Iris sighed finally she thought it was the end of the day, she unlocked her car door and chucked her bag and jacket into the back she was about to climbed in but was halted
"Iris" Elena called jogging towards her
"Hey, what's up?" she asked turning around to face her
"Look I wanted to apologise for Caroline, she's a good person just sometimes-"
"No its fine" she easily smiled, Elena gave her an unsure nod but smiled nonetheless
"Anyway since you're new in town I was thinking do you want to hang out in the local hot spot?" she asked
Iris bit her lip unsure.
"Oh come on it'll be fine" Elena pleaded "you get to sample the America cheese burger"
Iris laughed quietly "Fine" she relented "so are they as big as they are on the posters?"
Elena laughed and nodded "Yeah, how about we go together, you can drop off your car I got to go and check on my brother, knock on the door in an hour?"
Iris nodded and climbed into her car.
Iris parked in her driveway and was just about to open her front door when she saw Elena's SUV pulling up, she headed inside and dropped her packed satchel on to her couch. She looked around the big empty house and dropped onto the couch closing her eyes she placed her feet on the coffee table and was grateful that the place was fully furnished.
Iris dug through her satchel and pulled out several of her new textbooks and read through some of the material, she was particularly interested in Mystic Falls history, she was currently reading about the great fire in the church and frowned when she found that people were trapped in the church and had died.
She shook her head and looked at the time and saw that she was due to meet Elena. She left her books where they were and grabbed her wallet and keys and headed outside and locked the door behind her.
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Iris walked up to the Gilbert's front door and raised her fist and knocked twice, she stepped back and waited the door opened revealing a teenage boy who was about a year younger than her or so.
He whistled "You're hot"
Iris eyes widened at that "Erm…is Elena home I-"
He rolled his eyes and walked off leaving the door open, Iris peeked into the house and headed inside
"Elena?" she called "It's me Iris"
"Coming" she heard from somewhere upstairs. She waited by the front door and a second later Elena appeared
"Hi" Iris grinned
"Hey, no offence Iris how did you get in?" she asked grabbing her jacket and gestured for Iris to go ahead
"Well your brother let me in, is he-"
"Stoned?" Elena asked as they walked towards the car "Well he is"
Iris frowned lightly at that, she opened the car door and climbed in with Elena getting into the driver's side
"I don't mean to pry but is everything ok with him?" she asked as Elena pulled out of her driveway whilst Iris buckled herself in
"Not really, our parents passed away in the summer, car accident and Jeremy's taking it hard" Elena said softly feeling oddly comfortable talking to Iris, she barely knew the girl but from what she got she was a genuinely nice person
"I would say sorry but I guess you probably get that a lot" Iris murmured, Elena gave her a small smile
"You would be right in that" Elena admitted
"No matter how many time people say that it doesn't make anything better, it won't bring the ones you loss back will it?" she said Elena gave her a curios look and saw that Iris was talking to herself more than to her
"Enough of the depressing talk" Iris plastered a smile on her face "is there anything exciting happening in Mystic Falls?"
"Well there's a welcome back party on Friday night in the woods" Elena told her "you should come, gives you a chance to meet everyone, I insist you to come please I need new company"
Iris chuckled and nodded "sure my first high school party"
"You never went to one before?" Elena asked as she parked, Iris looked out of the window and saw the sign
"The Grill?" she mused "how original"
Elena smiled and shook her head "It's nice though"
Iris nodded and stepped out of the car. Elena led her inside, she saw that the place was fairly busy
"Oh there they are" Elena said, Iris followed her gaze and saw Bonnie and Caroline and a blond guy
"Wonder where Stephan is?" Elena muttered Iris giggled
"You like him" she said Elena lightly shoved her and rolled her eyes
"Ok I do, now hush but can you blame me?" Elena whispered
Iris shook her head "No, he seems nice" she admitted
"Hi" a new voice came in, Iris turned around and saw that it was Stephan
"Hi" Elena and Iris said at the same time but both shot each other a look
"Well should we join the others?" Iris suggested breaking the silence, Elena and Stephan nodded, and Iris definitely knew that those two will most likely end up together.
"Hey" Bonnie grinned at Iris, but it faltered slightly when she saw Stephan
"Hi" Iris slid in besides her, the blonde guy walked off sending a scathing look towards Elena
"Do I get a feeling that he's not a fan of Elena's?" Iris whispered to Bonnie who smiled slightly at the girl, she handed her a menu
"You would be right" Bonnie said quietly "they went out and broke up after her parents died"
Iris nodded and looked down at the menu wondering what she should side order with her burger.
Stephan was discreetly glancing at Elena, god he thought she looks exactly like Katherine but a less bitchy persona, he looked up at Iris, who was a mystery to the vampire her scent was one thing his eyes zeroed in on her hand and caught the words 'I must not tell lies' that was carved into the back of her hand, making his brows furrowed who would hurt her like that.
"So Iris, getting use to the American lingo?" Elena asked
"Language I get" Iris murmured "it's the driving that's weird, we drive on the other side of the road"
Stephan chuckled "You must've been in a few fender benders then?"
She smiled and nodded "A fair few"
"So where are you exactly from?" Caroline asked looking at the new girl, she'll admit but she was jealous of her, Iris was a beauty and she was already winning people over with her personality, plus it irked on Caroline's nerves that the new girl and Elena was getting on with Stephan.
