Hello my dears! Are we having fun yet?

Hehehehehehehehehehe! Don't you just love it when Tanya gets knocked on her ass? Literally?

Let's find out what happened! We've got a little bit of Bella's POV and a little bit of Edward's POV in this chapter.

Chapter 13

BPOV

I felt Edward grab me from behind and cover my stomach, protectively. And then saw Eleazar and Kate run over to where Tanya was lying motionless on the ground.

"Oh my God! Edward, please tell me I didn't do that." I'm so freaked out right now. I would be hyperventilating if I were human.

"Babe, calm down. I don't think that you did it. But I'm not sure how to explain it. No one else, besides Kate can do that. Kate never touched her. Something had to have happened." Edward tried to sooth me.

I'm actually starting to calm down a little. It has to be Jasper. There's no way I would have been this calm on my own.

"Jasper, is that you doing that?" I asked.

"Yeah. I can tell you really need it. You're making Rose a little jumpy, too." Jasper said.

Kate and Eleazar were checking on Tanya and it was a couple of minutes until she opened her eyes and looks straight over at me.

Oh fuck.

"You little bitch! How dare you! I don't even know how you did it, but if you do it again, I will make you sorry that you ever messed-" Tanya started to rant but was again thrown to the ground, convulsing.

"Oh shit! Edward, what's going on? I'm not doing that. What the hell's happening?" And I'm panicking again.

"Eleazar, what's happening? There's no way that Bella did that. You said so yourself, that she couldn't use someone else's gift on others. Just reflect it back to them when they use it on her." Edward said, sounding kind of worried, too.

"…I'm not entirely sure. Bella, tell me what was going on when that happened. Was there any differences you could feel when she hit the ground?" Eleazar asked.

Well hell, how do I fucking know? Hmmm…

"I guess I was a little pissed at her behavior, but I was pushing my shield to cover her so that I had everyone under it. But I didn't really feel a difference… until Olivia started moving around…" But how could that do anything to Tanya?

Eleazar had a very perplexed look on his face as he looked at me. Like he was trying to work something out that didn't make sense…which, none of this did. He walked back towards the house and up on the porch. Edward, Carlisle, Esme and I followed him up there so we could be away from the others.

"Edward? Can you read the baby's mind, at all?" Eleazar asked.

What the hell.

I looked at Edward, because i didn't understand why Eleazar was asking.

"Wait a sec. You think she did it?" Edward asked, pointing at my stomach.

Oh no fucking way…

"Are you bat shit crazy? There's no way that a fetus could pack that kind of power!" I said.

"Edward?" Eleazar asked.

Edward pursed his lips and looked like he was focusing. He then tilted his head to the right. "Hmmm…" He then walked around to face me, knelt down and put his hands on my stomach. He stayed that way for a moment, and then looked up at me with his mouth gaping open.

"What? You're scaring me. What's wrong?" I started to panic again. Where the hell is Jasper?

"…She did it. She was defending you. She heard what Tanya was doing and saying. So she took it into her own hands and… taught her a lesson." Edward said in amazement.

"WHAT? How did you even know that? Can you hear her or something?" I asked one question right after the other.

"Woah, Bells, chill. Yes, I can hear her. But it's only when I'm touching your stomach, where she is. She's become developed enough that she's starting to have her own thoughts. Your stomach has grown some since yesterday, by the way." I slapped him on the shoulder. "What? You look sexy. I like it. Anyways, she thinks like a normal person. Not like a newborn baby would. She's intelligent, too. She knows who you and I are." Edward said, then stood and faced the rest of them. "She can hear most of the things that are going on out here. Which means she can hear all of Tanya's unwelcome comments. That was what pissed her off. She heard all of what Tanya was saying and how it was affecting Bella. It made her feel like she was being attacked too, since she's a part of her mother, and she went on the defensive. She took Kate's gift and turned it on Tanya. She's very talented. And obviously very powerful. We're definitely going to have our hands full with her, Bells." Edward said, then kissed my stomach.

I felt something rub up against the inside of my stomach when he kissed it. Then he looked up at me with so much adoration in his eyes.

"Did you feel it? She kissed me back from the inside." I knew he'd have tears rolling down his face if he was able to. I, on the other hand, would already be in a puddle on the ground at how fucking perfect this child already is, and how much love her daddy already has for her.

"I love you so much, Livy. Mommy and I are so proud of you already. Just don't go around hurting people because you feel like it. I'm putting my foot down, right now. Just keep it in check, little missy." He cooed lovingly, so she knew he wasn't really mad at her. He just needed her to know she couldn't do this whenever she felt the need to. She could really end up hurting someone.

"This is extraordinary. I've never seen anything quite like it. Edward, can you see what all she can do? It might help us be more prepared if she gets defensive again." Eleazar asked.

"No, not really. It's hard to tell, for sure. It's like how it is with Bella, sometimes. She's not letting me see things she doesn't want me to. Hold on… what if she's using Bella's gift? If she used Kate's, then why not ours, too?" Edward asked.

