Summary: AU, OOC, Takes place during Eclipse; Things have become dull for the Cullens and Bella. Victoria has disappeared from Forks - briefly - and Bella hasn't talked to Jacob ever since the Cullens have returned. But, what happens when there's a new project going on at the school? Pregnant bellies, insane parents, new babies, and hilarity will ensue in this small town. Just how long before they all crack from the insanity of this project?

Rated T for now.

Story idea from amyandricky4ever.

You've Got Babies

Chapter One

"Edward, is this really necessary of you and Emmett?" I asked him from the passenger seat of his Volvo. "Of course it is, my Bella." Edward said through gritted teeth, not even looking at me; he was looking out his window, glaring at Emmett who was beside us in his Jeep.

I sighed; this race was surely going to kill me.

Here's how it all started. It was two weeks ago when this whole mess began. Edward and I were at our meadow, simply enjoying our peace and quiet together with soft touches and light kisses. But, after being there for only thirty minutes, Edward had stood and picked me up in his arms before he took off into the woods. I had asked him where we were going, and Edward simply replied, "The river."

At first I had panicked a little. I was really curious as to why we were going to the river in the first place, but I had an idea of what we would be doing there; swimming. Now, ever since last year when the Cullens had left Forks, and ever since my little Cliff Diving episode, I've been a tad afraid of any large form of water. I had this gigantic fear that I would go under water and Victoria would be there waiting for me, and she would pull me down until I would drown to death. That, and I have another fear of hitting my head on a rock and being knocked unconscious, therefore resulting in drowning.

When we reached the river with the water flowing down smoothly and the sun hitting the water perfectly, Edward had sat me down before he began taking his clothes off. I blushed deep red when he did that. Edward smiled at me crookedly, before he pulled out a bathing suit that was my size. "I had a little help from my psychic sister." Edward had said to me, placing the suit in my hands. And then, like the perfect Adonis that he was, Edward dove into the river in just his boxers.

I had ran behind a tree and changed into the suit with a rosy red blush covering my entire pale body. I was very self-conscious of myself when wearing shorts or a dress, but wearing a swimsuit made me even more self-conscious. I came from out behind the tree I ran to, and saw Edward waiting for me.

Not even looking at him, I hurried to the edge of the river, sat down and set my feet in the water before slowly sliding in, hissing at the icy cold water. Edward swam over to where I was floating in the water, and wrapped his cold arms around me, making me shiver even more. "Sorry love. I don't think coming here was a brilliant idea consider the water is so cold and so am I." Edward murmured to me apologetically, kissing my forehead gently.

"N-No, it's o-okay." I stammered, wrapping my arms around his neck while cuddling close to him. "Really, we don't have to swim here if you don't want to." Edward said to me, looking ready to pull me out of the water. "No, it's fine. Let's stay. Just don't let go of me, please." I muttered, clinging to him tightly.

"Of course, love, but may I ask why?" he asked, his face puckering into an expression of confusion. "You're going to laugh at me." I grumbled into his chest, frowning. "I would never laugh at you, sweetheart; only with you. Now, what is it?" he asked, wrapping his arms around my waist and giving it a little soft squeeze. I heaved out a sigh, and turned my head to rest it against his dead heart. "I have a fear of swimming now because I don't want to drown." I mumbled, blushing once again.

"Ahh." Edward said out loud, nodding his head. "That's nothing to laugh at, my love. It's understandable, considering what happened… last year." Edward muttered, wincing at mentioning his absence. "I'm sorry I brought it up." I said, placing my hand on his right shoulder. "No, it's alright. Don't worry, honey, I won't let you go." He purred, smiling. "I get the feeling that was never your intention." I teased him lightly, smiling back up at him.

"It never is, Bella." Edward reminded me, chuckling.

We then spent our afternoon swimming in the river, but after spending an hour or two in the water, we had to leave for the sun was going down. "I think you got a little tan, love." Edward said me while I got dressed in my dry clothes. I looked down at my skin and saw it turning a little darker, but not noticeably tanner. "I really don't think this is what you call a tan, Edward." I joked to him, rolling my eyes while he laughed.

After we were dressed, Edward put me on his back before he took off running back to his home. But, somehow, Edward actually tripped for the very first time ever. We tumbled downwards; though Edward took most of the tumbling, I still somehow had gotten my pants and shirt completely ripped and torn. After we stopped tumbling, Edward checked, double-checked, triple-checked and quadruple-checked my body for injuries, apologizing this way and that for tripping and nearly killing me in the process.