"I'm from Surrey in London, but I spent most of my time in Scotland" she smiled indulgently at them
"Really?" Elena asked interested in the teen "What did you do their?"
"Went to a boarding school, they only take in certain families" she murmured "How about you Stephan?" she asked pushing the topic off of her and onto the other newbie
"Well I just came from Monroe" he said
"Family?" Caroline asked
Stephan shook his head "I live with my uncle Zach, my parents died a long time ago"
Iris watched as Elena reached over and gently squeezed his hand "Sorry, I know what it's like so if you want to talk I'm here"
Iris looked up when she felt a shadow overcast on the table
"Hey Matt" Bonnie greeted the blond, he gave them a stiff smile "This is Stephan and Iris they're both new" Matt nodded and barely glanced at Stephan but smiled at Iris, who returned the gesture
"So what can I get you?" he asked looking at her
"Oh…erm can I have a cheese burger with some chips" she grinned at him, and was confused when she heard the group laugh "am I missing something?"
"Iris, it's not chips here we call it fries" Stephan informed her, she nodded and smiled at him
"Well can I have fries and a coke please?"
"Sure" Matt smiled shaking his head, he took the others order and they chatted as they waited for their food
"So Iris, do you have any siblings?" Stephan asked wondering that if she did, were there scents distinctive as hers, for some unknown reason to him she reek of power.
"No, only child" she informed them unaware that her had slightly brushed Bonnie's who stiffened, the dark skinned teen was assaulted with images lots and lots, she couldn't make anything clearly out but saw a bloody Iris around scattered bodies and where what looked a castle was falling apart.
"Bonnie you ok?" Iris asked the teenager
"Yes I'm fine" she muttered staring at Iris making the pale teenager frown
"Are you sure-"
"Yeah sorry but I got to go" Bonnie jumped up, from her brief vision or whatever she had off Iris and the feeling that she was getting from Stephan she had to leave
"Wait Bonnie our foods not here, you can't leave-"
"Sorry Elena but I promised my grandmother something" Bonnie said. Iris got the feeling that Bonnie was lying but remained quiet wondering what was going on with that girl
"Well maybe we should do something next time, all together" Elena suggested
Bonnie hastily nodded and left
"What was that about?" Caroline asked, Iris shrugged her shoulders at this.
"No idea" Elena said, just then the food arrived, Matt placed a plate of food in front of her.
"Wow" Iris muttered picking up the burger "You weren't kidding this is huge" she murmured making them laugh and Caroline's lips to twitch,
"Well dig in" Elena grinned at the English girl. Iris sunk her teeth into the burger and nearly moaned out loud this was delicious.
"Oh this is good" Iris muttered through a mouthful of food, her cheeks bloomed she looked like a chipmunk.
"Yeah we can see how much you like it" Caroline laughed. Iris swallowed the food and proceeded to take another bite.
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"Thanks for today Elena" Iris smiled at the girl climbing out of the SUV
"No problem it was fun" Elena nodded "you're definitely coming to the party though"
"Well-"
"You're coming; we have to pop your party cherry"
Iris cheeks heated up "Elena" she groaned rolling her eyes "fine if I come will you promise you would never repeat that sentence again"
Elena laughed "Agreed, I'll see you tomorrow"
Iris turned on her heel and strolled up to her front door, she jumped when a crow landed on the swinging chair that was on the porch
"Caw"
"Caw back you freaking fatty bird" she muttered she waved her hand "shoo" but it remained staring at her "Oh my god, I'm not even threatening to a bird, fine" she glared at it "You won this round but next time I'm coming back with a baseball bat" she muttered
"Caw" she swore the crow was laughing at her.
She shook her head at the absurdity hey but stranger things had happened. She unlocked her front door and headed inside.
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Iris pulled on a pair of loose shorts and a camisole, there was no need for dinner since she had already eaten at the Grill, she skipped downstairs and plopped down on the couch and flicked the television on and started to do her homework which wasn't a lot since it was the first day after all.
Her attention flickered between her work and the period drama that was on the television. When her work was done Iris felt the drop of her eyelids which was the tale tell sign that she should really go to bed, she yawned and packed away her books reminding herself that she needed to put them away when she woke up. Iris stood on her tip toes and stretched her arms up above her head. She then turned the television off and saw that it was close to eleven, she turned the light switch off and went around the house making sure that the doors and windows were locked.
Iris climbed up the stairs and sighed it was quiet, something which she had strived for in the past but the truth was she was getting lonely, her footsteps echoed down the hallway.
The former witch climbed into her large double bed and reached over and turned her lamp off her head dropped down onto the fluffy pillow, she stared up at the white ceiling her mind wondered back to the times where she was in her dormitory and remembered the times where she would attempt to block out Lavender Brown's and Padma's incessant chattering or the facts that Hermonie were spouting, she groaned and lightly slapped her head she wanted to forget no she needed to, her friend or the people who she thought were her friends had turned their back on her, the world that she had saved now wanted nothing to do with her anymore because according to them she was now an abomination, which was ironic since they were the ones that turned her into one, forcing her to act.
She pushed away the hurt feeling that was now trying to overtake her, no she thought she was moving on she was starting to make friends and nothing would ruin that.
She smiled lightly and pulled the covers up to her chin and closed her eyes drifting off to sleep.
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