Devious Intentions

By JSRobertson

Seaview didn't have any missions scheduled for a few weeks so there was plenty of time to go over some items that needed to be addressed regarding her personnel. Seaview's Executive Officer, Chip Morton, was in the office of Lee Crane, Seaview's captain, discussing these issues. Chip was in charge of all personnel and any issues that came up on Seaview involving them.

Some of the men needed to have their annual physicals so Chip would set up times and dates with Dr. Will Jamieson, the chief medical officer of the institute, so they could get them completed before the next mission. As stated in Seaview's regulations, the command staff also needed to have a physical every year. Lee's wife, Janet, though not considered command staff would need a physical too. Jamie had made arrangements to take care of them today. None of them were looking forward to it but if they didn't do it they wouldn't be able to sail on the next mission. When it came to anything medical, Jamie was in charge and no one could get around him even the admiral was at his mercy.

Janet would be the first one to go today. She really liked Jamie and could confide in him about anything and everything.

"Wish me luck," she said going into Lee's office to let him know she was leaving.

"I'm sure everything will be fine," Lee winked at her.

"You better hope so, or you're both are in trouble. You might have to do all your own paperwork again," she said grinning as she walked out of the office and drove to Med Bay.

"She better pass," Chip said seriously. "I don't miss doing the paperwork. I can't believe all the work she has taken off my desk."

"I agree with you. She has freed up a lot of my time for other duties too. I'm sure glad we hired her," Lee smiled with a gleam in his eye.

"You get a lot more fringe benefits than I do," Chip said laughing.

"You bet I do," Lee smirked.

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They only had one other issue to discuss and that was scuba diving re-certification on a few of the men. Chip looked over the list of crewmen that needed to be re-certified. "Since our next trip is a restocking mission to one of the laboratories, why don't we re-certify half the men on our way out and the other half on the way back? This way we won't be too delayed getting to the lab."

Lee also looked at the list, "That's sounds like a good idea since most of these men are not new divers, it shouldn't take very long."

But Lee and Chip knew there was one bigger problem, Janet didn't know how to scuba dive. The admiral had approached Chip earlier in the week regarding the fact the she didn't know how to dive. It was a regulation on Seaview that all crew members had to know how to dive. She was considered a crew member and would have to follow the regulations. Lee realized he had let it slide for too long. If there was ever an emergency on the boat, she wouldn't be able to get away. He would have to teach her before the next mission or she wouldn't be allowed to go. The only problem was telling and teaching her.

Chip looked at Lee's face and knew what he thinking. "Do you want me to tell her?" Chip volunteered.

"No, I better. I know she's going to be afraid," Lee replied rubbing his hand on his forehead. "But do you think you could help me teach her?"

"Sure, between the two of us we should be able to teach her," Chip stated. "Maybe Kowalski could help too. He teaches the new crew members and she gets along with him."

"That might be a good idea," Lee agreed. "I might lose my patience."

"If you did you would be in big trouble," Chip said laughing. Lee nodded his head in agreement.

Lee, Chip, Kowalski and the admiral were all master divers. They all liked to dive but didn't get much chance unless the mission they were on needed those skills. Chip, Lee and Janet would go out on Chip's motor boat or Lee's sailboat on the weekends if they were home and had the time but Janet had to stay on the boat while they went diving. Once she learned to scuba dive she would be able to join them. Lee decided to tell her after she got back from her physical.

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When Janet returned from her physical, she went to Lee's office to let him know she was back. She sat down on the couch in Lee's office. He got up from his desk and sat down next to her. "Everything go okay?" he asked anxiously as she didn't look to happy.

"Yes, I'm fine, just too thin," she replied. "I need to eat more just like a certain captain I know."

Smiling, "We'll just have to work on fattening you up," he teased kissing her cheek.

"Just me?" she responded with a grin standing up ready to walk out the door when he gently grabbed her hand.

"Sweetie, there is something I need to talk to you about," he said softly.

"What's wrong? Not an ONI mission?" she asked worriedly sitting back down next to him.

"No not that," he answered sighing, "You need to learn to scuba dive. It's a regulation on Seaview and it's my fault I haven't taught you sooner. But you are going to have to learn before we leave on the next mission. Chip and I will teach you and maybe Kowalski too if he's available."

He saw her face go pale and was afraid she would pass out. "It's not that hard to learn so please don't panic. You only need to learn the basics right now," he told her as he rubbed her hand.

"I knew this day would come. I'm surprised it hasn't come up before." Taking a deep breath, "Okay when do we start?"

"Start what," the admiral asked as he came into Lee's office.

"I have to teach Janet how to scuba dive."

"Oh that. I'll help too," he offered. He thought of Janet like a daughter and would do anything for her or Lee.

