I am truly sorry for taking so long to post. I hope you all are still with me! They say when it rains, it pours. Personal life, work life, combined with a mean case of writer's block equals an extraordinarily delayed story. I, again, had trouble connecting plotline A to plotline B. Though, I did make this longer and a lot of... things happen! Hopefully there will be smooth sailing from here to the end, which is coming! :-(

Disclaimer/warning/whatever: sexy times ahead.

We fit together, you make me better
Whatever it takes, I'm here forever
Bad things will happen, but none of that matters
We'll find a way, as long as I'm with you, I'm ok

("Ok" Backstreet Boys brand new damn song from their brand new #1 damn album!)


Rey failed. Luca was dead, and she couldn't help but feel guilty about that. She knew it wasn't her fault, and none of the Knights had treated her with anything other than grateful kindness for even trying, but being a fixer was part of who she was as a person. Not being able to fix something, or someone, made the failure feel worse- like she failed even herself.

"I'm so very sorry," Rey said emphatically to Thad, who was the most distraught at their loss.

"You did all you could," he replied between sniffles.

Rey turned to Ben, taking his arm to pull him a few steps away from the group. "I'm going to give you all your space to grieve as a group. I'll be wandering the old town. You can find me when you're ready to go back."

"Thank you," Ben said softly and kissed her cheek. "I'll come find you shortly. I need to move quickly against Hux. He won't get away with what he's done."

Rey kissed him back on his lips. She gave him a faint smile and a reassuring squeeze to his hand before leaving him to his Knights.

She wandered aimlessly through the market, taking in the sights of beautiful fabrics and jewelry, the smell of delicious food, and the sound of the bustling crowd. It had been a sunny day, and now the sinking sun painted the sky with pinks and darkening blues. It was nice to have some alone time, but she'd be happy to get back to her friends and Ben.

She was at a stall deciding which fruit to purchase, when a soft hand gently gripped her shoulder. She turned to find an older woman staring at her as if she had seen a ghost.

Rey waited for the woman to speak, and when she did not, Rey decided to break the silence. "Do you need some assistance?" she asked kindly.

"You look just like my Marieta and Vera. Especially the eyes. Such pretty eyes..." the lady told her.

"Well... thank you," Rey replied uncomfortably but gave the woman a small smile.

"How old are you, child?"

Rey didn't really think that her age was any of this stranger's business, but she also couldn't find any harm in indulging an old lady's curiosity. "I'm almost twenty," she replied, keeping with her kind tone of voice.

"What is your name? Who are your parents?"

Wow. Ok, this was getting a bit too personal now, and Rey was slightly offended. She was more than old enough to be out in the town alone, and she thought it was rude to ask of someone's family if they didn't know the person.

"I don't mean any disrespect, but I don't see how that's any of your business," she replied briskly this time.

"You remind me so much of my daughters that I just wonder..." the woman began her explanation but trailed off as her gaze shifted to over Rey's shoulder. "Ben Solo!" she said shocked, though there was no fear in her voice, as was the case with most people.

"Ona," Ben greeted with a nod.

"You know each other?" Rey asked even though it was obvious that they did. At this point she knew she shouldn't be surprised at how many people knew Ben Solo, as well as Kylo Ren.

"I saw this boy grow up," Ona replied, sounding self-important. "My little Cecily was his friend... for a while."

Cecily. The name was familiar to Rey but she couldn't quite place it.

"Cecily has done well," Ben commented, making small talk. "It's nice to see such a kind soul so happily married. I do apologize for the scene I may have caused at the wedding."

"Nonsense! Tristan was a traitorous shit. It was good to be done with him!" The old lady- Ona countered.

Wedding! So that's why Rey remembered Cecily. This Ona woman must be her grandmother. Maybe this was really the reason the woman found her familiar.

"It was a lovely wedding," Rey spoke up.

"You were there?" Ona's attention was back on Rey.

Rey nodded. "I was a guest of Leia Organa's."

"A Resistance member, " Ona stated rather than asked.

Rey glanced at Ben before answering, "That's right."

"And now you're here with Ben?" she asked skeptically.

"Yes," Rey confirmed. "I'm now accompanying the Supreme Leader. We made a truce, you see. It's been nice working together." She felt compelled to offer this information. To let anyone who would hear that Ben could be a great leader.

