Bella's P.O.V.
"Are you sure this one will work?" I asked uneasily. "I feel
bad getting Charlie into this." Alice looked at me. "I'm
positive this one will work. I saw Charlie's reaction. He'll
laugh and all will be forgiven. It's April Fool's anyway."
She reminded me.
We both turned to look at Edward, who was playing my
lullaby on his piano. "I'm perfectly willing to do it if it
means embarrassing Mike Newton." He scowled at the
mere mention of his name.
"Jealous, much?" Jasper laughed as he entered the room.
"Yes." Edward said shortly. "Bella is mine and no one
else's."
"Greed isn't a good emotion either." Emmett smirked from
the living room. Edward threw a pillow at him. "Shut up."
Emmett grinned wider. "Did you post the videos on
YouTube?" I asked him. He nodded. "There were over a
thousand views in less than an hour. It was great!"
We all laughed. "What user was it under? What if Mike
finds out?" Rosalie asked."It's under the user MikeSucks,
and we are from Pakistan," Emmett grinned. "He won't
find out."
"What do we have to do for the next prank?" Rosalie asked
Alice.
"Edward will bring Bella back to her house tomorrow
morning before school. Charlie will still be there," She
explained, her gold eyes excited. "They will pretend to get
into an argument and Edward will drive off. When Charlie
asks what's wrong, Bella will tell him."
"Tell him what?" I asked. Alice leaned forward and
whispered it into my ear.
Our entire circle was shaking with laughter, while Edward
looked disgruntled. "Why Mike? Why couldn't it have been
Jacob?" He grumbled.
I hugged him soothingly. "If it was Jacob, then Charlie
would be pleased not angry, you know that. Besides, it's
not real."
He kissed me gently. "All right. Call Angela. She can be in
on it, too."
I nodded eagerly, and Alice handed me her cell phone.
After I dialed her number, it rang four times before her
younger brother Isaac answered.
"Hello?" He answered. "This is Bella Swan," I told him.
"Is Angela there?"
"Yeah, hang on. Angela!" He called away from the phone.
"It's Bella!" After Angela received the phone, she said,
"Hey, Bella! What's up?"
"We have another idea for a prank on Mike. Are you in?"
She laughed. "Of course! What's the plan?"
I wasn't even done explaining the prank to her, before she
was nearly screaming with laughter. "It's perfect!" She
choked. "What do I have to do?"
"Here's the plan…"
Edward and I were sitting in his Volvo as it tore down my
street. He had the same disgruntled look on his face. I
kissed him firmly. "This will work out perfectly. Trust me."
I said. He nodded, and pulled up in front of my house just
as Charlie stepped onto the porch.
I jumped out of the car. "Why would you do something like
that to me, Bella?" Edward shouted. Only I could see the
pained look on his face. This was torturing him. "It wasn't
my fault!" I pleaded. I slammed the car door and Edward
drove off.
As a walked over to my truck, Charlie grabbed me by the
shoulders. "What's going on?" He asked. "Do you two
have a fight?"
"Yes!" I sobbed to him. "About what?" he asked. He was
clearly thinking I was going to leave again.
"Do you remember that party Mike Newton threw a couple
of weeks ago, the one I said I wasn't going to go to?" He
nodded, wary.
"Well, I went instead of going to Edward's like I told you."
Charlie's eyes widened, but he didn't say anything. I took
that as my cue to continue.
"Well, Charlie…"
I drove to school, smiling broadly. So far so good. Charlie
was following behind me in his cruiser, I knew. He was
trying to keep me from noticing, but Alice told me he
would.
I pulled into the parking lot next to Edward's Volvo. I could
see him with a very sad look on his face. He was a good
actor.
When I got out of my truck, I pretended to be nauseous.
Edward strode right into the building without looking at
me. He was playing his part well.
When I opened my locker, Angela ran up to me. "I can't
believe he would do such a thing!" She glared in Edward's
direction, but she wasn't glaring at Edward. She was
glaring at Mike, who was conveniently standing next to
him, watching the whole charade.
Mike thought Angela was glaring at Edward, and he grew
smug. Perfect, I thought. Here comes Charlie.
Sure enough, I saw Charlie's cruiser pull into the parking
lot. He got out and stormed up to the doors.
As he came in, Edward slid over to my side of the hallway.
Charlie stormed right up to Mike. Nearly everyone in the
hallway was watching. Whispers and giggles could be
heard up and down the hall.
Angela and Alice were hiding behind Ben and Edward,
choking back giggles, since both of them couldn't keep a
straight face for very long.
"HOW DARE YOU GET MY DAUGHTER
PREGNANT?" Charlie roared, spittle flying everywhere.
The whispers paused for a moment, and then flared again. I
saw eyes darting between me, Mike, and Edward. Edward's
lips were twitching.
Mike's face fell into one of horror. "Sir-I didn't-"
"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Charlie roared. "BELLA TOLD
ME HERSELF! HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN HER
TATTOO?"
Mike's eyes darted to me. I pulled down the collar of my
shirt again. This time, where Edward's name was, Mike
was here. Could be seen in bold letters.
Mike's mouth opened and closed like a fish. He darted into
an empty classroom while Charlie was turned away.
I couldn't hold it in anymore. I burst out laughing, and
Angela and Alice followed suit.
"Bella?" Charlie asked, worried for my sanity. "What's
going on?"
"It was a prank!" I choked out. "I'm not pregnant!"
The whispers in the hall turned to laughs. Edward was
grinning behind me, holding a camera.
Charlie froze, and then he grinned. "Well, I sure fell for that
one, didn't I?"