Iris

Chapter 1

Ricky's POV

I went to Grace Bowman's house today to study with her for our history exam that we have to take tomorrow. Usually the part when we are studying is the part when I try to seduce her when her relatives are not home. Although she didn't really have that affect on me, she was one of those girls I wanted to get to know better, actually she was the only girl I wanted to get to know better and when I mean get to know better, I mean actually talking to her for hours and hours. So we did that after we studied and it turns out we have a lot of things in common and a lot of things that we don't have in common. As we were talking in her room, her cell phone rings, and she answers by saying, "Hello? Yeah dad, I'm still studying with Ricky. Mom's not here." She rolls her eyes and continues but in an irritated tone in her voice, "She's at the store and she took Tom with her. Ok, ok, fine. Bye." She hung up the phone and looked at me in a displeasing way, knowing that look wasn't meant for me, she sighed and said, "Apparently my dad wants you to go home because my mom and my brother aren't here watching me."

I said, "It doesn't surprise me, your dad has never liked me, even after what happened on television, when we were hugging and my shirt was off, and it looked like I wanted to do it with you."

She laughed a little and said, "My dad is just like that, he doesn't like any guys my age, even if they're religious, he still won't trust them."

I nodded and said, "Well I should go, I don't want your dad coming home and seeing me still here, in his house, with his beautiful daughter."

She then looked at me very flattered and asked, "You think I'm beautiful?"

Embarrassed of what I said, I started turning red in the face, and said, "Yeah, I guess."

She then smiled and said to me, "Aww, you're turning red, how cute. I made you blush."

"Ha ha, very funny. Just for that, I'm going to have to tickle you to death."

She flirtatiously said, "Not if you can catch me first me."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

She then jumped off her bed and then ran straight out of her room, so I decided to run after her. As we ran through the kitchen and ran through the living room, I caught up to her and started to tickle her sides, as I was tickling her, she was giggling. Once I stopped tickling her, I looked into her eyes, she looked into mine, then I leaned into kiss her and as she leaned into kiss me, I just freaked out and said to her, "I got to go."

She then nodded, looking stunned, and said, "Ok, bye. Good luck on that test tomorrow."

"Yeah thanks."

After I closed the front door of Grace's house, I was so shocked, yet scared, yet excited when I was about to kiss her. I couldn't let this happen though and I didn't want to hurt her like I hurt the other girls in my past. I wanted her, yet I couldn't have her because of my screwed up life. Somehow I couldn't let her in all the way, even if we're friends, I just couldn't tell her about my father, because I didn't want her to see the weak and angry side of me, it would affect her as well.