All was not as it seemed at the end of the last update. Will he do the right thing? I got this up as quick as I could coz I didn't want to leave you waiting. Enjoy!

The next morning, Derek wakes up in his bed, he knocks on the door that joins his and Meredith suite, and there is no answer. He opens the door, assuming that she was still asleep and hadn't heard him. He walks into the bedroom, noticing that Meredith's bed is still made, that she obviously hasn't been to bed, a feeling of dread fills his stomach, has he rushes back into his room and calls Kathleen. Robert answers the phone.

"Milton resident"

"Rob, is Meredith there?"

"No she left a couple hours ago; she said something about seeing mom"

"Okay, Is Kathleen there?"

"She got called away on some emergency consult"

"Thanks Rob" Derek says hanging up. Derek tried ringing her mobile again, but still no answer, she had even turned her answer machine off. He ran his fingers through his hair. He decided to go and get a shower, than he would see his mother that would be the only other place, she could have gone.

An hour later Derek makes it to the hospital, Mark opted to come in a little later. He made it his mother's room, walking in expecting to see Meredith and Adam; he is surprised to find his mother in the room alone. He walks over to the bed, leans down gives his mother a kiss on the forehead, Diane Shepherd opens her eyes, and stares directly into the eyes of her son; she could almost swear that she was looking into the eyes of her late husband.

"What did you do this time Derek Michael Shepherd?"

"Mom, I have no idea what you are referring too"

"I am referring to the woman who came in here early this morning, to say goodbye"

"To say goodbye. Mom, where did she go?"

"I assume back to Seattle. She never said, so what happened Derek?"

"We had a great time last night that was until Rose turned up that is"

"Rose, where is she now?"

"I think she is probably in her own room, we broke up"

"I'm sorry" she says, trying to sound sincere.

"Well, I should have never started anything with Rose is the first place mom. It's Meredith, it's always been Meredith. Mom, how could I have been so stupid?" Derek says burying his face in his hands.

"Derek, you are my son, and I love you but sometimes you are an idiot. You make thing so much more complicated for yourself. So, she wasn't ready when you were, you should have waited Derek" Diane says scalding him, has if he was a child.

"I know mom. She asked me last night to prove to her that she can trust me. I need to show her that she isn't the second best, that it her and only her I want." Derek said, knowing that he would have to do something pretty special to make it all up to her. "Are you sure she never hinted at where she was going, mom?"

Diane shakes her head "she didn't say Der, but if she wants you to find her, it would probably be a place which is special to the both of you" Diane tells him, just has Kathleen walks into the room. She walks over to Derek, and smacks him on the back of the head.

"What on earth was that for?"

"Meredith is right for a brain surgeon, you're pretty brainless. And, that is for hurting my best friend yet again" she says, still mad at him.

"Do you know where she is Kathleen?" he asks, Kathleen looks at him, he actually looked worse than Meredith did. She considers lying to him, but she also thinks back to what Meredith said to her at the airport.

If he asks, don't tell him where I am. Just tell him if he want me to trust him, than he will figure out where I am, and prove it to me" Meredith told Kathleen. Kath nods and pulls her in for a hug, just has they announce her flight.

"I've just taken her to the airport, Derek" she tells him, Derek goes to get up, and leave. "Derek, she told me that if you asked where she was to tell you that if you want her to trust you, than you have to find her"

"Where she gone?" he asked, has he sits back down feeling like all the air had been sucked out of him, he can't lose her not again.

"She said you would figure it out. Derek, she wants you to find her, so it somewhere that you know."

"I can't just take off after her, what about mom?"

"What about me, Derek? I'm fine; do you have an idea of where she could have gone?"

"Well, it either going to be Chicago, or Florida"

"What so special about those places?" Kathleen asks, already knowing the answer but he doesn't realise she does.

"Well, Chicago is the place where we first met up again, and Meredith's got a condo in Florida, it was where we used to…" Derek trails off, realising that Florida is where she went. "I got to go, are you sure you don't mind mom"

"Derek go, call me when you speak to her"

"Thanks mom" giving Diane a quick kiss, and rushing out of her room. Diane looks at Kath.

"She did get on the plane, didn't she?"

"Yes, she did, with some persuasion. She didn't really want to go"

"I know she didn't, but Derek needed to realise that losing her for good was not an option" Diane said.

"I know mom, but Derek will kill us if ever find out"

"Well, we better hope that he doesn't find out then"

Derek leaves the hospital, he doesn't bother going back to the hotel, he heads straight to the airport. He quickly texts Mark, and tell him that he will be back in a few days, that he needs to pick up the rental car from the hospital. An hour later he gets to the airport, he is told that the next flight to Florida isn't until the later that afternoon, he gets a ticket, since he has several hours to kill, he goes into the departure lounge and sit at the bar, having drinks.

Horsey (can't even say her name) is gone. I might post the next update later.