"Again, what it your name, girl?" Ona pressed.

"Rey, if you must know," Ben answered for her. Rey shot him a perturbed look, but he didn't seem to notice. "It's been... nice seeing you again. Give my congratulations to you family." With those last words, Ben took Rey by the arm and pulled her willingly away. "Nice lady, but she talks too much. We were about to be stuck for hours," he whispered as they made their escape.

Rey giggled. She can't remember ever having giggled before, but she felt like a naughty child escaping from an elder to go off and do naughty things. And, she desperately wanted to do naughty things with- well, maybe 'to' was a better word... to Ben! Though, she shook those thoughts from her mind to focus on more pressing issues.

"Ben?" she asked, somehow communicating the seriousness of her thoughts with just his name.

"Yes...?" he wondered, not able to keep his amusement from his tone.

Rey let loose, all of it coming out in a rush. "You need to tell Leia...about us... What will we do about Hux? How are we going to get Amir back? I need to tell Finn. And Rose. And Conni. I want to-"

"Whoa. One thing at a time!" Ben stopped walking and gently grabbed Rey by her upper arms to stop her as well. "I will destroy Hux. No need to worry about that! But, first things first... we need to tell my mother that she will be a grandmother. Then, you will tell your friends. I can be there, or not..."

"You're not getting out of it!" She poked him in the chest as she stated these words as fact. "They can be angry with the both of us!"

"Except Poe. He seemed ok with it," Ben corrected her assumptions.

"Yeah, well Poe is dealing with his own surprise pregnancy... so he's probably happy to have someone else in that same situation!"

Ben nodded, thinking that maybe he and Poe could find a way to get along after all. They could at least commiserate over the excitement, and inconvenience, of their situation. He, of course, didn't share this thought with Rey. Ben valued his life too much! So, instead, he continued walking along making small talk.

Leia was easy to find once they made their way back to the base. They just had to listen for the sound of her loudly giving orders. It didn't take much for Ben to convince her to give them some of her time and undivided attention. Alone.

Once in the safety and seclusion of Leia's room, she bid them to speak. "What's so important that the two most powerful force users in the galaxy beg an audience with me?" she asked with a quirk in her eyebrow.

They sat comfortably in Leia's small sitting area, she in a chair while Ben and Rey sat side by side on a small sofa. Ben, however, was anything but comfortable. He didn't have a great relationship with his mother, and he was now about to essentially tell her about his sex life. With Rey, her perfect little Jedi. Where was he going to begin? How could he reveal this news? Tearing himself from his thoughts, Ben found two pairs of eyes trained on him expectantly.

He decided to try to be optimistic. For once. Ever. "We have some great news," he began, taking Rey's hand in his own. He needed the comfort of her touch to ease his nerves. "Rey is- we are- uh... we're... havingababy," he stumbled at first over his words but ended them in a rush.

Leia smiled and patted their joined hands. "Good. You finally told him," she said to Rey with a smile. "And you're handling it better than Han did," she turned her focus to Ben.

"You knew!" Rey exclaimed with a hint of anger. "That little... I can't believe that Poe told you!"

"Now, now, dear. Poe didn't tell me anything. I think you both forget that I am also force sensitive, and I was once pregnant with a force sensitive child. I know how the force feels and changes with a pregnancy such as this. I felt how I did when I was pregnant with Ben whenever I was around you. Whenever I am around you," Leia explained kindly.

"You can feel it?" Ben asked in amazement. "I can't feel it!"

"No offense, son, but you don't have maternal instincts. This," she gestured to Rey's midsection, "feels just like you did."

Rey smiled and placed the hand holding Ben's over her stomach. "I can feel it. Her. Him. Whichever. You can feel me through our bond, so focus on the difference," she instructed him.

"Ok," he agreed with a deep breath. Ben shut his eyes and focused on Rey's force signature. It didn't take him long to feel the difference, now that he knew he was looking for one. His eyes shot open. "I feel it! I mean, him or her."

"It's nice, isn't it? To now be connected to something that is yours but greater than yourself," Leia commented.

Ben met his mother's loving gaze and gave her a small smile. "Yes. It is."

