I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

I want to say thank you to xxxbulletxxx for the water gun idea!

It was pointed out to me I made an error I would like to correct that now; Edward is the head of the Italian Mob. Thank you to Dierksiegirl.

CHAPTER 21

We had a few days of quiet before the families all came back to the house. Ness was moving around a lot more these days; I tried to get comfortable but it was almost impossible, she seemed to like to play kickboxing with my bladder the most, I'm sure it's getting a little crowded in there for her but she still has a bit to go yet. The doctor said everything is right on track with the pregnancy and as long as I keep my stress level down she doesn't see any complications. Edward makes sure that I eat right and often and I also walk around the grounds just to get out of the house and some fresh air. I complain that I look like a beached whale and he tells me that I look beautiful as always, that it turns him on to see me pregnant with his child. My sex drive lately has gone down big time, I'm so uncomfortable; if I sit in a chair after a while I have to get up because my back will start to hurt, if I lay down I try to lay on my left side but sometimes that doesn't even help. The doctor said it was normal and would get more uncomfortable for me the further along I went, great I was not looking forward to that!

Officer dick had been here the following day asking what we knew about the fire and building that was damaged, I told him that I had no idea what he was talking about, which to some degree was true, I knew what had been damaged just not how it was damaged. He said that he would be back later with more questions. At one point during his questioning he openly asked why everyone was here, we told him that it was a get together of friends and family which was true, did this guy really think that we were going to tell him the reason the families were here in town; this guy was almost as stupid as Black was.

Afton, Santiago, Vladimir, James and Edward were all upstairs in the office discussing what moves they were going to make next, the rest of us sat around the kitchen table going over plan for a the baby shower. We are going to have a pink cake and balloons, play goofy games that sounded like fun and then I would open presents, Edward and the rest of the guys would be here for it also.

"I thing we should play the game where you have to try and guess what is in the diaper, you use melted candy bars and baby food, smear in into the diaper and then try to guess what it is." (this game is loads of fun to play) Rose said, everyone agreed it would be fun.

"Yeah as long as Emmett doesn't try to eat the diaper, maybe he should be last to get them just in case" Alice said while holding her stomach laughing. I was laughing hard too; I could picture Emmett taking a lick of the diapers trying to find out what it was.

"Yeah you have a point there!" Rose wheezed out threw her laughter. We were laughing so hard that we didn't hear anyone come down the stairs into the room.

"I'M GOING TO BE A DADDY!" James shouted out, we all screamed. "I know that's what I said too!"

"Congratulations guys! How far along are you?" I asked, I tried to act like I didn't know anything but when I looked at Edward he has raised one eyebrow letting me know he wasn't buying it. I guess I needed to work on my acting skills.

"I'm going into my 12th week, apparently some still have there periods the first few months of pregnancy so I didn't think anything about it, I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and they did an ultrasound. I am so excited! We have been trying to have a child for a while now; I was starting to think that there was something wrong with me." Vicki told everyone.

"It might not have been you, we were going there so it could have been something wrong with me too, but it looks like it just wasn't our time yet now it is, I can't wait." James said as he walked over to Vicki and kissed her on the temple, they were so cute together and I was very happy that they had this wonderful news.

"Now we need to get Black out of our hair and life would be good!" Santiago said.

"Are you going to tell us your plans or keep us in the dark?" I wanted to know what they were going to do but at the same time I could see why they didn't want to tell us because of Officer Stefan.

"We will tell you all later, just in case anything happen then when you say you didn't know anything you wouldn't be lying." Edward told us, that was always his excuse but it did same me some trouble because I can't lie for shit. I nodded my head in understanding.

"Are you going to be going out tonight or waiting a couple more days?" It was a Tuesday night, they didn't usually do things during the week but maybe they were trying to mix things up so that Black didn't see it coming at him.

"We're going tonight; I want him caught off guard this time. And Officer Stefan isn't working tonight so we might not have to deal with him until later. I have Ben working on fixing the police reports that he puts into the system. He has been putting in there what he has been observing, did you know that that fucker is following the cars now?" Edward asked me, I just gave him this 'what do you think' look, it has been almost a week since I have been out of the house.

