"How's that feel?" You asked Ignis as you were once more massaging his lower back.

"Hmmmm. It feels amazing." He replied in a deep tone as he had his arms up by his head that was turned sideways as he was once more relaxed without his shirt on as he laid on the bed. "You really should consider doing this as a side job."

"I think I'll pass on that." You said with a smile. "It would be my luck that some old pervert would want to do more then just get a massage."

"Old pervert?" Ignis asked as he looked back at you.

"Yeah you know. Someone older than me who just wants to have sex with me or something like that." You said as you pressed down firmly on his lower back as you worked out the tension in spine.

"Now why would you think that." Ignis asked as he closed his eyes as he tried to keep from groaning from the tension leaving him with each movement of your hands.

"Well...you never know." You quietly said as you dropped your eyes back down as you slid your thumbs along his spine before moving them away and towards his sides.

Suddenly Ignis pushed up from the bed as he started to roll over. "I wasn't suggesting that you do it for just anyone."

You went to move off of him as he rolled over. But as you tried to move, he grabbed your waist with one hand and held you in place as he turned over completely and looked at you. Then he pulled you down onto his lap as he sat up on the bed. You smiled at him and wrapped your arms around his neck as he wrapped both of his arms around your waist.

"I was thinking that you could do it exclusively for me." He said in a deep tone as he pulled you further up on his lap.

"But that wouldn't be a part time job." You said with a smile.

"No?" Ignis said in a deep voice as you placed your forehead on his. "And why do you say that?"

"Because it wouldn't be part time for me." You say with a heated smile as you slightly moved your hips on him.

You watched his eyes get dark as you moved on him again. "Then what would it be?"

"Full time pleasure." You said as you leaned down and captured his lips as you started moving your hips against him.

"Hmmm." Ignis hummed as he tightened his grip on you as you started to arouse him as you rubbed up against him with your little lap dance.

But then there was a knock on the outside door. You both froze and looked at the door for a moment before Ignis responded.

"Yes?" Ignis asked as he looked at the door.

"Are you two alright?" You heard your dad ask from the other side of the door.

"Yeah." You said as you quickly got off of Ignis. "Come on in dad."

Your dad opened up the door and walked in only to find the two of you sitting side-by-side on the bed, holding hands. He gave both of you a curious look as you both smiled back at him. He could tell that he had interrupted something. But he wasn't sure what it had been. Even though he had a couple hunches.

"Did you get your bags already?" Your dad asked as he walked over and sat down on Gladio's bed.

"Yes. We got them awhile ago in fact." You replied as you brought your legs up onto the bed and crossed them in front of yourself.

"Then what are you doing in here?" Your dad asked as he looked between the two of you.

"I just finished up his massage." You said with a smile as you looked at Ignis. "He's all limber for his dives now."

"Uh-huh." Your dad said in a very unconvinced tone. "Well so that both of you know, I will be checking in on you throughout the night. So don't get any ideas."

"Ideas? Like what ideas?" You asked as you gave him a curious look.

"Don't get smart with me young lady." Your dad said with a slight warning in his tone.

"Relax dad. I'm just messing with you." You smiled back. "We were just getting ready to go to sleep. After all, Ignis has to be at the pool early to warm up. He only has a few hours of practice before the competition starts. And this time he won't be the only one doing it."

Your dad gave you a curious look. "What do you mean?"

"Oh. Didn't I tell you?" You asked as you cocked your head. "I'm competing too."

You had to bit your tongue as you saw your dad's jaw drop and his eyes practically bulge out of his head. His shocked expression was worth every second as you tried to keep a straight face.

"They told me that they needed another female diver, so I volunteered." You said back with a simple smile as you fought to keep it as such.

"I don't remember you ever competing in diving? When to the hell did that happen?" Your dad asked as he was starting to get a bit upset.

You couldn't help the giggles that started as your dad was starting to freak out. "I'm partially joking dad. I'm not actually competing. But I will be diving tomorrow during warm ups. Of course it'll be more for moral support for Ignis then anything else."

Your dad gave you a confused look. "Since when do you dive?"

"Since this year. Ignis taught me." You said as you smiled back at him before looking at Ignis again. "He was having a bit of trouble with it, so I asked him to teach me."

Ignis gave you a slight smile as he slightly squeezed your hand. "And you took to the board just as graceful as you take the dance floor."

"You really should watch her sometime Mr. (l/n)." Ignis said as he looked back at your dad. "She really is amazing on the board."

"Perhaps I will. Someone will need to go with the two of you tomorrow morning." Paul said as he stood up. "But for now, get some sleep. Both of you. I don't want to see either of you awake when I come back through."

