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Iris POV

The time at the funeral home was horrible. I did not want to be there. I hated it. I was glad that many people came to pay respects but I didn't want to be there.

I finally got to go home around 6 pm. A lot of the people were going out to eat. I just wanted to go home. I made sure Dave knew I didn't care that he could go out. He went out after I convinced him to bring me something.

I got home. Randy, Stacy, and Chris had come back with me. Stacy and Chris went to sleep. Stacy wasn't feeling good so, Chris and her laid down.

I changed and walked outside. Randy was outside sitting in the swing. The stars looked so pretty.

"Can I join you?" I asked him. He shook his head yes.

I sat next to him. He put his arm around me.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked me.

"What?" I asked him.

"Can't get mad." he said. I just looked at him.

"Why are you with Dave?" he asked me. I just looked at him. I was a bit shocked that he asked me that.

"Do I have to have a reason?" I asked him.

"Well, I would think that you would." he said.

"Fine, I am with him because you won't date me; that isn't the real answer, but you wanted a reason." I told him. He shot me a look.

"Be serious." he said.

"Fine, I love him. I enjoy being around him. He is treating me like I haven't been treated in a long time." I told Randy. He nodded.

"Why?" I asked him.

"I just wanted to know. I like him and I like you both as friends, but you just don't go together." he said.

"Why not?" I asked him. I wanted to know why not.

"He is overly protective of his girlfriends and you like freedom. He is quite and you aren't. He is a loner type and you are a social butterfly. You just don't." he told me.

"Oh, ok. You know what they say: opposite attracts." I said to him. He gave me a smirk.

"Funny, I just don't want you to get hurt." he said and his cell phone rang.

"It's my dad. I'll be back." he said and walked inside.

I just sat there. The stars were beautiful. I heard the door open and saw John come out. He was in a sweatshirt and shorts. I laughed at him. It could be freezing and he would be in shorts.

John POV

Randy had walking on the phone. I saw Iris sitting in the swing. I decided to walk out there and talk to her. I walked out and sat next to her. She smiled at me.

"They are beautiful." she said. I smiled at her. She loved to look at the stars.

"Yup. Are you doing ok?" I asked her. She looked at me and sighed.

"I guess." she said. I pulled her into a hug. She smelled like peaches.

"I know how you feel. I promise; it eventually gets easier to deal with." I told her. She smiled at me.

"Thanks, how have you been?" she asked me.

"I am dealing with it." I told her.

"How's your brothers and mom?" she asked me.

"My mom is doing better. I know that she misses him, but I don't think that she misses how he treated her or us." I told her.

"Brothers?" she asked me. I laughed.

"They are good. Matt wants to know when you can come and visit again. James misses you and Dan wants you to come back so James will stop asking." I told her. She laughed.

"I didn't mean to make that much of an impression." she told me.

"I am glad you did and I got most of the girls to leave me alone." I told her.

"That is a good thing?" she asked me, acting shocked. I laughed at her.

"It was for a few girls. I don't care how good some of them might have looked it just doesn't make up for who they have screwed or their personalities." I said. She laughed and hit me.

"What?" I asked her.

"Nothing, didn't expect that one from you." she said. I smiled at her.

"Come on. It's cold." I said. We walked in the house and sat in her room. We were sitting on the couch watching TV. Randy had disappeared to some where in the house.

We were sitting there watching TV and Iris fell asleep on the couch. She was laying in my lap and I just held her. I wasn't doing anything when Dave came in. He just looked at me and Carlito was behind him. They were looking at us.

Dave POV

I walked in Iris' room and saw John holding her in his lap. I was trying to figure out what he was doing holding her.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"We were watching TV and she fell asleep. I just haven't moved her." he said. I nodded but didn't really believe him.

"Here let me have her." I said. I picked her up and put her on the bed.

John got up and walked in the kitchen where Randy was.

I walked in there and started to eat with everyone. I finished and went into Iris room.

I checked on her and took a shower. I came out and Randy was on the couch watching TV.

"What are you doing in here?" I asked him. I didn't want anyone bothering Iris. He was pissing me off and so was John. They were always around her. I was beginning to not like her and Randy or her and John being friends.

This isn't going to work! I thought as Randy looked at me.

"I am sleeping in here tonight." he said. I sighed.

"Fine, goodnight." I said. I laid down next to Iris and she snuggled up to me. I was at least glad that I got to hold her at night.

Randy POV

He was pissing me off. He knew I was sleeping in here and he asked me like I was an idiot. I know that he doesn't like John but it didn't give him right earlier. I waited until they were asleep to go to the kitchen.

John was sitting at the table. I joined him and another person.

"He is being a complete ASS!" John said.

"I know, but what can we do. She loved him." I said.

"Kind of like she loved John?" Chris M. asked.