AN: Okay so I was totally hog tied and threatened within an inch of my life for this chapter by my co-author on a new story that we're working on. Thank her for this update because I was seriously zoned out and focused on the other story. Whoops. Prepare for the cheese people!
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My Friends Larry, Moe, and Curly
BPOV
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that when Edward said Emmett liked to get an early start when going fishing, did he mean we would be waking up before the damn sun had even risen. To say that I was disgruntled as Edward dragged me from the bed, was a severe understatement. Had it been anyone other than him that was laughing as I clung myself to the sheets and blankets, I probably would have beat them to a bloody pulp with a pillow. I realize how highly unlikely that outcome would be, but I sure as hell would have tried.
After a long hot shower, and Edward's blissful hands and lips, I managed to regain part of the happiness that I had gone to sleep feeling consumed by. It didn't however help the fact that my eyelids were still drooping and closing at their own free will, feeling like they were being weighed down by cinder blocks as Edward led me through the house. I think I even managed to eat breakfast with my eyes closed through the majority of it, not even caring about the laughter surrounding me in response to my all too apparent drowsiness.
As soon as we were all loaded up into the truck, I curled up against Edward's side and fell asleep for the short duration of the ride to wherever the hell Emmett was taking us. How Edward didn't seem tired after all of our exertion and lack of sleep was beyond me. He seemed to be as bright and cheery as ever, though I wondered how much of that outwardly cheer was a front as I caught a few glimpses of his eyes filled with worry before he masked it completely during breakfast.
"Here Bells...I grabbed you a cappuccino from the buffet," Alice said as she handed me a paper cup with a lid. I smiled gratefully and tried to force my eyes to stay open as we stood on the dock, waiting for the guys to get the boat from the marina. I couldn't have even told you where the marina was as I hadn't seen it since we had arrived.
"Can someone please tell me why it's necessary to be up so damn early?" I grumbled as I suppressed yet another yawn. Alice and Rose chuckled lightly as they rubbed my back.
"Apparently the fish are hungrier in the early morning than in the afternoon," Rose replied and I nodded slightly as I took a sip of my drink. Hopefully the caffeine would kick in relatively soon.
"Oh my God...there's no way that's them!" Alice shrieked and my eyes flew open.
"Holy hell! That's not a boat, that's a freakin' yacht!" Rose cried out and I laughed hysterically for absolutely no reason. I think my lack of sleep had made me slightly insane as I bent over, guffawing loudly and spilling my drink everywhere while I shook with laughter.
"What's so funny?" Rose asked, a smile tugging on her lips as I stood up straight and wiped at my eyes.
"You said it the first day we were here," I chuckled, trying to keep myself from guffawing loudly again. "They don't do anything small around here."
"I did say that, didn't I?" she chuckled as the boat slowly came closer to the dock.
"Ahoy ladies!" Emmett bellowed from the very top of the very large boat. It had to have been close to forty feet long for crying out loud. I waved up at him as Rosalie and Alice yelled back to him.
When he had it maneuvered up to the dock, Jasper and Edward tossed lines over the side and hopped out. I was sincerely hoping there were steps or something to help us get on board this thing, because there was at least a three foot distance between the side of the boat and the dock. Emmett climbed down from the tower, leaving the engines running and hooked up a ramp to the side, to which I breathed a sigh of relief, as Edward and Jasper tied the lines tight so the boat wouldn't drift away from the dock.
"Are you ready, my Bella?" Edward asked. I smiled and nodded to him as he led me up the ramp. Alice and Rosalie were already on board, checking out the cabin and squealing like little kids.
"Whose boat is this?" I asked curiously as Edward hopped into the boat and held out his arms to help me in so I wouldn't have to jump down.
"It's Emmett's. He bought it after his divorce and lived in it for a while, hence the name of the boat," he chuckled.
"What'd he name it?" I asked, not having seen the name at the back of it.
"Empty Pockets," he chuckled and I cracked up.
"Emmett, why in the hell did you name this boat Empty Pockets?" I asked as he came out of the cabin and grinned at me.
"Because after the divorce and buying this boat, I seriously did have some empty pockets," he chuckled and I laughed.
"Come on, I'll give you a tour," Edward said and I nodded as Emmett climbed the ladder back up to the tower as Jasper hopped back over the side of the boat to untie the lines and disconnect the ramp.
He gave me the full tour, and the inside cabin was beyond amazing. There was a sitting area just inside the doors with a wrap around sectional couch and a giant TV across from it. A small kitchen with counters and stools beneath it was just beyond the sitting room with a hallway that led toward the front of the boat. The bathroom was small, but functional with a shower, sink, and toilet, and just beyond that was two bedrooms. A master suite with a bed that took up the majority of the room, and a second one that had bunk beds attached to the side wall.
"This is where Jasper and I sleep when we go out on sport fishing excursions," Edward said and I smiled up at him. I liked that his family was so close that they enjoyed times like that with each other. I'm sure they had a much better time together than I had ever had on family vacations with my parents.
"Edward, grab those folding chairs from Emmett's closet, will ya?" Jasper called and Edward yelled back to him as he made his way back into the master suite. I carried two of them for him as we made our way back out to the deck where Jasper was setting up giant fishing poles and placing them in holders at the back of the boat.
