Show time.

Gendry- New years...

Here he was at Casterly rock on the day of his mother's show being swarmed by the media pretending to be interested when in reality he couldn't give a shit. It had been about a week since she had left.

He woke up reluctantly not by the slight hangover he was suffering but by the dream of Arya he couldn't stop thinking about. Now he'd had to face her which he didn't mind, she responded to him and that wasn't enough.

As he made his way down stairs he notices his mother, father, Ned, catelyn, sansa all whispering to each other while Sandor is silient.

"Morning" he says and all heads snap him they reply to him.

"Are they all still asleep?" he asks pouring himself a cup of coffee.

"Yeah except for Arya she's in the study" sansa informs him. He raises a questioning eyebrow." With your grandfather and tyrion" she added.

He had no idea his grandfather was in Winterfell he thought they would eventually celebrate with him in Kings Landing much less what tyrion would be doing here.

"Since when?," he asked

"About an hour . What would you do you like to eat?"

"Sure" there was an awkward silence.

Sometime later his grandfather and uncle tyrion walked towards the kitchen. his uncle tyrion gave him a warm welcome, while his grandfather gave him his usual distant greeting.

he could see the tension on his grandfather's shoulder.

"Having fun my sweet nephew" asked tyrion.

"Yeah plenty of fun" he replied looking at arya. Tyrions eyes looked from gendry to Arya and a smile formed on his lips.

"What type of fun?" He asked him.

There was something off about the way his grandfather was treating arya, he has never seen him act so different towards her before.

When gendry asked what was going on tyrions response was " nothing sweet nephew and none of your concern."

"Really because my grandfather seems constipated" he commented and tyrion laughed.

Arya was quietly talking to Sandor, when a loud phone ringing was heard. Everyone turned to look at her.

"Excuse me I have to get this" she said as she ran up the stairs

After a while they heard a door slamming shut running down the stairs with a bag on her shoulder was Arya. She was speaking in braavosi she ran out the door before they had a chance to ask her what was the hurry.

A car was heard on the front of the house everyone got up to go see who it was. They were still calling Arya to slow down.

Jon was outside walking out with Yrigte and Arya didn't seem to notice since she was frantically looking through her bag there was something about her expression that made him feel desperate to hold her. Jon seemed to pick on the situation he rushed towards her spinning her and holding her close to his chest Arya began to try and get loose from his hold screaming that she had go, Jon just held her tighter after awhile Arya knees began to fall and both of them fell to their knees as Jon stroked her hair.

"I have to go" "let me go" "please" I need to be there" she screamed. Gendry, Ned, Robert and Sandor walked towards them. Then he watched as Jon said something to Ygritte who nodded Jon reached into aryas bag and pulled her to her feet he walked her to the back seat of the car as Ygritte started the car leaving them confused they started to scream as the car drove of.

The next hour which in reality felt like a life time was spent calling Arya, jon, ygritte, sam and gilly. When jon and grit came back they were swarmed by everyone, all jon did was raise his hands and ask for quiet as ygritte got him a glass of water he sat down and started rubbing his temple.

"Arya is in braavos" he said

"What?" "Why?" "That doesn't sound right" they started shouting at him.

"I don't know she was pretty shaken up but something happened to jaqen" he said looking down and gendry felt his heart sink.

True to his words when everyone was drink and the some stress seemed to lift Arya called saying she was fine and she was sorry but there was an emergency.

There was a point when he couldn't look at his mother, she already knew about him and looking at her would mean looking at the pity that Arya wasn't his.

"Do you know who's opening the the show?" Asked joffrey pulling him out of his train of thoughts.

"No " he said.

"She's doing this on purpose"

"Mom doesn't do anything with out reason"

"She does. She has no reason" gendry decided to ignore his brother.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm doing great considering Margery hasn't stopped trying to figure out who is opening the show"

"Mom doesn't like ass kissers"

"You still got a to pay me back" gendry groaned.

"I'll see what I can do to let them spend time together."

"I trust you to keep your word on that" said joffrey

Their father moved towards them "Let's get going the show is about to start." The stark were seated next to them while the tyrell were seated to the otherside.

His mother had decorated red and gold and colors on the walls with white art decor. There was some metal detailing on the sides in the center it was shaped as a funnel.

The light were dimmed as his mother walked to the front of the stage.

She made a fantastic speech that he hardly paid attention to.

He knew before hand that his mother had only designed 3 wedding dresses and one of them was given to jeyne as a sneak peak for the show.

As his mother walked of stage the lights were dimmed a bit more. As the music started playing the first model walked out the model that nobody knew she wore a wedding dress that highlighted every curve she had a great body as far as he could tell but her face was covered by a veil it seemed to have pearls attached to it in her hands was white candle.

She walked with elegance, with grace she squatted to the floor moving the flame of the candle to center as she did that all around the stage fire started seeping through and she didn't seem fazed by it.

She got up and walk away. Mycrella leaned towards him "shes beautiful"

"How would you know" he asked.

