AN: This is the same chapter from Reylo OneShots, if you've already read that one, go ahead and skip to the next chapter. If you're new then you can start here :) Enjoy!

(Rey 9 Ben 12)

Ben Solo was observing the little girl from behind the garden wall. He moved a dark lock of hair to the side so he could see better; he was fascinated by her. The agility of her body and how easily she had climbed that tree impressed him. When she reached the top branch, he saw her extend her hand towards a far away apple. It was strange, her hand was stretched out, her fingers spread apart and her brow furrowed in concentration. Ben didn't understand what she was trying to do.

But then he saw it, the apple, undoing itself from the branch and flying into her hand. The girl grinned, proud of herself, before taking a big bite out of the juicy apple. Ben couldn't hold it in anymore, he stepped out of the shadow of the wall and into the sun.

"What do you think you're doing?"he demanded angrily, as angrily as a 12 year old boy could.

Rey stopped dead in her tracks. How had she been caught, she was always so careful. But when she turned around and saw the voice belonged to a boy, she let out a breath of relief.

Jumping down from where she was, she landed square on her legs and took a few steps towards the boy. He looked to be a little bit older than her, with black, curly hair hanging over his eyes; he looked important, regal. She noticed something else, noticed his dark eyes and saw that he had been impressed by her abilities.

"Well?"he inquired again when she didn't reply. She just kept staring at him. "It's not polite to stare," he chastised her.

He saw one corner of her lip rise, then she took another bite of apple and circled him.

"Wh-what are you doing?" he asked,curious.

"Hm," she mused coming to a stop in front of him, "you look important." She had made that decision based on his clothes, and the way he addressed her. "Are you?"

"Of course I am." He felt offended by her question. "I am Ben Solo, my mother is the Princess, Leia...you thief." He didn't know why he'd added that, why he felt such a strong urge to humiliate her.

She only laughed at him. "Well I might be a thief, but if you are who you say you are, you are the son of a thief. The most famous scoundrel. Han Solo."

Ben felt a flush of anger rise to his cheeks. "Don't talk about my father like that!" He took a menacing step towards her.

"Or what?" she challenged him.

"Or I will have you killed," he threatened her, and he could tell that had worked when he saw her move a step backward.

"You wouldn't, would you?" she asked, fear obvious in her voice.

Ben knew he had two choices then: he could go on pretending he could harm her or he could be kind. At only 12, he was still young and the light was burning bright in him, so he chose right. "No," he said looking at the ground, "I wouldn't."

Rey felt herself smile as she extended her hand to him. "I'm Rey."

Without hesitating, Ben took her hand. "Nice to meet you, Rey."

(Rey 15 Ben 18)

Ben sent an apple flying towards Rey by using the force. She hit the apple with her staff and sent it flying back; he dodged it just in time.

"You need to work on you reaction time," he said picking the apple off the ground and taking a big bite.

"And you need to work on throwing things by using the Force," she returned, sitting down and resting her back against a tree.

He came and sat beside her. He was so much taller now, his legs were long and his shoulders broad; he was taking too much space. Rey elbowed him in the ribs jokingly. "I never fit next to you anymore."

"You'll always fit next to me, Rey." He had said that casually, as he usually did, not making a big deal out of the fact that he had just told her she was precious, she was important, she was worthy to keep. Something her parents had never told her; they had never really said anything, they just abandoned her.

"So, you are leaving to train with Master Skywalker?"she asked, wanting to distract herself from the painful memory of her parents' abandonment.

Ben moved a piece of hair out of his face; it was longer now, and always in the way when she wanted to take a good look at his face.

"Yeah," he replied without looking at her.

"And?" she insisted.

"And?"he repeated, without looking at her still.

She moved in front of him, blocking the sun and staring right into his eyes. "Why aren't you excited about this?"she asked incredulously.

"Because," he said, toying with the rest of the apple and then tossing it away, "he will only train me in the ways of the Jedi."

"What other ways are there?" He could see confusion in Rey's sparkling brown eyes. For a moment, he looked at her and wondered how could anybody have abandoned how; how was he going to be able to leave her and go to the temple.

"There is only one other way," he explained to her as she listened carefully. He loved teaching her, she was such a willing student, she cherished every word from his mouth. She waited in silence for him to continue, so he did: "The way of the Sith." He saw her face morph at the sound of that, saw the judgement in her eyes.

"But, but they are evil, Ben," she said as she moved back to her place against the tree. Yet her tone wasn't judgemental, only concerned.

"I know," he admitted, "but there are things we can learn from them."

"Like what?" She sounded judgemental now, and surprised.

"Like power, Rey! Being a Sith would give me so much power!"he said passionately, turning around to look at her.

"But it would take away your heart,"she whispered.

He huffed, getting up on his feet and turning away from her. "You don't understand, Rey! I have abilities! There are things that I can do, that nobody else can and Luke will never be able to appreciate that!"

"Ben?"she said tentatively as she got up too. "Who said that to you?"

Furious, he turned around and stared her down. "What, do you think I wouldn't be able to realise that on my own?"

She didn't back down from his stare. "No," she said, "but because that's not you. I know you and I know that somebody else put these ideas in your head."

He looked away, uncomfortable with how well she knew him, how well she could read him.

She saw a muscle clench in his jaw when she asked again: "Who is it?"

"His name is Snoke." He didn't know why he was telling her this. Maybe because he couldn't talk to his mother anymore, maybe because his father was never around, or maybe because she was his only real friend.

"What is he saying to you?"she inquired moving closer to him.

"He knows things about me," he said looking at her, "he sees

my abilities for what they are." She could see it, the arrogance flaring in his dark eyes. "I have so much power, Rey! There are so many things I could do."

It happened in seconds, so quickly she couldn't even pin point the exact moment the vision had started and ended. But she had seen it all; his future. Ben running away from his master, seeking solace with Snoke; she could see the dark clothes, the red lightsaber and a name, she had heard the whisper of a name...Kylo Ren.

When Rey looked back at him, with terror in her beautiful eyes, he knew he had made a mistake. He should have never told her, he couldn't trust her, he couldn't trust anybody. They didn't understand, he had a gift. Angered, he walked away from her.

Rey stood petrified, as the realisation hit her, she was going to lose Ben forever.

AN: Make sure to check out my other two Reylo fanfics: Reylo Oneshots and Episode9: Grey