Gendry

It took everything Gendry had to not stare as he saw Arry reach for his towel proceeding to wrap it around her naked self. He tried his hardest to look nonchalant. He kept reminding himself over and over of her age as she strolled past him. When she left shutting the door behind her, he caught a glimpse of himself in the bathroom mirror. His jaw was hanging open and his face was flushed. He sincerely hoped she hadn't noticed. Trying to brush the memories of her away he decided to sleep for a couple of hours. It was 3:30 am now and he figured he could sleep for a little bit before getting up and setting for their journey.

Gendry woke up not even two hours after he fell asleep. Typically getting up this early was a lot harder, and Gendry was surprised how well he was fairing for only having slept for a couple of hours during the night.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth he immediately went into his bedroom to wake Arry up. He wasn't sure why he called her Arry in his head. Perhaps it was because he hoped that if that name stuck it would make her new identity more real.

"Wake up, Arry. We must get going," he said while shaking her shoulder. "Arry? Arry. Get up! Arry!" he said for a final time before she opened her eyes. Man! She was hard to wake up.

Arry looked at him confused for a brief moment before her eyes shot open and she pulled the covers over her head.

"GET OUT! GET OUT! I'm not wearing anything!" she screamed.

WHAT? He tried to push away the thoughts of her being naked in his bed right in front of him. First his towel and now his bed? What was she doing? Was she doing this on purpose?

He quickly left the room shutting the door behind him. He decided not to make this situation any more awkward than it already was and started to speak to her through the door.

"Just let me know when you're dressed," he said. No reply. "Arry?"

"OKAY!" he heard her shout through the door. Geez!

A couple of minutes passed before he heard her shout a "come in".

He was hesitant to come in this time. He's seen her half-naked one too many times already, and it was not helping his inappropriate attraction towards her at all.

Relief came over him as he saw her sitting on his bed dressed in the same clothes that she was dressed in the night before.

"Um…" he began to say. "We'll have to get you a new set of clothes. You're supposed to look like a boy, remember?"

"Okay," he heard her say as he was digging through his chest of drawers looking for the smallest possible shirts and pants he might have.

He was able to find a few of his old shirts and an old pair of pants that he kept from his high school days. He wasn't sure why he had those since they were one too many sizes too small for him. He threw one of the shirts and a pair of pants to Arry, while throwing the other ones into a duffle bag. He continued packing throwing in some more clothes, as well as two light jackets, two sleeping bags that he found in his closet, and an inflatable mattress into the duffle bag. He already had a tent packed away in his truck along with some other camping supplies he figured they could use on their trip. He figured it was best they stayed clear of inns while on their trip.

As Gendry was grabbing two pillows from his bed he heard Arry laughing.

"Lannister Gold t-shirt, really?" she asked pointing at one of his shirts that she was now wearing.

"Well, at least no one will suspect you're running from them if you're wearing one of their shirts," he said while smirking.

Lannister Gold was a beer brewing company owned by none other than the Lannisters. If there's one thing all the people of Westeros could agree on, it's that Lannister Gold makes a heck of a beer. Perhaps that's why they were so rich.

Gendry then instructed Arry to help him go through his kitchen cabinets as well as his fridge and pack any food that they could eat while on the road.

"You don't have much food," observed Arry.

"Well, I don't know how to cook, my mom," he started to say thinking back to his mother. She died when Gendry was 15. Tobho Mott took him into custody afterwards. He taught him all he knew about cars and treated him as part of his own family ever since. When Gendry turned 20 he let him live in the apartment above the shop. Gendry suspected someone paid Tobho Mott to keep him around all these years, but he never questioned it. He knew that whatever this arrangement was would've be much better than a foster home. At least now he had a decent income and a career. Thinking he shouldn't leave for Gods know how long without an explanation, Gendry began scribbling a note for Tobho.

"My mom," he continued as he was writing the note, "she died before she could teach me how to cook," he said with a sad smile without looking up.

He flinched as he felt Arry touch his back.

"I'm very sorry," she said, proceeding to rub his back. Her movements were slow and gentle. She was sincere, he could tell. Those big beautiful gray eyes met his, her hand stopped rubbing his back, and for a couple of seconds they just stood there looking at each other. His gaze dropped down at her lips and at that moment Gendry knew that he's never wanted to kiss anybody as much as he wanted to kiss her right in that moment. She put her other hand on his upper arm and he swore that he felt her body move closer to his, causing his heart to beat faster. He was about to bring his hand up to her face, stopping himself at the last minute and forming it into a fist instead.

He then darted across the room as he attempted to speak.

"Umm, I'm, umm, I'm going to use the bathroom, and, and then we should get going," he said walking into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him with his back pressed up against it.

Arya

Arya wasn't sure of what had just happened. The two of them were in his kitchen packing food when he brought up his mother passing away. Arya could sense the sadness in his voice as he was speaking about his mom, prompting her to walk over to him and rub his back in an attempt to comfort him. Arya wasn't good at comforting others, so she did what her mother always used to do when one of them kids were upset.

Before she knew what was what, their eyes met and as Arya looked into his deep blue eyes she thought she could really see him. Even though he looked strong and at times his stubbornness drove her mad, his eyes are what gave him away. His eyes showed kindness, gentleness, care, and a slight bit of sadness. For a brief second Arya imagined what it must be like having no family. She quickly pushed that thought away and noticed his gaze drop down. She wasn't sure if he was looking down at her lips, but involuntarily her body moved closer to his and she placed her other hand on his arm. Arya could swear she had stopped breathing in that moment.

She for sure thought they were going to kiss, but instead she found herself watching him move to the opposite side of the room and mumble something as he walked into the bathroom slamming the door behind him.

Perhaps she was wrong. She concluded that it was impossible to feel this much attraction towards somebody she barely knew. As Arya pondered on her thoughts some more Gendry emerged from the bathroom.

"I'm sorry," was all he said before he grabbed their bags and set for the door.

A/N: AHHH! They almost kissed! I thought it was nice having both of their perspectives in the same chapter, I think it made the story flow a little bit better. Hope everybody is enjoying the story so far!