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The Curse of the Smiley

Chapter Twenty-Eight, Smiley Infiltration

BPOV

"That's the last box, Bella," Edward smiled from the doorway. I, however, was not smiling. This place was filled with memories-some were good and some were bad, but they were all still my memories. A sigh escaped my lips as I looked into the bathroom, at the spot where I was sitting when I found out I was having Oren. "What is it, Bella?"

"Nothing," I said. Edward walked over to me and wrapped his arm around my side.

"Why are we staring at a bathroom?" Edward asked. You could almost hear an audible click; his grip on me tightened and he looked down at my face. "You were in this bathroom when you found out about the baby," he whispered. I nodded my head as I stared at the spot on the floor.

"Right there," I said, pointing to the floor by the shower. "I know you have heard the rest of the story. This is just a very special spot for me. My whole life changed while sitting on this floor." Both of our faces lit up, thinking about all the things that had happened. Soon, we would have our own little baby… our own little family.

"I think this bathroom deserves a farewell," Edward laughed. "Go sit where you were when you first found out." I moved to the spot and rested my back against the side of the tub. "Some part of me has always regretted that I couldn't have been here with you. I know my first reaction wasn't the best, but I hope you understand why, now." Edward moved himself to sit next to me on the floor. "This is the way it should have been," he sighed, as I placed my head on his shoulder.

"It certainly would have been different if you had been here. The problem is that I like things just the way they are." Edward looked into my eyes for an immeasurable amount of time before I spoke. "Did you ever have any regrets about that first night?"

"Never," he whispered into my ear.

"I know exactly what you mean," I sighed.

Before long, I could hear a loud noise coming our way; Uncle Emmett loves to stomp. Emmett and Jasper had been helping out a lot lately. Emmett is almost as excited about the baby, as Alice is when she gets to shop in her favorite store.

"Hey love birds, get your butts off the floor so we can go," Emmett demanded. Edward stood up swiftly; I, on the other hand, could hardly get up. Luckily, Edward caught on and extended his hand to me. After one last look around the apartment, I was finally ready to move on to the next phase of my life.

Edward guided me out the door and into the Volvo, and of course he had to open the door for me. The drive to the new apartment was peaceful; Emmett and Jasper drove the moving truck behind us. They were driving up to Jasper's school to bring the rest of Alice's things, after they finished helping us.

I was really excited when we arrived at the new apartment. It had an elevator, so my swollen pregnant feet didn't have to climb the stairs. Once I was inside, I went straight for the couch, and found a nice comfy spot.

"Edward why does incubator get to sit down, while we do all the manual labor," Emmett whined.

"Emmett," I scolded. "I have to carry this thing around twenty-four seven. So you carrying a few boxes isn't nearly as bad as you think!"

"She has a point Emmett," Jasper smiled, as he carried a box through the door.

"Emmett, if you whine about my girlfriend one more time, I will throw you off the deck," Edward threatened.

"Like you could little brother! You would break your back trying to carry me."

"End of discussion boys," I demanded. "I'll get to work on unpacking these boxes if you give me ten minutes to relax." I might be a mom but I hated feeling like their mom.

We hadn't really unpacked anything yet. Most of Edward's things were still in boxes. At least all the furniture was set up. Edward had insisted on buying all new furniture so the delivery guys could set it up.

When my ten minutes were up, I maneuvered myself off of the couch. I decided I should start in the kitchen. There was one problem. All but one box was on the floor. My range of movements were decreasing daily and my stomach was increasing. I could get one box of kitchen supplies unpacked.

After I had finished unpacking that one box, I was relived to hear the boys in the other room.

"Do you think you guys could put the boxes on taller surfaces, so I don't have to bend down?" I asked.

"Whatever you say, dear," Edward said, as he walked over to me and kissed me softly.

"Edward, you smell," I whispered.

"All this sweat is for you, sweetheart." Edward kissed my forehead. "Besides, you know you love it," he teased.

