It was finally the end of the week and Iris had spent all her evenings avoiding Damon, she didn't miss the hungered look in his eyes no doubt due to her scent. Iris rolled out of bed and headed to her bathroom where she had a quick shower and brushed her teeth, she pulled on a pair of skinny jeans and a scoop neck black top and a pair of navy converses. Iris pulled her hair into a pony tail and made herself a mug of tea and had a bowl of cornflakes.
She exited the house and headed to her car
"Iris" Jenna called
"Hi" she smiled at the older woman
"Where have you been hiding?" Jenna asked leaning against her porch railing
"Oh settling in, American schools are weird" she laughed partially telling the truth
Jenna laughed "Trust me, once you graduate you'll miss it" Jenna nodded, "So I was wondering if you wanted to come round for lunch tomorrow?" she offered
Iris grew flustered "Really?" a smile came across her face, Jenna grinned and nodded Elena had told her that Iris was all alone causing her to worry for the small raven head
"Yeah, tomorrow" Jenna nodded "so?"
"I would be happy to, it sounds great" Iris grinned and chucked her bag into the passenger seat
"Great, tomorrow at one" Jenna said as she approached her own car.
Iris waved goodbye and slid in to her car, she was looking forward to lunch there was only so many meals you can eat on your own.
"Iris" Bonnie greeted her, as the raven head sat down beside her
"Hi" she smiled tucking one of her many stray curls behind her ear
"Looking forward to the game?" she asked, Iris quirked an eyebrow
"Honestly?" she asked Bonnie nodded "I don't really care" making Bonnie to smile
"Same, jus there for Elena and Caroline otherwise they would bug the hell out of me if I don't show"
Iris nodded and pulled her books out of her bag and set them on the table
"So did you talk to your grandmother?" Iris asked interested wanting to know if Bonnie was a witch, she was sure that the other teen was, but perhaps a different kind to her one.
"Yeah, same old same old that woman honestly" Bonnie rolled her eyes. Iris nimble fingers tapped the cover of her text book
"But haven't you ever wondered how strange things seem to happen?" Iris asked, Bonnie looked into her bright emerald orbs
"Iris, do you actually believe that there are witches out there?" Bonnie asked amused, Iris simply shrugged; they were unaware that Stefan was listening to their conversation
"I think that anything is possible" she mused, Bonnie hummed and nodded.
"So Caroline how's it going with Damon?" Elena asked, they were sat around the cafeteria table. Iris sighed into her sandwich not really wanting to hear about this,
The blond girl smiled "He's wonderful"
Iris snorted lightly, making Stefan snicker quietly earning a confused look from Elena
"Are we missing something?" she asked looking between the pair suspiciously
"Private joke" Stephan smiled shaking his head, Iris noticed that the brunette girl eyes narrowed, Iris forced herself not to roll her eyes at this pointless jealousy she knew that Elena was seeping since she wasn't at all interested in Stefan, she licked her full lips and saw that Caroline and Bonnie were preoccupied she gestured for Elena to come forward
"I find it quiet hard to believe that Damon Salvatore is anything less than pleasant" Iris admitted, Stefan was amused seeing that Iris wasn't befuddled by his brother's good looks
"I think he's an arse" she stated bluntly making Elena laughed loudly
Stefan shook his head and lightly nudged her shoulder. She smiled and sipped her drink.
Iris sighed and flicked through the channels she was waiting for Bonnie to pick her up since they would be carpooling with Elena. She heard a honking and abruptly grabbed her jacket and keys and ran outside, she spotted Bonnie in her car with Elena riding shot gun. Iris climbed into the back having greeting the girls
"So you and Stefan seem to know each other?" Elena commented. Iris hid a smile knowing that the teen was fishing around for information
"Hmm, he's new like me and we got the same interest in books, he's a good friend" Iris smiled "don't worry Elena I know for a fact he likes you"
Elena sent her a sheepish smile "sorry, but he seems more I don't know…friendly to you"
Iris chuckled "He's a nice person Elena"
Elena nodded and for the rest of the ride the three girls sang horribly to the radio.
Elena laughed as Iris stumbled out of the car
"You should never sing poker face again" Bonnie cackled, earning a loud laugh from Elena
"Well you weren't good as well" Iris pouted and stomped her foot making the two other girls burst out in laughter, Iris couldn't help but giggle
"Come on let's go cheer on a team that sucks apparently" Iris grinned as both Bonnie and Elena linked arms with her
"Hmm, stands or near the benches?" Bonnie asked, since they were allowed to go there as Elena was a cheerleader, and Iris was an unofficial one
"Bleachers" Iris answered "Since Elena wants to watch Stephan it'll be easier if she's closer" Iris laughed and avoided Elena's swat
"Come on" Elena tugged them down to the side of the pitch where she saw some of the players, she had saw a couple of days ago that Tyler Lockwood seemed to have a problem with Stephan.
