Day 4: Surprises on the road
Theon
Theon was spending his Saturday afternoon at Winterfell as usual.
Robb wasn't home because he had gone with Ned to Robert's company but Theon didn't mind.
Jeyne and Sansa were doing their homework at the dining table and he was doing his best to look down Jeyne's shirt when she bended over to pick up her pencil from the ground.
Kyra was sitting on a countertop next to him and talking about cheerleading tryouts.
He wasn't really listening though.
Theon was starting to get bored of her and he hated it whenever she asked him to meet his parents.
He had never brought a girl home before and even Robb had been there only once.
They couldn't have been much older than eight and eventually Balon had chased them out of the house because they were too loud.
He hadn't bothered to show anyone his house from that day on.
Even his birthday parties had been at Winterfell and not his own house.
His father believed that throwing parties for his children would only spoil them.
"Are you listening?" Kyra asked with an annoyed expression on her face.
"Yeah, sure" he just answered but he hadn't of course.
She grabbed his arm one more time and put her head on his shoulder.
"Kiss me" she said begging and Theon had to use every bit of self-control he had to not push her away.
He gave her a kiss nevertheless and she looked at him pouting and begging for more.
He shot a quick look at Jeyne who was pretending she hadn't seen him kiss Kyra.
"Let's go" he said and he jumped up from the countertop.
He hadn't noticed that Kyra was still holding his arm and she almost fell off the countertop because of his sudden movement.
He helped the short girl getting down from the countertop and she grabbed his arm again.
"Where are you going?" Sansa asked him when she looked up from her textbook.
"Out" he said shrugging.
"Good" Sansa said smiling "because Margaery and Cersei are going to be here soon"
He rolled her eyes at her and he finally shook Kyra off in the most subtle way he could.
He was sure he was going to have leech marks on his arm in a few hours.
"Can you get my coat?" he asked Kyra who gave him a slightly offended look.
"Fine" she said and before she left she looked at Jeyne one more time with a jealous expression on her face.
He sat down next to Jeyne when he knew that Kyra would be out of earshot.
"What are you doing?" he asked the girl and a blush spread over her face.
She immediately covered her drawing with her hand and smiled at him shyly.
"Math" she answered and he laughed at her.
Softly he took her hand to move it from the drawing but when he touched her soft, precious skin something happened.
For the first time in his entire life Theon was the one to blush and they looked at each other blushing for a few minutes while holding each other's hand.
She looked at him with big, brown eyes and for the first time in his entire life he didn't know what to say.
No clever pick up lines, no sexy comments, nothing.
"Theon!" a shrill voiced shouted.
He quickly let go of Jeyne's hand and that way he would never know that it was his smile she had drawn.
He got up from his chair and rushed to Kyra.
"Let's go" he said one more time while he put an arm around her shoulder and lead her out of the kitchen.
He felt short of breath and he still couldn't believe what had happened.
Sure he had been thinking of Jeyne more than usual lately but he hadn't thought anything of it or at least not until now.
"Where are we going?" Kyra asked.
"It's a surprise" he answered and he managed to make his usual smile appear on his face again.
He smiled as if the world was a joke and only he was smart enough to figure it out.
When he opened the door he saw Cersei and Margaery stepping out of Cersei's car.
"Look it's the Stark's lackey!" Cersei said with a smirk on her face "ready to hold the door open for us"
"Thank you" Margaery said with a smile as they entered the door and Cersei gave him a few coppers as if he was an actual servant.
In the corner of his eye he saw Robb's car shimmering in the late September sunlight.
"Come on" he said and he walked to the vehicle.
He had had the car key in his pocket for a while now.
He had taken it from the Stark's key bowl as simple as that.
"So exciting" Kyra gasped and she kissed him on the cheek.
Theon just hoped nothing would go wrong but at that moment he didn't really care and got in the car anyway.
Sansa
Sansa, Margaery, Cersei and Jeyne were sitting in her bedroom.
Sansa's room was a large, white room filled with furniture decorated with lace and pearls.
On the walls were pictures of flowers and butterflies and every inch of her bedroom was filled with girly stuff.
Sansa and Cersei were sitting on her large bed and Margaery and Jeyne were sitting on a mountain of pillows on the floor.
In front of Sansa was a little tray with a tea pot and some cookies and the huge pile of magazines Cersei had brought.
Even Sansa had not been able to comprehend how much work it actually took to plan a party according to Cersei and Margaery's standards.
"So we have prepared a few things for you to chose from" Cersei said showing Sansa different pictures of flowers and other decorations.