"Yes sir." You both replied as your dad turned back to the door to head out.

Once he closed the door again, you gave a heavy sigh. "Well, I suppose we should do as he asked. My dad's quite serious when it comes to security.  So I don't doubt that he'll hold true to his word as far as checking in on us."

"I concur." Ignis said as he straightened out his glasses. "I've already seen first hand how efficient he is when it comes to this. Plus it would do us good to get a good nights sleep before tomorrow. And especially considering we'll be leaving here well before anyone else even budges."

So then after taking turns to change in the bathroom, you climbed into Gladio's old bed and Ignis climbed into his. You didn't think your dad would appreciate the two of you sleeping in the same bed. Especially since you had a feeling that he already had a idea that the two of you were doing more then just hanging out anymore. And you certainly didn't want him to catch the two of you in the act of some a bit more personal then just sleeping. So after a quick good night, Ignis turned off the light and the two of you went to sleep.

"You must do things like this all the time." Hank said to Paul as he gave Paul a side glance as he sat there watching the monitors and glancing at his laptop every once in a while. "I'm actually a bit envious. Because I'm not going to lie, this is the most excitement that I have had here in ages."

"I wouldn't exactly consider that a bad thing." Paul said without looking at him. "I would actually prefer the other way most of the time."

"Really?" Hank asked in surprise. "I would suspect a guy like you to be an adrenaline junkie."

"I'm not sure how to take that." Paul said as he gave Hank a side glance.

Hank simply laughed at him. "I mean nothing bad by it. I just don't see you as a guy who likes to sit back and wait for things to happen."

Paul gave him a slight smile. "You do have that part right. But at the same time, I'm not really sitting still when I'm waiting. I'm actually watching and analyzing the whole time."

"So it's not the adrenaline then, but actually the challenge of finding out the truth." Hank said as he smiled back as Paul nodded at him before looking back at the screens. "Now that I understand more then anyone."

The salty sea air filled your lungs as you took a deep breath. You slightly smiled as the cool night air blew across your face as the ship moved effortlessly through the water. The handrail vibrated gently under your fingers from the engines as they seemed to purr like your cat. You tried to get lost in the calmness. But you just couldn't seem to shake off that something was wrong. Like you were being watched.

But when you went to turn around, you suddenly realized that you couldn't move. You felt your heart stop as something seemed to snake around your wrists and waist and restrain you. You tried to move your hands. But you were stopped short when you couldn't seem to move them more then a couple inches.

Suddenly you started to panic as you realized that you were stuck. You frantically started to twist around as you fought to get yourself free from your restraints that were preventing you from moving. But it seemed that the more that you fought, the tighter the restraints became. Which made you panic even more. Suddenly you felt the presence of someone in the room.

You heart started to race as it felt like it was going to burst out of your chest. But you kept on fighting against the restraints. You had to get out. You weren't going to be hurt again. You just had to get out.

Then you felt your right arm starting to get loose. But right then, you felt the presence get right beside you. Instantly you started to freak out and fight even more. That was when you felt them touch your arm.

You gasped then whipped your arm out of the restraint and balled your hand into a fist as suddenly an arrow appeared in your hand as you tried to jab it at the person in front of you. But your hand was stopped instantly. You gasped and quickly opened your eyes. Only to see a pair of deep green eyes staring back at you.

Instantly your jaw dropped as you froze when you realized that you almost stabbed Ignis as he was leaning over you as he held your wrist to prevent you from touching him. You then instantly released the arrow into a blue mist and started shaking as you felt your whole body go limp. You were too afraid to move as you started to realize that you almost hurt him. But he didn't seem to be mad as he slowly moved your hand back against the pillow. Then he slowly slid the tangled sheet away from you as he freed you from the fabric that had somehow wrapped around you and was preventing you from moving.

You couldn't seem to breath as you laid there on your back as you watched him. Your whole body was shaking as his fingers gently brushed against your skin. He calmly and silently watched you as he moved the sheet off of you. Then once he had it off to the side, he slowly slid in beside you. You slightly gasped as you felt your body start to tremble again. But this time for a very different reason as he laid down on his side, right next to you.

You opened your mouth as you tried to talk. But nothing seemed to come out. Your silence though was answered by a slight smile from Ignis as he saw that you had somewhat calmed back down as you looked at him. Which was what he had hoped would happen once you realized that it was him and that you didn't have any restrictions preventing you from moving anymore.

"You don't have to say anything." He quietly said as he watched you struggling to think. "In fact I don't want you to say anything. Instead, I want you to show me what your comfortable with me doing. Guide my hands and body at your will. I want you to show me how you want me to touch you.  I won't move unless you do."

