DISCLAIMER: I don't own Twilight.
Bella's POV
The boys were not waiting for me when I left class and it was a good thing they weren't. I stalked back to my dorm room, glad Alice was there when I arrived. Her face fell the moment she saw the livid look on my face.
"What happened?" She asked, alarmed. I just stood there, speechless. I tried to find the words to express my embarrassment and anger at the…prank…that those boys had played on me this afternoon. I took my classes and school so very seriously that the thought of facing that class again killed me.
"You…family…boyfriend…" I was hyperventilating; tears of anger and frustration were cascading down my face. She pulled me into a hug, pulling me over to the futon. She rubbed my back soothingly and waited for me to calm down. Finally, I was able to spill out the story to her. She was just as aggravated as I was. Suddenly, as if on cue, wicked smiles crossed both our faces and we seemed to get the same idea.
"This means war". She said. And we began to plot.
After just a half an hour, we had a perfect plan. I decided to take it a step further.
"Alice. Give me Carlisle's phone number". She immediately knew what I was thinking and began to laugh.
"This is going to be the best prank ever!" We high fived, and called in a favor in to our fathers.
Alice's POV-Phone Call to Carlisle
"Hi Daddy!" I squealed.
"Hey Ali! How are you? Is everything okay? You never call me in the middle of the day!"
"Yeah, everything is fine, dad. But actually, I need your help."
"Anything. What can I do for you?" He seemed intrigued. I never asked for favors.
"Well, I need to start at the beginning. Emmett and Edward played a pretty mean prank on my dear roommate. They stormed into her class, while it was in session. Jasper went in, pretending to be her lover and yelled at her for leaving him in bed. Then, Edward stormed in and yelled at Jasper, saying that she was his. And then Emmett stormed in like a British policeman to break up the fake fist fight". I finished, and was glad he'd let me tell him the entire story before talking.
"I can't decide if I'm proud of them for pulling such an elaborate prank or if I'm furious for not only embarrassing Bella, but for interrupting her class." He said, but his voice sounded more angry than amused. He was a father, after all. Education always came first.
"Well, Bella and I are angry, and we want revenge. We have the perfect prank, but we need you and Mr. Swan."
"Tell me this plan, and I will help in any way that I can".
"Good, I'm glad you said that. Well, as you know, parent's weekend is coming up this weekend, which is when we have our little prank scheduled for. Now, I've spoken to Jasper briefly, and have decided that Edward was the mastermind, so we are mainly pulling the prank on him." Carlisle laughed at that.
"Alright, so…here is your role. No one will know that you are coming outside of Bella and me. We will make sure that Edward, along with Jazz and Emmett are somewhere somewhat private on campus. You will be accompanied by Bella's dad. We need you to bring Grandma Masen's ring that Edward inherited. Mr. Swan is going to scold Edward for declaring his feelings for Bella so publicly but that he's glad they finally declared their love for one another. Then you hand him the ring, and tell him that you're proud of him, and that you've arranged a dinner for all of us to celebrate and formally announce the engagement. I've already discussed the dinner with Mom-she's organizing it. It will all stay real until the engagement announcement, when Bella and I will make a joint toast, and will break the news to the boys that they have been Punk'd." I said proudly. I had to say, this was one of the better prank's I'd ever been a part of. Much better than their prank interrupting Bella's class.
"Wow, Alice. If you put half the amount of effort into school as you did this prank, you'll pass your classes with flying colors!" He joked.
"So are you in?"
"I am so in. I'll call Chief Swan and make the flight arrangements." I smiled, and gave Bella the thumbs up.
Bella's POV
Alice and I flawlessly pulled off the rest of the week without the boys suspecting a thing. Alice and I hadn't spoken to the three of them all week. When Friday afternoon came around, Alice and I jumped into her yellow Porsche to pick up Alice's parents and my dad. Quite honestly, they both seemed to be more excited than Alice and I were. We were dropping the men off first, so they could begin the prank. The boys were on campus playing football with some friends in the quad. It was public, but not too public. Totally perfect. We dropped Carlisle and Charlie off and wished them luck. Then, the three of us went back to the dorm to get pretty for the party.
