Game of Thrones: Crossroads

Chapter 30 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Chapter 30

Gendry sighed as he returned home; he had been bracing himself for this ever since the incident after school. That didn't make it any easier and Edric's large grin as he sat in the passenger seat didn't help either. Finally he pulled the car up and Edric practically leapt out and darted inside. Gendry knew immediately what his brother was doing and that it would be futile to stop him. So instead he slumped back in his seat and sighed heavily. This was going to be a nightmare, he wondered what was happening with Arya and how she was coping. Her family would know soon too; he was still amazed at how quickly and spectacularly things had blown up in his face. He had hoped to take the relationship slowly and secretly, until the blackmail was no longer necessary and Arya was safely welcomed back into the group. Instead they had been discovered and now it was all over the school and Gods knows how far it would travel. After all Arya was part of one of the most well-known and richest families in the country. The gossip storm would probably end up all over Westeros. He shook his head and sighed; there was no point in delaying the inevitable, so he got out of the car and headed inside.

He entered the house and stopped when he saw his siblings. He could see the looks on their faces and tried to ignore them, but then Edric spoke up.

"So Gendry, anything interesting to tell us?" He remarked, trying and failing to keep the laughter out of his voice.

Gendry sighed and shook his head, replying quickly. "No."

This prompted laughter from Mya who shook her head. "Oh really, nothing at all, such as you and Arya…?"

"Stop it Mya." He said hastily. "It's kinda complicated okay."

"But you are dating her?" Edric asked.

Gendry was about to reply when he heard a voice behind him.

"You're dating who, son?"

He spun around and saw his mother standing there. He could hear Mya and Edric snickering behind him and he noted his mother's expression.

'Well fuck.' He thought in dismay; before clearing his throat and explaining. "It's true mum, Arya and I are dating now."

His mother looked at him seriously. "Arya, the girl who used to come over a lot with Shireen?"

Gendry nodded and felt the need to explain quickly.

"It's kinda complicated mum, it's still pretty new and it's not exactly something perfect. But there's nothing to worry about, I'm sure it'll work out fine."

Alyssa nodded slowly but her expression told him she wasn't so sure. Mya had also heard about the fight and winced.

"Well, I hope you're right Gendry." She stated. Alyssa nodded in agreement.

Gendry nodded, things were getting too awkward for him so he decided now was his chance to make a quick exit.

"I'll just, be in my room." He remarked quickly before hurrying upstairs.

Gendry threw himself down on the bed and sighed. He knew things would be a lot different if his family knew the whole truth. His mother's disappointment would be unbearable, and his siblings, he didn't even want to think about what they would do. He wondered briefly if Edric had worked out Arya was the girl he had been referring to when they made the bet. He was pretty sure he had; he wondered briefly what Edric truly thought about that, given that he knew part of the reason they were together was due to the bet. He sighed and pulled out his phone and texted Arya. He told her about what he had faced and expressed concern for her, wondering how her family were reacting. She quickly replied revealing that her family hadn't started questioning her yet, so he wished her luck. At that point there was a knock on his door. He sat up as his mother came in.

"Mum?" He was curious as to why she was here.

Alyssa pondered for a moment before speaking. "Gendry, I need to ask you something, and I want you to be honest with me. Is Arya the girl I heard you with that night, is she the one you've been sleeping with?"

Gendry blushed furiously as he remembered how his mother had told him she had heard him. He fought back a groan and knew that being honest with his mother would be best, she would be able to tell if he was lying or not.

"It's true mum, she is, we…" He was thinking how best to explain it when Alyssa spoke.

"Is there any reason why only now the two of you are dating; I mean, is she?"

Gendry was startled by this and shook his head. "What, no mum, no, of course not, we were careful, used protection I promise."

Alyssa seemed to calm down and then hugged him, wished him well with his relationship and left the room. He sighed, he wondered just how long it would take for things to either get worse, or blow up in his face.

Meanwhile, in the Stark house; Sansa was fretting desperately. She couldn't believe her sister. After trying so hard for so long she thought she finally accomplished what she had wanted for so long. She thought she had finally got a proper sisterly relationship with Arya and that Arya was finally living up to her potential; but now, now it was all ruined. Arya was dating Gendry; her former best friend; it didn't make sense to Sansa, for Arya to throw everything away to date him and likely end up back with her old group of friends. She scowled at the thought of them, they always tried to cause trouble for her and her friends and despite having so many traits that would allow them to be popular and be part of the group, they stifled it, worse still, they were openly hostile to her and her friends.

She shook her head. 'I still can't believe it; Arya should've broken up with Gendry when she realized what she was going to lose. She should've acted the way she was expected to act…But she didn't; she just went and did her own thing, like it-like it meant nothing to her.'

The thought disturbed Sansa, could Arya truly not care what others thought about her. Could she truly act like that, without fear of judgement; it certainly hadn't seemed to have done her any harm.

So, by that logic, could I…' Sansa began to think but stopped herself quickly. 'No, it's not possible, I can't let Joffrey, or anyone find out about what I did.'

So, still frustrated she lay herself down in bed and tried to sleep, hoping that a solution for all this would present itself to her tomorrow.

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