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It was a Friday, the day we picked up Marie from the orphanage, and Edward and I had both cleared out our schedule for the weekend to spend every minute we had with Marie. However, Monday came all too soon, and before I knew it, I was back to my old schedule, going to work every morning at Fork's High as an English teacher, and working at the local bookstore after school was out. Edward took Marie to the orphanage, which served as a daycare, every morning on his way to medical school. The only thing that had changed in my life, was the fact that I came home everyday to Edward, Marie, and the task of making dinner for 3.

I finally learnt that Alice had been staying with Jasper for the entire time, taking care of their 'child', which was why her room was always empty. I hadn't heard from Rosalie or Emmet since the day we said good bye at the orphanage. It seemed as if everyone was pretty busy with their 'children'. And although I loved Marie with every inch of my heart, I missed having time to just hang out and chat with my friends. My schedule was jam packed everyday, bouncing between the school, the bookstore, and Marie. Even when I did have an hour or 2 to spare, Alice would be busy with her clothing store which was opening soon, or Rosalie would be busy with photo shots, or the garage that she purchased a few months ago.

Edward and I were still joking around, teasing and taunting each other every time we got a chance to, and slowly, I felt myself liking him more and more, looking forward to the dinners we share with Marie, almost like a real family. Almost another week went by without me even noticing. On thursday I finally received a call from Alice.

"Bella! Gosh I haven't heard from you since last week!" She exclaimed into the phone.

"Hey Alice, how's it going with the new kid?"

"It's wonderful! Little Anna is just the sweetest little thing.." she sighed happily. "Anyways, I'm calling because I wanted you to know that you're invited to the opening party of my new store!"

"Oh my gosh! Alice, that's great! When is it?" I asked her.

"This Saturday. You have to come! I'm also gonna be announcing some news!"

"Really? Okay I'll be there! See you Saturday then. Will Rose and Emmet be there too?"

"Yeah, Oh, and bring you partner and you kid. I'm dying to meet them!"

"Alright, talk to you later."

"Kay, see you then."

After closing up at the bookstore, I returned home to find out that Edward had already ordered pizza for dinner.

"So much for being healthy.." I mumbled.

"Aww, Bella" Edward teased me, "You know you want some. Plus I figured that you'd be too tired to make dinner for us.."

"I'm alright.. just between work and Marie, there's a lot of responsibility, and that leads to stress.." I said as I plopped down onto the couch, next to Edward.

"Just relax for a while, only a day left until the weekend." He smiled at me encouragingly.

"Oh right, my friend Alice called, her new store is opening this Saturday, and she asked if you wanted to come along with me."

"She want's me to come?" Edward lifted an eyebrow at me.

"Yes, she wants to meet my wonderful husband and my lovely little daughter." I smiled playfully at him.

Edward leaned over and gave me a light peck on the cheek before saying, "Then I guess I'll have to go, my lovely wife."

Since last Sunday at the restaurant, where he kissed me on the lips, he'd been giving me light pecks on the cheek, or chaste kisses on my lips every now and then. It was driving me crazy. I knew that it wasn't right for me to think of Edward that way, but ever time his lips left mine, I wanted more of him. I wanted to be able to kiss him as many times as I wanted to.

"Look, Edwar-"

*Ding Dong*

The doorbell rung before I could start talking. I wanted to tell him how I felt, but that couldn't be good. What if things didn't go well, and Marie get caught in between it? I was sure that I didn't want anything to harm Marie, so I kept my mouth shut. I went into the bedroom to get Marie while Edward got the pizza.

"Mommy look! Today everybody drew a picture at the orphanage. It was about our favourite thing. Look what I drew!" Marie held up a crayon drawing.

I looked at it. It was a picture of a scene at a fair. There was a Ferris wheel in the background and hotdog stands, game booths, and in the centre of the drawing was Marie with Edward and I on either side of her holding her hands, swinging her in the air.

"Honey, that's a beautiful drawing.."

"Thanks mommy! I drew a picture of the funnest day in my life." She smiled proudly at me.

"Aww, you think that the day at the fair was really fun?" I asked her. She nodded her head furiously in response.

"Then I guess we should do something even more fun this weekend!" I exclaimed, while pulling her into a bear hug.

"Yeah sweetie, what do you want to do next?" Edward asked her.

"Umm... I want to.. go to the beach!" Marie shouted as she looked at us with her big blue eyes.

The beach? There isn't any beach near Forks..

"Hmm.. beach.." Edward mumbled to himself, "I got it! We can visit my parents in California. Their house is right next to the shore!"

"WHAT? California?" I stared at him like he was crazy, "We can't possibly go there and come back in a day.."

"So? We could take 2 days off or something." Edward suggested.

California? Meeting his parents? I knew that I could take a few days off, but was I ready to fly off to California?

"Come on mommy! Pleeeeaaase?" Marie begged.

"Umm.. Ugh, what the heck. We're going to California!"

If I was going to have to leave her in 2 weeks, I might as well spoil her for the remaining time we have together. And while I'm at it, I might as well enjoy the fact that I have Edward to myself for the time being... I thought to myself. I was going to squeeze every last drop of juice I could get our of this little fairy tale that I was currently living in, if I had to give it away in only 2 weeks.

Yeah, yeah. You know what to do :)