"Of course I love it, now hurry up and get the boys out of here so we can get things unpacked and make this our home." Edward's face lit up at my comment. I could tell he was moving faster after that. Soon enough all the boxes were in the apartment and I had only unpacked four of them. All the boys were sprawled across the living room, looking very tired.

"There's my love," Edward said, looking up at me from the sofa. The very second after he said that, there was a loud crack of thunder. The rain started to pound against the roof, and Edward and I groaned simultaneously.

"Someone check the weather channel," I grimaced. Apparently we were so preoccupied with the move, that we neglected to pay attention to the rest of the world. There was a severe thunder storm warning in our area and the boys would have to spend the night. Our first night of actually living together, and we had two uninvited guests sharing it with us.

"So incubator, what's for dinner?" Emmett asked rubbing his stomach.

"I don't know. Edward, what's for dinner?" I smiled. Edward sat up and walked into the kitchen. I could hear him moving around and decided to join him.

"Bella, all the pots and pans are still packed," Edward sighed. I went into the freezer to scrounge up the perfect thing.

"Here, this can go straight on the oven rack," I said, handing him a frozen pizza.

"Honey, between you being pregnant and the three men here, one pizza isn't going to cut it."

"Way ahead of you, dear," I said, tossing him another pizza. "Now let's put those boys to work! How opposed do you think they would be to setting up the baby's room?"

"I think we could bribe them with food," Edward smiled. "It would be even better if we had alcohol."

"Oh Edward, when will you learn? I knew that your brother would be over at some point;it's on top of the fridge," I said, tilting my head toward the fridge.

"You are truly amazing, Bella," Edward said, before wrapping his arms around me.

"Well, the pregnant blimp is going to go convince Emmett and Jasper to do some work." When I walked back into the living room, I saw that they had already found and set up the Wii.

"Hey Bella, do you want to bowl with us?" Jasper asked kindly.

"No, I want you boys to help with these boxes," I smiled. "I know you want to get your hands on all the baby stuff, Emmett."

"You know me all too well young, Jedi," Emmett chuckled. "This is the perfect time to tell you our secret plan!" Emmett led Jasper and me into the baby's room and opened a box.

"What is this plan exactly?" I asked.

"Well Bella, you know how Edward hates smiley faces?" Emmett said, with a hint of rebellion in his voice.

"I know all too well, Emmett. Now get to the point." I put my hands to my hips. What was with all the games tonight?

"This plan is called 'smiley infiltration'," Emmett said, placing his finger tips together. "I have a box full of things with smiley faces on them." Emmett pointed to the box in the corner.

"I like your plan, big brother," I smirked.

"I really like the sound of that, Bella," Emmett said, with a brotherly look on his face. "When are you two finally going to tie the knot?"

"Don't push her, Emmett," Jasper threatened. "She has little panic attacks at the first mention of marriage."

"Oh, bite me, Jasper. I can talk about it. I may not be overly enthused about it, but I'll get there one day." I needed to switch the topic before they actually made me talk about that word. "Back to the plan boys. What items of torture do we have for my dear boyfriend?"

When we opened the box, there were so many smiley faces that I almost reverted to being scared of them. I grabbed the pair of silky smiley boxers and headed for our room. I could hear Edward unpacking the kitchen. Perfect I thought. Now is the perfect time to put these in place.

I found the box with Edward's underwear, and started unpacking them into the drawer. I hid the smiley face boxers right underneath the top pair. Now I had to go back to Oren's room and find my next instrument of torture. There it was, sitting on the top of the box. I didn't like that Emmett bought it for me, but I would defiantly wear it.

Once I had my smiley face bra in place, I put my shirt back on and headed to the kitchen. Edward was bent over, pulling the pizza out of the oven. I sighed while tilting my head to get a good view of his wonderful backside.

"Earth to Bella," Jasper said behind me, making me jump. "Hey Eddie, is the pizza done?"