"Just a few options" Margaery said smiling.
Sansa couldn't believe they were so nice to her.
Jeyne, Arya and her brothers had always said that she shouldn't trust Margaery or Cersei but she didn't see why.
They were just trying to help her plan her party, what could be wrong about that?
"Just tell me what flowers you like and believe me we can arrange it" Margaery said laughing.
She knew that Margaery and her family had always had private gardens in which they grew the most beautiful and exotic flowers.
"I like winter roses" Sansa said looking at a specific bouquet of pale blue roses.
"A true Stark" Cersei said with a hint of a smile on her face as she marked the bouquet of flowers.
"What about the food?" Margaery asked showing some more pictures to Sansa.
"Cupcakes, right?" Jeyne suddenly asked and for a moment Sansa had forgotten that she was there too.
Margaery flipped though the pictures while shaking her head.
"I don't think we've got cupcakes but if you really want them.." Margaery started but Sansa quickly stopped her.
"No, that's all right" Sansa said with a kind smile "it was just an idea Jeyne and I had but it's nothing that can't be changed"
Margaery and Cersei had already done so much for her, she didn't want to put them through more trouble.
"We've got a lovely cake with strawberries tough" Cersei said after Margaery had handed her the pictures.
"Sansa likes lemon cakes" Jeyne said quickly.
Sansa was starting to get annoyed now.
Why did Jeyne keep interrupting Cersei and Margaery?
They knew much more about throwing amazing parties than she did for sure.
"Have we got a cake with lemon flavor?" Margaery asked Cersei but she shook her head.
"I'm afraid not" the blonde answered.
"Strawberries are fine too" Sansa said quickly.
She was sure that Jeyne was starting to annoy Margaery and Cersei too.
Why was she even here if she wasn't going to be helpful at all?
"It's your party so if you want lemon cakes.." Jeyne started but Sansa interrupted her.
"Jeyne, will you be a dear and get us some more tea?" she asked the girl.
A shocked expression appeared on Jeyne's face but she left the room nevertheless.
Sansa promised herself to make it up to Jeyne afterwards but now she had to focus on her party.
"So who is your date going to be?" Margaery asked after she had joined them on the bed.
A blush spread over Sansa's face and she shrugged.
"I'm not sure" she said and suddenly she felt very shy.
"Do you know Joffrey?" Cersei asked Sansa with an almost kind smile.
Joffrey was Cersei's cousin... or nephew?
Sansa wasn't really sure about it to be honest.
The Lannisters could be a bit vague about stuff like that sometimes but she knew Joffrey nevertheless.
How could she not know Joffrey?
Sansa was positive that he was the most handsome boy in their school.
With his golden curls and his bright green eyes.
Sansa let out a sigh and she imagined his lips and what it must be like to kiss him.
She had liked Joffrey from the moment she saw him and he was part of the reason why she had wanted Cersei to come to her party.
"I'm sure that he would love to be your date" Cersei said and a huge smile spread over Sansa's face.
"That would be amazing" she said .
Renly
Renly was standing in front of a large mirror in his favorite shop and admiring his new shirt.
The shirt was made out of silk and had the same light blue color as his eyes.
Renly buttoned down the grey jacket he was planning on wearing on top of it and adjusted his deep blue tie.
If Stannis was going to make him were a suit to work there was no way in any of the seven hells that it wasn't going to be an expensive one.
He smiled as he ran a hand through his hair and his reflection smiled back at him.
"You look great, professor"
He turned around and noticed Loras Tyrell leaning casually against a pillar.
"Just let me fix that tie for you" he said with that dazzling smile of his.
Loras approached him slowly and fixed his tie while he looked at him with brown eyes through his long lashes.
Renly was sure that his tie had been just fine but he wasn't going to stop Loras though.
"Perfect" Loras said when he was done and he smiled at him.
"Thanks, Loras" he said and he could feel a blush spread over his face.
What was this boy doing to him?
"You know my name!" Loras said surprised.
"Of course" Renly said and he turned even redder while he tried to casually run a hand through his black hair "you know mine too, right?"
"Sure" Loras laughed "it's professor, right?"
Renly looked at him with big eyes for a few second until he realized that Loras had been joking and they both laughed.
"No, I know your name, Renly Baratheon" Loras said.
"Good" he laughed again.
He was starting to feel more and more comfortable around Loras now he was starting to get used to those gorgeous eyes.
He doubted he would ever get really used to them though but at least he wasn't blushing anymore... or at least not as bad as before.
