A/N So I know that I said I wasn't doing another outtake until after NYE but I swear I started writing their finals week chapter and then I started writing this… And I was going to hold onto it and wait… but then I really wanted you guys to read it! I know, I'm skipping pretty far ahead. But this outtake has been in my head for some reason. And I didn't feel like waiting through a bunch of outtakes before this one. So… here's my take on the Charlie Tango incident. Tissue alert!

FALL 2024

She smells his cologne and feels his lips on hers before she is even fully awake. "Wake up baby"

Her eyes flutter open to her husband's piercing grey eyes. "Mmm what time is it?"

"6 am, go back to sleep, I just wanted to say bye"

She sits up in their penthouse New York apartment and wipes her eyes trying to wake up. "You're leaving now?" She says eyeing him in his delicious black suit with a white button up underneath. She bites her lip as she looks him up and down.

"Don't start Mrs. Grey" he growls. "Or I'll never get out of here"

"You'll be back tonight?"

"Yes ma'am" He leans in to kiss her again and then rubs her swollen belly "Bye little one"

He walks out of their bedroom and back in minutes later with their 2 year old son "You going to take care of mommy while I'm gone?"

"Da-da, bye?" Teddy wraps his arm around his neck and kisses his cheek.

"Just for today, I'll be back tonight Teddy bear" he says kissing his curls before handing him to Ana. "I love you"

"Love you!" he says as he squirms in Ana's lap.

"I love you baby" he says kissing Ana lightly. "Oh before I get, Taylor isn't going with me" referring to his security that rarely leaves his side

"What? Why?"

"Something came up with his daughter, and this has to get done today"

"Are you sure that's safe? Maybe you should take Sawyer?"

"And leave the three most important people in my life unguarded?" He shoots her a look like 'yeah right'

"Maybe we do need a third security"

"Ohhhh now, someone wants to agree with me"

"Hush, you wanted to hire someone specifically for Teddy like he goes anywhere without one of us" she rolls her eyes as she rubs his hair and kisses the top of his head.

"Well we can look into it when I get back. For now, Sawyer stays with you and Ros and I are just going to go alone"

"Fiiiiine. Be careful, Charlie Tango, I imagine?"

"Yep, just a quick trip to Boston actually. I'll call you when we land"

"Okay" he kisses her a final time and he's out the door, unbeknownst to both of them that their lives were about to undergo a very crazy 48 hours. An hour later when she hadn't heard from her husband she gives him a call only to be met with his voicemail.

"Hmm that's odd." She's sitting next to Teddy as he plays on her and Christian's massive king size bed. "What are you doing, hmmm?" she giggles and tickles his stomach.

"Mama play!" he says holding out his toys. She smiles and takes his toy from him worrying in the back of her mind that something wasn't right.

Another two hours go by when she hears someone coming into her apartment. She walks out into the living room to see Taylor and Sean walking in.

"Seanny! What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in like" she looks at her watch "days!" She hugs him tightly.

"Hey Banans" he says taking a seat.

"Taylor how's your daughter?"

"She's okay, Mrs. Grey we need to talk to you"

"Okay…"

"Ana—" Sean starts

"No. I am not Ana, you only call me Ana when something is wrong. What is it Sean?" She asks starting to panic.

"Where's Teddy?"

"Taking a nap"

"Okay… Ana I think you need to sit down"

"I would rather stay standing" she says starting to fidget with her hands

"Ana…" Sean starts. "It's Christian"

Her palms start to sweat and her heart starts racing as tears fill her eyes. "No way" she whispers as she backs up. "No, it's impossible" feeling like she already knows what they're going to say.

Taylor and Sean get up and move towards her as they see her on the precipice of a panic attack. "Ana, come sit down"

"NO. He's fine" she picks up her cellphone and dials him getting a voicemail. "No!" She screams as she sinks into a chair. "Where is he Sean, what happened?" she says as she tries to wipe her tears but new ones form just as fast.

