[ A/N: Chapter Two takes up the story told from Renesmee's Point of View. For clarification purposes, she calls Charlie-Grandpa and Carlisle-Granddad. Since Renee is out of the loop, Esme is Grandma.]

Chapter Two
"OOPS"

Renesmee's POV

I was not sure, but it occurred to me that I might have been in trouble. I was in Granddad's office at the hospital waiting for him to get out of surgery. "Uncle" Billy was downstairs in the ER with Grandpa, as he got stitched up good as new. Jacob, well Jacob was pacing in front of me, back and forth, back and forth. He made me nervous as he muttered to himself. No, I realized then that he was arguing with himself. When I listened very carefully, I heard him running through explanations that may or may not get me out of trouble with Mom and Dad. Jacob was my best friend. Honestly, I had to be the luckiest girl in the world. My Jacob would do anything for me.

I didn't really see what the big deal was. So I killed a bear. He was delicious! Now I understood what Uncle Emmitt has been going on about. All this time I had only been allowed to hunt deer and elk—boring.

I knew that when Grandpa saw the bear, he wanted to take him out himself, but he didn't look like he was doing it right. Maybe He should ask Uncle Emmitt for some pointers. Anyway, when Billy gave me permission, I just went for it. Billy called Jake on the cell phone while I was busy getting the bear to hold still so I could dine on him. Grandpa didn't seem mad about it later when he woke up on the way to the hospital. He was awfully quiet though. Probably he was still a little sleepy. At one point he looked back at me and asked me if I was alright. I laughed and told him he was silly.

After the longest 40 minutes of the whole weekend, Granddad came in his office. Jacob immediately sat in a chair and Granddad scooped me up and kissed my cheeks. He then started taking over the pacing path that Jacob had just vacated this time with me in arms.

"So Nessie, you killed a bear today?" Granddad said smiling as he sat with me behind his desk. I just nodded.

'How did he find that out already? Wait, he doesn't look mad. So maybe I'm not in any kind of trouble from Granddad at least'.

"I know you were pretty excited about it when you got to the hospital. I heard you thinking about it way up in the operating room. Your talent is growing Nessie. Just like you." Then Granddad turned to Jacob, "Have you called Bella and Edward yet?"

"No," Jacob said shaking his head slightly, "Charlie said that he wanted to talk to them himself about this and some…other things."

Carlisle shook his head. "What else happened this weekend Nessie?" He asked me with gentle eyes. I still wasn't in trouble. 'Good! Now if I can keep it that way by downplaying the movies.'

"Nothing extra special, Grandpa and Sue took me to the movies, and after dinner we told stories. Today was the fishing trip. See, I don't know what Grandpa wants to talk about" 'Maybe it is about my birthday party!'

Carlisle and Jacob were both hiding smiles. 'I don't get it. What? What am I missing?'

"Nessie," Granddad said "I'll tell you what you're missing."

'Wait, I didn't say that OUT LOUD. I'm getting a queasy sort of feeling. This is NOT good.'

"Nessie, I don't know how this is happening. I need to think about it and talk to your parents but you are now broadcasting your thoughts away from yourself."

'What? Everyone can hear everything I am thinking! Without me touching them? No! It's bad enough that Dad can always hear me. Now, everyone can! Wait, don't panic. Just think happy thoughts!'

"I'm not sure yet Nessie, but I think that the more excited or agitated you are, the better and farther the broadcasting may go. You were pretty excited when you came into the ER with Grandpa weren't you?" I just nodded. "Well, take some deep breaths and try to relax.

'That's easy enough for you to say.' I thought furiously. They both suppressed a chuckle.

"Now, your Grandpa is done in the ER and will be coming up soon. What I need to know now before he gets here is exactly what happened at the movies?"

'Dang it'! "Well, he asked me not to talk out loud during the movie…so I didn't." I tried to make my tone casual. 'Oops! I forgot they can hear me thinking all this.'

Now Jacob cut in. "So if you weren't talking out loud in the movies, were you using your gift to talk silently to Charlie?"

'He sounds sympathetic. He wouldn't get me in trouble. Maybe he figures it will be better to tell Granddad instead of Mom and Dad. Dang, they are still both listening. I keep forgetting.'

"Well, WHY you did that is going to be something for you to talk with your parents about. I need to know HOW you did it though." Granddad said with a little sigh. "Did you touch him or just think it like today?"

