Ashara Dayne was fairly used to go to detention after school. Her school, King's Landing Prep, was very traditional and tended to punish students by the smallest possible transgressions, most suited to their behavior to comply with the rules, but not her. She did not think it was worth it really, sometimes she was willing to be discreet; smoking a cigarette in a hurry in the ladies room and kissing guys between library background shelves away from most of the eyes, but to stop doing the things she feels like doing just for fear of having to spend an extra hour at school was insane, and a potentially fast track to a very boring life.
What she was not too used was to find Ned Stark in detention with her, which was already happening frequently for almost two weeks. As soon as she arrived that day and found the boy sat doing her homework in the empty room she said:
"I thought your days of detention had ended yesterday"
"They did end, but I got one more day"
"My god Ned, what did Robert got you this time?"
"Nothing," said Ned slightly red.
"I do not believe you, I know he's your friend but he really has put you in a few scrapes lately"
That Ned did not deny, he could not really. The first time he had come there was because Robert had hired a stripper to enter the school while having her pose as a student. It was supposed to be an apparent present for Ned for his seventeenth birthday. And rather than report his best friend and partner-in-crime, Ned had resolved to take the blame together. As he remained silent Ashara asked:
"When's Robert coming?"
"He's not gonna come. He hasn't really done anything, it was just me "
"What did you do then?"
"I was fiddling with my cellphone during Pycelle's Intro to Valyria class"
"Was it for something important?"
"Not really"
"Then why did you do it? You know how it is when people flout his authority "
"Yes, I was aware that I probably would get detention for it"
"Then why? D'you miss the pleasure of my company and decided to get in trouble just to spend one more day in this prison? "
Ashara said it as a joke, but the shade of red on the Stark boy's face made her realize it was in fact a possibility. A good possibility.
"Ned, I know most guys when they want to spend time with a girl call her for a date, no aim in going to detention"
"I know. I'm sorry it was, it was ... I'm sorry, "he said looking at the table instead of at her very red appearing to be praying that a black hole would open up at that moment and get him out of there.
"But I like that you did it"
He said nothing, but he looked at her with those slate grey eyes of his; beautiful like waning storm clouds.
"Then you know, try to not get detention tomorrow as well. I'll try to do the same, and tomorrow we will find something better to do together after school than stay in this place."
He then smiled. He has the most prettiest smile.
