As you rode back over to the citadel, Ignis hadn't broken his touch once.  From helping you up from the floor, to escorting you back to the car. He hand had remained on you the whole time.  It was as if he was afraid to let you go for even a moment.

And even in the car. He had you wrapped up in his arms as you sat beside him. Not that you were complaining. In fact, you were quite enjoying yourself as you leaned up against him in the back seat as Tredd drove back over to the Citadel. He was slowly sliding his fingers up and down your arm, sending waves of electricity flying through your skin with each stroke. You couldn't help but to close your eyes and slightly smile as you enjoyed every wave. Because at the moment, he was all yours.

Ignis smiled at you as you snuggled up closer to him. Dear six had he missed holding you like this. He dropped his head down and kissed your head. Then he closed his eyes deeply inhaled your enticing scent.  And immediately his senses were filled with the erotic smell of your shampoo mixed with your favorite perfume, which made his heart rate start to increase.

"You smell heavenly today." He said in a deep voice as his fingers tightened around your arm.

"Thank you." You practically purred back.

"Did you enjoy the graduation?" Ignis quietly asked in your ear as he dropped his head down and lightly nudged your ear with his nose as lips sought out your earlobe.

"I did indeed."  You said back in a soft tone.  "And I was right."

"Right about what?"  He asked as he lips slid along your ear.

"You were absolutely brilliant.  And you definitely wowed the crowd."

"Is that right?"  He asked as he voice dropped even deeper.

"Yes." You slightly gasped as he gently kissed your earlobe as he pulled you closer to him.

"Hmmm.  I'm glad you approve." He whispered back in a deep voice as he kissed you behind your ear sending a thrill through your body.

"I hope that you hadn't planned on spending that much time in the kitchen tonight." He said as he kissed you again.

"And why is that?" You asked as you tried to keep from moaning from his touch.

"Because tonight. You are all mine." He practically growled back as he pulled you closer to him as he lightly bit your ear.

You feel an instant heatwave pour through you. For you could hear his need for you through his tone. And you could feel his strain as the seatbelt tightened around you from him pulling on you. And the heat form his breath was already starting to drive you crazy as it gently blew across your skin and neck.

And for the first time in a long time, you weren't afraid of any of it. In fact you were practically screaming for him to do more.  You wanted him to touch you and caress your body again. Your could already start to feel the aching between your legs starting to return from just his hands as they slowly moved over your skin.  You almost panted as you tilted your head to the side as you willed him to do more.

And to show him how much you wanted it.  You reached your hand around to the back of his neck and ran your fingers slowly across his neck.  You felt him shiver from your fingers as you moved them up and through his hair. Then he slightly shifted under you as he gasped softly in your ear. Then he tightened up his grip more as his kissed you hard behind your ear.

"I want you so bad." He quietly groaned in your ear.

Your eyes shot open for a second to his urgency.  He was already thinking that same thing as you.  And you felt your response all the way in your core as you slightly trembled from his words.  He then gave you a gently kiss behind your ear.  You couldn't help but to close your eyes again as they slightly rolled in the back of your head.

"But I won't touch you if you don't want me to."  He continued in a deep voice as he slid his hand around your waist.  "I don't want you to be uncomfortable with anything I do."

You slowly turned your head so that you could look at him.  You could see the concern in his deep green eyes.  But you could also see a heated desire burning behind that concern as well.  Which made your head start to spin as you remembered the last time that the two of you were together like that.  Your body started to drastically heat up in your core again as you remembered turning around to see him standing behind you, naked, and fully erected.

"I am never uncomfortable with you."  You softly said back as you farrowed your eyes at him.  "I love you Ignis. And I want you to touch me.  And I'm thrilled when you do.  Because your always wake me up and turn me on when you touch me.  And in more then one way."

Ignis slowly reached up and ran his fingers along your chin as he searched you face.  It was as if he was memorizing your face as he slowly stroked your chin, then your cheek, followed by him raising up your chin towards his.  You slowly closed your eyes as you tilted your head towards his.  You could feel his warm breath across your cheek as he leaned towards you.

Suddenly you were bumped to the side.  

"Hey you two."  You heard Iris say this time from her seat that was right beside you.  "We're here."

"Thank you Iris."  You heard Ignis growl.

