Chapter 37: Observations

BELLA

The entire family spent the remainder of the day and most of the night fussing over Eddie. Carlisle had been talking a lot with Edward about everything involving Eddie. He was making mental notes after everything Eddie did. He was piecing things together well. Over the eight hours he had been here he had grown significantly. He looked a month old if not more. He had the same body temperature as us when he was thirsty. The heat I felt when he was less than ten minutes old was the blood that was in his system. After we fed him bottled animal blood he seemed to warm up a little. Not quite the temperature of a human but it was warmer than us. His eyes didn't change much when he was thirsty. They darkened very slightly but any human wouldn't notice. He also hardly slept. Normally a new born baby would sleep three hours, wake up to be fed and go back to sleep again but Eddie would go to sleep for three hours and be awake from then on, at least that's what's happened so far. Renesmee and Chantelle were the most intrigued by him. They asked to stay up late because of the special events of the day. Renesmee had school the next day but she promised she'd be able to get up in time.

It was coming to 11pm when I could see Renesmee yawning. Eddie was making adorable squeals as Renesmee and Chantelle entertained him. I stood up from the couch and walked over to her on the floor with her brother.

"Come on princess, you need to sleep" I said to her. She didn't argue and just simply stated "ok." She kissed Eddie's head and stood up.

"I think it's time for you too Chantelle" Rosalie called from Emmett's lap on the couch.

"Ok momma" she replied and stood up. Rosalie and I put Chantelle and Renesmee to bed and headed back down stairs.

"He's remarkable" Rosalie said to me and threaded her arm with mine.

"I know" I said and failed to keep the grin off my face. Rosalie stopped us before we went into the living room.

"Aren't you scared?" she asked. I didn't need to ask of what, I knew she was asking if I was scared of who, or even what, Eddie was going to become.

"Terrified" I replied to her. She nodded sympathetically to me and we continued into the living room. Edward was frowning as he stared at the TV. Rosalie made her way to Emmett and I sat next to Edward. Eddie was on his lap just playing happily with Edward's wedding ring. He looked up when he saw me sit down and greeted me with a delightful squeal.

"Hey baby boy" I said to him and he reached for me. I went to take him out of Edward's arms when I realised Edward was watching me. What? I thought to him.

"You're scared. I knew you were but it just made it more real when I heard you say it out loud" he whispered just loud enough for me to hear. I just stared at him. I released my shield. Yeah, aren't you? I thought and I bent down and took Eddie out of his arms.

"Yeah" Edward whispered and Eddie curled into me and reached his hand towards me. I couldn't help but smile at him. I took his hand and he curled his tiny fingers around my index finger. He then let go and reached towards my face again. I bent down so he could touch my cheek. Momma. I heard running through my head. I jerked my head back in shock.

"Bella?" Edward asked.

"He has a gift. It's the same as Renesmee's" I said.

"What?" Edward asked again.

"Carlisle!" I called and he came rushing into the room.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Eddie can show his thoughts." I said.

"Really? Can I?" he asked and reached out to Eddie.

"Of course" I said and handed him to him. I stood next to them. "Eddie can you show grandpa Carlisle what you just did to me" I asked him. He just lifted his hand and placed it on Carlisle's cheek.

"So he can" Carlisle said. "And he can break through your shield?"

"I don't know" I said. "I had removed my shield to talk to Edward; I guess we could see again." I reached for Eddie again. He placed his hand on my cheek like he understood everything that we were saying. His tiny face creased into a frown. I hadn't heard anything he'd thought towards me.

"Not exactly the same as Renesmee's then" Edward mused as he stood up.

"It would seem" Carlisle said. "Is there anything else you can do Eddie? Try concentrate on something." Eddie reached for me again and I lifted him so he could touch my face. A small crease formed on his head as he tried to concentrate. Momma I love you. He put in my head. I smiled at him. I love you too baby. I thought to myself. I know. He said back. I didn't say anything I just grinned wider.

"Wow" I whispered.

"What? What did he do?" Carlisle asked.

"He read my thoughts" I replied to him. Edward wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Wow" Edward repeated.

"Can you do that with anyone?" Carlisle asked Eddie. I don't know. He put in my head.

"He doesn't know" I spoke for him. It was very surreal that my newborn baby could talk to me like this. I wasn't here for Renesmee's first days so I never fully experienced this. I have to touch someone. Eddie said again.

"He said he has to touch someone"

"Like Aro" Alice said. I hadn't realised everyone was watching us intently.

"It would appear so" Carlisle replied. "But also like Edward in that he can read minds. Is it only the persons present thought?" Eddie reached from my arms to Carlisle now. Carlisle took him. "I see. I thought so. That's interesting"

"What?" I asked.

"He finds it harder to project his thoughts to Carlisle. You're easier for him. Let's see if it's as easy for me" Edward said. Eddie was handed to Edward and he placed his hand on his face. Edward smiled. "I was right. Perhaps it's because we're his parents"

"I wonder" Carlisle thought allowed. "Rosalie, Alice can you come here please?" Alice and Rosalie walked over. "Eddie can you try project your thoughts to your aunts please?" Carlisle asked Eddie. He nodded and reached for Rosalie first. Rosalie took him.

