April Fools Day

EDWARD

I hate April Fools Day. It is the one day each year that gets Emmett more excited than anything else, and I mean anything! The most annoying part is that I always know what he is planning, even though he tries to keep it from me, he has never been successful.

For years I had tried to pretend that I was unaware of his plans, but he eventually caught on and now I get the annual talk from him, reminding me that I need to “keep my big trap shut, or else!” I have to admit that in all honesty, the “or else” just makes me want to laugh. Really, who does he think he’s kidding?

So this year, I decided that now that Bella is in my life, it might be prudent for me to explain what to expect, now that she is part of the family. I cringe to think what he might have planned for her.

“Really? He’d try to prank me?” She looked nervous.

“Bella, would you expect anything less of Emmett? He sees you as the perfect target for it.”

“Oh, I guess I can understand that…”

“It’s okay, love. I’ll make sure that you don’t have to put up with it. He has to learn that no one appreciates his little jokes.” Em wasn’t going to have the chance if I had anything to do with it.

“No, don’t…” I scowled as her words caught me by surprise.  Her lips pulled up into a grin. “Why not let him have his fun. I mean, it’s just one day, right?”

“Bella, I don’t think you understand what you’d be getting yourself into.” Did she really think that Emmett was going to easy on her?

“It’s okay, I have a plan of my own. Could you do one thing for me? Please?” I had no idea what she was planning, but I suddenly wanted to be part of it.

“How could I refuse you when you ask me like that?”

“I need you to find out exactly what he’s planning. I need all the details.” I could see her brain kick in to planning mode, and it was rather adorable.

“I think I could manage that. But what are you planning on doing?”

“Edward, just how annoyed does Rosalie get with Emmett’s pranks?”

* * *

I spent the next couple of days listening in to the inner workings of my brother’s mind. He had it in for Bella this year, as he saw her as not only an easy target, but he kept making a mental list of all the embarrassing jokes he would make at her expense when she fell into his little trap. He seemed to be so consumed by his excitement over it all, that he didn’t even register that I might be checking up on his plans.

Once Bella had spoken to Rosalie and she had more than willingly offered to help her, the two of them set about putting Bella’s prank into action. There was only two days left until April 1^st, so they needed to make sure that they were ready.

I couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride at the devious ideas that had come from my supposedly innocent Bella. I made a mental note to try not to ever give her an excuse to seek payback on me for anything.

EMMETT

I had been camped out in the woods for almost an hour, waiting for not only Edward to leave Bella’s room, but for Midnight to roll around, so that I could finally get my prank on.

I couldn’t stop the chuckle that I was trying to stifle at the thought of Bella’s reaction to what I was going to do. I knew that I couldn’t be there when it all went down, so I had arranged for my own little spy camera to assist in allowing me to watch the drama. This was going to be so good.

Finally, at 12:05am, I saw Edward leave, taking off towards home.

This is going to be awesome.

I quickly scaled the side of the house and entered through the open window.

Too easy.

I noticed Bella was fast asleep, and so I went to work, pulling out everything that I would need. I was surprised that Edward hadn’t tried to stop me, but I guessed that I had blocked my thoughts well enough that he hadn’t noticed.

The first thing that I had planned was rather simple, but always great for a laugh. I had placed the old snakes in a can so that when Bella opened her wardrobe, the snakes would fly out at her.

Classic.

It wasn’t until I was about to close the door that I noticed Rose’s scent. I carefully rummaged around in the clutter that lived at the bottom of the wardrobe until I found one of Rose’s bras.

What the hell is this doing here? Maybe she lent it to Bella to try to help old Eddie boy get some finally.

It was one of my favourite ones too. Hot pink lace that pushed her amazing tits up to just the right spot. Whenever she wore this, I was a drooling mess. I could only imagine how it would look on Bella.

Probably not wise to think about that, although…

I moved on to my next little surprise. I opened her underwear draw and was about to replace them all with the super awesome massive granny panties that I had bought and cut the crotches out of, but I couldn’t help but notice that not only were every pair of panties super sexy and rather non-existent, but a few I recognized to belong to Rose.