The three of them shared a few more minutes together before it was Rey's turn to confess. She headed to the hangar, with Ben and Leia following behind. Ben had the sudden wish that he had brought his lightsaber with him in case he needed to defend himself, but he was happy to make due with his mother for protection. He even amused himself with the thought of hiding his 6'2" (plus some) form behind all 5'1" of hers! This led to him wondering how she was able to birth him?! How was tiny Rey going to manage their child?! Ben was quite clever regarding most things, but figuring out the biology of this was something that he just couldn't wrap his mind around!

Before he knew it, the three of them were standing in the mostly deserted hangar. Since the sun had set, the Dream Team, of course, were the only ones present, and they were goofing off as usual. Rey shifted nervously as she called them over.

"Where have you been?!" Finn asked, as he was the first one to get to Rey. He spared a glance at Ben, which could have been considered the smallest of glares.

"It's a long -ish story...but that's not what I'm here to discuss quite yet."

Judging by Leia's glowing demeanor, Poe knew exactly what Rey and Ben were planning to discuss.

Ben lovingly took Rey's hand to give her courage. She smiled up at him. "So...it turns out that I am pregnant after all," she told them, choosing to be direct.

Finn and Rose were completely shocked. Poe was uncharacteristically silent. Conni was the only one beaming in delight.

"You. Him. You two. Are having a baby?" Finn processed out loud. "How is this possible?!"

Rose couldn't help but let out a small laugh. "They had lots of sex, Finn. Without understanding the importance of birth control," she explained.

Conni couldn't hold back her excitement anymore and flung herself at Rey for a big hug. "We're having babies together!" she squealed.

Leia raised an eyebrow to Poe, and he just nodded in reply.

"They're going to be best friends!" Conni bubbly continued, not even realizing that she outed herself and Poe to Leia.

"Ok, ok..." Poe interrupted his lover. "Let's give Rey some space." He took Conni's arm and gently steered her away.

"This is going better than I thought," Ben whispered in Rey's ear.

"You're. Having his. Baby?!" Finn still couldn't comprehend the news.

"Come on, Finn. Everyone knows they're together. It's really not that shocking," Poe told him, trying to have Rey's back on this one.

"He betrayed you!" Finn fumed.

"Yes. We've dealt with that. He's adequately begged forgiveness, and I've graciously forgiven him. None of that matters anyway, I was already pregnant at the time. I just didn't know it," Rey calmly explained, gripping Ben's hand tightly in reassurance. They weren't going back down that road. They were moving forward.

"Well, I am thrilled to finally become a grandmother!" Leia interjected to ease the tension. "Maybe we can make a bet on which baby will arrive first," she added with a wink.

"It's not a race," Ben stated, not amused.

"Let's not put us against each other now that we've become friends... well, friendly...er," Poe added with a smile.

"We have a name already picked out," Ben forced himself to be a positive part of this conversation. With Rey granting her permission with a nod, he shared their child-to-be's name, "Bryn Solo."

"It sounds too much like Ben," Finn grumpily critiqued, crossing his arms. Rose kicked his calf sharply with the toe of her boot, shaking her head at him.

"Well, it's a good thing that I didn't ask for your opinion on naming my child then, isn't it?!" Rey snapped.

Finn opened his mouth to argue but wisely closed it when all six pairs of eyes were on him, with five not looking too friendly. Poe's expression was pleading for him to shut his mouth.

"I love it," Rose stated her honest opinion, taking the attention off of Finn.

"We can't agree on a name!" Conni told them with a hint of a pout, lightly punching Poe's arm.

"Yeah, because you want something like Steel for a boy and Bubbles for a girl!" Poe said, teasing Conni.

"Well, that's better than your idea of Blaster, which you probably believe it's gender neutral!" Conni played along and teased him back.

"Bryn is starting to sound a lot better," Finn admitted, eyeing his friends like they were crazy. "Please say you're joking about those terrible names."

"We are," Poe confirmed. "Just barely. Conni really did suggest Bubbles."

"I was half asleep! It wasn't a serious choice!" Conni defended herself.

"Bubbles is better than Blaster," Ben admitted, again trying to join in with Rey's friends. "Maybe Saber would be a better option," he suggested with a smirk to Poe.

Poe shrugged, "Actually, that does sound pretty cool."

"No!" Conni groaned.

"Anyway," Rey began to get everyone back on track for the next bit of information to share. "Something...bad?..." she looked questioningly to Ben "...has happened..."