"What are you guys planning on catching? Giant squid or something?" I asked as I looked at the massive size of the poles. They were nothing like the ones I had seen Charlie use when he went fishing with Billy or the guys from the station.
"Hoping for some marlin or tuna. They put up a good fight," Jasper said as he shot me a lazy grin.
"Yeah...how about a stick with some string and a simple hook? Got one of those for me? I'm not getting pulled into the water by a pissed off fish," I chuckled and they laughed.
"No sticks and string, but we do have some smaller poles if you all want them. You can fish for flounder or sea bass with them," he said and I nodded.
"OYE! How's about a little warning up there!" I yelled up to Emmett after stumbling forward when he took off.
His booming laughter and apology mixed in with all of our laughter down below as Edward set up two chairs for us. Rosalie climbed up the ladder and went to sit with Emmett, and Jasper and Alice sat in the two swivel chairs attached to the deck. They somewhat reminded me of the chairs of doom in the salons that Alice had dragged me to over the years. Thankfully, the sun had risen, and the warmth felt amazing on my skin. I ended up shedding my top, and sat in my bikini top and shorts as Emmett brought us further and further out to sea.
"Man, when was the last time we did this?" Jasper asked, looking at Edward.
"Probably two years ago. We didn't get a chance to last year with all the craziness at the resort and Emmett having to leave early to head back up to Seattle," Edward replied, looking as though he was fully enjoying being out on the open water.
"DOLPHINS! ALI, BELLS! LOOK!" Rosalie hollered as she pointed off to the side of the boat. Alice and I jumped out of our chairs and ran to the side of the boat as Jasper and Edward laughed from where they sat.
"Aww...they're so cute," Alice crooned as we watched them weave through the water right next to the side of the boat. I smiled happily down at the three of them swimming together in perfect unison.
"You guys wanna see something cool?" Edward asked and I nodded.
"EM! STOP THE BOAT!" he yelled and Emmett slowed the boat to a stop as Edward disappeared inside the cabin. He came back out just as Emmett cut the engines, toting two empty soda bottles tied together with rope and I looked at him curiously.
"Just watch," he said as he unlocked and opened a section of the back of the boat and stepped down onto the platform. He tossed the bottles out into the water and I crossed the boat to lean on the back ledge and watch. The dolphins took off and one of them grabbed a hold of the rope and swam back to the boat with the bottles, letting them go right near the edge of the platform.
"How did you know they would do that?" I asked in complete awe.
"I was out here fishing one day, and they had followed me all day long. At one point I had knocked my vest over the side and one of them brought it back. I think it thought it was a game, so I tied up two bottles and started throwing them out into the water for them," he said and I swear I swooned.
My marine man...
"It's always the same three that follow us everywhere. We even named them Larry, Moe, and Curly," he chuckled and I laughed.
"Why would you name them that?" Alice asked as she giggled.
"Jasper, grab some of the bait fish. They have to see this," Edward called out and Jasper took off inside the cabin. He came back out a minute later holding a bag of nasty looking fish and grinning wide.
"Emmett said that one sounds like Curly when he laughs," he said as he took a fish from the bag and dangled it in the air. The one he pointed to let out this hilarious sound that honest to God sounded just like Curly's laugh and had us cracking up as he rose out of the water, begging for the fish. Edward laughed and tossed it to him before grabbing two more out of the bag and tossing them to the other two.
"I can't believe that...that's hilarious," I chuckled as I stepped down on the platform with him.
"Wanna feed them one?" he asked as he took the bag from Jasper. I nodded and slipped my hand into the bag and pulled a few of the small fish out and tossed them one at a time to them.
"Can I toss them the bottles?" Alice asked excitedly. Edward nodded as he bent down to grab a hold of the bottles to hand them to her. I was surprised with the distance that she managed to launch them and smiled as the three of them took off towards the bottles.
"Do they ever let you touch em?!" Rosalie hollered down from the tower. I turned around and looked up to see her with a camera in hand, snapping pictures of all of us down below.
"We've gotten in the water with them a few times, they come pretty close but not really close enough to touch them!" Jasper hollered back just as Curly came back up to the back of the boat with the bottles, Moe and Larry following close behind him. I bent down to pick up the bottles and nearly shrieked when Curly bumped my hand with his nose.
"Holy shit...I think he wants you to pet him," Edward said as he knelt down next to me. My heart pounding in my chest as he swished his hand in the water. I chuckled breathlessly as Curly swished his head back and forth.
"Stick your hand in the water, see what he does," he said softly and I eyed him warily.
"If I get bit I'm whoopin' your ass," I warned, only half joking as I hesitantly put my hand in the water and swooshed it around gently. My breath caught in my throat as Curly came forward and nudged his head under my held out hand. I always thought they would feel slimy, but he actually felt kind of rubbery.
"Bella, don't move...I want this on film!" Rosalie cried out excitedly.
"Hey, boy," I chuckled as I rubbed him gently. He let out his little Curly laugh and I laughed along with everyone else.
"Traitor...She fed you one fish, I've fed you hundreds," Edward grumbled and I chuckled as Curly sprayed water at him.