"I just do"

Model after model came out Margery seemed bright and happy but he knew she was pissed.

The last model came out in a very sheer style bridal dress it seemed loose fitting but what caught his attention was a cut out piece that appeared on the large TV screen in the background it had a vertical scar that seemed high lightened he was so focused on it he missed mycrellas giggles and his mom ending speech.

" you knew" he told mycrella

"Yeah come on" pulling him towards the doors that lead to the rooms where the models get ready.

As they walked inside the saw Margery's vanity filled with flowers no doubt from Joffrey. She was being congratulated by all her cousins and family.

He's find all the girls together giving out girlish yelps.

Arya and his mother are calmly talking sipping wine. While her family congratulated all the other models and Jeyne.

"Great" job he says kissing his mothers cheek.

"Yes " replies cersei as she sees renly walking towards them "I have to go, thank you dear." she says as she gets up giving him and Arya a kiss.

"So why didn't you tell me you were coming back" he asked her

"Your mom thought it would be a surprise"

"Yeah very nice surprise" she gave him a small grin.

"Could we talk outside?" She asked him biting her bottom lip.

Sure he says giving her his hand. The party had started everyone was drinking and dancing with out care.

They walked towards an to put empty table that looked out on to shore.

"When did you get back?" He asked.

"The day before yesterday"

"Why didn't you tell anyone?"

She gave him a wolfish smile. "Oh stupid you're the only one that didn't know"

"" why?" He tried to glare at her.

"I told you we wanted it to be a surprise"

"But why would you want to surprise me?" He asked a part of him clinging to hope.

She stood quiet for a moment rubbing her chin a thoughtful expression on her face. Then she clapped her hands excitedly "to see that stupid expression of yours"

"Arya" he warned.

"You know why " she said

"I do not"

"Then you're stupid" she said a smile on her face. He was supposed to be mad at her for some reason but he wasn't able to that smile meant more to him then it should.

What's wrong stupid?" She asked.

"How's jaqen?" She didn't flinch and kept a straight face it was unnatural of her to do so, but it seemed to be normal once she got back from braavos the first time and even now.

"He's better" was all she said. Their groub walked towards them.

"Great job" they told her.

"Thsnks".

"Oh Arya & Gendry this is Ramsay Bolton he's transferring to RK." Said Theon pointing to another guy to his left.

"Nice to meet you" said Ramsay extending his arm to gendry but keeping his eyes on Arya.

"You too" replied gendry as Ramsay got a hld of aryas hand and kissed her knuckles.

They sat down to talked & they asked arya why didn't they she day anything about opening the show, how was jaqen and someother crap he didn't catch keeping his eyes on Ramsay.

"Oh gendry your uncle Stannis is here" said Arya in awfully giddy voice her hand resting on his bicep "Let's go"

"Sure" taking her hand and getting up he didn't miss the raised eyebrow the whole table gave them as they left.

"What's going on?" She asked him

"Nothing"

"Don't lie."

"It sounds stupid."

"And you're stupid but what's going on."

"I don't like him."

"Ramsay?."

"Yeah.

"Maybe you aren't as stupid."

"Why?" He asked stopping to look into her eyes.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Your mom said animals are good at judging people" was her explanation.

"Shireen" she said as they reached his uncle and he was going to ask her what she meant.

"Uncle, princess it's good to see you" he said.

His uncle greeted them. "Um uncle stannis could we steal Sheri for awhile asked Arya.

His uncle thought for awhile until Shireen begged and he relented.

Arya was soon pulled away by his mother to make introductions she managwd to escape the feroucious beasts time and time again. Soon all the girls were dancing together laughing and having fun until a slow song came and Robb wanted to have a dance with his wife. Before he could even move Ramsay had asked Arya for a dance so he went to dance with Shireen.

" I like her"

"You do?" He asked her.

"Yeah she's funny and nice not like heddle"

"Her name is Jeyne"

"There's too many jeynes and don't want you to be confused"

He groaned "you aren't spending anymore time with Arya unsupervised" he looked towards Arya to find her already looking at her she mouthed out help.

"Go save her I'll go with Rickon and Tommen" said Shireen

He walked towards Arya.

"Excuse me" he told Ramsay asking for aryas hand.

Ramsay seemed to hesitate and glare at gendry who didn't seem unmoved Ramsay seemed a bit startled by the fact it didn't work.

"Thanks" whispered Arya as Ramsay moved away from them.

"No problem" a nice silence fell over them until he asked what Ramsay was telling her.

"I never thought I would live to see the day I met someone that loves himself more than Joff" they finished their dance and walked over to the groups table. He let Arya take the last chair as he stood by her side.

Their parent walked toward them. Aryas parents hugged her.

"Enjoying yourselves?"

They all nodded.

"Come to the tables its about to be midnight" says his father and they follow their parent like the ducklings they are.

They all counted too zero with champagne in hand rickon, tommen and Shireen trying their best to discreet with theirs it would've been perfect to have an intimate moment with his family but then there was over a thousand strangers.

