Wonderland // Ned Stark // Petyr Baelish (1)

22. Nonsense

''Is it true? You accepted the offer to become hand of the king?'' Alice questioned in hushed voices when she found Ned in the hall that night.

''Yes.'' Ned agreed and alices smile got bigger. 'I'm going to take the girls with too.'' Ned remarked

''Oh how lovely!'' Alice declared. ''I will take good care of them. Could bran and rickon came too? Wouldnt that be fun? Everyone. Oh you should just bring them all. And i can have all my favorite little ones although jon and robb are not so little. I missed out on too much.'' Alice remarked very quickly.

"What are you wearing?" Ned chuckled looking her over.

"I spilled, well I didn't spill, the king was drunk and spilled on me and I took off my dress and I noticed it and I didn't want it to stain." Alice informed him.

"Come here." Ned requested pulling her into his chambers. "You walking around in a robe is going to give my boys and Benjen some wild thoughts that I don't want them having." Ned mused.

"Nonsense, I'm aunt Alice." She reminded him.

"They have eyes Alice." Ned corrected and Alice blushed looking to her bare feet. "Here." He pulled a shirt from his closet.

"I have clothes Ned, just not cleaning supplies." Alice laughed out.

"Humor me." Ned requested and she took his shirt as he turned around he heard her robe drop as she buttoned two buttons of his shirt on her.

''Take it from me if you want a t-shirt to sleep in..." Ned mused he liked her in his shirt, he liked the way she kept the buttons undone. "It's my favorite but you can keep it." Alice chuckled. "Looks good," Ned remarked stepping forward, it was a bit big for her and slipped off her shoulder she moved to fix it but Ned spoke up again. "you should leave it hanging off your shoulders." Ned told her innocently.

"Yeah?" Alice felt her heart flutter when he looked at her. "I should probably go..." Alice said softly. But Ned wished she wouldn't. Alice picked up her robes as she walked back down the hall, her wine stained dress long forgotten.

Ned watched her bare feet dancing down the hallway, she smiled back at him running her finger down the wall.

''You know what I want," Ned whispered as Alice turned around getting to her own door, that smile, he could stare at that smile for an eternity and never grow tried of it. ''I got what you need... Take it from me.''

But his happy daze of Alice was clouded by Catelyn's panicked voice.

'Ned! Ned!' Catelyn said running in towards him. Ned turned back to her trying to keep his jaw from clenching. 'I just got word from the Erie, from my sister. Lysa said Lord Aryn was murdered by the Lannister's!' she hissed. 'that means that King is in danger!'

'She is a fresh widow Catelyn, she does not know what she's saying.' Ned assured her letting out a huff of a breath.

'Lysa's head would be on a spike right now if the wrong people had found out Ned!' Catelyn exclaimed why wasn't he taking her seriously, why was his mind elsewhere, his eyes drifting around the empty halls. 'Do you think she would risk her life? Her son's life? To risk telling us that her husband was murdered?'

This was the longest conversation he had had with Catelyn in a long time and of course she was screaming at him. He resisted the urge to rub his temple she was already giving him a migraine.

'If this news is true and the Lannister's are conspiring against the throne who but you can protect the king' maester Lyewen said coming up behind them.