Game of Thrones: Fading Scars
Chapter 6 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Chapter 6
Arya smiled to herself as she rode with Gendry, they were in his car, heading for the beach, to the party Margaery invited them too. The rest of her family would be on the way too; they had come in several cars. Robb would be driving his girlfriend Talisa and had also given Rickon a lift; Sansa was coming with Podrick in his car, while her parents were in her father's car, driving Bran, Meera and Jojen.
Arya glanced over at Gendry, both of them were dressed for the beach, Arya in a pair of denim mini shorts, a grey tank-top and sandals. Like most, she would change into her swimsuit there. Gendry was in fact already wearing his swimsuit, a pair of yellow trunks with a black bull motif, along with a blue muscle shirt and black slip-ons.
"Well, here we are." Gendry said at last.
Arya smirked. "Great, well, let's get too it then."
Nodding Gendry got out of the car, she followed suit and saw that the rest of her family had all arrived at roughly the same time too and were all gathered, waiting for her and Gendry. Cat stood, smiling warmly at her youngest daughter, clad in a dark green skirt, red tank-top and sandals, with Ned standing next to her, a year older than she was. He was clad in plain grey swimming trunks with a black T-shirt which displayed the old family crest of a wolf on it and sandals.
Arya grinned and, taking Gendry's hand, went to join her family. The first to greet her was her older brother, twenty-two year old Robb; who she had not seen in a long time. They embraced happily before Arya turned and also hugged Talisa, who was the same age as Robb. Both were dressed suitably too, Robb in plain black trunks, a white T-shirt and grey slip-ones. Talisa in a black mini skirt, a blue T-shirt that showed a little of her stomach and grey flats.
She then turned to greet the others, nineteen year old Sansa, with her boyfriend, who was the same age, Podrick Payne, sixteen year old Bran and his twenty-one year old girlfriend Meera Reed, Bran's friend, sixteen year old Jojen Reed and finally her youngest brother, Thirteen year old Rickon. Like the others, they were dressed for the beach, Sansa in a cream knee length skirt, pink tank top and pink flip-flops. Pod surprisingly in plain red shorts, not trunks, a red and white T-shirt and sandals.
Bran was the same as Pod, no trunks, but a pair of black shorts, sandals and a light blue T-shirt. Meera meanwhile wore baggy denim cut-off shorts, sandals and a green T-shirt. Rickon and Jojen were wearing trunks, red in Rickon's case, green in Jojen's, Rickon also wore a blue and white striped T-shirt and Jojen a white tank-top; both also wore sandals.
Arya laughed after they had all gathered together.
"It's great to see you guys again, is everyone else here?" She asked.
They all nodded and her mother spoke. "Down there, let's go, they're waiting for us."
Arya nodded and took Gendry's hand before they all headed down to the beach. Sure enough, quite the crowd had gathered. They immediately spotted the Baratheon's; all dressed for the beach. Robert was wearing blue and white trunks, a black T-shirt and sandals, Cersei was wearing a red and gold V-necked backless dress and red flats. Myrcella and Joffrey both were wearing sandals. Joffrey was wearing plain cargo shorts and an orange T-shirt while Myrcella wore a red mini skirt and gold tank-top.
Tommen meanwhile was clad in orange trunks with a black waistband, a white T-shirt and blue slip-on shoes. The other Baratheon's were also present, Stannis in black trunks, a grey T-shirt and sandals, Selyse in a long white dress and white heels, Shireen in a lilac knee length skirt, pale blue blouse and flats of the same colour. She smiled shyly at Rickon as they approached. While not many outside the family knew it, Shireen and Rickon dating had made the normally timid girl a bit bolder. The last Baratheon present was Renly, clad in light blue trunks and a green T-shirt with sandals.
They weren't alone either, with them were two people with black hair and eyes and tan skin, Dornish, a seventeen year old boy and twenty-one year old girl. It was Myrcella's boyfriend, Trystane Martell, clad in black shorts, an orange T-shirt and sandals, and with him, his sister Arianne. She was wearing an orange mid-thigh length V-necked dress and black flats.
