Finally the third installment of Temptation Isle. Thank you to those that have read, and a special thank you to those that reviewed, or marked this story as a favourite. You all rock! I have just started full time work (as opposed to full time motherhood - now I do both - eek!) so please be patient with me. I will try my best to get regular updates to you all.

We now get to meet the other couples who will be joining them on the island, I hope you enjoy the chapter.

This story is rated M for mature themes.

I do not own Twilight or Temptation Island, or any of the characters.

Temptation Isle.

I fell asleep that night, satisfied, but not thanks to Edward. This trip could change so many things for us, and I hoped like fuck that they changed for the better, or things were about to get very, very awkward.

Awkward, indeed. Understatement of the year.

Chapter 3

Our taxi had pulled up to the marina, and I shielded my eyes as I looked out to sea. The day was warm with just enough of a cool breeze to prevent it from being too hot, the perfect weather for an island holiday.

Edward cleared his throat next to me and I was pulled back to reality. The one where we were about to board a boat with five other couples and head off into the sunset. It sounded kind of romantic, but in reality it couldn't have been further from the truth.

The proof of that was in the nervous shuffle of Edward's feet, the tightness around his eyes and the barely non-existent conversation between us over the last few days. Yeah romantic had already sailed and we completely missed that boat.

I grabbed his hand and headed for our boat. I tried not to grimace when I saw the name of it – 'The Lust Boat'. The play on words was not lost on me, and visions of Caption Stubing filled my head along with that cheesy tune. Against my better judgment, I sang it softly to myself.

"The lust boat, exciting and new. Come aboard, we're expecting you…"

"Were you just singing the 'Love Boat' theme song?" Edward asked me as he tried, unsuccessfully I might add, not to smile.

"Love, life's sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you.

When I heard his laughter, I felt lighter somehow. If we approached this with laughter and trust, then we would be ok.

"Let life's sweetest reward float back to you, Edward," I said just as we approached the dock.

His laughter stopped as he leaned in to give me a squeeze.

"So long as I have you, Bell, it's all the reward I'll ever need."

And right there is why at that moment I felt like the shittiest girlfriend on the planet. While I had basically done everything in my power to take Edward out of his comfort zone, he went and said something as sweet as that. I, in all my madness and stupidity, truly did not deserve such devotion.

"Edward, we're good, right? I mean, I know that you didn't want to come on this trip but I would hate to think that this could break us." Now that this holiday was a reality and we were about to embark on this journey, my feet were suddenly cold. Very, very cold. In fact, I think that if I looked closely, I would even find a touch of frostbite.

"Bell, I love you. Nothing, and no one will ever change that," he whispered into my ear.

"I love you too, Edward. Always have, always will." I opened my eyes and looked over my shoulder to see a group of people as they watched us openly.

"Don't look now, but we have an audience," I murmured. Edward just nodded and began to pull away. I wasn't, however, willing to let him go that soon. I leaned in again to have probably the last private conversation that we would have for a while.

"I love you. Relax, have fun and know that I trust you." And I did, I trusted him completely, but it certainly didn't hurt to remind him of that fact.

"And I you. You are my life, Bella," he added, before giving me one last hug. With a deep breath he turned around and led me toward the boat.

My first thought when I looked up was that we couldn't possibly have the right boat. The one in front of us was full of models, and it was surely some playmate private party or something. I half expected to see Hugh Hefner stroll out on deck, resplendent in his robe and slippers. Well, not so much resplendent but more old. And comfy. Right - old, comfy and a blond under each arm. Probably to prop him up, but that's another story.

I shuddered and brought myself back to the present, back to the faces that lined the deck and stared at us both. Ah yes, the new additions to the orgy had arrived.

Before we had even fully stepped onto the boat, we were accosted by a blur in purple. Just as I was about to pry her from around Edward's waist and launch into my jealous girlfriend rant, she released him from her grip and latched onto me instead. A vision of an octopus came into my head, all eight tentacles and suction caps as it held onto its next meal for dear life.

"Hey guys, I'm Alice. You guys can call me Ali though, everyone does. I just know that we're all going to be the best of friends," she rambled, and I kind of tuned out after I heard her name. I did catch the end of it though when she introduced her fiancé, Jasper.

Now Jasper was a very interesting contrast to the bubbly Alice. He was content to just bob his head at the introduction and let her do all of the talking. Not that he could probably get a word in edgewise, but he definitely seemed like the yin to her yang.

".and while I just love make up and hair, it's Jazz here who provides me with true inspiration. I don't know where I would be if I didn't have him in my life." Probably in a padded cell, me thinks.

Don't get me wrong, the girl was all kinds of adorable but I knew that too much time spent in her company and I'd be climbing those padded walls myself.