I waved it off and said that there was no harm in him only tripping, but Edward still beat himself up over it all. Then, he noticed how my clothes were, and seemed frozen for a few seconds. I looked down and saw how bad my clothes really were torn. My pants had so many tears in them, they were barley staying on my hips. And, my shirt wasn't even allowed to be called a shirt anymore; it just looked like a piece of cloth hanging on my torso, while my blue bra was visible and out for everyone to see.

"Well, this isn't awkward at all." I muttered, blushing. Edward cleared his throat while he took off his shirt and handed it to me while he also handed me my swimsuit bottoms. I took the offerings without questions, knowing that he had a plan up his sleeve, and went behind a tree, changing into his shirt and my bottoms. When I came out, it looked like we really went just swimming and I was only comfortable in wearing the swimsuit bottoms with his short over my top half of my body.

Edward continued running back to the house, me in his arms this time while my clothes were in my lap. The house came into our view and Edward jumped up onto the back porch. He opened the doors leading into the living room while he had told me our story when we were running over; that we came from swimming and that I was too comfortable to really change from my swimsuit.

But, when we entered the living room, we were expecting Alice, Esme, Carlisle or even Jasper to be there; what we didn't expect was Rosalie and Emmett.

"Looks like Eddie was too impatient in waiting to deflower our little Bella." Emmett teased at him, his booming laughter echoing throughout the house. Edward set me down on the ground, his face furious looking, before he snarled and lunged at Emmett. Rosalie looked at my appearance while the two brothers fought, and sighed. "I know the story; just ignore Emmett." Rosalie muttered before she went back to watching the TV absentmindedly.

Esme came home soon after that, and saw the two brothers fighting. "BOYS!" She had screeched at them just before Emmett broke one of her vases. She growled at the boys and punished them for fighting each other. And following after that, it had started the boys' trying to best each other at anything they could compete with each other. Whether it be fighting, racing, hunting, playing video games, or really anything completely stupid, the boys did it. It was really getting on all of our nerves, but it wasn't like we could do anything to stop them.

That brings us back to where we were now.

They were going to see who will beat the other in racing each other to school first. The winner will get bragging rights for the rest of the day, as well as free reign of PDA with their mate - or at least in my case, with their human girlfriend. The loser will not be allowed to touch their partner until midnight tonight, and will have to remain silent for the whole day as well.

Yeah. Let's just forget about my safety in this and act totally stupid and careless. (Caught the sarcasm there?)

Jasper and Alice were going to be riding to school on his silver motorcycle, err scooter thing, while I was stuck in the Volvo with Edward, and Rosalie was stuck in the Jeep with Emmett.

"Don't worry, Bella; if I see anything involving these boys crashing, I'll be getting you out of the car before you can blink." Alice reassured me just before I had gotten in the car. That still didn't ease my poor human nerves.

Before I knew it, Edward was zipping out of the garage, letting Jasper and Alice drive away first before he pulled out. Emmett was closing following behind him. I clutched my seatbelt for dear life, while forcing my eyes to stay trained on my lap, refusing to look out the window at the scenery quickly passing by us.

Thankfully, when I was about to become sick or even faint, Edward was pulling into the parking lot - easing my nauseous feelings -, and I heard him hissing, "Yes!" before I heard his door open with him exiting the car.

"Ahh, damn it!" I heard Emmett's furious roar of defeat, while I heard Edward let out a laugh of victory. "Take that, you oaf!" Edward shouted in his face, whereas I slowly climbed out of the car. "Oh, Bella, are you alright?" Alice asked me worriedly from the spot she and Jasper parked in with his motorcycle. "If you can say me being scared frozen is alright, then yeah; I'm just peachy." I muttered sarcastically, seeming frozen in fear from the fast speeds Edward had gone in.

"You asses; look at how terrified Bella is! I hope you're happy with your race!" Alice shrieked over at her brothers while Jasper and Rosalie tried getting me back to normal. I could tell with all of her yelling, all of the students in the parking lot are staring at us now.

