Beneath the Iris

Chapter 2

IrisMitchell: Good Morning x

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"Morning." Ben wraps his hand around my throat as he kisses the side of my neck and I smile as I feel his left hand graze my side.

"Morning." I wrap arm around his neck as I pull his body down so that he is laying on top of me as our lips move feverishly together. A low groan leaves Ben's mouth as I cup him over his boxer shorts.

After an hour of fooling around on the bed, we quietly lay besides eachother as silence fills the air around us.

"I missed you." Ben mumbles as he kisses my shoulder and I turn to look at him. "I mean it."

"You can't just say how you feel then do the complete opposite." I tell him with a sigh. "We may have only been together a year but we went through a lot in that time and you did make me really happy."

Ben looks into my eyes, "You made me happy too."  

"So why did you treat me like I didn't mean anything to you?" I ask as I pull the covers up to my neck. "Anytime we got into a fight, you would always be quick to say that I could be easily replaced and that you could have another me with a click of a finger."

"I was wrong for that an--"

"Of course you were for saying that." I cut him off. "There will never be another Iris Mitchell so the fact that you think you'll find somebody as bomb as me is crazy. I may be a model but I'm not one of those instagram models that goes searching for a man to trap."

Ben gives me a look, "Are you done?"

"All I'm saying is that you need to know what you've got while I'm still here because if I have to leave whatever this is then understand that I am moving on." I tell him and his face drops. "I'm being serious, Ben. I am not about to become one of those girls who get stuck in situationships for the majority of their youth, I have a life to live and I intend to live it with or without you."

"I respect that." He nods my head and I let out a small yawn as I reach for my phone that was vibrating earlier on. "What time are you flying back to New York?"

"My flight is for eleven at night." I run my hands through my hair as I read through my texts. "I honestly hate flying but there's nothing that I can do about it when this is my life."

Ben puts some music on before pulling me back into his arms as I text my dad who's going to be flying in to get me. I am a nervous flyer even though I have been flying all my life but with everything that you hear on the news- why shouldn't I be scared?

"We should think about making things official between us." Ben smiles as if he just told me that I won a Grammy award. "I also think you should consider moving in with me."

"No." I shake my head.

"Why not?"

"I have been living in the same apartment for five years now and I have my plans to buy a home under my name." I tell him. "We don't even know what we're doing with eachother so I don't want to go making big decisions like these without thinking about my future."

Ben rubs my back, "It doesn't need to be big."

"I know but you're financially a lot more secure than I am. My family may be considered rich but I make my own living through modelling and that doesn't pay me enough to be able to just drop three million on a house." I set my phone down on the bed. "I started saving when I turned twenty and I will buy a house in the next year or so."

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"Thank you so much." I wrap my arms around my dad who gives me a squeeze and we begin walking through the crowded airport. "I owe you one."

"Nonsense." He shake his head. "You're my daughter."

Since I am such a nervous wreck when it comes down to flying, my dad flew to LA from New York for me and now he is flying back with me in tow. I feel really bad because he didn't even get to leave the airport but my family is very understanding and they take great measures to ensure that I am safe which I appreciate. 

"The flight is only five hours so we should be good." My dad says before yawning as we find our seats. "Do you have your power bank with you? I need to call your mother before she starts freaking out on me."

"Sure." I dig through my backpack for a couple of minutes before pulling out a power bank and cable. "I have a charging case with me in case that runs out of power."

"You're a gem." My dad kisses my forehead as he plugs in his phone. For the next few minutes, my dad talks on the phone to my mom letting her know that he arrived safely and that I'm with him.

A few people recognise us and I find myself getting pulled in for a few selfies which I don't mind.

"Your mother say hi." My dad tells me as I sit back down and I nod at him. "She told me to ask you about Ben."

I feel myself blush at the mention of his name.

"Oh bother." My dad rubs his bald head. "Are you back together?"

"We're working towards it." I shyly respond while hugging my body. "We want to do things right,  I don't want to fall knowing that he's not going to catch me."

"You may be the youngest but you have always been the wisest." He says while wrapping his arm around me and I cuddle up to him. "I'm proud of you, I want you to know that."

"Thank you." I smile at him, "I'm proud of you too."

"Me?" He points to himself while chuckling and I nod my head. "Why?"

"You have been in the film industry longer than people know but your success has really come about in the last ten years. Most people would have given up on their dreams but you have been committed to it since day one and I'm so proud of you." My dad kisses my forehead as I fight back tears. "People don't know about the struggles that we went through but here we are now."

"No matter how old you get, you're always going to be my little girl." My dad tells me as he wipes away my tears with his hand. "I know that you have always felt out of place besides your sisters but you have really grown into your own. You're doing your best and I see that, I just wish that you would let us help you."

"Maybe one day." I shrug my shoulders. "I still need to figure out what else I want to do because modelling is only getting me so far."