Iris sighed as she entered her home, she was glad to be back, she slipped off her shoes and wiggled her toes feeling the rug underneath her sore feet, and Iris padded barefooted upstairs and had a quick shower, washing away the grime from the day as well as the makeup. She grabbed a towel and dried herself off; she wrapped it around herself and headed into her bedroom. Iris quickly rummaged through her drawers and pulled on a pair of loose shorts and a camisole.
She felt a cool breeze entering the room and saw that her bedroom window was wide open, she frowned wondering when she left it open, Iris kneeled on her window seat and went to pull the curtains shut but stopped when she spied Damon in Elena's bedroom. She frowned confused when he was holding up the brunette's vervaine stuffed necklace her eyes widened when she saw Damon kissing Elena but then was gone in a flash
"Mother of merlin" she muttered slamming the window down shut. Iris crawled into bed pulling the covers over her; she snuggled down into her soft mattress. The day events caught up to her and soon her eyes drifted shut.
"Perhaps you'll have better luck teaching me then Kol, he has no patience" Iris said, he chuckled
"A similar aspect that he shares with Niklaus" Elijah commented standing behind her "Iris this is the way you hold it" he murmured lightly positioning her hands for her, he felt the warmth her small body that was being emitting
"You're cold" he stated seeing goose bumps arise on her flesh
"Hmm" she murmured
"Ready?" he asked taking a step back
"Yes" she said pulling the crossbow back
"Then let go"
She did as she was instructed "Ha I did it" she jumped up and down managing to hit the arrow dead string in the middle of the target
Elijah chuckled at her antics
"Finally taught her something brother" Kol smirked coming into the clearing with Niklaus, both of them laughed, Iris huffed and folded her arms in front of her chest
"Well perhaps that's because he is simply a better teacher, and not up his own arse all the time" with that she stormed away leaving behind an amused trio of brothers.
"Oww!" Kol shouted when Niklaus slapped the younger boy upside the head.
"Now you've done it brother" Niklaus muttered and followed after Iris,
"Elijah-"
"Don't bother, you're lucky Niklaus just slapped you and did nothing more"
Iris groaned and rolled over slamming her hand down on the shrilling alarm clock wondering why the hell it was going off, but groaned when she realised that she had school today, with everything that happened over the weekend she'd forgot about school. Iris slowly sat up letting the sheets pool around her waist and jumped when her cell rang, she reached over and fumbled with the buttons after a few seconds she answered it
"Hello?" she asked her voice laced with sleepiness
"Iris-"
"Stefan?" her brows furrowed wondering why the vampire was calling her
"Yeah, how are you?"
"I'm fine" she swung her legs out of the bed and stood up "So there must be another reason you've called, what's up?"
"You need to get over to the boarding house as soon as you can" he answered, Iris hummed "Ok, see you there" she hanged and quickly went to the bathroom and freshen herself up. Iris looked through her closet and decided to wear a light cotton skirt and a purple scoop neck top, she slid on a pair of tights and laced her small heeled shoes, tying the laces up. Iris quickly brushed her hair and clipped half of it up.
She grabbed her school bag and jacket as well as a hand full of pop tarts, she scoffed down her breakfast and dove into her car, once she was buckled in she pulled out of her driveway.
"Do you live here?" Damon asked coming into the kitchen seeing a small raven head rummaging through the fridge
"Nope" she said popping the 'p' "but if your food is this good then I might move in" she grinned at him "Stefan called me saying I need to be here"
"Ah, right" he watched her as she poked and prodded the food, he let out a groan "let me make you some breakfast" he ushered her away
"I can-"
"No, the fridge is organised and you'll mess it up"
Iris giggled and moved aside, "I never met a vampire who's got OCD"
"Please I don't-"
Iris turned around hearing a snort she smiled seeing Stefan "Yeah right, says the guy who constantly complains about stains setting in the carpets"
"So why-"
"We have to wait for Elena" Stefan cut her off as he made her some tea.
"Elena's here" Stefan announced coming back into the kitchen
"Good for her" Iris swallowed a mouthful of the chocolate chip pancakes that Damon had made her.
