Game of Thrones: Love in the Hardest Places
Chapter 10 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.
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Chapter 10
Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon were all currently in their parents car as Ned and Cat drove to the school. It was time for the annual Parent/Teacher meeting; something which, as usual, Arya was dreading.
This had caught Catelyn's attention. "Arya, is there something you wish to share before we go into the school?"
Arya shifted in her seat but shook her head. "Not really?"
"You're not normally so worked up." Catelyn pointed out. "If there's something you haven't told us…?"
"There's nothing." Arya insisted.
Ned shook his head. "Arya, we're not judging you; if there's something you need help with..."
But Arya remained quiet; concerning her parents; as well as her siblings. Arya remained quiet however until they reached the school. Getting out the car Cat consulted the letters she held; while naturally being a high school they had different teachers for each subject the teacher in charge of each sibling's homeroom, had their full reports and would be the ones meeting the families.
Cat nodded. "Alright, let's go...Rickon we'll be talking to your teacher first; then Sansa's..."
The siblings all shared a look; knowing the most likely reasoning for this manner of going to see each teacher was simply due to closeness. It was therefore equally predictable that Bran's teacher would be next and then finally, Arya's.
'Urgh, shit.' She thought.
So it was they made their way into the school.
True to their word, the Starks visited Rickon's teacher first, then Sansa's. All in all the reports they received were mainly positive, a few areas for them to improve on naturally, but both had shown improvement. This seemed to be especially noticeable for Sansa improving in her worst subject, maths.
"See, everything is going well so far." Ned remarked with a warm smile.
Sansa grinned, Rickon shrugged and Cat led the way to the next teacher they were to see. As they did so, Sansa looked over at Arya and shook her head.
"C'mon Arya, it can't be that bad." She tried to reassured her sister. "I don't get why you're so worried."
Arya just shook her head. "It's alright for you, or Rickon or Bran...you know how well you are doing...Me, I don't."
Sansa just sighed; Rickon and Bran shared a worried look having overheard the conversation. Arya always had issues with school, it was likely she merely feared that these issues would be reflected in her school work and now their parents would find out. But they were forced to put those thoughts aside for now as they reached the class where they would be talking to Bran's teacher. While the other three siblings waiting, occupying a corner of the room. Bran joined his parents as they sat by the teachers desk.
The teacher smiled warmly and then spoke.
"Ah, Mr. and Mrs. Stark." She greeted. "Thank you for coming."
They both nodded and Cat spoke. "So, how is Bran doing?"
Still smiling the teacher explained. "He is excelling as usual; top grades in a large number of his subjects. Impeccable behaviour..."
The teacher looked at Bran with a raised eyebrow before adding.
"And his performance in gym class has improved well I must say."
Bran flushed lightly, but smiled. Having long been considered the nerd of the school, he was naturally considered to be poor at gym class. But he was managing.
"I see, thank you..." Catelyn said with a warm smile to her son.
After a few more comments they were done and soon the family left the class.
Ned smiled at Bran. "Well, I'm glad to hear things are going very well for you Bran."
Bran just nodded. "Thanks dad."
"Now, Arya...let's go see your teacher." Cat said.
Arya nodded, biting her lip. "Um, yeah..."
The parents shared a look at that, growing more and more concerned. They reached the classroom where they'd be talking to Arya's teacher and soon they sat down with Arya. Yet what happened surprised them all, Arya especially. The teacher had simply said that day that he really needed to talk to Arya's parents at the meeting that night. Given how things usually turned out for her, Arya expected the worst. Yet could not, for the life of her, fathom what or why.
She soon realized that the exact opposite was true.
"Well..." The teacher began. "I am very pleased to announce, to my pleasant surprise, that Arya has greatly improved. The teachers say she is doing relatively well in her classes...averaging Bs and Cs now. Her gym class is naturally still a straight A, she seems to excel in any practical or physical concern in her lessons."
All of them, even Arya herself, were surprised and wide-eyed by this and Arya shifted again, uncomfortable by the next comments, yet still feeling some relief that it wasn't as bad as she feared.
The teacher then explained. "However, there are still some...behavioural issues; as I'm sure you're aware."
Cat nodded. "Yes, we are; we've spoken about it, right Arya?"
Arya nodded. "Yeah."
By the end they left the classroom, smiling; Arya still amazed at what she had heard and relieved that things finally were looking up for her.
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