What the fuck? Why does she have Rosie’s thongs and her bra? This is getting weird.

 This was a bit unsettling, and I quickly switched the underwear before setting my final prank, and then after that I was determined to try to figure out why Bella had Rose’s underwear.

I carefully opened her bedside table’s draw, ready to place condoms that I had spat in (hey, I wanted to give it an authentic look, okay?), but instead, noticed the corners of some Polaroids sticking out from under the crap she kept in there.

Working as quietly as I could, I removed them from the draw and felt my eyes almost pop out of my head when I realized what I was looking at.

The first photo was of Rose, sprawled out on top of blankets that had been placed in the bed of Bella’s truck. She was wearing nothing but her hot pink bra and the matching thong.

I didn’t have time to think about why Bella had this, before I looked at the next. This time, Rose was holding the camera at arm’s length as she photographed her and Bella, who was wearing nothing but a deep blue lace bra and matching panties, as their bodies were tangled together.

Fuck, this is hot! But still…  

The third photograph was another shot of Rose and Bella, their lips almost touching as they looked into each other’s eyes.

The final shot was of Rose with her back to the camera, as she peeked over her shoulder. She was now topless.

Bella and Rose? Can’t be… I need more evidence.

I searched through the rest of the draw, but there was nothing there that would help.

There was nothing under the bed, or in her other draws, or even in the wardrobe.

I was about to give up when I realized that I hadn’t bothered to look through her bookcase. She seemed to have scraps of paper littered amongst the books.

I picked through each one only to find notes for English, or other unrelated stuff.

Come on Bella… where would you hide something that you wouldn’t want Edward to find?

It was then that inspiration struck.

Where would be the last place that Edward would ever look for something?

I opened her toiletry bag and found what I was looking for. Tampons. I opened the little box and sure enough, there was a small folded square of paper inside.

I opened it, both curious and hesitant as to what I would find.

Hey Baby Girl,

Had fun the other day. Can’t believe we were almost caught by Edward. We would have had some serious explaining to do. My dear brother really has no idea what he’s missing out on, does he?

Looking forward to the next time. Maybe I should suggest the boys have an all night hunting trip.

Until next time,

Rose x

I could feel my mouth hanging open and I felt as if I had been punched in the gut. My Rose and Bella were getting it on in secret. As hot as it was, it also turned my stomach. I thought that it was me who rocked Rosie’s world.

Obviously not.

I tried to clear my head of these thoughts and decided that I had been here too long already. Although I knew that Edward was meant to be hunting tonight, meeting Bella at school in the morning, I didn’t want to risk him catching me here.

It wasn’t until I was almost home that I realized that I had forgotten to set up my secret spy camera.

Well, shit!

I figured that it was too risky going back there now and that I would know tomorrow if I had succeeded in my pranks. Bella wasn’t one to hold back with me, and I couldn’t wait to see her ridiculously mild fury.

My emotions seemed to bounce between amusement at what was waiting for Bella, and anxiety at what could be going on behind my back. I wasn’t totally convinced, or maybe I was just in denial. I was going to tear mine and Rose’s room apart and see if there was anything there that I didn’t know about once I got home.

BELLA

I was woken by a text from Edward.

Em bought it. Stormed off home and is now ransacking his room.

I quickly responded.

Remind me, what exactly has he done to my room? I don’t want any nasty surprises.

A moment later I got a reply.

I’ll be there soon to remove the offending items.

I couldn’t sleep when I knew that Edward was coming back. It wasn’t long until I saw him enter through my window and cross to my wardrobe, carefully removing the can of snakes, before he went to my underwear draw and opened it with a laugh.

“He took every last pair that Alice has bought.” He shook his head. “Just look what he has replaced them with!” He looked equally amused and disgusted as he held up a massive pair of crotchless granny knickers. They were hideous and I couldn’t help but laugh.

“It’s alright; I guess I’ll just have to go without any in the morning.” I grinned at him evilly.

His voice was rough and eager as he spoke. “Just the thought of that makes me want to do unspeakable things to you.”

“Like what?” I challenged.

“Damn it, Bella. Why do you have to push me?” His voice was straining, but I could tell he was doing everything in his power to control himself.