"So are you going to buy the suite?" Loras asked "because there is someone I would love for you to meet actually"
"Yes, I'm going to buy it" he answered smiling and he wondered who Loras was talking about.
Could it be his girlfriend or something?
And why would that be so bad?
Renly changed back into his own clothes behind the red curtain and paid for his suite with his new credit card.
"Let's go" Loras said and he took hold of Renly's hand.
He started blushing again and even worse than before.
Loras lead him through the mall until they reached the nearest Starbucks.
He remembered reading an article about the Tyrell's taking over Starbucks a few months ago and he wondered what else the Tyrell's were buying from the Lannisters.
He could see a girl sitting next to the window with long, flowing brown hair.
She was very beautiful and she waved at them.
So Loras was going to show him his girlfriend after all...
Loras and he entered the shop and Loras immediately greeted the girl with a kiss on each cheek.
"Renly, this is my sister Margaery" Loras said putting an arm around the girl's shoulder.
Renly could definitely see the resemblance between them and he felt stupid for thinking she was his girlfriend.
"Nice to meet you, Renly" the girl said while shaking his hand "Loras has told me all about you"
Renly wondered what Loras could possibly have told her about him but when he saw their kind smiles he didn't believe that it possibly could have been anything bad.
Tyrion
Tyrion opened the heavy door of their family mansion.
Casterly Rock had been in their family for generations but years ago, long before Tyrion or even his father had been born, they had rebuilt it into a modern mansion.
Tyrion had seen a few pictures of what it had looked like before and according to him it used to look much better.
He whistled while he strutted through the hallway and he entered the living room.
He hadn't realized that it was already past midnight and his older brother had fallen asleep on the couch in front of the TV that was now broadcasting a cartoon show he remembered watching when he was younger.
The TV cast his bright light on Jaime's face and made it seem almost skull like.
Jaime had been refusing to eat lately and he had lost a lot of weight.
He was heartbroken over his own arm Tyrion guessed.
Tyrion quietly walked to his brother and he picked up the blanket that was lying on the couch because Cersei always got cold.
He put the blanket over his brother's body so he wouldn't get uncomfortable and turned off the TV.
Tyrion decided to get himself a drink and went to the kitchen.
There was a huge smile on his face that just didn't seem to disappear.
He had just returned from his date and somehow it had all gone well.
Very well actually.
She had shown up at the movie theater and immediately greeted him with a kiss on his cheek, he had paid for her ticket and popcorn and she had held his hand during the movie,
he had complimented her and she had laughed at his jokes.
They had done everything normal people did at dates and they had had a lovely time.
He still couldn't believe that she might have actual feelings for him and on top of that he had only been called dwarf by a random stranger twice that night.
The only downside was that he had missed most of the movie since an unnaturally tall person decided to sit in front of him but luckily Shae had been all the distraction he needed.
He walked into the kitchen and he noticed his father sitting on a stool next to the kitchen island.
The man was staring at the clock with a fearsome expression on his face.
Tyrion didn't want to disturb him so he just stood there.
"What are you doing?" he asked eventually.
"Waiting for your sister" his father answered without looking away from the clock.
Tyrion started to smile even more.
Their father was never home much but Tyrion was sure that if he was he wouldn't approve of Cersei's nightlife.
Tyrion didn't mind waiting if it meant that he might get to see his father yell at Cersei.
He grabbed a bottle of beer and sat down next to his father.
They waited in complete silence until the clock struck one and Cersei finally returned.
Tyrion was actually surprised since she never came home before four.
Cersei was blushing when she entered the kitchen but Tyrion knew that was because she was drunk.
"Where have you been?" Tywin asked the girl.
Tyrion smiled at the effort it seemed to take for Cersei to act sober.
"At Margaery's" she said but she couldn't fool Tywin especially not when even her voice sounded drunk.
"You will not lie to me, Cersei" their father said and Cersei turned even redder "you won't go out again without my permission"
"That's not fair!" Cersei shouted and she wobbled on her high heels.
"I will not have my daughter dress like a whore, stay out all night doing whatever with whomever and then come home to lie to my face" Tywin said and Tyrion could see that Cersei was about to cry "you are a Lannister of Casterly Rock and you will behave like one"
Tears were streaming down Cersei's red face when she threw her purse across the kitchen and rushed out of the room while trying to pull her short, red dress down.
She could pull at that dress whatever she wanted but Tywin would never think it was appropriate.
"What are you smiling at?" Tywin asked him now he was done disciplining his daughter.
