"Kai!" Arya called through her door as Kailasa got ready for the feast.

Kailasa was already dressed, but Elena was braiding two braids on each side of her head, one at her temples, and the other just behind it, and they were connected to their match where there was no more hair left to braid.

"Come on in, Arya." Kailasa said, not moving her head.

Arya walked in and stopped when she saw Kailasa. "You're prettier than Sansa."

Kailasa laughed. "Thank you, love." She smiled, looking over Arya. She wore a blue Northern dress with her hair braided and tied up on the back of her head. She looked like a proper young lady. But Kailasa knew she would not act like it.

"I can see your stomach." Arya said.

"It's Dornish." Kailasa told her. "My sister sent it to me."

"Are you supposed to let people see your stomach?"

"In this dress, yes." Kailasa told her. "Does it bother you?"

"No. I have just not seen a dress like that."

Kailasa smiled. "And why are you ready so early?"

"Because I wanted to see you before." Arya stated. "Are you going to put your hair up?"

"No. Just like this." Kailasa said.

"Even though it will get in your face?" Arya asked.

"That's why you like your hair up all the time, isn't it?" Kailasa said. "I get that. I usually keep mine up in the South. But in the North, it is a nice blanket."

"And it has nothing to do with my brothers liking it down more?" Arya asked.

"They do?" Kailasa asked. "How you do know?"

"I hear a lot of things they don't think I do." Arya said. "Why do men like breasts?"

Kailasa laughed. "That is a good question. One I cannot answer."

"Because you don't want to tell me?"

"No. Simply because I am not a man, and I do not know." She answered.

"Will mine get as big as yours?" Arya asked.

Elena snorted. "Don't we all wish they would?"

"It's different with every woman." Kailasa said. "Some women have small breasts. Some have large."

"Is it harder to fight with large breasts?" Arya asked.

"Honestly, yes." She nodded.

"Then I don't want small ones." Arya said.

"I hope you get what you want." Kailasa told her. "Secretly, I want small ones too."

"Why?"

"So many reasons, Arya. Including that they get in the way of a few things." She winked at the younger girl.

"I doubt that." Arya said.

Kailasa laughed. "We all have our moments of wishing things were different from what they are."

XXX

Kailasa slipped into the feast, hoping to go rather unnoticed. But two men were both keeping an eye out for her, and even then, the silver woman was very easy to spot in the crowd. She was silver in the golden light of the torches and candles. Bright, almost like a star.

The moment she walked in, everyone looked towards the girl. Of course there was gossip about her. The Southerner come to steal the North's heart.

Of course, Robb got to her first.

"Well aren't you a vision." He said, his hand touching the strip of skin that was bare on her back. Her skin was so soft.

"You look good too." She smiled. "Stark colors?"

"Technically, you could be wearing a Stark color as well." He replied, his eyes flashing down for a moment, before meeting hers again.

"It's silver, not grey." She said.

"We'll see." He replied, grinning.

She laughed.

"So why are you late?" He asked.

"I put Bran's present in his room." Kailasa told him.

"What did you get him?"

"A book of stories." She told him. "I know he likes the scary ones."

"You want to traumatize my younger brother?" He teased.

"Oh, it all depends on how his imagination is." She replied. "Anything can be frightening if you can see it clearly in your mind."

"Do you say that from experience?"

"How else would I know?"

"Come." He said. "I will introduce you to the other lords and ladies."

She always hated this part. She was never able to remember someone's name. She always had a short temper when someone said something against her. She didn't care about these people, and she knew they didn't care about her. They were all looking at her like she was a freak, and she couldn't find it in herself to care. She kept looking over to where Jon was, alone, looking at her, though he was pretending not to.

"You must be frightfully cold in that dress. It seems to be so...thin. It seems like the dresses in the...well, you know." A girl said. She was a lady, with dark hair, and stood taller than Kailasa, but much, much thinner, like a little girl's body. No curves. She had a nose like a beak, and her lips pursed like she just ate a lemon.

"Not as cold as you think. You see, certain parts of my body are frightfully warm." Kailasa replied, pressing a hand to her chest. "Where my heart is especially." Her fingers just ghosted over her breasts. "If you get my drift." Her eyes looked at Robb, to see if she had gone too far-it was a habit she used to do with people she knew. Robb just was looking at the ceiling and trying not to laugh.

"Excuse me." Kailasa said, backing away from the people, before bowing her head slightly and leaving them.