"She's mine you know," Edward said as he pointed at him and I laughed as I swatted him with my other hand, earning another Curly-esque laughing sound from him.
"Looks like your luck with animals is changing," he chuckled as Larry and Moe came forward, chattering away at me. I held my other hand out and one of them bumped it and slid under it.
"Looks like you should have stuck with that marine biology dream of yours," he said as Alice knelt down next to me and put her hand into the water.
"I wanna touch one so bad," she said quietly, and I was surprised that she was managing to keep herself calm and not scaring them away with her usual hyper personality.
"Shake your hand around gently, maybe Moe will come up to you," Jasper said as he crouched down behind her. She did so and he hesitantly came forward to her hand. I could see the effort she was putting forth not to squeal loudly and frighten him.
"He feels like rubber," she said quietly as her nose scrunched up and I chuckled.
"I thought the same thing," I said as I patted their heads lightly and withdrew my hands. They both chattered away and spit water at me.
"Hey!" I chuckled as I splashed water back at them and they chattered some more. Jasper bent forward, trying to touch Moe, but he sprayed water at him and backed away, causing all of us to laugh.
"What the hell...how come they can touch them but we can't?" he whined as we continued to laugh.
"Face it, man...all they want from us is food," Edward said as he shook his head.
"I wanna try," Rose said as she handed off the camera to Emmett and stepped down onto the platform. I scooted over to make room for her as she knelt down and leaned forward to put her hand in the water. Larry came up and bumped her hand and she smiled from ear to ear as she gently ran her hand over his head.
"This is bullshit," Emmett muttered as he shook his head.
"Aww... you're just jealous that they like us better," Rosalie said through her smile.
"Damn right I am, we've spent years feeding and playing with them, and they see you three for a few minutes and want you to pet them. Bullshit," he grumbled and we laughed.
"Do we have any more bottles?" I asked and Edward nodded as he stood from the platform.
He came back out a few minutes later, carrying two more sets of bottles, and handed them off to Alice and Rosalie as I took the one from the platform and we stood to throw them. As soon as they were in the air, all three of them took off to fetch them.
"I want pictures of all of this Emmett," Rosalie said as she smiled excitedly at him.
"I'm on it," he chuckled as he nodded and sat on the corner of the back ledge of the boat.
All three of them came back with the bottles, Curly to me, Moe to Alice, and Larry to Rose. We tossed them a fish each and threw the bottles back out for them. They seemed to be enjoying themselves thoroughly each time they came back and begged for another fish as they rose out of the water and chattered as they moved backwards, looking like they were dancing through the water.
I had never experienced anything like it before. Swimming with the dolphins in Jamaica the time we had gone didn't even come close to what we were experiencing. Those dolphins just performed tricks in the water at the trainers cues. They hadn't even let us touch them. And to think these were wild animals. We petted them a few more times before we brought the bottles back into the boat and closed the latch at the back of the boat. They continued to follow us as Emmett returned to navigating us to our destination.
"We're gonna troll for a bit, do you want to try?" Edward asked as he started preparing a pole.
"What's trolling?" I asked.
"It's when we drag our lines through the water and wait for something to hook onto it," he said and I shook my head.
"My luck I'd land a great white and get pulled overboard," I chuckled and he laughed as he nodded.
He and Jasper got their poles ready and after casting out, where Alice and I hid inside the cabin just to be safe, they settled the poles into holders on the chairs and sat down in them. Alice and I walked back out and sat in their laps as we joined them to wait. Jasper and Edward talked animatedly with each other about fish for a long while as Alice and I just soaked up the rays of sunshine from our spots in their laps.
"You've never hooked one of the three stooges, have you?" I asked worriedly as the thought popped in my head, knowing they were still swimming beside the boat. He chuckled and shook his head.
"No, but they like to steal the small fish that we catch sometimes. Pisses Emmett off something wicked," he replied and Alice and I laughed. Conversation between the four of us faded, leaving us to the sounds of the boat, water, breeze, and the faint sound of Emmett's satellite radio as we basked in the sunshine.
"Bells, I'm starting to roast...we should put some more sunblock on," Alice said after an extended period. I nodded as I got up to follow her inside, and gave Edward a quick kiss before entering the cabin.
We had only been inside a few minutes when we heard Edward yell and we went running back out onto the deck to see him with his pole secured in the holder between his legs. Emmett slowed the boat and killed the engine as Edward struggled to start reeling the line in as the pole damn near bent in half each time he pulled back on it, with Jasper cheering him on beside him.
Rosalie and Emmett came hauling ass down the ladder, Rosalie with camera in hand and ready to start snapping thousands of pictures as Emmett joined Jasper in his cheering. I would have cheered, but I was too busy ogling the way Edward's muscles strained and flexed with all the effort he was putting forth. After a few minutes, he was sweating up something fierce, and it only made him look that much more delicious.
"Good God...what is that?" Alice squeaked as something hurled itself out of the water. I missed it because of my ogling.
"Sailfish...putting up one hell of a fight too," Emmett said as he grinned widely. You could tell he was wishing he was the one reeling it in.
"What are you guys going to do with it?" Rosalie asked as Emmett stepped forward to help Edward.
