Bella stood transferring warm cookies onto cooling racks. Her baking left the Cullen's kitchen counters covered in delicious human treats, baked specially for a hospital fund-raiser. Esme was just about glowing with joy from being able to help her soon to be daughter-in-law bake. She felt like a real mother for a change, or at least what she always imagined she would be to her own son if he had lived.
They had the radio on and their hips were swaying softly to the music of the AM station. Bella laughed when Esme told her she hadn't liked most of these songs when they came out because the were too modern and vulgar. Apparently Edward had been more open minded and drove the family mad by playing them incessantly.
Just then Edward entered the kitchen chuckling along with them. He leaned down to kiss his mother on the cheek and then wrapped his arms around Bella and took the spatula out of her hand. He gave her a light squeeze and laughed as he said, "Mmmm. Smells delicious." before leaning down to inhale against her neck.