"I was going to go to the store later today, we need some things and I would really like to get out of here for a while of course Liam, Alec and Felix will be going with me." It was nice to have Felix back, for the most part he stayed in the security room but when I would go out and walk around the grounds he would always come with me to have some one to talk to. "I don't plan on being out that long so don't worry and I will be here before you leave tonight, I was thinking about making dinner for everyone again." I turned to look at everyone else and asked them "Is there anything that you haven't had in a long time and would like for me to make?"

"I can't think of anything child, but thank you for the offer." Afton told me, I turned to look at Edward next.

"No baby, you don't have to make anything special for me." He said I looked at James next.

"I can't think of anything dear sorry." He said then I looked at Vladimir, he just shook his head no, so I looked at Santiago, he has a far off dreamy look in his eye so I knew that he would want something.

"Santiago what are you dreaming about over there?" I asked him.

"Posole, fruit salsa with cinnamon chips, and sopapillas for dessert," he said dreamily.

"Ok I can make that no problem, so I will get a list together and then we can head out to the store, ok with you babe?" Edward nodded his head, I knew that he wouldn't be going with me because they were going to go over there plan for tonight.

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When we on our way to the store I decided to look behind us and see if Officer Stefan was following us and of course he was there, no surprise there.

"What is with this guy? I mean I get that he works for Black and all, but I'm sure there are real crimes going on in other areas of the city that he should be working on." I said to Felix, he looked behind us in the mirror and shook his head.

"One would think that following around cars all day long would be boring. I think he is looking for a reason to stop us so he can put shit in the cars or on them. Right now he looks a little peeved about something, OH! I'm going under the speed limit good thing he can't pull me over for that!" We all started laughing it was funny to watch the guys facial expressions; when Felix would speed up a little so that he was right at the limit you could see that he was hoping for him to go over it, when he would slow down so that he was just under he would look peeved.

"This is too funny guys; do you do this all day when you're not with me?" They laughed and shook there heads yes. "You guys enjoy torturing the man don't you? I love how the windows are tinted and he can't see who is in the car, do you think he will follow us into the store too?"

"Not sure, we usually just drive around until we get board and then head out of his district. We don't normally stop anywhere for him to confront us. Let's see what he does, I would like for you to stay in the car until we know for sure if he will be in the store with us, I don't think he will do anything because there will be people around, but he might try to confront you."

"Ok," was my only reply. We finally made it to the store about 45 minutes later and the whole time he was behind us. Felix pulled the car into the lot and parked the officer was going past the car and stopped waiting to see who was getting out of the car I guess. Felix opened the door and got out along with Liam and Alec I followed behind Alec and got out also. The cop decided that he must need food also, so he parked his cruiser and got out also. We continued on into the market, I had asked then if we could stop at the Pike place market downtown so that I could get fresh ingredients for the dishes I would be making when I got home. I could have gone to the local grocery store but this is so much better, it's all local farmers and I can help support them by buying there items plus, you always find little things along the way. The guys hand formed a half circle around me, Alec and Felix on the side's and Liam following behind us. We got to the produce sections first with Officer dick right behind us, it was irritating that he was following me but what could I really do. Alec and Felix just said to ignore him and go about my business that we weren't doing anything wrong and he was just looking for something. I picked out the freshest produce I could find; I needed cabbage, kiwi, strawberries, apples, raspberries, lime, onion, and fruit preserves. Next we went to the herb section this was my favorite because I love the smell of fresh herbs we didn't need anything from here but I wanted to stop anyway. We stopped at a little Mexican stand and I got hominy and tortillas from them. I also wanted to stop at the meat market here to pick up the pork loin that we would need. We were heading back to the car when Officer Stefan stopped us.