"I touched him." I said quietly.

"So it would seem as though the broadcasting phenomena coincided with the bear attack. Interesting."

There was a knock on the door and Grandpa and "Uncle" Billy came in.

***

Charlie's POV

I was driving Nessie back to the Cullen's place. My head wouldn't stop spinning. I looked over at my now sleeping little angel. I was glad finally fallen asleep. She was so distressed when she had left Carlisle's office. Of course, I had known she was in a state. Not because it was written all over her face, but because I heard her telling me so in my head. It was just too much craziness for someone so small to process. Good thing she was so sturdy. I have been chanting my mantra so much today that it began to sound like a broken record--stuck in the same spot--playing over and over. 'Need to know. Need to know. Need to know...'

Somehow, she had saved my life today. I had no idea how. I remembered seeing her countless times from the past, launch herself at Emmitt the same way she went at that bear today. I realized that I was shuddering and I tried to take deep breaths to calm down. "Get a grip Man!" I told myself, 'I'm a police man. I've been trained to deal with strange situations.' Not X-Files strange. Maybe if I studied with the FBI, I'd be able to handle all this weirdness better.

It would seem that once again Billy knew more than me about MY own family. That really irked the hell out of me. What would have possessed him to encourage my little Nessie to attack that bear? And I also wondered about that yell of hers. That was scarier than the bear attack. Was it some kind of wolf thing that Jacob had taught her? I'd better mention that to Bella and Edward as well. The last thing my sweet little granddaughter needed was to act like some kind of animal.

I'd tried to get a hold of Bella for the last hour but her phone must be turned off. Well, hopefully she took my advice and left town for a romantic getaway for the weekend. Poor kids, barely married and now parents. Plus they're starting school with overloaded schedules soon. I could tell that they needed more 'alone' time. They acted like they didn't get enough time to be just husband and wife—away from everyone else. I almost hated to give them one more problem to deal with. Well, better to deal with it now when I was here to help them through it.

I knew I must have been in some kind of state myself, but I sucked it up to be strong for them. I just hated seeing little Nessie so distressed. I guessed I would be too, if everything I thought was put out there for everyone to hear. And her thoughts were literally received by just about everybody. I'd have sworn that nearly the whole hospital somehow knew about that crazy bear attack.

I wasn't exactly sure what happened to the bear after I blacked out. I'd seen it took a swipe at my Nessie but I couldn't find even a scratch on her when I'd checked. Was my granddaughter some kind of super hero? Did she get more than her facial characteristics from Edward? What about the rest of his family? Were the Cullens aliens- like from Krypton? No, that couldn't be right. Bella was one of them now. Her eyes were even the same coloring. That wasn't alien. Maybe there was some kind of DNA changing radioactive mineral substance out on that island they went to for their honeymoon. They've all been there before. Bella was pretty sick when she got back. No, that didn't seem right either. Well, I still wanted to remain blissfully ignorant. I just wanted my little granddaughter to be alright. I wanted to know that she was safe and happy-not anxious and scared.

I pulled up in front of the big white house. As soon as I got out of my soundproof cab I heard thunder crashing from out in the woods. Funny, it wasn't raining. What was up with that? Weird. As I gathered Nessie, still sleeping, in my good arm, the front door opened and Rosalie was there with a giant smile on her face.

"Hello Charlie! You're hurt; Let me get her for you." She quickly took Nessie from me as she beamed from ear to ear. She truly was one beautiful young woman. She started crooning softly in Renesmee's ear that caused her to stir slightly in her aunt's arms. She bounded back into the house. Emmitt came out and patted me on the back.

"Hi Charlie, I heard about that bear attack. That's a tough break. Trust me I know how brutal they can be." He winked at me. I didn't know why but it almost seemed like that simple answer was layered with hidden meanings.

"You do? Have you been attacked by a bear?" I asked somewhat skeptical.

"Yes, you could say that. Anyway, I'm glad you're alright. Carlisle called just now looking for Edward and mentioned that our little Nessie saved you!" Strange but he was beaming like this particular statement just about had him exploding with pride. I must have read too much into his comment. I had better change the subject before I completely lost it to all the crazy.

"Where is that awful thunder coming from? Did Bella and Edward make it back from their trip yet?" Funny, but it seemed like the minute I mentioned the strange thunder--it stopped.