"Always a pleasure, father" he quickly said and he left the kitchen.
He knew his father was planning on disciplining him too but he didn't feel like it.
He wasn't going to let his perfect night be ruined by something like that.
When he climbed the stairs he noticed that Shae had texted him.
When he opened the text he saw a certain picture that would make his night even better and he thanked the Gods that he wasn't the Lannister son with an useless right arm.
Jeyne
Jeyne was standing in front of the glass door of the bar.
She was wearing a black, sparkly dress with lace sleeves and high heels.
Jeyne had put her hair up and Arya had helped her create seductive smokey eyes.
Arya was actually really good at putting on makeup even though she didn't like to admit it.
Jeyne pulled down the short dress one more time and sighed.
"Maybe we should just go home" she said.
She couldn't believe that she had let Margaery talk her into this.
Jeyne had been in Sansa's kitchen when Margaery had climbed down the stairs and greeted her with a smile.
Apparently a little birdie, as Margaery had called it, had told her about Jeyne's crush on Theon and Margaery had told her that there was only one way to win his heart: by making him jealous and that was exactly the reason why she was standing in the front of the bar.
"We're not going home, okay!" Arya said annoyed "I snuck out of the house for you"
"I know" Jeyne sighed and she had to keep herself from biting on her lip again.
She had borrowed some of Sansa's expensive, red lipstick and she wasn't planning on getting it stuck on her teeth.
"No, he is going to think that I'm ugly and stupid" Jeyne said and her breathing started to accelerate.
"You look beautiful and there is no way he is going to think that" Gendry said and he put a comforting hand on her shoulder "now can we please go inside?"
"Fine" Jeyne sighed and a shy smile spread over her face.
"Thank Gods" Arya sighed and she was the first to enter the bar.
Jeyne, Gendry and Hot Pie quickly followed her into the dark room.
It was extremely crowded in the bar and no one even bothered to check their ID's .
There was a big crowd in front of the stage who were jumping and singing along to the music.
Jeyne went to the bar and Arya handed her one of the bottles of beer she had already bought.
"I'm over dressed" Jeyne told Arya when the band had finally stopped playing.
"Don't worry so much" Arya told her with a reassuring smile "it's going to be fine"
The owner of the bar went on stage and thanked the band for playing.
"And now ladies and lords" the man said and the group of girls closest to the stage started to scream.
"Who are they?" Jeyne asked Arya.
"They're called The Bitches of Bolton or The Bastard's Girls" Arya answered "but I wouldn't use the last name if I were you"
Jeyne was starting to get a bad feeling about all of it.
Maybe she should just go home.
Why would he notice her if he had a whole bunch of "Bitches" to chose from?
"How do you know all of that?" Jeyne asked the shorter girl who was already half way through her bottle of beer.
"A girl knows these things" Arya said with a cheeky smile.
Ben Bones, as the owner of the bar called himself, took up the microphone again and continued: "Some call him the Bastard of Bolton.."
"But not to his face!" A girl with red hair shouted.
The girl obviously belonged to The Bitches of Bolton and the others laughed at her joke.
"But he is the one and only Ramsay Bolton! Give it up for Blade!" The owner was shouting now and the whole bar cheered when the band entered the stage.
Jeyne had seen Ramsay before at school.
He was a pale boy with dark hair and his eyes were so blue they seemed to be made out of ice.
They seemed even paler now he had lined his eyes with eyeliner and in his right ear he wore an earring resembling a drop of blood.
He was wearing tight black jeans and a red shirt which was almost completely unbuttoned.
The Bastard's Girls squealed with delight when he entered the stage and Jeyne couldn't blame them.
There was definitely something to Ramsay Bolton and something deep inside of her made her want to find out what.
Jeyne completely missed what Ramsay was telling his audience because she was lost in his eyes but according to the laughter she heard around her it was funny.
The band started playing with Ramsay as their lead guitarist and singer.
Jeyne moved her hips to the loud rock music and it didn't take long before she and Arya and most of the other people were jumping and dancing.
Ramsay's dark lyrics and deep voice enchanted the bar and turned them into one big dancing and screaming crowd.
They took a quick break after three songs and sweat was trickling down Ramsay's torso.
"And this next to song I want to dedicate to a special lady out there" he said and he winked at The Bitches of Bolton even though she believed that he had been looking at her when he spoke the sentence.
The song they played was indeed calmer and more romantic than their other songs even though it contained lyrics like "cutting your sweet skin" and "holding your heart in my hands tonight".