"Thank you, sir," Janet replied.

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Chip came back from his physical which he passed with flying colors and went to Lee's office. He saw Janet sitting on the couch not looking very happy along with Lee as the admiral stood in front of them. He figured Lee told her about the scuba diving.

"It won't be that bad," he told her encouragingly.

"I know," Janet sighed.

Chip turned to face the admiral, "Admiral we do have one problem though. None of the scuba suits we have will fit her. They are all for men and even the small size will be far too big for her."

"Well just order what you need," he said as he left the office shaking his head thinking she will probably want a pink one.

"Chip when you order one for Seaview order another set and have them put it on my account," Lee asked him. "She'll need one on our boat for when we go out diving,"

"Sure, no problem. Janet, it looks like you got two whole new outfits today," Chip teased.

Janet took a piece of paper wadded it up and threw it at him. The three of them laughed as it narrowly missed his head.

Lee stood up. "My turn to face Jamie," Lee said as he left to go have his physical leaving Chip and Janet alone.

"What color do you want?" he asked, "A nice bright pink one?"

"I don't care. How about black its very slimming," she said quietly.

"You'll be fine," he reassured her patting her on the hand.

"I know I've got the best teachers," she replied as they both stood up.

She and Chip left Lee's office to go do some work. She had plenty of work to keep her busy until Lee got back from his physical. Lee came back a half hour later and stopped at Janet's door. "I passed too but I'm underweight as usual," he said smiling. She returned his smile as she continued typing. "I guess we both need to eat more."

About three hours later Lee went to Janet's office. "Let's go to dinner," he said to her as she was shutting down her computer for the day. "How about a nice juicy steak, french fries and a salad?"

"Trying to fatten me up," she laughed as she took her purse out of her drawer. Lee went to the closet, got her jacket and helped her put it on.

Chip was closing the door to his office and saw Lee in Janet's office getting ready to leave. "Are you going out to dinner...can I come too?" Chip asked hungrily.

"Of course," Janet replied, "We were going to ask you anyway. Where to do you want to go?"

The three of them walked to the elevator and took it down to the lobby. As they walked to the car, Lee asked them,

"How about we try that new steak house downtown? I heard the steaks are very good."

Chip and Janet agreed and they got into Lee's car. The place was crowded but they managed to get a table after waiting only a few minutes. They ordered steaks, fries and salads. Chip ate his meal plus some of Janet's as she couldn't finish it all. Janet was still amazed at all the food he eats and never gains weight.

Janet had been very quiet all through dinner and the ride home. As soon as they got home they went upstairs to get ready for bed. "Sweetheart, you've been very quiet. What's wrong?" Lee asked as he put his arms around her waist and drew her close.

"Just nervous about learning how to dive," she answered resting her head on his chest.

"Please don't worry about it. I know you'll do fine," he replied as they climbed into bed and Lee wrapped his arm around her.

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The next day the admiral called Lee, Chip and Janet into his office to discuss the results of their physicals with them.

"I'm very happy that all three of you passed your physicals," he smirked as he looked at the three of them. "That means I don't have to hire a new captain, lt. commander or secretary. As usual Lee you are underweight but now Janet has joined you as she is also underweight. Please eat a little more to make Jamie happy," he said with a grin.

"Yes, sir," they answered grinning back.

"How are the scuba lessons going?"

"We're going to begin this weekend," Lee replied.

"If you need help, I'll be available this weekend," the admiral said.

"Thank you, sir," Chip responded as the three of them left the admiral's office.

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When the weekend came Chip, Lee and Janet had no commitments or work to do so they would start Janet's scuba diving lessons. Lee thought it would be easier on Janet if Chip was the main instructor. He figured it would be less stressful if she knew he wasn't watching everything she did. He trusted Chip with Janet's life just he as he trusted him with his.

During the week Janet watched the DVD's on the academic part of the course. She passed the written exam with an A+.

Lee was very impressed but he knew the next phase would be harder for her. Actually putting on the equipment and getting into the water.

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The weather was beautiful on Saturday as they walked down to the beach from their house. They wouldn't have to go too far off the beach before the water was deep enough for them to dive.

Lee and Janet put their wet suits on at home before going down to the beach. Chip ordered Janet a black wet suit with hot pink accents. Lee had to admit she looked pretty hot in her wet suit. Chip was already there laying out the equipment by the time they got there.

"This is all the equipment you will need for diving," Chip explained. "Right now I will help you put it all on and tell you what it does and how it is used. Eventually you will do this yourself. But the first few times I will help you."

"I have to wear all of that," she said taking a deep breath as she looked at all the gear lying on the beach, "Okay let's go."

