Game of Thrones: Shot Through the Heart

Chapter 13 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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

Chapter 13

Bran smiled, it was getting closer to Christmas; the first Christmas he and Meera would have together as a couple. He was currently up in his room; he had just finished talking to Meera on his phone. He had already done most of his Christmas shopping; including getting Meera's gift. He smiled and walked over to the bedside table and opened the drawer there. He checked Meera's gift was still there, was still safe. Verifying it was he closed the drawer again and headed downstairs. Most of the family were out, for various reasons. Surprisingly Sansa was the only one not done her Christmas shopping yet. As he reached the bottom of the stairs he heard his father calling out to him.

"Bran, could you come here for a minute?"

He hurried through to the living room. "What's up dad?"

He noticed his father wasn't alone; Robb and Jon were also present.

"Take a seat Bran." His father said, gesturing to the nearby couch.

Confused Bran did so, noticing his father, brother and cousin all had similar serious, yet awkward, expressions on their faces. He watched as they looked at each other and got the impression they didn't know how to start with what they wanted to say. Bran felt rather awkward too; wondering what was going on.

Slowly however; Bran began to think he had an idea what they were trying to do. He felt his face heating up.

'Oh Gods; please don't tell me it's…' He wondered.

But then, his fears were confirmed as his father began. "Bran, we need to talk about; well, since you have a girlfriend…We…"

"There are certain things you have to know." Robb said quickly.

Bran blushed furiously as he quickly explained. "Gods, Robb, I know how babies are made. We were taught in school about things like that."

The three of them shared a look, Jon nodded slowly. "That's a start. Well, one day, you two will want to…connect. When that happens, just be careful."

Bran suppressed a groan. 'This isn't happening, ugh, it's because of Arya's pregnancy scare, they'll probably have said this all to Sansa and most likely, when Rickon finally gets a girlfriend, they'll do the same.

He tried to stay composed as he replied.

"Yeah, I know, Condoms, right?"

"Yes, do you know why?" His father asked carefully.

Bran nodded. "To avoid pregnancies."

"Not only that." Robb added. "To prevent possible illnesses too."

Jon then added. "As long as you two haven't had the examinations and such to know if you have these illnesses or not, always protect yourself.

Robb then remarked. "Even after that, if you don't want kids, protect yourself."

Bran nodded slowly; indicating he understood.

"Okay, good, glad we've sorted that out." Ned said in the end. "Okay Bran, that's everything, you can go now."

Bran nodded and left the living room, rushing up to his room, his face burning with embarrassment at the awkward conversation he had just endured.

Meera smiled as she tied her hair back with a bandana, she was getting ready to head over to see Bran. She fixed her baggy denim cut-offs and green flannel shirt; she pulled on her shoes and left her room. Before she could go anywhere however, Jojen approached her.

"Meera; our parents want to talk to you." He said; a strange look in his eyes. "Sounded important."

Meera smiled and nodded. "Okay, thanks Jojen."

He headed to his room and she headed downstairs. She found her parents waiting for her in the living room. She joined them, still smiling.

"Hi mum, dad, what's up?"

They looked at her seriously and she tensed; her smile slowly fading.

Her father spoke first; with a heavy sigh. "This…this is rather hard, but we…"

Meera's eyes widened. 'Oh Gods no, Dad's trying to give me "the talk"'.

She quickly spoke up. "Dad, I…I already know about this."

That stopped them; they stared at her in surprised.

Blushing she explained. "Sex Ed at school; they told us all about it."

Her parents let out a relieved sigh and Jyana nodded.

"I see, okay, that's, that's a relief." She remarked. "So you know then, about being safe."

"Yes Mum, I know." Meera replied quickly.

So her parents finally allowed her to leave. Meera shook her head; she had a sneaking suspicion that Jojen knew just what her parents had wanted to speak to her about.

'Of all people, Jojen decides to act like a "pesky little brother".' She thought angrily. 'Ugh, nevermind, I better go, Bran will be wondering where I've got to.'

So, recovering her good humour, she left home and got in her car, ready to drive up to Winterfell.

Sansa smiled as she and Podrick walked through the shopping mall.

'Can't believe I left things this late.' She cursed herself. 'Still; I'll manage, the challenge is always refreshing.'

Podrick noted the intense look on Sansa's face and smiled. "Looks like you're all fired up for this."

She laughed. "I guess I am; well; I've left it rather late this year. Still, I'll manage."

Pod laughed; continuing to follow Sansa as she began working on her Christmas shopping. He was amazed at how she did indeed manage; already they were halfway through and had barely been there for half an hour. Before long they had indeed finished and were now at the food court.

"So, anything new been happening?" Pod asked curiously.

Sansa pondered for a moment and then smiled. "Actually, there is something. I just remember, Robb's got a new girlfriend."

Pod smiled. "That's cool; who is she?"

"No idea, he won't say, but he did say we'd meet her at Christmas." Sansa replied, clearly put out at that fact.

Pod shared in her curiosity; wondering just who this girl was to capture the heart of Sansa's older brother.

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