Manual of The Forbidden ➡ Irwin

Chapter 18.

When we finished eating we started walking through one of the many canals around Venice, but the shrew didn't like at all that they went ahead, leaving Luke and I by ourselves.

The way the looked, the way their hands looked together, the way the looked at each-other, the smiles they shared, their compatibility and everything else, it kicked so hard in my stomach, but it wasn't a baby kick, it wasn't tender.

"Dawn!" like called my name waving his hand in front of my face, "you are really distracted, aren't you?"

"Pardon me?"

"I've called your name like three times and it's like you're stuck in your precious little world,"

"Oh sorry, I was just thinking," I apologised myself.

"You were thinking of them, weren't you?" he nodded in their direction.

"Why would you think that?" I laughed nervously.

"Because you were staring at them," he shrugged.

"Well, why would I deny it if we both know it's true, I was indeed staring at them, like how they were made for each-other," those words tasted like vinegar in my mouth, and the Shrew wasn't agree with my brain at all she even scratched it a little.

"Yes," he didn't sound convinced, he even sounded sad, "they are."

"You don't sound really convinced,"

"I know they are," he darted his eyes onto the ground looking at his moving feet, "Sharon it's a really good girl," he looked at me, "she's a really good person, sincere, humble, her big blue eyes are really expressive, and her smile is the most beautiful smile I've ever seen, and they way she gets excited about everything is adorable, isn't it?" his mood changed instantly from resignation to joy.

"Wait a minute, you..?" I closed my mouth with my own hand, his eyed opened immediately like soup plates, like he just dropped the gossip of the century.

"What?" he sounded indescribably worried.

"You're in love with Sharon!!!"

Now everything was clear, Ashton had told me Luke liked this "mysterious woman", and Luke haven't told him who that "woman" was because it was his own girlfriend.

"Shhhh Dawnie," he gestured me to lower my voice.

"So it is true,"

"Oh my God. Dawnie, please don't tell anybody," he begged me, "nobody knows it but you," he looked like he was going to cry, and I even felt bad for him, the Shrew was singing but I didn't know the reason why this time.

"Don't worry, I won't tell," I tangled my arm with his, he seemed to be okay with it, and it also seemed like we were going to be pretty close by the way we were acting with each-other, "you're not the only one that's been through this, I've heard plenty of this cases,"I tried to reassure him.

"I'm an awful brother!, who falls in love with his brother's girlfriend?"

"We choose the kind of love our heart thinks is correct, my friend" he nodded.

"But... Do you know how hard is to watch them kiss, telling all kind of cute things to each-other, and acting all lovey-dovey?"

"I do,"

"Do you?, did you fell in love with your sister's boyfriend?"

"No, I'm an only child, but I completely understand," I sighed, "it's like when you look at them kiss you want to leave them the hell alone, run away and try to erase the last minutes of your life from your brain"

"Wow, I thought nobody would ever understand me in that way,"

"In which way?" Ashton's voice talked.

"Ashton what did I tell you about the people's privacy?"

"Look Shar, they just met and they are already keeping secrets," Ashton commented.

"Ooohh!" Sharon kidded.

Luke was feeling really uncomfortable, he was looking at the floor, then at me, then at Sharon, then at Ashton and then back at the floor.

"Shar, I was thinking of asking Michael out," I was sure of something, that Sharon's idea of setting me up with like would only fail if he tried to set me ip with someone else.

And Luke looked at me with his sky-blue eyes thanking me for this big favour I had done to him.

"Are you serious?" I nodded.

"I am, I mean, he's a good guy, well-behaved and also good-looking so. Why not?"

"And when?" it had worked, she wasn't thinking of "Duke" anymore she was more into "Mawn" right now.

She left Ashton's left hand alone, Tangling our arms together making me break the embrace Luke and I had formed.

We were now walking ahead, and them following us closely behind.

"Well I was thinking of doing it tomorrow,"

"And, do you like him?"

If I said yes she would start speculating untrue things, she would even start planning the "June Wedding At The Plaza", I know she would be capable of it, but if I said no it wouldn't match with everything I said before so I would end up like a stupid.

"Well... Mmmm..." I stammered.

"Guys look!" Luke cheered pointing at a gondola, "I wanna go."

"Me too!" Sharon also cheered, "what about you Dawn?"

"No.. Mm.. I pass," I was nervous of getting into that little wooden transport method.

"Me too," said Ashton who was standing close to me.

"Oh you guys suck," teased Sharon sticking her tongue out.

When they got into the gondola Luke winked at me, I understood now, he had done the same thing for me: saving me from an uncomfortable situation.

And when they got lost in the waters I turned my attention back to Ashton.

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