"He never made it to Boston, Ana. Charlie Tango went down somewhere and they can't find it on the radar. When a plane…" he starts to say crash but changes his mind as to not freak out Ana "goes down it is no longer able to be tracked."

"What do you mean 'went down somewhere' Sean? You fly over water to get to Boston" she says her entire body tensing.

"I know" he says wincing.

Ana's lip trembles and she bites down on her lip. "Find my husband, Taylor. Please"

"We're on it, ma'am" He replies. She sighs and puts her head in her hands.

"I called Elliott and Kate they're on the next flight out."

"Why?"

"Because you need them, and they would want to be here for you. And they love Christian too"

"I don't need them here staring at me"

"Ana. Stop it; I called your dad and his parents too"

"WHAT!? Sean that is ridiculous"

"ANA look at me" he grabs her shoulders and shakes her. "This is a very real situation right now; you being in denial isn't helping anything. This isn't like in college when he would get drunk and his phone would die, his helicopter… that he was in went down. You know what that means right? You need your family. You need Kate. Hell if I had Vanessa and Charlie's number they'd be on their way too. You're pregnant and… shit do they even know you're pregnant again?"

"Kate and Elliott know" she sighs "We wanted to tell them in person, we were planning to fly home at the end of the month." She runs a finger through her hair. "I can't… I can't survive without him, Sean"

"Oh Banana" he pulls her into a hug as she sobs violently into his chest. "Me either"

An hour later she's pacing in her living room. "He would call. Christian would never want me to worry. He… he would have called by now. Something is wrong, Sean" she says starting to cry again. "Something is really wrong. What if he…"

"Don't you finish that sentence, Anastasia Grey" he grabs her face.

"But…"

"No. Don't you ever suggest that he's not okay. He's fine. Maybe he took a detour. Don't you dare give up on him Ana. You two are like two halves of the same whole. You would be able to feel it."

"Where's Shannon?" Ana asks trying to take her mind off of her husbands whereabouts and on to her best friends soon to be wife.

"She'll be here soon, she was out of town for work but she left for the airport as soon as I called her"

"She didn't have to do that" Ana sighs as she sits on the couch putting her head in her hands.

"Ana stop. You know Shannon adores you and Christian."

"She's been really good for you Sean" she smiles sadly.

"She really has, I can't believe she agreed to marry me"

"I can, you're a catch Seanny" she says resting her head on his shoulder.

"Awww Banans way to make a guy blush"

Her parents, her dad, Kate and Elliott were all flying over so she didn't expect a knock on her door so soon. She's lying on the couch in a fetal position with Sean searching the news on his iPad for any news he could find before Ana saw it. He was worried that if he turned the TV on she would see something that would kill her.

Sean opens the door to see Vanessa and Charlie standing in the doorway. "Where is she?" she asks walking by him.

"Living room. How did you guys…?"

"Kate shot me an email as she was boarding the plane. She knew we could get here faster"

Vanessa bolts into the living room while Charlie hangs back. "We were searching everything we could on the plane, there's nothing up yet. So they just haven't found his helicopter?"

"No" he rubs his face. "Come here" he says leading him into the kitchen to fix himself a drink. "She's not handling this well. One minute she's in denial, one minute she's thinking he could be dead, one minute she's sobbing, one minute she's angry."

"She's in shock. Christian and Ana are each other's worlds. I know I don't have to tell you that" Charlie says. "Where's Teddy?"

"Napping, I don't think Ana even has it in her to put on a show for Teddy. Like how do you even put this in words to a two year old?"

Meanwhile in the living room:

"Honey?"

Ana's head snaps up as she recognizes the voice "Ness? What are you doing here?"

"Oh sweetie" she wipes her tears and wraps an arm around her. "Kate emailed me and we left for the airport as soon as we heard." she gives a sad smile. "Are you hungry?" She shakes her head no. "Would you like a drink? It might calm your nerves" she says rubbing her back

She runs a hand through her hair and sighs closing her eyes "I can't, I'm pregnant"

"Shut up"

"Don't I look fatter to you?" she says standing up and lifting her shirt to show a tiny bump.