"Iris come on" Stefan insisted
"Let me" Damon rolled his eyes and before she could blink he scooped her up
"Damon" she whined "I didn't even get to finish my pancakes" she pouted
"Really flower?" he drawled she sighed and was grateful when he gently placed her on her feet.
"I'm here, what –Iris what are you doing here?" Elena asked seeing the raven head
"I was eating my breakfast" she muttered "Stefan called me" she added on clearly
"So what's this about?" Elena asked
"Come" Stefan led them into the drawing room, Iris eyes widened seeing who was there
"Rose?" she smiled brightly at the vampire, causing said vampire to be look at her in surprise "how are you?" she asked genuinely interested at how the vampire was coping
"I'm…getting there" Rose said Iris nodded and dropped down beside Elena,
"Is she-"
"Iris is a friendly person" Stefan said low enough for only the vampires to hear
"Flower probably can make friends with anyone if she wants to" Damon muttered pouring himself a drink, no sure whether to be pleased or angered at this, she was a vulnerable little thing that people could easily take advantage of her.
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked frowning.
Soon enough they were all gathered around in the living room, Iris sat on Stefan's other side and paid attention to Rose who was pacing up and down
"Ok, you have to understand, I only know what I've picked up over the years" Rose said, Iris leant forward so that her elbows were resting on her knees "And I don't know what's true, or what's not true. That's the problem with all this vampire crap, but I do know that Klaus is real"
Iris's head snapped up, vaguely recalling that name, it sounded oddly familiar "who is he?"
"He's one of the Originals, he's a legend" Damon explained, Iris cast a curious look over to him, wondering how he knew that, she deduced that Rose must've spoken to Damon beforehand.
"He's one of the first generation of vampires" Stefan added on
"Like Elijah?" Iris asked, Rose nodded the raven head was catching on fast.
"No, Elijah is like the Easter bunny compared to Klaus" Iris couldn't help but snort at that earning questioning looks from the others
"Sorry, Easter bunny" she offered as an explanation making Stefan and Damon lips to twitch in amusement
"He's a foot soldier" Rose carried on smiling slightly due to the petite teen "Klaus is the real deal"
"Klaus is known to be the oldest" Stefan said
"Bloody hell" Iris muttered shaking her head, Elena held up her hand
"So wait you're saying that the oldest vampire of all time is coming after us?" she gestured towards herself and Iris
"Whoa, wait up how the hell did I get into this I just came to the States-"
"They're coming after you" Rose said firmly "and now that they know you exist they won't back down" she added on.
"But I don't want to die" Iris huffed, thinking what the hell she got into and thought maybe it wasn't her best decision to come to this town, but that thought quickly dashed out of her mind if she didn't come here she wouldn't meet all these wonderful people
"You won't be" Damon said determinedly "so put your chin up flower"
Iris gave him a small smile, which he returned
"He's not coming after you, no one is" Stefan said looking at Elena trying to reassure her,
"If what she's saying is true- Damon started
"Which it is" Rose cut him off
"And you're not saying this just so that we won't kill you?" Damon asked
"What reason does she have to lie about something like this, she could be halfway round the world, instead of here" Iris piped in,
"She's right" Rose said
"Meaning we're looking at a solid maybe" Damon finished off
"That really isn't an answer" Iris pointed out rolling her eyes at the glare that Damon sent her. "Can we not have cryptic answers?"
"Don't have the brains to figure out cryptic answers?" Damon smirked
"Shut up" Iris stuck her pink tongue out at him
Stefan ignored then and comforted Elena by rubbing her shoulders "Elijah's dead"
"Is he though? No one think that it's weird that he can be killed so easily?" Iris asked
"He's dead" Damon said in a hard voice. Iris sighed and leant back against the back of the couch
"No-one knows that either of you exist" Stefan assured both girls
"No offence but you're little friend" Rose gestured towards Iris "sticks out like a sore thumb, vampires would be lining up once they figure out that the Originals want her"
"How would they even know that it's me?" Iris frowned getting slightly worried
"Your scent for one thing, plus there's a description of you-"
"Look" Damon appeared in front of a worried Iris, he could see that the raven head was getting panicky "no one will come near you ok?" he murmured cupping her face, he leant forward and placed a light kiss on her temple.