"Unhook it and let it go. Listen, when it gets closer I want all of you to either go in the cabin or head up to the tower. They can get pretty dangerous when they come out of the water," Jasper said and we all nodded as we started to make our way to the ladder. At least from up there, Rose could get great pictures and we could see everything as it was happening.
I watched on from above, completely entranced by all of it. I had only ever seen something like it on some of the fishing shows that Charlie would watch occasionally. He would probably be in his glory if he had gotten to experience something like that.
When they finally got it on board, I realized what Jasper was talking about. It had a long, spear like bill in the front, and it could easily hurt someone with the way it was thrashing about. Luckily, it seemed that the three of them were experienced enough to know how to handle it as they worked to unhook it from the platform on the back of the boat. Rosalie managed to get a picture of the three of them holding it before they carefully released it back into the water.
"Bro, that was awesome. We haven't caught one that big in years!" Emmett boomed excitedly as they did some male version of a one armed hug.
"He had to be what? Six feet give or take?" Jasper said as Edward tended to his pole.
"At least man. He was a heavy one too, fought up a damn storm. I almost didn't think I'd be able to reel his ass in," he chuckled as he tossed his pole back into its holder at the back. We all climbed back down to the deck and I wrapped my arms around his waist.
"That was amazing," I said as I leaned up to kiss his lips as he smiled brightly at me. He hummed as he pecked my lips three more times and then lifted his head to look at everyone else.
"You guys wanna drop some lines for a bit? See if we can catch some dinner?" he asked and Alice and Rosalie nodded excitedly. I just laughed cause I never would have imagined them being excited over fishing of all things.
"I'm gonna make some margaritas while you guys get the poles ready," Jasper said as he walked inside the cabin.
"Alright master fisherman...school me, because I have no idea what I'm doing," I chuckled and Edward laughed.
"I would teach you how to cast, but I really don't want an ear piercing, and I'm sure no one else would enjoy being hooked and reeled in," he laughed and I swatted at him.
"Let's get some bait on your hook and then we'll just drop the line in the water," he said and I nodded. He came back with a container of some slimy looking white strips and I scrunched my face at him.
"What's that?"
"Squid...flounder and sea bass love it," he said and I shook my head and grimaced as I caught a whiff of the container's contents. He put the bait on the hook and dropped the line over the side of the boat.
"Okay, come here and hold onto the pole," he said and I did.
"Put your thumb here and keep just a little bit of pressure on it so the line doesn't get all tangled as the spool runs," he said and I nodded, placing my thumb over the line on the spool as he flicked a lever and the line started to unravel.
"When it stops unraveling, flick this lever back and then just pull up on the pole occasionally to entice the fish," he said and I nodded. Shortly after, it seemed like the line was done running so I flicked the lever and sat down in my folding chair with my pole in hand, Alice and Rosalie on either side of me with their poles.
"I bet the only thing I catch is a boot or a license plate," I joked and they laughed as they bobbed their poles.
"Here, love," Edward said as he handed me a plastic cup filled with my margarita, and handed one to both Rosalie and Alice. "I'll be back in a few minutes, we're gonna set up some crab traps on the other side."
"Thanks," I said as I tilted my head up and puckered my lips for a kiss. He chuckled and bent down to press his lips against mine before heading over to Emmett and Jasper.
"I think we're going to have to join them for summers out here," Rosalie said suddenly and I lifted my head from where I had been resting it and basking in the sunshine.
"That'd be easy for me to do, but could you leave the garage for that long every year?" I asked as I shielded my eyes from the sun so I could see her clearly.
"It shouldn't be too hard. I barely do any of the work anymore as it is, I just run the place nowadays. As long as I keep in constant contact with them there and make sure everything is running smoothly, it shouldn't be a big deal," she said as she shrugged.
"What about your studio, Alice?" I asked and she pursed her lips as she thought it through.
"I should be able to manage it. I can always use the time here to work on sketches and ideas that I can put together when I get back," she said and I nodded as I pulled back on my pole slightly.
"I'd like to be able to bring Charlie and Renee here," I sighed. "He'd love this."
"Just make sure you get them separate villas for all the guests' sakes," Alice chuckled and I laughed.
"I'll keep that in mind," I chuckled as I raised my cup to my lips. Something tugged on my line and startled me, and I ended up getting margarita up my nose...which burned like hell.
"Oww...oh shit...what do I do?" I panicked as I stood from my chair. "Edward!"
"What?" he asked worriedly as he came up behind me.
"Something's tugging on the line...what the hell do I do?" I asked and he laughed.
"Reel it in, Bella," he chuckled as he took my drink from my hand.
"Which way do I twist this thing?" I asked moving it both ways and they all laughed as I got flustered.
"Clockwise," he laughed and I turned the pole sideways to see which way that was before I started turning it again.
"It's probably a shoe," I laughed as Rose and Alice bent over the side to see what would come out of the water. Thank God whatever it was wasn't putting up much of a fight, and my chances of being pulled overboard were slim to none.
"Eww...it's ugly. It has two eyes on one side of its head," Alice laughed as Edward stepped between us with a net.
"It's a flounder, good sized one too," Edward said as he pulled it on board.
