"Yo whattt but how" carl said looking at the t.v to check agian
"Carl accept the fact that I'm better at video games than you are" i said sitting up
"No i call redo not fair" he sat back down looking at me
"Ok then just don't cry this time pretty boy" i said as we re did a match
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"So im you'r EPR buddy" i asked laying on the floor as ian practiced
"Shhh people who are dieing don't talk" he smiled as he pushed on my chest
"Y-yup ok i'll be the first" i joked
I've come so close to the gallaghers my mom thinks its good that i have friends now
"Ok im done know you'r free" ian said helping me up
"Ok well you gonna be here tonight?" I asked fixing my hair
"Ya why" he looked up at me
"Umm wanna go for a run or something"
"Ya sure like 6 or 7 is good" i smiled and left his roomAfter hanging with ian i went to debbs to hang with her
"So cute boys whoo" she asked with a smile
"Well i mean zac the softmore but not my type" i said
"Oh plz he's football player"
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Carl and i have been hanging outside walking around
"Do you trust me" he asked out of no where making me look at him
"Ya why" i put down bag down as we sat by the river
"I don't you havn't told me really anything" he said i can't belive he's still on this
"Well carl i just don't like talking about my past" i said laying back on to the grass putting my arm around my eyes so the sun wasn't hitting them.
"...do you wanna know" i said after a couple of min
"Yes please" he said laying down next to me i stayed quite then started to talk
"Well when my mom was 17 she found a guy name mardy and it was high school love and then my mom got prago and everyone throught it was happy ever after but what they didn't know was my dad would get drunk and hit my mom when i was born there would be time when he was gone for weeks and weeks then come back like nothing happen one day....when my mom was at work...i was home in my room and he came in and ...well you can guess what he would do and if i cryed he would hit me it was about 13 when he started to make his friends do stuff to me and beat me more and my mom she would cover it with make up ...he's in jail now theres other stuff but thats for another day gallagher" i said and smiled at him he just layed there not knowing what to say
"Iris im sorry" is all he said i know its alot to take in so i don't expect him to say much
"Its ok its over with...thats why i don't like drunk people and freaked out when your dad was come up to us" i said sitting up as he did to
"Oh well i won't let anything happen to you" he said grabbing my hand i smiled and leaned my head on his arm
"Shitt we have to go" i said getting
"I told ian i would go runnig with him" as carl stood up to and grabbed my hair and we walked to my place to grabb a running outfit and back to carls
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"Ready to lose" ian said as i streched my arms
"Sorry gallagher but i gonna win" i said as we got on the track of the high school
"Ok 1...2...3GO" i said as we took off i haven't ran in a long time
We were half way to the finshed line as i thoughttt i would win but we tied
"D..amnn ian" i said out of breath
"Samee..girl" he said holding his knees
"Water" i said as ian passed me his
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" please stay" carl bugged me to stay the night at his place cuz my mom wasn't gonna be home shes out of town and gets back tomorrow.
"Umm finne" it was already 9:30 so it was dark out
"Yesss ill go get extra blankets"he said running like a little kid up the stairs i laughed shook my head and went with him
"Night Liam"I heard Fiona say i soften my footsteps to not keep him up as carl came out the door
"Hey you can wear a pair of my sweats" he said with a smile
"Ok" i said as we quietly went in his room the only light was liams blue night light
"Here" Carl whisper as I went to the bathroom to change they were big so i had to tie them tight and i just kept my black tank top on and went back to his room."are we going to bed right now" i asked kneeling on to his bed
"Uh we can lay here for a while cuz there's nothing to do" he said and with that i got under the covers with him looking at the roof."Yes thomas edison invented the light bulb" i said to carl
"Really? I thought that was the one who cut his ear off"
Oh gosh i really have to teach carl things
"Noo you goof thats an artiest van gogh" i said looking at him then the ceiling again
It was quiet for a few seconds till carl spoke up
" he doesn't deserve you in his life" he said softy as we put are finger tips together
I took a deep breath i'm getting myself into deep shit being close to him
"You didn't deserve the shit he did to you" he said as he played with my hand i just closed my eyes and he put his fingers under my chin tilting my face towards him
"You know that rightt" he said as i nodded my head and snuggled up next to him falling asleep
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the gallaghers
FanfictionIris mill a girl who lives in Chicago and goes to the same school as two of the Gallaghers never met until mid school year faith brought lris and the gallaghers together.