Game of Thrones: Loves Many Trials

Chapter 25 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Chapter 25

Myrcella pondered for a moment as she finished fixing her dress and shoes. She was home, ready for a formal dinner with her family, namely her dad's side of the family. Yet she was worked up; her mind racing.

'Still can't believe what happened to Arya, I mean seriously, Joffrey...' She thought angrily. 'Dad doesn't know, mom refuses to do anything about it; I heard her arguing with Mrs. Stark, she actually tried to blame Arya, said Arya got hurt by herself.'

Even as she glared at that; a new thought, a new feeling overcame her.

She bit her lip, pondering carefully. 'Everybody that stood for Arya, Marina...Brian, even Sansa and Lancel; they, they were all so brave...'

She felt ashamed of herself; that they would all stand up for a girl her brother had injured, yet she couldn't even bring herself to admit to her family she liked girls. Finally, taking a deep breath, she made up her mind; she couldn't let fear rule her life; she was done hiding.

So, when her mother called her down for dinner, she knew that she had to act and the sooner the better. Heading downstairs she considered the other people present, obviously her parents and Joffrey, Tommen too. Her Uncle Stannis, Aunt Selyse and Uncle Renly would all be present; Shireen too. Of them all, only Renly knew the truth, so she could count on having at least one ally.

Making her way into the dining room she saw everybody else was already present. Already she could feel Selyse's judgemental eyes on her and fought the impulse to roll hers. Just because she was wearing a mid-thigh dress with spaghetti straps and no tights, showing her legs.

'Poor Shireen must have got an earful when they left home, she's the same.' Myrcella noted.

It was true, Shireen was wearing a dress the same length, in the same style too, bearing her shoulders and arms although she also wore thigh-thigh semi-opaque stockings with her outfit. But Myrcella knew that, while covering Shireen's legs, Selyse saw such articles of clothing as unseemly. Still, Myrcella didn't care and she was impressed; dating Devan had unleashed levels of confidence in Shireen that Myrcella had never imagined the girl possessed.

'Another person showing just what it is to stand up and be yourself.' Myrcella noted. 'Well, Shireen, you've added yourself to the list of people inspiring me today.'

Smiling lightly she sat down, joining the others as they began to eat; she would wait until the main course of dinner was done, so there was no danger of anybody's food going cold in the aftermath of her revelation.

Finally, it was time; as the dishes were cleared away and it was just the family left in the room, Myrcella cleared her throat.

"Everyone, there's...there's something I have to say..." She admitted at last.

She saw Renly smile and nod to her; everybody else looked at her curiously, or in Joffrey's case exasperated.

"I'm…dating a girl." She announced.

Those next few seconds seemed like the longest of her life, waiting for someone to react. She looked around afraid, trying to read their expressions. Yet they all simply started at her, as if processing what they had just heard. Finally it seemed to sink in and Tommen was the first to reply.

"Wow, that's...good for you Cella." He grinned.

She managed a smile, to her relief, her parents also smiled and reacted well; Shireen grinned at her and winked, leaving her to wonder if Shireen actually already suspected and therefore, knew who she was dating.

Then Joffrey reacted and, surprisingly, didn't react as she thought. "Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised."

"Joff…?"

"You're a lesbian, you're beautiful, they're always super-hot or super ugly, so, yeah..." He remarked.

Myrcella grit her teeth at that statement, still judgemental and clearly wrong; but it was the closest she'd get to acceptance from Joffrey and so, she took it, at least he wasn't openly insulting her or acting furiously.

Stannis it seemed had no reaction, but as Myrcella feared; it was Selyse who was outraged.

"What, how can you all…?" She burst out.

Shireen cringed. "Mom, please..."

But Selyse would not be deterred. "This is not right, you cannot accept this. This is an outrage, you would let her despoil herself like this, condemn her..."

Robert glared and Cersei shook her head. "We have more important things on our minds than your delusions, Selyse, like her happiness."

"She is following the wrong path; that is no happiness, you are all blind..." Selyse raged.

This wasn't the first time she had gone on a rant like this; having previously done so when Renly and Loras had revealed their relationship; it was so over the top even Joffrey, who didn't always have the best opinions about homosexuals, rolled his eyes at Selyse's ranting.

"That's enough Selyse, I think we should leave." Stannis said firmly.

"Stannis..."

He glared at her and spoke sharply. "Enough."

Myrcella cringed, but took solace in the fact that, out of everybody here, at least one she feared being against wasn't. Things had gone better than she hoped. But she wasn't out of the woods yet; she still needed to admit the truth to one more person, the one she feared most in terms of his reaction, her grandfather.

Yet, a couple of days later she couldn't delay any further. She had decided enough was enough and she went to see her grandfather herself.

'I can do this, I can do this, remember the courage Lancel showed when he left Joffrey.' She told herself. 'He knew the risks for himself, for his brothers, but he did it and swore he'd protect them, even if he took on extra risks for himself.'

So, composing herself; she prepared herself and headed through to her grandfather's study. He looked up as she came in and put down his pen.

"Myrcella." He greeted her. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

She took a deep breath and did her best to look him in the eye.

"I...I have something important, I need to talk to you about."

He nodded and observer her carefully; noting how nervous she seemed.

Taking a moment she swallowed nervously and then, finally, spoke. "I...I'm dating someone, a...a girl."

It was as if the air had been let out of her as she said it, but it felt like a release. But she still had fears. She couldn't help but fret as she waited for her grandfather's reaction. He was hardly overjoyed, she could see that, even with his usual control on his emotions she could tell.

But his answer was unexpected. "Myrcella...you have brought me nothing but joy since you were born. If this is what makes you happy, then that is all I need to know."

She was amazed, touched beyond belief hearing those words from him, especially knowing the sort of man her grandfather was.

So it was the following day that, with no fear, she and Margaery began to show their relationship openly, despite her aunt Selyse being even more irate, believing Margaery corrupted Myrcella, just as Loras had done to Renly.

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