"Way to go baby girl! You caught dinner!" Emmett crowed as he ruffled my hair. I laughed as I tried to smooth it back out.
"That's one ugly mug," Rosalie laughed as she bent down to look at it. Emmett picked it up by its gills and walked over to a chest filled with ice and tossed it in.
"Five more like that one and we're lookin' at a good meal," Jasper said as he baited my hook again.
I went to go drop my line back in the water, but it felt like I had something crawling on my leg and I wigged out. I went to swat at it, and the line swung back at me from having jerked the pole around, and I ended up hooking myself in the arm like an idiot.
"OW! HOOK! WHAT'S ON MY LEG?!" I wailed as I stomped my feet and dropped the pole, trying to figure out which was more important at the moment, the hook in my arm or whatever was on my leg.
"Oh shit," Rose laughed as she put her pole down.
"ROSE ALICE! WHAT'S ON MY LEG?!" I shrieked as I felt that tickling sensation again against the back of my knee.
"Hold still!" she yelled and I tried to stop panicking long enough for her to see what it was as Edward came running over.
"Bella...my God, what did you do?" he muttered frantically as he took a hold of my arm and tears of pain and fear rolled from my eyes.
"I hooked my arm when I tried to swat something on my leg," I whimpered.
"Jesus, Bella...it was a sweat droplet," Rose said as she used her shirt to wipe it off, and left me feeling like a complete jackass with a baited hook hanging off my arm.
"I'm done fishing," I sniffled as Edward tried to suppress his laughter as he tended to the hook in my arm.
"Deep breath, honey. I'm gonna pull it out," he said and I took a deep breath and held it as I shifted my footing nervously.
"OW! SON OF A!" I wailed as he pulled it out of my arm.
"Sorry baby," he said as he pulled me toward him. "Let's go wash it out."
I nodded and sniffled as I followed behind him into the cabin, leaving everyone behind us stifling their amusement as best they could. He led me over to the sink and pulled a first aid kit out of one of the cabinets.
"When was the last time you had a tetanus shot?" he asked.
"Um...when I had the motorcycle accident a few years ago," I replied and he nodded as he gently washed the puncture wound.
"I told you I'd end up hooking myself," I grumbled and he chuckled.
"That you did, love. At least it wasn't your ear though," he said as he shut the water off and dried my arm off. He put some ointment on it and covered it with a band-aid and kissed it.
"You okay?" he asked as he cupped my cheek. I smiled slightly and nodded. It really could have been a lot worse. He bent down and pressed his lips against mine. I sighed and tilted my head to the side as my hands came up to thread into his hair and he pushed me up against the counter.
"HEY! NO NOOKIE ON MY BOAT!" Emmett boomed and I broke away from Edward's lips as we laughed.
"You ready to go back out?" he asked and I nodded as I linked my hand with his and we made our way back out of the cabin.
"You okay baby girl?" Emmett asked as they all looked up at me.
"I'm fine," I said as I scrunched up my face.
"Are you really done fishing?" Edward asked and I nodded.
"Yup...no more stinky hooks for me. I caught our dinner, I'm done," I laughed and he chuckled as he nodded.
"I'm gonna go play with Larry, Moe, and Curly," I said as I leaned up to kiss him quickly.
"Damn traitorous dolphins," he muttered and I laughed as I swatted him and walked to the back of the boat.
I took my shorts off and sat down on the platform, dangling my legs in the water as I shook my hand in it. Curly came right up to me and I smiled down at him as Moe and Larry swam around the immediate area near us.
"Hey buddy," I cooed as I ran my hand over his head. He chattered and ducked under the water, coming up under my feet and raising them out of the water on his back. I chuckled as I padded my feet lightly across his back.
"Does that feel good?" I laughed as he chattered some more, cracking me up with the way it sounded. He ducked back under the water and I pulled my legs up onto the platform so I could lean forward and try to pet Larry and Moe as they approached the back of the boat.
"Whoa! Watch out! Runaway crab!" Edward yelled and I turned just in time to see the creepy bugger slide out the back latch that I had left open and scurry toward me. I screamed and slipped as I tried to get up, falling straight into the water.
"BELLA!" I heard all of them yell as I resurfaced and choked out some water.
"I'm fine...I'm fine," I called out as I treaded in the water. I had forgotten all about Larry, Moe, and Curly until I felt one of them brush past my leg and started to panic. I wasn't sure how nice they would be after I startled them by falling in the water.
"Edward," I whimpered as he jumped over the side of the boat and onto the platform.
"It's okay, Bella. They won't hurt you," he said as he held his arms out toward me.
"OH MY GOD ONE OF THEM JUST GOOSED ME!" I shrieked and he laughed just as Curly popped out of the water and chattered, sounding like he was laughing at me as well.
"Bad dolphin," I chuckled as he slowly swam toward me. I reached out and ran my hand along his back as he swam by me. Edward slid into the water and swam toward me. We waited for one of them to swim by us again, and Edward held his hand out as Curly approached us. I laughed hysterically when he sprayed water in his face and swam away.
"CURLY!" he laughed as he hollered and Curly chattered as he popped his head out of the water.
