After lunch, Padmé asked Rey to follow her into the privacy of the living room, where they were away from the rest of the family.

"My dear, I want to give you something." Padmé took a small box out from her pocket. She opened it to reveal a necklace with a pendant that looked like it had taken hours to carefully carve the design in.

"Grandma?" Rey tilted her head in confusion.

"Anakin, Ben's grandfather, made this for me when we were young. He said it would bring me luck and keep me safe. He wanted me to think of him whenever I wore it." Padmé explained. She took a deep breath before continuing. "But when Anakin died, I couldn't even look at it without crying."

"I'm sorry." She patted her hand in a comforting gesture.

"I want you to have it." Padmé placed the box in Rey's hand, smiling at her.

"Oh no, I couldn't. Something like this is too important to give away." She shook her head, buns bobbing along with the movement.

"I'm not giving it away, I'm giving it to you." She curled the younger woman's fingers around the box. "You're dating our Ben. That means you're a part of our family now."

Tears brimmed at the corners of her eyes at the mention of family. Partly because she had never truly felt like she belonged with the Ridleys, and partly because she and Ben weren't really dating, and that they were lying to this new family that had already accepted her as one of their own.

"I...thank you." Rey gripped the other woman in a tight hug, hoping that she understood the significance of it. She knew the message was received when Padmé patted her on the back.

"You know you're going to lose, right?" Rey grinned as she tested the weight of the branch in her hand.

Annie and Amy wanted to play outside, so Jaina asked Rey and Ben to accompany them, making sure they wouldn't go too deep into the massive forest, or fall into the lake.

"Sure, keep thinking that." He scoffed, waving around his own branch experimentally. She challenged him to a swordfight – with branches – while the twins were busy creating a snowman army. Everything just had to be a competition between them. Rey was only too excited to beat him at something again.

"It's just a game!" Annie called from behind one of the snowmen she was building.

"But Rey's going to win!" Amy shot Rey a thumbs-up, and the older woman smiled gratefully.

"Amy!" Ben had a look of mock-horror on his face. "I'm your cousin!"

"When you and Rey get married, she'll be our cousin too." Amy shrugged.

"Get ready to lose, Solo." Rey smirked at him. They stood a few feet away from each other.

"In your dreams, Ridley."

"First to three hits wins. Ready, set, go!" Annie signalled the beginning of the fight, and Ben rushed forward, branch poised above his head, intending to strike Rey in the shoulder. She blocked it with her own weapon, and did a spin, ending up behind him. She smacked him in the side, eliciting a yelp from him.

"Point, Rey." Amy said.

Ben turned around and actually growled at her. Rey just smirked, eyes filled with amusement.

"Come on, Solo, I thought you were supposed to be good at this." She taunted.

"Eat a dick, Ridley." He swung the branch up, narrowly missing her arm as she moved back.

"Mom says that's a bad word." Annie stood by the snowman, hands on her hips with a disapproving look on her face.

"Trust me, she's said worse." Ben said, blocking an attack from Rey.

Their match went on for a while, the two of them evenly matched in their ability to wield a branch. At some point, Rey fled into the forest after slipping in the snow and getting hit in the thigh. They were at a tie, with only one more hit standing in the way of either's victory.

"Come out come out wherever you are." Ben called in an attempt to draw her out. Yeah, like she'd ever fall for that.

Rey held her breath as she flattened her body against the fallen trunk of a tree. She had dropped her weapon a few trees back, and she was definitely going to lose if he found her.

The soft crunch of footsteps on the snow signalled that he was getting closer. Still remaining behind the cover of the tree, she started to form some of the snow into a clump, the wet seeping into her gloves. She would wait until he was right above her cover, and then attack him with a snowball.

"Rey, I know you're here somewhere." He said.

It seemed like an eternity as she waited for him to be close enough to the tree.

Ben stopped in front of the fallen tree, looking left and right and even looking up to see if she climbed up. Rey saw this as her chance; she popped up from her cover and smashed the snowball into his face.

"Jesus fuck!" He coughed, some of the snow having gotten into his mouth.

"I win!" She cheered, jumping around in joy.

"You're a cheater!"

"First, we're not twelve, no one uses the word cheater anymore." She rolled her eyes playfully. "Second, it was first to three hits. That definitely counted as a hit."

"Fuck off." He angrily thrust the branch in her direction.

"Accept it, I won and I'm amazing." She stepped onto the tree, the trunk being too big for her to simply walk over, when she lost her footing from a patch of slippery ice that had frosted over. Her arms flailed around wildly, desperate not to fall, when she latched onto his neck and his arms automatically went around her waist.

Her eyes closed, waiting for the rough impact with the snowy floor. They slammed onto the ground, Rey taking the brunt of it as she was underneath him. Her eyes opened to find Ben's face dangerously close, the tip of his nose brushing against hers. Her arms were still locked together around his neck, but she couldn't move them. Despite the freezing temperatures of Hoth, and the snow creeping its way into her clothes, she felt her body temperature rising. Heat crept up her cheeks and all she could see were his eyes. They weren't black like his soul, something she previously believed, but instead a warm brown.

"Guess that wasn't the only time I'd be on top." He chuckled lightly, referencing the time he woke her up.

She rolled her eyes, using her body weight to reverse their positions. Her arms grabbed his wrists and held them down against the snow. She was practically straddling him, her legs on either side of his hips.

"Those were rare occurrences, don't expect it to be a usual thing." A triumphant smirk appeared on her face, which was mere inches from his.

Red bloomed across his face, and his eyes had an almost glazed look to them as he took in the sight of her sitting on top of him. His lips were slightly parted as he took shallow breaths. She decided that she liked that look on him, full of adoration and awe. But something poking at her backside brought her back to reality.

"Oh my god, really?" She scrambled to get off of him, choosing to sit and lean against the tree trunk.

"Fuck, I'm sorry, I can't help it." He sat up, refusing to look in her direction. "It's just that, I have a thing for people being on top, so..."

"See, I knew you weren't cut out to be on top." She teased.

"Oh god, can we never talk about this again?" He groaned, covering his face with his hands.

"Yeah, I'll keep your secret." She laughed and stood up, dusting the snow off of her pants. "Come on, we're supposed to be watching Annie and Amy."

But it was all Rey could think about on the walk back to the house.