"No one is getting either of you" Stefan repeated, Iris felt slightly better knowing that the two brothers were watching out for her "I've never met anyone who laid eyes on him. I mean, we're talking about centuries of truths mixed with fiction. We don't know what's real and what's not. He could be some stupid bedtime story" Iris nodded feeling more reassured, well she was until Rose opened her mouth.
"He's real" Rose said with conviction, "and he does not give up, if he wants something he'll get it. If you're not scared then you're an idiot" she snapped.
"Alright you made your point we're shaking" Damon told her seeing Iris's wide eye stare, he frowned slightly when he saw the raven head paling
He placed his large hands on her shoulders causing her to look at him with her emerald orbs "No one is coming near you, I won't let them" he said firmly, she sighed and nodded
"There won't be anything you can do to stop him" Rose said folding her arms in front of her chest
"I took care of him yesterday, didn't I?" Damon snapped at her
"You got lucky" Rose snarled
"Come on" Elena told Iris, who nodded and went to follow after her brunette friend. But they were both stopped by Stefan
"Where are you going?"
"We're going to school" Elena answered "we're going to be late"
"Let me grab my stuff I'll go with you" Stefan said moving around them
"That's ok, we know where it is" Elena said "Iris come on, you can pick up your car later"
She left the room
Iris looked over her shoulder "Sorry Stef, I'll see you later" she ran out after Elena.
"You know you might have a chance saving the doppelganger but with Iris you've got no chance" Rose said quietly causing both vampires heads to snap towards her
"What?" Stefan asked his brows furrowing, worrying about both Iris and Elena
"Once Klaus gets wind that Iris is here, which he will, nothing will stop him coming here" Rose muttered and strolled away leaving behind a pair of baffled brothers.
Iris dropped down beside Elena, it was lunchtime
"You want to go see Katherine?" Iris asked raising an eyebrow
"She must know something" Elena nodded, Iris sighed
"Well Katherine was running from someone" Iris muttered
"Plus you can find out how whether she knows anything about you"
"Fine you won me over" Iris drawled Elena smiled gratefully at her "hmm but won't Stefan notice you gone?"
"This is why you should go there first"
Iris dropped her sandwich "Huh? You want me to go into the tomb with a psychotic vamp that is starving by the way"
"I'll join you once I've found a distraction for him" Elena said
Iris nodded, Elena had her sussed she knew that the raven head was too curious for her own good so she would most likely jump out the chance of finding out something to do with the Originals.
"Come on, take Caroline with you" Elena said.
Iris eventually found Caroline and managed to convince the blond to take her to the tomb.
They walked through the trees arriving at the cellar,
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Caroline asked stopping near the stoned stair case
"Truthfully no" Iris answered the wind blew her stray curls forward "but there's no harm in asking, plus we may get some answers"
"But I'm a horrible liar" Caroline whinged as they went down the stairs
"Care have you seen who you're talking to?" Iris grinned at her over her shoulder
Caroline giggled "You've got a point; you're a worst liar than me"
Iris mocked pouted and clutched her heart "You wound me with your words Blondie" Caroline smiled at Iris's antics and lightly shoved her forward but used a bit too much forced sending the raven head stumbling down the steps
"Oh my gosh" Caroline gasped "I'm so sorry" she appeared next to Iris, who shook her head smiling at the vampire,
"No harm done, just….erm….don't push as hard….merlin stairs hate me" she muttered as Caroline helped her onto her feet. She picked up the basket that Elena had given her and peeked inside and was glad that the small bottle of blood hadn't smashed.
"Why doesn't Elena want Stefan to know?" Caroline asked
"Because he would never allow her to do this" Iris said as they walked further into the tomb
"What about Damon? When they find out about you-"
"Well technically Damon nor Stefan didn't tell me not to go anywhere near Katherine, but I wouldn't want them to find out, they'll most likely lecture me to death" she muttered the last part underneath her breath.
