Iris groaned and rolled over well at least tried to but felt something stopping her, she frowned she opened her eyes and blinked away her blurry vision,
"What the-"her eyes widened when she recalled last night. Iris slowly looked over her shoulder and saw Klaus fast asleep, huh she thought he looked quiet angelic she idly thought. Iris groaned feeling a pang in her lower gut, she tried to pry herself away but froze when Klaus groaned and tugged her back she lost her balance and ended up on top of him
"Ready for round two love?" he smirked, Iris blushed
"Erm…no…you was awake the whole time wasn't you?" she pouted at him. He chuckled and sat up Iris grabbed hold of his shoulders to steady her self
"You know me so well sweetheart" he wrapped an arm around her waist and tugged her forward, he could see various love bites he had left behind.
"I do, so I know that you're going to hunt Damon down" she murmured brushing the tips of her fingers over his broad shoulder
"You're right-"
"Klaus please don't" Iris uttered she felt his hands on her hips "he was-"
"He used you" Klaus growled "he's lucky I don't rip his heart-"
She placed her hand over his mouth and looked into his eyes and pushed herself forward so that she was pressed against him
"I know, but please don't kill him" she kissed the shell of his ear, Klaus nipped at her palm causing her to pull her hand back
"Fine love" he ran his fingers down her back
"So what are you going to do now?" she bit her lip when she felt his hands going dangerously low
"I'm going to reunite my family" he declared, Iris's eyes brightened at that
"Does that mean Elijah-"
"Yes" he answered and brushed aside her curls he lightly traced the lightning bolt scar on her temple "so what are you up to?"
"Hmm, I'm going to the grill and-"
"Iris stay away from Damon Salvatore and-"
"Believe me I won't be going anywhere near them" she muttered under her breath "but now I'm going to shower" she went to get off of him but he pulled her back
"Is that an invitation?" he smirked, she rolled her eyes
"If you want it to be one" she said before running off into the bathroom, Klaus grinned and shot after her.
Iris sighed the hybrid had left about an hour ago, the raven head finally got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself, the raven head padded barefooted back into her room and slipped on a pair of cream coloured lacy panties and a matching bra. She slipped on a simple cap sleeve chocolate brown knee length dress. And the pulled on a pair of thin sheen tights, Iris frowned seeing the bites and marks all over her neck
"Bloody Klaus" she muttered under her breath, Iris brushed her hair and left it out so it concealed the marks.
She slipped on a pair of ankle boots and headed downstairs but not before grabbing a sweater. Iris smiled idly and bobbed her head back and forth to the music recalling her night with Klaus; it had been amazing she couldn't deny that. The raven head looked through her pantry and cupboards and saw that they were empty she groaned aloud realising that she would have to go grocery shopping.
"Might as well head to the grill" she uttered and fished her keys from pocket; she had spotted her ford outside earlier.
Iris locked the door behind her and approached her car, she frowned seeing an envelope on her windshield, the raven head plucked it up and saw the cursive script
"Sorry
Damon"
She scowled and ripped it up, a simple apology wasn't going to get her to forgive, Iris climbed into her car and buckled herself in, and she pulled out of her driveway
Iris pulled up to the grill and parked her car, she saw Damon's car as well as the doppelganger, she inwardly groan not wanting to see the pair of them but she was starving plus she knew that Stefan wasn't in their good books, since to them he had apparently betrayed them but then again the younger vampire had saved her. Iris took a deep breath and entered the grill, she spotted Damon immediately at the bar with bottles, after bottles placed in front of him. She walked past Elena
"Iris-" the brunette called but Iris ignored her
"What the hell happened between you?" Bonnie whispered to her friend
"We made a mistake and Iris got caught up in it" Elena muttered feeling guilty.
Iris dropped down on the stool next to the oblivious vampire
"Alright Ric you have your choice" Damon slurred, the hunter noticed the raven head but she shook her head silently telling him not to utter a sound "bloody Mary, screwdriver brunch in a bottle" he went to take a swig of the orange juice in the jug, but Iris grabbed it
"Damon Salvatore" she drawled "You complete arsehole" and without further ado she smashed the glass jug against the back of his head
"Iris" Alaric uttered shocked
"Don't Ric I deserved it" Damon groaned reaching out to grab a cloth
"You're right you do fucking deserve, you know what he did Ric" she snapped looking at the history teacher "he used me as bait"
"What?" Alaric frowned
"Oh so you wasn't in on the plan, well this arse and that bloody cow Elena concocted some master plan where I was used as bait against Klaus, by Mikael"
"You guys did what?" Alaric hissed
"I- he promised he wouldn't hurt you" Damon said and felt his heart lurch at her face
"Well he did, he stabbed me right here" she pointed to her stomach "and threatened to take me away, Klaus was right"
"What?" Damon eyes snapped up to meet hers "You and Klaus-"
"Yeah, me and Klaus he took me home and what he said was true, you and Elena cared about getting rid of him so much that'd you put me in harm's way" she stood up so that they were toe to toe "I thought I was your friend-"
"You are"
"No I'm not" the raven head snapped "you made it clear last night I don't mean nothing to you"
"Iris I'm sorry-"
She scoffed "Yeah that's not going to work this time, your apologies do not mean nothing to me" she paused "you know what I'm glad that Stefan turned on you, he had the right idea getting away from you and her" she whispered the last part,
Damon reached out to grab her hand "Iris please I-"
"Leave me alone Damon" she snarled "you can tell her that as well" she nodded towards Elena who had watched the scene, she wrenched herself out of his grip
"Damon-"
"Fuck off Salvatore" she spat
"Really Potter, always walking into trouble aren't you" she heard a familiar voice drawled
Iris eyes widened and spun around
"Draco?"