"You look gorgeous. You can't even tell. Why didn't you tell me?"

"We haven't told our parents yet. We wanted to do it in person… and I don't know we found out right after you had… well… I just didn't want to seem insensitive"

"It's okay, Ana. We're getting through it."

There's another knock on the door sometime later and Sean opens it to find Mia rushing through the door with about a week's worth of luggage.

"Jesus Christ, I swear that man is going to give me a heart attack!"

"Mia? What are you…?" Ana looks at her watch. "How did you get here so fast?"

"I was in Chicago for work. Literally left while I was making my world renowned chocolate soufflé for about 300 people. What the hell is going on? All I got from Kate was that, Christian's helicopter went down? Please tell me you know more than that? And then my phone died so I wasn't able to call you. Dylan is on his way"

"We don't know anything more than we did 4 hours ago" Sean sighs. "Their security is on it, but nothing yet"

"How can they just not find his helicopter?" Mia asks.

"Mia" Sean shakes his head at her to indicate that she needs to stop talking.

"Holy shit" Sean says looking at his phone. "They found Charlie Tango… turn on the news" He warily looks at Ana before turning on the TV to see the words "Christian Grey Missing" flash across the TV. Sean's eyes widen and Mia feels herself starting to cry so she leaves the room as to not upset Ana even more.

Ana is mildly aware that people are talking but all she can see is her husband's face on the screen that gorgeous face and his helicopter. The helicopter she had ridden in hundreds of times. She gets up as she feels her eyes welling up. "I'm going to go lay down"

"Do you want me to—" Vanessa starts.

"No" Ana interrupts. "I want to be left alone" she says walking out of the room and into her bedroom. She collapses into her bed and lets the pillow muffle her sobs as she feels as if someone is literally ripping her heart out. She finally gets to sleep but an hour later her eyes shoot open. The sun is setting and she has the distinct feeling she's not alone. She turns her head to see the eyes of her best friend staring at her.

"Hey" Kate says with teary eyes

"When did you get here?"

"About 20 minutes ago"

"Is he dead?" she asks terrified to know the answer.

"No sweetie, he's not dead. He can't be. He loves you too much to leave you"

She sits up and looks outside "Then where is he!? He is out there in the cold, and… he's probably tired and hungry and…"

"Hey, look at me" she says pulling her face to look at her "All this stress is not good for the baby. I need you to calm down. Everything is going to be okay, I promise"

She nods though she doesn't totally believe her. "Who's out there?"

"Your dad, his parents, Elliott, Sean, Mia, Vanessa and Charlie… Some of your friends from work called but… we weren't sure if you wanted people that weren't family. We told them we would call them back. Your phone has been blowing up. I think Emma has to stay with the kids but Dave is flying in"

"I don't want to go out there"

"You don't have to"

"Will you send my dad in?"

"Of course"

"Where's Teddy?"

"Up under Elliott" she laughs.

"How is he, is he okay?"

"Oh he loves it; he's getting so much attention right now"

"Is he hungry?"

"We fed him"

"Okay"

"Are you hungry?" she asks

"No"

"You're going to have to eat eventually"

"Fine"

Kate emerges from the bedroom and they all look at her. "Well she's awake…"

"I want to see her" Sean says.

"No, she wants her dad, everyone else needs to wait" she says putting a hand up.

Ray gets up and makes his way into her bedroom feeling his heart break as soon as he walks in. She's sitting on the couch in their room staring blankly out the window.

"Annie"

"Daddy" she immediately bursts into tears and she runs into his arms. "Where's Christian, daddy?"

"They're working real hard to find him"

They sit down and she leans her head on his shoulder. "Anything new?"

"No, honey. Just that they found his plane"

"I don't want to come out there… and like make small talk"

"No one expects you too, honey"

"Daddy… I'm pregnant again"

"Well that's great news!"

"I just wanted you to know. We were planning to fly out at the end of the month and tell everyone in person"

"Well I'm really glad to hear you'll be giving me another one, that Teddy is just a piece of work" he chuckles.