"And we will only do whatever you are comfortable with." He quietly said as he searched your eyes as he tried to read them in the dark room.

You gave him a slight smile as he looked at you. Then you reached up with one hand and touched his cheek. He closed his eyes for a moment as you slowly slid the back of you fingers across his cheek. Then you moved your hand to the back of his neck. He was then pulled in by you with the slightest tug on his neck.

You then closed your eyes and gently kissed him. He paused for a moment until you kissed him again. Then he returned with the same gentleness as he pulled the sheet back over the two of you. You tightened up your grip on him as you started to fall under his passionate and gentle touch.

He leaned in more as he let you take control of everything for the first time. After he had you both covered back up. He braced himself just above you as you continued to kiss each other. You hadn't shown him that you wanted him to do anything else yet. So he didn't move to touch you the way his hands and body wanted to.

Suddenly the door started to open up. You turned towards the door and started to see a sliver of light coming through. You then quickly rolled your back towards Ignis as you grabbed his hand that was bracing him. Then you pulled him up against you so that he had to spoon you from behind. Then you quickly closed your eyes as you snuggled up with his arm as the door opened up all the way.

Ignis didn't fight against it. Instead he seemed to melt against you as you wrapped yourself up in his strong embrace. Then you both laid perfectly still and content as someone walked into the room. You interlaced your fingers with his as you snuggled up closer to him.

The person came over to the bed and paused. You slowed down your breathing as you started to relax in Ignis' arms. His steady breathing as his chest smoothly moved with each breath was both soothing and comforting to you. And before you knew it, you were falling back to sleep.

You felt a gentle kiss on your cheek that slowly woke you up before it pulled away. "Time to get up love. We need to get ready to head over."

You slowly opened your eyes as you rolled over onto your back. You saw Ignis standing there fully dressed already with a gentle smile on his face. You smiled back as you laid there for a moment. Then you yawned and stretched out as you tried to wake up the rest of the way. Ignis simply smiled at you as he watched you stretch then sit up as you started to climb out of bed.

"I'll be next door while your getting ready." Ignis said as you moved your legs out from under the sheets.

"Noctis is awake?" You asked as you gave him a stunned look.

"Certainly not." Ignis said as she straightened out his glasses. "But Gladio is and your dad should be here any moment."

"My dad?" You asked as you stood up. "Why will he be here?"

"Apparently he will be the one accompanying us over there." Ignis said as he watched you standing there in shock. "I guess he wants to see you dive."

"Really?" You asked as you felt a slight smile cross your face.

"Yeah." Ignis replied back with a smile as he watched your face start to light up. "So get dressed and join us in Noctis' room."

"Okay." You beamed back.

Soon the three of you were walking over to the diving boards with your bags over your shoulders. Coach Rick was sitting on the closest 1-meter board with a huge smile on his face. No one else seemed to be there as you approached him. Which was exactly what everyone was hoping for.

You really didn't want anyone watching you. And Ignis didn't need the distraction from other divers until he warmed up. He always seemed to perform at his best when he had a chance to practice without a lot of people watching him. And he seemed to really enjoy himself when it was just the two of you diving together. Which was fine with you since you loved to dive with him as well.

"There's our star diving team." Coach Rick said as he stood up as everyone stopped in front of him. "You both look well rested. Did you stretch out last night before you went to bed?"

"Better yet." You said as you looked at Ignis and beamed. "This guy got a full back massage last night."

"Really?" Rick said with a smile. "Good. You should be nice and limber then. Let's start off then with riding the board for a bit to help you get use to them."

"Yes sir." You both said with a smile.

Then you each walked over to one of the 1-meter boards and sat your bags down by the steps as you each climbed onto the two boards that were side by side. Your dad walked over and stood by Rick as they watched you both smile at each other before you started your approach to the end of the board. Your dad became a bit concerned considering that you were both still wearing your warm up suits. But when he saw that neither of you finished the approach that would send you flying into the water, he became even more confused.

"Just what are they doing?" Your dad asked as you both just bounced a couple times before you each stopped so that you adjust the fulcrum before starting again.

"Oh, that's right. You've never seen them do this before." Rick said with a smile as he kept his eyes on the two of you.

"Their doing what is known as riding the board." Rick said as the two of you bouncing higher and higher. "Their doing that to learn the board's behavior."

Paul quietly watched as Rick went into explaining it more in-depth. But Paul actually stopped listening as he watched the two of you as you moved in sync with each other. He was mesmerized as you both would start at the exact same time and would move as if one person as you stepped forward and both leaned into your driving leg before swinging up your other leg which launched both of you into the air. Then coming back down with both feet only to be launched up by the force of the board as you swing your arms around to help with the motion.

