Iris Lilly

**Iris Lilly** is a main character of Donald Newton's The Clearwood Murders series. Iris is a nerdy math wiz that wears glasses. She is somewhat shy around new people, especially boys that she likes, but she is very strong and wise within Scott's group of friends.

Unlike most main characters in The Clearwood Murders, she is NOT based on any character from That 70s Show. She is actually based and named after author Donald Newton's mother Iris Lilly.

## Pre-Clearwood Murders

Not much is known about Iris's life prior to the Clearwood Murders.

## The Clearwood Murders

### The Wrath of Francis

#### Chapter 2

Iris was introduced in Chapter 2 as part of Scott's group of outcast. When she first appears, she's annoyed by the fact that she's tutoring Chuck, who doesn't even plan on graduating high school anyways. She asks why she tutors him and is told by Cheri that it's because she has a good heart.

#### Chapter 4

Iris joins Scott, Chuck, and Cheri over to Andrew's basement in hopes of allying their group with Andrew's new group. This becomes successful as they find common group. The both groups, now as one, get high together on weed, including the goody good Iris.

#### Chapter 5

As everyone begins leaving the party down in the basement, she is offered a ride by her crush Jeremy Smith. She agrees with joy. Although, a protective Scott does give a stern warning to Jeremy to be good to her. Jeremy promises to be good to Iris before they leave to take her home.

#### Chapter 6

Iris arrives at school and joins with the rest of the group, now consisting of both Scott's group and Andrew's group. Wanting to get to class early, she informs Jeremy that she's going to class. But he doesn't really acknowledge her, which hurts her feelings. Realizing his mistake, Jeremy calls out to her and kisses her in front of everyone. This is revealed to be her first kiss. He then proceeds to call her "Babe", which she likes. It does appear that Jeremy and Iris become a couple by this.

## Relationships

#### Scott Lane

Scott and Iris are good friends. They both belong to the same group of outcasts. Both are typically looked down by the popular types in general. Iris being a nerd most likely reminds Scott of Andrew, whom he was best friends with, which is probably why he started hanging out with after Andrew starting dating Alice and hanging out with her popular friends. But Scott shows that he does care for Iris for who she is and sees her a good friend.

#### Chuck Larson

Iris and Chuck are friends due to being in the same group of outcasts. Not much of their friendship is known at the moment.

#### Cheri Hamilton

Iris and Cheri are friends due to being in the same group of outcasts. Not much of their friendship is known at the moment.

#### Michael Cruise

Cruise is Iris's teacher and they seem to have a stable professional relationship. Not much is known about them at the moment.

## Trivia

* The image of Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to Dollhouse and The Princess Dairies is used for the character of Iris Lilly.
* The image of Iris is that of Heather as Martha Meeks, the sister of Randy Meeks, in Scream 3. The original version of The Clearwood Murders stories were fan fiction of Scream.
* The character of Iris Lilly was based and named after author Donald Newton's mother. Both are nerds who wore glasses.