I didn’t want to cause him any more discomfort. He couldn’t avoid sex forever. Well maybe he could, but I would be damned if I didn’t at least try. But tonight wasn’t the night for that.

“I just wish that I had have been able to see Emmett reaction when he found the stuff I planted.” If only I could have been awake for it, although, that wouldn’t have worked.

“You can. I hooked up a web cam to your computer.” Edward’s grin was devious.

“When did you do that?”

“After you fell asleep, which is what you should be doing now.” I wasn’t going to argue. I was tired. I rolled over and waited for Edward to join me, and I drifted into a peaceful sleep as he hummed my lullaby softly in my ear.

*  *  *

The next morning I woke up to find Edward chuckling as he watched Emmett’s antics the previous night, playing on my computer. I joined him and I had to admit that it was priceless. I wondered if Rosalie had managed to avoid Emmett all night.

*  *  *

All throughout the day, Rose and I would orchestrate for Emmett to catch us doing little things, fuelling his suspicion. At first, it was the slightly lingering hug as she met me in the morning, then at lunch she sat across from me as we stole glances. But the icing on the cake was when Edward made sure that he and Emmett walked in on us as we occupied an empty classroom.

Emmett’s eyes almost bugged out of his head as he noticed the way we were positioned; I was sitting on top of one of the desks, my legs spread while Rose stood between them, one hand on my thigh, the other cupping my cheek. We then pretended that she was having a deep and meaningful with me, and that I needed some girl time with her.

We both tried to hold in the laughter as she relayed Emmett’s comments as both he and Edward left the room.

“Girl time, huh? You don’t think it’s weird that they’re suddenly so buddy-buddy, do you?”

“No, Em, I don’t. I think it’s good for them both to be able to move past their differences. I mean, could you imagine how awkward it would be if they never got along?”

“Yeah, I guess. Still think that there’s something weird going on.”

“Em, have you been watching those crime shows again? I mean, you’re starting to sound paranoid.”

“Whatever.”

*  *  *

As I was heading towards the parking lot at the end of the day, I was cornered and confronted by a rather frazzled Emmett.

It’s show time.

“Bella, I need to ask you something.” He sounded so unlike himself.

“Sure, Emmett. What’s on your mind?” I tried for nonchalance, and I think I pulled it off.

“I think that Rose might be involved with someone else, or at least thinking about it. Have you noticed or heard anything?” So he was going for the round-about approach.

Right on cue, I was blushing hard.

“I really don’t think that I’m the one to be asking. It’s not as if we’re really friends.” It was true enough.

“Bella…” His voice was like a warning and he took a moment to gather himself before he continued. “I know about the two of you.”

I couldn’t help but burst out into hysterics. I couldn’t do this anymore. I had to let him off the hook, not only because he was looking so freaked out right now, but because I couldn’t bring myself to go on any further.

“Emmett, I think there is something that you should know.” I looked him dead in the eye.

He swallowed hard as he prepared himself for the worst. “Okay, hit me.”

“I have a confession to make.” He looked as if his skin was paling right before my eyes. I grinned and began to laugh again.

“What?” He was looking confused and worried by my reaction.

“We got you so bad! April Fools Day!” I roared as I doubled over, clutching my sides.

“NO WAY!” Relief and disbelief was etched across his face and he began to laugh as well.

When I had finally caught my breath and composed myself enough to speak, I bent over and pulled out a pair of granny knickers from my bag and handed them to him.

“You can have these back. Not really my style, I’m afraid. And all the underwear you stole needs to be returned to Alice today. Well, all but the ones I borrowed from Rosalie.”

“So none of them were yours?” He was looking confused until a thought seemed to cross his mind. “You’re not wearing a pair of these beauties, are you?” He shot me a mischievous grin as he twirled the massive pair of panties around his finger.

Well, two can play this game.

“No, Emmett. I’m not wearing anything at all. I never do.” I shot back before I walked away from him, swinging my hips a little more than usual, and grinning madly the whole way to tell the others.

I knew that he wasn’t going to just let this go. He was going to want payback and my mind was already frantically at work for how I was going to get him next year.