Wow.  Is he mad?  You thought as you looked up at him with surprise.

And one look at him was all you needed to see to know the truth behind that.  And he wasn't just mad.  But he totally pissed to be interrupted yet again.  Which made you slightly smile, despite the shared frustration.

"It's okay."  You said as you reached up and placed your hand on his cheek as you tried to calm him back down.  "We do have all night after all.  Right?"

Ignis looked back down at you and instantly his face seemed to calm down as he smiled at you.  "Right."

"And if I was you." He said as he leaned back down towards you.  

"I would plan on it being a very long night."  He finished in a deep voice before he quickly gave you a gentle kiss before he was interrupted yet again.

Instantly you felt your whole body tremble from his words. You gently kissed him back as you started to fall under his enchantment once again. He reached over and undid your seatbelt. And as the belt retracted, you moved out from under it as he pulled you onto his lap.

He kept kissing you the entire time he moved you. Not once did he stop. In fact the minute that you were on his lap, he deepened the kiss by tightened up his grip on you and slipping his tongue past your more then eager lips. You wrapped your arms around his neck and kissed him back with the same eagerness.

You were starting to fall completely under each other's spell when there was a knock on the car window. You both instantly stopped and looked out the window. Only to see your dad standing there. Your felt your whole face turn bright red and your heart skip a beat as your dad slowly opened the door.

"How about we move this inside.  Shall we?" Paul said in a firm tone without looking at either of you.

"Yes sir." You both quietly responded.

You then shyly climbed out of the car with your head down and stood by your dad. Ignis shifted in his seat as he undid his seatbelt and indiscreetly adjusted himself. The last thing he needed was to agitate your dad by showing him how much that kiss had actually affected him. And as Ignis got out and looked at Paul, he was glad that he had. Because Paul expression didn't seem to be to pleased.

"Do you two think that you can hold it together today?" Your dad asked with a bit of a harsh tone.

"Yes sir."  Both of you replied as you dropped your heads.

"I understand you haven't really seen each other a lot lately."  He said as he dropped your head down more and started to nervously rub your hands together.  "But you are in public and in plain view of almost everyone.  You wouldn't want to embarrassed yourselves by getting caught by the wrong person now would you?"

"No sir."  You both replied as you felt your cheeks heat up again.

As if you catching us isn't bad enough.  You thought as brought your hands up and started rubbing your arm as you felt like crawling under a rock somewhere and hiding for the rest of the night.

"Now if you two need a moment." Your dad said with a soothing tone.  "I........I might be able to work something out."

Both of you slowly looked back up and gave him a curious look.

"Now I'm not saying that you are cleared to go and do......you know." Your dad said as he rubbed the back of his neck. "At least not without........protecting yourselves and all.  But again I know that you two haven't really had a chance to spend time together.  And I can understand the whole teenager thing.  For the most part anyway.  So.......perhaps.....we might be able to arrange some private for you two.  But just this once.  I don't want you thinking that this will be a normal thing.  Because it won't be."

You couldn't seem to pick your jaw up from the ground at his words. Is he being serious right now?

"But that will have to take place a bit later.  You do have a party to attend." Your dad said as he straightened back out and looked at both of you.  "So after the party is over perhaps we could work something out."

Then seeing both of you giving him a stunned look he narrowed his eyes back at you. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No.  Not at all." Ignis quickly replied.

"I'm just trying to figure out if your feeling okay?" You asked as you gave him a curious look.

Your dad slightly chuckled before he spoke with a smile. "I'm feeling fine. In fact I haven't felt this great in a long time."

You couldn't help but to beam at him. His smile instantly warmed you up. You hadn't seen him smile like that in a such a long time. And you couldn't help but to think that it had something to do with Tracy. Which made you reach up and give him a huge hug.  Your dad was stunned at first as you hugged him tightly.

"I'm so glad." You said with joy as tears started to form in your eyes. "I've really missed seeing you this happy."

Your dad dropped his head to meet yours as he tightly wrapped his arms around you and pulled you closer to him. "Me too. I'm just sorry that it took this long."

"Don't be. " You said as you leaned back and looked at him. "You just weren't ready to be until now."

Your dad reached up and moved your hair behind your ear as he quietly talked. "Your one incredible kid. You know that?"

