Chapter 10: I have no words for this...
Notes: Sad plot twist...
Everything in the next moment happened so fast. Gendry stormed over to where Arya was standing with Oberyn, practically knocking Sansa down in the process. Arya stepped back from Oberyn in shock. Gendry was about to punch Oberyn, but Sandor got there in that moment and Gendry not realizing until it was too late accidentally punched Sandor instead. Sandor immediately grabbed Gendry's arm and took him down to the basement with Bronn following behind. Dany saw what happened and immediately went over to where Sansa was trying to get herself up off the floor. Sansa was startled and on the verge of tears. Dany, Oberyn, and Arya took Sansa up to her room. Because everything happened so fast and only in one portion of the house, most of the guests had no idea what had happened including their children who were still in the house.
Sansa could not believe what was happening in her house...during HER birthday! After taking a breather, Sansa was grateful for her friends and Sandor diffusing the situation quickly before anyone had a chance to notice. Sansa, Arya, and Dany were sitting on her bed with Oberyn sitting on the chair in the corner. "Oberyn, where is Sandor?" They didn't realize that Sandor was in the doorway at that moment. Oberyn looked up then nodded in the direction of the doorway. Sansa smiled as Sandor came into the room. Dany and Arya took that as a sign to leave and walked out. Sandor turned to Oberyn, "Man, I am so sorry about what happened...I am not sure why it happened." Oberyn smiled at his friend and replied as he walked out, "Worse things have happened to me my old friend...at least this time it was over a beautiful lady." What most people did not realize is that Oberyn was not just one of their clients, he had been Sandor's college roommate years prior and they (Sandor and Sansa) considered him to be family. Of course, Gendry did not realize this when he saw Arya talking to him.
After holding her in a tight embrace for several minutes, Sandor pulled away and gently stroked Sansa's cheeks, "Are you okay Little Bird?" Sansa looked up at Sandor and nodded, "Where is Gendry?" "He is in the basement...Bronn is talking some sense into that shit head of his." Sansa giggled at that thought, "Yes I am fine, let's get back to the party."
Mike had never been invited to his boss' house. He had only been working for Clegane for a month and received the invite everyone else had in the office for Sansa's birthday party. After the incident his first week at lunch, then watching her scream at Bran about the printer, he steered clear of his boss' wife whenever possible. She was easy on the eyes, but scary as hell. He had just started dating Margaery two weeks prior to the party and decided he would bring her with him. Due to her work schedule, they were going to arrive late.
Mike and Margaery arrived around 8pm and found a place to park on the street near the house. As he got out of the car, he noticed the huge estate called Winterfell across the street then he noticed the Clegane house. While half the size of Winterfell, Sandor and Sansa's house was impressive and had to be at least 5000 sq ft. As they were walking up the front steps of the house, Mike warned Margaery that his boss looked scary, but was very nice.
They walked into the house and noticed the large foyer with a huge staircase on the right. As Margaery looked up, she saw a woman walking down the staircase. She had never seen anyone so radiant with bright red hair. She always thought of herself as gorgeous, but this woman was flawless. Then to her right an older woman with darker red hair came walking up with the cutest baby she had ever seen. The older woman was quite lovely and looked like an older version of the woman coming down the staircase. The older woman walked towards the woman on the staircase as the baby started babbling, "mamammmmmamama." The younger woman took the baby into her arms from the older woman and walked over to where they were standing. "Hi Mike, who is this lovely lady you brought with you?" "Oh hi Sansa, this is Margaery...my girlfriend. Oh and Happy Birthday." "Oh Margaery, it is lovely to meet you, please make yourself at home. This is Catey, she's my youngest. If you see five boys running around, they are mine as well and tell them their grandmother is looking for them." Sansa giggled as she mentioned that last part. Margaery was in shock..this woman birthed six children? Then she looked up and saw the scariest man she had ever seen coming down the staircase.
Sandor came down the stairs and noticed Mike talking to Sansa with another woman. He hoped Sansa wasn't scaring poor Mike too badly. After the incident at the pub, he knew Sansa was looking for a way to scare the crap out of the man. He got to the bottom of the stairs and took his Catey from Sansa then said "Hi" to Mike. Sansa then introduced Sandor to Margaery, who looked like she was scared to be there. As their kids came running through the foyer, Sandor blocked them from going into one of the rooms. Catelyn had been looking all over the house for them and was at her wits end. Sandor just chuckled as Catelyn shuffled all six children out the door heading to Winterfell for the night.
With Gendry out of sight for the moment and the children gone for the evening, the party got into full swing. Sansa was having fun talking, laughing, and drinking with her friends. She even got Margaery to loosen up a bit. Bronn came up from the basement after a while and started mixing drinks for everyone...very strong drinks.
The next morning Sansa woke up with a massive hangover and groaned as she rolled over into the very muscular man laying next to her. Sandor looked at his wife and chuckled, she was naked with makeup smudged around her eyes, hair was in a rats nest, and she had dried drool on the side of her mouth. She let out a hoarse whisper, "Sandor? What happened last night?" Sandor just chuckled, "Well other than you getting shit faced drunk and riding my cock all night, not too much...oh, you did grind on Dany." Sansa sat up, "What?" Sandor just laughed, "It was after most people had left, you and Dany were piss drunk and were doing that grinding dance thing to "Mr. Brownstone", Carl and I thought it was hilarious. You both were screaming the lyrics loudly and you are both tone deaf. Although, I think you gave Bronn an eyeful, he kept mumbling that he couldn't watch it anymore then went down to the basement. Honestly, I think he passed out down there." Sansa just laughed then pulled Sandor in for a kiss followed by morning activities then a quick nap. She knew she couldn't stay in bed all day, but at least for a while. Catelyn was going to take the boys swimming in the morning then horseback riding after lunch while grandpa Ned watched Catey.
Around 2pm, her and Sandor took a very loud (lewd) shower then got dressed to head downstairs for something to eat. Since the caterers cleaned up before leaving, she did not have to worry about her house looking like a frat house. There were just a few random cups here and there, but nothing too horrible to clean up. She walked into the kitchen where she saw Bronn and Arya sitting at the kitchen table. They looked just as hungover as she did. Bronn just smiled and then winked at her. Arya looked up with a serious expression on her face, "Hey Sansa, can we talk in the other room?" Sansa nodded to her sister then followed her into the den. "Hey Sansa, I am so sorry about Gendry last night. He had no idea that Oberyn is like family and he gets jealous easily making him act like an ass." Sansa just let out a sigh, "Arya, Oberyn can handle himself and Gendry needs to chill out, but I was more worried about you." Arya just looked at the hands in her lap then looked back up at Sansa. "I need to tell you something...something even Gendry doesn't know. I didn't leave for Japan because I thought things were going too fast, I left because I was pregnant and did not realize it until I miscarried. I just couldn't handle it." Sansa gasped then hugged her sister.