"Out for a nice stroll today Miss. Swan? I see you have your entourage with you as always, what does the man not trust you to be alone anymore?" He was goading me into talking to him but I just kept on walking like he wasn't even there, the guys were loaded with bags and we had meat plus I had nothing to say to him.

"You know it's not very nice not to say hello when someone is talking to you." I just rolled my eyes and kept walking. He must not have liked that because he stopped right in front of us.

"Listen I have meat as you know and I don't want it to go bad." I tried walking around him but it was no use.

"I noticed that you used a credit card with Mr. Cullen's name on it, is he aware that you have his card?" Was this guy serious?

"Yes and if you would like you can call him, he is the one paying for all of the food." I snapped at him.

"I would watch my tone missy; I could take you in for using someone else's card and your attitude towards an officer of the law."

"What ever go ahead I have nothing to hid, Edward knows that I have the card he, is the one who gave it to me before I left the house." This time I was able to walk away from him but unfortunately not for long.

"Ma'ma I am going to have to ask you to come with me." He said as he grabbed my arm. "We are going down to the station and calling Mr. Cullen." I looked at Felix panicked because I didn't know what to do.

"We will follow you there but she will be riding with us," Liam said with authority.

"No she will not, she is to ride with me so that I know she won't run away." With my arm still in his grasp he started to drag me away. The guys were following behind me so I happy with that.

"I will be riding with her then; she is not to be out of my sight at anytime." Felix told Officer Stefan.

"Fine," he said as we continued to the cruiser. I saw Liam and Alec typing away on there phones so I knew that Edward would be at the station when we got there along with Zafrina. Officer Dick placed me in the back of the cruiser and Felix got into the other side in the back with me, it helped to calm me down that he was back here with me. I had ridden in my dad's car when I was little and always thought it was cool to ride in the back, now not so much.

"You know I'm not the bad guy here, it's against the law to use a credit card that does not have your own name on it." He said as we drove to the station. I stayed quiet and looked out the window. This was ridicules he knew that we were together and that I would have permission to use the damn card. What was he trying to do scare me? I know when we get to the station Edward is going to be pissed as hell.

"I could have your friends arrested also for following a police officer." I just rolled my eye's he knew they were going to follow him. He tried his best to make me talk while we drove but I had nothing to say to him.

When we arrived at the station Edward was already there with Zafrina waiting outside.

"Mr. Cullen, I see you were notified that Miss. Swan would be brought in." He sneered at him.

"Can you please tell me why she is here? She is on the account so it doesn't matter whose card she has, her name is on it as well." Zafrina said. Officer Dick just kept walking with me in tow and not saying a word to them. What was he going to do? With Zafrina here he should be letting me go, she told him already that I was on the account. He lead us into one of the interrogation rooms, did he really think that I was a criminal?

"Have a set and I will be back in a minute, do you want anything to drink?" He asked me but I just shook my head. They wouldn't let anyone in here with me; I knew what he was trying to do now. He thought that if he could get me alone that I would talk.

When he came back into the room he had a coffee cup for himself and a bottle of water for me but I wasn't going to touch it. Who knows what he could have done with it. I also made sure not to touch anything else while I was waiting incase he tried to lift my prints and use them someplace else, I have watched enough of those cops shows I've seen how they lift someone's prints and then try to pin a crime they didn't commit onto them.

"Ok now that we are alone is there anything you would like to talk about?" I just looked at him not saying anything. "I see, well I would like to talk to you about what I know, you live with a suspected mob boss and are pregnant by him. Does he hit you or verbally abuse you?" I just continued to look at him. "I hope that you know you can talk to us, we are here to help you not hurt you, so if Mr. Cullen is abusing you in anyway then we would want to help get you out of that situation." I rolled my eyes at him. Did he really think that I was being abused? What a load of shit, Edward treats me like a princess even when he has his bad days. This was a joke.

"I want my lawyer," was the only thing I would say to him. I knew that I wasn't under arrest so really he couldn't hold me here plus Zafrina was right outside.

