My Best Friend's Wedding
Gendry is getting married. But not to Arya. Modern AU
WARNING: This is my first ever fan fic so firgive me if it sucks. Criticism and reviews are most welcome. Follow me on tumblr: .com
Chapter 1:
"OMG!" Margaery Tyrell jumps out from her seat to run towards the newly arrived. "It's Arya!"
Arya is welcomed by one of the most fatal near death experiences in the whole wide world, a hug by Margaery. Just a few seconds of the brown haired girl's hug made breathing impossible.
"M-margie, y-you're k-killing me!"
"Oops, sorry," Margaery giggles. "I just miss you so much. Look at you. You're don't look like some hipster vampire queen anymore. Your skin is no longer pasty."
"But she's still as short as a middle schooler," Jon added with a grin.
Arya made a face then stopped. "Hey, do I look pasty before?"
"Uh-huh," Margaery looked down at her from head to toe. "But now you look like you came from the Amazon!"
"Minus the long legs," her brother interrupts again. Arya stomps his chest making him laugh.
"Come on, the whole gang is waiting for you."
Arya's heart squeezes a bit when she saw The Gang. The Gang is composed of her siblings, Jon, Robb and Sansa plus some add ons. The add ons are the Tyrells, Margaery and her brother Loras. Renly Baratheon, who is Loras' longtime boyfriend, also joined The Gang after coming out of the closet. And of course whoever her siblings are dating. But this time, her brother Robb is with his wife named Jeyne, while Jon's new girl Val is on her night shift in a hospital that's why she couldn't come. Sansa on the other hand, is miraculously dateless, saying that she will now focus on her career as the coeditor of Vogue Westeros. And of course him.
But the him is nowhere to be found as she goes to The Gang's table at Hot Pie' Bar and Grill, owned by another member of The Gang which is Hot Pie. Loras and Renly both kisses her cheeks, after shrieking their ohmygodsimissyou! while her siblings Sansa and Robb give her a nod, for they already made their emotional Welcome back Arya! back at the Winterfell manor. She and Jon sit down at the table and Arya feels like she never left her friends for two years.
"Oh my God, your skin looks gorgeous," Loras comments.
"Well, digging dragon skulls at Braavos does that to you," she said while chugging her Heineken.
"Maybe we should schedule a trip there," Renly said. "I don't want to go to Dorne again. Their beaches are so overrated."
"Oh yes," Sansa agreed. "I heard their beaches are pure and that they sell the best silks in the world."
"And their men have weird accents and always speak in third person. Right, Sansa?" Margaery adds.
Sansa made a face, "I told you I won't date anyone this year. I shall focus on my career."
"Huh," Arya interjects. "Good thing you finally banged your head about that Joffrey The Cunt."
"Please do not mention him. Hearing his name makes me wanna barf."
And so The Gang chants Sansa's jerky ex's name. The girl excused herself saying she might vomit the Big Mac that she chowed down thirty minutes ago on the mahogany table.
"Ugh," Jon groans all of the sudden while looking at his phone.
"What? You're gonna vomit too?" Robb asked distancing his self.
Jon shakes her curly hair making a certain member of The Gang sigh dreamily. But no one else noticed. "It's Gendry." The mention of his name makes Arya's heart do a little dance. Which is stupid. "Gendry is bringing her."
The whole table groans, except for Arya, who merely raised an eyebrow. "Hey what's the matter?"
"Yes, what's the matter?" Sansa asked as she goes back to their table.
"Gendry is bringing her," Robb repeats his brother.
"Ugh, I gotta vomit," Sansa stands up. "For real, this time."
Arya watches her sister go, "Who is Gendry going to bring?"
"Her veil, evil, whorish new girlfriend," Maragery answered in total disdain.
Arya remembered a quick chat with him just last month, through Facebook, when she learned that he's dating a certain girl named Ros. The thought makes her want to follow her sister on the restroom and puke her heart out. She thought the idea of him dating other girls no longer repulses her but she is wrong. It seems like distance didn't change anything when it comes to the matters of the heart.
"Is she really that bad?" Arya asked.
"See for yourself," says Renly. "Here comes my nephew."
Hot Pie' Bar and Grill must have this auto-slow motion button that can make the movements around the resto slower. Because that's what happened, to Arya, when her best friend entered the establishment. He's still the Gendry that she remembered crying a bit when she boarded the ship towards Braavos. Blue eyed, dark haired and tanned, his coat that he's wearing is blocking any chance of sneaking a peek into those abs that Arya has seen a thousand times already. And his stupid face gives this stupid grin that Arya stupidly adores when he saw her. Then all of the sudden, he's running.
"Arya!" he shouts. Arya stands up from her seat then meets him halfway. A stupid action considering the fact that she might trip or worse, bang into a waiter then spill whatever orders that the waiter is holding. But she can no longer wait. Fuck it. She missed him so much.
She has to tip toe in order to put her arm around his neck and embrace him properly. She can feel his hands snaking around her small waist, pulling her closer so that her small body can touch his. She can smell his hair, the scent of coconut and some soap. She realized that she missed his smell too.
"God, I miss you," Gendry mutters. Her heart does a stupid dance again.
"I miss you too, stupid," she said back. He laughs.
She doesn't know long they hug but she doesn't care. It just feels so good to be back into Gendry's arms.
Okay, that was corny.
Then they both heard an "Ahem."
Gendry practically jumps out of their embrace, leaving Arya hanging. Her eyebrows furrowed trying to find out where the hell that ahem came from.
