Game of Thrones: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Chapter 11 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Chapter 11
It was another day at school; another day stuck looking like a child in his shorts Robin Arryn felt. However he had some reassurance; as once again, Tommen was hanging out with him and he too wore school shorts.
'He's still doing it; ever since that day he first started wearing shorts. To show support he said and he has; not once has he stopped.' He thought with a smile.
Tommen meanwhile was shifted awkwardly; he was comfortable enough in his shorts, didn't mind supporting Robin in this way. But there was something else bothering him.
'This is…getting awkward.' He thought; biting his lip. 'I…I actually love being with him.'
He looked over at Robin; unable to stop his gaze from flicking down to Robin's bare legs. They were thin and pale, yet Tommen didn't mind. His face heated up and he tried to force himself to bring his gaze up to Robin's face; although that still didn't help; he prayed he wasn't actually blushing.
He continued to fret. 'I love being with Robin; but, but not because he's my friend. I…It's because I love him'
Even as he thought it; he felt guilty, especially as he had absolutely no idea how Robin would feel about that.
'What if he, he freaks out, I mean, I'm gay but he, he isn't, at least I don't think he is.' He thought; before realizing. 'That desire of protection, the way I care... I love him. But I...I can't, I can't say anything, what if he doesn't...?'
He felt himself growing more confused and fought back a groan.
Meanwhile, Marissa Frey was walking through school, towards where her friends were waiting for her. She sighed as she thought to herself.
'Urgh, there must be some way, how could he possibly resist me.' She thought to herself. 'I've practically made myself all available to him, shortened my skirt, no underwear, but nothing. How do I catch that hottie Devan Seaworth's eye?'
Shaking her head she reached her group of friends. She paused, noticing they were all whispering amongst themselves; clearly some major gossip had occurred.
Interested; she got their attention. "Girls?"
They turned to her and one of the girls immediately spoke; almost too fast to follow. "OMG, Marissa, wait till you hear this."
"Big news?" Marissa asked; noting the excitement.
"Yeah." The same girl replied. "Devan Seaworth is dating Shireen; Shireen Baratheon of all people."
Marissa froze; shocked by this; it couldn't be.
"He's doing what?!" She practically screamed. 'There's no way; this isn't right, Devan is mine!'
Her friend continued, oblivious to her distress. "Just what I said, I saw them as they came in; they were holding hands and we even saw them kissing."
Marissa fought to keep herself under control. 'Seven Hells!I can't believe it! He chose her! She's nice and all but she's ugly! Ugly little Shireen! He deserves so much better! Devan is mine!'
She couldn't let this stand; she had to get her man out of that girl's clutches and quickly.
Later on Shireen smiled to herself, she was on her way to the cafeteria for lunch.
'This is amazing; we…Devan and I, everyone was so surprised.' She thought to herself. 'I; I never imagined I'd ever feel this way; it's incredible.'
As she walked however she found her path obstructed by a familiar girl; Marissa Frey. She was startled by this and took a step back.
"Wha…?"
"So, Shireen." Marissa remarked; a strangely sly smirk on her face.
Shireen felt awkward; confused, wondering what was going on.
"Y-yes…?"
Marissa then spoke, ensuring they could be heard by those all around. "I can't believe you'd be so cruel, to do that to the poor boy."
Shireen blinked, startled. "Huh, what?"
"I get that you have a 'hard' mother." Marissa stated, still talking loudly. "But seriously; to use Devan as a boyfriend, for the sake of appearances…"
Shireen was horrified at this; she knew given Devan's good looks, he'd have admirers. There had to be jealous ones regarding the relationship; she knew Marissa would be one of them, remembering her crush on Devan.
Marissa's next words left her even more shocked however. "…Just to hide that you're a lesbian; that is low!"
Shireen gasped; unable to believe that Marissa would say that; or so loudly. She was clearly trying to sabotage the relationship and this was her ploy, have the word spread and the pressure build until they couldn't take it anymore.
She could already hear the whispering and knew she had to act fast. "That has to be the dumbest lie I've ever heard!"
That gave people pause and Marissa glared; clearly not expected Shireen to retaliate.
She prepared to enforce her point.
"Oh really, well…"
But Shireen cut her off. "Honestly, it's so obvious; if you could turn green with envy, you would."
That set off more whispering; this time against Marissa. The girl flushed dark red, but before she could say anything Shireen stepped around her and continued on to the cafeteria.
Marissa glowered. 'How dare she; oh I'll get her for this, first stealing Devan, then trying to humiliate me, we'll see about that.'
She prepared the next step; her only choice was to disgrace Shireen in front of Devan.
During lunch, Shireen was standing next to Rickon Stark; while forming friendships with all the Stark siblings; Rickon and Arya were the ones she was closest too. The rest of her friends weren't here yet. Shireen shook her head, having just told Rickon about her confrontation with Marissa.
"Honestly; I can't believe she said that." Shireen muttered.
Rickon nodded slowly; while wild, in a similar way to Arya, Rickon was a deeper person than many thought. When someone spoke to him about their problems, he listened and even tried to help if he could. He was also rather smart for an eleven year old; not necessarily book-smart, but clever.
Brushing off his shorts, Rickon explained his thoughts. "She has a crush on Devan, I'm not surprised. Don't pay her any attention. Between her dad being a jerk to her older sisters, her cold-ass mom and her sadistic brother, she must feel lost, especially with her sisters finding love. Poor girl, she's crazy."
"That bad?" Shireen asked, wincing.
Rickon nodded and Shireen sighed.
Watching this and seeing Devan's approach, Marissa grinned, preparing herself, the crowd could be used to her advantage; she was sure. So using the crowd in the hopes of hiding herself from Devan's view; she subtly pushed Shireen who cried out. Rickon also yelped as Shireen felt on top of him, he did his best to catch her.
'Oh, bonus.' She thought with glee.
Shireen's fall accidentally flipped her skirt; exposing a pair of light pink panties, decorated with cutesy pictures of teddy bears. She moved quickly to intercept Devan who could now see Shireen, on top of Rickon, who was pinned against the wall, the only thing stopping them from falling to the ground was the wall.
"Look at that Devan." She said, pointing at them out. "Can you believe her, look at her all over Rickon; he's younger than her too."
To her shock, Devan actually glared at her.
"Stop it Marissa, this is pathetic." He remarked darkly.
"What…But she…" She tried to explain.
Devan shook his head. "I saw you; now listen here. Rickon is Shireen's best friend; if you think you can do that and get away with it, it's ridiculous. If you're trying to make me believe my girlfriend cheats on me, it won't work."
Marissa glared. "But, I'm way better for you; at least I'm mature; not wearing little girl panties."
She knew Devan had to have seen them.
"Save it; I love Shireen; I never felt that way about you, never will now that's for sure. Now just leave us alone." Devan snarled at her.
With that he stalked away from her, towards Shireen, helping her and Rickon recover. She was horrified; seeing the look in his eyes as he gazed at Shireen. She had been pushed aside; he had chosen Shireen Baratheon over her.
As lunch finished and they headed for their next class Devan groaned.
"Urgh, the nerve of that girl." He remarked.
Shireen nodded and Devan continued. "She won't try again though…I hope."
Shireen sighed. "I hope not; we've got other problems to think about after all."
"Oh?"
Shireen nodded and explained, with just one word. "Edric."
Devan's eyes widened. "Oh yeah, that's true…we don't want to neglect him, but…this is gonna be kinda difficult."
Shireen nodded and they knew they had to speak to Edric soon.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.