"I know you do but first I want you to tell me, is Mr. Cullen abusive to you?" I just looked at the moron and rolled my eyes again and repeated that I wanted my lawyer. This went on for about an hour before he finally gave up; every time he would ask me a question I would answer with I want my lawyer he would then say that he knew I wanted my lawyer and ask me another question. I could tell he was getting irritated with me. Where were the other officers at? Why were they letting him do this to me? Finally he let me go saying that everything had been cleared and I was free to go home. I just raised an eyebrow at him but didn't say anything else. When I was let out of the room and up to the front Edward came rushing over to me and pulled me into a tight hug and kissed the top of my head. I wrapped my arms around him too and finally relaxed.

"What happened in there?" he asked me worriedly. I just shook my head and told him we would talk about it in the car on the way home. I wanted Zafrina to hear this too and didn't feel like saying it a million times over.

When we went outside there was a limo waiting for us so we all got in there was; Edward, myself, Zafrina, Alec, Liam, Felix and Aro in the back while Caius was upfront with the driver.

"Ok so what happened in there? Why were you being detained?" Zafrina asked me.

"He said that it was because I was using a card that was in Edwards name and not mine. I noticed that he followed us all threw pike's place and it wasn't until the end when we got the pork loin, which is now ruined I'm sure, that he tried to "arrest" me." I said I was hoping that while I was detained that they were able to get the food home before it was spoiled.

"Don't worry I took everything home while everyone else was waiting for you to be released. I knew you would worry about it." Felix smiled at me; I reached next to me and gave his arm a hug.

"Thanks Felix, you are the best!"

"Hey I thought I was the best, am I being replaced or something!" Edward complained jokingly.

"Yep he was the one who made sure the food didn't go to bad. You were just the one who paid for it." I smiled at him and laid my head on his shoulder, I could feel him kiss the top of my head and put his arm around me.

"So what did Officer Stefan ask you while you were in there and what was your response?" I stared to laugh when I thought about how he was getting irritated with me. Zafrina just looked at me waiting to hear what I had to say, she was in work mode now.

"He kept asking me if Edward was abusing me and did I know that I was living with a suspected mob boss. The only thing I said was I want my lawyer, he was getting so pissed that I wouldn't answer is questions. I mean I could have but I figured he was being a douche so I was going to fuck with him. He would say I know you want your lawyer but I would like to know if you know anything about what happed to the club that was burned down, I would just look at him and my only reply would be I want my lawyer. For a while when he first asked me if Edward was abusive I wouldn't say anything at all just look at him with my brow raised as if to say 'really'. He didn't like that either; I also made sure not to touch anything while I was in there, not the table, chair, paper he gave me or the water bottle he set in front of me."

"Why would you do that? Was the bottle open or something?" Zafrina asked me puzzled.

"No it didn't look like it, I just didn't want him to get my finger prints so that he could say that I was at some crime when I really wasn't I watch those cop shows I've seen it done." Everyone in the limo just started to howl with laughter at that.

"I never would have thought about something like that baby, that, oh god that is just rich. I bet that really pissed him off." Edward said there his laughter.

"It did too, he would consistently ask me if I wanted him to open the bottle for me I would then reply I want my lawyer. He got so pissed off; I think that might have been when he finally decided to let me go. I hope he was recording it so that he could play it back for Black. I would love to be a fly on the wall when he sees it."

"You are something else Bella, I'm a lawyer and never thought about anything like that. Edward I think we all need to watch more crime shows!" Zafrina said threw her laughter also. We finally arrived home and were greeted at the front door by Emmett wanting to know what was so funny. We told him to get everyone in the living room so we would only have to say it once. When they were all there we retold the story and what I did about answering his questions and not touching anything, everyone was laughing so hard they had tears. I had a feeling that things were going to be getting worse here soon especially after today's little run in with officer dick and tonight's plan. I decided that I should get started on dinner because I knew it would be a while to make and because of this delay I was already behind, I just hopped that I would have dinner done before they left for the night.