Robb followed her, one arm wrapping around her waist. "Please tell me that girl did not just say you were dressed like a whore."

"She did." Kailasa said. "Is she still watching us walk away?"

Robb looked over his shoulder. "Yes. How did you know?"

"It's a girl thing. Is her face red?"

"Yes."

"Perfect."

Sansa walked right up to them. "Robb, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah, what about?" He said stopping, and making Kailasa stop with him.

"Alone?" Sansa's eyes flashed to Kailasa.

"I'll be right over here." Kailasa said. "Have fun." She walked away, towards Jon, who was sitting at a table in the back with a few others. She put her hands on his shoulders and leaned down to whisper in his ear. "Take a walk with me." She didn't want to be here any longer anyway. Being around so many people kept her heart beating quickly, and made her feel rather jumpy.

"Where?" He asked, turning his head slightly.

"Anywhere." She said, before walking away, and hoping he would follow.

He did.

Kailasa led them through the castle, him following ten paces behind her. She lifted her skirts up to her knees as she broke into a run. His heavy footsteps picking up speed as hers did.

Kailasa didn't even know where she was going. At some point it became random turns, careful for not accidentally heading back to the party.

Of course, Jon could run faster than her. He caught her around the waist, and stopped her from running, holding her to him.

"Where are you going?" He asked, breathing hard.

"I don't know." She said, taking deep breaths as well. "Maybe I just wanted to run."

"From me?"

"With you." She replied. "I asked you to come, didn't I?"

"Why did you ask me to come?" He asked.

"Because I wanted you to." She said, turning so their chests were pressed together. "Why don't you ever believe me?"

His finger traced one of her braids away from her face. "Because everything is telling me that this can't be real."

"I'll tell you a secret." She teased, getting on her toes so their faces were closer. "It is real." She kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Jon's arms tightened around her waist, picking her up off the floor. His skin was like fire, and hers was like ice. Everywhere the other touched was tingling.

Kailasa suddenly thought that if he was at the party in Dorne, she wouldn't be a maid anymore. She felt like she was on top of the world, like she could stay there forever.

Slowly, Jon slipped her down until her feet touched the floor. His hand reached up to touch her neck, slipping to her jaw before tangling itself in her hair. They were both trying to pull the other closer, his hands leaving fire on her skin.

Yes. This was much better than that party.

XXX

"Please, Robb. I see that look on your face." Sansa hissed from the corner. "Don't ask to marry her. She's not a proper lady."

"You don't get a say in any of this." Robb told her. "And she's wonderful. You just don't like her because she is not like you."

"She's ill suited for the North." Sansa said. "I saw what she said to Lady Elaine. If you are to be warden of the North one day she will have to hold her tongue, which she is obviously not good at."

"That Lady Elaine called her a whore first."

"Which only means that she should have kept her mouth shut even more." Sansa said.

"Then why is our mother not saying anything against it? You know her, she would say something if she didn't like Kai."

"She is willful and stubborn, and we both know she will never do as you say." Sansa said.

"Perfect. She'll tell me when I've gone to far, which is what I am going to tell you now."

"Robb, come on." Sansa said. "I'm just trying to tell you what I think."

"And do you want to know what I think?" Robb replied. "I think that it is none of your business."

"So then you wouldn't want me to point out that since this conversation started both Jon and Kailasa have left the feast.

Robb looked up from his sister and scanned the crowed for the silver girl. She was indeed gone.

"She never liked large gatherings. She may just be getting some air."

"We'll see."

XXX

They ended up wandering back to the party some time later, though Jon had tried to persuade her to stay back there in the abandoned part of the castle, and it was so tempting to stay. But the night was still young, and their absence-or at least hers-wouldn't go unnoticed.

"Now what?" Jon asked, leaning down to whisper in her ear.

"Get me a drink?" She asked.

"As you wish." He said, slipping away to do as she asked.

Kailasa smiled, her hands folded over her stomach as she sighed happily.

"And where have you been?" Robb asked, his voice teasing, but Kailsa could see he wasn't all joking.

"Here and there." She said. "Gone to get some air. You know I don't like being around so many people for so long."

"Yes, that I know." Robb agreed. "And Jon kept you company?"

"Yes." Kailasa said, not giving an excuse, for she had none. She just wanted him to go with her.

"For someone who doesn't like being around many people, you are hardly alone." Robb stated.

"Just because I choose to keep a small amount of people in my company doesn't mean I like to be alone." Kailasa replied.

"And how long until you would like to leave the feast again?" He asked.

