I'm so sorry that this has taken so long to update but here it is and I apologize for all mistakes there probably are.
After Arya left Aegons house she went to Merlotte's bar and grill, they had the best fries, and she
desperately needed a drink. She was only 18 but they served her any way. Arya wanted to eat and drink
her sorrows away. They weren't sad sorrows, she was happy that she and Aegon weren't together
anymore, but why? They had been together for a year, shouldn't she feel the at least a bit sad that they
broke up. Of course he didn't see it that way, she had said that they were over before, But this time
she meant it. 'But what's different this time, than all the other times?'
'Gendry' a voice in the back of her head said to her.
'Gendry, why does he make this time different?'
'You know.'
'Wait, no I don't tell me! Why does he make it different!?' but it was too late the voice was already gone.
Now she needed another drink, but just then the man of the hour walked in, Gendry. Now she needed
something stronger, but she shouldn't get that just yet, because that some girl with big tits, high heels
and a very short skirt, ran over to Gendry. Throwing herself onto him and hugging him with a vice grip.
Now she needed a much stronger drink.
"Gendry!" Tobho Mott yelled when he saw Gendry walk into the shop. "Granddad." Gendry as they
hugged each other. "How are you?" he asked
"Good and you?" Tobho answered.
"Same as it's ever been."
"That's good."
"But look granddad-" he cut him off with a wave of his hand.
"You don't even have to ask."
"Thanks granddad." Gendry said as they hugged again. "I'll see you soon"
"Don't be a stranger." Tobho called after Gendry, as the door closed behind him. Walking down the
street Gendry felt Hungary, so he decided to stop at Merlotte's. They had great food, but had had to hurry.
He had told Jeyne to meet him there at 11ish. But as soon as he walked in out of the corner of his eye he
saw what he thought was Arya. Before he could find out Jeyne threw herself onto him, exclaiming "oh,
how I've missed you Gendry waters!"
"Jeyne, I forgot we were meeting up." She looked really hurt.
"My, my, my, Gendry waters how you could forget me." Jeyne said trying to add humor to the situation
and trying to cover up her hurt. But that didn't matter, he was taking Jon's advice; he was not going to
have sex with Jeyne. There was a slight awkward silence before Gendry broke it with, "uh... Yeah I forgot
we were meeting so I phoned a friend for lunch." Gendry looked over to what now knew for sure was
Arya. When Jeyne saw that it was a girl Gendry looked at, her face fell even further down the rabbit
hole, and she was getting lost. The girl Gendry looked at was small and petite . Jeyne was tall and had a
rounded womanly figure, and this girl wasn't pretty and nowhere near beautiful.
"Her?" Jeyne asked pointing to Arya, just to make sure that, that was the girl Gendry was staring at with
such admiration.
"Yeah, but, uh... Some other time yeah?" Gendry asked as he started to back up towards Arya.
"Well I don't see what's wrong with now." Jeyne said to him, she was determined to not leave Gendry
alone with this woman. No girl, she was determined not to leave Gendry alone with this undeveloped
little girl. Jeyne slowly started to walk over to Arya, she looked over her shoulder to see if Gendry was
flowing. He wasn't, he was just standing there like an idiot. "Well come on," She said going back to him
and taking his arm. "She's your friend." Jeyne said 'friend' with a bit of discuss. "Come on." She said
pulling his arm as she walked. "Arya!" Gendry said loudly as if trying to give her warning. She had her
hand in the air waving down the waitress, but nearly fell out of the booth as she jumped in surprise.
"Gendry?" Arya asked in mock surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm meeting you for lunch." He gave her a look that said 'go with it.' "Remember?" Arya thought on it
for a second. 'Should I help him or not?' 'Fuck it' Arya thought, 'hell owe me.'
"Oh yeah, I forgot!" She exclaimed jumping up to hug Gendry and shake hands with Jeyne. "I'm such a
ditz."
"I'll explain later." He whispered into Arya's ear.
"I'm Jeyne." She said waving her hair and putting out her hand.
"Arya." She said shaking jeyen's hand. "It's nice to meet you."
"So," Jeyne said as she sat down. "How do you know Gendry?"
"Oh I meet him yesterday." Arya said as she sat down to. "Oh." She eyed Arya with distaste.
"And how do you know Gendry?" Arya asked sitting down too.
"Oh!" Jeyne nearly yells in Gendry's ear as he sat down. "We are very old friends." She started to rub
Gendry's inner thigh, he quickly pushed her hand away and scoots over some.
"How was studying?" Before Arya could answer the waitress came over. "What can I get for you?"
"Rum and coke."
"Oh no." Jeyne said waving her hand to stop the waitress. "She's much too young to drink."
"Jeyne don't be rude." Gendry told her in an apprehensive tone.
"oh but look at her gen, she is merely a child."
"Okay, 1 don't call me gen, ever. And 2 she's not a child, she can drink what she wants." Gendry turned
back to the waitress. "Rum and coke." He told her. Jeyne looked as if she had just been put in her place.
