Nobody was going anywhere. Bella only resumed her pacing. Emmett only said, "Tough break" before he went to find Rosalie. Edward only put his arms around Bella, making her stop pacing, and comforted her. I didn't get it.

"What are we waiting for? Aren't we going to go see him?" Why wasn't anybody moving? Shouldn't we be going to that hospital? Shouldn't we make sure he was OK? If he was in a lot of pain, why weren't we there, comforting him?

"Nessie, it's not that simple," Edward answered. Honestly, sometimes I agreed with Jacob; Edward's thought reading could be seriously annoying... now was not one of those times...

Bella looked at him: curious.

"That's good, but Nessie, think about it. If we go to a hospital don't you think that the already-suspicious doctors would get more suspicious?"

"Inhumanly beautiful rich people coming to visit an extremely un-humanly traited man? Nessie, do you want people to discover the secret of vampires too? Assuming, of course, that the werewolves - er - shape-shifters' secret is found out? Nobody but Billy and Charlie have been in to see him..." Bella explained., "Plus, you're really hot too, just like Jacob- if you went they might think you're one of them..."

I didn't care.

Jacob was hurting. Wasn't that all that mattered? We had to get to him! I was hurting just thinking of him hurting! We needed to see him, right? It was all that mattered!

"No - Nessie, think rationally!"

"No Dad. I have to see him!"

I used to call my parents "Mom" and "Dad" like any other kid. They'd allowed it for a long time. Only last year had I started to call them Bella and Edward. It would probably be weird if someone heard me call two people that look my age or maybe even eventually younger than me "Mom" and "Dad"...

Sometimes I still slipped up.

Edward sighed.

"It's a neccessity! Really! I can't just leave him!"

Bella pursed her lips, "Honestly Edward, what if..."

"No! It's too dangerous!"

"You don't even know what I was going to say!" Bella snapped.

"Yeah, but it's not hard to guess! It's too dangerous!"

"Look, the doctors haven't discovered anything yet, right?"

Edward scowled, "Yeah, you caught the key word: Yet."

Bella rolled her eyes, "What if we went and were gone before they suspected anything? Carlisle seems do be doing an excellent job so far..."

"It's too dangerous. Don't you realize that-" Bella placed a finger on his lips to silence him.

"No. Listen Edward. One little risk isn't going to make much of a difference. Don't you see? Keeping them apart is like trying to keep us apart. We all know how well that went last time..."

Edward winced.

Even after all this time, what he did to Bella still hurt him. Well, I guess it was more that Bella's hurt hurt him... Even if it was years in the past. He blamed himself. And then, when Bella got pregnant with me, Edward again blamed himself for causing Bella pain. But that was my fault. Anyway, Edward would do anything to prevent Bella, or me for that matter, from hurting in anyway. Probably he was worried about us ending up getting hurt somehow in this situation.

"You're right," he acknowledged my thought in a whisper.

"What?" Bella asked, "Me? About separating them?"

"But it's still too dangerous..."

I want to go. I will make sure I don't get discovered.

"Yes, I know you want to go. That's the whole problem..."

"Edward, come on. If you were in a hospital in danger of exposure, do you really think I could just leave you there? Or that you could leave me?" Bella asked indignantly.

"No," he admitted grudgingly, "but I would certainly hope you'd leave me if that were the case..."

Bella snorted, "You know that would never happen. You know me too well to actually think that there was a sliver of a chance I would, right?"

Edward sighed again, "Yes, I know."

So it's settled. I get to go!

I darted to the car.

"No it is not settled!" Edward growled through his teeth. Both him and Bella followed me.

"I think it is," Bella put in for me, "think of all Jacob's done for us! We owe him at least one tiny practically risk-free visit!"

He sighed, evidently exasperated. Didn't he realize how much simpler this would be if he just agreed already!

He gave me A Look.

I just smirked. It was true, after all.

He rolled his eyes.

"Edward, just - let's go! It'll be fine! If it's not, you can blame me!" Bella said.

I touched the locket around my neck absentmindedly. It had been a gift from Bella my very first Christmas...

"Please?" I pleaded. I needed to see Jacob. Not seeing him and this constant worry was causing me physical pain.

Edward sighed.

"Renesme Carlie Cullen, do you have any idea how dangerous this could be, not only for you, but for Jacob as well? And the rest of your family? And the rest of the werewolves for that matter? IF they're not already suspicious, your hot skin and simularities to Jacob will increase the chance of exposure than just Jacob..."

I rolled my eyes.

That's a risk I'm willing to take... because it's not very risky.

Edward sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Fine. We'll go. But it is extremely risky. Know that. If we're discovered..."

But I paid no attention.

Yes! Thank you!

I hugged him.

"About time," Bella said, smiling. She was already in the passenger seat of Edward's volvo.

So we were going than. We were going to see Jacob at a hospital filled with doctors and only Carlisle trying to prevent them from discovering anything about him and the rest of the werewolves. We were off.