Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Iris walked inside, ignoring her Dad and quickly ran up the stairs to her bedroom. She wasn’t in the mood for his overprotective bullshit. It wasn’t even caring anymore, to her, it felt more like smothering. She was almost 18 for Christ sake, she didn’t need him telling her what to do anymore.

She’d give anything to be away from this house.

She locked the door and lied down on her bed, staring up at the ceiling as her dad knocked on the door. “Iris let me in” Patrick said sternly, trying the handle. Iris remained silent, closing her eyes as she tried to drown him out. “Iris open the door” he said, banging his fist against the door. He knew she had snuck out last night and oh boy was she in trouble this time.

Iris sighed, reaching for the remote beside her bed and turned on her speakers, smiling as creeping death began blaring through the room; muffling her fathers cries. “Iris!” he yelled one final time, beating his fist against the door before storming off. A thin smile began to form on the corners of her mouth, thank god he’s gone

A ringing suddenly came from her pocket. Iris took it out, grinning wildly as she read the message.

Hey its me, Gerard, hope your ok x If your not busy tonight I was wondering if you wanted to go out or something xxx

She giggled loudly, biting her bottom lip as she began to text him back.

·Hey Gerard, sure I’d love to meet you tonight where do you have in mind? X

·Pub? xxx

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Iris strutted into the bar, flicking her long, blonde hair out from behind her as she pressed her lips together. Wandering towards the bar, she could feel the eyes of men staring at her, lusting after her as her black louboutin heels clicked against the wooden floor, pulling down her short red dress as she eyes around for Gerard.

Where is he? She wondered nervously. Her heart began pounding in her chest, feeling more nervous as the seconds ticked by. She hoped he hadn’t stood her up. She had never met a man like him before; so charming and good looking and yet, so mysterious.

And then she saw him.

His maroon colored jeans clung to his legs, keeping his hands shoved deep into his pockets. He straightened the collar of his navy blue shirt, his eyes fixing on Iris as he flashed her a smile. God he’s gorgeous she thought, feeling her cheeks burn red as he moved closer.

“Hi” she said nervously, silently scowling herself as she found herself stumbling over her own words. Why did she have to be so awkward around people? Gerard smiled. “Hey beautiful” he replied, kissing her on the cheek as he took a seat beside her. Iris looked down shyly, unable to meet his gaze. Why was she acting like this? It was just a guy, a normal human being. Seriously, get a grip she scorned.

“So, how are you?” He asked, unable to take his eyes off her. He couldn’t deny how beautiful she was. She looked so young, so pretty, her eyes filled with innocence.

She looked so much like her father.

Iris sighed, shaking her head. “My dad is doing my head in, all he does is treat me like a baby! I swear to god he’d keep me locked up in the house if he could” She moaned, folding her arms on the table. Gerard held her hand, offering a sympathetic smile as he looked into her eyes. “Dad’s suck, believe me, I know how hard it is. Mine was no saint either” he said softly. Iris smiled shyly, her heart fluttering in her chest as she looked into his deep brown eyes. She felt safe with him, as thought she could tell him anything.

They sat there for a while, chatting and laughing the time away. Gerard continued to buy them both drinks while they continued to chat about complete nonsense. “I’m so happy we did this tonight” Iris said, wiping the tears from her eyes as she took another sip of wine. She was beginning to feel slightly buzzed now as she watch Gerard slowly compose himself; drying his eyes as he slowly shook his head.

“Listen, if you don’t want to go home tonight, you can always crash at my place” Gerard suggested, running a hand through his hair as he offered her a sweet smile. Iris hesitated, could she really go home with this man? I mean sure they hadn’t known each other long but how bad could he be? He seemed like a nice guy and he had taken her home before and kept her safe.

Iris smiled, nodding at the man before her.

They rose from the table and wandered out arm in arm. They jumped into the car, Iris glanced over at Gerard who was still grinning wildly as he turned the keys in the ignition. They headed up the street and onto the main road. “Where are we going?” she asked as Gerarddrove along the bypass, heading towards the M11. “Harlow” he replied, his eyes remaining fixed on the road as they drove off into the night.

Iris smiled, closing her eyes as she felt herself drift off to sleep. She never realize just how tired she was until she got into the car. Thank god he was here to take care of her, god knows what could have happened.

Notes

Hey! sorry its been so long and sorry for the crappy update- it will get better i promise x

SOOO what do you think will happen to Iris? Should she have left with Gerard?

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