Burning Ice

Chapter 10. A new arrival.

He narrowed his eyes but soon smiled again and hugged me tight. I was so relieved we were going to leave tomorrow morning. I did not care how hard it was going to be. I only wanted to get away from here, from this cold, with him. When he pulled away, he kissed me straight away but it was not like the kiss we shared out there in front of everyone. It was intimate and made me shiver, literally.

"I love you..." He said inches away from my lips.

It took me a little while to react. He what? I pulled away a bit more and looked at him. He could not be serious. It was Jon Snow we were talking about. And I was Jeyne Mills. He could have a crush on me but... love? Was he being serious? The look in his eyes made me see that he did not even expect to say it since his eyes were wide open and he looked truly nervous. Was that because it was a lie?

"I..." He tried to say something but he closed his mouth, speechless.

"You..." I took a deep breath. Being this close to him was not helpful at all.

"Jon!" Ed suddenly stormed in the room making us both pull away like we had just being caught doing something illegal. "I... I am sorry", he looking away for a moment but then looked straight at Jon, "but you have to come, Jon, it is important."

Jon looked at me for a moment and then at Ed, who waited at the door. It really looked like it was something important so I sighed and nodded.

"It is ok. Go." I said.

Jon bit his lip but followed Ed outside. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. At least I had some time to process this. What if it was true? Did I love him back? I sat down and closed my eyes trying to calm down. Of course I did. Why I would have come here if I did not? I had loved him since... Well, I had always loved him but he had always been forbidden for me. First, because he is the son of a Lord and I was just...me. And second...he joined the Night's Watch.

But none of it mattered anymore. We were all the same now. Were we?

I took a deep breath and got up. Ghost was looking at me like he was as confused as I was. I took my furs and whistled so the direwolf followed me. When we were out, I closed the door of the chambers and started walking towards the main entrance where I supposed Jon was.

When I got there it surprised me the amount of people together. It was not normal so it really had to be something important. I managed to get through all of them until I saw Jon. Hugging a girl. A young red-haired girl who looked awesomely familiar to me. I could not help feeling a bit jealous but as soon as I saw the girl's face, the jealousy slipped away.

"Sansa...?" I whispered shocked.

Sansa Stark, who had been missing for almost two years now, was now hugging Jon, her bastard brother. What was she doing here and how was she even alive? They pulled away but did not stop looking at each other. It looked like they were both surprised, shocked and happy.

Jon took Sansa's arm gently and leaded her back to the room but he did not even see. I looked at Ed just when he looked at me.

"That was his sister, right?" He asked and I nodded silently.

"I thought she was dead." Was all I said.

"Aren't you going with them?" he said. I sighed and shook my head.

"I think they may need some time to catch up and stuff." I replied. He nodded.

The crowd was starting to move and so did Ed. Soon enough I was left alone in front of the gates. Ghosh rubbed my hand with his nose and I looked down at him with a small smile before stroking his head slowly. I looked around thinking about what to do until I decided I would just go up to the Wall.