"Hey" Elena walked over to Stephan as Bonnie and Iris leant against the fence
"Hi, thanks for coming" Stephan smiled at Elena who blushed Iris smiled at that thinking that the teen needed someone to cheer her up
"No problem, plus its Iris's first American football match" Bonnie added on
"No way"
Iris turned her head and much to her chagrin spied Caroline along with Damon
"So what do you Brits do for fun?" Damon asked looking at her. Iris focused her gaze ahead wracking her brain for an answer
"Horse riding" she stated thinking on the spot
"Really?" Caroline asked, Iris smiled tightly but nodded nonetheless
"So you rode a lot?" Damon asked she could hear the innuendo in his voice, making her blush, Damon's moth literally watered as a breeze blew past them making her curls blow forwards, her scent hit both vampires full force, Stefan and Damon pushed away the urge to suck her dry
"Elena did you get the CD?" Caroline asked as there was a loud beep indicating the game was about to start
Elena groaned "I left it in Bonnie's car" she murmured
"I'll get it" Iris offered holding her hand out to Bonnie for the keys
"You sure?" Elena asked her brows furrowing, Iris smiled and nodded it was a good excuse to get away from Damon
"Yep" she said popping the 'p'
"Alright here you go" Bonnie chucked her keys towards the raven head.
Iris speed walked towards Bonnie's car her footsteps echoing around her. She unlock the car door and bent down looking for the CD that Caroline wanted, she frowned when she couldn't find it and kneeled on the car seat she spotted it on the floor, it must've feel.
She plucked it up and stood up and slammed the car door shut she turned on her heel and gasped in fright when she slammed into Damon
"What are you doing here?" she stuttered moving back, the small of her back hit the car
He looked down at her, his eyes had considerably darken
"Just thought what was taking you so long" he commented, and inhaled her scent god he thought he definitely wanted a taste
"I…the CD…I was looking for it" she squirmed slightly feeling his hard body pressing against her own soft one "Excuse me, they're probably waiting for me" Iris slid her petite body away from him she hurriedly walked past him but he grabbed her wrist making her stumbled. She looked at him
Damon's eyes moved over her face, his blue eyes meeting her emerald orbs her eyes widened seeing his pupils dilating
"What's wrong with your eyes?" she whispered, and shook slightly when he leaned in close burying his nose in her mass of curls "STOP, LET ME GO" she shoved him away and gasped when he grabbed her face
"You want me to bite you" he stared into her orbs
"NO I DON'T" she shrieked and kneed him in the groin; Damon was startled his grip on her considerably loosened Iris took that opportunity and ran back to the game, not turning around once.
Damon was baffled at what had just taken place, he was attempting to compel her but it didn't work. He hadn't smelled any vervaine on her so why wasn't his compulsion working? Damon growled feeling a bout of fury rising within him; he punched a random car's window.
No there was something with Miss Potter he concluded not just her blood, maybe that was one of the answers why he couldn't compel her he'd thought.
He groaned in frustration now realising that the girl would hardly go anywhere near him.
"Iris you ok?" Elena asked concerned, the raven head handed the CD to Caroline
"Iris" Bonnie frowned seeing the slight tremble coming from the petite girl "you look a little flush"
"I'm fine" she plastered a smile across her face "Just ran from the parking lot, wouldn't want a pissed Caroline on my back"
Elena and Bonnie smiled and nodded obviously buying it. Iris looked around and was relieved when she saw that Damon hadn't appeared, she wondered why he was surprised when she shoved him away after telling her he wanted her to bite her, what person would willingly allow that.
Iris's full pink lips dropped realising what the vampire had tried to do, he was attempting to compel her she mentally swore at herself, now he knew she was different for a fact since vampires couldn't use compulsion on other supernatural creatures. She kicked the dirt on the ground.
"Cheer up" Bonnie smiled nudging her shoulder, Iris forced herself to relax her mind was going on overdrive
"Sorry, it's just these American games are…ergh" she scrunched up her nose making Bonnie laugh
"I know what you mean" Bonnie said whilst Elena shook her head.
Iris focused her attention on the game and pushed Damon to the back of her mind, no she was here to start afresh and she wasn't going to let an annoying vampire bad boy ruin that for her.