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After dinner the guys headed out for the night, it was around 11pm when they were all dressed and ready to go. I wished them all well and told Edward to come home and that I loved him. He gave me a kiss then kissed Ness before he left. I was really tired so I said goodnight to everyone and headed to bed.

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When I woke the next morning it was to a wonderful smell of bacon, pancakes and eggs. There was also juice on the tray.

"Good morning, to what do I owe the pleasure of this?" I asked him as he placed the tray across my lap.

"Nothing I just thought it would be nice for you to have breakfast in bed this morning is all, you had a hard day yesterday with that officer and then came home and made a huge meal for us before we left to go on our mission. I just wanted you to know how much I love you and appreciate everything that you do for me is all." He kissed my temple and told me to eat up because he could hear Ness in there saying she was hungry. I did as he asked and ate all of the food he had brought for me, I guess I was hungrier then I thought. When I was done he took the tray and said after I was done in the shower to join everyone in the living room and they would go over what had happened last night.

"Ok so what did you do?" I asked as soon as I was sitting next to Edward. He looked at the rest of the guys and just smiled, when I looked at them they all had big smiles on there faces as well. They were up to no good.

"Well first let me say that we no longer have a gym in town. I don't know what happened" Santiago had a sheepish look on his face when he said that "but for some reason the placed burned down." Yeah he didn't do anything at all, right.

"I may or may not have found out what warehouse he is keeping his drug shipments in" Vladimir said "and they may or may not be missing when he goes to check in the morning and he may or may not find a few dead guards in said warehouse." He was trying not to laugh, but I could see his eye shinning.

"I may or may not have had a hand in his guards missing at the docks to watch for a shipment of guns coming in. And I may or may not have sent a few male hookers to his house." Afton said laughing. "I would love to be a fly on the wall when they show up. And said shipment may or may not be missing also" Oh boy this was getting bigger and bigger now.

"I may or may not have had a helping hand in said shipment's disappearance. But I know I had nothing to do with another club of his going up in flames." James said. I just shook my head; they were getting crazy now with this.

"I had absolutely nothing to do with his "dealers" going missing either, I mean how would I know who is selling products for Black and who isn't they don't wear a sign around there necks saying I work for Black or anything. And I know for a fact that I didn't go into a restaurant and set loose a bunch of rats while people were eating there." Edward said.

"OH MY GOD! Are you serious you didn't do anything at all?" I tried to play along but it was hard I had to hide behind my hand so that I didn't laugh.

"Nope we sat here all night after you went to bed and talked and played card games. It was a very entertaining night." Edward said he finally gave up and just howled with laughter.

"I had absolutely nothing to do all night; I was nowhere near the gym taking out equipment for my own use at home before the fire started." Emmett said, yeah that didn't sound like something he would do, right.

"I didn't take any of the liquor out of the club before it went up in flames to use in my own club." Jasper said laughing.

"I don't know why there security system didn't catch who did this to there place again, I mean I know nothing about computer viruses or anything at all about computers, I just work as a server." Ben said.

"Well I know absolutely nothing at all because I was asleep, how about you girls do you know anything?"

"Nope" they all answered at the same time and then started laughing.

"Is there anything at all left of Black's? I mean you have hit clubs, restaurants, and a gym what else is left?" I was curious to know if there was anything that they missed.

"Yeah he still has a dock left that he used but I don't know how much longer that will be in place, I may not have sent a tip about it being a drug dock to the FBI" Ben said. Oh this was good, what would he do now?

"Ok well that pretty much takes care of everything he has left right?" Afton shook his head no "what else id left then once the dock is gone?"

"He still has his houses and cars left." Vladimir said.

"Oh" well I guess those would be the next thing to go then. "When is your next mission then?"

"We thought it would be a good idea for us to go home last night but we wanted to let you know what was going on first, so we will be leaving here in a few minutes." Afton said. When they were all done explaining what had happened and how it all went down they packed up there belongings and headed for home. They said they would all be back to finish the job but it would be best to lay low for a few weeks, maybe after the wedding while we were on our honeymoon they would take care of the rest of it.