"It depends on how long it takes for someone to say something I don't like." Kailasa stated. "Or when I start feeling like it's getting hot in here."

"And here I thought you Southerners like the heat." Robb said, his tone becoming more teasing again.

"I never said I didn't." Kailasa replied. "But it is a more comforting heat than it is with people who stare at me like I am an outsider."

"You don't have to be an outsider, Kai." Robb said.

"I don't know how to be anything else, Robb." Kailasa told him. "It's in my nature to be different from the rest."

"I can see that." Robb said.

"You can see what?" Jon asked, handing Kailasa a goblet of wine.

"Thank you." Kailasa said, taking a sip of wine.

"Did you guys have a nice walk?" Robb asked.

"I think so." Jon said. "Kailasa?"

"I have to agree." Kailasa said. "And how is this gathering going? I hope Bran is having fun. I haven't seen him sitting still since I got here."

"I don't even know where he is." Robb said.

"Probably going through his presents." Jon said.

"Looks like he's not going to be getting yours until he goes to bed, then." Robb told Kailasa, nudging her with his elbow.

Kailasa laughed quietly. "I guess not."

"What do you mean?" Jon asked.

"Oh, you didn't tell him?" Robb asked.

"I put his present in his room." Kailasa told Jon. "It's just a book of scary stories, so I thought it would be best for him to read them before he goes to sleep."

"You are going to traumatize your children, aren't you?" Jon asked.

Kailasa smiled. "Probably."

"No, you'd be a great mother." Robb said.

Kailasa licked the corner of her lips, not knowing how to respond to that. "I guess we'll see at some point." She finally said, looking between the brothers as they kept glaring at each other. "In other news, what did Sansa need to talk to you about?"

"Nothing really." Robb said quickly.

"You don't want to tell me, that's fine." Kailasa said, her voice taking on a sarcastic edge. "I take it that it was her saying very flattering things about me that you would feel embarrassed to tell me about because they are so nice."

Robb laughed. "Yeah, you go with that."

XXX

"Sansa," Catelyn called to her eldest daughter.

Sansa looked up and left the two ladies she was talking to so she could go speak to her lady mother. "Yes?"

"Would you please go separate Jon and Kailasa?" Catelyn asked, watching as the girl she spoke of.

"Why?" Sansa asked.

"Please do as I ask."

"But I don't want to." Sansa said. "I don't even like her."

Catelyn sighed. "And why don't you like her?"

"Because she's not a proper lady. She claims to be, but she is not." Sansa said, stubbornly. "If she was, she wouldn't let Jon court her."

"Then why don't you help her stay a lady and help me keep her and Robb close." Catelyn said. "She would do well in the North. She is strong enough to handle the winters."

"How would you know? She got sick from a little cold."

"That's not what I mean, Sansa." Catelyn told her daughter. "Now take Jon away from Kailasa and Robb."

Sansa frowned, but still walked away from her mother to do as she bid. She walked over to the three, and returned to her mother with Jon following her, smiling like she was the smartest girl in the world.

Cat closed her eyes for a moment. Knowing exactly that her daughter did.

"You needed me, Lady Stark?" She asked.

Lady Cat opened her eyes. It was getting late anyway, and it would keep Jon away for at least an hour. "I think it is about time Rickon goes to bed. Would you take him?"

"Of course, Lady Stark." He said, but his dark eyes told her that he was not ignorant to what she was doing.

Catelyn silenced the part of her that felt bad.

XXX

Kailasa ended up dancing with Robb not too long later. Though it wasn't really a dance, just swaying back and forth. His hand was on her bare back, while her hand was on his shoulder, their other hands were holding each other.

"I know Sansa doesn't like me." Kailasa told Robb softly, so he was the only one that could hear what she said.

"I don't know why. She's just being stubborn." Robb replied. "She has nothing against you. Except maybe your beauty. I doubt any girl would like to be outshined so completely."

Kailasa smiled, closing her eyes for a moment. "I love red hair, though. My brother has red hair and I will forever be jealous of it."

"But you're silver, doesn't that make you more unique?"

"Perhaps, but when you always stand out sometimes you want to be invisible for a bit." Kailasa stated. "Just like when you're invisible all you want to do is be seen."

"Well, I'm afraid to say that you will never be invisible to me." Robb told her.

Kailasa leant her head against his shoulder, still smiling. "I don't know how to respond to that."

"How about with a, 'good?'" He asked.

"Good, then." She whispered.