"Iris" he smirked, "Is this toss giving you problems?" he asked
"Back off blondie" Damon barked
"Really? That's what you've come up-?"
"To be fair Draco you was always crappy at the nick names" she commented
"Going to introduce us, Iris?" Alaric asked eyeing the thin male up and down, Iris could see the smirk on the platinum blond male's face
"Draco Malfoy this is Alaric Saltzman" she uttered, Damon cleared his throat but Iris didn't spare him a glance
"And I'm Damon" he gripped onto the platinum blond male's hand
"He's no one" Iris snapped and grabbed Draco by the hand and literally dragged him away,
Damon thumped his head against the bar "Ric how-"but he was cut off when the hunter punched him hard in the face
"Dick move Damon" he scowled at the vampire
"Yeah I got that" Damon glared, he was eyeing the pair from the corner of his eye
"And don't eavesdrop" he admonished the raven head male.
"So why are you here?" Iris asked, she had led him to a booth furthest away from the bar and Elena.
"Hmm, just thought I'd pop in-"Iris snorted at that
"Draco Malfoy popping in? Yeah right I've been gone for more than two years and-"
"You haven't changed" gone was the smirk now in its place was a true smile
"Hmm you have, your hairline is receding" she teased, he mocked scowled at her
"Other than that-"
"You're completely your pompous self, so why have you come here?" she asked tapping her fingers on the wooden table
"Weasley and Granger have set their wedding date" he uttered, Iris masked her emotions
"So-"
He let out a quiet sigh, "You're not invited"
"I didn't think otherwise" her eyes dropped down, Draco frowned and lightly tilted her chin up
"It's their loss Iris; it'll be a shoddy wedding anyway"
"Is that your way of trying to cheer me up?" she asked a small smile coming onto her face
"Is it working?" he countered a smirk on his lips
"Kind of" she admitted and chuckled
"Anyway forget them, what about you?" she asked
"I've asked Astoria to marry and me-"
"And she saw sense and replied with a no" Draco rolled his eyes and chucked a napkin at her
"Contrary to your beliefs Iris, women find me attractive-"
"Did hell freeze over?" she grinned, he couldn't help but laugh "no seriously congratulations, I'm happy for you"
"Thank you and you're invited-"
"No I-"
"I want you there; I spent my whole life caring what others thought of, no more Iris. Just say you'll think about it?" he asked, Iris licked her lips and finally nodded
"I'll think about it"
"Great, where here's my mobile number so call me-"Iris eyes widened at that
"When did you learn how to use a muggle invention?" she asked handing him her phone so he could put his number in hers
"Astoria, thinks I should keep up with the muggle world-"
"How's your father finding that?"
"He disapproves but that's it, he can't do nothing, Mother is quite pleased though" he handed her the phone back "enough about me, what about you?"
"Nothing" she uttered quickly, he cocked an eyebrow
"Iris, you're a crap liar, I've known you for over seven years so tell me" she sighed and shook her head
"It happened again" she murmured quietly
"What?" Draco canted his head to the side studying the petite raven head
"People who I thought were my friends aren't" she murmured playing with the napkin "they just-"
"Used you again?" he reached out and grabbed on to her hand, she nodded "Is that why you're not friendly with the vampire?" she looked up
"I saw his ring plus I was hanging around before I came to see you" he explained
"Yeah, him and that girl-"
"The boring looking brunette?" Draco asked
Iris giggled at that but she nodded
"Yeah well have you heard the tales of the Original vampires?"
"Hmm, vaguely"
"Anyway I keep it short and sweet, I knew them over a thousand years ago, and Niklaus-"
"The hybrid" Iris nodded
"He broke the curse, he needed mine and the doppelganger's blood to sire his own species-"
"He's using you-"
"No" Iris said sharply "he saved me, he cares for me but-"
"Your so called friends aren't pleased by that"
"Understatement" she sighed "they wanted to kill Klaus last night, with the help of another Original Mikael-"
"The father of the others?"
"Yes, Klaus cares for and I was used as bait to lure him out of the house" she uttered tucking a stray curl behind her ear "The brunette Elena, she's the doppelganger of a vampire I thought she was dead and-"
"I get it" Draco told her "So you and Klaus huh?"
"What-"
"Potter I'm not blind, those marks say that there is a you and Klaus" he lightly pushed her thick hair aside revealing some of the many love bites Iris adorned
"Draco-"
"I'm not judging, it's your life Iris, live it the way you want" he smiled at her, Iris returned the gesture "and I know that you've got a big heart, and you'll end up forgiving them" he nodded over to the bar,
Iris's brows furrowed "But I don't want to"
Draco chuckled "I know but you'll end up doing it anyway, it may take some time though"
Iris bit her lip and nodded absently,
"Well I should be leaving, have work to do at the Ministry" he stood up as did Iris
"Are-"
"I'll try to stop by more, keep your chin up Iris, and attempt to come to my wedding" he kissed her on the cheek, she hugged him
"Goodbye Draco" she muttered into his ear
"Goodbye Iris" with that he left, Iris knew he would most likely walk till he was around the corner and apperrate.