He seemed to smile at her when he sang and she softly moved her hips to the music again while she stared into his eyes.
"Thank you" he said when they finished playing and the Bitches squealed again.
Jeyne wondered if she had just imagine him looking at her or if he had actually noticed her.
"We're going to take a short break" he said and he got down from the stage after having handed Ben Bones his guitar.
The Bitches immediately cornered him and he disappeared into the crowd.
Jeyne was still standing near the bar and wasn't able to see him anymore.
"I'm gonna check on Gendry and Hot Pie" Arya said with a kind smile and she left her alone.
Jeyne ordered another drink and tried to find the courage to walk up to Ramsay.
Just tell him you liked the song.
Just tell him you liked...
"Did you like the song?" a voice asked from behind her.
Jeyne thought she was alone and she let out a loud gasp when the voice startled her.
On top of that she accidently knocked over her drink and spilled wine all over the countertop.
"Fuck me" Jeyne moaned when she saw the mess she made.
"Gladly" Ramsay said laughing.
She giggled at his joke and a blush spread over her face.
"What's your name?" he asked "I haven't seen you here before"
"Jeyne Poole" she said still blushing.
"I'm Ramsay Bolton" he said taking her hand and kissing it "nice to meet you, Jeyne"
Jeyne felt like she could die right there.
He looked at her like no boy had ever done.
He looked at her as if she was pretty and he made her feel like they were the only two people in the crowded room.
"Come on" he said " I'll introduce you to my fanclub"
Apparently he had noticed her distressed face and he laughed.
"Don't worry, they won't bite... hard" he said still laughing and he gently lead her through the crowd while making sure that no one bumped into her.
The Bitches gave her a nasty look when they had finally reached their group and Jeyne noticed that they were all wearing T-shirts with the bands logo on it: A flayed man.
Ramsay put an arm around her waist and pulled her a little closer as the leader of the group inspected her: the girl with the red hair.
"Jeyne" Ramsay said "these are Grey Jeyne, Helicent, Jez, Alison, Maude, Willow, Sara and Red Jeyne"
"Just call me Red" Red Jeyne said with her arms crossed in front of her chest and that same nasty look on her face.
"Nice to meet you all" Jeyne said softly and she felt as if she was going to be eaten alive by these girls any minute now.
"Ramsay, we're going on in five minutes" Ramsay's drummer told him.
Ramsay nodded and the drummer disappeared backstage again.
"Give me a kiss good luck" Ramsay said with a cheeky smile.
"What?" she asked surprised and a blush spread over her face but apparently Ramsay didn't care to wait for an answer.
He put his lips on hers and while a warm and tingly feeling spread through her body he stole her first kiss.
She didn't realize what had happened until he had already disappeared backstage.
"Well I guess he found himself a new toy to play with" Red said.
"Shut your trap and thank your lucky stars that you still get to be his top dog"
Jeyne wished she had said that after seeing the surprised expression on Red's face but it had been Arya.
Red didn't respond but just turned around again.
"Thanks" Jeyne told Arya and she gave her a quick hug.
The shorter girl looked at her with a surprised expression but she didn't push her away.
Blade played four more songs and gave two encores before their gig was finished.
Ramsay thanked the audience and the band got down from the stage again.
Ben Bones was still talking to the audience when Ramsay found her in the crowd.
He had wiped away the eyeliner and finally buttoned up his shirt.
"You wanna go outside?" he asked and she nodded.
He took hold of her hand once more and they left the crowded room.
"I really needed to get some air" he said smiling when they were standing outside of the bar.
It was chilly outside and the wind howled through the deserted street.
It was dark too and the only lights were coming from the stars, the moon, the only not broken streetlight and Ramsay's cigarette.
He quickly smoked some of his cigarette and threw it on the ground again.
"Are you cold?" he asked with a kind smile.
Jeyne nodded and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Come here" he said with a cheeky smile and he kissed her again but longer this time and with tongue.
She felt the butterflies again and she couldn't believe how quickly she was falling for this guy.
She could feel his hand shift from her lower back to her ass and he squeezed.
"Hey!" she said but he just laughed at her.
"You're so pretty" he said and he kissed her one more time.
Suddenly she felt as if it was getting even colder outside and she opened her eyes.
"Snow" she said while the white flakes fell down on them "this early?"
"Winter is Coming, the Starks would say" Ramsay said laughing as he plucked a snowflake from her hair.
Jeyne knew "Winter is Coming" was meant as a warning but where would she be saver than in Ramsay's arms?
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Theon's?