It had been about a month since the negotiations had taken place. The new senate had been up and running for about two weeks now, on Braylon. Alexandra still had an uneasy feeling from the force, Rey however, didn't feel anything. She was too in love, Alex thought, to notice any changes in the force. Alex knew she needed to ask her brother, she knew that he could separate his emotions out better than Rey could. She was going to have lunch with him later today, that's when she would ask him.

Alexandra was patiently awaiting the arrival of Ben, at the café. She looked out into the city and observed people; how they walked, if they looked paranoid, how they interacted with each other, and if there were a sleeper. Maybe she was a little paranoid, just then Ben startled her out of her thoughts and sat down. That's the second time in less than a year someone has been able to approach her without her feeling it.

"Alexandra," he said sitting and giving her a quick kiss on her cheek. "How's my favorite sister today?"

"I'm your only sister," she replied rolling her eyes at him. She knew it was because he was trying his best to make up for lost time. "I am doing alright but I called you here because I have been feeling something is off."

Immediately, Ben's smile fell, and he realized she had felt it too. "I have been feeling something too, how long have you had this feeling?"

"About 4 or so months ago. It started as just unease while meditating, with Rey, but it keeps coming back."

"That's about how long I have been feeling it too. Have you investigated this feeling yet? We need to make a heads or tails of this feeling," replied Ben.

"Not yet, I wanted to get your insight first." Alex said while looking at her menu, eyeing what she could order.

"Well, investigate it and let me know what you find." Pausing, he looked up at Alex, who seemed sad, "let's eat, shall we?"

"Of course," She smiled at him.

"And then you will tell me what else is wrong?" Ben asked concerned

"You know, sometimes I hate being twins, it absolutely awful to hide secrets." She said sighing.

"If its Poe, remember I said I would run my saber through him if he hurt you."

"It's not," She snapped annoyed

"Is it mom and you arguing about your fashion choices?" he chuckled.

"Stop it, not everyone can be happy all the time, not everyone is in love Benjamin."

"Whoa, whoa, holding his hands up in defense. You're not in love? What's with the hostility?"

"Sorry, I am just annoyed. The feeling in the force, mom and having to vet all these senators, some of them are just pompous assholes." She replied while just pushing her food around with her fork.

Ben started slowly, knowing that his sister was on edge and it wasn't wise to push too hard while she was there. She could keep her temper and anger under control better than him but if she was pushed it wouldn't end well.

"Mom? What's up with mom?" asked Ben.

"She just, ugh, didn't stay on Chandrilla like she was supposed to. She's been staying here with me, I am going crazy Ben. She is now an advisor to the Chandrilla senator."

"Alex, did you really think mom was going to give up politics? Or being active in something, she needs to keep moving, you are like her, always need to be busy."

"Ben, I know that, but like I just can't, I guess having my family back is too much for me to handle."

Grabbing his sisters' hand, "Alex, do you want me to talk to mom? Do you want me to see if I can get her back to Chandrilla?"

Shaking her head with tears in her eyes, "No, I don't. I'm just having trouble adjusting I guess."

Smiling, Ben knew already what his sister was thinking per the usual. She wanted a normal life, she didn't want to be a Jedi, she didn't want to be in the senate, she wanted to just be living life.

"Alexandra, are you sure you didn't just miss me? And now you're trying to find a way to see me daily?" Ben asked sarcastically, he had seen the memory of their mother asking that months ago and her snarky answer. She did miss him, he knew that, and he was trying to make her laugh. As he sat waiting for a reply he started to worry that it backfired on him, the silence was deafening. After a few minutes of silence and a cold stare, he decided he needed to speak again because she wasn't going to.

"Starlight, come on, you're my best friend and my sister, you can read my mind at ease. I know I missed you. I know you want to go back to your normal life on Naboo and trust me, if I could control time, I would take us back to before I went to uncle Luke, I would keep us together. You know I love you, I just want to see you smile, I just want you to be happy. Would it make you happy to leave the senate?"

"Ben, no, I want to stay exactly where I am. If I stay where I am, I see my best friend daily, and it puts me more at ease." She finally said sighing with a small smile. "But mom is something we need to figure out, she is getting to old for this. I can't see her get hurt."

"We will figure something out," Ben said smiling, relief in his voice that he calmed her.

"Well the odds of mom actually listening to one of us is like a billion to 1."

"Do me a favor, keep smiling, and never tell me the odds." He chuckled knowing that he sounded just like their father and she would call him on it immediately.

"Watch it, your Han is showing Benjamin," she shook her head smiling,

"Yeah, yeah," he said holding out his hand as he rose from the table. "Don't remind me."

Accepting her brothers hand she rose from her chair and they began walking back towards the senate building. Alexandra knew she should change the conversation quick, so the guilt didn't eat at him.

"How's Rey enjoying being engaged to the famous Ben Solo?"

Laughing, "Famous, huh?" "I am assuming, you mean the infamous Ben Solo?"

Shrugging him off, Alex gave him a small smirk, it was the smirk they both got from their father, and it was perfect for this situation she thought.

"Rey is doing amazing, you see her daily, why don't you just ask her?"

"Because I am asking my brother how his future wife is." She said a little snarky

"You want to know if I messed it up yet?"

"No, why would I be asking that? That didn't even cross my mind." She tried to hide her smile

"Alexandra, are you fucking serious? We just had a nice lunch, why on earth are you doing this right now? I love Rey, I am not going to do anything to mess it up. Would you like me to ask if Poe even loves you? He hasn't asked you to marry him yet, now has he?" Ben was pissed now.

"Benjamin, that's a ridiculous accusation. I mean yes, I was a little worried that you would scare her with how devoted you already are to her, but that's it. I didn't mean to push a button. I didn't realize it was that sensitive of a subject."

Ben stormed away from his sister, reeling in anger, she felt it through the bond, and he was also trying to hide it from her as well. He was trying to keep the anger and hurtful thoughts from getting at her. She yelled after him.

"Ben, come on, I'm sorry. I could be just as upset based on what you just said about Poe!" she had to scream it as her brother was already almost a half block away. She was left alone on a sidewalk with her thoughts. As she made her way back to her office in the senate, she knew she'd have to find a way to apologize. Alex decided when she got back to her office that she needed to call her mother for advice. This was an awful feeling, she made her brother feel awful, and that wasn't the intention. She wanted to make sure that he wasn't scaring Rey. He needed to remember that she was alone on Jakku for so long.