"Well, I guess we should call my sister," Luke murmured.

"Or we could go visit her and finish my training back at the base?" Rey offered with a small smile. She hadn't seen Finn and Poe for months and she needed to talk to her best friends about the torrent of emotions she was feeling.

"I'll think about it," he sighed, "in the meantime, go tell Chewie that dinner should be ready in half an hour." With that, the Jedi walked away into the mist towards the kitchen area. Rey knew that fog usually follows behind mist at this time of day and she should find Chewbacca and get back before that happened. The excitement of possibly going back to base propelled her steps towards the Wookiee.

Ben took a deep breath when he got back to his room. What had he just done? He was going to betray Snoke. Would he be able to do it? He had killed his father, but he didn't entirely do that on his own. No, his father had helped him in some way. He needed to get free of the First Order. He wanted to be free. He wanted to be with Rey. He was supposed to be with her. He knew that now. He had gone down a path she could never follow, but he knew that she would never let him walk alone once he had decided to turn back. She would be there. She would support him. She loved him, and he is going to do this for her. He owed it to her to follow through on his promise and never leave her on her own again. Ben was deep in thought when a knock sounded at his door, followed by the sound of someone trying to open the door.

"Ren, what is the meaning of this?!" He heard Hux yell from the other side. Ben smirked.

"I took your advice and locked my door for once," he called back as he went to open the door.

"I thought you said that people only locked their doors to either keep people out or to hide something happening inside," Hux responded, "Then again, I do suppose having me barge in half the time is enough reason to lock your door since I pointed it out."

Ben let out a breath that he didn't realize he had been holding. Hux is still clueless, he thought.

"Yes, well, I figured that maybe for once you were-"

"Right. I was right."

"Unfortunately. So, to what do I owe this pleasure, General?"

"We placed a tracker on the Millennium Falcon back on Starkiller base. We know where they are now," Hux informed him. Ben's hand tightened on his helmet he had picked up.

"Does Master Snoke know?"

"Not yet. I figured you could use some of your magic to see if it's worth looking into," Hux sniffed.

"It's called the force, General. And yes, I will look into it. Who has the coordinates now?" He asked as he put on his helmet.

"Command has it up in the bridge. I could just send you the coordinates, you know."

"I'd prefer to look at it on the full scale table, if you don't mind," Ben said somewhat bitterly. If he wanted to keep up appearances, he might as well be more public about his involvement in First Order affairs for the time being.

"As you wish," Hux sighed.

Master Luke had been quiet throughout dinner, too quiet, Rey thought.

"Portion for your thoughts?" Rey asked her mentor, earning her a grin as he stared into the fire. Chewie and Artoo had retired for the night and the remaining two took to having a cup of caf around the fire.

"Is it about your sister?" Rey ventured.

"Very perceptive, Padawan."

"You're worried about going home. "

"I left her by herself when she needed someone."

"You think she resents you for it," Rey stated.

"And why shouldn't she? She thought she was alone when Alderaan was destroyed, then she had Han and me and we left her, too."

"You're her family and she loves you. She just wants you back. Surely, deep down, you know that," Rey pleaded.

"But is love enough to forgive me for leaving?"

"In my experience, it is, but you'll never know unless you try," Rey reminded him as she finished her caf.

"Do or do not. There is no try."

"Then do. And if you'll excuse me, my bed is calling me. Good night, Master," Rey said as she started to walk off.

"Tell my nephew that we're going to see his mother tomorrow mid rotation. I'll be waking you up early, you know how long it takes to get there, but you can sleep on the Falcon." Rey felt a grin spread across her face as she skipped off towards her room. She was going home.

Ben had studied the maps and reached out through the force for hours. There was no mistake, that was where Rey and his Uncle were. If he lied, no one would know. Or he could warn them and have them leave before he inevitably arrived. If he lied and Snoke found out, he would be killed. It'd be best for him to just warn them and then tell Snoke they had left before he got there. That way, he'd still be loyal in a way, and Snoke wouldn't be able to sense a lie. He eventually made it back to his chambers and barely managed to undress and make it to bed before exhaustion from using the force for so long kicked in.

Rey was proud to have gotten there first for once. Now she could make it look like however she wanted it to, and she knew exactly what she was going to do. She closed her eyes and suddenly a meadow next to a river appeared. The sun was shining down and warmed her face as a breeze danced through her hair. She had taken a shower before going to bed so her hair was free for once instead of in her signature buns. Rey giggled and spun around with her arms out. It was just as she remembered.

"My grandmother's home world. Nice choice," Ben commented as he appeared. Rey abruptly stopped spinning and stumbled from dizziness. Ben reached a hand out to steady her.

"Do you remember the last time we were here? It was right before you left," she prodded.

"Of course I remember that. It was one of the last happy memories I have before...Kylo Ren happened."

Rey was about seven now, but Ben could've sworn she was going on 70. She carried herself with an air of someone who was older than her years, but if she and Ben were alone then the giggly small child came out to play. Ben had gotten his orders from Master Snoke and plans to take down the Jedi temple were in motion, so Ben wanted to take one last trip with Rey before he never saw her again. Ben figured that a trip to the world where his grandmother had been queen would be a nice trip for them. This trip was going to be a two-day trip. Day one would be the city where the castle was and day two would be the rural countryside where his grandmother actually came from. Day one had been more sight seeing and historical learning. Now it was day two and he and Rey were having a picnic in a field by a river. Rey was levitating her food around the picnic blanket.

