Chapter 25: Pain

Carlisle's POV

I fly out of the house. Edward is inside assuring everyone of what has happened. I catch a glimpse of Renesmee asking what has happened to make me frantic. I want to answer her, to tell her that it's all going to be okay, but I can't take a chance of letting Jacob suffer. He's come to be like a son to me, and I wont rest until I know that he will be alright. And with me the only one who legally (for vampires anyway) treat him, I will make sure that nothing fatal has happened to him.

I get to the scene and the ambulance is already there. He is fine, many injuries, but nothing fatal. It almost was, but luckily his left side took most of the blow, saving his spine. His heart was still strong, and his vocals were definitely fine.

"Renesmee," He mumbled. "Renesmee."

He repeated himself over and over. So she told him. I knew that Jasper wanted to warn her about the pain that this would cause both of them, but Edward and I told him to let them fight their own battles. It would be fine. We all knew it. In time.

Renesmee's POV

Jake had left only ten minutes ago…..the longest ten minutes of my life. I decided that I might as well suck it up and see the world. The cruel, vicious, unfair world that I live in. Why can't you just make everything perfect? I screeched in my head. I made the choice. No one else. This made me feel even worse. It reminded me that I was the reason that I was suffering.

Oh, who am I kidding? It's been ten minutes.

I walked to the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face to calm me-it only made me shiver. I looked at my pale reflection. Normally, I had good acting skills, almost as good as my dad or Alice. But none of that mattered when your red and puffy face gave you away. I took a deep breath to calm myself. When I finally looked normal, I trudged to the house, I saw Carlisle sprint out of the house.

"Carlisle?" I called.

Everyone came rushing out of the house. "What happened?" I asked, confused.

"I'll tell you in the car." Edward ordered. "Just get in the car."

I sprinted to the silver Volvo. I noticed that only seven of us were getting into a car. "What about everyone-"

"Rose, Esme, and Emmett are staying here." Alice interrupted as she slid into the third row beside me. Edward and Jasper were in the front, and Bella and Seth in the second row just in front of us.

I felt a sudden rush of calm come over me. Jasper. I thought. That was the only reason that he was even coming with probably. Just to keep everyone under control from whatever happened.

I looked into the row in front of Alice and I. Seth was shaking, but I couldn't tell if he was trying not to phase, or if he was just nervous. "What happened?" I repeated anxiously.

An ice cold hand laced its fingers through mine. "Nessie, don't freak out," she paused before continuing. "But Jacob was just in a car accident a few minutes ago. Luckily someone drove by to see that he was knocked unconscious."

I started to hyperventilate. I finally realized why everyone who came did; me because I'd obviously be frantic. Mom because Jacob was her long time friend and she'd hated to see him hurt. Dad because, despite their differences, he'd come to care about Jake too. Seth because he couldn't bear to see his pack brother in pain. Jasper so that everyone would stay calm. I only then realized that Alice cared about Jacob too. They really were like brother and sister. And Jacob would do the same if the situation were reversed. (You know, if vampires needed hospitals.)

Calm washed over me. "Jasper!" I growled.

"You need it. You don't need to have a heart attack or something. Carlisle will take care of him, Jacob's going to be f-"

"Don't you dare say fine!" I snapped. "Everyone keeps saying, 'It's okay. It'll all turn out fine.' Whatever happened to just letting someone freak out and get it out of their system?"

He had his mouth open like he wanted to say something else, but decided against it so he closed it and faced the front.

"Renesmee, they already have Jacob at the hospital, Carlisle is treating him. We're almost there. Calm down. I caught a glimpse of Carlisle's thoughts, and Jacob is very alive and…" He trailed off. He was about to say the word well. But he didn't, obviously meaning that something happened.

"Dad, tell me what happened." I demanded in a whisper.

He pressed his lips into a tight line.

"Dad." My voice cracked.

"We're here." He mumbled. I wasn't going to get an answer.

When we parked, I jumped out of the car, eager to find the answers that I'd been searching for. Alice grabbed my hand and led the way into the small hospital.

We sat in the waiting room. Well, everyone else sat, while I unstably paced with anxiety. Carlisle came out to meet us and I just about ambushed him. "How is he?" I demanded.

He rested a cold hand on my shoulder, and spoke slowly. "Both his left wrist and ankle are sprained, two broken ribs, his left arm is broken I three places, as well as his left collar bone, and his spine, well, that was close to taking the blow, but his left side took most of it, so luckily that was saved." As horrible and painful as it was for Jacob, the words that just left Carlisle's lips were music to my ears. Jacob was okay. He would heal, and would be fine.

"Can I see him?" I blurted out, rudely.

"Be my guest, he's actually been asking to see-" I took off to his room before he finished his sentence. "You." I heard him mumble softly, then chuckle.

I walked into the room quietly. "Renesmee?" He asked, hopeful. Well, his vocal chords are in to way harmed. (Yes, I know. Really bad humor.)

"It's me." I assured "Almost everyone's here to see you." I said.

Coming from the waiting room, I then heard, "Is he okay?" And, "Will he be able to phase?" And, "Can he still put up a fight? 'Cause if he can't, then that sucks." And even a high pitched, "Mommy, is uncle Jacob okay?" Then I heard someone fall over, smacking a wall, or more accurately get pushed over. Yep. Almost everyone. Jake heard it too and shook with laughter.

Then he winced. "What's wrong?" I panicked.

"Oh, it's nothing. I'm fine, it's just that my ribs…. It hurts to breathe heavily." He assured.

I nodded feeling uneasy. I noticed a bandage on his temple. Carlisle hadn't mentioned this. "What's that?"

He saw where my gaze was directed. "Oh. I hit my head. Nothing serious. Knocked me out for a little while, but I slowly woke as the paramedics came. Just a scratch."

I walked over and touched the skin just beside the bandage. Still quite tender. "Jacob, I don't think that a scratch would require a bunch of gauze and tape."

"Don't worry about it. Carlisle said that a scab will seal over it. They just didn't have a big enough band-aid, so they had to use this."

Not big enough. That meant that it was a lot more than a scratch.

He saw my disbelief. "Nessie. I said not to worry."

"How can you expect me not to worry? My best friend just got in a car accident, and you tell me not to worry?" I asked incredulous.

He sighed getting annoyed. "Nessie, you find something bad in every situation."

I'd been so obsessive about seeing his injuries for myself, that I hadn't even looked into his eyes yet. Once I did, I almost broke down like earlier. The pain there was unfathomable. I knew that he wasn't talking about the accident. I felt guilty.

"Mommy! I wanna see Jake!" I heard Myah complain outside.

"I, uh, better let your family see you." I mumbled. I started to turn, but couldn't help but spin around and plant a soft kiss on his right cheek, the side opposite the gauze. "See you later." I whispered.

He didn't respond. I walked out without another sound.

A/N: It's too sad! I need to bring more happiness! I promise to soon! (How soon that I decide to follow through on that promise is the question.) Please review! I love to hear what you think, and it's a super great help on what you guys like and dislike about the story! Special thanks to luv2beloved and ScorpiusRoseLover for reviewing! And by the way, ScorpiusRoseLover, don't give up on second chances. This fanfic is far from complete. ;)

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