Jaime bruised his fists that night by punching the wall as soon as they had gone back to their room. He had made four or five good blows before Lyanna caught his arm and pulled him away from the wall.
"Jaime you have to stop this!" She told him as she pulled him away. Then she noticed that he had tears in his eyes.
"I need some air. Lock the door while I'm gone." He said and walked away.
She worried for him while he was gone and she wondered why he was so upset over his sisters marriage. Rhaegar was not a cruel man. It seemed like he should be happy for his stster. She would be queen and from everything he had said about her on their journey it sounded like Cersei was attrackted to wealth and power. Yet Jaime did not seem happy for Cersei at all. It seemed more like he was jeallous. No. She didn't want to believe something like that. She didn't want to believe it and it was the only explanation that made sense.
He finally returned to her late into the night. She got out of bed to unlock the door and let him in. He looked worse than he had when he'd left. His knuckles were more bruised, his blonde hair was a mess. He went to the bed and pulled one of the blankets off to sleep on the floor. Lyanna sat on the edge of the bed and watched him try to arrange the blanket to his liking.
"If I ask you a question will you answer it honestly?" She asked him.
Jaime stopped what he was doing and looked up at her. "I'll try to," He finally said.
"Why does your sister's marriage upset you? If I didn't know better.." She couldn't finish. She couldn't accuse him of that without more evidence.
"If you didn't know better, what?"
"It seems like you're jeallous." She made herself say it.
Jaime didn't deny it. He didn't say a word.
Lyanna clamped a hand over her mouth. "Then it's true? She was the person you left behind?"
Jaime nodded. "If you want me to leave after this, I will."
"Why would I want you to leave?"
"Most people would say I was disgusting." He said.
Lyanna got down from the bed and onto her knees next to where he sat on the floor. She reached for one of his hands. "You've hurt yourself. Let me help with this." She was able to reach the wash basin from where she was and she began to wash and bandage his hands.
"Why are you doing this? I thought you'd send me away as soon as you knew." Jaime asked her as she finished.
"I can't claim to understand how you feel about your sister. I can't claim that I approve. But you're the only friend I have in this place and I'll not send you away over it." Lyanna told him.
After that Lyanna climbed back into bed and fell into a restless sleep.