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Zach had begun to exercise his power more and more, both by accident and on purpose. If he were startled, his mini-force field would be pushed out around him, protecting some and keeping others out. If Edward tried to bathe him or I wanted to put him to bed before he wanted, however, he would push it out to keep us out, and then continue what he was doing. We were having trouble enforcing the rules since he couldn't look far enough into the future (not literally, like Alice) to fully grasp threats. Today, I was completely muddied, after trying to pick him up out of the mud before he got any grosser. No such luck, unless you count being flown backwards into the mud, luck. I was talking to Edward about it in the bedroom we shared.

"It just isn't working. This is disgusting!" I complained, after trying to wipe some muck off.

"Well, you need to let me deal with this from now on. You could hurt baby Elizabeth (A/N gasp! It's got a name!). Besides, look at yourself. As you said, you're disgusting." How. Dare. He.

"Oh, so now I'm disgusting," I was getting mad.

"No, No! Not you! Just your, uh, situation,"

"You said I'M disgusting,"

"No! I didn't mean it like that! I swear! The mud is disgusting! I, err, just don't want the disgusting mud on, um, the beautiful you," Hmmm… sounded like he meant it. Okay, then. Hormones—DEACTIVATE!

"Well, we can't ALL be Greek gods," I murmured. I should have known he'd hear.

"Hmmm? What was that?" He asked, intrigued. Oops. My cheeks flamed red.

"Nothing, nothing," I claimed and hid my face under the blankets. Thankfully, my stomach was small enough to fit.

"Oh, come on now. Tell me,"

"I'd REALLY rather not," Just then, we heard Jasper from down stairs.

"EDWARD! THE EMBARRASSMENT COMING FROM THAT ROOM IS HORRENDOUS! SHE'S PREGNANT, FOR GOODNESS SAKES. LEAVE HER ALONE FOR NINE MONTHS!" Oh, no. The whole house heard that. AUGH! Alice came in.

"Edward, that's enough. No harming my nice." She pranced over to the bed and took me out, pulling me out the door. Once we were out, she whispered, "I saw what was happening. You owe me one." Thank goodness. Gratitude flowed through me in waves.

"Thanks so much," I whispered back. I was so lucky to have a friend like Alice. She giggled.

"Come on, let's go for a walk," she suggested in her regular volume level.

"Okay. I need a break from this house, not that it's not perfect or anything, but I'm getting cabin fever." Then I thought of something. "Alice, don't look into the future of this walk, okay? I'd rather just have a talk, without you knowing what I'm going to say."

"Sure. Fair enough." We walked out and left the property. Suddenly, I felt a rush of liquid between my legs. I knew what that was. So did Alice.

"ALICE!" A small twinge I knew would get worse. A contraction.

"Oh, no, Bella!"

HA HA! CLIFFIE! will update soon, but you know, school and all...