"He adores you"

He smiles. "Do you want to stay in here? Or go back out there?"

"I want to stay here."

Out in the living room:

"Who here can make her eat. She hasn't eaten anything since I got here this morning" Sean says.

"That can't be healthy" Elliott says "Especially with the baby"

"Elliott" Kate warns.

"She's pregnant again?" Mia asks.

"They were planning to tell everyone at the end of the month when they flew to Seattle. But yes, she's pregnant"

"How far along?"

"I think like 8 weeks?"

Grace's eyes well up with tears "Oh my goodness. I can't even believe it"

"You should by how often they go at it" Elliott mumbles under his breath earning a jab in the ribs from Kate.

"Well I know one thing Ana will eat no matter how she's feeling" Elliott interjects. "Who's up for pizza?"

Carrick comes out of Taylor's office with him. "Any news?" Sean asks.

"Nothing new and where his helicopter… went down it was in the middle of nowhere. They're sending choppers out all over looking for them. I can't imagine they wouldn't have taken a flare gun with them"

"It's getting late, Carrick. My son is out there in the dark and cold." Grace wipes at her eyes.

Ana feels someone stroking her face and her eyes pop open to see her mother in law and Kate.

"We didn't mean to wake you, but we thought you might like something to eat" Grace says

"I'm not hungry" she sighs as she cuddles back into her dad's shoulder. The only place she's felt safe in hours.

"Oh come on, not even for pizza?" Kate smiles moving her eyebrows up and down.

"Come on kiddo, just a couple of bites" her dad says.

"Okay" She sits up and eats a few bites of pizza before sitting it back on the plate. "Happy?"

"A little" Grace sits on the other side of her on the couch. "Sweetheart, Christian is going to be okay. You know that he is. He wouldn't dream of leaving you"

"That's what everyone says" she mumbles feeling new tears coming on "But something tells me this wasn't his choice" She cries silent tears and Kate sits in front of her and rubs her knees.

"It's going to be okay, Steele" she smiles at her nickname although it pisses Christian off.

"It's Grey now" she whispers back with a slight smile.

"Oh yeah…" she smiles. "Do you want me to get Teddy?"

"I'll come out. I don't want them to think I don't want to be around them"

"No one thinks that, Ana. They understand"

She walks out as they all follow her and Teddy immediately jumps out of Elliott's arms and runs towards his mother. "Mama mama up!"

She picks him up and sits with him on the couch. "Hi pumpkin" she kisses his forehead and holds him close. "What have you been doing?"

"Playing with Elli" she smiles at his name for him.

"Oh, you have!?"

"Mama?"

"Yes honey?"

"Where's Dada?" everyone in the room tenses so much you could hear a pin drop.

She feels her eyes well up with tears. She looks at Kate that was sitting next to her and immediately hands Teddy to her before bolting up and running to the closest bathroom. They can hear her throwing up and crying in between.

"I got it" Elliott says following her into the bathroom. She's still throwing up so he starts to rub her back. "Just let out it Ana. It's alright."

"Sorry" she chokes out.

"What are you apologizing for? We're all here for you Ana. Me, Kate, Mia, Sean, Vanessa, Charlie… you and Christian have gotten us all through some tough shit. We're here for you, Ana. We love you."

She nods as she flushes the toilet and sits on the ground next to it. She looks up at him with glossy eyes. "When Teddy asked me that… I just lost it. What am I supposed to tell him? He worships Christian. They have a bond even I don't understand. He's going to figure that something is up"

"Well right now, there's nothing to tell him. Because Christian is fine."

"It's dark. Elliott, can we go out and look for him?"

"No, Ana you certainly cannot do anything of the sort. Christian would have my ass if I had you out in the cold"

"What if he's hungry?" she says with more tears in her eyes.

"Christian is resourceful; he'll be okay Ana I promise"

"I am really worried." She sniffles and wipes her nose. "I'm never letting him out of my sight… if I ever see him again"

"Of course you'll see him again"

"How do you know Elliott… how does everyone know that he's okay, and that I'll see him again?"

