Game of Thrones: Growing Fast

Chapter 1 of my new Game of Thrones story, decided to do a Ned/Cat teenager modern AU, hope you enjoy it.

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

Chapter 1

The seventeen year old auburn haired, blue eyed girl groaned as she recovered. She had just thrown up into the toilet, for probably the third time that day.

'Urgh, what is wrong with me…I don't, this just happened all of a sudden, but how…' She thought mournfully. 'Am I sick; I don't have any of the usual symptoms of sickness, just…throwing up.'

She groaned again but nothing happened, to her relief. She flushed the toilet and shook her head. She checked herself in the mirror, rinsed her mouth out and looked again; she was looking paler than usual.

She sighed sadly. 'Great, now what, how could this happen, what is wrong with me…Urgh.'

She jumped at the knock at the door. "Cat, is everything alright?"

She cleared her throat before answering. "Everything, everything's fine dad."

Hostor didn't sound too convinced, but he left and she breathed a sigh of relief. The girl was Catelyn Tully, eldest daughter and child of Hostor Tully, the governor of the Riverlands, the central region of the land of Westeros.

Her mother was sadly dead, her only other family aside from her father was her Uncle, Brynden, and her younger sister, fifteen year old Lysa and younger brother twelve year old Edmure.

She left the bathroom, thinking and fretting to herself.

'How long have I felt like this…people are starting to notice?' She wondered. 'Gods, just the other day, Ned asked me if I was okay, he saw how pale I looked; did he guess I'd thrown up…?'

Ned was her boyfriend, Seventeen year old Eddard Stark, the second son and second eldest child of Rickard Stark, the governor of the North, the largest region in Westeros. They had been dating for almost a year now, before that, she had dated his older brother Brandon. Things didn't work out between her and Brandon, they were just too different.

It was during that time she grew closer to Ned, but it was almost six months from her break-up with Brandon before she and Ned started dating.

Thinking about him caused her to realize something. 'Wait, I've felt like this, ever since that time Ned and I…?'

She blushed at the memory; before suddenly, a thought occurred to her; one which scared her considerably.

'Gods no, it can't be…please, not that…' She almost panicked.

Her mind raced with the implications; it was a scary thought, could she possibly be pregnant? She thought back desperately to that time when she and Ned made love; it had been their first time, both of them. Yet she was sure they had been protected; but now, looking back, she found she couldn't really remember.

She almost burst into tears, due to how scared she felt. 'If I ask Ned, he more than likely won't remember either…Oh Gods, this is so messed up, what if I am, what have I done, what will happen to me, to Ned…To us.'

She immediately hurried to her room and barricaded herself inside.

Sometime later, Cat was still sitting on her bed, rocking back and forth, tears spilling from her eyes. She knew she had to be sure, but she couldn't bring herself to even think about going to buy a test. She was too scared of what the result might be.

'What do I do…What do I do?' She wondered in dismay. 'I can't keep hiding this; I need to, I need to figure something out.'

But no matter how hard she thought, no answers came to Cat; leaving her more scared than ever. She was so wound up in her thoughts that the knock on her bedroom door made her jump.

"Cat." She heard her sister's voice calling out.

Cat bit her lip but replied. "Come in Lysa."

The door opened and Lysa Tully stepped in; aside from her hair being a different shade of auburn and being surprisingly more developed than Cat, despite being younger, Lysa looked so much like her older sister. The moment Lysa saw Cat and her obvious distress she hurried over to her.

"Cat; what's wrong?" She asked, worry colouring her tone.

Cat bit her lip and shook her head. "I can't say."

Lysa narrowed her eyes a bit at that. "What, c'mon, surely you can tell me, I'm your sister."

Cat let out a shuddering gasp; but knew it was going to come out anyway, she might as well tell someone, why not Lysa.

"I…I think I might be pregnant." She whispered.

Lysa froze, staring at her with wide eyes.

There was a long silence before Lysa found her voice.

"So-so-so, you and-and…" She stammered; Cat nodded. "The two of you…and now you think you might be…"

Cat nodded again and Lysa let out a slow breath. "Okay, you think, you don't know for sure?"

"I can't…I can't go buy a test, I just can't, I'm too scared." Cat admitted at last.

To her surprise, Lysa grinned. "Cat; this is why the Gods invented little sisters."
"Huh?"

"I'll go buy one for you." Lysa offered.

Catelyn froze. "What, Lysa, no, I couldn't ask…"

Lysa casually waved her hand. "It's nothing, besides, if you're worried about Dad finding out, he's not here."

Cat couldn't think of any other argument so she reluctantly agreed and waited while Lysa left. All the same, the waiting made her mind race even more. She began to worry about what would happen if she was pregnant.

How she would tell Ned, how would he react, what about the rest of the family, their reactions, Ned's family? It was well known the Starks were currently facing pressure of their own, due to Ned's younger sister's teenage pregnancy; if the result was positive, Cat was only going to add to their problems.

These thoughts raced through her mind so many times, Cat was afraid she had gone crazy by the time she had taken the test and anxiously awaited the result. Lysa sat with her as they waited; Cat trying to look anywhere but at the waiting test; at least until the timer signalled it was time and she stood up, shakily picking up the test.

"It's gonna be okay Cat." Lysa told her. "No matter what, I'm with you."

Cat nodded and finally looked at the result, her emotions overwhelmed her and she burst into tears, hugging Lysa desperately. Lysa returned the hug, doing her best to calm her sister. The test fell from Cat's limp hand, landing face up, showing the small pink plus sign for all to see.

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