So it turned out that Alice and Jasper lived together in Los Angeles and met through their respective professions. She did the make up, he did the hair – a match made in the city of beautiful angels as she said.

"…so we came here to make sure that we were in sync before we took the trip down that aisle." A long pause later, I realized that she had finally stopped, now that we were up to date with their life story.

"Oh, that's great." I had tuned out most of the tale, but I was sure that I was up to speed on the life and times of Alice and Jasper…or Ali and Jazz as she so affectionately put it. Sounded like a comedy duo if you ask me.

I looked over at Edward and found a blank expression on his face. In fact, he even looked a little scared, and after meeting only one other couple at that stage, I had to agree with him. It seemed that I would not get a moments peace with Alice around, my envisioned peaceful days on the beach just a distant, lovely memory. Edward would have the exact opposite with Jasper. In fact, I had yet to hear him utter a word, and it seemed like having a conversation with him would be like pulling teeth. Which was convenient of course, seeing as though Edward was a dentist extraordinaire.

A throat cleared in the background, and I looked toward the person it came from. And by person, I actually meant bear…as in huge, giant and hairy motherfucker of a bear. Gorgeous, but just really – hairy.

"Bellsy and Eddie boy, the name's Emmett. This here is my beautiful lady, Rosalie," the hairy beast announced. The 'beautiful lady' in question raised a perfect eyebrow and sneered in our direction. I suppose it could have been classed as a smile, if I really used my imagination….nope, I tried really fucking hard and it still resembled a sneer.

"Nice to meet you, Emmett," I said as I reached out to shake his hand. It surprised me when he pushed my hand away, and I was about to take him to task for his bad manners when he wrapped me up in yep, you guessed, a massive bear hug. One look at Rosalie's face told me that she was far from impressed, and I carefully pulled myself out of his meaty paws and took a step or two backwards.

"Hi Rosalie," I offered with a small wave, to which she just tossed her hair and glared in my direction. Definitely not my future BFF.

"Don't worry 'bout Rosie here, she just takes a little time to thaw out," he guffawed. I waited for her to go all Jerry Springer on his ass, but was shocked when she just rolled her eyes in his direction.

"We're both from San Diego, lived there our whole lives actually. Grew up together, dated since we were fifteen, married at twenty-one. That was three years ago, three years of happy, wedded bliss – right Rosie?" Emmett was still jovial, but now it seemed a little forced. It didn't seem like he even expected an answer, as he continued on while Rosalie was giving us yet another eye roll.

"I run a comedy club and Rosie is a photographer. She mainly specializes in photographing babies and children with the odd family portrait thrown in for good measure. She's very talented at what she does," he added, I guess to keep her happy, but all he got in return for his efforts was a small smile before she started a conversation with Alice.

"Well, it's great to meet you both," Edward chimed in. He still looked incredibly awkward but bless his heart, he tried his hardest.

Next cab off the ranks was a couple called Carlisle and Esme. Seriously, who named these people? I know that Isabella and Edward are both a little old fashioned but Carlisle? Emmett? What on earth were their parents smoking when they named these children?

"It's so nice to meet you both," Esme gushed, and within the first minute I met her, I knew that she was going to be someone that I could trust.

"Esme and I are here on kind of a second honeymoon, if you like," Carlisle added and winked at Esme. She looked at him and giggled, to which he promptly slapped her lightly on the ass. With a small wave and another giggle for her obviously very horny husband, they walked off together. She had her hand on his arm, while he had his on – surprise, surprise – her ass. Those two would be the ones to watch - I had a feeling that I would get some very juicy tales from their tomfoolery.

With an amused look at Edward, I then turned my focus to the next couple.

"Hi, I'm Angela and this is my boyfriend, Ben," a tall girl with dark hair and glasses introduced herself. She looked even more nervous than Edward, and that was saying something.

"Um, we're both from a small town called Forks, in Washington." She smiled hesitantly at me, as did Ben when I looked in his direction.

"Hey there," was all he offered with his smile. I wondered what their story was and how they came to be here, but the super sleuth inside me told me that I had plenty of time to work that out. Hell, I had three whole weeks to get to know them.

So with four couples down, I searched around for the fifth couple that would round out our holiday. Angela seemed to notice what I was doing, and made her way back over to me.

"That's Mike and Jessica over there," she nodded toward a couple that were making out like teenagers on prom night.

"They've barely come up for air since they arrived," she added with a slight blush to her cheeks. I was glad to notice that I wasn't the only one who succumbed to the rosy hue.

They either heard us or had finally realized that there were newbies here, as they broke apart and sauntered over. Well actually, Mike sauntered and Jessica kind of stumbled in her platformed heels as she pulled her skirt down. Not obvious at all.

"Hey dude," he greeted Edward with a fist pump. It was quite comical to see Edward fumble out a fist pump, if it could even be called that.