Iris sighed and exited the grill to grab her bag; she headed back inside and saw a spare table by the dartboard. She ordered a drink and a sandwich since she was starving. Iris had just bit into her sandwich and turned the page of her novel, now this was something she hadn't done in a while, sitting down to read a good book.
"Iris" she inwardly groaned hearing who it was, she looked up meeting a pair of deep brown eyes
"I'm not in the mood to talk to you Elena" she snapped going back to her lunch
"Look I'm sorry we just couldn't risk it, if you found out you would've stopped us" Elena defended herself
"I don't care about your crazy plans anymore" Iris told her, she canted her head to the side "I don't even care that you kept it from me, but you know what got me? I watched the people I cared and loved for die, and I thought last night Mikael killed you, did you know how that feels?" she asked the brunette shook her head
"Iris please-"
"Look I, really don't want to talk to you right now, you've got your problems so why don't you just deal with them?" she asked taking a sip of her drink.
"I just want you to know I am really sorry, and so is Damon" Iris eyes met hers, the raven head sighed
"Ok" she uttered softly, she wasn't forgiving her but she didn't hate her
"I saw you smashing the jug over Damon's head" she commented
"Dick deserved it" Iris muttered biting into her sandwich
"What's that on your-"
"Nothing Elena" Iris covered her throat with her neck, before the brunette questioned Alaric approached them he could sense the tense atmosphere
"Elena we need to talk" Alaric said, lightly patting the raven head on the back. Elena jumped off the stool and walked ahead, leaving the hunter behind with Iris "You did good kid" he told her
"What?" Iris asked confused
"No offence but I'm quite surprised that you didn't-"
"Scream till I was blue in the face?" Iris quirked an eyebrow "so not my style"
He chuckled and ruffled her hair, Iris hurriedly smoothed it down.
She went back to reading her book but that didn't last long, she looked up when she felt a something blocking her light
"What do you want?" she frowned seeing it was Damon, who was holding darts in his hand
"Where'd your friend go?" he asked
"None of your business" she replied and pulled the book up to her face, but jumped when he slammed it down "Damon-"
"Look I'm sorry" he growled "and I-"
"I really don't care" Iris glared at him
"Iris I don't want you to hate me, not you" he uttered softly
Iris bit her lip "I can't hate you and that pisses me off"
He chuckled "I don't hate you but I'm mad at you so-"
"Keep out of your way for a while?" he finished off
"That'd be great, so you can go play darts" she shooed him away,
Iris went back to her book, but kept an ear out on Damon's and Elena's conversation, she glanced up from her book seeing Elena pacing up and down whilst Damon was throwing the darts. Missing the bulls' eye.
Iris frowned hearing Elena calling Jeremy, she straightened up
"Jeremy the minute you get this call me" she hanged up, Iris licked her lips "Unbelievable"
"You're feisty when you're mad" Damon smirked, the petite teen rolled her eyes at that
"It's not that I'm mad, but worried" the brunette frowned
"What's wrong with Jeremy?" the raven head asked concerned for the younger Gilbert
"Because he lost his job at the grill" the vampire replied, Iris sipped her drink
"Is that all? He'll survive that Elena" Iris said
"It's not that, he's spiralling" Elena explained "ever since Bonnie broke up with him, his moody barely talks-"
"Sounds like a typical teenager" Iris commented
"He's seeing ghost Iris" Elena folded her arms in front of her chest "who also lost everyone he cares for"
"Fair point" the raven head muttered, she turned the page of her book
"Everyone? He still has you" Damon said as he threw the dart into the board
"No offence Damon, but you're really rubbish at this game" Iris said standing up heading to the bar, not wanting to witness Damon's attempting to flirt with the doppelganger.
Iris ordered another drink and paid for it, she walked past Damon just as a breeze blew through; the vampire immediately stiffened and grabbed the back of her dress
"What are you doing?" Iris hissed
"Damon" Elena snapped, as the vampire grabbed the raven head and sniffed her
"Why'd you smell of Klaus?" he growled, Iris's fiery eyes snapped on to him
"None of your business" she scowled and pulled herself out of his grip
"Iris what have you done?" Damon asked grabbing her wrist "with Klaus?"
"Nothing that concerns you" Iris said through gritted teeth "now let go" she stumbled back but the vampire refused to let go.
"Damon" Elena scowled,
"Iris-"
"Let go" her eyes flashed gold causing the vampire to groan and clutch his head in pain. Iris immediately slip from his grasp and grabbed her books and bag,
"Iris-" Elena called but gasped, Iris frowned and bumped into someone, she would have fallen backwards if strong hands hadn't grasped her hips
"Klaus" Iris breathed wide eye wondering what on earth he was doing here. Wasn't he meant to be getting his family?
"Iris, now I thought I told you to stay away from Damon-"
"I was just leaving" she muttered he lightly pushed her behind him, Iris watched as Damon stepped in front of Elena
"You're going to do this in the grill?" the younger vampire asked his eyes darting towards Iris "in front of everyone? A little beneath you don't you think?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, I just came down to the local pub to see my girl" he grinned over to Iris, who licked her lips nervously "and to grab a drink with her and my mate"
"Your girl?" Damon questioned realisation hit him, his eyes darkened in anger "Iris you and him, you-"
"Spent a lovely night together, I was very reluctant to leave in the morning" the hybrid smirked
"Klaus" Iris hissed seeing the critical look she was getting from Elena.