"Call me that again and I'll make you sit outside during the storm." Edward was glaring at Jasper. When I turned around, I saw why; Jasper was wearing a smiley face around his neck.

"Lighten up a little, sweetheart. At some point you told me you might actually like them," I said, as I gave him the best puppy dog eyes I could manage.

"I know Bella, but please just get him to take that thing off," Edward groaned. If only he knew what we had in store for him.

"Well, for your sake, I hope he says that about your special smiley surprise," Jasper quietly chuckled. I playfully smacked him on the arm and then stuck my hand out for the necklace. After I had successfully thrown it into the garbage, I grabbed some pizza and sat at the table.

"Where's Emmett?" Edward said, with a worried look on his face. "There is food and beer and he hasn't shown his face yet. Did someone kill him?"

"Maybe Bella used her pregnant hormone fury on him," Jasper smirked.

"I'm right here Edward, just hold your butt on." Emmett snuck through the door-when Edward's back was turned-holding two ridiculous smiley face hats. Emmett turned to us and whispered: "Bella, you have to stay out of this for now on, and pretend to be on his side."

"Are you two trying to kill me?" Edward yelled from the other side of the kitchen. "What's with all the stupid smiley faces today?"

"Jasper, Emmett, hand them over," I instructed.

"Would someone please tell me where all these things are coming from?" Edward begged.

"There was a mysterious box in Oren's room, Edward," I sighed. Both of the boys just smiled at me and gave me a wink. "Come on, I'll show you," I said, as I took Edward's hand, and dragged him into the other room.

"Good, it's empty," Edward said, before pulling me into his arms.

"I guess it was just those three things, Edward," I said sweetly. "Could you hurry up and eat? I am really in need of some sleep right now."

"One more slice and I will be done." Edward gave me a kiss on the forehead and walked out of the room.

"Ok boys, I am eager to get him into bed." Both Emmett and Jasper tried to stifle a laugh. "Very funny boys, now I want you to be quiet tonight. The baby needs me to sleep. If you break anything, you will most likely need to buy us a new one. So pretty much, just be quiet, and don't destroy the apartment, got it?"

"Got it," Emmett and Jasper said in unison.

Edward walked back into the room and guided me to our room. He went in the bathroom and I started to dig through the boxes for my pajamas. I heard Edward yelling from the bathroom.

"Bella, I am going to kill my brother," Edward steamed.

"What did he do this time?" I sighed.

"Look in the medicine cabinet." Lying on the middle shelf was a smiley face tooth brush. I don't know how he found all this smiley face merchandise, but I knew Edward couldn't take much more.

"Calm down Edward. Did you ever think that Emmett might actually be doing you a favor?" Edward looked at me like I was crazy for saying that. "Maybe he is trying to help you get over this fear. You have a family now. What do you think Oren is going to do if he sees you freak out every time you see a smiley face?"

"I guess you're right Bella," Edward sighed, as he buried his face into the crook of my neck.

"Now let's get to bed," I smiled. Edward flashed me my favorite grin before carrying me over to the bed.

"It may not be like walking you over the thresh hold, but I want to get as much practice in as possible." Why did everyone want to talk about marriage tonight?

"Edward, how can you carry all this weight?"

"Because, love is more powerful than any other thing. If I want to carry you, I can without even questioning how. The one day I did question it, I found out that it's because you don't actually weigh that much, even with the baby."

Edward laid me down on the bed and started undressing me. He had been enjoying helping me in any and everyway possible. I was really happy with him when he helped me into my pajamas, though I rarely ever actually made it in them.

"Bella, what is this," Edward whined, as he motioned to my bra.

"Blame Emmett, he bought it."

"My brother has gone too far this time. Bella, you are helping me get pay back."

Author's Note;

Well hello again. I have to say it has been far too long since we have talked. We are almost done. I think I might take a week off before starting the sequel. I want things to be perfect. I am trying to work on another project too! A vampy story! The hits are high! Props to; My-Bella, Angelic Messenger17, Lizbre, and E. C. Cullen.

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