At midnight the first person he hugged was mycrella who seemed pretty buzzed he didn't notice she had been drinking the same with bran unlike tommen rickon and Shireen they weren't fooling anyone. The last person he hugged was Arya and she lasted a bit longer than usual by his side.

"I think we should rescue them" said Arya pointing to Rickon who seemed to be stalking one of the waiters.

"Go get Bran, Mycrella and Shireen I'll get rick and tom. Meet us by the cars."

He watched as she made her way to the dance floor where Mycrella and bran were dancing. He walked to where Tommen was keeping a watch out for Rickon. Putting a hand on his brothers shoulder Tommen seemed to jump a few inches of the floor.

"We're leaving" he said putting a stern face that he knew his brother was afraid off to which Tommen immediately nodded.

He did the same to Rickon who reluctantly listened.

They walked quietly to the garage when he noticed their wasn't enough room in his car. Arya, bran, Mycrella and Shireen were running towards them.

"We have a problem" he says as they approached.

"Here" she tossed him keys to hand over tongue valet.

As they waited for the car she walked up to rickon and bran smacking their heads together. "Bloody idiots" she said as she started scolding them.

'And she claims not to be like her mother the only difference was that Catelyn wouldn't lay a finger on them' he thought.

"Are you okay to drive" she asked him as an SUV came to view

"Yeah I haven't drank much, whose car is this? He asked.

"Jaimes" he had expected for aryas to get into the front seat with him but she didn't.

"Why?"

"I have to take this dress off and I don't think its a good idea to change in the front seat". He felt a blush on his skin.

" right" mumbled.

Bran got in the front with him, Rickon and Tommen in the middle seats while Mycrella and Shireen helped Arya with her dress.

"I love her, so much" Bran started his drunken rambling. "Do you think she loves me? I mean she's beautiful, smart,nice she could kick my ass and she's short"

"I think you just described Arya" said Tommen falling asleep next to Rickon.

"Arya's a bitch" said Bran "Ow" he said as Arya threw a shoe at him. They're insane

"I'm kicking your ass Bran" said Arya.

"What I'm saying the truth... Ow stop that" he said "eww Ar there's somethings a guy should never touch and thats his sister lingerie" gendry couldn't help but to swirled the car he was already distracted with the knowledge that Arya was naked in the back seat and know she was throwing her lingerie.

"Ow" "Gen" "Gendry what the fuck" "what's the matter with you" "ahhh" that seemed to sober everyone up.

"Shut up! You two are driving me insane I'm not driving until you're both done." He said.

"Gendry you scared me half to death" said Shireen with wide eyes making him feel bad.

"Gendry just stressed with the fact that Arya has no bra on" said bran throwing aryas bra at him.

"Stop it" he said throwing the bra towards the back he resisted the urge to look at it.

"You're so screwed" mouthed bran.

"Oh Arya its beautiful" he heard Mycrella say his brows furrowed trying to figure out what they were talking about. "I want one"

"I don't looks painful" said Shireen.

"A bit, finally I can breathe. Could you pass me the bag?" Said Arya there was shuffling.

"When did you get it?" Asked Mycrella

"Hm about a year ago. Ask your parents and I'll take you to the person who did it" offered Arya.

"But that means you got it in Braavos"

"I did but he travels often"

"I don't think I want someone I hardly know that close the vag" said Mycrella.

He really didn't want to hear this conversation. This was awkward his sister and cousin talking to his wet dream about her vagina he walked to die right there.

"What in the seven hells are you talking about!" He shouted.

"Do you really want to know because I don't" said Bran exaggerating a grimace.

"Are we home yet?" Mumbled Rickon. Thank the gods for Rickon.

"Soon if gendry would start driving" said Arya.

"Do we all fit in your hotel room?" Asked Bran

"Yeah its huge we'll need an extra bed though." Answered Mycrella

"How do you know?" He asked her

"I set it up" said mycrella as they arrived at the hotel Arya had changed into yoga pants and T-shirt. They asked for an extra bed to be brought over the room. The king sized bed seem great.

"Let me find something for you two to wear" said Arya to Mycrella and Shireen grabbing her luggage.

The extra twin sized bed was brought in but they still wouldn't fit. As Mycrella and Shireen changed he stayed with Arya.

"Who sleeps where" Arya told him

"Tommen and Rickon on the small bed, Mycrella bran and Shireen on the bed. Are you okay with sleeping on the floor?" He asked.

She shrugged " I don't mind" she said.

He ended up carrying Rickon and Tommen to bed and tucking them in while Arya got their things to sleep on the floor.

By the time he turned off the light Shireen and bran started laughing.

"Shut up people are trying to sleep" he said he could still hear them snickering by the time he fell asleep.

A-N: I apologize for this late entry I was going to update on new years but I've been 'busy'. Again sorry for the late enrty, any spelling and grammer errors. I would like to hear from you guys.

Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

-SemiraEris