They were just at the entrance now, Iris could see nothing but darkness inside.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Caroline asked again. Iris nodded
"She's the only one who knows the truth about Klaus, and probably how to stop him" Iris sighed and licked her lips
"But you're asking the truth from someone who probably never have given it before" she sighed "Are you sure about this?"
Iris let out a frustrated noise "Yes Caroline, this needs to be done" she moved slightly forward but stopped at the entrance way of the tomb, knowing she definitely wouldn't be crossing the threshold "Katherine?" she called "I've got something for you" she looked over to Caroline who was biting her lip worriedly "I've got it from here Caroline" the blond opened her mouth about to speak but both girls froze when they heard footsteps.
Iris watched as a figure approached "Hello Iris" Katherine croaked "I was wondering whether I'll be seeing you again" Iris saw that the vampire was weaker and her skin was greying "come to watch me wither away?"
"I'm not a sadist" Iris murmured looking at her "which is more than I can say for you"
Katherine let out a weak chuckle "goodbye Caroline"
However Caroline didn't move, Iris sent her a small smile "Look as long as I stay on this side I'll be fine" she reassured her.
Caroline sent Katherine a nasty smirk and finally left.
"So Katherine, or should I say Katerina" Iris broke the silence "you look good" Katherine rolled her eyes
"You are inept at breaking a silence"
"And you look hideous" she countered and plastered a fake smile on her face "now we got the wonderful greetings out of the way, I-"
"You want answers" she said bluntly and toyed with a lock of her hair, Iris sighed and sat down on the hard ground, not fancying the idea of standing around. "I'm surprised Elena's not here she's always demanding to know things-"
"Can you blame her?" Iris asked rhetorically and crossed her legs "she's coming soon, why'd you change your name? I much prefer Katerina" the vampire sent her a disbelieving look
"What?" Iris asked
"You're unbelievable, I tore your throat out and then I-"
"-threaten to kill Elena if I left in the masquerade ball?"
"Exactly and now you're sitting here complimenting me on my name" she asked, Iris rolled her eyes. What she heard about the raven head was right, this little creature in front of her wasn't what she had been expecting,
"Hmm, what's that?"
Iris had pulled out a bottle of blood
"What does it look like?" she quirked an eyebrow she saw Katherine's nose twitched she saw the grossed out look on the vampire's face
"Animal blood? I would much prefer yours" she purred
"Seriously back off, and this is the best you're getting" Iris snapped, twirling the bottle in her hands.
"I'm not that easy to bribe"
Iris scoffed "yeah you are"
Katherine let out a low hiss "what is it that you want?"
"Just some answers" she then rummaged through the basket digging out a thick book "here, thought you might want this" she slide the heavy book over to her using a stick not wanting to give the vampire a chance to grab her.
"I want some answers about a man named Klaus" Katherine eyes met hers she saw a smirk on the brunette's face
"My, my you have been busy"
"Eh, I get around" she shrugged her shoulders. She nodded towards the book "couldn't help but read it, that's your family history, it says that your family ended with you, but that's an obvious lie since Elena's here"
"You think by giving me a family keepsake that I'm going to spill my guts to you, honestly Iris I thought you was the only one in this town with a brain"
"I'm flattered" Iris drawled "anyway you want this though don't you" she unscrewed the cap of the blood and was surprised seeing her eyes were focused on the blood "now I've got your full attention I want you to help me"
"Give it to me" she growled
Iris tutted "you're in no position to be demanding anything" she looked over her shoulder hearing footsteps
"Iris?" she recognised it as Elena
"Thank merlin you're here" Iris muttered as Elena sat down beside her, she gave the blood to the doppelganger
"Does Stefan know you're here?" Katherine asked she then looked at Iris "or better yet Damon?"