"Actually, Edward and Bella are making that annoying racket. It's kind of a new way to play football." He said with a chuckle. "It sounds like Edwards winning." He winked at me again. I was positive that somehow I was missing the punch line. "Not to worry. They know you're here now and will be here shortly."

That kind of irritated me too. I wanted them to have alone time. Not to be off playing football in the woods. I must have be on edge. Maybe I was in shock. I chanted my mantra-'Need to know. Need to know. Need to know.'

Just then Edward and Bella come through the front door holding hands and laughing.

"Dad!" Bella practically sang. "Where's Renesmee?" It was then that she noticed my arm that had been hidden by the car door all wrapped up in gauze and a sling. "Dad, what happened to your arm? Are you alright?" Her voice became genuinely alarmed. How in the world did she get over to me so fast? She must have been closer than I thought. I was SO preoccupied.

"Rosalie took Nessie, still sleeping, in the house just now." I told Bella. "And a bear is what happened to my arm."

"A BEAR ATTACKED YOU!!! Are you okay?" I nodded "What about Nessie was she with you? Is she okay?" I just nodded again.

Edward seeming to be deep in thought, his smile fading from his face as he just stared at me with the strangest look on his face.

"Why don't you come inside Charlie? We need to talk." He said quietly. Bella gave me an awkward hug and it almost seemed like she wanted to carry me inside the house.

To distract myself from being the focus of the attention, I turned to Bella and quipped, "Since when did you become a football enthusiast?"

She just gave me a strange confused look, but would not be swayed from her concern over my bear attack.

"What happened?" She said before we were even through the door.

We sat down in the living room. I didn't really know where to start. I have had to give people bad news before. I was a policeman, it came with the territory. I couldn't get the words out. I tried three times before sound came out of my mouth.

"Kids, there is something seriously wrong with Nessie." I watched Edward and Bella as they shared a knowing look. Huh. Maybe they already suspected something was up.

"Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us everything that happened." Edward said in a strained voice. It looked to me that he was preparing himself for the worst.

"Well it started out yesterday at the movies. Nessie was so excited about all of the funny parts and she was talking to loud. So I told her not to talk out loud." I stopped. Would they think I was crazy? Was I crazy? Maybe. "Well, she stopped talking aloud but she didn't stop talking." I barely whispered the last part. Bella swallowed hard. "Do you understand what I'm telling you? She put her words right from her head to mine."

"Oops" Bella breathed in a sigh.

"Oops? Bella, aren't you just a little alarmed about this? Or do you think I'm making it up? Because if you think I imagined the whole thing…then there's a whole hospital full of people who imagined the same thing today."

Now I really had their attention. "Let me tell you about this afternoon. Billy was fishing with Nessie and me. A big grizzly came out of nowhere. My gun was in the car. What was I suppose to do? He was running right at us. I barely had time to get Nessie out of the way and that Grizzly grabbed my arm and started hauling me off. Billy yelled at Nessie to get the bear. Bella! He actually was encouraging her to fight the bear! She let out the most bone-chilling yell I've ever heard." I stopped my narrative as my last comment side-tracked me. "Guys-you really need to see what Jacob is teaching her with his wolf stuff, that yell was just eerie." Then I got back to my story. "Anyway, it scared the bear. It dropped me and then Nessie jumped right at the bear. It took a swipe at her." I saw as both Bella and Edward both flinched when I said this. "I blacked out then, but when I came to Jacob was there and was driving us to the hospital I checked her out myself and I swear, there wasn't even a scratch on her." They both visibly relaxed when they heard this news.

"Well if all of that wasn't enough. When Billy basically gave her permission to "attack", at the same time she was having that horrific yell coming out of her little tiny mouth, she was shouting into my head, 'Don't worry Grandpa, I'm coming to save you!'"

Edward looked confused for a minute then he said, "She wasn't touching you when she thought that?"

"No," I answered. Had he missed the bigger picture here? "She was a good ten feet away."

"When we got to the hospital she was very excited. Everyone there heard her. Jacob took her up to Carlisle's office to get her away from everyone. When I was done in the ER, I went up there and she was with Carlisle and Jacob. She was very upset. Somehow, EVERYTHING she was thinking EVERYONE could hear".

Bella and Edward's faces looked as sick as mine did.

"My poor Nessie!" Bella moaned. Edward gave her a hug but he was struggling himself.

"Now, I still am working on a need to know basis here. But can we agree that maybe there are a few things going on here that I may need to know." I said solemnly.