"Because… I don't know Ana, we're remaining optimistic. And I guess no one can believe that the universe or whatever higher power would ever separate you two. You have like the greatest kid that ever lived and you have one on the way. You guys need Christian. Christian needs you"

She sighs. "So we're just being hopeful"

"There's nothing wrong with that"

"It's not realistic. What is he out in the woods? There are wild animals out there you know"

He nods. "I know, Ana"

She finally emerges from the bathroom and goes straight to bed.

"I'm starting to really worry" Kate says as she looks out the window into the cool New York night.

"Starting to?" Sean says as he gets them two beers. At this point, the two of them are in the kitchen alone.

"He can't be dead" Kate wipes the tears forming in her eyes. "Ana will not survive that"

"Hell I won't either" Sean says taking a swig of his beer.

"Where the hell is he!? Maybe we should go out and look for him?"

"In the dark? They have cops and their security on it. What can we do?"

"I don't know, not sit here. I'm going to go lay down with her."

"Me too"

Around 4 am, Ana shoots up in bed to find herself lying in between her two best friends. She smiles for the first time in ages that she has two of the best friends in the world. "I love you guys" she whispers before climbing out of bed and going into the living room. She smiles a slight smile to see Mia and Elliott passed out on couches. Dylan, Shannon and Dave must have arrived while she was asleep as they were asleep as well. She imagines that Grace and Carrick, Charlie and Vanessa and her dad were all in different guest rooms. She goes to check on Teddy and sees him sleeping soundly. She places a soft kiss on his cheek before running a hand through his curls. She goes out on their balcony and stares out into the night willing her husband to come home. Just send me a sign that you're okay baby. Please.

"It's chilly out here"

She turns around to see her father in law sipping some bourbon out of a tumbler. "I just needed some air" she sighs as she sits down.

"Oh, Ana." He wraps an arm around her and kisses the top of her head.

"Are you going to tell me everything is going to be okay, he's fine… or all the BS everyone has been handing me?"

"Ana they just want you to stay optimistic"

"I know…"

"He can survive this, you understand me? He's a Grey. He's a fighter. And you know what? You're a Grey too. We're strong. You're strong, Ana"

"I don't feel strong"

It had been nearly 24 hours since she saw her husband and she was feeling anxious when Taylor received a call. Ana had made herself a cup of tea and was sipping it when Carrick walked back outside to kneel before her. He smiled a slight smile "I need you to stay calm"

"Why…?" she says feeling fresh tears in her eyes.

"Ana… this is a good thing"

"They found him" she chokes out.

"They found him" he repeats back

"Where… where is he?" she says wiping her eyes.

"They're going to the hospital. He's severely dehydrated and has some bumps and bruises possibly a concussion and some bruised ribs. But I think the biggest thing they're worried about is PTSD."

"I need to go to him… now"

"Okay, let's go. Sawyer and Taylor can drive us."

She runs into her bedroom and wakes up Sean and Kate. "Guys guys guys! They found him!" she squeals. "He's alive!"

"Holy shit!" Sean shoots up "How do you know!?"

"The hospital called Taylor"

"Oh my god" Kate says pulling her shoes on. "What time is it?"

"A little after 5"

Pretty soon they were on their way to the hospital. No one wanted to stay at home as they all wanted to see Christian. She was in the car with Kate, Sean and Elliott with Teddy asleep in his car seat.

"I am so happy. I just can't wait to see him" she says wiping her tears

"I knew he was okay, you guys were worried" Sean laughs. "I wasn't worried for a minute"

"Bullshit, don't think I didn't witness your little breakdown in the kitchen. You were def on the verge of tears"

"F you Kate, haven't you ever heard of taking things to the grave!" Sean says.

They arrive at the hospital and they all hurry to the reception desk.

"Christian Grey" she says hurriedly.

