"Elena?" Jenna called her niece making the teen turn around, she spied the smile on the girl's face
"What's got you in a good mood?" Jenna asked taking a sip of her coffee
"Our new neighbour" Elena chuckled and shook her head "she should really invest in just asking someone to help her out, when it comes to getting stuff from the top shelf"
Jenna smiled and glanced through the window, all she could make out was a mass of raven hair and a pale hand
"Do you know her name?" Elena asked curious
"Nope, I didn't even know anyone was moving into that old place since we saw the moving van last week, I saw her on the porch she said hi to me, seems nice and about your age"
"What about her parents?" Elena asked
Jenna shrugged "no clue, why don't you invite her over or something?" she suggested, Elena nodded absent-mindedly.
Iris finished up her breakfast and placed the dirty dishes in the sink, she glanced at her watch and saw that she should be leaving now since she had to go pick up her schedule from the front office, she grabbed her car keys and locked the front door behind her.
Iris strolled down the path to her driveway and spotted her bright blue old Ford Angelina, she knew it was a piece of junk but that car held a lot of sentimental value.
She unlocked the door and chucked her satchel and jacket into the back, she was about to climb in but spotted a tall teen smiling and waving at her, she mustered up a smile and waved back, it brightened when she saw the older blond woman she had come across when she was moving in.
"Hey" the blond woman smiled "sorry honey but I didn't catch your name the last time we met"
"Oh sorry" Iris blushed "Its Iris Potter"
"You're British?" the teen asked surprised
"Guilty" Iris chuckled "And you would be?"
"Elena Gilbert and this is my aunt Jenna Sommers" she smiled at the small raven head
"Well nice to meet you Elena Miss Sommers" she grinned back at them, they seemed like nice people she thought
"Please call me Jenna, Miss Sommers makes me sound so old" Jenna laughed and was quietly impressed at the polite British teen
"Well that's because you are" Elena muttered earning a nudge from the older woman
"Will do, I'll see you later" Iris smiled and climbed into her car, she buckled herself in
"I like her" Jenna stated watching the bright blue Ford disappear down the road
"She called you Miss Sommers" Elena chuckled, Jenna shook her head
"Hmm, you should look out for her she seems shy" Jenna stated
"You're probably right about that, the boys are going to be after"
"She is a looker"
"And fresh meat" Elena finished off smiling slightly "Is Jeremy-"
Iris pulled up to the half full parking lot, she grabbed her satchel and jacket and ignored the stares and felt her face heating up, she hurriedly made her way into the high school wondering if anyone would notice if she legged it out right now, she looked around trying to find the front office, she followed the direction and was relieved when she had found it, Iris stood behind a boy.
She waited and chewed her bottom lip, she stared down at her shoes and wiggled her toes whilst waiting
"Thank you" she heard a deep voice.
Stephan turned around and almost bumped into a petite teen
"Sorry" she blushed,
"No it's my fault" he smiled down at her, damn he thought she was small he was momentarily stunned when he saw her face, she was gorgeous she had an elfish like face, a pair of bright emerald orbs met his darker ones
"Are you new here as well?" he asked, she smiled and nodded "I'm Stephan Salvatore" he held out his hand
"Iris Potter" she shook his hand her small soft hand were engulfed by his much larger one, he could hear her adorable British accent "Nice to meet you"
"You as well, I'll see you in class" he said, and walked around her.
Iris headed towards the counter and cleared her throat
"Hello dear" the old lady smiled at her
"Hi, I'm new here I've come to collect my schedule" she said softly
"Another one" she grinned and rummaged through the file drawer "Name?"
"Iris Potter" she informed her, the old lady emerged from underneath the counter and handed Iris a sheet over paper.