You shyly smiled back at him. "Well I take after my incredible old man.  And it does run in the family, after all. 'cause I know that I got it from you."

Your dad chuckled as he hugged you again. "Didn't I already tell you to save the flattery for him. I have had more then my share before we got back."

You searched his eyes as you gave him a soft smile.  "I could never give enough for someone like you dad."

He slowly closed his eyes and gave you a kiss on head.  "I'm glad you think so."

He then gave you one last squeeze before he let you go.  "But enough of that.  Someone has a celebration party to get to."

"Yeah."  You smiled back before turning back to Ignis who gave both of a simple smile.

Then Ignis took your hand and the two of you headed inside the citadel.

As you headed towards the room your felt your heart start to pound.  You could hear the music already playing and voices trailing down the hallway.  And as you entered the room you couldn't help but to smile as the room was already filling up quickly with people.  The place was already almost packed.  It looked like practically everyone showed up.

"Are you ready?"  You heard Ignis say from beside you.

You looked over at him and gave him a huge smile.  "For you.....?"

But before you could finish what you were saying, several of the guys off of the swim team came over and snagged him out of your hands.  "Ignis!  Hey man.  Come here we need to talk to you about the new team captain."

And before either of you could say another word to the other, they dragged him away and were half way across the room before you realized what had happened.  You stood there in shock for a moment before you heard more people behind you as Monica was dragged away by the debate team and Gladio by the football team.  Then just as Noctis and Prompto entered it was the same thing.  Gwen snatched Prompto while Iris snagged Noctis.  Which left you standing all by yourself at the entrance as they were all dragged away from you to different sessions of the room.

At first you were in shock from it all.  But then as the reality of it set in, you realized that not one person was going to come get you.  Which make your heart start to crack as you slowly dropped your head.  So much for spending time with your friends.  It looked like everyone of them was going to be with their other friends, to which you didn't have any other friends to speak of.  All you had were the ones who were just snatched from you.

You started to shake your head as you tried to fight off the tears as you tried to stay calm.  But everything in you was screaming at you to run out of the room.  They obviously didn't need or apparently want you there.  Otherwise someone would have gotten you too.  The pain of it all made the heavy darkness of loneliness come flooding back over you like a tsunami.

And it became to much to bear.  So you turned back towards the door and started to leave.  But just as you did, you heard someone call you.  Which made you quickly turn around as your heart skipped a beat.

"Ms. (y/n)!"  One of the servers said as they came running up to you.  "Please!  We need your help in the kitchen.  Ms. Marge is struggling with cooking the food and now everything is starting to fall behind schedule since no one can agree on what to do.  And our back up cook just called in sick.  We need your help.  Please?!  Won't you help us out?"

You dropped your head as you let out a heavy sigh as you chocked back the tears and pain in your heart.  Looks like this is the only thing I useful for anymore.  Just a back up cook and banquet server.

"Please?!"  He pleaded again as he grabbed your hand with both hands.

You looked up at him and tried to smile at him, but you were only able to manage a slight twitch of mouth.  "Yeah.......yeah I'll help."

"Oh bless the six."  He said excitedly and quickly started dragging you towards the kitchen.

You looked around the room as you were about to enter the kitchen and just happen to catch Ignis' eye.  He stood still and gave you a stunned look.  But all you could do was give him a hurt look as you fought off the tears that were threatening to fall as you turned towards the kitchen and went through the door.  You felt a sharp pain in your heart as you walked into the kitchen as if a sharp dagger had jsut been jammed into your heart.

But then you saw the chaos that was going on the in kitchen.  Buzzers were going off for the fryers, the servers and prep cooks were fighting, and the counters were cover with half prepped food and dirty dishes.  And poor Marge was trying to bake but she was arguing with one of the prep cooks about the other dishes.  You gave a heavy sigh.  So much for them using the team work that you had showed them before.  But then in a loud tone you took control of the kitchen and started shouting out orders as you ran around turning off buzzers as you shook the fryers tray and reset them as the rest of the prep cooks started cranking up the stove, grill, ovens and the steamers.

After a few moments you had completely forgotten what had just happened out in the other room.  Because once again you were completely absorbed in the activities in the kitchen.  You were so absorbed in fact. That when it came time to prep to serve the food by getting it out to the buffet table.  You didn't even bat an eye and started grabbing the food pans of the hot cooked food along with the prep cooks and just started setting them on the table.  Then after putting the trays in the warmers, you set up each tray with their utensils and additions so that they could be served properly.  

