Chapter 36

Sansa Stark POV

At lunch today, people are talking about their Thanksgiving plans. Daenerys is going to see her father where he's staying with another one of her family members, and of course the Lannisters are hosting a big family event at their house.

"My grandmother is cooking her signature pumpkin pie, and then some family is gathering at my house," Margaery says. "Sansa, what does your family do for Thanksgiving?"

"It's always a big affair with us," I respond. "Robb is coming back to town. He wants us to meet his new girlfriend."

"Oh, I miss Robb," Jaime suddenly says. "I'll have to hit him up." Robb sometimes hung out with the popular crowd, but he was also pretty busy helping my mom and dad take care of us.

Ramsay keeps stealing glances at me. It feels like he might actually like me, but I'm trying not to overthink it. I'd rather assume a guy doesn't like me and then be pleasantly surprised, especially after what happened with Loras.

I'm honestly terrified about Thanksgiving. I know I'll have to eat more than I should. I'm already planning out how much I'll eat to get everyone off my back. I've been losing weight, but I can't fall off the wagon. I've lost almost 4 lbs so far. I don't have a goal weight, I'm just going to keep going until I like how I look.

Jon Snow Stark POV

Robb is coming into town tonight with his girlfriend. It's still interesting to me that he's bringing her home so soon, he never dated much in high school.

I invited Ygritte to come to Thanskgiving with us so she could meet Robb, but she said her family is hosting something.

"Are you excited to see Robb?" Ygritte asks me as I'm driving her home from school. We didn't have rock climbing practice today, but I still give her rides most days.

"I am," I say. "I really miss him. He was so helpful when he was here."

"He seems like a great brother."

"He is. We have so much fun, he really treats me like I'm part of his family."

"But you are."

"Technically, only halfway." There's a pause. I think she feels either awkward or sad about my family situation, or both.

When we get back to her house, I help her carry her things back to her room and of course we start fooling around again. I don't want this to be all our relationship is about, I think as we're cuddling after. We don't really talk much after we have sex, she tends to doze off. I'll have to take her on a real date over the break so she knows I'm in this for more than just the sex.

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Around 8:30 p.m., I hear a knock at the door while I'm sitting on the couch. My mom goes to answer it, and sure enough it's Robb. We figured he'd be back later rather than sooner, the drive is a few hours.

"Robb, sweetheart!" My mom is overjoyed to see him, I think she was hoping he'd come back before Thanksgiving. He gives my mom a hug. "Kids! Robb's home!" She calls out. The rest of my siblings come downstairs and start hugging Robb. Once they're done, Robb walks up to me and gives me a hug.

"Jon!" He says. "I missed you buddy."

"I missed you too," I say to him. "It's hard looking after all these kids without you."

He doesn't respond to that. Instead, he gets all the kids and my parents to be quiet. "Everyone," he says. "This is Talisa." He gestures towards the girl standing next to him.

"Talisa, it's so lovely to meet you," my mom says, shaking her hand. She puts their bags by the front door. "Sit down. Tell us about yourself."

They all sit down in various seating areas in the living room. "This is Bran, Rickon, Arya and Sansa," my dad says, pointing to each of the kids. "Don't worry, you don't have to have that all memorized immediately." He laughs.

"Well," Talisa says quietly. "I'm a nursing school student. I really want to be a nurse, maybe in a trauma unit."

"Wow," my dad says. "That's a really intense job."

"Yeah," Talisa responds. "I want to help people when they're at their worst. It'll be a really fulfilling career, I think."

Robb smiles at her, he looks so in love. "Mom? Dad?" He asks. "We've had a long drive, would it be okay if we got settled?"

"Of course," my mom says. "You can take Robb's old room. Jon has no problem going to Bran and Rickon's room for the week."

"Oh," Robb responds. "Are you sure, mom? We don't mind being in separate rooms. I would hate to do that to Jon."

"It's fine," I say. "Let me just go get some of my stuff." Mom's right, I don't mind, but it would have been nice if she mentioned it to me first.

Talisa seems really sweet, but I can tell she's nervous talking to us. I get that, there's a lot of us. I'd be terrified meeting so many people in a family at once, especially this soon in a relationship.