"No more fish for you," he muttered as he pursed his lips at him. I chuckled as he blew air out of his blow hole, it sounded like he was scoffing at him.
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT MOE!" Emmett hollered and I looked up toward him. He was leaning over the side of the boat next to Rosalie who was reeling something in on her line as she laughed.
"Moe's gonna steal the fish," Edward chuckled as I watched Larry and Curly swim around the side of the boat to join him.
"DAMNIT MOE! Catch your own fish!" Emmett yelled and I cracked up as we swam toward the platform. We climbed back up onto it and I sat with my legs in the water again, waiting for them to come back. Curly came back first, coming up under my feet again.
"My buddy...are you guys misbehaving?" I chuckled as I padded my feet across his back.
"He seems quite fond of you," Edward chuckled from behind me.
"I'm pretty smitten with him too," I laughed.
"As long as I don't get replaced by a porpoise," he laughed and I scoffed.
"Like that would ever happen," I chuckled as Curly rolled and I leaned forward to pat his belly.
"Ya never know...he seems hell bent on winning you over," he said and I looked up to see him grinning crookedly down at me.
"There's no competition. He's adorable, but you're perfect," I said as I grinned back at him.
"Are you thirsty or anything?" he asked and I nodded.
"Yeah, can I have my margarita?" I asked.
"I'll make you a fresh one, the ice in that one melted and it's all watered down," he said as he pulled away from the ledge.
A few minutes later he came back out and handed me a fresh glass. I thanked him and set it down next to me after taking a few sips. He said he was going to try and catch a few fish and I blew him a kiss before turning my attention back to Larry, Moe and Curly...mostly Curly.
I ended up laying down on the platform as everyone fished, leaving my arm dangling in the water as they each took turns swimming under it and brushing against my hand. Once in a while one of them would pop their heads out of the water and chatter as they splashed me with water and I'd laugh as I splashed back at them.
At some point, Alice came out and joined me, mirroring my position on the other end of the platform and she giggled whenever one of them brushed against her. Thankfully there were no more runaway crabs each time they pulled the traps out of the water. Jasper and Edward took turns bringing us fresh refills on our drinks, and after about the third one I was officially tipsy.
"Edward," I giggled. "I have to pee!"
"So go pee!" he laughed from somewhere on the deck.
"I'm tipsy! If I get up I'll fall overboard and drown!" I laughed and Alice cracked up, her uneven laughter making me aware that she was also pretty lit.
"I'm coming, hold on," he said and I giggled as I kicked Alice's foot.
"Do you have to go?" I asked and she nodded as she tried to sit up.
"Whoa...how much tequila did they put in those drinks?" she chuckled and I laughed as I rolled to the side and tried to right myself.
"Gimme your hands," Edward chuckled as he held out a hand for both Alice and I. We latched on and he pulled us up and made sure we were on the deck safely before bending down to pick up our cups and shutting the latch behind him. We stumbled across the deck and into the cabin, heading for the bathroom. I went in first and then rummaged through the fridge in the kitchen while I waited for her to come out.
"What are you doing?" she asked and I jumped about three feet in the air, clutching at my chest.
"Shit you scared me!" I squeaked and she laughed.
"I'm hungry. I was looking for something to eat," I said after taking a few calming breaths.
"Ooh...we packed some chicken salad this morning, see if it's in there," she said as she rummaged through the cabinets for something. I found the container in the fridge and pulled it out, and set it on the counter after shutting the door.
"Crap...I can't reach the bread," she giggled as she tried to climb up onto the counter.
"Be careful, Ali," I chuckled as I tried to keep a hand on her in case she fell. Not that it would do any good in my state.
"Gotcha," she laughed and climbed back down with the loaf of bread and a bag of chips.
"Think they're all hungry?" she asked and I nodded.
"If we are, I'm sure they are too," I replied.
We piled a bunch of sandwiches onto a plate and filled a bowl with chips before heading back out onto the deck. After eating, Rosalie decided she'd had enough fishing, and she, Alice, and I agreed to check the crab traps every once in a while as they tried to catch more fish for dinner. Every time we pulled the traps up, I made sure my feet were off the ground at out of the way of any pincers of runaway crabs. After one of them got a hold of Alice's finger, the guys had to show us how to pick them up without being subjected to their claws. Would have been nice to have had that tidbit beforehand.
By the time Emmett pulled the anchor, they had caught three more flounder, two huge striped sea bass, and something called a sea robin that I made them throw back because I thought it was pretty and it sang. Edward laughed at my slightly inebriated argument and told me that it wasn't singing, it was croaking. They threw it back anyway which made me happy.
"Do you wanna come lay down with me? It's gonna be about a three hour trip back," Edward said as he wrapped his arms around me from behind. I nodded and turned in his arms from where I had been leaning over the side of the boat, watching the three stooges as they swam next to us. He led us back to the spare room and locked the door before climbing into the small bed next to me.
"When are you guys gonna go on your supply run?" I asked as I snuggled up next to him and he rubbed my back gently.
"I wish we didn't have to go at all, but probably Tuesday or Wednesday. We have to fix that door tomorrow, and we're probably going to get you guys settled in the villa next door. I don't want you guys back in that one," he said and I nodded as I kissed his chin.
