lovesong

The father's eyes said "Beautiful! How beautiful you are!" The boy's eyes said "How beautiful! She shimmers like a star!" The child's eyes uttered nothing But a mute and utter joy And filled my heart with shame for us.

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the-amazing-spider-max “It’s no problem,” Max assured. “Look, I’m a student with Luxor and I am from France, but I don’t know this city at all. This is actually my first time here. However, I can speak the language better than I can speak English and I do know a thing or two about the culture so, um, listen,” he pulled out his phone, opened it, and offered it to her. “I’m Maxence and you’re welcome to use me as a lifeline if you get in any situations and need anything.”

“Sure,” although she couldn’t help but consider refusing his recommendation, for no reason other than she hated to admit vulnerability and to Iris, admitting that she might need his help at some point in the future was edging dangerously close to that point. Still, she typed her number in, saving it under Iris as opposed to a joking name. That wasn’t really her style. “Maxence? Interesting. I’m Iris.” 

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evenisntready “You were just giving me shit for being under appreciative for not being thrilled to travel to countries where I do not speak their languages, while still learning English and you are going to tell me that you think travel is overratted?” Even gaped at the girl.

“Sorry, did you listen to my tone of voice? Like, at all?” Iris fixed Even with an expression which was a mixture of annoyed and confused, although leaning towards the more annoyed side of the spectrum, and sighed. “I was being sarcastic. Use your ears. I’ve heard they’re there for a reason.”

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ofxceaneyes It was a good thing that even if they were actually dating, he would act in a shy way, which means that he didn’t have to try too hard to hide how nervous he was. He would be blushing like he was at that moment, if she was not lying, as she just complimented him, and even when someone that he is dating, did so, he would still react the same way. No matter how long they were with him. He never dated anyone, but he didn’t need to do it, to know it, “Guess being an ass and not accepting a no, is a universal thing.”

“Assholes exist everywhere,” Iris agreed dismissively. “You wouldn’t be able to avoid them even if you lived in the middle of nowhere. Actually, I think everyone is a little bit of an asshole on the inside.” Maybe it was a slightly pessimistic world view, but she liked to think it was a little more realistic than looking at things with rose tinted glasses claiming everyone was good. Which was simply not true. “Some people are just better at hiding it.”

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reellykenzie Kenzie laughed once they guy had left their sight, looking back over at the other. “Well, let’s hope that the whole super tall scary lesbian girlfriend thing was enough to get him to drop it, but if you see him around again, you should probably tell someone at the school about it just to be safe,” she suggested, hoping that wouldn’t be the case but wanting the other to be safe anyways. “Did I make a convincing lesbian at least?”

“We can only hope,” Iris agreed. “If I see him again and he pulls any of that, I might find it hard not to hit him. And I don’t think an assault conviction in a country where I don’t even speak the language well enough to plead innocent would be my finest achievement.” She made a face at the thought. “Oh, absolutely. We definitely looked in love. In fact, he’s probably fantasising about us right now.”

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text -> maverick

Maverick: bitch

Maverick: I always wanna watch the shining.

Iris: this is why we're friends

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text || morgan ⇆ iris

Morgan: honest opinion

Morgan: is ocean theme too played out for a bathroom?

Iris: kind of yeah

Iris: i mean

Iris: there are so many bathroom themes tho

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text -> caitriona

Caitriona: it's not just you

Caitriona: french boys are far more annoying than american boys

Caitriona: which are far more annoying than scottish boys

Iris: i think maybe boys in general are just annoying

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text -> teddy

Iris: joan of arc seems like such an overachiever

Iris: she was 17 when she went to fight that army

Iris: like wow just get a minimum wage job at the grocery store like everyone else

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text -> caitriona

Iris: is it just me or are french boys even more annoying than regular boys

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text -> maverick

Iris: wanna watch the shining again?

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TEXT «« Iris

dice: have you seen a bright yellow silk set laying around anywhere? and i'm talking about the... kind you hang from.

dice: because i can't remember where tf i put it.

iris: no?

iris: how do you lose one of those

iris: lol

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christopherbarnes Christopher was immensely relieved to finally be done the load of work that he’d been given in his first week at school. Since he had yet to really have a chance to take a look around campus, he grabbed one of his books and headed out of his dorm, intent on taking a look around before settling down somewhere to just read for a few hours. He didn’t get too far though, before he spotted Iris looking rather uncomfortable with some guy he’d never seen before having his arm around her. He didn’t really need her to throw the threatening look his way for him to pick up on what she was doing, nor to go along with it. “Heh, yeah, sorry Pierre, but I kinda locked her down months ago.” Christopher said with a nod. “She is beautiful though isn’t she? Can’t fault you for trying, but now that you know, if you could kindly remove your arm from around my girlfriend’s shoulder that would be great.” And though he said it in a pleasant enough tone, there was no doubt that it wasn’t a request. Pierre seemed to pick up on that as well, because he withdrew his arm and got up from the bench, walking a few feet before stopping to chat up some other girl. “Well, he doesn’t seem to have taken that too hard.” Christopher said to Iris in an undertone with a small chuckle and shake of his head as he took a seat on the bench beside her.

