A/N Alright me merry crew, tis another happy chap from yer captain! lol! I hav been working on this on and off but it seems quite good… Although that is just the writer's opinion, what really matters is reader's opinion, right? So PLEASE read and review!! Oh, and don't hurt me fer Seth's heritage… ye will understand when ye read it. #hides under bed# Disclaimer: read the first page because I'm not sayin it again. It's just down right depressin! Thankyous:

Lady Chaos- Well, thanks fer the compliment, mate! And as fer yer questions…… Yer answers will be revealed in later chaps! Muhahahaha!! LOL!

untouchable1400- I'm glad ye hate Seth!….I mean…… #grins# You think you hate him now? Just you wait! Muhahahaha!! LOL! And thanks fer the list of restraunts! They give me an idea!

Hikara- Thanks!! And as ye wished, here yer delayed update!!

Danielle L.B- Oh, and Seth doesn't no about her "eyeless-ness"……yet! And thanks fer ALL of these replies!! You guys ROCK!!!!

Now, here's yer update, me merry crew!

Chapter 6

           In Kim's company, silence was never an option. The car was either filled with laughter, conversation, or loud upbeat music. In Iris and Edward's case, it was laughter and conversation. Kim asked many questions, like how they met, what they talked about, and if they were just friends or more. Lets just say, she's quite nosey. But Iris and Edward answered all of her questions with ease, with a little hesitation when it came to their relationship.

"Well," Iris started with a little hesitation, "right now, we're very good friends. Best friends really! Right Edward?" Edward looked at her with a sweet smile, that Kim had never seen before whenever he lived with her family long ago, and nodded in agreement.

"Yes. Iris is a very nice person. Much like you Kim!" Edward said with sheer happiness. He was glad to be able to be with his old friend, Kim, and his new friend, Iris, but deep down, Edward's heart knew his true feelings. Iris smiled happily as she heard this, she was glad Edward was having as good of a time as she was. Iris's happiness was also joined by Kim's, but she also felt a pang of sadness and a little jealousy. 'He only thinks of me as a friend?' Kim asked herself sadly. She wished it was more than friendship, but then she turned and saw Seth's smiling face. 'What am I moping about?! I have a boyfriend! A sweet, generous, and handsome boyfriend at that!' she reminded herself, bring a a big smile to her face. 'I must remember that.' Seth turned to Iris and started a conversation with her, sneaking peeks down her low-cut dress in the process (such a pirate thing to do. lol! You'll get what I'm sayin soon #wink#).

"So, where are ye from, luv?" Seth said, winking at her, but didn't seem to faze her for some reason he didn't understand. Iris smiled in his direction.

"I'm actually from a castle not far from here myself! My mother told me to go to live with Edward and his father when she past on. She died a few years ago. It was a very sad time, but Edward here is helping through it." Iris said, smiling sadly at the memory.

"I'm very sorry for your loss Miss Iris. But I'm also very glad to have gotten the pleasure of meetin ye too," Seth said consolingly, patting her hand that was resting on her knee kindly. Iris smiled warmly, putting her own hand on his and giving it a slight squeeze in thankfulness.

"Thank you." Seth smiled warmly at her again and removed his hand from hers, while turning his attention to a smiling Edward.

"So, Ed, 'ow long has it been since ye last stepped foot in our fair town?" Seth asked, exaggerating the word "fair". It was apparent that he hated the town he lived in. It was way too pleasant and quiet. Once he turned 29, which would be next year, he wanted to move to a big city, like New York. He hated the gossip and the constant prying of the neighbors in other people's lives.

           Edward thought a moment, but couldn't remember how long it had been since his first arrival in Suburbia. He had tried to block out the awful memories for so long, that he couldn't come up with an accurate answer. That when Kim came to the rescue. She remembered exactly how long it had been since Edward's disappearance in her life. It had broken her heart.

"It has been exactly 10 years. And I must say, Edward, you haven't changed a bit," Kim said brightly. She had missed him so much and was very happy to be able to see him again. Edward smiled at her words and she smiled back.