Carlisle's POV
I think Charlie and I were more excited about this prank than the girls were. We had practiced on the plane, several times, with Esme pretending to be Edward. I had found the ring that Edward's grandmother had left him when she passed away and brought it with me. It was the perfect prop to the prank. Without it, one of them was sure to figure out that this was all a prank. Charlie and I were drawing close to the football field and both Charlie and I were slightly nervous. This had to be flawless. I'd owed my sons for a few pranks from years ago, so this was all being done in good conscience. Charlie was an excellent addition, as well. Edward would never believe that Bella had flown Charlie all the way out here for a prank. We came upon the football field and I didn't even have to call the boys over; they saw us approaching. I put my hands in the pockets of my black wool coat, patting the ring. They looked alarmed as they approached. I nodded slightly at Charlie, beginning the charade. Emmett approached us first.
"Dad! Is everything okay?!" Emmett was worried.
"Oh yes, Emmett. Everything is wonderful! Isn't it Edward!" I laughed, clapping him on the shoulder. He looked confused, his eyes darting between Charlie and I.
"Oh! I'm sorry boys, where are my manners? Boys, this is Chief Swan, Bella's father. Chief Swan, this is Jasper, Emmett. And, most importantly, Edward." I smiled when I got to Edward and winked at him, keeping my hand on his shoulder. He looked perplexed.
"It's nice to finally meet you. Especially you, Edward". He said in a stern voice.
"Boys, we do need to speak with you for a moment. Mostly to Edward, though." I announced looking around to see if anyone was listening. They just nodded.
"Well, Edward, I can't tell you how pleased I am with you. Finally deciding to settle down", he opened his mouth to protest, but I held my hand to him. "No, I already love Bella as a daughter, and am so glad you've decided to make it official. The L word coming from Edward! Who would have thought?!" the looks on Emmett and Jasper's faces were priceless; I only wish the girls were able to see this.
"I took the liberty of bringing this for you, Edward", I said handing him the ring. He was blushing majorly now. "I knew you'd want to really make it official." Emmett's eyes were wide as saucers when he realized what was in the box.
"Yes Edward. Welcome to the family," Charlie took over flawlessly. "I must say, I wish you wouldn't have disrupted Bella's class, but you love my daughter so much, you couldn't hold it in any further. I can appreciate that." He said with a chuckle, clapping Edward's shoulder. Edward almost fell to his knees from the light force. He was obviously completely shocked.
"But, moving past that, there are many preparations to be made. This must be done formally, and correctly, Edward." I put my father voice back on.
"We've set up an engagement dinner for you across town at Silvano's. It's Bella's favorite restaurant. You boys should go get ready; you must be there in an hour. Don't be late." I tucked the restaurant's business card that had its address into Edward's hand. We began to walk away, and then at the three step mark, Charlie turned back around to face Edward, his mouth still hanging open, clutching the business card.
"Oh, and Edward? Welcome to the family, son." Charlie said, wholeheartedly. We walked away then, and when we turned the corner, we saw them still staring after us, eyes bugging, mouths hanging open, still frozen in place. Charlie and I barely made it into the "safe" building when we fell to the floor in laughter.
Bella's POV
I squealed as I hung up the phone.
"WE DID IT! THEY HAD NO IDEA!!" I had just gotten off the phone with Charlie. They had completed their mission, and were taking Alice's car to the hotel to freshen up and get ready for phase two. Esme, Alice and I all embraced, jumping up and down. About five minutes later, as we were finishing up hair and makeup, Alice's phone buzzed.
"Um, it's Jasper". She was scared. We hadn't thought of this.
"It's okay, Ali. Answer it and play dumb. You only know what Bella told you. Dinner tonight at 7 to formally announce the engagement." Esme reassured. Alice nodded, and answered the phone.
"Hello?" She said, flawlessly.
"Uh-Al-Um,-tonight-er, dinner?" he mumbled, completely incoherent. He obviously hadn't snapped out of it yet.
"Was that English Jazz?" she didn't even have to act. She had no idea what he was talking about.
"Bel-Al-Edwa-I-I-Don't know what's happening…" he trailed off again.
"Um, Jazz should I be concerned? Are you okay? Were you hurt?" she sounded genuinely concerned. I pulled on my black dress over the black tights.