He chuckled an looked over his shoulder "get a round in would you Tony" he told the hybrid
Who moved away from Iris's side and headed towards the direction of the bar.
"Surprised that you hanged around town long enough for happy hour" Damon commented not taking his eyes off of the Original
"Oh but you see Iris is here, so a reason for me to stay as well as my sister being missing" Iris had wondered where the female Original had gone off to "need to sort that out"
"Cute? Blond bombshell? Psycho?" Damon uttered. "Shouldn't be too hard to find"
Iris stiffened as Klaus approached the younger vampire and the doppelganger
"Truth is I've grown to like your little town" he took the darts off of him "thinking of finding a home here, plus as I mentioned before Iris lives here"
He strolled pass them and switched the darts in his hand "I'm guessing you're wondering how does this affect you, the answer is not in the slightest, as long as I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves, you all can go on living you little lives, however you choose" Klaus eyes darted over to Iris who was clutching her book against her chest
"You have my word" he repeated Elijah's words.
"What more could you possibly want?" Elena asked frightened,
"Well for starters I've got what I want" he gestured over to Iris who merely rolled her eyes "but you could tell me where I might find Stefan" he scowled at the brunette, Iris watched as Damon stepped forward
"Stefan skipped town the moment he saved your ass-"
"Not to mention mine" Iris muttered,
"Well that is a shame" Klaus declared turning around to face the dart board and threw the dart straight into the bulls eye dead on centre. He spun back around to face them.
"Your brother stole from me" Klaus growled, Iris eyes widened at that "I need him found so that I could take back what's mine"
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem" the doppelganger commented, Klaus's eyes focused on her and he approached her, but once again Damon got in the way, Iris was pissed at them both but she couldn't bring herself not to care if they got hurt
"Klaus" the raven head called halting the hybrid
"Relax love, I'm not going to hurt them yet, this is me broadening the scope" he snarled at Elena. Iris let out a sigh when he moved back,
She jumped when a hand landed on her shoulder and saw that it was Tony
"Got the drinks"
"Wonderful" Klaus smirked and moved towards Iris grabbing her by her hand and tugged her towards the corner booth, so that they were hidden from prying eyes, he gestured for her to slide in first, and he slid in next to her.
"What did Stefan take?" she asked feeling his finger graze the back of her hand which was placed on the table top "Tony take a walk" he ordered the hybrid
"So?" Iris asked grabbing his beer bottle and took a swig
"Salvatore took what you and I both value" he uttered taking the bottle back off of her, she frowned and looked at him confusion
"What?"
"Come on Iris you're smart figure it out" he smirked and trailed his fingers up her throat
"The coffins" she uttered her eyes widening "Stefan took the others" she slumped in her seat "you messed things up for him and now he wants revenge, nice going Klaus"
"Thanks for that love" he drawled, and moved his hand higher up her leg
"Whoa hold it buddy, what are you doing?" she asked as he moved over to her and placed his hands above her shoulders effectively trapping her.
"I thought I told you not to go near him" he growled
Iris's breath hitched as she felt his lips on her collar bone
"Kind of hard not to. We all live in the same town" she muttered "I don't do grudges, but he-"
"Used you, don't forget that Iris" he frowned
"Klaus when-" she was cut off when he pressed his lips against hers, she gasped feeling him nipping her bottom lip, she let out a quiet moan as their tongues brushed against each other.
Iris pulled back her breathing raggedy as he rested his temple against hers
"So what are you doing to do?" she asked he tucked in one of her stray curls behind her ear.
"Going to get my family back" he told her, Iris eyed him
"You're not going to hurt anyone are you?" she asked
"If I'm pushed-"
"Klaus, don't" she frowned at him, he narrowed his eyes at her
"Have you forgotten that they tried to plot to kill me-"
"Well you're not exactly friendly are you" she snapped back at him, he growled and gripped her chin
"Have you also forgotten that because of them you was hurt-"
"No I haven't but-"
"You're far too compassionate for your own good, Iris, you may be forgiving them-"
"I don't condone what they did, but-"
"They are not your friends" he snapped "They are not, why are you so desperate to be friends with-"
"Because we've been through a lot" she glared at him "a lot, they were the first ones to welcome me to this small town and-"
"Not good enough Iris, I stand by what I said earlier, revaluate them as your friends"
"You don't know what you're talking about" she went to go pass him but he grabbed her hand
"Iris I do, you're so lonely that you accept anyone that's not right-"
"Says the hybrid who sired himself a whole species" she retorted "so he wouldn't be alone"
Klaus gritted his teeth and tugged her hard causing her to land on his lap
"Listen sweetheart, you're testing my patience, do as I say drop them as-"
"Don't tell me what to do" she scowled "I can make up my own mind, let go" her jaw clenched when his hands were on her hips
"I don't want you to get hurt Iris, I don't want that" he said softly causing her struggling to halt "I care for you, just you not them"
Iris eyes met his "Klaus I, I spent my whole life being told what to do, a good friend of mine told me that I should live it how I see fit" she raised her hand and caressed his stubble cheek
"Then-"
"Let me make my own mistakes, me and them aren't going to be exactly best friends" she murmured
"You made a mistake a thousand years ago, by being too trustful of those who you thought were your friends, I don't want that to happen again" he massaged the back of her neck causing her muscles to relax
"Please Klaus just-"
"Let you live your life?" he questioned, she felt his lips move against the shell of her ear
"Yes" she breathed "but I want you to be a part of it"
He canted his head to the side looking into her bright emerald orbs
"Ok" he kissed her soundlessly on the lips
"Thank you" she smiled and went to move off of him but his grip on her waist tightened
"And where do you think you are going?" he purred into her ear
"I've got a free day-"
"So why don't you and I spend it together in bed?" he smirked cockily, she blushed and lightly slapped his chest
"No, I have to repaint my house" she uttered "You?"
