When we arrived I wasn't surprised that Emmet and Jasper were already there attempting to be helpful. Neither of them had children at the school but Rosalie was the school secretary, so Emmet had to be here, and Jasper and Alice, never ones to be left out of anything, always helped out.

We three boys had been volunteered to do... as always... the BBQ. This meant that we were stuck on the field, which looked down over the playground where the stalls and other things were. It also meant, that without being caught and shouted at, I could observe my wife.

I kept one eye on Emma, but trusted her not to do anything seriously dangerous. Besides, she spent most of the time with Jo, Angela and Bens daughter, who never strayed far from Angela, me, Ben or Bella, so I wasn't seriously concerned.

This meant that while I turned burgers and repeatedly asked people if they wanted onions, I was able to worry more over Bella.

It was more than annoying that the one day Bella would be spending entirely outside was the day that Forks experienced record temperatures; at no point in the history of forks had it been over twenty degrees more than twice.

I looked up from the BBQ to see Bella wife her forehead on the back of her hand before placing it back on the small of her back. I put my tongs in Jaspers awaiting hand where he had watched me watch Bella.

I smiled a thank you and threw off my apron before jogging down to see my wife. She looked up as I approached and sighed, folding her arms over her chest and glaring at me as I stood beside her.

"I'm taking you home." I said flatly.

"No you're not." She said firmly.

I frowned, "Bella it's not good for you to be out in this heat."

"Edward its fine." She stressed.

I rubbed her back and kissed her temple, "No its not, come on, someone else will do this... you don't need to be here..."

No sooner had the words left my mouth than someone else's voice layered over mine, one of an annoying decibel, at such a pitch that it made you want to pierce your eardrums with a stick.

"Oh Bella you came, I wasn't sure you would." Jessica Chimed in.

My teeth ground together and I glared at something behind my wife's head, so Jessica couldn't see my clearly distasteful expression.

Jessica was the head of the Parent Teacher association at the school, and even though Bella was the only teacher on the governing board, Jessica still seemed to think that she was somehow more important.

Okay, it wasn't just that which made me hate, yes hate, Jessica. It was the way she would phone at inappropriate times to ask stupid questions of my wife, and leave her minutes and stupid things to read well into the night.

It had been the cause of many of our arguments which normal ended in me taking and hiding the articles from Bella, and meant that if when Jessica phoned she was unfortunate to get me, she never got any further.

Bella smiled in response, "I wouldn't have missed it."

I tried not to make it very obvious that I was seething where I stood. Bella kept flashing me looks which told me to behave, and I was trying, I really was.

"Oh and Edward you are here to!" She gushed.

I turned to smile at her, "Of course."
Another thing I loathed about Jessica, apart from her behaviour and her husband... I cringed just thinking about mike... another thing I hated, was her lack of the ability to take a hint.

To be honest, I couldn't have made it much more obvious that I hated her even if I had tried.

"are you still a doctor Edward?" She asked.

I made a show of how much I didn't care about what she was asking me by being heavy on the sarcasm when I answered.

"Of course Jessica, I didn't spend four years of my life training to be one to give it up."

Bella foot came into contact with my own and I winced.

Jessica flicked her hair, "I just thought maybe you might think about teaching," She laughed, "Or does the thought of teaching children who may be smarter than you scare you."
I raised one eyebrow, "So you have many PHD Medicine Doctors under the age of eight here do you?" I stressed and this time she finally seemed to get the hint.

She huffed and sad goodbye to Bella before flitting to annoy someone else.

I smiled and prayed that she decided to strike up conversation with Rosalie. Rose made an even bigger effort to get her feelings across to Jessica than I did.

Bella sighed and leant into my side as I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, the other resting on top of her stomach.

"Are you feeling okay?" I whispered quietly.

She nodded, "I'm just looking forward to going home and putting my feet up."

I stroked her hip, "We don't have to go out tomorrow night you know..."

She shook her head, "You can entertain Emma while I have a sleep, I want to go tomorrow actually, it's a good chance for you to relax."

I frowned, which didn't help my point, "I am relaxing."

She frowned at me, "We had to celebrate my birthday, why shouldn't we celebrate yours?"

"Because its..." I sighed, knowing I didn't really have an excuse.

Bella rolled her eyes and moved out of my embrace to wave at my mother, who had just arrived. Dad was working, and I felt an odd feeling in my stomach.

A few weeks ago I would have been working weekends, but now that I was only working four nights a week, I felt better for spending time with my family, and we weren't desperate for the money, so that wasn't an issue.

My mum pulled out of Bella's hug and placed both hands on Bella's stomach, "You're huge."

Bella laughed, "Yeh but Emma was this big at this stage, so I'm not really bothered."

My mother laughed and led her by the arm to sit on the chair behind the stall. My face exploded into a triumphant smile but Bella glared at me telling me to be quiet.

My mum laughed at our exchange and declared that she was going to go and see Rose and Emmet, most probably more Emmet, to check on what exactly he was doing.

Emma came rushing over and I beamed, scooping her up in my arms and spinning around, causing her to giggle.

I kissed her hair and she chatted about something excitedly. I felt Bella take my hand and I sat down on a chair next to her, Emma still in my lap, smiling at me as I kissed the top of Bella's head and she leant it on my shoulder.

Emma tucked her head under my chin and I smiled. We were a normal family, and none of us could be any happier.