"You haven't changed that much either Kim," he said truthfully. She really hadn't changed much in Edward's eyes. She still had that voice like a songbird, her warm smile, and her eyes still held that spark that he had seen 10 years ago. She did, however, have some differences since their last meeting. Her hair was a darker shade from her strawberry-blond hair and her 18 year old body was now the body of a 28 year old. She still looked beautiful in his eyes, but he still didn't get the same feelings as when he first saw her. Now he only got them when he was around Iris, but she also made him feel other emotions he had never felt before, like the heating of his body when she held his hand or touched his bare skin. It seemed a mystery to him, a mystery that is soon to be solved.

"So, where are we going to eat me merry crew?" Seth chimed in, making everyone laugh at his pirate-like antics.

"Well, I know of a place not far from Suburbia. It nice, and cheap, all good necessities!" Kim said as they finally left Suburbia. Iris, feeling her curiously getting the best of her yet again, decided to question Seth.

"So, Seth, where did you get yer ascent?" she asked with a innocent smile. Seth smiled at her innocents, 'This is gonna be too easy,' he repeated cockily as he smiled back at her with a mischievous grin of his own.

"Well, me ascent is mainly from me heritage. Ya see, me father was a pirate," Iris quickly cut him off.

"You mean to tell me, that the stories of pirates are real?!" she asked incredulously. Seth nodded his head with pride and continued his story.

"Me great-great-grandfather was Captain Jack Sparrow, the captain of a ship called the Black Pearl. He fell in luv wit a pirate lass and, I guess, hit it off. Even though I might not hav 'is black hair and deep brown eyes, I do hav me great-great-grandmother's jade green eyes and straight brown hair, I do apparently hav 'is smile though. Pirates are very frequent in me family's line, but since there are no longer any 'true' pirates still sailing the high seas, I chose ta jus become what I wanted to become," Seth said with great pride. Iris was in aw of this pirate life, and wanted to here more.

"So what do you do then?" Edward asked before Iris was able to ask the same thing. Seth smiled devilishly before replying.

"If I told ya mate, I'd hav ta kill ye," Seth said, making Edward and Iris look at each other in confusion. Kim laughed at this old phrase and playfully smacked Seth in the arm.

"Very funny Seth!" Iris and Edward, looking back at Seth, smiled at his obvious joke, but still felt a little confused and left out.

           After 10 more minutes of laughter and confusion, they had finally come to their destination.

"Here we are!" Kim exclaimed, audibly excited. They sat in the car for while, not quite sure of what to do. Kim suddenly turned around to the passenger seats, beaming with excitement that could energies the whole city if it were electricity.

"Get out! Let's eat!" she exclaimed again, turning back to Seth and kissing him before leaving the car all together. Finally getting out of the volts wagon and shutting their doors in unison, everyone looked about the parking lot of restraunt. It was a Friday, so the parking lot was packed. All the shouts and tramples of crowds around them scared Iris a little. This was her first time in a populated area after settling in and it kinda freaked her out. Iris instantly grabbed Edward's right arm, a small amount of her fear showing on her face. Edward saw it and nudged her playfully, making a giggle escape from Iris's lips in the process. Smiling up at him, they started toward the building of red brick. Kim frowned a little when she saw other people walk past.

"I think we're a little over-dressed," she said nervously, as she looked down at herself. She was wearing a beautiful white dress that showed off her sun-kissed shoulders (A/N just think of the dress she wore near the end of the movie. I thought it was gorgeous!).

"Don' worry, darlin'. Tis a celebration! Fer the reunion of two friends and the making of a new one," Seth explained with a wide smile. Draping an arm over Kim's shoulders, they too walked toward the restraunt. They found Edward still at the entrance door, staring at a sign. Edward turned to Kim and Seth with a confused expression.

