Game of Thrones: Crossroads

Chapter 39 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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

Chapter 39

"Right, that'll do for today." The school janitor, Sandor Clegane growled. "You can go now girl."

Arya sighed and walked away without a backwards glance. Her detention had lasted an hour and this was only the first one, she still had the rest of the week and all of next week too. It wasn't a typical detention either, no being shut up in a classroom writing out lines or that; no instead they assigned her to work with Sandor after school, to help clean it.

Ugh, I can't believe how bad it gets.' She thought to herself as she recalled all she had to clean up. 'I'm never arguing with Sandor, or dropping litter around school again.'

Shaking her head she headed out into the parking lot, all the teachers, including her mother, had to leave and so would be home by now. That left her to think about how she could get home. As she was thinking she stopped and stared in disbelief. Contrary to what she thought, the parking lot wasn't empty, for, sitting waited, was Sansa's car. Hesitantly Arya approached and saw Sansa was indeed sitting in the car. Sansa smiled as her sister approached.

"Hey, thought I'd wait and give you a ride home." She stated.

Arya noticed the way Sansa was smiling and a strong feeling of hope sprung up in her chest. She accepted Sansa's offer and got in the car, they then drove off.

Arya waited as patiently as she could; she could tell Sansa wanted to say something, but felt that if she spoke, Sansa might change her mind. Finally however the waiting paid off as Sansa spoke up at last.

"Arya, I…I wanted to thank you and your friends." She said finally. "Thanks to everything you did; especially you; I…I've made up my mind, I've broke up with Joffrey and I'm not going back to that group, never."

Arya smiled in response. "That's good, you weren't happy with them, I could see that; I just…I wanted to help you right from the beginning Sansa, that's why."

She hesitated, unsure how to put what she wanted to say into words.

Sansa however seemed to understand. "You risked so much, even your own friendships to help me; I see that now. That's another thing I want to thank you for; for being such an awesome sister."

Arya laughed at that. "You're complimenting me Sansa, are you feeling alright?"

Sansa also laughed. They went quiet for a while; until Sansa spoke up again.

"I hope you don't mind but, I spoke with your friends and they said I could hang out with you guys from now on."

Arya smiled. "Of course I don't mind; we'd already agreed we would help you and that you were more than welcome to hang out with us. We all know the truth about you, but we still want to be your friend."

Sansa relaxed when she heard that. "I know that now; thank you. Do you think; do you think the rest of the family will understand?"

"I'm sure they will."

Relieved Sansa continued to drive them home, both girls relieved that things had gone well so far.

As they were driving Sansa suddenly smirked. Arya was curious and asked about it.

Sansa shrugged and replied. "Well, technically Joffrey and I weren't really dating these past two years; so now that I'm free of his influence, maybe I should try finding myself another boyfriend, a better one."

"That shouldn't be difficult." Arya remarked. "You could try dating a cockroach and it would be an improvement from Joffrey."

Sansa shook her head. "Oh you have no idea, I'll tell you about that in a minute, I've…been watching you and your friends and I'm wondering something."

Arya quirked an eyebrow. "Wondering about something to do with your search for a new boyfriend?"

Sansa nodded.

"Yeah; I'm wondering, is that boy, Podrick still single?"

Arya stared at that. "Pod; I…I never expected you to be attracted to him; but, yeah he is."

Sansa smiled at that; there was some more silence before Arya asked what Sansa meant about her comment regarding Joffrey. So Sansa revealed the truth about Joffrey and his hidden webcam in Myrcella's room. Arya was outraged but Sansa calmed her be revealed she had called him out on it publically and now people were regarding Myrcella as an unfortunate victim while Joffrey was being treated the way he deserved, especially for such perverted actions. Finally however, all conversation ceased as they pulled up outside the Stark manor.

Arya could see right away Sansa was nervous and she reached out and gently touched her hand.

"It's okay, you can do this, Rickon knows already, he and I will be right there with you, I promise." She tried to reassure her.

Sansa nodded and slowly got out of the car. Arya also left the car and, once it was locked they headed inside. Arya bit her lip, realizing just why Sansa was so nervous; it wasn't just their parents and Bran they would be telling, Robb and Jon were home visiting too. Sansa glanced anxiously at Arya who nodded firmly; Rickon noticed them and when Sansa looked towards him, he also nodded. So, taking a deep breath she spoke up, knowing her brothers would be listening too.

"Mum, dad, I…I need to tell you something, something very important." She said; they looked towards her, before they could say anything she added. "This'll take a while, please, you need to let me tell the whole story, not interrupt…I promise it'll explain everything."

Catelyn then asked. "Even all this strange behaviour from you and Arya over the last several months?"

Sansa nodded. "Especially that."

So, knowing that her sister and youngest brother were there to support her and help her when she needed it, Sansa took a deep breath and told the rest of her family the truth; letting the whole story pour out of her.

It was early evening when Gendry knocked on the door of the Stark's manor. The door was answered by Rickon who smiled and greeted him cheerfully.

"Hey, Arya's out back." He said casually. "It's probably best you go straight through, everyone else is kinda, tense at the moment."

Gendry nodded and headed through to the back, there, between two large trees a hammock had been strung up. Arya lay in it, staring up at the sky. She sat up as he approached and smiled warmly.

"Hey." She said, her voice soft; she got out of the hammock and walked over to him. "I'm glad you came over, things are kinda…"

"Tense, Rickon told me." He replied before they kissed.

When they parted they both sat down on the lawn chairs nearby and Arya let out a soft sigh.

She then explained. "Sansa told the rest of the family, they know about what happened to her now."

Gendry nodded, that would explain why everyone was tense he guessed. "How did, how did they take it?"

Arya smiled at that. "They were all in shock, but none of them were mad at Sansa which was a relief. It was hard for Sansa to tell them, even with help. She's up in her room just now, trying to calm down, mum's with her, dad and Bran trying to keep Robb and Jon from going off to hunt down Joffrey."

Gendry nodded. "So long as they support Sansa; I guess that's the main thing."

Arya agreed and they kissed again. Sure it would take a while for things to get better, but of one thing they could be sure of now, they would get better.

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