CHAPTER 12
Meredith was just about out of breath as she ran towards downtown seattle where for her her new life begun,meeting Derek was undoubtedly the best thing that ever happend although she supposed that he know knew she was missing and was now looking for her. Sighing she stopped off at a nearby convienience store and bought herself a drink and quietly left the store she walked towards a bus bench and sat down to have her had never thought her life would become a mess Meredith thought with first the rape then her mother kicking her out and then moving in with the Shepherds which at the time sounded appealing but now was not so sure Meredith figured that Derek was pissed with her and had every right to be but she needed her space and she wanted her freedom to figure things out before she totally lost her mind.
Hearing the horn of the bus Meredith decided to take the bus and see where it would take her maybe to a destiniation to a place that she hasn't been yet,so as Meredith got on the bus she noticed a familiar car one she knew well but wasn't ready to face quite yet so she got on the bus and sat down on a seat at the back of the bus and looked outside where she spotted Derek get out of his car along with Carolyn and began searching all the stores and by the time they got to the convienience store Meredith and the bus were long gone.
"Did you see a girl with long blonde hair green eyes who was wearing jeans and a sweater with a hoodie?"
Derek asked urgently
The guy behind the counter shrugged "Maybe i did and maybe i didn't." He said nonchalantly
Derek rolled his eyes and reached into his pants pocket and grabbed his wallet and threw some money on the counter "Let's try this again did you see a girl of about fifteen with long blonde hair with green eyes wearing a sweater and some jeans on?"
He watched as the guy picked up the cash and put it in his pocket "Now that you mention it she was here maybe about fifteen to twenty minutes ago i can't say which way she went after that."The guy said and turned away to do whatever he was doing.
He turned towards his mother who was grabbing at his jacket "Meredith was here she can't be too far from us now!" Carolyn said excitedly as they left the store.
"Hopefully let's go!" Derek said as they walked from one end of the block completely disregarding the bus stop thinking that Meredith would never go on one of those and they started to panic so they began to shout her name with people looking at them they got no response both Carolyn and Derek started asking people if the saw a young girl about fifteen with blonde hair,green eyes and was wearing sweater and jeans and everyone shook their head wanted to pound his fist against the wall in frustration what could possibly be Meredith be thinking when she decided to run away? he asked himself as he walked towards the point of where they began an search he turned around when he saw his mother staring at the bus stop.
"Mom why are you looking at the busstop?are you planning to take the bus somewhere?" He asked teasingly
"What if Meredith decided to take the bus?" Carolyn asked Derek
"What do mean?" Derek asked nonchalantly not knowing where his mother was going with this.
"I mean she must have just gotten on the bus when we got here it would explain everything."Carolyn said firmly.
"Explain what?" He asked.
Carolyn smacked his arm "It means that she's on public transit and by now could be anywhere."
"It's possible but where would one go on a public transit?" Derek asked thoughtfully.
Carolyn shrugged "It could go just about anywhere you know that all we need is a map and we'll figure out where she's going."
Derek doubted it but he went along with it anyways knowing arguing with his mother was pointless "Okay so where do we get one?"He asked
Carolyn looked around before spotting a book store "Over there they sell maps." She pointed to a local bookstore that was across the street directly from the bus stop.
"Okay let's go." Derek said and they both walked across the street to the book store went in and bought a map then left back towards the bus stop and they looked at every possibility that they could think of starting with the shopping mall that was nearby,also the zoo which was unlikely but one never knows and then the only other possibility that they could think of was the ferry boats which he remembered that he once told her about and he also remembered about her reaction to them,he suddenly knew where she was going.
"I think i have an idea where is she is going let's go." Derek said and left towards his car with his mother right behind him.
"Where do you think she's going?" His mother asked worriedly as they both entered the vehicle.
"I think she went to the ferryboats and we have to get there quick before she decides to go on one."
He said worriedly and prayed to himself that he got to her in time otherwise who knows where she might go after that and with her being pregnant and everything it would compromise her health hang on Meredith i'm on my way he thought.
A few miles away from Derek and Carolyn Meredith got off the bus just before the docks and walked towards the ferryboats which was huge in her estimation and slowly made her way towards the boats and noticed that people were getting on them so she decided to get on them as well and she reached in her jean pockets for some money and handed it over to the guy who was standing there greeting people with a smile on his face and Meredith walked on board happy to be free for the first time as she could remember,and just as the boat was pulling away she thought she heard her name being called but thought it was the wind so she ignored it and enjoyed the scenery as she made her way to a unknown destination,free from everyone at last.
"Damn it!" Derek cursed as he watched the boat sailing away along with Meredith.
"Watch your mouth Derek." Carolyn ordered her son
"I can't believe she took the damn boat." He said ignoring his own mother.
"So we'll wait for the next boat how long could that be?" Carolyn asked
Derek checked his watch it was little past five o clock pm the next one wouldn't be until at least ten give or take and he was worried that they wouldn't find her considering how dark it was going to be and with her likely heading towards the woods it would be finding her a little harder but one he knew would succeed and made sure that Meredith Grey never felt alone ever again.
"It looks like we'll have to wait until ten to get on the last ferryboat." Derek said sadly
"Oh that poor girl she'll be all alone til then she'll be cold have you noticed the weather change drastically in the past hour?" His mother asked and Derek glanced up at the sky and watched as it began to cloud over and it was threatning to rain.
"Meredith is a survivor mom i know she is." Derek whispered and threw his arms over his mom's shoulder's and hugged her hoping he was right that Meredith would be okay.
About a couple hours later Meredith arrived at the unknown destination starting to walk towards the wooded area which looked a little bit scary for her but decided to try anyways so she made her way into the woods noticing how so quiet it was how peaceful and Meredith like that and went further into it and finally she heard a sound a loud thundering sound and she looked up at the sky which was now dark as night and with that came the rain. She started to panic and began to run and what she didn't count on was the unexpected tangle of the twigs which caused her to trip and hit her head on the rock causing her to lose conciousness and just before she did she whispered words that she never thought about saying to anyone "I Love You Derek." She whispered before passing out.
Okay so you didn't see this one coming did you? well neither did i to tell the truth i wasn't going to go down this route but as i wrote this chapter it just happend and by the way don't worry i won't have her out cold for long she'll almost be good as new somewhere in the next chapter so stay in the meantime i hoped you enjoyed this chapter and to please review those mean more to me then anything so please keep on coming,thanks and enjoy!
