Manual of The Forbidden ➡ Irwin

Chapter 22.

"Who are you?" I asked to another person standing in front of me, her face was familiar but I couldn't put a finger on who she was.

"I'm your other you,"

"What?" I bursted into laughter, "you cannot be another "me", I would never use high heels like those!" I pointed at her feet.

"What happens baby girl is that I do things you're afraid to do, for example, admitting I like Ashton,"

"Like, Ashton Irwin?" I said taking a few steps back.

"See," she said with a calmed voice, "you don't admit it, but I do."

"I don't like Ashton!, are you nuts?, he's Sharon's boyfriend."

"Stop with the hysteria, you know I'm right,"

"You're crazy!" I muttered.

"But, what if he wasn't Sharon's boyfriend?, would you admit you like him?"

"No!" I answered harshly.

"Of course you wouldn't, because if he wasn't her boyfriend you would have never meet him,"

"I don't like him!" I was on the edge of punching her face.

"Yeah right, repeat that until you believe it yourself, because I don't." she smiled.

"Can you please shut up!"

"Why?, nobody can hear us, there's only you and me, admit you like Ashton and I'll stop bugging you." she offered.

"No!" I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Suit yourself," she shrugged. "because at the end of the day, that's why I am here."

"You're not a part of me!"

"Whatever you say darling," she swatted her hand in front of my face, "but remember, I do admit I like Ashton, and believe it or not, I'm a part of you."

And then she disappeared.

I woke up, my face was sweaty and my fists were grabbing the sheets furiously, what a crazy nightmare, nothing else, I looked at the clock it was eight o'clock, just in time, I had to get ready to go out with Michael.

I rushed out of bed to do it so and when I was done I went to look out for him.

I knocked his door, and as always that beautiful smile in his angel face made my day.

"Hi!" he greeted me.

"Hi."

"Ready to go?"

"I am!"

I tangled my arm with his and we started our way to his old black Mustang, he opened the door for me, walked to his side and started the car, the motor roared and the wheels started

rolling.

"Why were you talking so low yesterday?, Who didn't want you to hear you?" he asked while driving, focusing on the road.

"Sharon and As..Ashton," I stammered.

"Why?, let me guess, Sharon would have speculated,"

"Yeah.. That's why!"

He looked at me but he didn't seem really convinced.

We got to Plaza San Marcos and started walking, I took the camera in my hands and started taking pictures of the monuments while people walked by under the barely visible sun of the city of Venice.

"Michael," I called his attention.

"Tell me,"

"Have you ever liked someone who is forbidden?"

"Forbidden?"

"Yes, a person you're not supposed to like."

"Well..." he mumbled, "when I was four years old I fell in love with my aunt."

We laughed.

"No Michael, seriously!"

"Mmm no, but, you fell in love with whom?, a dad?"

"Falling in love don't, and less with a father!" I replied disgusted.

"Then, who you liked?"

"Well..."

"Ashton?"

I felt my stomach drop, and my thoughts paralysed. How did he know that?, How could he guess so easily?, Was I that obvious?.

I looked at him nervous, with my lips pressed in a thin line, but he wasn't looking at me as I expected, he was staring at a place away from us.

"Is that Ashton?" Michael asked still looking away.

I followed the direction his eyes looked at, and in the middle of the crowd I saw the guy who stole my breath away, I realised then, that when Michael said his name he wasn't referring to what we were talking about, he just said it because he found him in the crowd.

"I think that's him, what is he doing here?"

"Maybe he just when out, like us, let's go talk to him!"

Michael grabbed my hand and dragged me some meters away from where we were standing, facing now Ashton's back.

He looked like he was looking for someone as he was moving his head in all directions.

"Hey, Ashton!" said Michael making him jump.

He turned around and when he looked at us he opened his eyes like plates.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you," Michael apologised, "are you here with someone, because we thought It'd be awesome if you wanted to be with us!"

He looked down at our hands, that were intertwined, and his face once scared was now frowning.

"Well," he looked back at our faces. "it'd be great, why not?"

"Hey Dawnie, lets go there!" he pointed at our left, "I'm sure you'll find it great!" I followed Michael, my hand still holding his.

My heart was singing, but I didn't understand why, it was also beating weirdly, however it was pleasant.

"What a casualty we found you here," said Michael after a while.

"Oh, yeah, I came here to.." he fell silent suddenly nervous, "to distract a little."

"So did us, besides Dawn gets to take some amazing pictures," Michael smiled at me.

I returned his smile, but the only thing I could hear was the rapid beating of my heart.

"So, Dawnie, you never answered my question."

"Which question?" I asked lowly.

"You know, who you liked and why you found him forbidden?"

I opened my eyes widely, and Ashton who was walking as the same pace as I was looked at us suddenly interested in what we got to say.

"Mmm... Well... The... He..." they were staring at me and Ashton wasn't even blinking.

"Who?" Michael insisted.

I glared at him wanting to stop his mouth from talking, my hands started to get sweaty before the possibility of getting discovered.

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[A/N]

Uhhh cliffhanger, what is she going to answer???.

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