"Hmm, I'm renovating" he replied with a smirked, Iris gave him an unsure nod
"Well see you later" she kissed him on the cheek and went to move off of his lap, but before she could he pulled her back and kissed her hard on the lips. Klaus smirked when he saw her daze face
"Don't you have paint supplies to get?" he asked
"Hmm" Iris shook her head "Yeah. Yeah I do" and with that she scurried away leaving behind an amused hybrid.
Iris pulled up to the large store, she parked her car and checked her appearance in the mirror she pulled her hair back and saw that the marks were slowly fading, she sighed and dropped her hair back into place.
The raven head climbed out of the car and grabbed a shopping trolley she spent more than an hour getting the things she needed, Iris grunted as she pushed the cart towards her car, she unlocked the trunk and attempted to heft one heavy bucket of paint.
"Come on" she groaned and dropped it,
"Here let me" she heard someone say from behind her, Iris frowned seeing who it was
"Tony?" she uttered frowning at the hybrid, and watched as he easily took hold of her shopping and placed it in the trunk "Whoa how'd you- did Klaus asked you to follow me?" she asked her eyes narrowing on the hybrid
"Yes"
"So you're my personal stalker?" she quirked an eyebrow
"Consider me as your personal bodyguard" Tony smirked at her "and you need to get rid of that crappy car" he whistled and walked off, Iris sighed
"Bloody Klaus" she muttered underneath her breath, she slammed the trunk down and slid back into the ford. Iris pulled out of the parking lot and drove home.
Iris changed out of her dress and tights and was now sporting a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. She pulled her hair into a messy bun and had managed to get the ladder from the garage and placed it in front of the house.
The buckets of paints were set in the grass, the raven head poured the paint into a smaller bucket, and grabbed the paint brush and climbed up the steps, she stretched and started to repaint over the chipped and dull coloured house. She was into her work so failed to notice someone approaching her
"Iris" she jumped and slipped instead of hitting the ground a pair of hands caught her
"Whoa, careful there"
"Bloody hell Tyler, you want to give me a heart attack?" she snapped slapping him upside the head
"Not at all, it's just I didn't catch you at homecoming" he commented leaning against the ladder, he noticed there was flecks of paint all over her
"Yeah well I was there, just never actually partied" she sighed and dropped down on one of the stone steps, the newly turned hybrid sat down beside her
"Was it something to do with the move against Klaus?" she looked up at him
"Yeah, used as bait, long story" the raven head shook her head "so how are you?" she asked
He chuckled "You know I think you're the first person to actually ask that"
Iris frowned and placed her hand over his cheek turning his face towards her "Cheer up Tyler, look at it this way, at least you don't have to go through the painful transition of turning into a wolf" she smiled at him, he nodded
"Yeah that's one thing but everyone seems to-"
"Hate you?" Iris finished off, he looked down
"Yeah-"
"Don't worry Tyler, I gather that people here aren't as open minded as they themselves think they are" she told him "What about Caroline? I thought that-"
"She dumped me" Iris brows furrowed at that
"What?"
"She thinks that I'm loyal to Klaus and I don't care about her or anyone besides being under Klaus's thumb, she thinks I'm a puppet"
"Listen to me Tyler Lockwood, you're not a puppet and no one can control unless you let them" she said fiercely
"Thank you Iris" he stroked away a fleck of paint causing her to smile sheepishly and left, she watched as he jumped over the bushes separating the two lawns and was intrigue when she witness heading to the Gilbert's place. Iris shook her head reminding herself she was no longer getting involved in their plans.
Iris wiped her brow and climbed back up the ladder; she dipped the paint brush in the bucket and started working again.
"Ergh" Iris groaned and grabbed the empty bucket and climbed down the ladder. She dumped it on the grass and looked up at her work and grinned it looked much better than before. The raven head grabbed the empty buckets and walked over to the trashcan by the road, she had just lifted the lid when she heard the next door open,
"Jeremy?" she called and frowned in confusion when he didn't reply or waved back. "Jere, what the hell are you doing?" she called seeing he wasn't moving from the middle of the road, "JEREMY" she shouted seeing an SUV zooming towards him
"JEREMY MOVE!" Elena screamed, Iris ran towards the road
"IRIS, JEREMY" Alaric shouted, the raven head pushed Jeremy out of the way throwing him aside, but fell the hunter ran forward to aid her but wasn't close enough,
"IRIS"
Her emeralds orbs widened and flashed gold she blew one of the tires out, causing it to swerve
"RIC" Elena screamed as the car hit the history teacher. Iris scrambled onto her feet and dropped down on the unconscious hunter's side; she grabbed his hand and sighed in relief seeing that Alaric had adorned his ring.