He couldn't help but to smile as the two of you looked like you were dancing again. Only this time, the stage was a diving board. You truly had learned a new skill without him even realizing it. And he didn't think that he could be more blown away as he watched both of you

"Alright." Coach Rick said after a bit. "Let's get started."

"Yes sir." You both said.

Then both of you climbed down from the boards and started to take off you warm-up suits. You couldn't help but to smile at Ignis as he carefully folded up each article of clothing and sat them on his bag after taking them off. You shook your head slightly as you did the same and grabbed your shammy from your bag. Once you were both done, you walked over to the water to test the temp.

"The pool tempt should be good in both pools. Even if it is a bit cool for right now." Coach Rick said as he walked up and saw you slightly shiver as you dipped your toes in.

"Well love, there's only one way to tell for sure." Ignis said as he stood right behind you so that you felt his warm breath on your back. "Let's dive in."

You looked back over your shoulder to see him smiling at you. "Let's."

Coach Rick and your dad stood there and watched as the two of you climbed back onto your boards. Then after one quick adjustment to the fulcrums, you both tossed your shammies towards the edge of the pool then took your spot at the beginning of the board. Both of you looked at each other and smiled. Then you both looked back down at Coach Rick and your dad.

"Alright. I want you to run through the dives so that you get use to the order. Then we will concentrate on the dives that your struggling with. But first, do one good starter dive to work out the jitters." Rick said as he watched both of you. "This will also let you know if the pool is cold or not."

"Yes sir." You both responded.

Then Ignis looked back over at you. You gave him a big smile then a nod. He smiled back and returned the nod. Then without a word, the two of you walked out to the end of the board and turned around so that you were facing the board. Then you placed your toes on the edge of the board with your heels just off of the board as you got ready.

Then with one last glance back at each other. You both turned back to the board and started to lift your arms out to your sides as you dropped your heels to start your back dive. Then after the board dipped down the third time, you both threw your hands up as you threw yourselves off of the board with the fourth bounce and into a perfect back pike dive.

(The image is of Tom Daley and Grace Reid from the British National Swimming Diving team during the 2017 FINA World Series Championship. They won silver for their dives during that competition. Then they won the gold during the 2019 FINA World Series Championship. I just love to watch this duel in action.)

The cool water rushed across your skin as you entered the water. You let your arms separate and you pushed back down with your hands as you curled into a somersault after you entered the water so that you wouldn't go down to far. Then you surfaced and looked over to see Ignis smiling at you as he started to swim back to the wall. You smiled back at him, then the two of you swam to the wall and climbed out.

"Nice." Coach Rick said as the two of you grabbed your shammies and started to dry off. "Now let's run through the dives for today."

"Yes sir." You both said as you walked back over to the boards.

"Wow." Paul said to Rick as you and Ignis climbed back onto the boards. "How long have they been doing this?"

"Well, as you know Ignis has been been doing this for quite a few years." Rick said as you and Ignis made your approach and executed a perfect front pike.

"But your daughter has only been doing this for a couple months." Rick continued as you and Ignis resurfaced again and swam back to the wall.

"She really is a natural at this." Rick said as you and Ignis climbed out and started drying off again as you both talked as you headed back to the boards.

"You should consider pushing her to compete in diving next year as a junior. She would be fantastic." He continued as the two of you climbed back onto the boards as you both had smiles on your faces. "And we could really use her talent after Ignis and Trish graduate."

"I'll consider it." Paul said as you and Ignis executed a perfect front tuck before landing in the water once again.

As you came back up you saw Ignis' smile turn more into a smirk.

"What? What's that look for?" You asked as you started to slowly swim to the side.

"Why are you holding back?" He asked as you both headed for the wall. "Your usually more into it then this."

You dropped your gaze for a moment as you turned away from him and swam to the side. "I don't know what you mean."

Once you reached the wall and went to get out, you were stopped by an arm reaching around your waist and a hand right beside yours on the wall. "I think you know exactly what I'm talking about."

"I don't know." You said as you slouched back into the water as you let him pull you closer to him. "I guess I just don't want this to end. After all, this will be your last competition diving event."

"That may be true." Ignis said as he wrapped his arm around you more and pulled you closer to him. "But that is why I want to give it my all. I want to know that I did everything that I possible could to win this competition. And I'm going to win it because of everything that I have learned. And that's not just from Coach Rick. But from you as well."

