Chapter 2 my dears!

"So what else is new with you?" Gendry asked as he drove Arya to where ever she wanted to go. She told him she didn't have to be home right away so they were just going to hang out back at his apartment until she got bored and wanted to go home.

"Nothing really, graduation happened, now I'm just waiting for the summer to fly by so I can start college." She replied looking over at her one time crush/friend. "What about you other than taking over the shop anything new and exciting?"

"Nothing other than the normal update from Renly on how my siblings drive him insane and won't stop harrassing Loras every time he stops by. Other than that nothing really new."

"When did Renly and Loras start dating?" She asked getting curious. "I see Margaery on a daily basis practically because of Sansa and all, and she has never even mentioned it!"

"That's saying something considering Margaery has the biggest mouth of everyone we grew up with!" Gendry said with a smirk. "They've been on and off for about a year and a half. Loras wants commitment, Renly wants to be able to give it but can't because of Edric and Mya and they don't make things easy for him. I take them as much as I can for him and when I don't his friend Brienne will take them. But they listen as well for the two of us as they do for Loras if you understand what I mean."

"I know exactly what you mean, Edric is just as close to Bran and Jojen Reed as you were to Robb and Jon and still are. He's always telling of how he and Mya make Loras's life a living hell whenever he stops by. But I thought that Loras had started watching them for Renly, not he and Renly started dating." She chuckled at the smirk Gendry displayed at knowing his younger siblings shear stupidity. "Sometimes I think Ed takes after my idiot brother more than he does you."

"He's been around Jon for so long that people who didn't know any better would probably think that Ed was Jon's brother." Gendry said still smirking. "How's Bran been by the way?" He asked looking a bit concerned. "How exactly did he break his leg?"

"The idiot was trying to prove he was a man and tried to fix the shingles on the roof rather than have dad 'waste money on someone who actually knew what they were doing', I don't feel bad for him he didn't even use a ladder to get up there."

"How the hell did he get on the roof then?" Gendry asked looking a bit shocked.

"He shimmied his way up a drain pipe." Arya said trying not to laugh over how stupid it sounded. "Can't lie though it was pretty amazing that he made it up as far as he did before he fell and Ygritte took him to the hospital."

"Why did Ygritte take him?"

"She had stopped by to talk about things to do with her's and Jon's wedding. She heard the thud and went rushing out to see what it was, she was the only one to stop mom from going into complete panic mode." Arya said smirking.

"Wow. I can not believe Bran would be as stupid as the rest of us were." Gendry said smiling to himself. "Obviously that makes Sansa the only smart one sadly."

"Yeah and look what she dated in the past. We all have our lost years."

"That we do." He said with a chuckle as he pulled up out in front of his apartment building. "Shall we enter my lady?" He asked cornily with a smirk.

"We shall." She replied before punching him in the arm.

"So make yourself at home." Gendry said leading Arya into his apartment. "It's not much but it's cheap and I like it."

"I think it's awesome!" She said looking around. "How long have you been living here?"

"Basically since I moved out of Renly's." He said walking into the kitchen and grabbing a soda. "You thirsty?" She shook her head. "I had a small stint where I lived with Robert for a while but that didn't work to my liking so as soon as I had enough money saved I got this place."

"What's the deal with you and Robert?" She asked wanting details since it was weird that Gendry could dislike his father so much yet her own father loved the man like he did his own brothers.

"Well my dear sweet father had a habit in the past of popping kids out of my mother and never bothering to stay and help raise said children and now that she's gone he doesn't even have the decency to rasie his youngest two and just passes them off onto his youngest brother stalling his life in the process. But he can act like a great father to his wife's children. Nothing against Myrcella or Tommen, they're great, Joffrey on the other hand as you well know is a little shit and should just disappear." He said before taking a sip of his soda and leaning on the kitchen counter. "That's my deal with Robert since you were wondering."

"Sorry Gendry."

"Not your fault, be happy you have Ned as father though and never take him for granted. He's a great guy and has the most honor I've ever seen, just wish I can become half the man that your father is then I'll be able to say I've lived a good life." Gendry said with a genuine smile. "How's he been by the way?"

"He's surviving after raising Robb and Jon, I'm pretty sure he believe's the rest of us are easy to deal with." She said with a chuckle.

"Ah Jon wasn't that hard to put up with, Robb either if you disclued his shot gun wedding. Theon on the other hand always had a way of making grey hairs appear on your dad's head that match the color of your's, Jon's and his eyes." Gendry commented with a chuckle that made Arya give a throaty laugh of her own that he kind of liked the sound of.

"So how's your dating game been?" She asked turning the subject away from their families.

"I have no dating game what so ever. I haven't actually been on an actual date since high school and that was only to help Jon and Robb not even because I was interested in the girls they hooked me up with either." Gendry said. "When Jon started dating Ygritte he had me tag along to keep her friend Val preocupied so she wouldn't kill him if he got past second base with Ygritte. And Robb brought me along to keep Jeyne's friend Joy off his back which became extremely awkward when I found out she was a Lannister." He said with a shiver. "Imagine how awkward that would have been if things had become serious between the two of us!"

Arya couldn't help the out right laugh she gave at the thought of Gendry actually dating Joy. Nothing bad about Joy of course she was a nice enough girl, just in Arya's opinion not the right girl for Gendry. "Sorry Gen!" She said regaining her composure. "I could just clearly picture the awkward family dinner when you walk in with her as your date your dad's face contorting as both he and Cersie have a heart attack."

"Would be fun to see happen though." He said with a sly grin. "What about you?"

"Me?" She said indignantly. "No time or concern for the guys my age. Besides they're all stupid and idiotic. They make all of you look smart."

Gendry chuckled and felt satisfied with that answer, a part of him thought that it was a feeling of an older brother protecting his little sister, another part of him told him that he was just trying to fool himself and he was doing a horrible job at it. "You don't need a man Arry." He said with soft smile. "You're well enough on your own and focusing on more important things, like proving you're actually the smartest Stark child that your parents gave birth to."

"That's not too hard when you see what I'm up against." She said raising an eyebrow suggestively. "So what do you want to do for the time being." She said checking the time on her phone. "I'm still not bored of you yet."

"Haha, we could watch a movie if you want and order some take out."

"Sounds like a plan if I do say so myself." She replied.

And so they did.

Ok new chapter give me some feed back letting me know if your liking it so far. Ps reminder as I've said in the past don't own character's if I did I would be a rich woman and not having to worry about anything for the rest of my life.