She saw Stefan running with the ball and cheered with the others when he scored; she whistled loudly making both Bonnie and Elena jump
"Where did you learn to-"
"Horses" she cut her off, it irked her slightly at how well she was at lying to her new friends but she was forbidden to tell them anything.
"Is that Jeremy?" Iris asked seeing the younger teen on the pitch "whoa" she muttered seeing him squaring up to Tyler Lockwood who was considerably more muscular than him
"Jeremy" Elena groaned and ran towards the yelling pair with Iris and Bonnie on her heels.
The rest of the football team was surrounding them. Iris got left behind since she was much smaller. Iris shoved her way through the crowd and came just when Stefan was swiped by a broken glass bottle, she saw a flash of blood before he quickly covered it
"Oh my god" Elena cried, "Stefan are you ok? Let me see you-"
"No I'm fine" he said moving his hand away, Iris knew what he was doing vampires healed quickly and that meant that there wouldn't be a mark on him. Elena pulled Stephan's hand away and saw that there wasn't a mark on him
"What…?"
"It's probably not his blood" Iris said appearing next to them, "Elena you should go and check on Jeremy, I think he needs you" Elena nodded and with one last look at Stefan she left
"Iris you want me to drop you off we're leaving-"
"I'll drop her off" Stefan said to Bonnie, whose eyes narrowed in suspicion
"You sure?" she asked looking back at Iris, who gave her a faint nod, the two girls left
"Thank you Iris" Stefan said as they walked over to the changing room, she would have to wait for him
"No problem, but you're going to have to tell her, I think she's getting suspicious" Iris told him, Stephan's brows furrowed knowing that she was telling the truth
"I know" he muttered
Iris leant against the wall and waited for Stefan to return she sighed and sat down, thinking what had gone down with Damon. She felt as if someone was watching her, Iris looked up but saw no one was there
"Must be getting paranoid" she muttered to herself
Iris shivered, Merlin she thought where the hell was Stephan, she looked down and saw that she had been waiting for half an hour, she groaned and scrambled on to her feet and made her way into the changing room, wondering where on earth was the vampire technically he had no excuse to be slow in getting dress. Iris covered her eyes with her small hand and entered not wanting to catch anyone nude
"Stefan?" she called and frowned when she didn't hear a thing, she slowly removed her hand and frowned no one was there,
"STEFAN" she yelled looking around, she looked down and smelt an awful lot of bleach something must've happened, she sighed and exited the changing room and headed out to the pitch, she saw that everyone had left since there was no one in the stands and grumbled under her breath as her footsteps echoed around the empty parking lot, she saw that Stefan's car was gone.
"He ditched me" she mumbled feeling somewhat hurt at this. She was at the side of the road wondering which way they arrived from earlier. Iris walked down the dark road and wrapped her arms around herself thinking was she even going the right way?
About twenty minutes into her trek she was relieved when she passed familiar buildings indicating that she was going the right way. She sped up her walking hearing footsteps behind her and felt her pulse quicken when the person who was behind her also quickened she gasped as a crow flied overhead.
Iris looked over her shoulder and saw a tall figure her quick pace soon turned into a jog and she ran even faster when she heard the person behind her starting to run
"Oh crap" she muttered and ran not daring to look behind her she could make out her house and didn't care as she ran in to the road there was a loud honk making Iris trip and land on the floor.
"Iris, what the hell?" Jenna shouted as she climbed out of the car "I nearly hit you-are you ok?"
Iris got up to her knees and with Jenna's help got onto her feet, Jenna frowned seeing her face she looked scared
"Are you ok?" Jenna asked lightly gripping the teen's upper arm
"Yeah, sorry" Iris said looking around and saw that no one was there
"Iris?" Jenna asked "You're bleeding" she looked down and saw the knees of her jeans were torn and a bit bloody "Come on" Jenna pulled her towards the Gilbert's place
"Jenna it's just a scrape" Iris said attempting to pull out of her grip but the older woman wasn't letting go of her
"Yeah, yeah teens always say that" Jenna ignored her futile attempts to leave "plus I doubt you have a first aid in your house"
"Fair enough" Iris muttered and let Jenna drag her into the house.
Iris followed after Jenna into the kitchen and was pushed into one of the high stools there
"I'll be right back" Jenna said leaving the kitchen to get the first aid kit. Iris looked around the kitchen which was slightly bigger than hers, but one big difference between the houses was that this one looked more lived in. Iris was brought of her thoughts when she heard footsteps,
"Iris?" Elena asked confused seeing the petite girl on the stool her eyes widened when she saw the state of her knees "What happened?"
