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Dinner with Iris

"Sweetheart, have you seen my serving tray?"

Kevin looked up from the lasagna he was assembling. "Which one?"

"Silver, about this big," Will said, holding his hands apart, "and really pretty."

"Oh, yeah, I put it in the cupboard over the fridge."

Will smiled and went to get the tray, humming to himself. He was excited to have Iris over for dinner, and even more excited for Kevin to finally meet her. When he found the tray, he let out a little sound of approval and started whistling some song he'd had stuck in his head all day.

"You're really looking forward to this, aren't you?" Kevin smiled at his boyfriend.

"Yup," Will said with a nod and resumed his whistling. He'd stopped and bought some mini-quiches on the way home to go with the other appetizers he'd prepared. Now, he was arranging them on the tray, secretly thrilled at the chance to be so domestic with Kevin. "I hope she likes stuffed mushrooms," he said, suddenly frowning. "I'm assuming she doesn't have food allergies, considering she's a goddess, but--"

"She's really a goddess?" Kevin asked for the hundredth time.

"Yup."

"And not just some really beautiful woman?"

"Well, she is really beautiful, but she's also a goddess, yes." Will laughed. "Do me a favor and don't ask her that when she gets here, okay?"

Kevin wiped his hands on a dishtowel and picked up the lasagna pan to take it over to the stove. "I can't promise that," he said, winking as he slid the dish into the oven. "This is all new for me. I'm a little nervous."

"Aw, why?" Will asked, ceasing the appetizer-arranging for a moment.

"What if she smites me or something?"

Laughing, Will went over to Kevin and gave him a kiss. "If she smites you, I'll ask for you to be un-smoten."

"Gee, thanks."

"Or, you could just behave," Will shrugged, then grinned. "Look, just relax, all right? Food's in the oven, it looks amazing, we'll have some drinks and nibble on some stuff, and by the time we're all nice and relaxed, dinner will be ready. Sound good?"

Kevin nodded. "Sounds good." He kissed Will's cheek. "When is she getting here?"

"Should be any time. You'll love her."

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She did as promised and she arrived outside the front food of the address she had been given. No point in scaring the policeman right! She checked her dress" out once more and made her that it was not creased, or even worse, tucked in her knickers as she had decided to get ready the old fashioned way today to kill some time.

She reashed up and knocked on the door, her soft curls bouncing as she reached forward and wrapped her knuckles on the wood.

Wendell let out a little yip at the sound of the knock, and Will shushed him as he went to open the door, smiling brightly.

"Wow, you look gorgeous!" he said, greeting her with a hug and kiss on the cheek. "Please, come in and make yourself at home."

Kevin had walked up behind Will when he answered the door, and his eyes widened when he saw their guest.

"Will wasn't kidding when he said you were a knockout," he grinned at her, then put out his hand. "I'm Kevin. It's good to meet you, Iris."

After the returned hug and kiss to Will Iris' face turned a very deep red colour from Kevin's compliment. 'Thank you and...and it's nice to finally put a face to the name.' She held out her hand to his and shook it before peering in a little. 'Who was the yappy one I heard.'

Will laughed and moved aside, gesturing for Iris to go in. Wendell barked excitedly and stood on his hind legs when he saw her; a trick he'd just learned.

"This is the other love of my life," Will said, bending down to pick up the puppy.

Going inside she didn't a quick sweep of the room with her eyes and then moved over to where Will was with the puppy. 'Hello little one,' She reached out and tickled behind his ear, 'Aren't you just a handsome little fellow.'

Wendell looked at her as if he knew exactly what she was saying, then wriggled in Will's arms, trying to get closer to the nice lady.

"Okay, calm down there, tiny," Will chuckled, then winked at Iris. "He's never seen such a pretty woman."

Kevin grinned at them. "Neither have I. And what does a pretty woman like to drink? I can get drinks while you guys sit."

She held out her arms to him, 'Wana come see me hey little one?' She smiled brightly at the wiggling puppy.'

'Do you ave wine? If you don't anything else is fine, apart from Vidka, I drink too much of that.'

Wendell whimpered at the offer, and Will handed him over with a giggle.

"He's never that excited to see new people," he said, watching as the puppy enthusiastically licked her face, then suddenly stopped and put his head against her chest. His little eyes looked up at her as if he was in love, making Will laugh.

"Okay, Wendell's a goner," Kevin said, winking at Iris. "And, yes, we've got wine for the lady. Babe, wine?" he asked Will.

"That'll be great," Will nodded and led Iris over to the sofa. "Please, sit, make yourself comfortable."

She snuggled with the puppy as it licked her face and then just set to stroking his head as she was lead over towards the sofa. 'He's wonderful, I am not sure how Georgie would feel about him though.' She looked up as if to explain, 'He's a duckling that seems to live in my back garden, probably vecause my friends daughter feeds him and plays with him all the time.'

She crossed her legs at the knee, still making a full of the little pooch. 'It's a nice place you have here.'

"Thanks," Will said, taking a seat next to her. "It's Kevin's and I just invaded his space." Will said it loudly enough for Kevin to hear.

"It's ours and you made it feel like a home," Kevin corrected from the kitchen.

Will smiled, pleased, and reached to scratch Wendell's head. "Wendell likes it, too. He has a good time sliding around on the hardwood."

Kevin appeared with a couple of glasses of white wine and handed one to Iris, then one to Will.

"Where do you live, Iris?" he asked as he headed back to the kitchen. "Keep talking, I can hear you."

'Oh I am sure he does.' She snuggled nest to Will a little and leaned in and whispered, 'He's cute, and I can see he makes you happy.'