A girl with hair redder than Sansa is standing a few feet away from then. The girl all of the sudden puts her hand around Gendry' waist. "You must be Arya."
Gendry turned red. "Uh Ros, Arya. Arya, Ros."
The stupid bull seems to be stupid enough to be at loss of words. Arya gives her smile that can make anyone tremble, "I'm Arya. Gendry's best friend."
"I'm Ros. Gendry's girlfriend."
Tension grows thicker than the beard of the old man looking at them from the corner.
"Hey guys," says Hot Pie. "Who wants some BBQs?"
Saved by Hot Pie.
~o~o~
The tension is still in the air as they all sit at the table, eating Hot Pie's BBQs and drinking their alcohols. Everyone seems to be determined to get drunk. Thank the gods, old and new, for Margaery Tyrell's ability to make a good conversation about the history of barbeques.
Arya tries to engage herself to the very important issue that Margaery is discussing. But she can't. At the corner of her eye she can see Gendry looking at her. He's been staring at her the whole night, even though Ros keeps on nibbling his ear. Which is stupid. Why does she need to nibble his ear while they're on the table? Can't she see the barbeque Hot Pie prepared?
Of course she'll nibble his ear. Even his ear is deelish.
Arya can see why everyone hates Ros. Aside from the constant nibbling and ignoring Hot Pie's meals, which seems to annoy him, Ros is a total bitch. Upon seating, she told Jeyne, who's unfortunately sitting beside her, that she has gotten fatter and that there is a pharmacy just outside the resto that sells pregnancy test tubes. She also told Renly and Loras that same sex marriage will never be approved in Westeros and that they need to ship their asses off to L.A and look for Ellen De Generes for support. She also commented that Sansa doesn't look so very well. Is the image of Joffrey affects her appetite? Because of the mention of her ex, Sansa needs to go to the restroom again.
Robb wants to tackle her for the pregnancy comment. Margaery and the gay couple wnats her dead. Jon is silently asking Gendry to please take the bitch away. But Gendry is not looking at Jon. He's still looking at Arya, like he's some puppy and that he needs milk. How can he look at her like that while his girlfriend is right there, giving him a hickey?
How can he bring this whore on her homecoming dinner?
To make him suffer, Arya licks her lips then slowly and sensually bring the tip of her Heineken on her mouth, thanking Freud into making phallic symbols known to the people. She can see his Adam's apple bob. After taking a sip she sandaled feet onto his, giving him a footsie. He suddenly tensed.
Arya smirked then stop whatever that she was doing. It's good to know that she still has an effect on her one time lover.
When Sansa finally came back, Gendry's girlfriend started calling their attention.
"Attention, I have something to announce!"
The Gang turns to her, wanting her to say that she's going to Oldtown and spend nunnery there. But they were wrong. Oh, so, wrong.
"Uh, Ros," Gendry started, looking panicked. "I don't think..."
"Shhh, honey pie."
Arya puts her hand on her mouth to stop laughing. Honey pie? They already have a Hot Pie. Now they have Honey Pie!
The bitch glares at her but she met it with an equally steely look. The bitch is not bitchy enough to meet Arya's Ice Glare.
But the Ice Glare faltered when Ros said, "Gendry and I are getting married."
~o~o~
When The Gang is finally at their respective rooms they hit MSN. Except for Gendry and Arya. and Hot Pie, who is known for being at loss at everything that does not belong to the kitchen.
the_young_wolf_is_smexy: thank the gods that's over!
iam_lord_commander: the worst dinner of my life!
princess_of_thornes: gawd, i can't believe gendry is going to marry that beyotch
stag_party: i can't believe we're going to be related. ew!
hotknight_of_flowers: I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE ASKED ME TO DESIGN HER DRESS! EW! EW! EW!
stag_party: god u don't have to shout! I'm ryt beside you!
hotknight_of_flowers: i actually shouted? Sorry!
porcelein2ivory2steel: poor arya! she looked lyk some1 puked on her
princess_of_thornes: guys, we nid 2 do something. we nid to stop the engagement, ryt now!
iam_lord_commander: wut u want us 2 go 2 gen's and kill him for being stupid?
princess_of_thornes: no, the other way around. Let's kill ros.
the_young_wolf: jeyne is already getting the gun. Meet u der in five minutes
stag_party: WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO KILL HER?
hotknight_of_flowers: gawd, you don't have 2 shout! I'm ryt beside you!
princess_of_thornes: i won't let this happen. Gendrya is my OTP
stag_party: what's Gendrya?
iam_lord_commander: what's OTP?
porcelein2ivory2steel: gendry + arya = gendrya. It's their ship name. OTP means One True Pair
iam_lord_commander: gendry and arya has a ship?
princess_of_thornes: gawd, don't u have a tumblr account? What a bunch of losers.
hotknight_of_flowers: whatever. Let's just have a brunch 2morrow at Hot Pie's so that we can plan better. Okie? Gotta sleep with my hubby. Nyt. Nyt.
porcelein2ivory2steel: me too. Nyt!
hotknight_of_flowers logged out
porcelein2ivory2steel logged out
stag_party logged out
princess_of_thornes: yah me too. Nyt!
princess_of_thornes logged out
iam_lord_commander: about gendry and arya's ship, you guys think they let me aboard 4 free. Val wants to visit her 'rents in The Wall.
After thirty minutes, someone texted The Gang.
Robb Stark: Guys, it's freezing. Jeyne and I are outside Ros' place. Are we doing this or what?
Robb Stark: Guys! Guuuuyyysss!
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