"He said it's even harder for me but he can still do it" Rosalie spoke for him.

"And Alice?" Carlisle asked. Eddie was handed to Alice. After about ten seconds Eddie relaxed and dropped his hand from Alice.

"Nothing" Alice said.

"That's interesting. Can you not read her thoughts either?" Carlisle said. Eddie just shook his head.

"Why is that Carlisle?" I asked.

"It would seem that Eddie can project and read thoughts but only to anyone that is related to him. You and Edward are the easiest because he came from you. You are the closest to him. I am next because I am Edward's father. I changed him therefore my venom is part of him. I also changed Rosalie, so the same venom in Edward is in her. As he progresses down the chain the harder it becomes to communicate. I didn't change Alice. She isn't connected to any of us; therefore he can't communicate with her. I would imagine it's the same with Jasper."

"What about Renesmee?" I asked.

"I would imagine it's as easy for him to communicate with her than it is with you. I'm not sure though. He came from a different Bella than her."

"They both came from me" I said slightly insulted.

"Yes Bella but you were a vampire when you conceived Eddie, you were human with Renesmee. You had different chromosomes and everything. They both have the same mother but they could have different genes. That's what I think anyway."

"It's very plausible" Edward said. "It's clear he can only communicate with people he's related to by venom however would he be able to communicate with Charlie?"

"I don't know. Probably not. He doesn't have the same blood as Charlie" Carlisle replied. I stepped out of Edward's grip and left them to talk as I walked over to Alice still holding Eddie. We walked to the back of the living room.

"I don't know whether to be upset or not" she laughed.

"You're still his aunt and he's still your nephew" I said to her. She smiled at me.

"I know"

"Alice, Bella could you come here please?" Carlisle asked. We nodded and walked over. Carlisle was standing in front of the TV and everyone was sat on the couches or the chairs. There was a moment of silence before Edward stood up and went to Alice. He took Eddie from her arms and walked out the room. He didn't return before Carlisle started talking.

"Edward took Eddie out of the room because as you are all aware he understands everything that's happening around him just as Renesmee and Chantelle could when they were babies. I have to discuss something with you all that may be distressing to Eddie." Carlisle began. I frowned trying to possibly understand what this was about. "We don't know where Eddie came from. Well, we know he came from Bella but we don't know how." He stared at each of us in turn as he spoke. He lingered longer on me each time he caught my eye. "Something or someone made this happen. We need to find out what and we need to stay below the radar"

"Of what?" Rosalie asked.

"The Volturi. If they see Eddie they will no doubt think he is an immortal child. We don't know when Eddie is going to stop growing. If my calculations on today alone are correct I would imagine two or three years he will look seventeen. I am only guessing that he will stop at that age because Edward and Bella are that age."

"Bella's eighteen" Emmett interrupted. I scoffed.

"Yes Emmett, thank you for that. Bella doesn't look older than Edward though. One year doesn't make a difference." Carlisle stated. I laughed and Emmett stuck his tongue out at me.

"MOMMA!" Chantelle suddenly screamed. Rosalie, Emmett and I ran full speed up to Chantelle's room. Edward was sitting on her bed stroking her hair.

"It was just a bad dream" he chuckled at our alarmed faces. We all relaxed and Rosalie walked over to Chantelle. Edward stood up and Rosalie took his place. Edward and I walked out the room to give them some privacy.

"Where is Eddie?" I asked him.

"I left him in his crib when I saw that Chantelle's dream was taking a horrible turn" he said and led me into our bedroom. I walked over to Eddie's crib and lifted him out.

"What was it?" I asked Edward and we walked over to our bed and sat down.

"The usual child's nightmare. A monster was chasing her" he said.

"Oh" I laughed.

"Carlisle wants you back down stairs"

"Ok" I said and kissed Eddie before handing him to Edward. I started walking towards the door.

"Hey where's mine?" he asked. I turned around.

"Sorry sir" I laughed. He smiled and I walked over to him. I leant forward and crushed my lips to his.

"Don't you think that's inappropriate with a baby in the room?" Alice asked from the door. I laughed and pulled away from Edward. "Carlisle's getting impatient." I turned to look at Alice.

"Really?" I said in disbelief.

"No but everyone else is so hurry up" she said and smiled at me to let me know she wasn't being completely serious. I gave Edward and Eddie one last kiss before I walked out the room with Alice.

Just as we got to the stairs I saw Renesmee's bedroom door open and she walked out clutching her teddy bear. She jumped when she saw Alice and me looking at her.

"Renesmee why are you up?" I asked.

"I heard Chantelle scream, I wanted to see if she was ok" she replied.

"She's fine baby, she just had a bad dream. You can go back to bed"

"Can I see her?" she pleaded. I sighed and nodded.

"Thank you mommy" she said and walked over to Chantelle's bedroom and peeked her head in the door.

"Come in Renesmee" I heard Rosalie say. "I have to go down stairs now baby, I won't be far. Renesmee will stay with you"

"Ok momma" Chantelle whispered. Rosalie walked out the room and I heard Renesmee climb under the covers with Chantelle. I smiled to myself and Rosalie caught up with Alice and me and we walked down stairs.

Disclaimer: I do not own twilight but I do own Chantelle, Eddie and the plot line.

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