Enchanting Equinox (Jacob Black Story)

Chapter 6: Growing Up‏ With The Rite Of Passage.

~A little heads up before reading this chapter, there is some mature content. Not smug related though.~

Jacob had been running for hours when Renesmee's body stiffened in pain. He sensed it immediately and slid to a stop, leaving deep gouges in the dirt with his claws. Renesmee crawled off his back and sank to her knees.
Jacob immediately phased and jerked his shorts on. There was a tree just three feet in front of him, but he must have been too worried about her to waste any time on modesty. He had never phased in front of her before, so she didn't quite know how to handle it. Renesmee had only seen a brief flash of his hip before she looked away. No big deal, right?
Jacob didn't seem embarrassed at all. He placed his hand on her forehead and asked, "What's going on Sweetie? Do you have a fever? You feel a little warmer than usual. Your heart rate is a little elevated." Ever since Jacob started his EMT training, he was even more of a worrywart than usual.
"Jake, stop it." Renesmee was still blushing when she batted his hand away from her forehead. "I don't know. I've never had a fever before." The concerned look on his face made her feel guilty for snapping at him. "Sorry, Jake. I've been feeling a little irritable lately."
She bit her lower lip and dropped her gaze to the ground as she thought about her violent mood swings. Irritable didn't begin to cover it. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I cry at things I used to just laugh at. I get extremely angry without much provocation. I'm always screaming at Uncle Emmett to 'bite me'."
Her face flushed bright red with shame. She was the one doing all the biting. "But right now, the main thing that's bugging me—is my stomach hurts."
She was in Jacob's arms and flying through the woods on the way back to the house before she even knew what happened.
"Jake stop, I just want to talk about it a little."
"You can talk while I run." Renesmee could hear and feel Jacob's heart pounding with what could only be fear. She knew He could run for miles without breaking a sweat. "I think we need to get you back, so Carlisle can have a look at you."
"No Jake! I don't want to be poked and prodded all night. Those titanium needles really hurt!"
There were very few things that could pierce her deceptively tough skin. Titanium happened to one of them.
Everyone was sitting around the conference table when they got back. That was weird. They were usually scattered all over the house by this time of night. Oh no! Renesmee suddenly remembered her Dad saying, "She knows better than to leave the compound," as she was running away from that horrible scene in the kitchen. Crap! She hadn't even thought about it after Jacob coaxed her down from the tree. They had been gone for hours.
Renesmee risked a quick glance at Edward and he winked at her. What? Edward shook his head "no" almost imperceptibly. Am in trouble? He again signalled "no". That's a relief! Thanks, Dad.
Alice had her head in her hands and Jasper was rubbing the back of her neck while he concentrated on controlling the mood in the room. Renesmee and Jacob both felt the calm atmosphere the minute he carried her through the door.
Alice obviously had a bad headache. After years of practice, she could now see a short distance into Renesmee's future. Unfortunately, her efforts were always rewarded with migraine headaches. Why is she still trying to see my future? Maybe I'm seriously sick.
"Nessie, you aren't sick, you're just growing up." Edward said soothingly and then looked at Jacob. "Go pack your gear; all the men are going on a camping trip."
"No, I'm not going anywhere! Not 'till I find out what's wrong with Nessie."
"Jacob, she's fine. We'll talk about it in the jeep."
"Her stomach hurts! It could be appendicitis or a parasitic infection or something worse!" Carlisle smiled kindly at Renesmee and said, "Come here for a minute, sweetie. Can you show me where it hurts?"
Renesmee placed her hand over her lower abdominal muscles. "Right here."
"Mm hm. Can you describe the pain for me?"
"I guess so, yeah. It's kind of how I felt after you forced me to eat those nasty berries last month, only the pain is lower and not as bad. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to puke this time."
Carlisle pressed different parts of her tummy while questioning her. "Does it feel like a dull ache or sharp and stabbing or maybe more like cramping."
"Yeah, it definitely feels like cramps."
"I believe Alice has made the correct diagnosis. Nessie is perfectly healthy and is indeed growing up."
"But the cramps ..." Jacob stopped mid sentence with a startled look on his face and merely said, "Oh."
Suddenly Jacob was very excited about the camping trip. All the guys were gone in less than five minutes.