Fresh Beginnings
Chapter 11 of my crossover story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Game of Thrones, Life is Strange or their characters.
Chapter 11
Leaving his workplace at the end of the day, Gendry Waters smiled lightly. He couldn't be happier, things had been going so well these past several days.
'Everything is good; mom and I are doing well; Arya's rehab is going brilliantly...' He recalled before stopping.
His eyes widened, these past few days had only one issue bothering him or his girlfriend and that was her missing phone. Arya had found it missing a few days ago and was unsure what had happened to it. They agreed on the possibility of it being stolen, but kept other possibilities in mind too.
Yet now, on a wall outside his work, in plain view like it was meant to be found, was Arya's phone. He recognized it by the phone cover, a rare object for Arya in that she appreciated it, despite it being made at a time when she and Sansa were not exactly close. Sansa had hand-stitched it for Arya's birthday two years ago, it showed the Stark wolf head on the back.
Gendry looked around. 'Okay, this is getting freaky, who steals a phone then leaves it lying to be found like this...'
Picking up the phone he looked at it, it seemed to still be in good condition, the SIM card was still intact, nothing damaged. The battery would need charged soon, but nothing major yet; it just didn't make any sense.
It was then the phone buzzed, shocking him; especially when the message displayed on the screen was addressed to him. It was short, so he could read it without touching anything, but it told him to open the phone.
Gendry tensed. 'What the hell, that's wrong, I can't snoop on my girlfriend's phone...'
However he began to realize, for them to be that insistent had to mean something. Whatever this person, the number was unidentified, wanted, he didn't care. But if he checked the phone, he might find a clue as to who had taken it, or why. So, while feeling like he was invading Arya's privacy, Gendry opened the phone and froze.
It was open at Arya's photo gallery and inside were several pictures. Shocking pictures of a woman, a naked woman, none of the pictures showed her face, but it was several close-ups of, intimate areas as well as full-body shots without showing the face still. There were a few of the woman in underwear too, but still nothing identifying.
Gendry had a nasty feeling this was what he was meant to see, the person who messaged him wanted him to see these pictures.
'But why…?' He wondered, before getting his answer. 'Huh, another message?'
He read it and almost wanted to scoff. The person sending the text was accusing Arya of having taken the photos, that Arya was cheating on him, with a girl. Shaking his head he pocketed the phone and made his way to the Stark home.
Making his way up to Arya's room he found her sitting by her laptop, observing him with a raised eyebrow as she saw his expression.
"Why do I get the feeling we're both about to reveal the same thing?" She queried.
Gendry paused at that but then sighed. "Probably because we are, look what I found."
He pulled out her phone and her eyes widened.
"No way, you found it."
Gendry sighed. "More like it was laid out for me...I found it when I left work and well..."
He began to explain about the strange messages and, at his insistence, Arya checked her phone and saw the photos.
"What the shit…?"
"Tell me about it." Gendry replied. "I...don't understand it at all, especially with, what this person's purpose seems to be."
Arya sighed. "That last part is obvious; to split us up..."
She sighed and turned her laptop to face him. "I found this...again, not very well done, is it?"
"Looks more like a desperate stalker than an online relationship." Gendry agreed.
There was a female profile that had left several messages to Gendry, trying to make it seem like a clandestine online relationship was underway.
"This person is either not too smart, or desperate." Gendry commented.
Arya shook her head. "Given that they tried this, and actually set it all up, both at the same time...I'm going with desperate."
"Can you think of anyone who would do this?" He asked.
Arya bit her lip for a moment.
Finally she sighed.
"After what happened that day, the things she said to me...I would've said Chloe."
"Chloe, Chloe Price, your friend?" Gendry replied incredulously.
Arya shook her head. "Yeah but; when I explained to her how crazy she was with what she was saying...she backed off, she realized she was wrong..."
"So..."
"So I'll find out who this number belongs to." Arya replied. "Not only that; we'll get through this, together, okay."
"Right, we'll stand together and find out who is doing this." He agreed.
She grinned and they embraced, kissing. No matter what this person attempted, they wouldn't let themselves be broken apart, not in this fashion.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please