Snow // Willas Tyrell // Oberyn Martell

51 Mother taught me

'She is a child.'

'She is a foot taller than you.'

'A tall child.' Tyrion said

'What's the youngest you've ever had?'

'Not that young.'

''how much older?'

'Older.' tyrion said simply

'Your a Lord she's a lady.' Bronn reminded him 'and a beauty at that.' bronn remarked

'Shae is not going to like it.' tyrion reminded him.

'Shae is a whore. Are you going to marry her?' Bronn questioned 'How did marrying a whore turn out for the first time?'

'I never should have told you that.' Tyrion said slumping in his chair.

'You want Shae, keep her, wed one bed the other.' Bronn that 'all you have to do is get a son in the stark girl he will be Lord of Winterfell one day and you can rule the north in his name you will have two women and a whole kingdom of your own.' Bronn remarked.

'Two women who despise me and a whole kingdom to join them.' Tyrion corrected

'You can waste time trying to get people to love you you will end up the most popular dead man in town.' Bronn said pouring them both another drink 'you wanna fuck that stark girl you just don't want to admit it.'

'I do not pay you to put evil notions in my head.' Tyrion said. 'The ones in my head don't need the company.'

'No you pay me to kill the people that bother you.' Bronn told him 'evil notions come free.'

'I actually had a thought but I don't my father would agree to it.' Tyrion told him and bronn leaned forward.

'Go on.' Bronn said. 'oh its about Snowflake.' Bronn said with a smirk.

'If she was legitimized by the king as Josephine Stark she would be the key to the north once Robb dies, Josie is older, she likes me, it could-'

'You really think your cunt of a nephew is going to legitimize her?' Bronn questioned.

'it was just a thought, I would rather wed Snow than Sansa, Sansa can't stand me.' Tyrion reminded him.

'So talk to your father.'

"I already know he will say no.'

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Shae's love of sansa was the only reason Josie kept her mouth shut, it was nice to have sansa smile again, she trusted Shae but Josie didn't trust her completely.

'I don't believe it.' shae said

'He just has an admiration for my mother that is all.' Sansa assured her.

'I do not believe it.' she repeated 'men only want one thing from a pretty girl' she helped sansa with her hair and her dress.

'Little finger is not in love with me' sansa told her.

'Love is not the thing he wants.' shae told her

'They never see it that way.' shae informed her, 'he didn't ask you to do something for him to spy on someone?'

'No.' sansa confirmed.

'If he does ask you for anything or try anything-' shae said while fastening her dress closed '-if he tries to touch you I want you to tell me.'

'Why what will you do?'

'I will make him stop.' shae assured her. There was a knock at the door ser Loras Tyrell was announced

'Send him in,' sansa said happily and shae went to get the door

'Lady Sansa.'

'Ser loras.' Sansa blushed

'My sister invited to take air with her and our granddaughter the lady Olenna in the gardens... may I escort you to them?' Sansa smiled happily following him out.

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'You can't say shit like that in public!" Josie declared laughing so hard she was out of breath. 'I love your grandmother, adopt me.' Josie pleaded.

'you will be a tyrell in no time.' Olenna assured.

'You heard the news of Tyrion and Sansa, right?" josie questioned souring the mood.

'Shame,' Olenna agreed. 'I wanted her for Loras.'

'She would have liked loras.' Josie agreed a smirk on her lips. She figure if that union came to be Loras would at least be able to fake it better than Renly.

'When I was at Winterfell all I ever wanted was to escape to come here to see the capital see the knights and kings landing after dark... All the candles burning and all those windows.' maegery sat along side sansa 'I am stupid.' sansa admitted 'stupid little girl with stupid dreams who never learns.' she said sadly tears in her eyes. maergery offered sansa her arm.

'Come walk with me.' Maergery told her 'I remember the first time I saw you in the throne room I had never seen anyone look so unhappy. I want you to be happy and so does my grandmother you would've been happy at high garden.' Maergery said taking a rose off the bush 'but women in our position must make the best of it our circumstances.'

'How do I make the best of my circumstances? I have to marry him.' Maergery held out the rose and sansa took it. Gently twirling the stem in between her fingers.

'Has lord Tyrion mistreated you? Has he been kind to you?' maergery questioned

'He has tried.' sansa admitted

'He is not so bad.' Josie added.

'But you don't want him though...'

'He is a Lannister.' she reminded Maergery

'Far from the worst lannister though wouldn't you say?'

'Might be the best Lannister.' Josie offered.

'Josie is trying to get me out of this.' Sansa told her.

"Tyring.' Josei agreed but she hadn't thought of an alternative that would make up the key to the north. She would ofer herself up to protect sansa but she was a bastard, marrying josie would get them nothing.

'I am sorry here I am complaining to you...'

'My son will be king, sons learn from their mothers and I plan to teach mine a great deal.' maergery told her 'and your son if I'm not mistaken, your son might be the Lord of Castlery rock and the north someday.... what?' maergery questioned seeing sansa disgusted face.

'My son....' sansa said 'with him... I'll have to... We will have to...' She felt sick to her stomach even thinking about it.

'If it is the pain you're worried about-'

'I'm not afraid of pain.' Sansa admitted 'not after what Joffrey has done to me.'

'Then what is it then? He was rather good looking even with the scar especially with the scar.' Margery told her and Josie had to agree she liked the scar.

'He is a dwarf and loras... Loras.' Sansa said dreamily.

'Some women like tall men some women like Shortman some like hairy some like bald gentle, rough man ugly men, pretty girls. Most women do not get to know what they like until they tried it and sadly so many of us get to try so little before we are old and gray.' Maergery told her with a wink to Josie. 'Tyrion may surprise you from what I've heard he was quite experienced.'

'And that is a good thing?' Sansa asked incredulously

'It can be, you know we are very complicated beings pleasing us takes practice.' Margaery told her.

'Listen to her, she is wise in the knowledge of the female body,' Josie declared.

'How do you know this? Did your mother teach you?'

'Yes sweet girl my mother taught me.' she lied.