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Meredith's POV

I was running for a while without a certain goal. My feet were hurting and my lung was burning. My vision was blurred. Today was definitively not my day. I had a lot of misfortune which may also be the reason why it was raining. I turned into a forest path. I had no idea where I was, I just hoped that I would get somewhere, where I would know where I am, besides in the woods, it was pretty much xeric. I ran deeper and deeper into the woods and after sometime, I stopped by a tree. I wasn't able to make one more step. I was totally out of breath and my feet ached awfully. I sprang my mobile phone out because I was hoping that I would get a signal but my phone's battery was even drained. Through the whole excitement, I must have forgotten to charge it and this was what I had from it.

"Great, just great." I told myself. "You did it again. Great."

I continued running. I was already totally wet and freezing but if I would have stayed longer, this would have been my certain death. So I continued running but this time I didn't run so fast. I know I would come out of this wood. Soon I would meet other people on this track. Soon my family and my friends would miss me. Soon they would find me. Soon I would see my kids again and I would be back home at the end. Soon Derek would recognize me again. Soon we would be back together, we would be a family again. Soon everything would be great, like it was before. Soon.

Maybe I could stay in the woods until everything would be like it was before Derek's accident, until 'soon' happens. I could just lay down and sleep in the soft grass and refuse to wake up until this whole nightmare would be over. I could shut everything down. I could just quit but I didn't quit. Some invisible power spurred me on and on. I didn't know if it was the iron will to survive, hope or just silliness but it spurred me on and I got ahead and this was everything, which was counting at the moment. I didn't want to die. I wanted to get home and wrap my kids in my arms and I wanted to tell Derek that I would always love him although he didn't recognize me. I still had so many plans, so much left to do. This couldn't be the end.

"Pull yourself together, Meredith! You won't die here." I told myself again. I pushed all my thoughts aside and continued walking. I wandered from the path and now I ran unsystematically across the woods. Soon it stopped raining and the sun set, so it was already dark. I wasn't able to see anything. I stopped and sat down in front of a tree. I pulled my thin jacket tight around my body. I was hungry and thirsty. I rummaged around my handbag. I found a bottle full of water and a packet full of chewing gums. I started laughing. This situation was very familiar to me. My laughing resounded through the wood except of the sound of the wind when it flew across the leaves and the hoot of an owl, you could only hear my laughing. Earlier this morning, I had a curious feeling but this time, it felt like something great would happen, but it wouldn't happen, I guess. I should have stayed in my bed then maybe this wouldn't have happened. Soon my laughter turned into silence, I calmed myself down and fell asleep.

I dreamed of Renee and Derek. In my dream they have been the perfect pair but then dark clouds came and lightning flashed and separated them from each other then a laugh sounded and they looked up and there was I. I can see myself, with a rod, the same that Zeus had, I was sending flashes off and laughed at them. In the next scene, I was in the forest and Derek was also there. The just sun set and we were happily laying in the grass while we were holding hands. Our three beautiful children were playing next to us.

Then Derek said to me, "Come home."

The next scene was, I was alone in the woods. It was windy, cold and dark and it was raining. Derek's voice whispered again and again, "Come home. I'm waiting for you."

I followed his voice and with each step I made, his voice became louder and louder. Soon I stepped out of the woods and found myself on a glade. It was the glade where we have built our house on. Zola, Bailey and Ellis played in the garden. In a cradle, there was a little baby lying and at the porch there was Derek sitting and with two cold beer waiting for me. The sky was blue, the wind had stopped blowing hard and the sun was shining. There was no trace of rain coming soon. I went to Derek. He welcomed me with a kiss, gave me a beer and we sat down. Together, we watched the kids play until the baby started to cry. Instinctively, I stood up and took him outside.

Derek stood also up and followed me. "He is perfect, our little sun, isn't he?", he said to me. I glanced dreamy at the little boy. Yes, he was perfect.

He looked exactly like Derek, except of the nose he had from me. Derek placed his arm around me and kissed me. Behind us, I heard the rest of our kids laughing. I was so happy, like I haven't been in such a long time. And then a roaring thunder rudely awakened me. Everything was only a dream. This made me sad and I promised myself that I would do everything to make it like what I have just dreamed. I would stand up and continue walking. I would go back home and I would fight for my family.

I have found my will to survive again. With renewed vigor I stood up and continued walking. It was still dark and a storm was blustering above me but all this didn't matter to me. Everything I cared about and wanted was coming home to my family. I wanted to fight. I wanted to live.

Suddenly, a flash struck directly in the tree next to me. I flinched. The tree cracked and it was about to fall over. I ran for my life and didn't see a root and I stumbled over. I heard a crack and I was laying on the ground with an infernal ache in my right leg. I screamed out. Slowly, I checked my leg. It was broken. I think I am able to recognize a bone fracture.

'This was it. This was how my life would end. I probably would die.' I thought to myself. My eyes welled up with tears.

I had no idea how long I was sitting there, crying. I lost track of time. I only knew that it slowly started to get light. Soon two strange lights came and blinded me. They passed me by and made a maddening noise. I started looking around me and found out that I was already next to the trail to the city. I regained hope. Maybe I wouldn't die. Maybe someone would come and save me. I crawled to a tree and pulled myself up slowly. My leg ached like hell. I pushed the ache aside and clenched my teeth. Very slowly, I hobbled in the direction of the trail. At the roadside, I sat myself down in front of a tree and waited until I heard a car.

Soon it was already dawn and I heard a car coming. As fast as I can, I stood up and hobbled towards the trail but then I realized that this proceeded amidst of the pampas and I have chosen the poorest patch to run to the street. The car turned the curve and the lights dazzled me. I heard the squeal of tyres and I knew that this was it, my end. I wasn't able to move.

I closed my eyes and folded my hands, like Amelia, Callie and sometimes Derek did when they were praying, and spoke, "Dear god, I know, that I'm not religious. I'm not even christened but if you exist then please help me. I need you. I don't want to die yet." I whispered calmly.

The squeak of the tires got louder and louder which meant that the car came nearer. I waited every moment that the car would crash into me but nothing happened. The squeak of the tires calmed down. I opened my eyes a little bit and recognized that the car had come to a stop directly in front of me. Then I looked up and saw Derek at the driver's seat. A feeling of relief ran though my body.

"Thank you god." I whispered, before everything around me went black and I collapsed.