3 - Hiccup

Iris's POV

I spent the rest of the day at Leila's house catching up on what has been happening while I was away at beta training.

Apparently, Vladdy had met Ivana at the training camp and they had hit it off.

He came back home to find out that she and her family were part of the new transfers that left their pack to 'explore something new ' as they said and what a coincidence that they just so happened to choose this pack as their experimental ground knowing fully that Vlad is one of the Council's top candidates.

Leila wanted to call me up immediately she found out but she was sworn to secrecy by my mom cause she knew I wouldn't come home but transfer to another pack if I found out.

I don't even want to know how my mother found out that I have feelings for Vlad but I hope she's the only one besides Leila that knows or I'd feel more pathetic than I already do.

It was an hour before sunset and I knew it was time to go home and see my family.

I quickly got in my car and drove home to my parents house, I hadn't seen my family in a long time and I really missed them.

I pull up the driveway to our modest two story house and can't help the flood of memories that hit me that mostly consists of the things I did with Vlad, Leila and my siblings.

Fuck, I can't escape him even in my own house.

I stepped out of the car and walked into the house without knocking and barely had a second to dodge before the throwing star hit the door behind me.

I wasn't even shocked that that was there. My father tends to get paranoid so he installed booby traps around the house in case we were ever attacked. Plus it doesn't hurt that our mom's the pack doctor so it's a win win.

I walk to the kitchen for some food but not before yelling 'I'm home ' up the stairs.

I go to the fridge and get out a box of chocolate chip cookies, a tub of cookies and cream ice cream and a can of Pringles.

I walk to the living room and settle down with my food around me before going through Netflix on the TV and playing How to Train Your Dragon part one.

I seriously need some cheering up right now and Hiccup always knows how to do that.

I hear footsteps come down the stairs before I see my mother walk into the living room and sit down next to me.

We don't talk and just watch the movie in silence which is exactly what I need right now.

The movie ends and I go to play part two but she decides to spoil the silence.

"Leila told me what happened. " She said softly.

"Did she now? " I ask sarcastically while munching on a cookie.

"Iris, I'm so sorry you had to find out like that, I thought I was protecting you from getting hurt and running away by not telling you. " She explained.

"Yeah well, it doesn't seem like your plan worked seeing as I am hurt and I can't leave now because I already picked this pack as my official place of residence so I have to wait a year before I can be granted permission to leave. " The werewolf community is quite organized and strict when it comes to residency in order to avoid trespassing.

"Imagine what I have to go through now mom. A whole year of watching them play house while I stay on the sideline getting hurt. " I hate the fact that whenever I'm angry or frustrated, I automatically burst into tears, like I'm doing now.

"I'm really sorry sweetheart but I wouldn't change anything I did because I get to have all my children here with me for the first time in four years even if it's only for a year. " Shit, why did she have to go all mom on me?

"Dammit mom, I thought we agreed that you don't get to use the sentimental card on any of us except it's life and death. " I said frustrated and slightly guilty which I shouldn't cause I did nothing wrong.

"This is life or death, a piece of my heart would die if you had left without me getting to spend time with you. " She justified.

"You're talking like we wouldn't have been able to see each, we could have gotten permission from our Alpha's to meet in human territory whenever we wanted. " I explained what she already knew.

"And what if you went somewhere where they treated you horribly and you wouldn't tell anyone because you feel it's better to suffer the bad treatment there than to suffer the emotional pain you'd get here? You're really soft spoken. " She said seriously.

"Wow, you really do love all those bullshit human werewolf novels. If anyone ever tried to fuck me over, I'd make them wish they weren't born and you know this already mom. I'm soft spoken doesn't mean I'm a push over. " I assured her.

"Well, no use crying over spilled milk. " She said brushing the whole conversation off, which she does whenever she loses an argument. "Why don't you go upstairs and get ready, the Stone's invited us over for dinner to celebrate your return. "

I looked at her with incredulity at the fact that she thought I would actually go to that dinner and risk running into Vlad and his luna.

"Don't look at me like that, you're going. The dinner is to celebrate you so I'm pretty sure they'd notice if you didn't come. " She had a point but that didn't mean that I would agree with her.

"I'm not going mom and nothing you say will change my mind. " I said firmly.

"I bought you a new dress and some gorgeous heels to go with it. " I could feel myself caving but I still stood firm. "Ivana isn't going to be there. " Sold!

I got up and ran up the stairs so fast I almost lost my head to the battle axe that swung at me when I stepped on the trick step but even that didn't dull my excitement of trying on my new dress and shoes.