"You'd think I'll be here if they did, Damon probably would've locked me up!" Iris sighed
"Hmm, he does get protective of those he cares about" Katherine smirked
"He's a good person" Iris murmured as Elena poured a small amount of blood into a small glass, and used the stick by Iris's side and slid the cup over to the starving vampire
"So you're going to start spilling?" Katherine looked at Iris oddly and gave the most tiniest nod
"Very well, it's a long story between Klaus and I" she paused sipping the blood and slid the cup back, as Elena poured another small cupful of blood, Katherine looked over to Iris, "but from what I've heard your story with him is much longer"
Iris sent her a confused look "really Katherine? Stop babbling crap and just start the story"
"Fine, if you think that way then there's nothing I can do" Katherine shrugged her shoulders and leant back against the wall.
"Mine and Klaus's story goes all the way back to England 1492, after I left Bulgaria…well after I was thrown out"
"You were exiled?" Iris asked shifting so that she was on her knees.
"My parents, your true ancestors they disowned me"
"Why?" Iris asked leaning forward, Elena focused her attention on Katherine.
"My indiscretions were not tolerated at that time" she told them "I had a baby out of wedlock. The shame"
"It was kept secret?" Elena asked
"Hmm" she nodded "my baby was given away"
Iris nodded that sort of explained why the woman could be a total bitch at times
"I was banished to England, where I had to adjust quickly and become English" she paused swallowing a mouthful of blood "It was there that I caught the eye of the nobleman named Klaus, I was taken with him at first, but then I found out what he was and what he wanted and ran like hell" she then told them how she escaped with the moonstone and how they chased after her, and that she was helped by Trevor. Making Iris realise how the vampire exactly betrayed Elijah.
Iris leant back against the wall chewing her bottom lip
"So what did Klaus want from you?" Elena asked
"The same thing he will want from you as well as your friend over there" Katherine replied "he wants to break the curse"
"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger" Elena murmured
Katherine nodded "and her as well-"
"Why? What do I-"
"You're a creature that cannot be compelled making you unique, to be honest-"
"You can be?" Iris scoffed, Katherine ignored her however
"I don't the full story about you, but they've been searching you for more than a few decades" she paused, Iris was left reeling her life before was complicated now this was just adding a whole different cortex to it. "He wanted drain every single drop of my blood from my body. He'll most likely do the same to you two"
Katherine then told them how Trevor had sent her to a cottage where Rose resided, but instead of helping she locked her in a room and was going to hand her over to Klaus
"Do you think Rose got a thing for trading people?" Iris asked aloud, and rolled her eyes when she was ignored "so we can see that Rose didn't hand you over"
"It wasn't because she had a change of heart" she then proceeded to tell them how she tried to kill herself but Rose had healed her with her blood, and then how she finally killed herself and was turned
"You killed yourself?" Elena asked surprised, Iris had no clue why Elena was shock by that, Katherine does seem like a person who would only look out for herself.
"Klaus needed a human doppelganger, and as I was a vampire I was no use to him"
"So why have you've been running for if you're no longer useful?" Iris asked
"I underestimated his spirit for vengeance" she said leaning back her brown orbs roaming the two girls in front of her "but living out of a suitcase is better than dying so that you could have your blood spilled all over a rock"
Iris saw her smirking at Elena "fancy it Elena?" she held up her wrist and used a rock to slice her skin
"That's not an option" Elena snapped
"It's not all bad being a vampire, you might enjoy it"
Iris cocked an eyebrow
"No, Trevor's just been killed" Elena snapped, Iris got the feeling Elena wouldn't want to become a vampire.
"Hmm I wouldn't have thought he would have lasted that long"
"Don't be cruel" Iris commented "you ruined his and Rose's life"
"I was looking out for myself, I was always looking out for myself, if you were smart you'll both do the same"
"Hmm, but unlike you we've both a conscious and a heart" Iris spat at her wondering how could someone be so selfish.
"I'm still alive though aren't I?" Katherine asked turning to flip through the pages of her book "and I will stay like that if I look out for number one"
"Yeah but you would be all alone with no one to care for you" Iris got on to her feet. Just then Elena threw her cell over to the raven head who managed to catch it. Her eyes widened seeing the text from Caroline, Stefan was on his way
"Iris can you-"
"Distract him?" she finished off and handed the cell back over "I'll give it my best shot"
She turned on her heel and went to leave but Katherine's words made her pause
"Remember Iris, he'll be wanting to see you and knowing Klaus he definitely will get you" Iris shook off her statement and hurried upstairs.
