Chapter 3: The Morning After

They were both too spent to move and instantly fell asleep next to one another. As morning arrived Arya awoke and looked for Gendry but she didn't see him. He had already gotten up and dressed too. As she looked for him, she noticed he cleaned up. Her clothes were folded neatly next to her. She got up and reached for her clothes looking around.

She didn't notice Gendry approaching her until he spoke up, "Arya, your finally awake good. I've made you something to eat. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you weren't dressed yet."

He blushed and turned away like a shy boy that he was at the moment. She dressed quickly before turning towards him yet again.

"You can turn back towards me now, I'm dressed now. Besides it's not like you haven't seen everything last night."

"Right, I'm not used to this."

"Your not but I thought that at least once it happened to you right?"

"Ok, yes it did but it was horrible because she used magic on me and then tried to kill me afterwards."

"Oh, was it horrible with me last night too?"

"What, no of course not, it was beyond what I ever expected or hoped for. I know that last night wasn't what either of us expected to happen but it did and we need to deal with it."

"What do you mean by deal with it?"

"I'm trying to be sensitive about this whole situation. I mean last night when I finished inside of you, we could have made a baby together."

She backed away and touched her stomach, she had forgotten about that.

"Oh, my God I'd forgotten about that. If that's true what am I going to do?"

"Oh, I'm sorry if I made it sound like you'd be alone because no matter what happens I'm going to be there to help you."

"I never wanted to be a mother but if it's true, I can't have a bastard."

He came over towards her and put his arms around her.

He softly said, "I'd never let that happen, if you are with child I'll marry you."

"You would really marry me if I'm with child?"

"Yes, I would marry you, if you want that I mean. It probably wouldn't be that great as I'm a bastard of the king, remember?"

"Yes, I know but I've never thought much about what others thought before. I'd be more than happy to marry you if there's a baby that is."

"Right, that's good because I'd never want you to be hurt because of my actions last night."

He looked away almost ashamed like it was his fault for their situation.

"Hey, it's not your fault that you didn't pull out in time. Remember how I wrapped my legs around you? It finally felt so good that I didn't want it to stop, it's my fault too. I mean near the end, I wanted it too, so don't feel guilty about anything. It was amazing and I wouldn't change anything that we did last night, except for not doing it sooner."

"What do you mean?"

Before either one of them knew what was happening she was kissing him so hard and passionately. Arya wasn't sure of a few things but she was quite sure that she wanted him in the worst way. She led him back down towards the blankets and pulled him towards the ground.

He interrupted her breathlessly, "What about your food?"

"I'm not hungry for food, what I'm craving is so much sweeter than food. Now come here and take me again."

At first he wasn't sure what to do but let nature follow it's course. Besides it wasn't like the damage wasn't already done. If they were going to burn in hell at least it will be one hell of a ride and he wasn't going to miss a moment of her nakedness ever again.