Game of Thrones: Shot Through the Heart
Chapter 5 of my Game of Thrones story.
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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.
Chapter 5
Bran sighed as he finished his last class of the day. He was seriously wondering if he should give the archery club a miss today. He had found that, without Meera, the classes seemed to drag. However he shook his head, he had to focus, he was going to the club, he had to.
'I promised Meera I wouldn't let my skills get rusty or falter.' He reminded himself. 'It might not seem like much, but just missing one lesson, could have that effect. I can manage this, okay, better get ready then.'
So he left his class and headed to the school's main hall. There he spotted Arya on the phone, to Gendry no doubt. She waved to him and he nodded, she smiled, indicating she got the message and went back to her phone call. Bran fought back a smirk as he headed for the gyms; wondering how strange his and Arya's actions must have looked to the other students. Such was the bond between the Stark siblings that they could often communicate without words; merely using expressions or gestures to indicate what they wanted to say to each other. This resulted in many silent conversations which served as the source of frustration to onlookers. Bran finally arrived at the gyms and entered, he immediately approached the table where the equipment was and began to get ready.
He pulled on his training gauntlet and picked up his bow and quiver. It was then he heard the familiar voice behind him.
"What, not going to welcome me back?"
He spun around, eyes wide in disbelief. But sure enough, there she was. Meera stood there, grinning at him; he noted no sign of the brace on her right hand.
"Meera!" He cried out in amazement. "Welcome back, how are you? Is your hand…?"
She nodded. "I'm much better thank you, my hand is fine now, doctor confirmed it just yesterday, said I would be free to go back to my normal activities today."
He smiled widely and replied. "That's great."
With that Meera strapped on her own training gauntlet; something Bran remembered she had forgot to wear on the day of the accident, and picked up her bow.
"Oh I almost forgot." She said, turning to face him. "The instructor gave permission for some, former members of the club to come and visit. I was speaking to them when you arrived."
She then pointed them out to him and his eyes widened again. Walking towards him, smiling warmly were two men in their early twenties. One had the same auburn hair and blue eyes as Bran, while the other had the same brown hair and grey eyes as Arya. He recognized them right away.
"Jon, Robb!" He greeted them enthusiastically.
His older brother, Robb laughed and they hugged. His cousin Jon doing the same just afterwards.
"Hey there." Robb greeted.
Jon smiled and added. "How's it going?"
Bran nodded. "Very well, even better now in fact. What about you guys, I never thought I'd see you here?"
The two shared a grin at Bran's words.
Jon then explained.
"Well, we're on holidays now, Sansa too in fact, she'll be at home now."
Robb nodded. "Yeah, Jon and I however thought we'd come and see if we could watch the lesson. Remind us of the good memories we had when we practiced here."
Bran smiled at that; noting that his older sister was also home now. Nowadays, due to the age gap between the siblings, it wasn't often they all had the chance to be home together. But it was clear that this was one such time.
Bran turned to Meera. "Well; shall we?"
She nodded. "Of course, I've got a lot to catch up on, and we still have our contest to continue."
Bran nodded and walked over to the targets; Meera turned to Jon and Robb and smiled.
"Nice to see you guys again." She said before heading over to join Bran.
Jon and Robb meanwhile stood at the back wall; leaning against it and watched. They watched Bran and Meera in particular; as the two carried on their contest. They also noticed something else between the two of them.
"Looks to me like there's something going on between Bran and Meera." Jon remarked. "They don't only look rather close; there's something…else, in the way they look at each other.
Robb nodded. "Yeah, I know what you mean; looks to me like they have feelings for each other. It also looks like just about everybody knows it."
Jon nodded and grinned. "Everybody except them."
Robb also grinned and they both wondered just how long it would take for them to realize their feelings for each other and reveal the truth.
Bran smiled as he joined Robb and Jon as they headed for home. When they arrived they spotted Sansa who turned and greeted Bran warmly. Bran smiled and hugged his older sister.
"It's good to see you again Sansa." He said kindly.
She smiled back at him and returned the hug. "Same here Bran; oh, there's someone I want you to meet."
That caught Bran's attention and he then noticed his parents had been sitting talking with someone. He recognized their wary expressions; the same ones they had when Arya first introduced them to Gendry. Although this time the expressions were less severe. He noted that Gendry was also present, seated on the sofa with Arya; he was much taller than her, more muscular with black hair and blue eyes. He was smiling and, when he spotted Bran, nodded in greeting. It was clear he was enjoying not being on the receiving end of his parents current gazes for once. Bran stepped forwards with Sansa and saw them talking to a young man, he looked around nineteen, the same age as Sansa, with short brown hair and brown eyes. He spoke to the Starks with a nervous stammer in his voice and kept wringing his hands.
"Bran, this is my new boyfriend, Podrick Payne."
Podrick looked up and saw Bran, who noticed the boy gulp, and spoke.
"Hi, um, nice to meet you."
Bran shook hands with the young man, while nervous it was clear he had manners was clearly much nicer than Sansa's previous boyfriend. Bran had a feeling he'd grow to like Podrick and so would the family.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.