A/N: Dedicated to the antis. I love you antis. 😗

Ben Solo. Who would have thought that a person's name could come to mean so much to her? Rey sighed softly while staring out the car window, watching as the world passed by in a blur. Lately Ben had become so distant and so short tempered and angry with everyone. It started when he entered high school. Leia and Han insisted that it was was merely teenage hormones and that this was just a phase, but Rey wasn't so sure about that.

'Keep away from me. I'm dangerous.'

"Rey, is everything alright?" Luke asked.

"Yeah. Everything is fine." She responded, trying to sound as chipper as she could manage to ward off her father's worries.

"Is it about spending your summer vacation with your aunt? I am sorry, Rey, but the team is going to the championship this year... as their teacher I must go with them." Her father sounded sincerely sympathetic and she almost felt bad for him that he felt so guilty.

"No. No it isn't about that. I was the one that decided to wait until next year to do fencing remember?"

"Well... when you put it that way." Luke paused and then briefly glanced at her. "So what is the matter?"

"I... was just thinking about Ben." Rey answered and Luke nodded in understanding.

"You're worried about him. We all are, but we can't help when all he does is push us away. I suspect that he is having trouble at school. Hux. Is that the boy's name? He was causing problems for Ben."

"Hux?"

"The local bully. He's been giving Ben a hard time."

"You really believe that a bully could make him act that way? Wouldn't he just... I don't know... hit him?" Rey questioned and Luke sighed softly.

"You would be surprised, Rey."

"He... he said something to me..." She began slowly and Luke raised a brow. "He told me to stay away from him... that he was dangerous."

"He threatened you?" Luke tensed up at the prospect of his daughter being in any danger. He was just about to turn the car around and cancel taking her to Leia's for the summer.

"No! No. It was more like he was trying to warn me away from something... to... to keep me safe. Ben wouldn't... he wouldn't threaten me."

"You're sure?"

"I am."

"Alright. If anything changes you can call me. I could have you stay with Poe and his parents if you need." Luke relaxed somewhat, but he was still concerned.

"No. I really do want to spend time with aunt Leia. We never see each other anymore."

"Always putting family first." He mused as they finally arrived at the familiar house from her childhood. It was so strange to see it again. "Tell Leia how sorry I am that I could not stop and say hello, but I'm running late as it is."

"Good luck." Rey replied and leaned over to briefly kiss her fathers cheek before she grabbed her bags and headed towards the house.

"Take care!" Luke called as he pulled off and her fate here seemed to be sealed. She was stuck one way or another.

Rey sighed quietly and glanced up at the house once more and recalled all the summers she spent here with her family. They were such wonderful and peaceful memories aside from how loud uncle Han and aunt Leia could get when they fought. Still they did love one another deep down and that was all that mattered. Marriage wasn't perfect after all. There would always be fights. Getting through the fights was what counted. Suddenly she heard a sound and a big, dark shadow jumped over the fence and Rey was knocked over, tackled to the ground by something huge and... her face was assaulted by a slobbery tongue.

"Chewie! Get off!" She laughed, shoving at the big hairball, but his excitement could hardly be contained. Only a dog could always be so happy to see an old friend. Humans were not quite as friendly.

Chewie jumped back and wagged his tail fiercely, leaping from paw to paw and waiting for her to get back to her feet. She ruffled the top of his head and sighed before having to turn and pick up her bags once more. The fur ball made her drop them.

Rey opened the gate for Chewie to urge him back inside as she made her way up the steps to the front door and just as she opened it to let Chewie in and step inside herself she slammed into something as solid as a brick wall. She had only been paying attention to Chewie making sure he was inside safely that she hardly noticed someone was making their exit.

Slowly she glanced up at the mass she ran into and was met with the stoic face of Ben Solo in front of her.

"Ben..."

"Rey..." A muscle in his jaw tensed as he spoke her name and she felt that perhaps he wasn't happy to see her here.

"Where is Aunt Leia?"

"Not here." His tone was short and she winced.

"Uncle Han...?"

"Not... here." These words were ground out with a particular anger. It seemed that Han had walked out on them again after another fight with Leia. Rey winced faintly. This was a bad time to be here. She felt as if she had just walked into a war zone. "It's just us now."

TO BE CONTINUED!