You slowly turned around and looked at him. You could see the seriousness in his face as he loosened up his grip enough for you to turn around. You slightly smiled as you reached up and ran your fingers across his cheek. You knew that he meant what he was saying. And you could even see the fire in his eyes as he smiled back at you.

"I wouldn't expect anything less from you." You said with a smile.

Then you leaned in and placed your lips on his as you gave him a kiss. He deeply exhaled as he kissed you back. Your heart started to race as he kissed you back harder as you reached your arms around his neck and pulled him closer to you. You loved how he always seemed to ignite the flame in you each time you kissed.

"Not now you two." You heard Coach Rick say from the deck. "You will have plenty of time for that later. Right now you need to be focused. Especially you Ignis.  This is your event after all."

You slowly released him but kept your arms around his neck. You both smiled at each other as you both saw each other's eyes darken from the heat that they were putting off. You knew that next time you were alone, this would continue. But this time, you would be the one to start the whole thing. Which excited you more than anything.

"Yes sir." You both said as you smiled at each other.

"I guess its back to work." You said with a sensual smile.

"Indeed. But let's both give it our best." Ignis said with the same smile.

"Right." You grinned back.

Then Ignis released you and the two of you climbed back out. Then for the next hour, your dad stood there and watched the two of you in awe as you worked on the dives. He had never seen you so focused on something like that before. The sight was truly amazing in his eyes.

And he could see what Coach Rick was talking about when it came to how well that you were diving. Nothing seemed to faze either of you as you both executed each dive with smooth and accurate persistence. He knew that the two of you were amazing on the dance floor, but never had he imagined that he would see the same on type of performance on the diving boards. All he could do was just watch and become lost in the show that they two of you seemed to be putting on.

Are you watching this Lynn? Paul thought as he slightly smiled. That's our daughter. I wouldn't believe it myself if I wasn't watching it with my own two eyes. But that's our daughter, diving, as if she has been doing it her whole life.  I don't think that I've seen anything more perfect in my life

Suddenly the pool doors opened and the rest of the divers started to show up, to include Trish. Who glanced over at you and started glaring at you as you climbed back out of the pool. But you smiled back and climbed out as if everything was alright. You had long ago gotten use to her driving daggers at you with her eyes every time you started diving with Ignis. Which was another reason why the two of you would practice before the rest of them got there.

"Ahh. There's the rest of the team." Coach Rick said with a smile. "Good morning everyone. I hope that everyone got a good night sleep."

You and Ignis started to dry off as Coach Rick walked over to talk to the rest of the team. Your dad walked over to you and Ignis as the two you stood by the boards. You gave him a slight smile as he smiled at the two of you.

"That was incredible." Your dad said as he stopped in front of the two of you.

"Thanks." You said as you finished drying off. "But Ignis is the real star here. You should see him when he really gets started."

"Really?" Your dad asked as he gave Ignis a stunned look. "It gets better than that?"

"Ten times better." You chimed in as you looked over at Ignis and beamed at him.

"Let's not blow it out of proportion love." Ignis said as he reached down and grabbed his glasses from his bag.

"Are you kidding?" You said with a smile. "Your combo dives are amazing. I still can only do the basic ones."

"That's because you haven't asked me to show you yet." Ignis said as he pulled on his warm up jacket.

"It's because their too hard." You said as you pulled on your warm-up jacket.

"Their not with the right technique and a bit of practice." Ignis said as he picked up his bag from the deck.

"Then I tell you what." You said as you grabbed your bag from the deck before you walked up to him. "If you score in the top three, then I'll let you show me what you mean."

"Works for me." Ignis said with a smile. "But we're doing them off of the 3-meter spring boards if I win."

You felt the color start to drain from your face. Sure you had been off of the 3-meter board before. But you had only done it that one time to get him diving again. You hadn't been back up on that board since.

"Why.....why the 3-meter?" You asked as you started to get nervous.

"Would you prefer the 5-meter instead?" Ignis asked with a slight smile.

"No, no, no. The 3-meter will be high enough for now." You said frantically as you tried to get him to stop.

"Then I accept your challenge." Ignis said as he gave you a smile as the rest of the divers came walking over to the boards. "Do you accept my terms as well?"

"Yeah." You said as a smile slowly crossed your face.

******Author Note******

30K and still growing. I can't get over it. And my other two books are starting to pick up as well. My mind is just blown away with the support from everyone. I can't thank you enough for all of it. But I can promise you that it will start to pick back up after the final day of the competition.

Because after a thrilling and heart stopping performances on the diving boards, the water heats up as the relay teams hit the water for their final races. But who will end up on top? Will it be Noctis and his team of fellow swimmers. Or will Dustin and his team take home the trophy. We shall see.

Thanks for reading. :)

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