"At least that way we don't have to worry about you guys getting bored or starving from the lack of decent food in the house," he said and I chuckled.
"I'm gonna miss you," I whispered as I ran my fingers through his hair.
"I'll miss you too, but I'll be back before you know it. Just promise me you all won't leave the resort unless it's to go to the shops or to visit Aunt Di and Uncle Marcus," he said as he cupped my cheek. I smiled and nodded to him.
"I won't be up for doing much of anything after the last few days and today," I chuckled.
"I still can't believe those damn traitorous dolphins took to the three of you like they'd known you for years and they still won't let us touch them," he grumbled and I laughed.
"I want copies of those pictures of you," he said as he pushed my hair away from my face.
"The way your face glowed when you were petting them took my breath away," he whispered against my lips. I licked my lips in anticipation, waiting for him to close that final minimal distance. When he finally did, the instant spark of passion that only he could ignite in me, lit the fires that had raced through my veins the night before, licking and scorching me as they spread through me.
I hooked my leg over his hip as one of his hands tangled into my hair and his other traveled down my back, coming to a rest on my ass and squeezing as he groaned. Apparently I wasn't the only one that had issues with raging internal infernos as he rolled and centered us on the small bed. His hands immediately came to the back of my bikini, and with one deft tug, it came undone and I broke away from his lips just enough so that he could pull it over my head and toss it aside.
I slid down his body, kissing and licking my way down as I tugged at his swim trunks, crawling back up to straddle him after tossing them aside. He bucked his hips against me as he pulled at the strings on my bottoms, the ties coming undone instantly, and he pulled them away, dropping them on the floor as he pulled me back down to his lips.
I whimpered as I felt him line himself up with my entrance before grasping my hips and lowering me, sheathing himself inside me. I broke away from his lips, panting as I scooted back so I could feel more of him inside me as he guided my hips in a grinding motion.
"Fuck ," he groaned as he bucked up at me and his eyes rolled back. "I'll never get over how good you feel...you're fucking perfect," he said, his voice deep and laced with desire as his hands touched every inch of flesh he could reach on me.
"I'll never get enough of you...only you could make me feel this OW! MOTHER OF GOD!" I wailed as I tried to sit up to rock against him harder and slammed my head into the bunk above us.
"Oh my God..." he chuckled as I rubbed my head. "Are you okay?"
"No," I whined, trying not to laugh. "That hurt like hell." He tried not to chuckle as he pulled me back down to him, but I could feel him shaking beneath me.
"Edward, this isn't going to work," I grumbled. "I'll end up with a concussion."
"Yes it will.." he said as he rolled us and I scooted so that I was underneath him. He grabbed one of the pillows from the top of the bed and tapped my hip.
"Lift up for a second," he said and I did. He scooted the pillow beneath my ass and I lowered my hips back down.
"That'll help keep the tender spot on your back off the mattress," he said as he hovered over me.
"I feel like a teenager trying to have sex in a room you share with your brother while he isn't home," I chuckled quietly and he laughed, his breath washing across my neck and causing me to shudder.
"That's actually really funny because Emmett and I had bunk beds in high school. We only used them for gaming nights though." I laughed, trying to imagine the two of them sharing bunk beds.
My laughing quickly ceased as he attached his mouth to my neck and I felt his tongue swirling in circles over my skin. I gasped and wrapped my legs around him as my hands ran down his sides to his hips. I felt his muscles tighten and constrict as I passed over them and he groaned softly against my skin as he rocked his hips against me. He slid into me and I moaned rather loudly as my legs clamped around him, holding him to me tightly.
"Sshh." He chuckled silently as he forced the air through his teeth. "You're going to wake my parents," he said suddenly and I burst out laughing.
"Edwa...ahhh" I started, but he rocked into me and I ended up moaning again, earning yet another shushing sound that had me chuckling momentarily before he rocked into me yet again.
"We really do need to keep it down, love...these walls are incredibly thin," he said quietly against my skin and I nodded as I bit my lip and choked down yet another breathy moan as he kissed his way up my neck and across my jaw.
His thrusts felt deeper with my position and it took everything in me to keep quiet. Each time he thrust into me, he hit that spot deep within me that felt fucking incredible. He locked his eyes on mine as he continued to drive into me, our erratic breaths washing across each others faces. I was trying to hold off my orgasm, wanting to climax together, but it was getting harder by the minute. I wasn't going to be able to hold it off much longer.
"Let it go, baby. I can feel you holding it back," he said breathlessly and it broke free just as his lips crashed down onto mine, muffling the sounds of my moans. Wave after wave of pleasure coursed through me as he continued to pump in and out of me. I was just coming back down to earth when a loud thump against the door startled both of us and his movements came to a sudden halt.
"What the hell was that?" I whispered breathlessly.
"Oh, Jazz ," we heard and I slapped a hand over my mouth as Edward buried his face in the crook of my neck, shaking with silent laughter above me.
"Damnit," Jasper grumbled as he tried to open the door, but it was locked, only making us laugh silently even harder as we heard them stumble a few feet down the hall, knocking into the walls before the door to the master suite slammed shut.