And it went so smoothly, that it was almost as if you were suppose to be there the whole time anyway.  That was until your dad saw you and came walking up to you and grabbed your arm right before you walked back into the kitchen to grab another pan.  You didn't know what was happening at first as he yanked you away from the door and off to the side.  Well that was until you looked the hand on your arm and saw that it was attached to your very upset dad.

"What are you doing?  Your not suppose to be serving tonight?"  He asked in a harsh tone as searched your face.  "Your suppose to enjoying the party.  And where the hell is Ignis?!"

"Well....yooou....you see..."  You started to stutter as you dropped your head as you suddenly became very embarrassed.  "The swim team.....they came up and........the depate team...and the football, then Gwen and Iris........"

"Are you....."  You dad started to almost yell before he dragged you back out into the hallway and away from the party.  "Are you seriously trying to tell me that you have been in the kitchen this whole time?!"

You quickly dropped your head as you felt your entire face start to burn up.  "Well.....I"

"Just look at you.  Your hairs a mess now, your makeups running down your face, and your going to be covered in food at this rate."  He said in a hostile tone.  "Does Ignis know you've been working this whole time?!"

  "I....."  You started to say.

But then you stopped completely.  You didn't want to get Ignis in trouble or anything.  After all, tonight was suppose to be his night.  Not yours.  But as you looked at your dad, he angrily dragged his hands through his hair before he looked back into the room and spotted Ignis talking with a group of guys.

"I won't have this."  Your dad said angrily and started to storm off into the room, only to be stopped by you before he entered the room as you quickly grabbed his arm.

"Dad stop!" You said with a firm tone.  "It's fine.  The guys from the swim team just wanted to talk to him is all.  And the backup cook is sick and couldn't come."

"What?"  Your dad asked in a stunned tone.  "Why didn't anyone say something?"

"They did."  You quietly said as you relaxed your grip on his arm.  "To me.  When they asked for my help.  And it's fine.  I don't mind.......really."

"No...this isn't right."  He said back in a harsh tone as turned back towards the room again.

"Dad!"  You said firmly and dug in your heels so that he couldn't pull you away.  "Stop.  Its fine.  It's his party.  Let him enjoy himself."

"And what about you?"  He said back to you in pure exasperation.  "This is suppose to be your night off?  Your suppose to be enjoying yourself.  Not working?!"

"Dad......please."  You pleaded with him as you tried to get him to calm down.  "It's fine.  Really."

"Hey what happened? You just took off on me?"  You heard Tracy say as she came walking up to the two of you.  "Wait, Paul?  What's wrong?  What happened?"

You quickly looked away from her as he angerly ran his hand through his hair as he tried to calm back down.  All you could do was drop your head as you once again just wanted to go hide under a table somewhere.  The night seemed to be a night where working at the restaurant would have been a better arrangement. At least there you felt comfortable. 

You dropped your head more as Tracy followed your dad as he walked away from you and further down the hallway as he tried to cool off.  All you could think of at that point was that you really wished that you had driven that night.  Because you would have just gone home at that point and gone to bed.  But perhaps you could grab a cab ride back to the house.  Or maybe you could head to the pool area. 

The hot tub sounds good right now.  You thought as you dropped your gaze and started to head for the elevators.

But before you got there, one of the prep cooks came out and grabbed you once again.  They still needed help with the rest of the dishes since they had started serving the food.  And so with a sigh and a slight nod, you headed back into the kitchen to help them finish with dinner.  At least there you had something to do that could distract you from your own thoughts.

"We're not questioning your judgement or anything.  But are you sure that he's the right person for the job?"  One of the swim team members was saying as he gave Ignis a concerned look.  "I mean, can't you just come back as and assistant coach or something?"

"You know that that isn't possible."  Ignis said as he straightened out his glasses.  "Like I explain before, I will be attending college outside of the city and would never be able to make the practices or the meets.  And besides, he has the most knowledge about the sport then any of you.  And he knows what to do to get everyone to the next step in their swimming career.  So don't count him out until you have seen what he can do to help you."