"Big boy?" he asked. He didn't understand why someone would name a restraunt a fat person. Kim smiled; holding back a laugh as she explained that it was just the name, nothing more, but even with the explanation, Edward still looked confused but walked in nonetheless. Once he and Iris walked through the door, voices, people, and the delicious smells of food bombarded them. This didn't seem to be helping Iris with her nervousness but she still felt excitement over coming her nervousness as she held Edward's arm. Edward's excitement was also showing, he was glad to be feeling this way rather that the sadness and loneliness he felt in his past life. It was because of Iris that Edward was finally feeling the will to live a happier life…with Iris. He also felt like everyone else, normal (A/N what is normal anyway? We will never know! lol!). Seth walked past them and walked up to the hostess with a sexy grin on his handsome face (A/N Hey! He is related to Jack remember? lol!)

"'Ello, luv. Me crew and I would like a non-smoking table please." The hostess just smiled dumbly at him, in total aw of his hotness (A/N rolls eyes dumb blonde. LOL!) and, after about 5 minutes, came out of day dream and blushed as her hostess duties kicked in.

"How many are in your party, sir?" Still grinning, he looked back at his group, then back at the hostess.

"Well, that would be 4, luv," he said, winking at her and making the girl blush even more and giggle. Iris started to get annoyed at this flirting as she thought, 'God! If I had eye balls, I'de be rolling them now! I mean Kim is right here!' Reluctantly releasing Edward's arm, she stomped to where Seth was still flirting with the hostess.

"Hi. Excuse me but," pausing in mock thought, "are we ever going to stop this flirting and actually be seated? Or are we going to continue this flirting session, because, honestly, the man the yer flirtin with has a girlfriend, who is right behind me," Iris said sarcastically as she pointed to Kim's aggravated face behind her. It was Seth's turn to blush, but hid it quite well.

           Finally, as Iris had said, getting to their table, Edward, sitting next to Iris on one side of the rectangular table, couldn't help but chuckle at Iris's truthfulness, 'Like me, but little more so,' he concluded. Kim, sitting on the other side of the table next to Seth, kept eye contact on Iris's shades, a smirk threatening to spread on her face at Iris's earlier display of courage. She was would have done the same thing, but knew she didn't have the courage to do such a thing. An uncomfortable silence chocked the table they sat at while they looked over their menus until Kim proved once again that in her presence quiet is never an option.

"So, what are you getting, Iris?" she asked, finally letting the smirk she was holding in to wash over her golden-tanned face. Iris grinned at her as well before she replied.

"I don't really know. I'll get what ever Edward gets," she said, moving a silky smooth hand up and down his arm in the process. He turned to her, an uncomfortable smile on his face. 'Is there anything I can eat without shooting it at someone in the process? Damn scissors,' Edward thought frantically. Kim, once again, saved him.

"How about steak? I hear it's very good here!" she suggested, still not making eye contact with Seth even when he grasped her hand gently in his. Edward thought for a moment as a knowing smile crept on his face. 'That's what I ate at Kim's house that one night! That would be easy to eat!' he thought with glee. He shook his head lightly, deciding on the steak and peas. 'I hate peas,' Edward thought with distaste.

"That sounds good. I'll get it too then!" Iris said, happiness and glee showing on her pale and glowing fetchers.

           After ordering their drinks and food, Kim getting meatloaf and a coke; and Seth deciding on the fried fish sandwich and rum, they started to lighten the mood with jokes and funny mishaps in the past.

"Do you remember when you went with "what's her name" to the haircut parlor? And what you said when you came into the restraunt to eat with us?" Kim said between fits of giggles. They had been going through the funny events in their lives and were laughing quite loud and hard. Edward nodded in remembrance; it was a very awkward day that's for sure! Seth, still laughing hysterically tried to ease his laughter so he could speak.

"What did he say?" Seth finally laughed out, trying hard to calm himself down. Kim burst out in more laughter as she remembered his truthfulness.