Eleazar looked deep in thought. "You may be right. I can't get a read on the little one, either. So she may be using her mother's gift to protect her from someone like me seeing. Bella… see if you can get her to lower your shield that she's using. Maybe that will help. She may listen to you." He suggested.

I nodded and walked over to one of the rocking chairs that was on the porch. I put both my hands over my growing belly. Edward was right; it has grown in the last day. I started rocking in the chair, trying to figure out how to convince her to let us in. And I guess I started over thinking it. A mother's approach seems best. So I started humming a nursery rhyme to her. As I felt her calm down some, I started talking to her.

"Livy, baby, are you using mommy's gift so no one can find out what's going on with you? Can you give me a nudge once for yes, and two for no, sweet girl?" I asked my stomach in a very soothing and sweet voice.

I felt a single nudge against my hand.

I smiled up at Edward, who was staring on at me in awe. He obviously liked to see me being a mother.

God, I can't wait to hold her and be a mother.

I nodded my head for him to come over. He walked towards me and knelt in front of me.

"Olivia, can you at least let daddy in? Let him know what you're thinking? He's worried that you're upset at someone and doesn't want you to feel sad about it." I coaxed in a still soothing voice. And I felt another single nudge.

Then I looked at Edward again and waited to see what happened.

EPOV

I was listening for Olivia's thoughts and anything else I could pick up from her. It took a couple of minutes, but she finally let me back in.

I'm sorry, daddy. I heard my little angel think to me, in the sweetest, most beautiful voice. It reminded me of her mother's voice.

"I know baby girl. Just don't do it whenever you feel like it, angel." I spoke to her, in Bella's stomach.

Are you and mommy mad? God that just gutted me. How could she think we're mad at her? I could never be mad at her.

"Oh baby, no we're not mad. We just don't want you to hurt someone, unnecessarily. Just be careful how you use your gifts. We don't even know what all you can do yet." I soothed her.

…I can absorb other's gifts and use them. I can hear thoughts of other people, and they can hear mine when I want them to. I can protect myself like mommy, with a shield… I didn't mean to hurt that Tanya lady too much. I just wanted her to stop being mean to mommy. Can I still practice with my gifts, though? Christ, she is going to be impossible to resist when she gets here. Just her sweet little voice makes me wither to her whim.

"Yes baby, you can still practice it. You just have to be mindful of what you're doing. Don't target people unless you're told by us, or unless you or we are in danger. Ok, little one?" I told her in a calm, sweet voice.

Yes, daddy. She thought to me, sweetly and apologetically.

I laid my head in Bella's lap. I swear I would cry right now if I could from her calling me daddy like that. I looked up at Bella and she looked just about like I probably did.

"Your daughter doesn't play fair. I know exactly where she gets it from, too." I said to Bella, giving her a pointed look.

She smiled sweetly at me. "I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm sure it's not true." She said in that innocent voice, with that gorgeous smile that always makes me melt.

"Ugh, she's gonna be just like you. Beautiful, funny, sweet, innocent, charismatic, able to make me crumble with a single little look…"I trailed off, hoping she knew just how much 'mother-like-daughter' they already were now.

"And able to get out of anything with a crooked little smile and a pout. I told you we were going to have trouble with this one. She is going to be a force to be reckoned with. And I don't mean as a vampire. But just as a girl." Bella retorted.

"Hey, not all my fault. She will be the perfect mixture of the two of us. I can't wait for her to get here. I want to hold her, so badly right now. The way she calls me daddy just pulls at every string in my heart. Her voice is so much like yours." I leaned up to kiss her. Then felt a jolt at my hand that was on Bella's stomach.

No kissing, daddy! My little Olivia thought to me.

"Look here, munchkin. I'm showing your mommy how much I love her. So close your eyes for a sec. And I kissed you from here, so I don't want to hear it, young lady." I scolded her, sweetly, so she knew I wasn't mad.

But daaaadddddddddyyyy! She thought.

I had to laugh at how fucking cute she was being. I laid my elbow on the arm of the chair and rested my cheek on my hand, looking at Bella. "I can't believe I'm being reprimanded by my unborn child for kissing her mother. This just doesn't seem fair to me."

Bella laughed, too. This is so not going to be good if they gang up on me, either. I'm done for if that happens.

"You know, I like seeing that I'm not the only one that can frazzle you like this. It's too adorable for words." She said. And I growled at her.

"If you and Livy are done making fun of me, let's tell Eleazar what I found out." I said, standing to turn back towards Eleazar, Carlisle and Esme. Tanya was standing out in the yard with Kate and the others. But she was also glaring at Bella. Gah, the nerve of that woman. Her thoughts are repulsive and extremely vulgar, sometimes.

"I know for sure that it was Olivia that did it. She also told me what else she can do, and I think we have a very, very powerful being on our hands." I said to them as calmly as I could. It still shocked the shit out of me that Olivia was this powerful already. What the fuck are we going to do when she becomes a teenager and she wants to rebel against us? Shit, I don't even want to think that far ahead, yet.

