Game of Thrones: Kindred Spirits

Chapter 13 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Chapter 13

Lyanna sighed softly as she sat in her last class of the day. She was with Janei and the blonde girl was talking away quite enthusiastically.

"I just can't wait." She was saying with a grin. "I mean yeah, it's still early, but I know it's gonna be great. I'll have a niece or nephew to love."

Lyanna nodded slowly; ever since she'd heard the news of her oldest brother's impending fatherhood, the thought of being an Aunt excited Janei to no end. For once however, Lyanna wasn't irritated or anything like that. Her feelings were more, neutral.

'It's not the sort of thing I'd go around gushing about; I didn't when Alysanne had her kids.' She reflected to herself. 'But it's Janei and I understand her point of view...no wonder she's excited, especially after how long her own parents had to try for kids. They were worried that it had been passed down, but Lancel had no trouble.'

As it was she was in fact happy for Janei. That wasn't the only thing making her happy; for it was also approaching winter time, the weather getting colder.

This meant, while certain other girls complained about no longer being able to use the uniforms to show off their figures, Lyanna was relieved that the uniform was finally less revealing.

While being mostly the same, there were two key differences to the girl's uniform in winter; firstly the skirt was longer, being knee length and the socks were replaced by black tights.

In all, while still having her usual difficulties at home and at school; Lyanna was in a reasonably good mood when school ended that day. As she made her way to the exit she spotted Rickon Stark up ahead; like her, the look on his face made it seem he was relieved by the uniform change too.

Although once again, there were only two changes made, in the boy's case, trousers replacing the shorts and the addition of a black jacket. Spotting her Rickon smiled and caught her attention; she walked over to him.

"Hey Lyanna." He greeted her casually.

She nodded and replied. "Hi Rickon, what's up?"

He shrugged. "Nothing much; hey um, are you in any rush to get home?"

"Not really no, why?" She replied curiously.

He smiled lightly and then asked. "I was wondering if, you wanted to check out the winter market, you know, together?"

The winter market was held in town, not far from their school, usually around this time. It served as both a place for people to simply shop and get good deals, while also offering a chance for some early Christmas shopping.

Something Lyanna admittedly found tacky since it was still October and they hadn't even passed Halloween yet. Nevertheless she felt it was a good idea.

"Sounds like fun, sure, I'll come along." She replied.

So with that, she walked along with Rickon as they began making their way out of school.


They soon made it to the Winter Market and began looking around, spending time together, simply hanging out.

"You gotta be kidding me?" Rickon remarked. "They're selling this stuff already?"

Lyanna turned to see he was looking at a stall selling Christmas decorations.

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, tell me about it. Still, there should be some decent stuff here."

Catching up to her as they browsed around more of the stalls, Rickon quirked an eyebrow.

"Christmas stuff isn't decent?"

She shook her head. "Not before Halloween."

They both laughed and then suddenly realized it. It was a surprise to them, how comfortable they had become with each other, how they had become such close friends; how they had such an easy rapport with each other.

Still smiling they continued to spend time together, talking and occasionally examining any items that caught their interest. However, Lyanna was currently lost in thought; yet trying to act as if everything was normal.

Her thoughts confused and worried her. 'I keep getting these weird feelings, a feeling of warmth whenever I'm near Rickon. How my heart speeds up when I look at him. Urgh, it's so stupid...But then...'

She bit her lip; observing Rickon discreetly.

'Urgh, maybe love can be nice. But there's no way it's for me.' She decided at last. 'I need to bury this, I can't be who I am, if I let something like this overcome me.'

So it was she resolved to just remain friends with Rickon and let the day continue as normal.


End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.