She felt his hand move from her back to touch her hair softly. "You're the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Robb said softly.

"Obviously you have never been to Dorne." She teased softly.

"You don't know how to take compliments." Robb said.

"Not when they are said as sincerely as you do." Kailasa replied. "It makes me wonder what your eyes see."

"Don't we all see the same thing?"

"In my experience no." Kailasa said, pulling away to look into his eyes. "And even if we do personal experiences change what we see into something completely different from what another sees."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because everyone has a different perspective." Kailasa told him. "No two people ever see the same thing as the other. Ask any two people present for anything, their story will differ slightly."

"That usually means that someone is lying."

"Not always. One person's truth may not be the other's." Kailasa said.

"You don't think people lie?"

"I always think people lie. But if the story just differs a little, that doesn't mean much."

"So right now, while we are here, and let us say someone is watching from over there,-" he nodded to his left, "and someone is watching over there-" he nodded to his right, "-that they are seeing completely different things from each other and we are seeing completely different things from where we are."

"Not completely different. They would still be seeing us." Kailasa replied. "Though they may think that we are having an argument or whatever. They still see the players."

"So at the end of all of this are you, me, and Jon all sit down and tell the others the story of who you choose?" Robb asked.

"I may not choose anyone, Robb." Kailasa said softly.

"Why?" Robb asked. "You've been here for a while now and you seem perfectly happy."

Kailasa smiled sadly. "I've always been good at running away, Robb."

"You never seem the type to run away to me." Robb replied.

"Which is why they always let me go." Kailasa said. "The only person to this day who has sent me away before I could leave was my father."

"I would never send you away." Robb told her.

As much as she wanted to believe that was true, a part of her didn't know if she wanted to stay or not. If she wanted to give herself to the North.

But at the same time she did want to give herself to a Northerner.

XXX

By the time Kailasa made it back to her room, she was almost sleepwalking. She had told Elena and Rebecca to do what they liked with their night-she could handle getting herself in her corset at least once. After all, she did have one that would lace up the front so she could do it herself.

It was white and she would only wear her small clothes with it-she felt like it was a bit warm anyway, but that could have been because she had too much wine.

She got herself dressed, and braided her hair over her shoulder so it would not be a mess in the morning. She blew out the candles that lit her room, leaving only a small fire in the hearth that kept the room lit.

Kailasa sighed, just wanting to sleep off the wine she had drunk, but she still put on a white robe over her corset and opened the door. Jon stood before her.

"Where have you been all night?" Kailasa asked. "You left without a word."

"Lady Stark wanted me to take Rickon to bed." Jon told her.

"Couldn't his nurse have done that? Or his mother?" Kailasa replied.

"Yes, but why not miss out on an opportunity to separate me from you and keep giving Robb a better chance with you."

Kailasa frowned, reaching up to push his dark curls from his face. "I-"

But before she could say another word, his lips were on hers. This was the first time he kissed her with no warning-usually she was the one that started it. There was also a sort of desperation in the kiss. Like he was screaming for her not to forget about him. That he was there. That he wanted her.

Kailasa couldn't help but compare Jon and Robb's kisses. Robb either dominated the kiss, or let her dominate, he would hold her tightly, but at the same time treat her as if she was made of porcelain, and not want to let go. While with Jon, they were equals, both pulling on each other, Kailasa caught in a place where she didn't know if she was going to go up in ashes or shiver and turn into ice. It felt like Jon would leave fire everywhere he touched. He had no problem with pulling on her hair just right to make her moan softly, or biting at her neck or lips.

One kiss made her feel like a princess in a fairytale; the other made her feel like a woman who was not to be trifled with. One like she was glass; the other like she was steel.

But Kailasa was sure she had fallen in love. The thought terrified her.

XXX

"Let me guess, you kissed her." Jon said to Robb.

"Yes." Robb said. "You haven't?"

"I have." Jon said.

"When did you first kiss her?"

"Tonight." Jon said.

"Really?" Robb asked, trying to hide his grin. "I kissed her weeks ago."

"I never said we didn't kiss before that. She just kissed me." Jon replied.

"Is there a difference?" Robb replied.

"There's always a difference, brother." Jon replied. "If you haven't noticed anything about Kailasa, you have to notice how somethings are very specific with her." Jon began walking away from his brother. "Goodnight."

Jon did not mention that he could feel that one side of Kailasa's waist was thicker than the other half; a subtlety that he did not miss. But that didn't mean he knew what it meant.

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