"He said in a nut shell, 'Peg you can have a cosmetics counter.' My mother started getting all happy, then he added, 'Then she showed me the backroom and took all her clothes off!" Everyone started up again with loud roars of laughter. Even Edward laughed at the memory. Iris just giggled and smiled at him, a smile that seemed to warm his very soul. He smiled back at her with a pleasant grin, showing his radiant teeth that had never had the discomfort of braces and cavities. 'Another upside for being what we are I guess,' Iris thought sarcastically. She loved this moment in her life. Her new life. She now had three good friends and that was enough for her. Even one friend would have been satisfactory. She was just glad that now she had a new family that would love her for just being herself.

           After about a 5-minute wait, their food finally arrived. The tantalizing smells of the food reached Iris's nose, making her mouth water with anticipation. The waiter placed the check, on the table, giving them a quick smile before leaving to the tables, leaving them to stuff their faces. Well, actually Seth and Kim sat and watched in shock as they watched Edward and Iris try to stuff their faces. Giggling softly to themselves, they also started on their food. Edward had already finished cutting his steak in small cubes and was now stuffing them in his eager wide-open mouth. He decided he liked steak. Iris, however, was having trouble with her streak. First, after finding the silverware, tried to find the steak on her plate. After that was accomplished, cutting it was hard since it kept flopping and sliding around on her plate. 'Damn steak! If you'd just stop moving!' she thought angrily. A low growl deep in her throat made itself known in her frustration. Kim watched with saddened eyes as her friend attacked the plate with a fork, stabbing and thrusting at the meat but still couldn't keep it from sliding to another corner of the plate. She was about to help, but stopped herself when she saw Edward also watching Iris. His saddened eyes watched Iris with slight pity, but then remembered his deficiency. Leaning closer to her ear, his hot breath stroking her ear, he whispered softly.

"I can help?" Edward suggested sweetly. Iris grimaced slightly. She hated feeling helpless and didn't like asking for help. She wanted to be strong, but her conscience screamed at her in frustration, 'It's just STEAK!!' Breathing out a sigh of frustration and mumbling a "thank you," Edward moved his hands so that they were hovering over her plate, and quickly cut the steak in cubes with his highly skilled blades. Within only a matter of seconds, the snipping and clashing of his scissorhands ceased and moved away from her plate and back to his own.

"Your welcome," he whispered softly in her ear, a smile of pride on his face as an expression of pleasantness showed on her pale fetchers. Turning to smile a "thank you" at him, she turned back to her plate and stabbed a fork into a steak cube, quickly popping it into her mouth and smiling happily. Her taste buds went wild at the new texture it presented and the smoky taste that filled her senses. She beamed at the deliciousness of the steak, rocking her body as if to be dancing to music, and hummed a tune as she ate another bite. Edward watched her curiously as she kept rocking to the silent music in her head. Kim couldn't hold back a loud giggle, and kept giggling until Iris stopped and started to blush a deep red.

"What is so funny?!" Iris yelled sarcastically at Kim, which only made Kim's giggles turn into hysterical laughter. Soon, the whole table erupted into hysterical laughter, making people at other tables stare at them like they were escaped mental patients. Seth to a shaky swig of his rum, trying to muffle his laughs, but only made the rum shoot out his nose as more laughter erupted from him. The laughter lasted the rest of the night, and more and more people stared their way, but they didn't notice nor care. After finally finishing their food and drinks, which was quite a long process since they were still giggling, Seth paid the check and made their way to Km's car again. Iris and Edward beamed through out the car ride home. Once back at the castle on the hill, Kim gave them a hug and told them that she would call them later. Seth shook Edward's hand and kissed Iris's, making her blush a light pink.

"It was very nice meetin you both. I 'ope we meet again," Seth said, flashing his trademark grin at Iris before leaving them and driving off with Kim. The yellow bug sped off down the hill, leaving Iris and Edward watching the rear lights fade into the night.

A/N Sorry fer the long wait, mates! Writer's Block….grrrrrr…..lol! Anyhoo, some sexual tension is goin to ensue in the next update! Ye be warned! Thanks again fer the great replies! They made me work extra hard on this! PLEASE REVIEW!!!