LOVER -
act one chapter twenty-four.

irisblanche via instagram stories:

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oliviarodrigo:
WEENIE IS SO CUTE
wish you showed us
his pink nails though 😞

irisblanche:
you knew about that?!!

oliviarodrigo:
i actually gave clementine
the idea to paint his nails

irisblanche:
i am banning you
from having contact
with each other

oliviarodrigo:
well
as long as you don't
block me
because i have a
request

irisblanche:
no
you cannot paint my toes

oliviarodrigo:
i have something
even better than that
i need your help
so as you know
next month sour tour kicks off
and i have guests
holly humberstone and baby queen
but i need a friend to
keep me company
in europe
because lexi jayde
had to drop out

irisblanche:
and you need my help
to decide who!
clairo??
wallows??

oliviarodrigo:
no
i want to ask if
you would like to join me

irisblanche:
i think my pasta
just went up my nose

oliviarodrigo:
that is a very different
reaction to what everyone else
had

irisblanche:
do you need an answer
straight away?
or can i get back to you
in a couple of days

oliviarodrigo:
that's fine!! <33
just make sure you know
by saturday

irisblanche:
okay!
so saturday is deadline day

oliviarodrigo:
yes, i hope to hear
from you soon!! 💗

blanche family groupchat:

FAVORITE CHILD:
HELP
HELP ME PLEASE
HELP

IGNORANT DRIVER:
shut up

BEST GRAN EVER:
August! Be nice!

IGNORANT DRIVER:
sorry grand-mére

FAVORITE CHILD:
HA THATS WHAT YOU GET
BUT CAN WE GO BACK TO MY PROBLEM

BEST GRAN EVER:
No one is stopping you Iris

IGNORANT DRIVER:
yeah
can you hurry up so i can
go back to training

FAVORITE CHILD:
pls listen to my problems august 😞

BEST GRAN EVER:
Get it over with Iris,
I'm trying to make
chocolate eclairs

IGNORANT DRIVER:
ooo

BEST GRAN EVER:
You don't get any August.

FAVORITE CHILD:
hypothetically speaking
what would you do
if this widely listened to singer
invited you to her tour
but you have this new friend
who you want to spend
more time with

IGNORANT DRIVER:
ooo are you talking about charles

'favorite child' removed 'ignorant driver'

BEST GRAN EVER:
Iris! Add him back right now!
He is apart of this family

FAVORITE CHILD:
sadly

'favorite child' added 'ignorant driver'

IGNORANT DRIVER:
to be honest
if charles leclerc was making
me pasta
i also would not want to leave him

BEST GRAN EVER:
He made you pasta?
I remember the first time Glen
made me pasta.
Don't get me wrong, it was disgusting
but it was the effort that counted.

IGNORANT DRIVER:
i made pasta last week

BEST GRAN EVER:
And I fed it to the birds.
They enjoy any type of rubbish
those seagulls.

FAVORITE CHILD:
bet that's hurt the ego august

IGNORANT DRIVER:
it did
but if you go on tour
does that mean i can have
charles' number

BEST GRAN EVER:
Oh yes! I'd love to get in
contact over his pesto pasta
recipe

FAVORITE CHILD:
just say you wanna adopt him
at this point grand-mére

IGNORANT DRIVER:
jealous much??

FAVORITE CHILD:
no
i'm favorite child anyway
still need your advice

BEST GRAN EVER:
Do they stop in France?
I would love to go to a concert.

IGNORANT DRIVER:
yeah! who's the singer

FAVORITE CHILD:
olivia rodrigo

IGNORANT DRIVER:
SHUT UO
NO WAY
I LOVE SOUR

BEST GRAN EVER:
ME TOO
favorite crime gets me sometimes

FAVORITE CHILD:
there is a show in paris
on the 26th of june

BEST GRAN EVER:
Would you be playing

FAVORITE CHILD:
yes
i would be playing at 14 shows
one of them in birmingham 🤢

IGNORANT DRIVER:
what's wrong with
birmingham 😞

FAVORITE CHILD:
everything
i frankly
don't have enough time to explain

BEST GRAN EVER:
You'll be surprised to know
your grandfather loved Birmingham

IGNORANT DRIVER:
maybe that's where i get it from

FAVORITE CHILD:
that's not how genetics works
you really should've stayed in school

IGNORANT DRIVER:
well
you can't say much

FAVORITE CHILD:
i'll have you know
i had an average 90%
attendance at school

IGNORANT DRIVER:
and 100% success rate
at avoiding scotty

BEST GRAN EVER:
Uh. It was 86% success.

