· "hey we hooked up last night and it turns out you are my childs teacher" au

"Yes, Sansa, yes, just give me a minute." Arya whispers as she cleans her face, "I seriously only need one minute."

"Are you kidding me Arya," the voice at the other end of the phone screechs, "at least tell me you used protection!"

"Sansa!"

"Like, I know, I mean, I LOVE LANNA but … two kids? Are you ready? Is just like too much at this point…"

"I'll be there in a second. OK? Thanks." Arya finishes dressing up and tip toes out the bathroom, trying to not wake up…

"Hey…" a sleepy voice calls from the bed, and Arya turns to see the naked man she spent the night with. "You leaving?"

"Sorry, Gen." knowing that he was awake; Arya stopped moving so carefully and walked towards him, sitting on the bed besides him. She pushes his hair out of his face softly as he draws patterns on her arm with his fingers.

"Whan can I see you again?" he asks "I would like to take you out on a date sometime." Gendry kisses her arm and Arya feels her heart melt. Last night was supposed to be a day to release all the steam off… and she ended up meeting someone.

Arya groaned and hid her face on the crook of his neck.

"I… I just moved here, I am still crashing at my sister's…" she sat up and bit her lip "and I have a daughter" "…can I call you? In a week, maybe?"

"Hummm, sounds perfect"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Sure you don't want me to pick up Lanna?" Sansa asks for the thousand time.

"Sansa, you've been picking her up all week, I really want to. Plus, I really need a break from organizing everything," what Arya doesn't say is how guilty she feels for not being able to take or pick up her daughter from pre-school in her fist week… on a new city.

When she finally arrives to school, half running, some kids have already left. Luckily there are a lot of kids playing on the front yard.

"I'm here for Lanna." Arya tells the teacher in the door. She calls for Lanna, who comes running towards her with a big smile.

"Momma!" Lanna calls and Arya hugs her little girl, since they had moved to King's Landing, Arya had been up her neck settling and finding a place to live, she hoped that from now on Arya could be more present for her little daughter. "Momma, come, Mr Waters and I am playing, come!" Lanna pulls her mom towards a tall figure by the swings, a tall figure that Arya recognizes.

"Mr Waters! My Mom is playing with us!"

"Mr Waters?" Arya laughs nervously as Gendry manage to smile at her.

-.-.-.-.-

"So… Mr Waters?" Arya asks, "I thought you said you were in psychology?"

Satuday morning Arya, Lanna and Gendry get together for waffles in a place Sansa had recommended; after eating they had decided to walk around a park near the restaurant.

Arya sits with Gendry while they watch Lanna play around the park with her stuffed animals.

"Yeah, I'm child psychologist; I'm just working in the school while my practice gets started." Arya nods, but doesn't ask anything else, "So… you have a daughter."

"Yes, I… That's why I hadn't called, really." Arya sighs, the few times she had tried dating the subject of her daughter had always presented a problem. Most guys got scared when they learned Arya had a daughter.

"It must be hard, moving to a new city with a young daughter."

"It hasn't been that bad, my sister, Sansa, and her husband have helped me a lot, and my parents are willing to come if I need… I could even call Lanna's father if it was really necessary." Gendry smiles at her, and Arya can't help but wonder that maybe he is not scared.

The just stand there, looking at each other and Arya feels her heart pounding inside her chest. She would really like to kiss him…

"She is my world and my priority… " she finally says. She just hopes Gendry understands…

Gendry takes her hand, entwining his fingers with hers, "and if any day you want to get some breakfast, or coffee, or just hang together I'd be more than glad to."

Thanks for reading and please review (I'm starting to consider to stop updating here and only update in AO3...)