Game of Thrones: History Repeats Itself
Chapter 1 of a new Game of Thrones story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Chapter 1
The sixteen year old girl bit her lip as she sat on the floor of the bathroom.
'Urgh, again…' She thought to herself. 'I must have caught something, surely; I mean, what else could make me throw up so much?'
Well, she could think of something, but she didn't want to consider that. The girl was in fact the third child and youngest daughter of Eddard Stark and his wife Catelyn, her name was Arya, she had shoulder length brown hair and grey eyes, a skinny build and was no more than five foot one in height.
She had an older brother and sister and two younger brothers, yet she was the only one who inherited her father's physical features, such as hair and eye colour, as well as a long face, the rest inherited their mother's auburn hair, blue eyes, high cheekbones and such.
For a long time Arya had always felt the odd one out, and at first felt she wasn't attractive, not that it bothered her as she felt that love and all that mushy stuff wasn't worth her time.
'Until I met him, then I realized…' She thought to herself.
The 'him' was in fact her boyfriend, Gendry, a man aged twenty-one, which had at first caused issues with her family; who had been outraged at Arya, dating a man five years her senior, suspicious of Gendry and worried due to him living in the bad neighbourhood of King's Landing.
Slowly but surely however, especially when it became clear that Arya was certain of her feelings for Gendry and eventually her family turned around and slowly began to accept the relationship, especially when it became clear that, if they continued to protest, Arya was seriously considering leaving home and staying with Gendry.
In the end however, what truly turned her family's opinion was Gendry himself, somehow winning them over. Arya felt grateful for that and before long, things were finally repaired between Arya and her family. However now this had started happening.
She shook her head. 'It's been two months since Gendry and I…Wait, no, when's the last time I…No, it can't be…'
A sudden dread came over her, she had to be certain, but the thought of finding out scared her greatly. But she had no choice, if she didn't, then soon her family would start to notice something was wrong. As if on cue, there was a knock at the door, her youngest brother, ten year old Rickon then called through.
"Arya, are you done in the bathroom yet!?"
Arya stood up. "Yeah, done."
She quickly left and let Rickon in. She wouldn't find another chance, so she had to be quick. She left the house and began making her way to the pharmacy closest to her house. Her nerves built up more and more to the point that things passed in a haze and before she knew it, she was once more hiding in the upstairs bathroom, thankfully Rickon had left by this point and she had privacy. She had just taken the pregnancy test and was waiting for the result.
When the timer rang she approached the test, trying to regulate her breathing. Turning it over she exhaled heavily.
'Positive, pregnant...Gods...' She thought in shock.
She shook her head, she was pregnant, now the question was, what to do? She shook her head.
She had to think clearly; despite the shock of the revelation. 'Okay, calm down, calm down...First step, talk to Gendry.'
It was an obvious step, she knew the only reason she hadn't thought of it at once was her emotional reaction to discovering her pregnancy. Taking pains to hide the test, she focused her mind on what she had to do and left the house, heading for King's Landing to see Gendry.
The entire journey passed by in a haze to her, she couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen.
Her mind was racing and she was shocked at her thoughts. 'Gods, what's Gendry going to say, what will we do...What if he doesn't…? Gods, what about my family, my parents, my siblings...Urgh, well, here I am...'
She shook her head to clear her thoughts; she shouldn't be thinking about that; at least, not until she had a more solid idea where she stood. Before she knew it, she was standing before Gendry's door. Taking a deep breath, Arya knocked and waited. Gendry answered the door, smiling widely when he saw her.
"Arry, hey." He greeted her cheerfully.
She bit her lip, but smiled. "Hi."
He stepped back to let her in and they headed through to the main room of his apartment. Arya couldn't help but feel terrible, he looked so happy to see her. Yet she was about to change his life forever.
As they sat down, Gendry couldn't help but notice Arya seemed distracted, worried even.
"Arry, is everything alright?" He asked.
She shook her head. "Gendry I...I don't even know where to begin, but, we...I need to tell you something, important."
He tensed, seeing her expression, she was serious, yet also, frightened. 'Gods, I've never seen Arry like this before, what is…?'
He could hear her shaky breath as she explained.
"Gendry, I...that night we..." She stammered before composing herself and simply making her announcement. "I'm pregnant Gendry."
She closed her eyes, waiting for the inevitable, fighting to control herself. Then, to her shock, she felt his arms around her. Her eyes opened to see Gendry was embracing her tightly.
"Arry, it's...what are we gonna do?" He asked at once.
"We?"
He smiled softly. "We're equally responsible for this. I'm with you on this Arry, I promise. Whatever you decide, I'll stand by you."
She could scarcely believe it; but she was relieved. She could see the look in Gendry's eyes. The hope. She knew that he would accept her choice, but part of him clearly hoped they'd keep this baby. She could understand that; Gendry had always struck her as the kind who would be excited and hopeful at being a father.
Arya felt as if her emotions and mind were playing with her, but in the end, she felt certain. She knew one thing Gendry had always sworn was, if he ever became a father, he would strive to be a better father than his had ever been.
Making up her mind, she smiled. "Gendry I...I want to keep it."
"Are you sure Arry, I mean..." He began, concerned.
She nodded quickly. "I am."
He smiled too and they kissed. There was still much to deal with and it would be difficult, but they knew they would face it together, no matter what.
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