CHAPTER 2: MONDAY

"Rose, drive, hit it," Rey practically yelled as they climbed into Rose's car. She sat against the passenger seat replaying what happened again and again in her head. How totally embarrassing. How was she ever going to face Ms. Organa again.

"It wasn't THAT bad," Rose reassured her. But she knew Rose was lying. She opened up Snapchat and relived the whole incident using a ridiculous filter to send to Finn and Poe. Finn was Rose's boyfriend and Poe was his roommate. Poe also worked at the school with Rey and Rose. After telling the whole story aloud she was able to finally laugh at herself. Maybe going back to school wouldn't be THAT bad.

The weekend flew by, per usual. Monday crept up quickly and with its usual gusto. Rey had a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach when she pulled in front of Rebel Elementary. She just so happened to pull in at the EXACT same time as Ms. Organa. She contemplated waiting it out in her car, but decided that might be more awkward. She got out of her car and kept it polite and simple. "Good morning, Mrs. Organa, " she said with a pleasant smile.

"Good morning, Rey!" Ms. Organa replied happily. "Was the rest of your weekend less eventful?" she asked with a mischievous grin.

"Oh significantly," Rey replied rather sheepishly. "I'm sorry again, I was mortified," Rey said.

"Oh, no big deal! Ben is unscathed. He was visiting from out of town for the weekend. But he hasn't left. I have a feeling he is going to be sticking around longer than anticipated," Ms. Organa said.

This enticed Rey. "Oh yeah? Where is he visiting from?" Rey asked, trying to sound polite yet disinterested.

"He was living across the country, doing some work for a firm called the First Order. He is a lawyer. He didn't like the firm, and to be honest neither did I. He was a defense attorney. Helping the guilty go free. I wouldn't be sad if he didn't go back. However, I wouldn't be sad if he found his own place and made some friends either," Ms. Organa said rather sarcastically. "How would you feel if I gave him your number!" she said excitedly. "You could show him around town, introduce him to your friends, help him apartment hunt!"

"Oh ummm… I'm not so sure…" Rey managed to kind of get out, caught off guard.

"Perfect, it's a done deal. I'll pass your number off to him tonight!" replied Ms. Organa, like she hadn't heard Rey. "Have a wonderful day!"

Rey was recounting the story at lunch with Rose and Poe. "Well I for one, would love to meet him," Poe said, with a smile on his face.

"I don't think he swings your way," replied Rose with a smirk. "You should have seen the way he looked at Rey at The Resistance."

"Shut up, that's not true," Rey said back, throwing a chip at Rose. "He looked at me like I was the girl that spilled two full drinks all over him."

"Maybe that's what does it for him," Poe replied raising his eyebrows.

"Shut up, both of you," Rey said to them, secretly hoping Rose was right. It was all that consumed her thoughts for the rest of the day. She could hardly focus on her curriculum. At the day's end, Rey went home with visions of Ben dancing around in her head. It caused some very interesting dreams for Rey that night.