Iris waited outside the entrance she didn't have to wait long as Stefan came into view
"Iris where is Elena?" Stefan asked
"Erm well….you see the thing is….-"he growled and went to move pass her but she stepped in front of him
"Iris. Move" he demanded, she cocked her hip to the side and folded her arms in front of her chest
"That's not nice Stefan" she admonished "You really-" she squeaked when he easily picked her up and tossed her on to his shoulder and used vampire speed to enter the tomb
"Stef, really?" Iris groaned trying to get out of his iron grip, they were now back inside
"Stefan?" she heard Elena "Iris I-"
"Yeah I know" the raven head grumbled "I suck at lying and distracting, thus making me if I ever wanted to be a terrible spy"
She shifted slightly so that the blood wasn't rushing to her head.
"What are you doing here?" she heard Elena asked, Iris sighed and went to staring at the wall,
"It's obvious Caroline told him" Iris said
"Caroline didn't need to say anything, it didn't take me long to figure out what both of you were up to something, and I was proven right when Iris confronted me, word of advice don't send her out to do the distracting, she's terrible"
"Hey" Iris yelled "Stefan you mind putting me down I'm getting a headache"
Stefan sighed and gently placed Iris on to her feet next to Elena, who saw that the pale girl's cheeks were flushed
"Listen to me whatever she told you was a lie" Stefan said firmly "don't listen to her, either of you"
"But you didn't hear what she said" Iris said "they-"
"You don't have to worry" Stefan reassured them, Iris bit her bottom lip "I won't let anything happen to either of you"
"That's the problem you won't" Elena said, Iris nodded
"You could die trying to help us Stef, and I don't want that to happen" Iris said softly, he sighed and gently cupped her cheek
"Iris I made a promise to you before, I wouldn't let anyone hurt you"
"You shouldn't have made promises you can't keep" she said quietly and lightly pushed his hand off of her.
"Stefan-" Elena cried, but was cut off as Katherine reappeared again.
"There's nothing you can do Stefan" Katherine said "I haven't even told you the best part of the story"
Iris watched as a remorseful expression coming across Katherine's face "He killed them, my entire family, just to get back at me for running, whatever you try do to escape Klaus it won't work, he will get his vengeance" Iris frowned and looked down "on your family, friends, or anyone you ever loved"
Iris licked her lips, her fate was sealed and she knew it, she definitely was not a runner, and she would not put those who she cared for in danger. When Klaus does eventually come she will be here.
"No, no look at me" Iris was pulled out of her musings seeing Stefan pulling Elena towards him
"Always the protector" Katherine sneered "She's doomed Stefan, you must realise it, and hey even Iris has accepted it"
Iris scowled at the vampire
"Unless you have this" Katherine held up the moonstone
"There, that's proof that you're lying, you spun this whole story so we would have to get the stone from you" Stefan spat at her.
"I haven't spun anything Stefan, it's the truth"
Stefan stepped towards her "No let me guess, you want to trade the stone for your freedom hmm? You psychotic manipulative bitch"
Iris eyes widened briefly, now that certainly was one way to describe Katherine, the raven head however thought that wasn't the case, her gut feeling was that Katherine was actually telling the truth
"My freedom?" Katherine scoffed "That's where you're wrong Stefan, because when Klaus does show up to kill us all and he will, I'll be in the tomb where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town"
"Let's go, she's not going to say anything more" Iris muttered and headed upstairs.
She was soon joined by Stefan and Elena, Stefan would be driving them home.
