Game of Thrones: Crossroads

Chapter 5 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Chapter 5

Gendry shook his head; things were still out of hand, if anything in fact, they were even worse. It was now Friday and despite his efforts, he couldn't think of anything that would allow him to talk to Arya and find out what was going on. He had to admit; the very thought of it made him feel terrible; he was physically and emotionally drained, losing sleep over it. He decided it was time for him to try things differently; he had been trying to sort things out alone without success.

'Maybe it's time I tried to get some help.' He thought forlornly.

He stood up from his bed and stretched; once again he noted that his family were relatively lucky, compared to some in Flea Bottom. For example, at least there was a bedroom for each family member in their house. He left his room and headed downstairs; he didn't want to burden his mother with his trouble unless he really was stuck and needed help trying to work things out. So he avoided the kitchen and headed through to the living room. There he saw Mya watching TV. He recalled what she had said when asking him what had happened at school. Now would be a good time to ask for help he guessed, especially since he was completely at a loss.

He sat down on the sofa; Mya turned to face him and smiled. However her smile faded when she observed Gendry's appearance.

"You don't look so good Gendry." She remarked. "Are you okay?"

Gendry sighed and shook his head. "There's just; something I've been trying to do, but it's not working. I can't think of anything and, I guess you could say; it's making things difficult for me."

Mya pursed her lips and shook her head. "Let me guess, this has something to do with what's going on at school, the thing that was troubling you earlier in the week."

"Wait, so Edric didn't tell you?" Gendry remarked; surprised.

Mya nodded.

"He said it would be better if I heard it from you." She stated. "So, spill it, what's going on?"

He groaned and shook his head. Finally he told her everything that had happened with Arya and how things had changed, for the worse. To her credit, Mya listened without interruption and when Gendry finished she pondered deeply for a moment. In the end Mya sighed.

"This doesn't make sense Gendry; I remember Arya; this doesn't sound like her. She hates those kind of people Sansa hangs around with." She paused and then added. "For her to just suddenly change and start hanging out with them, something's not right; it's like…I don't know, but she has a god reason for doing what she's doing; but as for finding out what, that's going to be tricky."

Gendry sighed; Mya was right, with Arya it was practically impossible to find out what she was thinking unless she told you. It was very rare she did anything like that though, in fact, she appeared to have shut herself off completely from him, Shireen and any of the others.

Mya smiled sadly.

"I'm sorry Gendry, I had no idea how bad this was, I wish I could help you more but; I just don't know."

Gendry shook his head. "It's alright Mya; I, I feel a little better just talking about it."

Just then his phone rang; he quickly answered it.

"Yeah?"

"Hey, Gendry, what's up?" It was Lommy, Gendry smiled and they began to talk.

Finally he hung up and stood up. "Well, I'm going to go hang out with the guys. See you later."

Mya nodded and Gendry left, talking to their mother, informing her where he would be and that they might have plans. Alyssa hugged her eldest son.

"Be careful Gendry; don't think I don't know what's going on." She said. "I know you're having trouble right now, please, try not to let it control you."

Gendry smiled and returned the hug. "I'll be fine mum, thanks."

He then left the house and went to join the others. Everybody in the group was present except for Arya and Rickon.

"Hey guys." He called out as he approached.

They all turned and smiled. "Hey, there you are." Lommy smirked.

"So…what's up, you don't look so good."

Gendry shook his head. "I'll be fine guys, I just; I've had a rough time lately but I should be okay."

They observed him and then Hot Pie shook his head. "Is this about Arya?"

Gendry groaned.

"I'm that obvious huh. Yeah it is; I just wish I could work out what's going on with her. I want to try and get to the bottom of this and try and get her back."

The group looked at each other, shaking their heads. Finally Dany spoke up.

"Gendry, I'm sorry but, I don't think we…"

Gendry cut across her. "No, I know there's something we can do; I just wish I knew what."

Nobody said anything to that.

Finally however things calmed down and they chatted aimlessly for a while. Finally however Devan smiled.

"You know Gendry; I think you're too worked up about this. You need to unwind, relax, it might help." He suggested.

Gendry shrugged. "Maybe; but what do you suggest?"

It was Edric Dayne who answered however. "We could go to that new club that's just opened, should be fun."

They all spoke in agreement and Gendry finally agreed too. However he was worried about one thing.

"What about our underage friends?" He asked worriedly.

Shireen shook her head. "It'll be fine; nobody looks too closely at me remember, Rickon can't make it…What about your brother?"

Gendry smiled; Shireen was right, it helped that she looked at least eighteen, even if she wasn't, plus her burn scars meant very few people looked at her long enough to notice she was younger than eighteen.

"Edric can't come either; but I know he'd find a way in." Gendry replied truthfully; however then a new worry surfaced. "What about, your parents Shireen, what if they find out?"

Shireen scoffed at that and shook her head. "When do they ever notice anything about me?"

Gendry cringed at that; it was sadly true; Shireen's parents were so neglectful that if she wasn't independent she wouldn't have a chance. Finally conceding the point the group all got ready and headed for the club.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Well, things are getting interesting, both popular groups planning to go to the same club, prepare for the drama.