"Okay, please have a seat he—"

"NO. Christian Grey's room. NOW. I'm his wife, and I swear to God after the last 24 hours I've had, I'll rip your heart right out of your chest if you don't let me see him"

"Ana… Ana" Sean pulls her aside. "Sorry, she's a little tense" he says to the receptionist

"Don't Ana me, I'm this close and they won't let me see him! You know he wants to see me, Sean. Do you know what I've been through?" She slams both of her hands on the desk.

"Ana… honey" Kate says as she hands a sleeping Teddy to Elliott. "Calm down, they're going to let you see him."

"Why won't they now!?"

"He was in ICU when he entered; they are in the process of moving him out now. Once he has his room, you can see him"

About 20 minutes later, they call for them and they all jump to their feet.

"You all can't go"

"Is he awake?" Graces asks

"He's groggy but he's conscious"

"I think Ana should go first alone" Elliott says.

"Are you his wife?" the nurse asks

"Yes"

"Okay, let's go"

She turns around and looks at Teddy. "Can you stay here with everyone?"

"Yes mama" she gives him a kiss and strokes his cheek.

"Okay. Can my son come?"

"Yes, he should be strong enough for that"

She nods "Give me 10 minutes and then someone bring him, okay? You guys can fight it out over who gets to be next" she smiles. She starts to follow the nurse before spinning around. "Thank you all so much. I wouldn't have gotten through the last 24 hours without you. I love you all" she smiles before wiping the last of her tears and disappearing. She follows her down a long hallway before coming to one at the end of the hall. Taylor is standing outside of his door and he smirks.

"How did—how did you get here?"

"A magician never reveals his secrets, Mrs. Grey"

"Is he okay?"

"Itching to see you"

"He's awake?"

"Indeed"

She takes a deep breath and opens the door to see her husband. The love of her life. Her everything. Her eyes well up with tears and she starts towards him.

"Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes" he whispers as his voice is hoarse.

"Christian" she sobs as she cups his face and brushes her lips over his. "Are you okay? I've missed you so much baby. I love you I love you I love you" she says peppering his face with kisses. "You can't ever do something like this again, you have no idea what this last 24 hours has been like"

"I can imagine. I've missed you so much"

"What happened?"

"Long story"

"Tell me"

"There will be plenty of time for that; I just want to stare at your beautiful face. One I thought I would never see again" he strokes her face.

"I never thought I would see yours either I think I've cried about 10 gallons worth of tears. When I saw you on TV I lost it"

"I was on TV?"

"Oh yes, you made national news, dear. Christian Grey—missing. How's that for haunting my dreams"

He smiles. "Where's Teddy? With Gail?"

"No… he's in the waiting room"

"With Sean?"

"Yes…"

"What aren't you telling me?"

"That your best friend is the best person in the world but is so annoying"

"Who else is out there?"

"Let's see" she pulls her hand out to count on her fingers. "Your parents, my dad, Kate, Elliott, Mia, Dylan, Vanessa, Charlie, Shannon oh and Dave."

"Jesus Christ. Well I'm glad they were here for you, something tells me you weren't doing too well" he smirks.

"Yeah and if the roles were reversed you'd be just fine"

He grabs her hand and squeezes "No. I would die without you Ana"

"I died a thousand deaths over the past day"

"I'm sorry, baby"

"Don't be sorry" she whispers as a tear rolls down her cheek. "I'm just never letting you out of my sight again"

"Is that a promise? When I get out of here, I don't want to be let out of our bed again" he smiles.

"I love you so much" she whispers against his lips. "I thought I lost you"

"You can't lose me, baby" he wipes the tears from her cheeks and kisses her softly. "I'm not going anywhere"

A/N Okay, I got this out of my system, so the rest of my outtakes will be more in order. I really don't like that I did this before the wedding and the birth of Teddy but… whatever it's not like this is a real book, right?! :)

PS I had to consult the book for some of this because I couldn't remember why Taylor wouldn't be with him and I wanted a basic time frame but… I remembered it being a way bigger deal. But it didn't seem that crazy… I feel like mine was more dramatic! Haha

Back to Harvard in the next chapter!