I stood on the edge of the cliff. It would be so easy to pitch myself over, to fall in the water, to give up. It would be the easiest thing I'd ever done… and still it would be impossible. I could never do it. Not for anything. I felt little rocks falling away under my feet, down a hundred feet or more. I could hear the waves crashing against the shore. "Would you do it?" Her voice shocked me out of my reverie. I turned to her. "No. Not unless you died." She smiled at me. "I love you."
"I know." I wrapped my arms around her. She smiled against the small patch of bare skin on my shoulder as it began to rain. "I'll never leave you, Ben."
"Rey… it's come time for me to leave you." She stared at me. "You can't! You can't do it! Ben… please."
"Snoke will kill me anyway. I might as well take him down while I can."
"Ben!" I looked at her grimly, and the tears flowed free. We cried together on that cliff as it rained and the waves churned beneath us. I placed my hand on her face. I looked at her sadly, silently crying. She grabbed my elbow. "Ben…" Tears streamed down her face. "I have to do this, Rey."
"No, you don't."
"Yes I do. There's no other way."
"Then we'll find one!"
"We can't. Rey, this war is all but over. Snoke is all that's left. If I kill him… there's no more chance that I'll betray you and murder everyone, and Snoke will be gone. The Force will be in balance."
"Ben… Don't leave me, you can't!"
"I have to. I love you, Rey."
"I know." We embraced, held there for a long time by each other's strong arms, and finally, I turned away. "It's time to complete my mission."
"Ben…" I turned back. "May the Force be with you."
Yeah... I still haven't written a scene in which someone says, "may the Force be with you" so I figured I had to.
Reylo is a trash ship.
Let's all be trash together.
I hate myself.
It's amazing.
The title of this story is a direct reference to "The Princess Bride", in which the Dread Pirate Roberts (aka Wesley) says, "life is pain, highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something." I love that line, and I incorporate it into most everything I can, and besides, technically, Ben is a prince, so I figured it'd fit.
I love you all.
My life is trash.
Allie