"So, I wonder how babelicious these singles are going to be," Mike said as he looked me up and down. I felt like the proverbial meat at the market as he leered at me, and sighed a little in relief when Edward put his arms around my shoulders.

"Mike, do you really have to talk about other women in front of me. I am, like, right here you know," Jessica pouted but lost all credibility when she turned to me and faux whispered, "I've heard these singles are H.O.T."

Just like that I had another couple to keep my eye on. I had only spent two minutes in their company and could already see the tempers, tantrums and exploits that these two would get up to. I was going to get some kick ass stories, and my boss was going to be over the moon.

For the next hour we mingled with all of the other couples as we made our way to our destination. We had told everyone the basics of our life, but nothing too personal. Yes, Edward was a dentist who owned his own practice. Yes, we did live together and had been together for almost five years. No, we weren't married or even engaged yet, but yes, it was in Edward's five-year plan. I told them all that I worked for a magazine, but in the sales department. I really didn't want anyone to find out that I was writing an article for the magazine. I wanted everyone to act naturally around me, and I doubted that it would happen if they knew what I was doing.

Alice held court and entertained us all with various stories of her life, while Jasper sat there, nodded and smiled lovingly in her direction.

Emmett drank his weight in beer while Rosalie looked on unimpressed. He had tried to include her in conversation numerous times, but had been rebuffed one too many times and gave up.

Esme was on Carlisle's lap while he whispered in her ear, something incredibly dirty I bet if the giggles were anything to go by. They joined in conversation now and then, but for the most part were too caught up in each other. I wondered why they came to Temptation Island for a second honeymoon. They wouldn't get to spend too much time together, but it wouldn't surprise me if they had an open marriage…if you know what I mean.

Angela, Ben, Edward and I talked quietly to ourselves for the most part, with the occasional comment from Mike thrown in for good measure. This guy was a dick, with a capital D, but Jessica didn't seem to care too much. In fact, all she seemed to care about at the moment was my boyfriend's hands, and as Edward clasped his fingers together and stretched them out slowly, her eyes widened and her smile grew. Back the truck up bitch; this is not your stop. I know what those limber fingers can do and the only thing they will be giving you is the one-fingered salute.

I inwardly seethed as she moved her stare to his crotch, but was interrupted by the captain before I could put her in her place.

"Okay everyone. If you look out towards the front of the boat you will see Temptation Island, your home for the next three weeks."

There was a murmur among us, and one high pitched squeal which I suspect came from Alice.

"And here are your lovely singles," he added as he pulled the boat up to the dock.

My jaw dropped, as did every other on the boat. Except for Rosalie of course, she was far too interested in her tan lines to worry about anything else.

Holy fuck, these people were beautiful. Incredibly, insanely and undeniably gorgeous.

"Hot dang," Mike half yelled as he startled me out of my perve fest. Oh, this was going to get very, very interesting. Lucky for me, I had the most trustworthy and oblivious boyfriend in the world who probably hadn't even noticed the singles on the dock.

A quick look at Edward made my heart race. Oh yeah, he had noticed all right. If his jaw was any lower to the ground he could have mopped the floor with it, with the drool and all.

As we exited the boat and made our way towards the singles for introductions, I felt the blood pounding through my veins and my eyes were as wide as saucers.

Suddenly, a holiday away to Temptation Island seemed like a very bad idea. I grabbed Edward's hand as we moved towards the line of hot, gorgeous and agile bodies here to tempt us.

"I love you," I whispered to Edward, one last time before we were separated.

He looked down at me and squeezed my hand in reassurance.

"Always," he replied. I was mollified until his eyes returned to the singles. With a deep breath, I let go of his hand and walked with the girls to where the single guys had gathered. As we headed off to our side of the island, I took a last glance at the group that Edward had retreated with.

Please turn around. Please turn around. Just once.

Just before his group rounded a corner, Edward glanced back towards us, waved and blew me a kiss.

Thank Christ; everything was going to be just fine. I just know it. I think.

A/N: Thanks for reading, and hopefully, reviewing!

Next chapter, we meet the singles and the fun will begin...

I have been reading so many fics lately, so I'm going to start reccing some that I have enjoyed.

Breaking from the Ordinary by Burntcore. Bella owns and runs a bar in a small town and Ed is famous. They meet, they spark...you'll have to read to find out the rest. A really great fic, well rounded characters that you can empathise with. Check it out, you won't regret it.

Climax Springs by RasonforRuin. This is only two chapters in but I have really enjoyed it. Redneck Edward, City girl Bella. It's fun and light and I think it is going to be very popular when more chapters go up.

Of Mustangs and Me . I can't get into Twilighted at the moment, and I think it is only on that site, so I'm not sure who the author is yet. Another hickward and city girl Bella, the sexual tension and banter is amazing. A must read!

Thanks,

Bebe