Game of Thrones: Crossroads

Chapter 14 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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

Chapter 14

Edric sighed as he looked at the door to his brother's room. Gendry was still fixated on getting Arya back with the group; the others had all but given up on her except for Shireen and the other Edric, Edric Dayne. Edric himself was uncertain; one thing that did bother him however was how deeply Gendry appeared to be affected by all this.

'Man, he's seriously worked up, I mean, when Lommy and Hot Pie told him to just give it up, I thought he was gonna hit them.' Edric mused to himself.

He needed to get to the bottom of this; the only difficulty he saw was how he could do so. After a long drawn out silent moment, he sighed and then approached his brother's door. He knocked and waited.

"I'm tired, I'm not in the mood for talking." Gendry called through the door.

Edric resisted the urge to shake his head, true Gendry did indeed sound tired but he couldn't just leave things like this. "Gendry come on, I wanna to talk to you, it's important."

He heard Gendry sigh heavily before replying. "Can't it wait Edric?"

"C'mon bro, I'm worried about you, you've been acting…strange lately, I just…"

Gendry however cut across his brother. "Drop it Edric; I've already had to listen to the rest of the gang, I don't need this from you."

Edric sighed, seeing clearly that this was going nowhere. So he left and headed downstairs, he decided now was the time for him to rely on his back up plan.

Once downstairs he headed through to the kitchen; there he found Mya talking on the phone, so he waited patiently. He saw Mya's expression change and noticed her blush; he also noticed the tone of conversation change and realized who she was on the phone too.

'Oh, she's talking to Lyle, um, okay, awkward.' He thought to himself and he left the kitchen and moved away out of earshot, deciding to try and again later.

Unless their mother got home soon, Mya was the only one he could talk to about this. A little later however there was a knock on his bedroom door. He hurried to open it, it was Mya.

"Something wrong Edric?" She asked; concerned.

He stepped back, letting her in and then went and sat on his bed.

He sighed and then explained. "I'm worried about Gendry; I think, I think this whole business with Arya is getting to him, badly."

Mya nodded slowly, she had noticed this too, but wasn't sure exactly what was going on.

"So Arya's still…?"

"I'm afraid so, apart from Ned Dayne, Shireen and Gendry, the others have all given up on her…I, I'm not sure what to think of all this." Edric replied, confirming what Mya suspected.

She shook her head. "I wouldn't worry too much Edric, Gendry's tough, he'll manage. If you're still concerned however, I can talk to him."

Edric smiled. "Thanks, that'd be great."

Mya nodded and was about to leave but Edric stopped her.

She was just about to grasp the door handle when Edric suddenly burst out.

"Why do you and Gendry hate dad so much?"

She froze, this was not a conversation she really wanted to get into right now. There were no easy answers, besides, Edric had been too young, she doubted he would understand, even now.

She swallowed hard and then did her best to reply. "I'm sorry Edric, I-It's hard to explain. Some other time, when I find the words, I'll try and tell you, okay."

Edric sighed but agreed, knowing he wasn't going to get any more out of her. Mya then left the room. She decided now would be the best time to talk to Gendry so she headed over to his room. She knocked on the door, only for him to immediately reply.

"Go away Edric."

She fought back a laugh and spoke up. "It's not Edric, Gendry, it's me."

There was sudden movement within the room. Then the door opened slightly, Gendry stood there, he looked terrible, as if he hadn't been sleeping for the past few nights.

"Mya, if this is about Edric talking to me earlier…" He began, but Mya quickly cut him off, she wasn't going to simply let him back out of it.

"Gendry, we're worried about you, look at the state of you; you need to calm down. This whole business with Arya is wearing you out."

Gendry looking like he was about to argue, but then her words seemed to sink in. He sighed and finally stepped back, allowing her into the room.

They sat in silence for a while before finally Gendry spoke. "I'm sorry I worried you guys, the truth is, I'm worried about Arya. The way she's been acting, it isn't like her and what she's putting herself through, she's drinking way too much. Whenever she thinks nobodies looking, she has this, strange expression on her face. Like she doesn't want to be with them, but then…"

Gendry stopped and shook his head.

"I feel like I'm just going in circles, if Arya would just tell us what was going on, we could help her, I'm sure of it." He paused and then added. "I know I would."

Mya smiled and hugged her brother reassuringly. "It'll be fine Gendry, whatever happens, you'll all get through this; maybe if you do something to show Arya you've noticed she's not happy, and that you want to help her, maybe she'll let you in then."

Gendry smiled. "That, that just might work; if I can keep it together enough, usually we're both drunk when we see each other."

Mya smiled and reassured him once more before leaving the room, Gendry lay back on his bed, thinking carefully over what his sister had told him.

Back at the Baratheon mansion, Myrcella was returning to her room after a shower, clad only in a towel. She thought carefully about how things had been for her and her friends lately. She was now dating Trystane Martell and he had joined their group; they had also befriend Podrick Payne after saving him from Joffrey and his friends. Myrcella scowled at that; Arya was still hanging out with them, worse than that, they were becoming, if possible, worse in their actions against her and her friends. Not to mention she was still creeped out by Joffrey's disturbing leers directed at her. Subconsciously she pulled the towel tighter around herself; making sure she was covered. It was then she heard Joffrey's voice and froze. She listened carefully and noticed he was on his phone, in his room. As she tried to head to her room, she froze as she heard Joffrey's words and realized who he was talking to.

"Hey Margaery…Yeah I know." He paused longer, Margaery seemed to be explaining something to him, Joffrey then laughed. "Tell me about it, Gods she is so pathetic, why do we let her and her street trash sister hang out with us anyway…There is that I guess; well, are we still on for tomorrow."

There was another pause before Joffrey confirmed Margaery's reply and then hung up. Myrcella hurried into her room; shocked an appalled by what she had overheard.

She couldn't believe what she had just overheard; Joffrey was cheating on Sansa, cheating on her with Margaery; not only that, the only reason Arya and Sansa were accepted as part of the group was due to their prestige of being part of the Stark family, the third richest family in Westeros after the Baratheon's and the Lannisters.

She sighed. 'I could tell the others; but it wouldn't make any difference…It would come down to Sansa and she doesn't have the confidence to break up with Joffrey. Maybe, maybe Arya already knows, maybe that's why she's joined them, to do something about that. I hope that's it, it's better than any possible alternative.'

Shaking her mind clear of the thoughts she removed the towel and began to get dressed; sadly unaware of the hidden webcam that was currently spying on her.

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