Game of Thrones: Fading Scars

Chapter 9 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Chapter 9

The following day saw the storm blown out and at roughly eleven in the morning, the Stark family all returned to the house from where they had taken shelter that night. Bran and Meera were quick to join his parents, Sansa and Rickon as they got out of his father's car.

"Hey mum, dad." Bran greeted, smiling. "Glad to see you made it safely, Sansa, Rickon, you guys too."

They all nodded and smiled back as Ned replied. "You too Bran, I trust everything is well at home Meera?"

She nodded. "Yeah, we're fine, a tree fell pretty close to the house, but nobody was hurt."

Ned was visibly relieved by that. "Good, that's good."

Sansa grinned. "Yeah, we're all okay too…I'm glad we were able to convince Pod to stay with us, what was he thinking, wanting to go all the way home in that storm."

"You know he was just worried about Tyrion and Shae, Sansa." Catelyn reminded her gently.

Sansa sighed but nodded in agreement. They turned and began to walk into the house; as they did so, Rickon looked around.

"Where's, where's Arya, and what about Robb?" He asked. "We haven't heard from them have we?"

Catelyn smiled and nodded. "I called Robb before we left Edmure's; he's alright and so is Talisa. I called Arya last night, she's home, we'll likely find her inside."

Satisfied, the others all seemed happy with that and headed inside together.

As they all got settled into the house, Catelyn smiled as she looked around and noted that Arya wasn't around, but she knew she was home.

"Arya must still be in bed, I'll go wake her up and then we can get breakfast." She said calmly.

The others nodded and she began to go upstairs; heading for Arya's room. She approached the door and knocked softly; before carefully opening the door.

"Arya…" She said softly.

There was no response; Catelyn entered the room and then froze. There, lying in Arya's bed was the girl in question, but she wasn't alone. Lying in the bed with her was Gendry.

Catelyn gasped. 'Gods…Arya never said he was here. Did, did they…wait?'

She bit her lip as she noted Arya was fully clad in a pair of sweatpants and a T-shirt, what she usually wore to bed. Gendry was also wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, they were fully dressed. That put her worries to rest; it was clear they had simply slept, holding each other.

Catelyn recalled how cold it had been last night; they had simply been keeping each other warm. She let out a soft sigh, and approached them, before gently speaking again.

"Arya." She said; gently reached out and shaking Arya's shoulder.

Arya opened her eyes, groaning before she then realized what was going on. Gendry woke up too, also realizing. They both gasped and immediately let go of each other, trying to get up, tangled in the blankets.

When they finally got free, they both stood, eyes wide, blushing.

"Mum, I just…we were…" Arya stammered.

Catelyn shook her head. "It's alright, I think I've guessed what happened…So, I'll give you a chance to get yourselves pulled together and then, you can join us for breakfast."

She then left and Arya groaned; Gendry shook his head.

"Well, this was…" Gendry began.

Arya shook her head and turned to him. "We're gonna get so much…urgh, I'm just glad Robb isn't here. Or we'd have to do a lot of serious and quick explaining."

Gendry nodded; knowing what them lying together like that would have looked like and that Arya's older brother would definitely have reacted rashly. Shaking her head, Arya went and picked up some clothes and headed for the bathroom. Gendry let out a sigh, knowing he had no clothes to change into, was stuck with the ones he had. Before long Arya returned, fully dressed and smiled to him.

"Well, let's go." She said; clearly trying to stay calm. "Time to face the music."

Gendry sighed and stood up. "Yeah, alright, let's go."

So, taking each other's hands, they headed downstairs to join the family for breakfast. At one all eyes turned to them and they blushed again.

'Gods, mum must have told them…Still they…' Arya thought to herself.

She noticed however that nobody seemed to be too upset; she guessed her mother had told them that nothing happened either. Feeling relieved she calmed down and began to enjoy breakfast, sending Gendry a calming look, letting him know he could to the same.

Later, after breakfast, Arya stood by the door with Gendry, he was ready to leave and head for home. He had been forced to park the car down the street, which explained how the family had missed it.

"Well, I'm glad that went well." Gendry remarked. "Good thing your mum was quick to catch on and clear things up."

Arya nodded. "Yeah, got that right. Well, I'll see you later."

They kissed and finally parted; it was then Arya remembered something.

She then asked him. "So, will you be here for mum's birthday?"

"Of course; wouldn't miss it." He remarked with a smile.

Arya grinned and she and Gendry said goodbye before Gendry left and headed to his car. Still smiling Arya closed the doors and began to head back upstairs. As she reached the top of the stairs; she stopped. She could see her sister, walking the other way; she looked rather upset about something.

'She's been that way for a while now that I think about it.' Arya noted; before moving to stand in front of her. "Sansa, are you alright?"

Sansa started before shaking her head. "It's, it's nothing Arya, I'm fine."

Arya however wasn't having that. "Nice try, I can see something's bothering you, now spill it."

"I just…Urgh, it's stupid." She replied with a sigh. "I just; it's about the club thing…I made a terrible mistake. Now, now mum and dad don't trust me anymore, I; I betrayed them, betrayed their trust."

Arya couldn't help but smile at that. "Sansa; you're overreacting. Look, you think that's bad, think about what I did two years ago, when I was arrested. What you did is small in comparison, they'll get over it."

"I…I hope so. Thank you, Arya." Sansa replied with a small smile.

With that the two sister's then hugged; Arya noted that, after a few rough patches over the last few years, things were definitely looking up for them all.


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