As Kevin walked in Iris chuckled softly and thanked him for the wine. 'I live in an undeclosed area, in other words, well it's not seen by mortal eye unless invited there. But I do have a place down in austrailia and I'm looking at one in New York maybe.'

"Australia? That's really cool," Kevin said, returning with a glass of wine for himself and the tray of appetizers. He set it down on the coffee table and took a seat in the chair next to the couch, watching Will snuggle up to Iris a little, too.

Taking a sip of his wine, Kevin took note of the way Will smiled at her, then cleared his throat. "So, has Will seen your secret house? And where exactly did you two have your little romp?"

Will frowned at him. "Easy, Kev," he said softly.

Kevin immediately smiled at them, contrite. "I'm just curious."

Iris nodded slowly, 'It's usually where I go surfing or something along those lines.'

Iris looked at Kevin and raised an eyebrow, she had gotten used to the way people spoke to her, the way respect had slipped over the decades. 'No he hasn't. Very few of my uman friends have I usually go and see them as it is easire.' She looked over at Will and then back at Kevin, 'The field I took him too was one near home filled with Nymphs and other creatures.'

"You didn't tell me about the nymphs," Kevin grinned at Will.

"I didn't think you'd be that interested in them," Will said with a slight shrug and a pointed look at his lover.

"But how many guys get to have sex in a field full of nymphs?" Kevin took another sip of his wine. "Hell, how many get to have sex with a goddess who allegedly turns into a guy?"

Will looked at Iris, obviously embarrassed. "I'm sorry," he said softly. "He's being a jerk, and if he doesn't stop, I'm making him eat dinner outside."

Kevin laughed. "I'm sorry if this whole thing is weird to me, but I have no frame of reference. Iris, I apologize if it seems like I'm being rude, but I've never been in this situation."

'It's ok sweetie.' She handed the puppy over to Will and looked at Kevin, 'How about we make you eat your words and stop all this silliness so we can have a good night hey?'

She moved from where she sat and stood in front of Kevin. In a flurry of sparkles she changed into her other self and knelt down and took hold of Kevins hand and ran it over her face. 'believe it now or do I need to be naked?'

The look on Kevin's face made Will laugh, but he quickly stifled it, not wanting to embarrass him.

"I, er..." Kevin rubbed his hand over her face and leaned forward to get a closer look. "You are definitely male," he said softly. His mouth was suddenly dry, and he swallowed hard. "If I didn't see it, I wouldn't believe it. Actually, I'm not sure I believe it, but...I see it."

"Damn, I was hoping you'd tell her to get naked," Will grinned, garnering a sharp look from the other man.

"And what? Blow her in front of you?"

"Hey, she might be a man, but she's still a lady," Will said quickly. "Be good."

She nuzzled againt his hand, her stubble brushing against his skin and when he leaned in for a better look she leaned in too, her eyes brightly looking into his. 'Seeing is not always believing.' Kneeling up a little she pressed his hand against the soft black shirt she was wearing and over her chest. 'See, nothing female there.'

She wanted him to understand and she wanted this back biting between the two of them to stop.

'Both of you, will you bloody well behave before I smash both of your heads together.' She looked up at Kevin and took his hand. 'I am deeply sorry if you feel what happened between Will and I is bad or changes your relationship with him in some way, but it happened and we cannot go back and change that. Will is a dear friend and I would not go back on what happened even if I could, he gave me something no-one else ever has.'

Bring his hand up to her lips she kissed the back ot if softly before standing up.

Kevin's face was flushed when Iris stood up, and he laughed nervously before glancing at Will.

"I, um..." His eyes went back to the Iris's face, and he nodded. "Thanks, Iris. I can really understand why Will did what he did."

As she stood she sparkled back to what she had been before and smiled, leaning forward to kiss Kevin's forehead, 'Now stop tis silliness.'

Settling back next to Will she tucked her hair behind her ear.

Will kissed her cheek and smiled at her.

"Thank you for doing that," he said, then looked at Kevin. "Do you feel better now?"

Kevin nodded. "Better and a little embarrassed." He smiled at Iris, too, and relaxed back in his chair. "Will tells me you have a boyfriend."

Iris smile faded as Kevin asked the question and her hand sought out Wills and she held onto it. 'I do yes, His...His name's Kailin and...and things are difficult.'

She'd not heard from him in a while bar the odd shot note, 'He's at war at the moment.'

Kevin's eyes had followed Iris's hand, but he didn't feel jealous at seeing them hold hands. She merely seemed to be seeking comfort from her friend.

"I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't know. Will just told me he was away."

Will nodded. "I didn't know if Iris would want you to know."

"Understandable," Kevin nodded. "What branch of the service is he in? Unless you don't want to talk about it," he smiled.

It's ok,' she said softly, 'Really.' She glanced up at Will and then over at Kevin. 'That is a little more complex too. He is not human.'

'So...' She looked between the two of them. 'HOw long have the two of you been together?'

Will could tell that Kevin was about to ask more about Iris's boyfriend, so he cut him off by answering, just in case she didn't want to answer any of his questions.

"We met on March 10th. I'd pulled out of the driveway with my coffee cup still on my roof. This friendly officer stopped me before I could take off with it up there."

"I can't believe you remember the date," Kevin grinned, pleased, then looked at Iris. "Did you say your boyfriend's not human?" he asked, making Will wince.

She smiled softly, 'you met this year and you are living together already?' She smiled a little resting her head on Will's shoulder and stropking the puppy that was still on his lap, 'Was it instant attraction?'

'No, he's not,' She let out a breath, 'Kailin is a Centuri, he is part of their Naval fleet, has his own Space ship and everything.'

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