Suddenly, Edward was standing in front of me, looking sincerely apologetic and sorrowed for what the race has done to me. "Bella love, are you alright?" he asked me, frowning. "Can someone slap him for me?" I asked no one in particular in a dazed voice. "Gladly, Bella." Rosalie said, then I heard a resounding crack, before Edward let out a shocked, "Ow."

"Serves you right for doing that to her." Rosalie grumbled at him. Once I was back to my normal self, Edward took me in his arms while Rosalie and Jasper went to their mates' sides. "I'm so sorry for scaring you into shock, Bella. Please forgive me for doing so; I'll do anything to make it up to you." Edward murmured to me, sounding very ashamed of himself for what he has done.

I pulled my head back, and smiling at him, I pointed to my lips. Edward smiled at me crookedly, and leaning in, he kissed my lips smoothly. Our kissed intensified, and soon, it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to breath and for me to control myself, for Edward's roaming hands were making me want to kiss him senseless.

"Okay, okay! You two can pull away now you know." Jasper hissed to us, his voice strained. Edward and I finally pulled away from each other, our breathing heavy. But, with his eyes darkened with lust, Edward gave me a bright smile and kept both of his hands on my hips. He turned us around, where I saw Emmett looking downright pissed with Rosalie standing beside him, annoyance clear on her beautiful face.

"Have something to say, brother?" Edward asked him tauntingly, snickering. Emmett was getting ready to yell at him, but then Edward raised a finger and said, "No no. Remember our bet, Emmett. You can't talk for the whole day, as well as no touching your mate." That had Emmett growling and stomping off, where students who were in his way scrambled away as fast as they could.

"This shall be an interesting day." Alice muttered, where she, Jasper and Rosalie walked off. Edward just chuckled, then looked down at me to see me blushing. "Ready?" he asked me, a smile on his face. "As ready as I'll ever be." I muttered, hoping that by the end of today, I'll be living and breathing, and not so damn hormonal.

The classes passed by, but when it was the period before lunch, that's when things took a turn for the worst, for me.

In this period, I shared it with Edward and his siblings, as well as my human friends and some other kids too. It was a Life Science class, where the teacher had us experience life by acting out certain moments in some people's lives, and learn how to prepare to be adults and face many challenges. Our teacher, Mr. Williams, was someone who was friendly, yet stubborn. He liked all of his students, and knew how to help you solve your problems. He was also the main school counselor.

"Hello everyone!" he said happily when the bell rang and after everyone was sitting in their desks. We greeted him back. "He's in a exceptionally happy mood today. I wonder why...?" Jasper whispered to us; we were sitting in the back of the room in one corner, sitting in two rows - Alice, Rosalie and I sat in one row, while the guys were sitting across from us. "In his mind, he keeps thinking about this new project he wants to do with us. But, I don't know what said project is." Edward whispered next, his eyebrows furrowing in frustration.

"His future is all of the place too; he keeps making so many decisions that it's confusing me." Alice whispered after him, pouting. "Let's just found out what it is." I whispered, wondering what this new project was just like them. "Now, to start, I want all of you to find one partner - preferably the opposite gender. Girls, get with a guy and guys get with a girl." Mr. Williams instructed from his seat at his oak desk.

Immediately, Rosalie and Alice jumped over their desks to their mates, while Edward simply pulled my desk over to his. "Mine." Edward purred in my ear, causing me to blush but giggle when he kissed it.

"Ah; you suck Cullen." Edward and I looked up upon hearing that, saw Tyler, Eric and Mike looking over at us dejectedly. Jessica and Lauren were right by them; Lauren was looking over at Jasper and Alice, frowning, while Jessica was scowling at me.

Edward glared at them, before he turned back to me. "Just ignore them." I murmured to him, stroking his cheek. He smiled at me, pecking my lips. A few minutes later, everyone had paired up with someone; at least there was a fair amount of girls and boys in this class of 20 students.

"Okay, now that you all have your partner, we can officially begin the project. The partner that you have, is now your play spouse for this project. Congratulations!" Mr. Williams announced, where some groaned while others cheered. "Mrs. Cullen - I like the sound of that." Edward murmured to me, smiling crookedly over at me when I blushed. "This is only for pretend though." I reminded him, and he shrugged. "Doesn't matter; I'll be getting a ring on that finger before school is over." Edward whispered, making me blush even redder than before.

