Eric POV:-
I never want to let Iris go, I want to keep her in my arms safe. I grab her hand and keep it on my chest 

I put my hand inside her shirt and hold her waist. I move my hand above slowly along with her body

"C-can I ask you something?" She say, seeing her stutter I pull my hand away. I don't want to force her for anything

"Yeah say!" I say

She looks at me than looks down thinking about something. I keep my hand on her thigh trying to clam her down

She sighs and askes "How come I didn't knew that you studied in the same school as me?!"

"Who told you that!?" I ask her as I glup in fear, what if she finds out.....

"Hmm.....a-a friend of mine." She says hesitantly

"Do I know that friend?" I ask

"No!, she was my classmate..." she say, so it was a girl

"Did she tell you anything else!?" I ask. She shakes her head indicating no. "But how come I didn't see you in my school, but did you see me?" She askes

"Yeah!, forget that for now, past is in the past" with that I kiss her on her cheek trying to distract her from that topic and pull her more close to me.

Later I make her sleep beside me on my bed

Time skips~

☆The Next day☆

To we have a event to attend. So, we all got dressed and went to the event

In the event many other idols and few managers were also present. Iris goes near Sofia as soon as she sees her and also I have told Charles to check on Sofia back history. Honestly I hope she is not involved in this killing matter

I stayed with lucas and the other to talk and also to avoid a lot of attend

Iris POV:-
While I go near her I notice her outfit she looked so good.

Sofia's outfit

My outfit

I go near Sofia

"Nice outfit♡" I say

"Oh thanks, my mother had gifted me this" she replies

"Oh..." my eyes than suddenly fell on Alina who was coming near us; now what does she want from us

Alina comes near us and says "Hi!" With a smile which she used to give when we were besties.

"What do you want?" Sofia askes Alina

"Just wanted to say hi!" Alina says

"So you can go now" I say while crossing my arms

"I'm here to talk to Sofia, not you!" Alina says to me.

"I'm not interested!" Sofia says

"But listen tho..." Alina says. This time I am going to make everything clear with Alina. I give Sofia a smile and grab Alina's hand and pull her away in the corner were no one was there

Alina pulls her hand from my grip

"Why did you bring me her?" She askes

"Please try to understand!, you joining girl pop wasn't my fault!!" I say

"Why should I understand., we promised each other never to leave each others back and join Xstar together!" She says, "you even stool Chris from me" She continues

"I know but Mrs Kendra-" Alina cuts me off

"Don't add her!, it's all your fault" she says; anyways Mrs Kendra was our instructor when we were trainees. She was a really nice lady she loved us a lot.

"You just wait and watch!" Alina says with a evil smile and continues "I will make sure you get killed soon.."

I froze at her words I was shocked...

"Y-you are involved in killing me..." I say while being heartbroken

"No I am not the one killing you, it's someone else and only I know who is that person trying to kill you" Alina continues

"But I am not going to tell you" with that she wakes away leaving me heartbroken

The person who I had thought as my best friend and loved her for my entire life is the one who wants me to die. I couldn't believe this is true, I can still remember the times we had a lot of fun together..... I start walking away from that spot. As soon as I see Mr.Andrew I tell him I am not feeling well and go back to our dorm.

*Back at the dorm*

Eric POV:-
We all were busy talking to some of the people there, when suddenly Chris notices Iris is not anywhere to be found. He informs us about this. We decided to go and ask Mr.Andrew. He might now something, I just hope she is safe that's all.

"Mr.Andrew, did you see Iris anywhere?" Chris questions Mr.Andrew

"Yeah, she said she is not feeling and went at home.." he replies

"She was fine this morning, what happened to her suddenly?!" Lucas say

This was weird of her to go without telling anyone of us about anything. She would have atleast told me. I wanted to go back right now to see her but Mr. Andrew told us to stay so we stay. But none of us were able to enjoy this event. We all were again and again thinking about iris only.

Time skips~

Finally the event came to an end.

But sadly I was not able to go and see Iris Because Mr.Andrew told me to go with him to Mr.Kendrick's office, he wants to talk to me about something Important it seemed. But the problem was that Charles also wanted to talk to me about something Important.

So i than decide to send Noah and lucas to see Charles, while I go to talk to Mr.Kendrick and Chris can look over iris. I know Chris will manage to handle Iris that's why I send him to see iris.

Chris POV:-
When I reach our dorm I go to my room, change my outfit and go to Iris's room. When I enter her room, I see her sitting on the study table putting her head down. She had not even changed her outfit.

I go near here and keep my hand on her head. She looks up at me, I notice the tears in her eyes. She had been crying.

"Why are you crying?" I say with full concern. She doesn't reply and just wipes her tears. I carry her in my arms and take her to her bed. I sit down on her bed and make her sit on my laps. I pull her close.

"What's wrong tell!!" I say

"Nothing......." she says in a low voice. She was trying not to cry but her tears continued to fall

"Tell what happened?!" I say again, this time she gives up and tells me

"It's about Alina..." she say in a low tone

"What did she do?" I ask her

"She said.... she is involved in killing me"
She replies

"What?!, let's tell Charles about this" I say

"No need!, I think Alina misunderstood me and is doing this........ plzz Don't tell anyone about this" she says while sobbing. I couldn't believe her, Alina is after killing her and she is doesn't want anyone to know about this. 

I sigh and nod "But why is she even trying to kill you?"  I ask her

"We both had promised each other to join Xstar together because we both wanted to join Xstar, but before she could join Mrs Kendra putted her in girl pop as the Leader!" She say. She is very brave and responsible that's why Mrs.Kendra must have putted her in girl pop. I think she is actually very lucky to join girl pop

"But this is such a small thing than why is she trying to kill you?" I askes me. She pauses for few minutes before giving me the answer. She hesitates to give me the answer, I pull her more close to me.

"She.... likes you, but she thinks you and I are dating because you always flirt with me even on camera.." she says and continues "I even told her we are not dating but she doesn't believe me"

Eww I feel discussted because I have never ever thought of Alina as my girlfriend. I have always loved iris and I always will, nobody can take Iris's place in my heart. But don't get me wrong, i love her but that doesn't mean I will try to take her away from Eric. I want them to be together they look so good together

"No, No, No, tell her I don't like her and after what she did to you there is no way I will love her" I say and continue "u should atleast tell Leader about this"

"No....... not now, later someday..." she says

I don't fight back against her on this. I just hug her more tightly and decide to distract her from this topic

Mean while Eric was in Charles cabin.....

The Next chapter will show the talk between Eric and Charles.

To be continued....(^ー^)ノ