Just follow me (Tom Daley Fanfic)

Chapter seventeen - Green light to travel

With the surgeries I just underwent, I couldn't travel by plane until the month of April. That was really annoying because of the World Series that started in March. The competitions is Beijing and Dubaï were in March and Moscow and Tijuana were in April, so I was hoping to meet Tom in Moscow. Of course, when I couldn't travel with him, I was always watching his competition on TV. When he was in Beijing, I asked him to call me to make sure I was awake in time for the outset of the competition, because of the jet lag. So at 4 in the morning, my cellphone rings:

"God! You scared me!" I tell him

"I'm sorry, but you asked me to call you before the competition"

"I know, I'm not mad at you at all. I'm glad you did call me. How much more time do we have before the outset?"

"5 minutes"

"Ok, I have enough time to make myself a cup of coffee. Gosh, I'm so sleepy. You'd better keep me awake with some great suspense and nice dives, honey"

"Hopefully, not too much suspense, I want it to be an easy competition!"

"Of course. And do you know that the only channel we have that is broadcasting the event is a Russian one? Oh crazy I am? Waking up in the middle of the night to follow a diving competition, all by myself, with Russian commentators... it's gonna be interesting"

"You really are crazy, but we knew that already!"

"So love, I don't want to keep you for too long since you need to focus. Dive good, have fun and smile to the camera once in a while"

"You know I'm too focus to think about smiling"

"I know, I'm messing with you. you call me whenever the competition is over, please?"

"Sure I will. Have a good coffee and fun watching us dive. And don't scream too much at the TV because the others are probably sleeping"

"I'll do my best but can't assure you that! I love you! ANd say hello to the team GB for me"

"I will. I love you too"

He win silver in both the individual and synchro events. And then I get the approval of my doctors to travel, which means I can meet Tom in Dubai. Tom comes pick me up at the airport. He doesn't want to let my hand go, he kisses me all the time and has a huge smile on his face. I can also tell that he is still keeping an eye on me to check if I have any headache or loss of balance. He is so cute to me. The first night where we are reunited, things get a little crazy and the next morning, Tom goes in the bathroom:

"No way! No fucking way! Val!" He says

"Mmm, shht! Leave me alone" I say, still half asleep

"Val!" He comes back in the room: "Look at that!"

"Let me sleep! What time is it anyway?"

"Look what you've done!"

"Roooh, WHAT?" I say angrily, but then I turn to face him and see that he is pointing at a big scratch on his back. "Oh... that's not my fault!"

"Yeah it is!"

"No!"

"You're the one who dug your nails into my skin aren't you?"

"I scratched you because of you!"

"That's so embarrassing!"

"How come? That just mean we had great sex yesterday"

"But what you seem to have forgotten is that I am a diver, in the middle of an international competition and that tomorrow, I'll be diving in a speedo in front of a crowd and TV cameras!"

"Oh God, no! Ahaha!"

"Stop laughing! Oh Gawd. Not cool, at all. Not cool. It’s embarrassing… and you should feel bad!"

"I do! Now that I think about it like that, I’m embarrassed as well! But it’s not that visible. I’m sure that by tomorrow, we won’t see anything anymore"

"I surely hope so! I have the feeling that it’s the only thing we see! I really didn’t expect it to be that visible!"

"That’s because you know it’s there. You know what? Today during practice, just act like nothing, don’t say anything, and see if anyone notice it"

"So it was really that good yesterday?" He said with a quirky/half-smile

"Let’s just say that I hope I’m not going to run into the people who are sleeping next door"

"We were not that loud!"

"No, off course, I had to bite in a pillow! A pillow, Tom!"

"Since they already heard us, we might as well do it again, right?"

"That’s a great theory you have there Lou. We’ve humiliated ourselves once, so why not doing it a second time?"

"You’re not fun!"

"I’m joking, I don’t care. Come here!"

"But no more scratching!"

After, we go to the dry land area where Tom is about to start his training. I'm with the team, helping them a little. And as soon as Tom takes his t-shirt off, Chris says:

"Mate, come back over here!"

"What?" Tom asks him

"What is that?" pointing at the big scratch

"Nothing"

"Val, get your ass over here!" Yells Chris

"What is going on, guys?" I ask coming to them

"Is that what I think it is?"

"Of course, YOU had to be the first one to notice it!"

"Well, of course!"

"You said it wasn't that visible!" Tom yells at me

"She was obviously lying" says Chris

"We'll cover it! I have make up that would do the work. Don't worry for tomorrow"

"High five, bro!" says Chris

"It looks like you're not the only one who can be rough, right?" Tom points at Chris

"Tom, please! And Chris, go make 50 more push-ups for me!" I tell them.

With Tonia's help, we tried to cover Tom's scratch with some makeup before the competition. But after the first dive, Tom wipes himself with his shammy, and on the big screen, we can definitely see the scratch of my fingernails on his back, and it really is visible! I am so embarrassed, and I wish I could just hide myself!

From Dubai, we then headed to Moscow and then Tijuana for the rest of the World Series. Each trip was great and so much fun. I loved the Team GB so much, I couldn't even explain it!