"Oops, nearly got you Iris, try and not to throw yourself in front any moving vehicles, otherwise I wouldn't have a very happy boss" Tony smirked and drove away
"He's going to be ok?" Jeremy asked dropping down beside Iris
"Yeah he's got his ring, you?" Elena asked "Iris?"
"I'm fine" Jeremy said, Iris nodded in agreement.
"Who was that on the phone?" the brunette asked
"Klaus" Iris eyes widened at that
"You were compelled Jeremy, see Iris Klaus isn't as-"
"Not now Elena" the raven head snapped "let's just get him inside"
"Come on" Jeremy said the three of them aided Alaric back inside.
Iris dropped down on the coffee table once they had deposited the hunter on to the couch, the doppelganger had went ahead and called Damon.
"Jere you ok?" Iris asked softly seeing his face
"No, I'm confused and this-"
"Yeah I get it" she moved over to him and sat down beside him "Alaric will be fine, so don't worry" she assured him, the younger teen smiled at her
"Thank you Iris" he murmured, Elena had returned to the room and Iris was grateful when she didn't have a go at her because of Klaus. the petite teen watched as the brunette cleaned Alaric up. It wasn't long till Damon strolled in
"How is he?" the vampire asked and noted Iris had a bloodied knee
"He's dead, what'd you think?" Iris drawled
"He had his ring though" Elena added on, as Damon slammed the door shut behind him
"What happened?" Damon asked, Iris's eyes darted down to Jeremy and frowned noticing something
"Klaus's hybrid ran him down now we had to wait" the raven head was barely listening, instead she grabbed the younger teen's bare wrist
"You use to wear a bracelet Jere, where is it?" she asked
"Where's your vervaine?" Damon frowned as well now realising that he wasn't wearing it.
"I don't know" Jeremy uttered looking down, Iris dropped her hand and pulled back slightly
"It was Tyler" Elena said, Iris groaned clearly Klaus had more control over the hybrid than she first thought.
"How'd you know may-"
"It had to have been" Elena cut her off "that's why he's been hanging around you"
"Now come on we can't accuse him like that" Iris defended the absent hybrid
"Well why else would he start to hang around him?" Elena snapped, Iris got up onto her feet,
"Err because he is Jeremy's friend?" Iris uttered,
"No he isn't" Elena shook her head.
"Klaus is trying to send us a message" Damon frowned deciding to talk knowing their relationship with Iris was fragile
"What's the message?"
"It's for Stefan, he stole Klaus's family and he wants them back" Iris explained
"Yep all we have to do is find four coffins" Damon uttered walking around Elena "and voila no one else on your Christmas list has to die"
Iris rubbed her aching temples her attention was brought back on to the conversation when Jeremy stood up
"Wait that's your plan?" he asked "to steal four dead Originals and give them to an evil hybrid?"
"Well you've got a better plan?" Damon asked, Iris felt her cell buzz and saw that she got a message; she opened it up and saw that it was an address from Klaus.
"I have to go" Iris called over her shoulder and hurriedly left the house "call me when Ric wakes up" she left.
Iris ran back to her house and grabbed the car keys and locked up her house, she shoved her keys into the ignition and revved the engine and pulled out of her driveway, Iris zoomed down the road and turned left, she finally pulled up to a grand manor, she exited the car and made her way towards it, she saw that there was building work going on, Iris bumped into someone and was about to utter an apology but stopped seeing who it was
"Tyler? What the hell?" she snapped
"I didn't know that was going too happened" he immediately said, her face softened seeing that he was being truthful
"Fine, just word of warning don't go near Elena or Damon" she told him
"Ok" he sighed "how is Alaric?"
"He'll survive"
"That's good" Tyler moved pass her "I'll catch you later"
Iris nodded and watched him leave, she travelled further into the refurbishing mansion and saw that the workers were knocking down the wall
"Hello love" a familiar voice purred into her ear, Iris frowned and spun around
"Don't hello love me, you arsehole" she prodded him in the chest "What. Is. Wrong. With. You? Huh?" he grabbed her hand
"Iris, I was merely sending a message" he smiled charmingly at her, her eyes hardened
"Yeah well your message nearly got a teenage boy killed? What-"
"I knew the hunter would-"
"No you didn't" she sniped and went to walk pass him but he grabbed her around the waist and blurred them into an empty room
"Alright, love I know you're upset-"
"Understatement, let me go" she hissed he had pinned her to the wall "Jeremy would've ended up dead-"
"Ah but he isn't" Klaus ran a slim digit down her throat
"Not the point Niklaus" she snapped "don't pull innocent people into yours and Stefan's war games"
Klaus growled startling her "I will do what I like, Stefan took my family and I simply want them back"
Iris halted in her struggles "You nearly killed a teenager to get your family back?"