"Emmett's gonna kill him," Edward whispered as he chuckled and my laughter came out as a wheeze. I jumped slightly at what sounded like a shoe hitting the wall behind our heads and looked at Edward with wide eyes.
"They're as bad as we are," I whispered as I laughed silently as we heard their moaning float through the wall.
"At least we won't be hanging off the railing at the front of the boat when he finds out," he chuckled quietly as he started to move within me again.
"How's your back?" he whispered against the skin of my neck.
"A little sore, but nothing too bad," I whispered back as I ran my hands over his back. He withdrew from me and slid off the bed.
"What are you doing?" I asked as I quirked an eyebrow at him.
"Switching positions, lay the other way across the bed," he said as he gestured in front of him. I slid to the middle of the bed and sat at the edge before laying back with my legs dangling off the edge.
"Grab a hold of that bar," he said as he pointed to the wooden plank running against the wall. I wrapped my fingers under it and looked down at him curiously.
"Just hold on to that," he said as he lifted my legs up over his shoulders and slid my hips down and off the bed. I was barely on the bed at all aside from my shoulders and my hands holding onto the wooden plank. I couldn't help but think of how utterly exposed I was to him at that moment, but strangely enough, I couldn't find it in me to care. If anything I rather enjoyed it. The position gave me the perfect view of him as he slid back into me.
I had to bite my lip to keep from moaning as he pounded into me ruthlessly. He kept a firm hold of my hips as I tried to keep my legs balanced on his shoulders, they weren't long enough to fully hook over them. Trying to focus on that was infuriatingly distracting so I bent them instead, gripping his sides with my feet, and leaving me further exposed to him. I watched as his eyes drifted down, taking in the sight of his thrusts into me and if at all possible, I swear I felt him grow even harder within me as he bit back a groan and his head fell backwards.
My fingertips felt like they were digging into the wood with the force that I was gripping it as I fought against every moan and cry that tried to erupt from me. I was steadily approaching my second orgasm, and by the looks of it, he was approaching his first as well.
"Edward, come with me," I whimpered. He grunted as he started pulling my hips against him even harder. His eyes shifting between mine, my bouncing breasts, and where he was pounding into me.
"Fucking perfect," he groaned as he slammed into me, hitting the deepest spot within me and sending me flying over the edge as he spilled himself into me. My arms broke free from holding onto the plank and he pulled me to his chest as I continued to clench and spasm around him, my entire body shaking as I felt him twitch within me.
"I'm so beyond in love with you it isn't even funny," he said softly as he ran his nose across the skin of my neck and shoulder. I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face into his neck as a sob inexplicably ripped through my chest.
"Baby, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" he asked worriedly as he tilted his head toward mine and wrapped his arms tighter around my back. I shook my head into his neck as I stifled another sob and a tear trailed down from my eye.
"No...you didn't say anything wrong. You said everything right. You're perfect. Everything you say is perfect. It's one of the reasons I'm in love with you too," I replied, wiping the tear away from my face and kissing the edge of his jaw.
"You don't know how happy that makes me, because I don't think I can ever live without you," he whispered as he kissed my shoulder.
"You don't have to. I'll always be with you," I vowed, steeling myself to my resolve that at the end of these few weeks, whether I broke away from everyone I cared about and stayed here with him, or he came with me, one way or the other we were going to be together.
I needed him like I needed air. It was a basal need, and it was one that I couldn't deny no matter how hard I could ever try to. Living without him at this point was just unimaginable and frankly I didn't give a damn to even try to imagine it, because it would only cause my heart to shatter into a million pieces.
AN: Okay so this is probably my favorite citrus dropping so far. Don't ask me why because I have no clue. Anyways...before I get a hundred and one (I wish) reviews about how unrealistic this chapter was lemme tell you that the dolphin thing that happened in this chapter actually happened to me when I was about thirteen and I spent my summer on a boat with a friend of the family's family. Yeah that just sounds weird. Anyway...don't ever touch a wild dolphin because you think it may be Larry, Moe, or Curly (those were the names that the family had given the dolphins too). The only reason I EVER stuck my hand in that water, was because the family I was with was POSITIVE that the dolphins wouldn't hurt me. At most they were expected to spray me with water and swim away as they had routinely done to the members of said family over the years.
So now here comes the time to laugh. Yes, I hooked myself in the arm with a hook that had a slimy ass piece of squid on it because I thought the sweat droplet on the back of my knee was like a giant vampiric spider or some shit. Yes, I fell off the back of the boat because a crab charged me. Yes, Curly goosed me while I was in the water after falling in when said crab charged me. We did catch a sailfish...and as funny as this is now I really didn't think it was back then...I got slapped in the head with its tail while posing for a picture with it and the family. The whole freaking out because something tugged on the fishing line thing...yeah that was me too. I'd never fished before, the only thing I knew how to bait, set, and reel in was a crab trap at that point in my life. So needless to say...it was a very interesting summer. Last I heard (about 5 years ago before I moved to the midwest from the east coast) Curly and Larry were still around...sadly Moe hadn't been seen for a while.
Okay that's enough of my babble. REVIEW!!!! I need my fix like a junkie needs their next hit! ~Jersey~