Chapter 28: Stealing Medicine
Renesmee's POV
My baby boy, dying?
"No, No, No!" I screamed out loud. I felt myself falling to my knees. I could feel myself falling apart at the seams.
"No, not him, not my baby!" I screamed.
"Ness-"
"He can't die! He's just a baby, no, I can't lose him!" I shouted hysterically.
"Ness-"
"What am I going to do?!"
Just then some shook the life out of me "Nessie snap out of it!" Carlisle shouted. "You won't do EJ any good by falling apart now. He needs you to be strong. He needs you to do everything that you can to save him" Carlisle said.
I looked at my grandfather and I swear that I could see the wisdom behind his golden eyes. He was right, it wouldn't help my son at all if I just fell apart like that. He needs me to be strong, and I need to be strong for him. Now is not the time to fall apart, now is the time that I need to keep myself together and do everything that I can for my son.
"Thanks gramps" I said.
"Of course Nessie" he said.
"What are we going to do now? How are we going to help him?" I asked. I was determined to do whatever it took to save EJ's life.
"Well for now I can break into the pharmacy and see what medicine they have. I know of plenty of great medicines that would help EJ a lot until we can get him proper treatment. I don't normally approve of stealing, but for now that's all that we can do until we have access to the necessary treatment" he said.
"Did you just say 'stealing'?" I asked. Even in my current mind frame I couldn't even fathom the words "Carlisle" and "stealing" in the same sentence.
"Yes, I did. I'll leave them a good sum of money to replace whatever I take" he said.
"Okay" I said slowly, still in shock. "So when will you go?" I asked.
"I'll head over there tonight when the sun goes down" he said.
"Well I appreciate it" I said.
"I do anything for my family" he said.
EJ started crying again. I could tell that he was in pain just by the way he sounded. It tore me up from the inside. I started crying again. I couldn't lose my son, I just couldn't. I love him so much, I would die if I lost my baby. I had to save, I just had to do everything in my power to make sure that he lived. Carlisle carried me to my bed.
I yawned. Apparently the lack of sleep was catching up to me now. My eyelids started feeling very heavy. I tried to force them open. I needed to be awake in case anything happened. In case my baby needed me. It wasn't working, clearly my body had other ideas. Slowly I felt myself drift off to sleep.
It felt like only seconds later that I was woken up. I could hear voices. I blinked a couple of times to clear up my vision. I was now underneath some blankets.
"She's waking up now" Carlisle said to whoever he was talking to on the phone. He was carrying EJ in one arm and with his free hand he was holding the cellphone.
There was another brief exchange of words.
"Okay, here she is" Carlisle said before handing me the phone.
"Hello" I said in a very sleepy voice.
"Nessie, I'm glad you're awake" came Jacob's voice. "I heard about what's happening with EJ and I coming" he said in a very serious voice. He sounded as worried as I felt.
"Jacob you shouldn't do that. You're needed over there, the pack needs you" I said.
"I don't care about that!" he shouted into my ear. "You and my son need me more right now" he said.
"But Jake-" I started to say but he cut me off.
"Nessie the pack can handle themselves, they don't need to be babysat. I will leave Leah in charge, she's just as good at leading the pack as I am. Right now I want, no I need to be with you and EJ. My son is sick and dying, I need to be there with you both" he said desperately. I could hear the pain in his voice as he spoke. He was EJ's father, and he loved his son so much. It would kill Jacob if he lost EJ, just like it would kill me.
He was right. He needed to be here.
"Okay Jake, you're right" I said.
"I'm taking the next flight out of here. I'll see you both soon. Give our son a kiss for me" he said. '
"I sure will, bye Jake" I said.
"Bye Nessie" he said before the line went dead.
I handed the phone back to Carlisle.
"Did you call him?"I asked.
"Yes I did. He needed to know what was happening. After all he is EJ's dad" Carlisle said.
"He's coming" I said.
"I know" he said.
"How's EJ doing? How long was I asleep?" I asked.
"You slept for about 6 hours. It's nearly time for me to leave" he said. "EJ's doing okay for now. I think it helps if I hold him. My body temperature keeps his temperature down" he said. That made me happy to hear.
"He's cried a few times. I tried putting him to sleep, but that didn't work so well. He keeps fighting it. I even changed a few diapers and got peed on twice" he said.
I burst out laughing. It felt good to laugh. I think it's exactly what I needed to release some of the tension that I felt.
My grandpa was clearly not amused though.
"I'm sorry grandpa. I shouldn't laugh. It's probably going to happen to me soon. I hear it's inevitable with baby boys" I said.
"It's okay Ness. Laughing is good right now. Even if it is at my expense" he said.
"Well thanks for taking care of him" I said.
"Ness, you don't have to thank me. I love you both so much. It's an honor to take care of you two" he said.
"I'm just showing my appreciation" I said.
He smiled at me. Then he looked at the time and the sun.
"It's time for me to go. It's nearly twilight" he said.
"Well good luck. I hope you get what EJ needs" I said.
"Don't worry about that Nessie. I promise that I will come back with what he needs. I'm just as determined to save EJ as you and Jacob are" he said.
About two and a half hours later he did come back with some medicine. I couldn't help but smile. I was never more thankful for my grandfather than I was at that very moment.
"You have a lot of stuff there" I said.
"Yes, this should help him out until we can get him the help that he needs" he said. He opened up one of the bottles and gave some to EJ. It wasn't exactly an easy task, but he did it.
Carlisle's whole stance suddenly changed. "Oh no" he said. "Not now"
"What's wrong?" I asked. Did something go wrong? Did EJ suddenly get worse?
"It's the Volturi. There here" he said.
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