50 Shades of Family

A call

Ana's POV

I am currently in the kitchen with Gail while Phoebe, Alexander, and Kenneth are on the floor with Juliet trying to get her to stand up on her own. She has yet to find enough strength in her tiny arms and legs.

"Mrs. Grey, are you alright?" Gail takes the plate that I have been drying- for far too long- from my hands and places it in the cabinet. I turn away from my kids, my back against the edge of the counter and run my hands over my face.

"Do you think they're alright?" I ask. Gail looks confused at first but then smiles.

"Is that what this is all about?" I nod. "Well, I think Jason is a well-qualified driver, so the wife instinct in me is saying they're okay."

"But the wife and mother instinct in me is saying I should call or text." That bubbly feeling of guilt and uneasiness sloshes around in my stomach.

"Then call." She places a loving hand on my shoulder an smiles.

I turn back around just in time for a salt and pepper haired man to come on the screen labeled KOMO news. "Breaking news from authorities and paramedics on Highway 101 traveling from Seattle to Portland."

Just as I unlock my phone, an unknown number calls. The ample amount of noise in the room is messing with my head.

"Hello?" I answer while trying to pay attention to the news.

"Mrs. Grey?" a female voice responds at the same time the news anchor says black Audi.

"This is she."

Grey.

"Mrs.Grey, there has been an accident." At her words, I hear the words air flighted on the TV, my stomach drops.

"What hospital?" My voice is dead. After the woman answers, I think she hangs up. He phone falls from my hands, and I hear my name being called from all directions. My feet are running against the wooden floor.

"Mrs.Grey!" "Ana, Anastasia!" "Mom!"

"Gail, watch the kids." I don't wait for an answer, nor do I explain what was said over the phone. I just grab my keys and coat before rushing outside. As soon as I slam the door, a clap of thunder, the sky goes dark, and it's as if all the angels start crying from the news.

I'm frozen in place. Reality hits me like a ton of bricks as the rain soaks into my skin.

Christian was in an accident. So bad he was air flighted to the hospital.

What am I going to tell the kids?

"What hospital?" My voice is dead. After the woman answers, I think she hangs up. He phone falls from my hands, and I hear my name being called from all directions. My feet are running against the wooden floor.

"Mrs.Grey!" "Ana, Anastasia!" "Mom!"

"Gail, watch the kids." I don't wait for an answer, nor do I explain what was said over the phone. I just grab my keys and coat before rushing outside. As soon as I slam the door, a clap of thunder, the sky goes dark, and it's as if all the angels start crying from the news.

I'm frozen in place. Reality hits me like a ton of bricks as the rain soaks into my skin.

Christian was in an accident. So bad he was air flighted to the hospital.

What am I going to tell the kids?

What if he doesn't make it?

Is Taylor okay?

Teddy was supposed to be in the car with him.

Suddenly I am overcome by an all to familiar feeling from when I first left him, way back then. The situation is different, but the distant and unset feeling is the same.