Klaus canted his head to the side "Look sweetheart, I've waited a long, long time to reunite our family-" her mouth open but he pressed his finger against her lips "yes our family together and Stefan Salvatore is stopping me" there was a moment of silence the only sound was Iris breathing "but I see you've grown attached to the doppelganger's brother, so I'll spare him" he lightly traced his finger over her full lips, causing tingles to erupt all over her
"You will?" she murmured,
"I will" he pressed his temple against hers, she felt his hands sliding underneath her top causing her freeze
"Stop, I can't-" the hybrid immediately stopped
"Iris?" he called and turned her face, her eyes darted around so she wasn't directly looking at his face "look at me" he ordered softly, she did as instructed "what's going on? I thought-"
"That what? We spent one night together and now whenever you feel like it you can do-"
"If I remember love you were enjoying it as much as me, what's this really about?"
Iris remained silent and licked her lips
"Iris" he uttered softly he could hear her heart beat picking up
"I'm scared ok" she admitted embarrassed
"Of what?" he frowned
"That, that you'd just use me whenever you want to-"
"Iris" his eyes hardened "That night we shared was I think the most exhilarating experience I had. Your company is what I crave Iris, I'm not going to use you that I promise" he said sincerely
"You mean it?" she asked gazing up at him
"I do" Klaus laid a small kiss under her ear "I want something from you though" he said
Iris stiffened hearing that "What's that?" she asked fearing that there would be a catch
"I want you to stop doubting my feelings for you love, they are as strong as they were over a thousand years ago, and they certainly haven't wavered. Understand?" she could feel him pressing his lean body against hers
"I understand" she murmured as soon as those words left her mouth he pressed his own against hers, Iris reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing herself if possible even closer to the hybrid, he pulled back allowing her to breath, Klaus peppered her throat with kisses, when she felt his teeth graze her throat she lightly pushed him away
"Iris" he growled frustrated
"Nope, you're not going to be leaving any marks on me, these ones are just fading" he let her slip from his grasp
"I like leaving my marks all over you" he smirked
"Yeah I know" she smiled at him "but I have got other things to do, so bye-"
"Iris" he blurred in front of her causing her to jump back "Klaus?" she said sternly
"I liked my marks all over you" she took one step back when he took a step towards her "and I know that you liked them when I do it" once again he took a step towards her, Iris mentally slapped herself when she realised that the sneaky hybrid had backed her into the wall
"Come on love" he purred against the shell of her ear, her jaw clenched when she felt his tongue darting out causing her fingers to dig into his shoulders,
"Anyone can walk in" her head fell back against the wall, feeling him caressing the sliver of skin exposed between her shorts and t-shirt
"They've been compelled to work downstairs, so we have the whole of upstairs to ourselves"
Iris sighed as she finally pulled up to her house,
"Bloody hybrid" she muttered pulling the collar of her shirt down and saw the new marks on her skin. Iris climbed out of the car and looked over to the Gilbert's place, it was now late so decided to check on them tomorrow in the morning.
The raven head slammed her car door shut and walked up her pathway, but groaned at the sight of the paint buckets on the lawn, she sighed and bent down to pick them up
"Oh come on" she muttered managing to pick one heavy bucket up, as she got on to her feet Iris stumbled under the weight and ended up in the bushes, she yelped and clenched her eyes and her mouth shut when the white paint poured all over her. Iris blinked
"Brilliant" she muttered and gagged slightly when she felt the paint going into her mouth, she froze when she heard the Gilbert's door opened, Iris perked her head up and saw Elena exiting her house, she was about to call out to her but stopped when she saw that the brunette had company
"I feel horrible" she heard her, Iris used the back of her hand to white the paint away from her eyes and remained still not wanting to be discovered in the bushes covered in paint
"You just saved his life Elena" she heard Damon, Iris frowned wondering what on earth did the doppelganger do "take it from me, strange is bad but dead is worst"
Now Iris was definitely confused and shifted feeling some of the twigs digging into her back
"I just can't stop thinking about the last time I asked you to compel him" Iris eyes widened she forced herself not to shout out
"He got over it" Damon declared "again, not dead Elena" she saw the vampire moving out of the house onto the porch, Iris breath stilled "he's so lucky to have you as a sister"
Iris snorted at that, wondering was that true? No since the brunette was taking away his free will
"Thank you" Elena uttered looking at Damon. Iris had the urge to slap her
"No problem" he smiled at her, the raven head could clearly see that he was besotted with the brunette
"Not just for this Damon, for everything, I don't know what I'd do if you weren't here"
"Probably pounce on the next bloke" Iris muttered but quietened down seeing that Damon was looking around she sunk back on to the ground, there was a moment of silence, Iris peeked through the leaves listening
"You should know this Elena, Stefan didn't screw us over well he did, but he had a good reason, he saved Klaus to save me, and Iris-"
"What'd you mean?" Elena asked,
"Iris would have been taken away by papa Original and we definitely wouldn't be seeing her again"
"Why would he do that? I mean to save Iris-"she sighed in frustration, Iris felt a dribble of paint dribble down her cheek "what does that even me?"
