Piano Man - Chapter 28

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Irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. Irony is when you see a dime on the ground, don’t see much use in picking it up so you ignore it  and later in the day you are a dime short. Irony is when  you name your Great Dane tiny, and I am normally a huge fan of Irony. But when Irony is when you are invited to the love of your life’s wedding in your old hometown, in the church across from the one you two were suppose to get married in but it has a fire, so they change the wedding to the church across the street, then I am not a fan. If the day couldn’t get anymore painful for my dad then it just did. After flying from Ireland back to England, being forced to sit on a plane full of the wedding party, and getting stuck sitting next to Kenneth I didn’t know how much more my dad would be able to handle.  After my mom denied him yet again, he really fell apart. He had little to no confidence that they would ever get back together. With a little convincing from Robby and I we got him to agree to come to the wedding and we just had to wait to convince him to object  during the ceremony. If him and my mom weren’t going to live happily ever after together than we should be able to say we gave it our best shot. It took a bit of convincing from my mom to allow Harry at the wedding, probably knowing that we had some sort of plan stirred up, but with a bit of begging and puppy dog eyes we eventually got her to say yes, with one condition that he sat in the very back of the church and was not allowed to interrupt the ceremony. I promise, but I also had my fingers crossed behind my back.

The flight wasn’t very long, and for me it was comfortable. Firstly because I was all cozied up leaning against Noah’s shoulder, and secondly I found some comfort knowing that I had found my dad and was working on getting him and my mom together. So when we got off the plane and walked out into the rainy atmosphere, I became a little more uncomfortable and by the looks of it so did everyone else. I couldn’t tell though if it was because the poor weather, the rushed wedding or the memories that they had all once shared together which seemed all too complicated for anyone to understand. Although the wedding was rushed we arrived in Holmes Chapel the night before and it seemed like the night was going slower than possible. but it was probably too excitement of the big day getting to my nerves, and when I say big day I mean my father proclaiming his love for my mom in front of all her friends and family. I could care less about my mom and Kenneth’s big day.

We all decided to take it easy that night and just stay at the hotel. Noah and I decided to go down to the pool. I didn’t feel like swimming so I just dangled my feet in the shallow end while Noah stood in the water by my legs.

“I love you” Noah sighed as he leaned against me slightly. I smiled back at him but accidentally waited long enough so there was an awkward pause.

“I love you too” I said back and did truly mean it. My mind was  distracted. On top of my mothers wedding there was also an elephant in the room, an elephant I needed to address.

“What’s wrong Darc?”Noah asked as he pulled himself out of the pull and sat on the edge of it with me.

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