"I'm fine" Iris rolled her eyes "Just trip and your aunt is technically kidnapping me" she said
"What?" Elena asked confused sitting down beside Iris
"Nothing really just being clumsy" Iris uttered
"I beg to differ" Jenna said coming back to the room with the first aid box, she bent down so she was eye level with Iris's knee, who rolled up the denim material revealing a scrape
"I thought it was worst before" Jenna muttered but set to grab the anti- bacterial wipe cleaning away the blood
"So? What happened?" Elena asked seeing Iris wince when Jenna was dabbing the shallow cut
"Nothing I-"
"Not nothing" Jenna cut her off and grabbed a bandaged "Iris ran out on to the road and fell, nearly hit her with the car"
"What? Are you ok?" Elena asked worried for her
"I'm fine, I just wasn't looking where I was going" Iris shrugged smiling sheepishly, as Jenna pressed the bandaged on to her knee
"Thanks Jenna" she smiled standing up
"No problem, remember you're coming over for lunch tomorrow" Jenna called leaving the two teenagers on their own
"You're coming over?" Elena smiled "good, I thought I would be spending the day on my own"
"Only here for lunch Elena" Iris chuckled
"Hmm, well its good enough" Elena said as Iris tucked in a stray curl she walked her towards the front door
"Did you tell Jenna I live alone?" she asked curious
Elena bit her lip and nodded "I'm sorry, didn't you want me to tell her?"
"No, its fine" Iris smiled at reassuringly at her "just explains why she is constantly asking me how I am, or if I got enough food"
Elena chuckled "Yeah, she can be a bit of a mother hen"
"Bit of a mother hen?" Iris asked in disbelief "the woman practically kidnapped me" she scoffed, making Elena laughed
"She likes you" Elena stated opening the door for her "plus you reek of vulnerability and you're stature doesn't really help, being so small and all you look like a strong wind would blow you off your feet"
Iris rolled her eyes "thanks for that" she headed outside
"It's not a bad thing" Elena called Iris waved and headed down the driveway. Elena chuckled and shook her head; the English girl was sure entertaining.
Iris shut the door firmly behind her and made sure it was locked. She took off her jacket and hanged it up and kicked off her converses. Iris headed upstairs needed to change since her jeans were torn and her top slightly dirty due to falling to the ground.
She padded upstairs in her sock clad feet and stripped out of her clothes pulling on a pair of loose shorts and a long sleeve oversize top.
She ran downstairs and turned on her lights decided to make a sandwich not up for cooking much. She turned the television on and settled down onto the squashy couch and broke her food apart and chewed it slowly she was soon focused on the programme it front of her.
Iris just put her plate down when there was a loud knock on her door making her jump. She glanced at the time and saw that it was nearing eleven in the night, there was another pounding on the door making her heart lurch, and she grabbed a cricket bat to use as a weapon and made her way to the front door.
Iris stood on her tip toes and looked through the peep hole and saw that it was Damon, she felt fear shoot through her not wanting to deal with him
"Flower open the door" he called, she leant her back against it wanting him to go away "I can hear you on the other side" she licked her lips and clenched her eyes shut "I won't hurt you I promise"
Iris thumped her head against the door and sighed, she opened it.
Damon turned around surprised that she actually did open the door, his eyes roamed over her; she looked extremely young and innocent in her attire
"Look I…leave me alone" Iris said intent on shutting the door but he held it open
"Iris, I'm sorry for what I did earlier, I was just in a bad mood and took it out on you" he stated, her eyes narrowed
"You're lying" she stated bluntly "you just want to know whether I am a threat or not" Damon was miffed, this little doll had more spark then he first thought
"And you're confused as to why your compulsion doesn't work on me vampire" she scowled at him
"Vampire?" he cocked an eyebrow "You must've drunk more than I thought-"
"Don't lie to me" she said Damon felt an aura of power ripple around her and her eyes seemed to burn golden but it was gone "I hate liars, and Stefan told me"
Damon frowned "Damn little brother, I thought he wanted to keep our existence a secret"
Iris leant against the door watching him
"What are you then?" he asked
"A girl" she stated "that can't be compelled nothing special" she didn't want to tell then the truth she couldn't fully trust him
"It's something to do with your scent isn't it?" he questioned, Iris remained tight lipped and shrugged her shoulders causing him to growl
"Goodbye Damon" she shut the door and sagged against it, so now both brothers knew that she knew there secret.
Iris sighed and turned the lights off and headed upstairs deciding to go to sleep.
AN: another chapter done and dusted, so please do review since I do really appreciate them
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