"Stefan I left my car at your place" Iris murmured, he hummed
"You can come pick it up"
Iris nodded and leant her head against the window, ignoring Elena and Stefan arguing, when he'd finally dropped the brunette off Iris climbed into the front
"You think she's not telling the truth?" Iris asked fiddling the car radio dials,
"Can you blame me, Katherine can-"
"Be a manipulative psychotic bitch" Iris repeated the words he used earlier, Stefan chuckled
"Yeah" there was a moment of peaceful silence
"You and Elena are going to work it" she stated, he smiled slightly and nodded "Stef" he pulled up to the boarding house "Do you really I think I suck at distracting people?"
He laughed loudly "Yes I do"
"Arse" she muttered under her breath and climbed out of the car "shoot, I left my keys in the house"
"Go ahead" Stefan gestured for her to go in.
Iris entered the boarding house, she walked down the familiar hallway that led to the drawing room. She stopped just as she was about to walk through when she heard Damon's voice, her ears perked up hearing her name
"So you and Iris?"
"What about me and Iris?"
"You don't have feelings-"
Iris managed to stop herself from laughing at that, her and Damon? No bloody way, obviously Damon had the same reaction
"Me and Flower?" he asked "ergh no, she's one of the few good friends I have"
"Oh" she heard Rose, just then Stefan appeared behind her, raising an eyebrow at the raven head, she rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly having been caught eavesdropping,
"Do you know anything about Iris?" she heard Damon asked
"Not much I know about her, it's just that she's mention and that the Originals are after her, have you learnt anything? Or-"
Damon snorted "nothing, I've even gotten her drunk at a barbeque and got zilch"
Iris brows furrowed at this, she looked questioningly at Stefan who had a grim look on his face he went to move past her but Iris grabbed his wrist
"You're kidding?" she heard Rose utter
"Nope I didn't learn any dark secrets beside the fact that she'd been abused and that she had no friends beforehand and something else, Stefan gave me a right telling off"
Iris felt a pang go through her chest she abruptly let go of Stefan's wrist and entered the room, Damon's head snapped up to meet her eyes
"You got me drunk?" she asked
"Iris I just wanted to-"
"To what" she shouted her eyes welling up "to learn my dark secrets, I trusted you" she ran her hands down her face furiously wiping away her tears, Iris spotted her keys and quickly grabbed them
"Iris I-"
"No, if you wanted to know you should have been patient enough for me to tell you" she snapped, Damon saw her bottom lip quiver, she didn't care that he was barely clothed "You're meant to be my friend" she said quietly and turned around, Stefan let her be knowing that she wouldn't want to speak to either him or Damon
"I am, Iris" Damon called she paused and turned around, her eyes had darkened in anger and hurt
"No you're not" she spat "If you were my friend you wouldn't have tricked me or broken my trust" with that she walked out slamming the door behind her.
Damon went to follow after her but Stefan blocked him "Leave her alone, you'll just make her angrier if you go after her now" he had to go meet Elena. He sure of that the brunette would go back to Katherine later tonight. He'd visit Iris later.
Iris drove home with tears running down her face she was barely keeping it together, she parked in her driveway and after a few seconds she jogged up to her porch and locked the door behind her. She kicked off her shoes and headed upstairs getting changed in to a pair of shorts and a camisole. It wasn't until Iris had begun to brush her hair that a sob tore from her throat, her brush clattered to the ground, Iris looked at herself in the mirror and moved aside her bangs revealing her lightning bolt scar, she ran a finger down it, was she that closed off that Damon had resorted to getting her drunk so that he could learn about her, she sighed and untied her hair letting it loose.
Iris decided to head to bed since she was gaining a headache. Iris went over to her window and slammed it shut. She went to close the curtains but jumped back seeing a familiar face staring back at her
"Elijah" she muttered and looked over her shoulder but saw no-one there, she turned her head back towards the window and saw the pair of oak brown eyes were gone.
"You're just getting paranoid" with that she swiftly closed the curtains and dove into her cushy bed, she reached over and turned off her lamp and pulled the covers up to her chin and her eyes drifted shut.
AN: Thanks for the reviews, just to clear things up I think I said this before Iris's wand was snapped, but she can do magic just not like the way she use to before.
Iris finally found out what Damon did, dun, dun, dun, so she's not a fan of his for the time being
So please REVIEW