"That means I'm an idiot" Damon stated "I was hoping that I don't have to feel guilty for wanting what I can't have"
Iris looked up really needing a shower she saw tense looks being exchanged between the doppelganger and the vampire
"Brother's girl and all" he uttered playing with a strand of her straight hair. Iris watched him walk away and was relieved thinking that was over but that was dashed out of her mind when she witnessed what happened next
"If I'm going to feel guilty for something then it's going to be about this" and with that they kissed
"Holy Merlin on a cracker" Iris dropped down to the ground and turned away "bloody doppelganger" she raised her paint covered hands and was about to run it down her face but paused thinking better of it "unbelievable" she hid in the bushes till she saw the vampire waltzing off and Elena heading back into the house. When she saw that they had left Iris crawled out of the bushes and looked over her shoulder to make sure she wasn't seen but stopped when a pair of boot clad feet appeared in front of her, she slowly looked up
"Klaus" she smiled he merely cocked an eyebrow
"Do I even want to know?" he questioned crouching down in front of her and lightly used his thumb to remove some of the paint
"That's not going to help" she drawled
"You're right, you're covered in it, come I'll-"
"Go shower by myself" Iris let him pull her up "alone" she walked pass him, Klaus easily caught up with her and fell in step beside her
"Iris come on love" he uttered as she opened the door
"Not in the mood Klaus, I stink of paint and I have to clear out that lot" she gestured towards the buckets of paints on her lawn "so if you excuse me, make yourself at home, by the way there's no alcohol in the house" she called over her shoulder and headed upstairs.
Iris stripped out of her ruined clothes and turned the shower faucet on; she dumped the clothes in the trash and stepped into the shower. Iris rested her head against the cool tiles feeling the warm water soothing her sore muscles.
Her mind wondered over what she had witnessed earlier, Damon kissing Elena, Iris reached out and lathered her wash cloth in strawberry scented soap. Merlin the raven head thought that girl was asking for trouble, Iris was confused one minute the doppelganger was all over saving Stefan but now she was kissing Damon, Iris quickly showered and washed her hair managing to get all the paint out, and reached out grabbing a towel and dried herself off.
Iris peeked out of the bathroom and saw that the hybrid was nowhere to be found, she quickly ran into her room and hastily pulled on a pair of shorts and a camisole. Iris exited the bedroom and frowned when she didn't hear anything
"Klaus?" she called and padded barefooted downstairs and saw that her front door was wide open "why the hell does no lock doors in this bloody town" she muttered and walked forwards and went to close it but stopped, her eyes widened as she stepped out on to the porch and saw that the mess on the lawn was gone
"One less thing for you to worry about" a British voice commented
Iris spun around and saw a grinned Klaus "You did this?" she asked him her gaze turning back onto the cleared up lawn "why?"
"I was trying to do something nice-"
"You know the meaning of that word?" she had a teasing smile on her lips; he chuckled and grabbed her by her hand and tugged back into the house.
Klaus kicked the door shut "So evening plans?" he asked playing with the strap of her top
"Erm, I…movie let's watch a movie" she rushed out and hurried into her living room, the hybrid shook his head and followed after her.
"What do you want to watch?" Iris asked crouching down in front of the television, Klaus dropped down on the couch when she didn't hear a reply she looked over her shoulder and saw that his gaze was focused elsewhere
"Klaus stop staring at my arse" Iris huffed
"But I like the view" he smirked, she sent him a glare causing him to roll his eyes
"Film?" she snapped
"Romeo and Juliet"
Iris made a face at that "ergh why?" she groused at that
"I thought girls like that kind of stuff" he commented
"Yeah well I'm not that typical type of girl" she muttered,
"Too true" Klaus murmured "So what do you suggest?"
"All time classic, Dracula?" she grinned holding up the film, this time it was Klaus's turn to make a face
"Come on it'll be funny" she pushed the disk into DVD player and grabbed the control
"Sweetheart it's meant to be a horror film" he said but she shushed him as the credits played, halfway through the film he placed his arm around her shoulders, for a split second she stiffened but relaxed against him and rested her head on his shoulder
"Have you heard from Rebekah?" she asked quietly and looked up when he tensed up "What?"
Klaus sighed and ran his hand down his face "the doppelganger literally daggered her in the back but I've got her"
Iris eyes widened "Is- does that mean she'll be waking up did-"
"No Iris I re-daggered her" Iris immediately sat up
"Why would you-"
"Because she knew that-"
"You killed your mother?" Iris finished off "yeah we saw the carving's on the cave, why don't-"
"because I don't want to face her, there are secrets about my mother's death that I don't even want to divulge them" he uttered, Iris frowned and licked her lips "plus the fact that Rebekah had conspired against me, and managed to lure me back to have me killed-"
"You killed her mother! She wasn't going to be so welcoming was she?" Iris cut him off
"Don't you think I know that" he snapped "listen Iris, I wanted to have Rebekah here with me but I can't"
Iris brows furrowed and sighed "when will you wake her?" she asked
"One day" he answered, and looked away, the raven head lightly ran her finger down his nose smoothing the skin
"Ok" Iris uttered and leant forward and kissed him soundlessly on the lips, he responded and lightly ran his fingers through her thick hair. Iris pulled back
"Iris come on-"
"Nope" she uttered "we're watching the film"
"Ergh" he groaned, and slumped back down next to her.
Klaus looked down when the film finished and saw that the petite raven head had fallen asleep against him. The hybrid traced the features of her face and pulled her sleeping form towards him and gazed up at the ceiling, feeling content for the first time today.
AN: There you have it, Iris doesn't like Elena or Damon at the moment, Draco Malfoy payed a visit, Klaus and Iris sharing a few moments, and she also witness Elena and Damon kissing whilst hiding in the bushes.
Next Chap- Our Town, Iris joins the party and gets drunk (meaning she'll tell Elena some home truths)
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