Jeyne looked really hurt that he told her not to call him 'gen' and not to ever call him 'gen'.
"You know what Gendry?" Jeyne said pushing him out of the booth. "You can go fuck yourself, because
I sure as hell won't." she looked at him expectantly, as if he should say something, apologize. When he
didn't say anything, she let out an exasperated sigh and left.
"So," he said sitting back down. "How did studying go?"
"Good, I broke up with Aegon." She told him as twirled her fry around in the ranch on her plate.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Arya said as she rested her head in hand and sighed. She didn't like having Gendry
here; she was trying to hide from her problems, and the voice in the back of her head told her that
Gendry was her problem.
"What's up with you and… that girl?" she thought for a moment. "Jeyne!" she exclaimed remembering
her name. "What's up with you and Jeyne?"
"I was talking to her earlier, but decided I didn't want to hang out with her."
"So, from what she said and what you just told me. You called her for sex but then decided 'nope I don't
wanna.'" He laughed without humor, looking down and tapping his fingers on the table.
"Yeah, something like that." He looked a bit ashamed of himself, like he really didn't want her to find
out. He reached out and grabbed some of her fries, dipping it in the ranch before eating it.
"Hey! That was mine!"
"Didn't look like you were eating it to me." Just then the waitress, Sookie came back with the drink
Gendry asked for, a whisky sour.
"So do you have a job? Are you still homeless?"
"Have a job and moving my things in tomorrow." He said as he took a drink. He liked Arya, and wished it
was easier to talk to her. Since he got shot down this morning he decided to give up, but now she broke
up with her boyfriend, now he had a chance. 'She just broke up with her boyfriend, how could you think
like that.' Gendry scolded himself 'what's wrong with you. Clearly she's upset.'
But Arya wasn't upset she was just troubled as to why Gendry, Jons friend, that she just meat, was her
problem. Was her problem, maybe it was something else. Maybe she liked him. No,no,no that can't be
it. She just met him, and if she does like him that's no reason to upset Aegon. To break up with him,
just because she was confused. Well maybe it was time to split up with him any way. She only went with
him because he asked, and Arya just didn't want to die alone. But now Gendry made her feel things,
things that she liked but hated at the same time. Arya was pulled from her thoughts when Gendry asked
if she wanted to go for a walk. "Sure." She payed the bill and he left the tip. They walked in silence for a
long time just around town, up and down the street. "So how long are you and Jon on leave for?"arya asked.
" well I'm going to be out for about two years, but Jon is set to deploy in a month or two."
"I thot that the government played you, so you could support your self when on leave."
"They do, just not enough to really support myself. I mean I could go live on base and still get paid, cuz that was the money I earned servicing the army. But the food at bace is shity and they still want you to work for them. But because you're not getting ready to leave for a tuer they have you do stuff like work in the kitchen, stupid shit like that."
"Oh. So why aren't you leaving with Jon?"
"I actually can't tell you that." Arya laughed.
"No for real."
"No I actually can't." He told her.
"Well now I have to know."
"I'm sorry I would love to tell you but I can't."
" well if its such a big super secret mission why aren't you going?"
" I'm not trained the way Jon and the others are. That did ask but I didn't want to go."
"Oh, why not. Don't you love being out there?"
"I love that I get to help people, cuz that's what I do, rescue missions. Jon and the others aren't going to do that, so I don't really want to go." He wanted to start a family but he couldn't tell her that. as they walked the silence grew, they
got closer and closer to each other, with almost every step their hands brushed with almost every step.
It made Arya feel those things, and Gendry felt those things too. They were so happy and lost in the
sound of the city that the next time their hands brushed Arya and Gendry locked pinkies, like in a pinkie
promise.
The further they walked the tighter their fingers got. Arya was holding on for dear life, she lost Aegon
and now knew that it was because she wanted Gendry. And Gendry was holding tight because he
wanted her from the bieging. He was about to move to hold her whole hand, but Arya's phone started to
ring. They jumped apart as the ringing got louder.
"Hello?" she answers the phone.
"Uh, yeah. Okay, see you later."
Gendry cleared throat. "Who was that?"
"Jon, just checking in."
"Oh, well here we are."
"Where is here?"
"This is my place."
"Oh, it looks…. Nice."
"It looks like a shit hole, and it is. I've lived here before."
"Oh thank god," Arya said pretending to wipe sweat off her forehead. "I didn't want to be rude."
Gendry smiled a big smile. "yeah, I'm sure." Shaking his head he added. "Well stark, you wanna go up? Take a look?"
"I would love to but if I don't get home soon Jon will lose it. Are you coming back with me or are you staying the night again?"
"I'm staying the night again. I have a bed and other frunicher in a storage unit, that I'm going to move in tomorrow."
"Do you need help?" Arya asked, hoping he would say yes so she had an excuse to see him tomorrow.
"No, I don't think so." He told her firmly.
'Dam!' She thought. "Well lets get going, we have a long walk."
"Okay, let's go." He agreed wrapping an arm around her and leading the way. Arya gasped but let him lead the way.