He just always had to remind me of our deal. He only agreed to change me into a vampire, if I were to get married to him first. I do love him more than anything, of course; marriage was something I did not want though, since Renee has implanted the idea of marriage for teens is bad, in my head ever since she divorced Charlie. And, I didn't want to disappoint her - nor did I want my dad and used to be best friend, Jacob, to be forever mad at me for marrying my vampire lover.

Mr. Williams brought order back to the chattering classroom when he lifted two boxes up onto his desk. "With your pretend marriage out of the way, let's get down to business on this new project I have for all of you." he said to the class, where we listened to him with rapt attention.

"I had asked the principal if I could do this assignment with all of you, and he said that I could, where we hope this will all teach you a life lesson of life with marriage and babies. It's been a study that's been going on for a long time now, and this study says that most of the time, teenagers get married during or right after high school, because of teenage pregnancies. Also in this study, it says that most of the time, these marriages end quickly after the baby is born. We're hoping that by the end of this lesson, all of you will be responsible and smart, and wait for marriage and pregnancy until you're a little older.

"Since all of you are now "officially" married to your partner, and the study focused on teenage marriages and pregnancies, your female spouse, men, are now "pregnant" with your child." he was interrupted when most of the guys whooped in joy. I looked ahead of me, and saw that Alice and Rosalie were overly happy about this bit of news. I knew that since they were vampires, and female vampires couldn't have children, they were happy to have the chance to be mothers this once - even if it was for pretend.

I felt two arms wrap around my waist, and I looked up to see Edward burying his nose in my hair. "What is it, Edward?" I asked him quietly, wondering if he was upset about this. He pulled back some, his golden eyes looking glassy. "Even though this all pretend, my love, I'm happy that I get to have a child with you." he murmured; ever since I fell in love with him and told him I wanted forever with him, Edward was so upset with himself, worrying that I would hate him for he couldn't give me one thing if I were a vampire - a child we could call our own.

When I was younger, I had always seen myself growing up, falling in love, getting married and having children with my husband. I had always wanted to be a mother, to hold a child in my arms and love that baby I gave birth to. But, when my parents divorced, I didn't want to find love. And, when I had found love with Edward, all thoughts of babies flew out of my mind. I knew I was sacrificing the chances of a family when I wanted Edward for eternity, but to be with him, I was willing to give up everything.

My own eyes got teary, and I kissed his lips, knowing this was something he wanted for me. And, I'll make sure to make him happy during this project.

"Ladies, for this, throughout your pregnancy, all of you will be wearing what are called "Empathy Bellies"*. You'll be wearing this for a whole two months, where the first three weeks, you'll have this small pad in it; the first one will be light and comfortable. Then, after those three weeks, you'll switch over to the medium sized one; this one will be slightly heavier, for when babies do grow in the womb, they get larger and heavier over time. Once those first six weeks are done, in the last two weeks, you'll be switched over to the largest and heaviest size, just make this all more realistic for you. It will be very uncomfortable for you to walk around in these, yes, and it may even hurt your back some, but this is all just part of the project." Mr. Williams explained to us.

"Then, when those last two weeks are all finished, you'll come back to me here at this time during school, and we'll switch - you'll give me your Empathy Bellies, and I'll give you a robotic baby doll that will be your child. Thanks to technology feats, this baby is almost like an actual baby. It'll start off as a newborn baby doll, and act as one as well; then, it'll grow into an infant and adapt its behavior to that of a real infant.* It is up to you, to be a good parent - you must feed it, bathe it, change it, love and nurture it. If you don't... well, I'll know when you don't." he stopped to chuckle, but then Mike raised his hand.

"Yes, Michael?" he asked, letting Mike ask his question. "Yeah, um, how will you know if we don't take care of the baby? Are you going to stalk us or something?" Mike asked, his eyes narrowing. "No, there won't be any stalking involved. I'll answer your question after I'm done explaining the whole project to all of you." Mr. Williams answered.

"Now, here are the rules for you to follow during this project. First off, with you married and pregnant together, you'll be given some gold rings to keep up the facade, as well the empathy bellies. You are to stay true to your spouse by not dating anyone other than your spouse, and you are not allowed to take off the empathy belly, ladies, except when you bathe or swim. Those are the only two times you can take off the empathy belly.