"Fine.  We'll just go with whatever you say man."  The guy said as everyone dropped their gazes as they seemed to be giving up on arguing with Ignis.

"Hey, what's with the long faces?"  Gladio said as he walked over with Monica under his arm.  

"Nothing to be too concerned about.  We were just discussing the new team captain."  Ignis said as he looked over at Gladio.  "What are you doing?"

"Well, we came over to join in on what looked like a very heated discussion."  Gladio said with a smile.  "But it looks like that discussion is over."

"Hey?"  Monica asked as she looked around.  "Where's (y/n)?  I thought that she would surly be with you?"

"She was until they snagged me."  Ignis said in a cross tone as he looked at the guys from the swim team, who shifted awkwardly on their feet.

"Then where is she?"  Gladio asked as he started to look around.

"Working."  Ignis quietly said as he nodded towards the buffet table.

Gladio and Monica turned around and watched you walking out of the kitchen carrying a food pan as you headed to the buffet table.  You walked over with a couple of the servers to set the food pan down in the serving tray.  They set up the utensils and the final additions as you let the pan slid smoothly into the tray.  Then the three of you walked back into the kitchen to grab the next replacement pans.  Gladio and Monica couldn't help their jaws as they fell open.

"Has she been working this whole time?"  They heard Noctis say in a harsh tone as he came storming up to the group.

The rest of the swim team saw his fury and decided to walk away from them.  They knew that tone of his.  And based on the fire in his eyes, someone was going to hear it from him.  And very loudly at that.  To which none of them wanted to be on the receiving end of.

Everyone else dropped their gazes as Noctis came up and stopped right in front of them.  Iris slightly sulking behind him.  She looked like she had just received the initial blow of his fury.  Much to her dismay.

"It would appear so."  Ignis said in a quiet tone.

"And your just letting her?!"  Noctis shouted at him.

"Keep your voice down."  Ignis growled back at Noctis in a lower tone.  "And no I'm not just letting her.  The swim team grabbed me as soon as she walked in the door and pulled me away from her before I knew what was going on.  And I haven't been able to get back over to her since."

"And what about the rest of you?"  Noctis asked in a harsh tone.  "What the hell have you been doing this whole time?"

"The debate team grabbed me."  Monica said meekly.

"The football team practically tackled me."  Gladio said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Prompto?"  Noctis asked as he turned to his best friend.

"Hey man.  You know how Gwen is.....ha..haha."  He nervously laughed as he ran his hand through his hair before he looked down as she gave him a shocked look.

"What's that suppose to mean?"  Gwen asked as she gave him an appalled look before she turned angerly towards Noctis.  "And what about you, your highness?  You haven't exactly been with her either now have you?"

His harsh glare at her and his threatening tone towards her made her catch her breath.  "What I do is none of your fucking business."

Iris dropped her head even more as she shifted uncomfortable on her feet.  Ignis looked at her in concern as she wrapped her arms around herself.  Whatever had happened between them didn't seem to of ended on good terms.  Which he hoped hadn't been because of seeing you working like you had been.

"How about instead of us arguing and getting upset about like this, we figure out a way to make it up to her?"   Monica said in a calm tone.

Everyone seemed to calm down almost instantly as they looked at her.  "We all know that we got caught up in something or another.  We all get that.  But instead of fighting among ourselves, how about we come together to figure out how we can thank her?"

"That's sounds like a splendid idea."  Ignis said as he looked at Monica with a slight smile.  "And what do you suggest?"   

"Well...."  Monica said with a smile.

"I think that does it."  Marge said as she came over to you with a relieved look on her face.  "I can't thank you enough for all of your help.  Once again you have saved the day for us, and I couldn't be more thankful."

"Thank you for that."  You replied with a slight smile.  "But I really didn't do that much."

"Now through eyes. my dear."  She beamed back at you.  "Now go.  Enjoy the rest of the party.  The entertainment should be starting soon.  We can handle the rest of it from here my dear."

"No.  I think I'll just stay here.  If that's okay with you."   You said as you dropped your head.

"But what if their waiting on you?"  She asked as she gave you a confused look.

"Their not."  You said as you felt the knife slice your heart once again.  "And besides, they seem to be enjoying themselves without me."

"Now you know that that can't be true."  Marge said in a motherly tone as she placed her hand on your back.  "They must be worried about you."