"No-just. Dinner?"
"Oh! You mean tonight! Isn't it wonderful?! All my dreams are coming true, Jazzy! Bella is going to really be my sister now!" She gushed. I couldn't help feeling sad. I wanted so badly to be her real sister, but I knew that was impossible.
"Alice? You-you-okay with-Edward?" Jasper managed. Alice laughed.
"Yes! I'm so happy for him. What's wrong with you?" She was still laughing.
"Meet you there…I guess…Bye". He finished, and hung up abruptly. We all fell to the floor, laughing, and finished getting ready, then headed over to the restaurant.
Esme had been keeping an eye out for the boys' car. Alice and I decided that once we saw them, the laughter would start, so we were going to stay hidden as long as humanly possible. Esme waived us into the ladies room, where they wouldn't be able to find us. We'd come in just before our toast. We heard Esme greet them in the foyer.
"Mom! I didn't know you'd be here!" Emmett exclaimed.
"Of course, darling! You didn't think I'd miss this?! Oh, my Edward, I am so glad you decided to settle down with Bella. I've spent the day getting to know her. She is quite a catch, darling. I'm so proud of you. I know you'd turn around and behave like a gentleman someday!" Alice and I had to bite back our laughter. She had obviously ushered them into the ball room they'd rented. A few minutes later, she came into the ladies room, stumbling through her laughter.
"They are totally buying this!" she whispered in excitement! We gave a quiet high five.
"Alright, they were the last to arrive. They're still a little flabbergasted, no one has said much yet. I think we'll be able to pull this off. Alright. I'm going to go back out. So they don't get suspicious, I've asked the manager to come and get you in five minutes, when we're ready. We want our Bella to make a grand entrance. I let the manager in on what was going on and she was thrilled." Esme kissed my forehead and left the bathroom. Alice and I quickly touched up our makeup, and I began to get slightly nervous, but pushed it down. I had to be confident; I had to pull this off. In no time, Alice and I had linked arms, and were following the manager into the ball room. Esme had carefully planned out seating. In between Jasper and Edward were two empty seats. I was to speak first, and then Alice. I strolled into the ballroom like I owned it, just as Alice had taught me. Edward turned to look at me. He looked positively terrified. I gave him a sexy smile, as Esme had taught me, and placed a hand on his shoulder. I turned and looked straight into Edward's eyes for my speech. If I looked at anyone else, I would blow my cover for sure.
"On behalf of my wonderful fiancé here, I would like to thank our parents for coming all the way out here on such short notice." I raised my champagne glass for effect. "Things are so wonderful, I am just so glad we are finally together. I can't wait to share the rest of my life with you, Edward, and have babies with you and grow old with you." I smiled again, as the already scared expression on his face turned to sheer horror, as if he'd just realized this was true. Then, Alice took over. "I've learned a lot from Bella and Edward's relationship, and I'd just like to say, that I hope you three boys have learned from Bella and I as well." They looked at her questioningly, they didn't understand that.
"Oh, and please don't forget. Don't play games with people that can play them better than you." She finished, switching her gaze between the boys as their mouths dropped open again. It took them several minutes to speak, and Emmett was first. He moved to stand between us, wrapping his arms around us, pulling us to his chest.
"You mean…this whole thing was just a big elaborate prank?"
Alice and I both looked up at Emmett and nodded our heads proudly. He broke out in a brilliant grin, and faked a chin quiver. "I am like a proud mama." We all broke out into laughter. I turned to see Edward standing very close to me. He stepped closer, an arm wrapping around my waist. I had to remind myself to breathe. He lowered his head to the hollow of my neck and shoulder. He kissed it softly. "My darling, if I were you, I would sleep with one eye open", he purred seductively. I shivered at the electricity of his icy mint breath against my neck. I immediately broke out in goose bumps.
"And why is that?" I asked, trying to be equally seductive. He pulled me closer. I could feel the hard lines of his body against mine. He whispered just below my ear this time, and I felt my panties dampen.
"Because all is fair in love and war", his voice was soft and velvet, but there was a menacing tone to his voice.
I savored our brilliant victory, but couldn't help but check the locks before I went to bed that night.
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