Game of Thrones: Love in the Springtime

Chapter 1 of my new Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

This is a sequel to Wars and Hearts and takes place two years later with Robb and Jeyne's wedding. Inspired by the fic Wedding by winterwaters on Archive of Our Own, if you see this winterwaters, thank you for the inspiration. Anyway, the idea is a family fic where family and close friends (or soon to be family members) watch Arya and Gendry interact, bonus for being set at a wedding.

Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Sansa

Twenty year old Sansa Stark smiled, today was the big day. Her older brother Robb was getting married today. As Maid of Honour Sansa was in charge of getting everything ready, that included her younger sister Arya. She knocked on Arya's bedroom door before entering.

"Arya, c'mon, it's time."

She half-expected Arya to still be in bed, complaining about having to get up so early. But no, Arya was awake; she clearly however hadn't been up long. She was still in her pyjamas and was still dying a purple streak in her now shoulder length hair.

Arya looked at her sister in the mirror. "Alright Sansa, relax, I'm not gonna be late."

Sansa shook her head. "Jeyne's already arrived, we need to help her get ready and you're not even ready yourself."

Arya laughed; despite her words she noted no hint of admonishment in Sansa's voice.

"Everybody's got to do their part Arya; that includes you." Sansa continued with a smirk. "Now hurry, get your dress on and come to my room, we're getting ready there."

Arya sighed and nodded, finishing dying the streak in her hair.

"I won't be long, don't worry." She paused and then asked. "Who else is here?"

Sansa smiled, noting Arya's hesitance and explained.

"Dad's already gone to the church, Rickon's with him. Some of the guests will probably already be there. Bran's gone to the Reed's; he'll be coming with them. Mum's still here. Both Jeyne's are here, so is Eleyna." She paused and then added. "Gendry just arrived five minutes ago."

She smiled when Arya tried to remain impassive but her eyes lit up and she suddenly seemed in a hurry to get dressed.

Sansa left the room and smiled to herself when she thought of Arya's reaction. While she was still one of the bridesmaid's Arya did not intend to ride in the limo with them, she planned to ride with Gendry. Surprisingly nobody had any complaints; Sansa felt that the only person with a right to complain was her soon to be sister in law and she didn't complain, in fact, she encouraged Arya's decision. Already in her dress and prepared herself Sansa prepared to head over to her room. She stopped however as Gendry came up the stairs. He also stopped when he saw her and smiled lightly.

"Hi, sorry I…I thought I could come and…and see Arya, before she was too busy." He explained.

Sansa smiled back. "Nice to see you Gendry, Arya's getting dressed just now, but, she shouldn't be long. But please be quick; we need her in my room to get everything ready."

He nodded; Sansa noticed the distant tense expression in his eyes and thought about the upcoming wedding. She then realized a potential reason for Gendry acting the way he was.

"Are you gonna be okay coming to the wedding?" She asked, concerned. "I mean, your father's going to be there."

Gendry grimaced; the first time Gendry and Arya had met, in the bar. The reason Gendry had been drinking his sorrows away was discovering who his father was, Robert Baratheon, and then finding out Robert didn't even know he had existed.

Gendry had been enraged at Robert's lack of care. However it had made him certain of one thing. Sansa had heard Arya talk to him about it and he had sworn to never abandon any of his children like his father had. Sansa hadn't been in the best position to see, but she could've sworn Arya had blushed at that. Sansa was about to speak again but then saw Gendry's eyes had glazed over and his jaw had gone slack. She turned and smiled. Arya had emerged from her room; her hair hung loose and wavy, the purple streak stood out. It was accented by her dress, lilac in colour with thin straps, the neckline didn't plunge below her collarbone, the bodice was form fitting while the knee length skirt flared out slightly. A length of matching cloth was wrapped around her waist as a belt; to go with the outfit was a pair of clear heels. Although Arya wasn't wearing them yet, instead carrying them in hand. She had stopped and she had a similar expression on her face to Gendry.

"I'll give you two some time together." She said with a smirk.

She stepped past Gendry and began to head back to her room. Before she entered however she looked back. Arya had closed the gap between her and Gendry and they were hugging. She had never seen her sister look so content before.

She was still smiling as she entered her room where Jeyne was sitting down while the other girls worked on her hair and make-up. She smiled and nodded to them all as she joined them in working to get Jeyne ready for the wedding. Her mind however was on Arya and Gendry. She was amazed by their relationship; it had changed her sister so much. Two years ago she had been so dark and angry; Sansa had been trying to give her help, but was sadly misguided. Now, without Sansa's help, Arya had a boyfriend and was much happier than ever before. It was all due to Gendry; through one chance meeting things had changed and Arya changed for the better. She wished sometimes that she and her family could've seen it sooner. But she was happy now that everything was okay. As if on cue Arya entered; Sansa noticed her cheeks were red, but didn't comment. Still she smiled; relieved for Arya's sake that everything was finally okay.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.