Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All publicly recognizable characters are owned by S. Meyer. The plot is all me.
Operation Daddy Doll
"Look mommy, the baby elephant is so cute!", my youngest daughter yelled at me.
"Yes Marie, it is cute.", I replied. I loved my daughters, I never imagined I would be a stay at home mom to two little girls and be pregnant with our third, a little boy. Or that I would be a military spouse and that my husband would be currently deployed. But I was. I met my husband Edward Cullen when I was a junior in college, he had just finished basic training in the Air Force. We fell in love and were married two weeks later. I left school and followed him. I found out we were pregnant with our oldest on our first anniversary, however Edward was deployed at the time. I got to tell him over a video call. Carlie Louise was born a few months after he returned, she was the apple of her daddy's eyes. She had his bronze hair with my curls and his green eyes. Our Marie Elaine was an unexpected surprise. We got pregnant a few months after Carlie was born. Marie had my brown hair and my brown eyes. The girls were 4 and 2 when we found out that he was deploying again for six months. We also had just found out that we were 3 months pregnant with our third child.
~~4 months later~~
Today my brother Emmett and I decided to take the girls to the zoo, I am glad my brother was able to come and help me, being 7 months pregnant was not easy while chasing two little girls. They were really missing their daddy today. We were going to make a day of it. The zoo and pizza at their favorite pizza joint. Em and I loaded the girls into their car seats and made sure they had their daddy dolls. Edward got the girls each a daddy doll before he left. The girls loved them. They would take their doll everywhere they went. They wanted to share all their experiences with their daddy.
The girls had a fun day seeing all the animals and having fun with their Uncle Emmy. Em got the girls seeds so they could feed the birds and he also got himself and them some cotton candy to eat. After the zoo we went to eat at the pizza place. I don't know who had more fun, my girls or my brother. By the end of our outing we were each carrying a very tired little girl. When we got home, the girls were almost out cold. We got them showered and were putting on their Frozen pajamas when Marie let out a loud scream.
"I can't find daddy!" she yells through her tears.
"Em go look in the car. Marie I am sure it's in the car sweetie, we must have dropped it in there when you fell asleep on the ride home." I told her while hugging her.
"Sissy it ota Uncle Emmy will bring daddy." my oldest Carlie tells her.
Emmett returns with a panicky look on his face. "Bells, it's not in the car" he mouths to me.
"Carlie sit with Marie while I go help Uncle Emmy." I tell her as I follow Em.
"Bells, I looked in the car, the sidewalk and nothing. I am gonna head back to the pizza place. She had him when we got there so she must have left him at our table." my brother said.
"Em what if it's not?"
"Don't think about that now, we will find it. I will be back."
Em rushes out the door. I make my way back to the living room just in time to hear Carlie tell her sister. "Sissy, here you take my daddy. Daddy always said I have to share and take care of you because I am the big sissy." Tears start to form as I hear my 4-year-old try to comfort her sister.
Marie falls asleep clutching the doll for dear life. I take her to bed and Carlie follows going into her room. I tuck Marie into bed and kiss her goodnight. As I close the door to her room, I hear crying coming from down the hall. I head to Carlie's room and I peek in and see her in her bed crying while clutching a picture of her and Edward. She is talking to the picture "Daddy I was a good sissy today, I shared you with sissy. I miss you daddy."
I made my way into her room and climbed into bed with her hugging her and whispering to her that I am so proud of her and that we love her. She falls asleep crying.
I walk out of the room and wait for Em to return. Hoping and praying he has found her doll.
Em returns with a sad look and I knew he had no luck.
"I'm sorry Bells, nothing. The table was clean. I spoke to an employee and gave her your information just in case someone turned it in. The employee mentioned that the manager had left for the night but she would let her know about Marie's doll."
"It's ok Em. It was a long shot. I will order a new one tomorrow." I replied.
"Let's go to bed, we are in for a long day tomorrow."
Beep! Beep! Beep! Ah it can't be, I just went to bed. I really don't like my alarm. I reach over to shut it off and get out of bed.
The girls are still asleep so I head to the kitchen to make coffee. As the coffee starts to brew my brother makes his way into the kitchen.
"Morning sis, any news?" he asks
"Nope nothing yet, but then again it's still early." I replied
We hear little pitter patters on the stairs and then two little girls entered the kitchen, Marie was still clutching Carlie's doll.
"Hi mommy." the girls said
"Hi Uncle Emmy."
"Morning girls, would you like," I was cut off by the doorbell.
I head to answer and as I open the door standing before me is beautiful tall blonde female, and in her hands is Marie's doll.
"Hi morning, my name is Rosalie, and I am the manager of the local pizza place. My employee left your information on my desk. Apparently, a special little girl left behind her daddy doll. I am sorry I didn't get the message till this morning when I went in to do inventory."
"Oh, thank you so much. Please come inside." I tell her.
"Girls Em come here!" I shout
"Geez Bells wanna get any louder?" Em tells me. "Wow you are gorgeous, the names Swan, Emmett Swan." Em tells her as he extends his hand.
Laughing Rosalie introduces herself to him just as my girls make their way to the door.
"Morning a certain magic fairy, left this on my desk with a note that said I had to bring him back to this address, does this daddy belong to either of you?" Rosalie asks.
Marie lets out a big yell "Daddy!"
"Man Bells, it must run in the family huh. Glad I take after dad," Em says as I turn around and smack him on the head.
"Really Em are you implying that we are like Mom, I am sure Mom would love to hear that" I said smirking.
Em shakes his head and turns beat red.
The girls hug Rosalie and pull her into the house. They tell her all about Edward and before the day is over, we have a new friend and Em has a date with her.
~~almost 3 months later~~
Today is the day. Edward returns home today. So much has happened since Operation Daddy Doll. Emmett and Rosalie are still together happier than ever. They just got engaged. Also 2 weeks ago I gave birth to our son, Masen Anthony. He was a mini Edward.
The girls, Masen and I along with their daddy dolls are waiting for his unit to arrive. We are at his squadron waiting with the rest of the families. We see their bus pull and the girls start to jump and scream "Daddy Daddy, we here!"
The doors open and the guys start to empty out of the bus. We scan to see where Edward is, when we suddenly see him come down the steps of the bus.
"Carlie, Marie!" he yells while running to his girls.
"Daddy!" both girls yell running to meet him. They jump up to him, thank goodness Edward is a strong daddy, to catch both of his girls. I make my way over to them.
I hear the girls tell daddy how much they missed him and Marie starts to tell daddy about the day daddy got lost. Edward looks over to me and sees out little bundle in our arms. He puts the girls down as he kisses their head and makes his way over to me. "Bella" he whispers while grabbing me into a tight embrace. Gosh he feels so good. He is my human heater; I love hugging him. We kiss but pull away when Masen starts to squirm.
"Let me see Masen?" he asks.
I had our son over to him, Edward chuckles as he reads his onesie. "Hi Daddy I have waited my whole life to meet you."
Edward hugs and kisses our son and with his other arm he signals to me and our girls and we all join in a big family hug.
We survived. We survived another deployment, a pregnancy, and most of all we survived "Operation Daddy Doll". We home together again.