"I highly doubt that."  You said as you shook your head as you shifted on your feet.

"Hey, their asking  us to serve the desserts and drinks now."  One of the servers said as they all came in and grabbed their trays before heading back out the door.

"Ohh."  Marge said as she jumped and quickly headed back to the ovens so that she finish with the last few deserts.  "I gotta go dear.  And so should you dearie."

You gave them all a slight smile to their excitement as you gathered up the rest of the unused ingredients.  Then you carried them into the cooler so that you could put them away. But after you entered the cooler, and slowly started to put everything away.  The cold air almost seemed to freeze your heart as you recalled the parting events at the start of the party.  Because it seemed that no one except Marge and your dad seemed to think that you should be anywhere but in the kitchen.  And even then, you hadn't seen your dad again since you had walked back into the kitchen.

You slumped up against the cold metal shelves and tossed the last green pepper into it's bin.  How is it that I always seemed to in a kitchen and away form him anymore.  We use to be in here together all the time.  

But now......  You thought at you closed your eyes as tears slowly started to roll down your cheeks and freeze almost immediately as they left your eyes.

Suddenly the door was yanked open.  You slowly looked over to see who had just came flying in.  But then you gasped as you felt your breath get caught as you saw Ignis standing there with his jacket wide open and in an almost desperate look on his face as he scanned the cooler.  That was until he saw you still leaning up against the shelves in your short dress.  His eyes instantly softened and a slight smile crossed his face as he seemed to warp over to you in a split second.

"There you are."  He said as he reached up and placed his hand on your cheek.  "What are you doing in here?" 

"I might ask you the same thing?"  You asked back as you gave him a puzzled look as you looked into his searching eyes.

"I came looking for you."  He said in hurt tone as he moved in closer you as he wrapped his arm around your waist

"I was putting away the rest of the food."  You quietly responded as you felt your breathing start to get short.

"Then why are there tears on your cheeks?"  He asked as he slowly ran his thumb over your cheek and wiped away the small crystal droplets from your face.  "Are you crying because of me?"

You dropped your gaze as you tried to drop your chin.  

"It doesn't matter."  You said as looked away from him.

"Yes it does."  He said as he slowly lifted your chin back up to him.  "It matters a great deal to me.  I never wanted to leave you alone tonight.  And I certainly didn't want to make you upset."

You reached your hand up and placed it on his as he placed his forehead on yours.  You could see the  raw emotional anguish in his eyes as he searched yours.  Your heart skipped a beat to see him upset like that.  He hadn't meant hurt you.  And you could see that in his eyes as they anxiously searched your.

"I'm sorry love."  He quietly said as he pulled you closer to him.  "I'm a sorry excuse for a boyfriend for making you cry like this.  I should never have left you alone like I have.  I should have stayed with you tonight and in Altissia.  I hate having you out of my sight, even for a moment.  And it absolutely terrifies me that I will have to be separated from you for two years."

You slowly reached your arms around his neck and pulled him close to you.  "I'm scared too.  I don't want you to go.  But I know you have to.  At least for a little bit anyway."

"(Y/n)."  Ignis quietly said as he pulled you into a firm embrace.

Both of  you were quiet as you held each other as if afraid to let go.  Neither of you said anything.  Nor did you let go of the other as you held on for dear life.  You were going to miss him.  No matter what anyone said.  But at least you now knew that he was just as upset about it as you were.

Suddenly the door opened again.  "There you two are?"

You both slowly looked over and saw Marge looking at you.  "What are you two doing in here?  You'll catch your death if you stay in here to long.  Now out you go!  Out!  His majesty is asking for you.  Both of you."

You then looked back at Ignis.  But when you saw a small smile cross his face as he started to walk you out of the cooler.   You couldn't help but to give him confused look.  He knew something that you didn't.  And that look of his told you that it wasn't something small.

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

Okay, I have to do this first since I'm once again blown away by the sheer number of reads for this story.    Because never did I expect it to reach 36k.  I am totally blown away and forever blessed by your support and eagerness to read.  Thank you for everything.  And I hope that you will continue with me.

Especially since it looks like the evening is turning into nothing but a wash.  Or is it?  And what could the King possible want from the two of you?  We shall see.  

Thanks for reading.  :)

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