" I will leave that up to you babe " he said and he kissed her. "Your mum seems to like me I mean she invited me for dinner I think thats a sign that she wants to get to know me" Duke said. "Iris you know I love you but I can't let you meet my dad he s a junkie he s never sober so don't ever ask about him"

" Ive handled drunk men before, baby. But I wont ask. I promise" Iris said kissing him back " And yeah., shes great. The best thing I ever had before you came along. You need to talk to her more. She's the best person to talk to if I ever had problems with school work or kids from school. You want me to decide what we do after dinner? Well arent you being nice" she chuckled before dunking him under the water.

She had a good feeling about being Duke's girlfriend. She was happy around him. And safe. She knew that he cared for her and wouldnt hurt her. A smile came to her face.

" Listen I m gonna grab a beer with the guys, you won't be alone your team is here " Duke climbed out of the lake and went near his friends. "Mike you got a beer for me" mike turned facing duke "yeah sure bud " and he opened a beer for duke. The guys were talking and Justin stood up and told Duke "How s it going with iris " and justin laughed in duke's face "she s been cheating since you been back " justin said. Duke Stood up "Alright that s it ", he gave left hook at justin and knocked him down, Duke grabbed a rock and was going to smash his head but the guys held him

Iris swam back to shore," Duke! Stop!"

She ran over to them with a towel around her, looking at Duke " what did Justin say that pissed you off this time?" she then glared at Justin " zip your ass" Then refocused on Duke, " thanks boys, but I think I can handle it from here."

She took him to the side, hand in his " come on babe..what did he say?"

"He said that you been cheating on me, with him" I didn't believe him but no one makes fun of me especially in front of my friends and my girl" he said looking at Iris. Thinking that he was going to kill him and his head he was saying "What was I about do" still shocked

" You know I never would cheat on you, Duke. He's makin you harbor resent against him because I took his after you left. " Iris looked into his eyes " I swear Im never gonna cheat on you. Til the day I die. " she went on her tiptoes and kissed him. " can we go back to the group or are we done? Im actually starving. Can we get a bite to eat?"

" Yeah lets go to Mcd that just opened " Duke turned looking at guys "We re gonna go eat " as wore his shirt again grabbed his car keys and started walking slowly to his car still waiting for Iris as she takes forever to put some clothes on. Duke opened his car and hopped in it

After Iris had dried off and put clean clothes on, she walked back to the car, opened her door and hopped in. She was smiling over at Duke. " I'm so lucky to have you, Duke. You know that?" Then added," We have so much in common. Same school, favorite places to eat, places to hang out in, and so on. I think we can make a go of it later in life together." tThen closed her eyes til they reached their place for lunch.

Duke ordered for both of them and paid, he looked at her and smiled "what shall we be doing tonight after dinner " and laughed she new what his taughts were as she knew him now. " Before we go to your place I need to go buy something for your mom, what does she like " as he looked at Iris

" All I wanna do is cuddle and watch a movie with my boy" Iris said as she got her food a few minutes later " Uh.. you really wanna buy her something? Hmmm.. well...she began to collect these country mugs. And she still needs to find a Paris one. "

Then said " is there a specific reason you wanna buy my mother something?"