FAVORITE CHILD:
thanks for that 👍🏻

IRIS ONLY HAD A FEW MORE MINUTES OF PEACE. Charles had been away for the past two hours, the first hour being occupied by a run and the second by cryotherapy. Both of which had not peaked Iris' interests.

But then deciding whether to go on tour with Olivia Rodrigo hadn't exactly been on the cards either.

Normally an opportunity to tour with anyone is exciting. It would make an artist scream, just at the opportunity to stand next to a rising artist with a growing fan base by the minute. And this would technically be Iris' first ever tour.

She wasn't sure why she felt so anxious, like something was holding her back. Maybe she was worried what Charles would have to say.

She didn't want to think like this, but after Scotty she was almost designed to. Iris was prone to having Scotty blow up on here, at any little thing she did or said. Something like a tour would've thrown him over edge, not having her stuck by his side for a month. He would've gone ballistic.

That was mostly the reason why she hadn't told Charles straight away. And kept the information as a secret. That only she could know.

For once in his life Charles could actually read Iris. Normally, he wasn't very good at it. Whether it be in person or via text, he could never really read people and how they felt. But it was very clear to him that Iris had something on her mind, "Iris?" He asked from her balcony that looked over the busy streets of Monaco. "What's wrong?"

Her head snapped up to him, furrowing her eyebrows. Ready to tell him, it was nothing. Nothing for him to worry about, but he beat her to it.

Charles reached over the chairs on the balcony, and connected their hands. Running his thumb along her skin.

Iris felt a sudden warmth and comfort from just a single action. Not once had she ever received that with Scotty. It was bad to compare them, but it was the truth.

She had never felt like this before. From just a single touch.

Iris knew Charles was nothing like Scotty. It was just the fear she had after him. He had tarnished her whole perception of relationships. And for the first time, Iris felt like she could be herself. Be honest, and open about her worries. She felt like she could be real this time and not have to worry about the consequences.

"I got invited on tour." Iris mumbled.

"What?" Charles asked, his confusion clear in the tone of his voice having been unable to hear her.

"Olivia Rodrigo, invited me to go on her tour. The Europe leg." Iris explained, toying with the loose threat at the sleeve of her jumper.

Charles jumped out of his seat, a fan-boy grin on his face. "No way! Are you being serious! That's great, Iris!" He paused, noticing her less excited expression. "Is that not what you want...?"

"Well yeah, but what about you?"

"What do you mean, what about me?" Charles furrowed his eyebrows, not understanding how his input impacts the decision.

"So you're not angry? You actually want me to go?"

Charles stood grabbed Iris' hands, pulling her to stand up in-front of him and wrapping his hands around her waist. "You don't need to worry about me, Iris. This is an amazing opportunity. I could never be mad at you for something so exciting. The only thing is that I wish I could be there, but I'll be supporting you wherever you are. I'm never going to be angry at you for doing something for your own career, you deserve all these opportunities and more."

Iris moved her hands to cup Charles' cheeks and placing a delicate kiss on the end of his nose. "Plus," Charles added, "It's Olivia Rodrigo? Can't believe you were just going to pass that up, I mean I would've got on that stage instead."

"Sing for me then." Iris smiled, preparing to hear a torturous voice but could only follow as Charles lead her to the piano.

What surprised her the most was the elegance in which he sung and played piano with. She would even say he's better than her. (The supposed professional)

She let it sink in for a minute. Just how lucky she was to have woken up that morning in his apartment.

AUTHORS NOTE:
ending flopped but i ran out of things to say 😜

fun things to come 😁😁 (ignore the numbers they are in fact messed up 👍🏻)