"Thank you" she smiled and left, Iris walked out and looked down at her timetable her brows furrowed in confusion; gosh she thought American schools were complicated
"Need some help?" she heard a familiar voice, she looked up and saw Elena
"Please" she muttered making her laugh
"No problem, let's see" she took the sheet "ah you've got most of your lessons with me, so that's good" Elena smiled at her which Iris returned "and you also got your lunch period with me, we've got history first and its with Tanner just keep your head down or he'll chew your ass out" she advised,
Iris nodded and walked alongside the taller girl.
They arrived at the classroom
"Good luck" Elena whispered lightly pushed Iris towards the front desk, she licked her lips and approached the teacher
"Excuse me sir?" she murmured
"What can I do for you?" he asked looking up
"I'm new here and I was wondering if there was a seating arrangement or something"? She asked
"Just sit where there's no one there" he sighed
"Jerk" she muttered
"Did you say something?" he asked just then Stephan stepped into the room and made a beeline to sit somewhere close to Elena Gilbert, his heightened hearing picked up the soft British tone
"Nope, you're very welcoming" she smiled brightly at him but as soon as she turned around it dropped off her face she took the seat besides Stephan.
"So?" Elena asked as Bonnie and Caroline finally showed up "what happened?"
"Are you new?" Caroline asked looking at her tearing her eyes away from Stephan who was eyeing both the new girl and Elena
"Have you seen me around before?" Iris asked cocking a dark eyebrow, Caroline shook her head "well you've got your answer"
Caroline scoffed and rolled her eyes, both Bonnie and Elena hid their laughter, Stephan's lips twitched in amusement
"Iris" Elena urged "so was I right or what?"
"You were I hate him already. Bloody moron" she muttered, Bonnie snorted at the English girl.
"Let's start shall we?" Mr Tanner said aloud.
Iris grabbed her lunch tray and looked around she saw most teens were in the large courtyard since it was sunny out.
She gripped tightly onto the tray and headed outside. She spent a couple of minutes debating where to sit when she heard her name being called she spotted Elena waving her over, Iris smiled and approached the wooden table
"Hey Iris come and join us" Elena grinned
"Thanks" Iris smiled and sat down besides Bonnie just then Stephan and Caroline sat down opposite them
"Oh you're here" Carline muttered seeing Iris
"Caroline" Elena hissed
"It's fine" Iris smiled breaking apart her sandwich
"So Iris, when did you move here?" Bonnie asked breaking the tense silence in the group.
"I moved here last Friday" she said "What about Stephan?" she wanting the spot light off her, she never did well with that
"Well my family is from Mystic Falls-"
"Oh right you're a founding family right?" Caroline interjected; Iris didn't miss the way the blond was looking at him. But from what she already witnessed he was more interested in Elena
"What's a founding family?" she asked looking at them
"Oh right. We've got a foreigner here" Elena teased, Iris already liked this girl she was welcoming an all "Well apparently Mystic Falls were founded by several families, the Gilberts" Iris nodded "The Forbes" she gestured towards Caroline, "The Lockwoods, the Fells oh and last but not least the Salvatores"
"Aren't you in this elusive club?" Iris asked Bonnie who chuckled
"Nope, the Bennets apparently according to my grandmother come from a long line of witches" Iris paled slightly at this
"Really?" she asked
"Hmm, don't believe her though, Grams sometime seems she's on crack" Bonnie laughed, Iris chuckled weakly
"So where are you from?" Stephan asked her, the wind ruffled blowing her curls forward his grip on the table tightened she smelt wonderful, he pushed his fangs back in
"Whoa what's that?" Caroline asked looking at her temple, Iris mentally swore
"It's a scar" she muttered her cheeks tinted pink
"In the shape of a lightning bolt?" Caroline asked rudely
"Yeah" Iris abruptly stood up "I'm thinking of checking out the library, I'll see you later" she grabbed her school bag and left
"Caroline why-"
"I asked I was curious" she shrugged her shoulders eating her lunch
"It was a personal question" Stephan said his eyes narrowed slightly watching the small raven head walking back in to the school building.
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