"Before I put on your equipment here are a few tips," he told her. "Don't make the mask too tight the water pressure will make a seal. If you make it too tight it could be painful and cause other problems. Just breathe normally and the air will come out at your normal rate. Please don't hold your breathe. One more thing, you will have to equalize the pressure in your ears." He explained to her how to do that.

He put on her weight belt, the buoyancy compensator, regulator, dive boots and finally the mask. He would adjust her BC to control her buoyancy during the dive. He told her to hold on to the fins until they got into the water.

"Okay so far," he asked after she had on all her gear.

"Scared," she told him honestly.

"Don't be I'll be right along side of you and so will Lee. You'll do fine," he said smiling. "If you have problem or need to surface, just make a crisscross with your hands. That will be our signal that you need help."

They walked to the water and waded in until they were chest deep. Chip showed her how to put the fins on. They gently submerged into the water with Chip ahead of her and Lee behind her. As they went under the water she started to panic because she couldn't get the hang of the regulator. Lee could see it in her body movement; he swam up to her and just looked at her with his eyes. She calmed down and got the hang of breathing.

Chip adjusted her buoyancy so she was even with them. They moved around letting her get use to the reg. and the fins to control her movement. Chip checked her air supply after awhile and realized they had been down for about thirty minutes so Chip signaled they needed to go up. Janet followed them out of the water taking off her fins once she was out of the deep water and on the shore.

"How did I do?" she asked Chip as Lee helped her take off her equipment. "I'm sorry I held my breathe at the beginning,"

"You did very well," Chip told her smiling. "Don't worry about holding your breathe. A lot of beginner divers do it."

"Sweetie, that was very good," Lee said giving her a kiss.

It was late afternoon by the time they were finished with Janet's lesson. They were hungry so they decided to go out to eat. They collected their equipment and walked up to their houses. When they reached Chip's house, they helped him rinse off the equipment and put it on the deck to dry. Lee and Janet would remove their wet suits at home, rinse them off there and let them dry on their patio. It was a nice to live on the beach and be able to go scuba diving right outside your back door.

Before Lee and Janet walked up to their house, Chip said, "I'll be at your house in an hour."

"Okay," Lee replied as he and Janet continued on to their house.

Lee removed his wet suit leaving on the pair of swim trunks he had on underneath the suit. He helped Janet remove her wet suit and the bathing suit she had on underneath. She walked into the bathroom to turn on the shower when Lee grabbed her hand and led her to the bedroom. Grinning she climbed in bed while Lee removed his trunks and threw them on the floor and joined her beneath the covers. She looked into his beautiful eyes as he lowered his head down and gave her a deep passionate kiss. She felt the warmth of his body against her as they joined. They lay there for a few minutes wrapped in each others arms before Lee got out of bed and turned on the shower.

"Sweetheart, you did a good job today. Was it as bad as you thought?" he asked her as they got dressed.

"No, but I was sure scared at the beginning when I couldn't breathe. Thanks for helping me," she said softly. "I was worried you would be mad at me."

"I wouldn't be mad at you. This is something you have never done. I'm there to help you and make sure you are safe," he replied kissing her forehead.

The doorbell rang exactly one hour after they left Chip. "Is he ever late?" Janet asked as she hurried to finish getting ready.

"No, he's never late just like us," Lee replied going downstairs to answer the door. "Chip, dinner is on me tonight. You get to pick the restaurant," Lee said after he let Chip in.

"Hmmm, Giovanni's. I'm looking forward to some lasagna," Chip replied hungrily. "Teaching someone to dive is hard work. I've worked up an appetite."

"Chip, you can work up an appetite doing nothing," Janet told him grinning as she came downstairs. She took her jacket out of the closet and followed Chip out while Lee locked the door.

They went to Giovanni's and had a wonderful dinner. Chip was right diving does make you very hungry, Janet thought as she took a bite of the cheesecake she ordered for dessert while Lee and Chip both had chocolate cake.

As they were driving home Chip remarked, "I won't be able to go diving tomorrow. I'm meeting a friend from high school who happens to be in town. We're going out to lunch."

"No problem," Lee replied smiling at Chip.

"Male or female friend," Janet asked inquisitively.

"Male and you sure are nosy," Chip laughed. "But if we get home early enough during the week we will go out again," he told Janet.

"Sorry, I guess I was nosy," Janet said softly. "And it's none of my business."

He looked at Janet fondly, "You're like a sister to me and sisters ask questions so don't worry about it."

"Thanks, Chip," Janet responded as they pulled into the driveway. Chip gave Janet a kiss on the cheek and walked down to his house. Lee and Janet went into the house and immediately up to their bedroom as they both were tired.