"If you play with your food instead of eating it then you won't get the nutrients you need to be a strong Jedi," Ben teased. Rey threw a grape at his face.

"I'm too happy to eat! It's so pretty here, and peaceful."

"I know. My grandmother must have loved it here."

"I want to get married here some day."

"Rey, you're only seven."

"I know. But it's so pretty! I want to get married here with a floofy dress with a belt for my lightsaber." Ben chuckled at the thought of that.

"Oh yeah? And who are you gonna marry, oh amorous wee one?" He teased.

"I don't know yet. Maybe I'll marry my Ewok bear."

"You can't marry a stuffed animal."

"Why not?"

"When people get married, it's because they love each other."

"Well. I love my bear and my bear loves me," Rey defended.

"Yes, but-" Ben stopped to pinch the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"But what?" Rey asked with big eyes full of curiosity.

"You don't marry a stuffed animal. You marry another person."

"Oh." She sounded defeated.

"What's the matter?"

"What if someone doesn't love me?"

"People will love you."

"How do you KNOW?"

"Because I love you," Ben said as he ruffled the girl's hair.

"Will you marry me, Ben?"

"It's not that kind of love, Sunlight."

"What kind of love is it then?"

"You're like family."

"Oh."

"Now what's wrong?" Ben sighed.

"What if no one ever loves me like that?"

"Someone will."

"How do you KNOW?"

"Because. "

"Because why?"

"Because I said so."

"BEN."

"Yes, Rey?" The seventeen year old chuckled.

"I love you, too." She said as she pecked him on the cheek.

"Oh really?" Ben said with a mischievous grin as he picked up the seven year old.

"BEN. PUT. ME. DOWN."

"Oh, I will, in the river," Ben said as he jumped in with her still over his shoulder. Ben emerged on the surface and shook his hair out of his face as a sputtering seven year old popped up beside him and splashed him in the face.

"You're so meaaaaaan," Rey complained.

"But you love me," Ben teased.

"I take it back," Rey pouted as she swam back to riverbank and crawled out.

"Sunshine, don't mope," Ben called after her, but she continued walking. Ben scrambled out of the water after her.

"Rey, wait!" He called after her, "I'm sorry." He reached her and pulled her into a bear hug.

"Ben, I'm cold."

"Are you still mad at me?"

"No."

"Promise?" He couldn't bare the thought of the one person he cared about being mad at him.

"Promise," Rey said as she cracked a small smile. They returned back to the cottage they were staying at and huddled on a sofa in front of a fire with some warm blue milk. Rey eventually fell asleep curled up beside him. Ben didn't want to move her since her room was colder than the living room, so instead he went into her room, retrieved her blanket and pillow and came back out. He covered her with her blanket and gently lifted her head to slip her pillow underneath. Rey stirred slightly.

"Ben?" She murmured.

"Yeah?"

"I didn't actually take it back you know."

"Take what back?"

"My love," she mumbled as she turned over and went back to sleep. Ben felt himself smile a sad smile as he realized just how much he would miss her. In the morning he made her breakfast and flew them home.

That day was only a few days before the attack on the temple.

"You look troubled," Rey told him.

"And you have been spending too much time with my uncle. You're starting to talk like him," he teased, " So why Naboo?"

"It's gorgeous aaaaaand," she said as she pulled him by the hand towards the river, "I wanted some payback!" With that said, she pushed him in with a huge grin. Only, he didn't come back up. Rey waited a few seconds before completely losing her feeling of triumph to have it be replaced with worry and guilt.

"Ben?" She called out. No answer. She began to panic and jumped in after him. She frantically searched for him until she felt arms enclose around her and she was propelled to the surface. As the she gasped for breath, she turned around to face her captor and saw Ben.

"You had me worried sick!" She yelled at him.

"You came after me," he stated in disbelief.

"Well of course I'd come after you. What happened?"

"I dislodged a rock from the bottom when I fell and it trapped my leg," he explained.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Ben, I'm so sorry," Rey said as she hugged him tightly.

"I'm okay," he responded as he swam them over to the edge and helped her up the bank. Rey started to fade away as he held her.

"Rey! Wait, before you leave, I need to tell you that the First Order placed a tracker on the Falcon. You need to leave wherever you are as soon as you can," he quickly informed her. Rey was see-through now and she kissed his cheek.

"Don't worry. We're going back to your mother in the morning. Take care of yourself. I love you," she managed to get out before she faded away. Ben breathed a sigh of relief before sitting down on the ground. For once, the scenery didn't fade away with her.

A/N: Hello Runners, I'm so sorry for taking forever to upload this. I've been balancing theatre rehearsals and AP coursework, but on the upside I passed my road test today. So YAY! As always, reviews are always appreciated and might motivate me to update sooner. Thank you to everyone who's still reading this. Love to all,

Abbs