A/N: R&R if you so desire.

I do not own Twilight, I just play with the characters.

BELLA

"Worst idea ever," Dakota huffs as she flops down on a couch in the safe house we are currently using to scheme in.

"Not enjoying having more input on our planning sessions?" Jen smiles at her.

"I have to side with Dakota on this one. Those boys are a menace. And they all feed off of each other," I answer for Dakota.

Jen laughed and it was not long before Dakota and I join in. The others are making hard to plan. Especially since Emmett and Jake are like three year olds. Okay, those two are way hilarious, but seriously we need to work. It all started with Monopoly pieces. The boys had set up a life-sized board in the room we were using. Giant pieces were all set up. Man, Jake sure loves that game. I'm not sure how Emmett feels about it though, he just loves to prank. Who even knows how they pulled it off? All I know is that I thought it was great. Jen agreed with me. We laughed so hard that we almost wet ourselves. Nessie and Rosalie were not as amused, which only made it better.

The next step involved a giant clue game set up in the front yard. That was almost as impressive. What made it better was the reaction that they got from Nessie and Rosalie. Both of the boys quaked in their boots only to have their wives not react at all. Emmett and Jake looked like they had gotten caught with their hands in the cookie jar. All that sneaking and worrying was for nothing. That might have been the best part of the whole thing.

After they turned the garden into a chessboard to rival the one in that Harry Potter movie, they moved on to basic and childish pranks. Things like putting plastic wrap on the toilet seat or filling all the cereal boxes with packing peanuts. We decided that we would retaliate. Prank wars are something of a specialty of Jen, Dakota, and me. We don't play to get even though, we play to win. Winning is not much unless it is big. So, we enchanted all of their furniture to make it stick to ceiling so that their room looked upside down when they walked in.

The virtually endless possibilities dawned on the boys, but they are way behind us in terms of creativity. They tried over and over again to top us. Things might have gotten out of hand to the tune of wasting time. This is not helpful to the whole situation. Can't we just focus on the issue at hand? Apparently not as whenever we go to plan the boys take that as their opportunity to go for a new prank. It was cute in a toddler kind of way. It's kind of amazing that Jen is not freaking out over the whole thing.

"Come on, if you really want to get to work, then we have to do something about it," Jen interrupts my musings.

"I think that would be best. Goofing off is good every now and then, but we need to figure out how to protect you and your mom," I agree.

"I think the best place to start would be the boys," Dakota sighs.

We all head to talk to the boys. Yeah…the result is not what I was expecting. I hoped that they would see that we need to get to work. Apparently that hope was in vain. What was I even thinking? Those two just wanted to say we were giving up. They said that like we were the ones that could not compete with them. Puh-lease. Well, with talk like that, how could we resist? Jen and I cursed Emmett and Jacob so that every prank they attempt from here on out will backfire. Okay, it is a little sadistic, but come on. Those two were begging for it. Of course we are not going to warn them, what would be the fun in that?

Carlisle, however, deserves a heads up. He'll be expected to patch them up as they need it. Dakota and I have to head back to our classes. Jen goes to the hospital to catch the good doctor and explain the situation to him.

Edward catches my hand on my way down the hall. I turn to look at him. Bad move. I get a little lost in his eyes. He moves in closer and now I am really lost.

"Hey," he greets me with my favorite crooked grin.

"Hey," I respond, sounding about as dazed as I am.

"I missed you," he says as he leans in and takes me in his arms. I struggle to gain some sort of brain functions.

"I missed you too. Now we need to go mold young minds," I gain a little thought power. Last time I checked one needed oxygen to think. I take a shaky breathe. Edward does not chuckle like he sometimes does. It would seem my proximity is affecting him too.

"If we must," he smiles down at me.

Edward swears that he can still catch a whiff of my scent every now and then. I used to think that was ridiculous until one day Nathaniel heard Edward say it. Nathaniel seemed to think it was possible in a way. He said that when a witch loves someone, that sometimes their magic will do little things for that person. I don't actually have a scent, but sometimes my magic makes Edward smell it because he loves that scent. I guess it is what brought us together in high school. Maybe that is what is distracting him. Lucky for me, because now I can make my exit otherwise I would be standing here, in his strong arms, all day long. Who am I kidding? I would happily stay in his arms for all of eternity. Not that he would mind that scenario either.

"What are you smirking at?" Edward breaks through my thoughts. I would totally be blushing if I blushed anymore.

"That is for me to know and you to find out," I reply as I slip out of his grasp and run down the hallway laughing. He stands there a bit and then takes off after me. I get to my classroom and close the door in his face. That look is priceless. I head to the front of the room and begin my lesson.