Game of Thrones: Loves Many Trials

Chapter 22 of my Game of Thrones idea, enjoy.

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

Chapter 22

Jamie smiled to himself as he waited; it was another day of school; tugging on his uniform, making sure it was comfortable he waited. Meera had texted him saying she wanted to see him as she arrived, apparently she had a surprise for him. He couldn't deny, he was intrigued.

'She's so understanding and, and...Wow, what did I do to deserve her…?' Jamie wondered to himself.

He was jolted out of those thoughts into a new level of amazement when he finally saw Meera approaching. She grinned upon noticing his expression for, like Marina, she had made a change to her typical uniform.

Gone were her usual trousers and instead she wore the school's black skirt, ending 2 and a half inches above her knees, her legs were covered with semi-opaque black tights and she wore simple black flats to finish her look.

"You like it?" She asked with a teasing edge to her voice.

Jamie floundered for his words. "I-I...I love it, you look so...amazing, not that you didn't before, I mean..."

Meera laughed and kissed him, stopping his rambling. When they parted she nodded.

"I know what you mean and I'm glad you like it. Don't worry, I know that look, I did it for myself, I wanted to try something different and to be more...feminine." She explained. "It's actually quite fun."

Jamie grinned, relieved and happy at the same time, taking her hand they walked together, Jamie still amazed and Meera grinning, enjoying the surprised looks from many other students as they saw her in her skirt for the first time.

Joffrey scowled as he waited; he had decided enough was enough, clearly that French bitch wasn't listening to him.

'I tried to be nice, to make her understand, but she won't listen.' He thought bitterly.

"Joffrey."

He looked up and nodded when he saw his usual group, or at least, the ones he used for his most dirty work.

"Good, you're all here, did you do as I asked?" He inquired.

They nodded and one spoke up. "Yes, we got what you asked us to get, so, who are we…?"

Joffrey snarled. "Piggy over there."

He pointed her out, the moment he saw her, Joffrey felt incensed. Marina always annoyed him, the way she acted, spoke, and the fact that, despite having no business dressing as such, due to how she looked, she was once again wearing that knee length skirt with her uniform, showing her legs below the knee down to her ankle.

"Disgusting, isn't it." He snarled.

His boys nodded, a few smirked. "This'll be easy, we'll teach her a lesson she'll never forget."

"I hope so, the stupid bitch is stubborn." Joffrey remarked. "Now c'mon, let's show that fat French slut what happens when you cross me."

They nodded and followed Joffrey as he began making his way towards Marina. His anger only grew when she saw him and rolled her eyes. He knew she wouldn't be doing that when he was done, his boys would mess her up good.

Then he'd have the last laugh as whatever Lancel saw in this ugly girl would be ruined forever and she'd learn to behave, and to dress properly and not show those fat legs of hers.

When Marina spotted Joffrey and his men, she sighed. She knew where this was going and all she could think of was that, of course, it just had to happen on one of the days she was wearing a skirt, after she had started wearing them on a regular occurrence.

"You brought this on yourself, Piggy! This will show you to respect me." Joffrey snapped.

Marina didn't even bother to reply. At his signal, Joffrey's thugs approached her and one actually ran at her with a box cutter. Marina quickly made a step to her right, the man stabbing the air. She grabbed his armed wrist, gave him a punch in the nose which made him lose his weapon.

She secured the wrist with her other hand and walked behind him, still holding him, making him fall flat on his back. She struck him with her elbow in the chest. Another one tried but she took a step to her right again, but this time gripping on his arms and as she moved aside, she put her feet right near his ankle, making him fly and fall

A third one tried, she moved to the side and grabbed his wrist as he stabbed into nothingness, secured it with her other hand and put his arm behind him as she walked, making him scream in pain. A fourth one tried to grab her from behind. She broke free using her arms and made him fly, grabbing his arm and projecting him above her hip.

Joffrey's face was completely white. She had to admit, she was surprised she managed all that without any issues with her skirt, but pleased too.

"Piggy actually did nine years of self-defence and is a brown belt. You're welcome." She said, shaking her head as she walked away

In her adrenaline rush, she didn't even hear people cheering, amazed. She as just glad her teacher had been right, like the others, when attacked, she had thought of nothing. Not even Lancel's eyes on her couldn't take her away from her state.

Marina smiled, it was lunch time and she had calmed down a great deal, Joffrey's thugs had been suspended for bringing weapons into school, pending further investigation, Joffrey himself had managed to wriggle out of trouble; but now only dared go as far as glaring at her.

"I must come clean to you." Lancel said suddenly

Marina only raised an eyebrow as she sipped from her bubble tea. She and Lancel were enjoying the sun in a park near school, close enough they could get back in time for the afternoon classes.

"I need to tell you, the truth, the real reason I am with Joffrey." He explained.

She straightened up, she recalled him briefly mentioning it before. "I'm all ears."

"Joffrey... Well... He came to me, stating he knew how Martyn had been bullied before and he promised me that would never happened to him, or to Willem, ever again. All I had to do was helping him with a favour." Lancel said with a sigh, actually looking upset as he remembered. "Martyn... Martyn would usually come home with bloody noses, broken wrists and after a while, he developed a phobia of school, of others and people started to pick on Willem because he sided with him."

Marina was shocked, horrified that anyone would do that, having seen the twins around school, she had got to know them a little and thought they were amazing people. She felt Lancel was so lucky to have them as his younger brothers and now, hearing this, she couldn't believe people could be so cruel.

"I was a fool, I should have known Joffrey is not able to feel that, but back then, I thought that... Well, he has younger siblings too, he knows what it feels like, feeling powerless as your sibling suffers." Lancel continued miserably. "All I had to do was help him while we'd be here and I agreed. Not knowing I would basically be his slave."

Marina looked at him, seeing how it weighed on him, in a silent and frozen shock. Lancel had become all he hated out of love. He had sacrificed his freedom, his reputation, his happiness, for his little brothers.

And from what she knew of Joffrey, refusing him would have meant horrible things for them. Lancel was alone, misunderstood, enslaved, mocked... For love.

"You're amazing, Lancel." She softly said

He looked at her, somewhat surprised but also relieved and she could swear his eyes were a bit watery. Smiling as they heard the bell ring, she offered her hand and he took it, together they headed back to school.

"You are amazing and I'm proud to call you my friend." She added.

Lancel couldn't be more relieved and happy in his life.

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