?" Meredith asked.

"Ya Nancy and Sarah." He said to see if she could figure out who they were with out knowing his last name.

"Nancy Shepherd?" She asked loudly. Nancy was a cheerleader and just about the biggest bitch in their entire school. "Shes a bitch." Meredith said simply.

"Ya pretty much." Meredith giggled at this expecting him to get angry at what she just said.

"Sarah is really nice. A bit of a book worm but much nicer than her sister. For a long time I didn't think that they were sisters. I thought that they just had the same last name because they were so different. They never talk to eachother."

"Ya Sarah is my favorite. She is the baby of the family but she is the only one I feel kind of connected to. She is like my best friend."

"She seems like it." Silence caught between them again before Derek started to speak.

"Why had I never seen you around school?" He asked her. He got no responce but when he stood up to investigate he found Meredith sleeping with a slight snore coming from her.

He let out a light chuckle and walked over to her. He placed his arms around her body and gently picked her up. Her face quickly contorted into a scared look as she started to push Dereks chest away from her. Tears started to pour out of her eyes as she pushed harder. "Mer" He cooed gently trying to calm her down but failing when she pushed him so hard that she fell out of his arms.

This woke her up from her dream. Derek kneeled down infront of her but she wouldn't open her eyes. "Mer, whats wrong?" He asked gently pushing hair out of her face. She had stopped crying and now slowly opened her eyes. Derek could see the fear she tried to hide. "Its just me, Mer." He wispered as he picked her up again. She seemed to cling to his chest as he walked her into the tent and laid her down. She wimpered when he let go. He covered her with one of the blankets and smoothed down her hair. By this time she had fallen back to sleep and Derek crawled out of the tent.

He sat by the fire waiting for it to go out so he could go to bed but he couldn't stop thinking about her. Why had she pushed him so violently. There was something going on inside of her.

But he didn't know if he wanted to know what it was.