They exchanged greetings with the Baratheon's and then also greeted the remaining guests, which of course included the Tyrells. Margaery, the host of the party was twenty, a beautiful young woman in a yellow strapless mid-thigh length dress and sandal heels. Her three brothers all stood together talking, twenty one year old Loras, who was also Renly's boyfriend and clad in dark green trunks, a blue T-shirt and sandals. The oldest twenty-four year old Willas and then twenty-three year old Garlan.
Both dressed well too, Willas in sandals with red trunks and a white T-shirt and Garlan in cream coloured trunks with green slip-ons and a T-shirt that matched the colour. The final guests were Shireen's friends, seventeen year old Devan Seaworth, clad in brown shorts with a dark blue tank-top and sandals and sixteen year old Edric Storm, clad in blue trunks with a lightning bolt motif, a grey tank top and sandals. Margaery grinned as she looked around.
"Great everyone's here, you all ready to have a good time?" She asked; not really expecting an answer. "Alright, girls over here, we'll start swimming right away, we'll get changed behind those rocks…Boys, over there."
She pointed to another group of rocks and the two groups went to get changed. As the boys got changed, most simply removed their footwear and T-shirts; except for Gendry who kept his top on. The five boy's wearing shorts removed them and reveals why they weren't wearing trunks, they had chosen to wear Speedos instead. Pod's was dark green, Bran's blue, Joffrey's red, Trystane's orange and Devan's black. Once ready they made their way back to the main part of the beach.
The females had changed too, most of them wearing one-piece swimsuits, red and blue in Cat's case, Selyse wore a white one, with a sarong while Shireen's was lavender with a matching pareo, likely worn at her mother's insistence. Talisa and Arianne both wore black one-piece swimsuits with a circular cut out section in the stomach and Arya was wearing a navy blue tankini.
The remaining five all wore bikini's however, particularly Cersei's red strapless one, not doubt intending to show how perfect her body was, despite her age. Bran, Podrick and Trystane's faces all lit up with delight as they saw their girlfriend's swimsuits. Sansa was in a pink string bikini, Myrcella a black string bikini and Meera a plain navy blue bikini. The girl's likewise seemed very impressed with their boyfriend's Speedos. Margaery grinned, knowing she was getting attention for her green strapless bikini.
Sadly some of it was unwanted.
"Looking sexy Margaery." Joffrey remarked with a suggestive grin.
Margaery rolled her eyes. "Thanks Joffrey. Let's just get ready to go swimming."
She cringed internally as she regarded Joffrey's attire.
'Gods, some boys suit Speedo's and look hot in them…You're not one of them Joffrey.' She thought disgustedly.
Unfortunately, before they could get into the water, two issues arose. The first involved an irate Selyse as she observed her daughter with her boyfriend and friends.
"Shireen." She called out. "Get away from him."
Shireen turned to her mother. "Mum…?"
Selyse glared. "That Seaworth boy, wearing such a…obscene swimsuit, he'll corrupt you…"
"Mum, enough; Devan's my friend. Who cares what sort of swimsuit he wears." Shireen replied sharply. "Now just leave me alone."
Selyse looked outraged but could not reply. Rickon grinned and kissed Shireen, Devan smiled gratefully at her, very impressed at her for standing up to her mother.
The other issue involved was Gendry; he was still wearing the top he had on earlier.
"C'mon Gendry, you should take it off, won't it make it hard to swim?" Margaery said.
She wasn't the first, Gendry shifted uncomfortably. "It…
Arya shook her head. "Margaery, please, just leave it."
"No, it's fine Arry." Gendry replied with a sigh, removing the top.
Gasps were heard as Gendry's scar was finally revealed. Arya bit her lip, Robert looked away, dismay in his eyes. A lot of the others set about whispering in curiosity; even while they were swimming, people whispered about it.
'Gods, the rumours they're saying, me, a hero…?' Gendry thought in dismay. 'I'm no hero, I just got lucky.'
Many of them couldn't even get close to guessing the source of his scar, except those who already knew. Only Talisa, who was studying to become a nurse, recognized it as a surgical scar. Later, while they were drying off in the sun, many still talking about various things, Arya approached Gendry.
"I know you don't think so Gendry, but they're right." She said. "You are a hero."
Gendry started and shook his head. "Arya…"
She smiled. "It's true, you fought cancer and lived…that's no small victory."
Gendry sighed but gave in and they kissed. He once again thanked the Gods for being lucky enough to have Arya as a girlfriend.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.