"What did she tell you, Edward?" Carlisle asked.

"She can absorb and use other's gifts. She has a shield, like Bella's. And she can hear people's thoughts, and she can also project her own thoughts to others." I told them.

All of their eyes went wide, and Esme's hands went up to cover her mouth from the shock.

"OH my god!" Esme, so eloquently put it. Well I can't really blame her.

"Wow. That… that's amazing. I don't think there has ever been a vampire with gifts like that. This little girl will be highly sought after, Carlisle. You have to make sure she is protected from the Volturi, at all costs. They all must be protected. You and I both know if they can't get to the child, then they will try for Bella or Edward. They hate leaving empty-handed when they seeks out a gifted vampire, as you well know. Bella, Edward, you must make sure that you do not go along with them if you ever come across them. They can't be trusted. Your gifts will be used for their own gain in Italy. Aro is notorious for 'collecting', if you will. If a vampire can serve his purposes, then he takes them back with him to serve and protect him, Caius and Marcus. They are manipulative, and completely conniving. They'll do whatever they can to get what they want. Don't let them. I'm sure Carlisle has told you that is why we don't drink from humans, if we can help it. If there's a large enough group of us and there's any sort of reporting of any activity they could see as our kind feeding, they will investigate to see who it is and what gifts they might find in them." Eleazar explained to us.

"I don't plan on letting them get that close to us. But I will make sure that they have no power over us. I'd rather die than let them take us with them." I said in a strong voice.

"Edward, we'll make sure that it doesn't come to that. If they find us, then we'll be a united front against them. We'll make sure that they can never get to Olivia, or the two of you." Esme said in her motherly voice. She really was becoming like a mom to me. She would fuss over us, or scold us if we used bad language. She made sure we were taken care of. She would have been a wonderful mother, had this not happened to her.

Tanya and Kate had come back up to the house now.

"I think we're done with the practice for right now. Why don't you all go and hunt, and then we'll regroup when you get back. We'll probably go back to it then. But we'll give it a rest so baby Olivia can go back to sleep. Carlisle? Any of yours need to hunt?" Eleazar asked.

Carlisle looked around to see if anyone needed to go. No one stepped up because most all of us had been hunting in the past few days. "I think most of us are fine in that area. You all go on ahead and hunt." Carlisle said.

With that, Kate, Tanya, Irina, Carmen and Zafrina all took off towards the trees and disappeared.

We all turned and went inside. I took Bella into the living room and sat down on the couch with her. I laid my head in her lap with my hand on her stomach so I could listen to Olivia some more. She's so fascinating to listen to. The others came in as well and sat down to relax with each other.

"So when do you two want to start buying things for little Olivia's room? We can look at some things online and get some ideas going for it. We need to get her room done soon." Alice said happily.

I looked up at Bella to see what she wanted to do. She furrowed her brow but turned and nodded at Alice. Hearing the shrill squeal from Alice, and her sudden departure from the room meant that she could only be excited to shop.

Alice appeared back in the room with her laptop and I knew this was going to be trouble. Mostly because I could see all the little wheels in her head turning. Along with every single baby website she could think of with all the things she was planning to buy for Olivia. She gracefully plopped down in front of us. She automatically pulled up baby stores and we were assaulted by tons of furniture, baby clothes, bottles, toys, things I never even thought babies would ever need.

Holy god in heaven.

"What the hell? What is all this shit? How much stuff does a baby need?" I asked, totally confused.

"We were gonna have to do this eventually, before. Just be glad we're not alone doing this. We'd probably end up with a huge mess in the nursery without someone like Alice, Esme and Rose." Bella said to me.

Well, yeah, but still…

"So what are we really going to need? We don't have a clue as to if she'll need the normal baby stuff or not." I asked.

Alice went through loads of stuff that we knew we would definitely need for her.

"Hey Edward, couldn't you find out from Olivia now, what she would need? Wait, she wouldn't know what she wants to eat yet, so that may not do much good." Alice said, but dismissed her thought. Yeah she's gonna be interesting to live around. She's just a ball of energy and talks whenever something pops in her head. It will never be a dull minute with her around. She's fun though.

As we were going through the stuff online, I started hearing Olivia again.

Daddy, can Grammy do this to my room? Then she showed me an image of things she wanted done. And it seemed like it would be such a perfect room for her. Sweet and fun.

She wanted lime green walls, white furniture (some of which we had looked through that Bella and I liked), white rocking chair, green, pink and white plaid bedding, pink and white sheer curtains. It would be beautiful for our little girl.

But then I thought about what she said again. Huh?

"Baby girl, who's Grammy?" I asked her. And Bella's head shot around to look at me. She looked confused, too.

Grammy Esme, daddy. She thought to me, like I wasn't keeping up with her. Then I looked over at Esme.

A/N: Naaaaaawwwwwww, who else just wants to melt into a puddle of goo with how cute Olivia can be?

We'll see some more of Bella practicing with her gift in the next chapter.