"Next, to make this more realistic, you have to tell your family and friends outside of this class, that you are married and pregnant. But, before any of you freak out about your parents throwing fits about this, you must tell them this is all part of a school project you had to do before graduation. If they are still upset, tell them they can contact me or Principal Greene, and we'll sort it out with them.

"Thirdly, is living arrangements. Being married and pregnant, mostly means your spouse can move in with you. Now, that is entirely up to you; whether guys, you stay at your spouse's house for the entire project, or ladies, you stay at your spouse's house for the entire project. That may anger your parents, so for you, probably the best solution is to have switching sleepovers at the houses. This does count as part of the main grade for the project, and I'll be asking your parents to keep a log of who sleeps over at who's house.

"After living arrangements, is the baby. Now, I told you to take care of this baby - feed it, change it, love it, protect it, etc. - and I expect all of you to do that. I don't want this project to end with several babies who were neglected, and this affecting your overall grade. I want those babies in mint condition by the end of this; if they're not, then it will count as a fail and it will bring your grade down. It might even prevent you from graduating if it's severe.

"Finally, with Mike's earlier question in mind, I will know if you neglect the baby or take off the empathy belly. For the empathy belly, there are two options for you ladies - you can either press two buttons on the empathy belly or when the two months are up, and I see that you've taken it off without pressing the buttons, you can tell me what you were doing in that moment. The two buttons are located on the side, where there's one for bathing and one for swimming or being in the water other than the tub or shower. If you forget to press them before taking them off, then that's where you'll have to tell me what you were doing.

"Another thing as well; this empathy belly can also sense when you are by smoke or drinking alcohol. This tells me that you're endangering yourself and your baby's safety, and I will be making sure to watch for that with you ladies. I don't want those factors affecting your grade.

"Now, as for the baby, those babies are equipped with the latest of technology that can alert me if the baby is being neglected or in danger. You'll need to take that baby with you everywhere to make this project more realistic, but just know that if you're going somewhere dangerous that can threaten the baby's safety or if you are in anyway neglecting the baby's needs, it'll be sending messages to me where I'll be taking points away from your grade for it." Mr. Williams was finally done explaining the entire project to us, and was giving us encouraging smiles.

"With that out of the way, please come up to the desk in a single line with your partner, and you can get your rings and empathy bellies." he instructed. We all stood up and got in a line with our partners, moving slowly to the desk where the rings and empathy bellies were waiting. Edward took the rings he gave us and immediately slipped my ring on my finger whereas I slipped his ring onto the ring finger for him. Then, he took the empathy belly and two pads needed, before walking over to his siblings with me in tow, who were getting the empathy bellies situated.

Edward got the small pad in the slit for the empathy belly, before he turned towards me. "Lift your shirt, love." he murmured to me quietly, making me blush. I shakily lifted my shirt, letting him see my flat pale stomach. Edward then put the empathy belly around my stomach, snapping it in the back for me. Then, after I lowered my shirt, he wrapped his arms around my waist gently and kissed my lips.

"It's a good thing your bulletproof." I whispered to him, causing him to look at me confused. "You are not backing out in helping me explain all of this to Charlie." I hissed, and realization dawned on his face. "Of course not, love. I won't be backing out of this, nor when we tell him that we're going to be getting married in reality." Edward whispered back, chuckling when I groaned.

Tonight is not going to be easy...

First Star: I'm not entirely sure if it's called an Empathy Belly. I do remember when amyandricky4ever had sent me the idea through PM, they used that word to describe it. But, I just don't remember anymore if that is it's real name for it.

Second Star: I have no idea if a doll such as the one I described in the story even really exists, so let's pretend in the case of this story that a doll like the one I described, really exists... ^^;

As for any other things in here, like say the entire project and the rules and what they have to do in the project, if any of it seems far-fetched, then please bear with me on the whole thing. This is after a FICTION story.

A/N: Another story? Oh noes!

Yeah, I might seem just a little crazy for starting all of these new stories when I should be focusing on my older ones, but this story seems very interesting to me, and I would love to give it a try. :)

So, reviews and critique would be greatly appreciated; I would love to see if any of the readers who alerted me, like this idea and want to read more of it. :)

Votes to my poll on my profile would also be greatly appreciated too; it involves me asking for help with the title to the final part of the HSNE Trilogy, so if anyone who's reading this and has read the first two main stories of HSNE, your votes would make me joyous. :D

For now, I bid you all ado. :)

Bye,

~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~