A/N: Ok, first I DO NOT OWN SW! Second I got a new laptop! Yay! Now that that's out of the way, I'm sorry if this is a bit cheesy, but I really didn't like how that scene in Ascension ended; 'hey I slapped you but it's cool because I really love you!' did anyone else think that was way ooc for Ben?

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Ben groaned and opened his eyes. He did not want to wake up. Waking up would entail he leave his fantasy dream world. Vestara stirred beside him as well, maybe waking up wouldn't be so bad after all.

Ben sat up, blinking as he did so. Vestara was still asleep beside him. She'd been crying in her sleep again. Her cheeks were still a flushed, ruddy colour. Not that he blamed her of course, he'd been even more of a mess that Vestara when his mother had died. Ben's consciousness came back to him more fully as Vestara started to stir. Guilt, he'd hit her. Though he'd never been in a relationship like this, he knew he had no right to hit a girl.

"It's okay Ben, you were angry. I understand." Breathed a voice in his ear. Ben's gut twisted as if he'd had a knife plunged in then spun violently.

"It's not okay! I shouldn't have hit you!" he rested his chin on Vestara's chest, "I am so sor-mmmmmmmm!" Ben cut himself off with a moan as she captured his lips.

"Shut up jedi-boy, I forgive you." That stopped Ben short.

"F-forgive?"

"Ben, if there's one thing you taught me, it's holding onto hate doesn't do any good. If I'm going to be a jedi, I need to learn that." Vestara said quietly, but firmly. Ben gave her a cocky grin.

"You're going to an amazing jedi Ves!" Vestara returned his grin tenfold at the praise.