“Good to know I’m easily replaced,” Iris agreed jokingly, before laughing, showing that she didn’t really care. If anything, the quicker Pierre made it onto some other poor girl, the better for her. “Thank you,” she added, offering a smile in Christopher’s direction. “I appreciate the help. I couldn’t get him to go away, His persistence might have been admirable if it was a detective movie and he was trying to get justice for someone, but not so much here.” She had better things to do than be chatted up by annoying French boys. “Are you enjoying the change of scenery?”

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thexcowardlyxleo For a split second, Leo gave her a look when she called him babe, but he was quickly able to catch up. He attempted to force a smile as he sat beside Iris. “Sorry I was running late, I got hung up with.......... stuff,” Leo wasn’t the most articulate even without being put on the spot. Still, somehow it was enough for Pierre to take the hint and back off.

“Leo’s really into his stuff,” Iris echoed, resisting the urge to roll her eyes and instead offering a sweet smile in Leo’s direction, as if happy to see him. Once the French boy had left, she gently hit his arm though, laughing. “Your acting skills are truly unparalleled. Do you think Leonardo DiCaprio took so long to get an Oscar because they wanted to give it to you instead?”

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elliotgdi “Give or take,” Elliot added with a quick laugh as he knew he was anything but convincing. It just made it all the more amusing to him. “Ummm....... I’m not sure. I could feel myself shaking kinda a lot on the plane, but that might have been because I was a wee bit nervous! Are my hands still trembling?” He asked, holding out one hand. To say it was trembling was a bit of an understatement.

“Trembling? You could say that.” Shaking would be a better word for the level of movement going on from what Iris could see. Maybe jittering. “Are you sure it’s just sugar in those?” She questioned, laughing quietly. “If this is you on sugar, I’d hate to see what you’d do with a caffeine rush.”

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seleneramos Selene looked up from her coffee, examining the girl and guy for a moment before sighing deeply. Resting her hand on her hip, she proceeded to curse out the boy in fluent French, calling him every name in the book and saying bad things about his mother before telling him to leave. She pushed the boy until he left before rolling her eyes. “French fuckboys can be the worst.”

“No matter what country you’re in, fuckboys in general are the worst,” Iris agreed, rolling her eyes. “I just don’t know how to tell the French boys how to fuck off. Yet,” she added. After that interaction, she’d be learning as quickly as possible. “Thanks, though.”

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ofxceaneyes Babe? They kissed once, in a long time ago, in a New Year’s party, and he never saw her again, before she started to go to Luxor, so was strange to him that she was calling him with such and affectionate pet name, but eventually, he figured out why she was acting as if he was her boyfriend. He decided to go along, to help her out, “Trying to steal away my girlfriend, buddy?” he said with a small grin, to indicate to the guy that he was actually not mad, even if she was actually his girlfriend, he would be jealous, but wouldn’t be rude, “But yeah, like she said, she has a date already.”

“Missed you,” she got up, leaning in to hug him, just to make the lie more convincing, whispering a soft “sorry about this” into his ear as she did so. Pulling away, Iris made a face at the French boy. “Sorry, dude. Maybe if I was single, but.... my boyfriend’s just so much hotter.” Laughing, she waved as he walked away, before turning to Richard once the boy had walked far enough away to be out of earshot. “Thank you. I couldn’t get him to fuck off, I swear I was about to hit him.”

[irisevans]

ridiculousyoungicarus “You’re completely missing the point, Iris.” Zander snaps at her, rubbing his forehead. “If you can't take accountability for what you’re apologizing for, it’s not an apology. It’s a pity party, so if that’s all you’re here for you know where the door is. Use it. Sob story not accepted.” He gestures in the direction of the door, “come talk to me when you can behave like an adult instead of an insolent child. I don’t give a fuck why you did what you did, it doesn’t matter. You did what you did, you had a choice, stop crying “woe is me, the other option sucked.” That’s life, welcome to the real world. The rest of us have been making hard decisions for years. I guess it must really suck the diamond spoon in your mouth got replaced with a golden one, huh?”

“I’m not missing the point. I’m taking yours apart. You’re relying on the idea that there’s always a right and wrong in every situation,” Iris insisted. Sure, the best thing for her friendship with Zander was likely to back down, keep her opinions to herself. But she’d never been good at covering her brutal honesty with poor lies. And she didn’t particularly want to, anyway, no matter how much she regretted the loss of friendship. “And that either you do the right thing no matter what, or you’ve done the wrong thing and then you have to grovel over it. That’s not the situation. Both decisions were wrong. I can say sorry, and that I would have preferred not to do what I did. I can take accountability that it was my decision and I did it. But I don’t have to act like I did the complete wrong thing and I should never have done it and I wouldn’t have made the same decision again. Self preservation is healthy, Zander. I would have expected you to do the exact same thing, given the situation. Actually, I’d have encouraged it, because self sacrificing for other people’s happiness is an incredibly unhealthy mindset to get into.”