Ben took over from there, "I, it seems, am quite possibly no longer the Supreme Leader. Hux, and a few others, have attacked my officers and Knights, killing officers that didn't switch to Hux's side. One of my Knights is dead, another was captured. Hux is now in control. Or, at least, he thinks he is."

"Amir, the Knight who was captured, is believed to still be alive. The rest of the Knights are here. In the Old Town." Rey added information that she felt was important for her friends to know. She didn't want anyone to be surprised when Sven and Pogba came back with more Knights of Ren!

"Luca," Ben paused here to keep his emotions in check, "was murdered by Hux, and I'm going to bring him down. I'm bringing all of them down."

"So, to recap, the Resistance now has four Knights of Ren and one ex-Supreme Leader to join in the fight against the First Order," Rey said with a smug smile.

"No," Leia spoke up.

"No?!" Rey repeated incredulously.

"I've let you stray from your path once before due to the actions of others," Leia addressed Ben, "and I'm not going to make that mistake again. The Resistance and its allies will stand with the rightful Supreme Leader. We will broadcast on the holonet displaying our unity and the bright future that we see for the galaxy."

It was agreed with minimal reluctance - after discussing the lesser of two evils, though Rey claimed just one evil was in the equation - that this was the best course of action. Leia was going to work with Ben on a speech, and then they'd get to showing the galaxy their unity and ensure that Hux would have no allies!


Adding the new Knights into the mix wasn't as challenging as everyone thought it was going to be. Of course, having Sven, Pogba, and Kylo to assist the new Knights in the adjustment made it easier for them. For the Resistance, the newcomers didn't bother them one bit. Everyone figured that if they were able to accept Kylo Ren, his Knights were no problem. They knew that he would keep them in line if needed. It also helped that they were easy on the eyes...

The biggest adjustment for Bryce and Thad was that everyone called Kylo 'Ben.' However, the biggest adjustment for all of the Knights was learning that Kylo was going to be a father. He had knocked up the last Jedi! Although they had all known that he had strong feelings for Rey - heck, they had all known his feelings for her before he could admit them to himself- they did not see him making such a risky mistake.

Because the pregnancy was a mistake. That's not to say that everyone wasn't happy about it... Ok, Finn was not happy about it... But, everyone also realized the danger this placed them in. Leia insisted that both Rey and Conni relocate to town, but neither soon-to-be mother, or father for that matter, were open to this suggestion. Leia tried to make it an order. Ben overruled her with a smirk. "You gave me the power," he had told her. She had replied with a stern look, but she didn't regret having her son in charge.

Rose found hanging around Rey and Conni even more entertaining than it previously had been. They both had seemed to lose a bit of their mental filter!

"I just always want cock! I'm so horny. All the time!" Conni announced, taking her seat at dinner.

Both Rose and Rey spit their water out with a laugh. Rose was sat in the middle of the hormonal ladies and geared up for some exciting conversation.

"I think Poe's dick is sore at this point... I just can't keep myself from pouncing on him!"

Rey laughed harder. "I bet Ben wishes his dick was sore!"

"Are you not super horny?!" Conni asked, shocked that any pregnant person wouldn't be horny.

"Oh, no. I am! I mean, you've seen him, right? He's walking sex. I want to climb him every second of every day. But...and I know this is petty, and I said that I've forgiven him, and I know we should be moving past his..." Rey paused her ramblings to think of the best word.

"Whoring," Conni helpfully offered. "He's a ho. Or a slut."

"He's not a slut! I'm the only person he's had sex with!" she defended her man.

"Cheating, then. He's a cheater," Conni amended.

"Whatever," Rey huffed. "Anyway, I withhold sex. I'm not even angry at him anymore, and I'm barely disgusted at the thought that some other woman sucked his dick. Good thing he got it then, I guess, because I'm never doing that!"

"Never say never, sweetie," Conni smirked.

"Please focus," Rose begged, tiring of the sporadic storytelling.

"Right. So, I deny him sex. Though, I super, really, desperately want to fuck him until he can't breathe!"

"Rey!" Rose exclaimed.

"Go do it then!" Conni encouraged her. "Or! If you want to keep up his punishment, just make him pleasure you without giving anything in return," she smiled wickedly.

"I can't do that!"

"You can," Conni countered.

"I really can't. I'm not seductive."

"He loves you, but more importantly he lusts for you. You don't have to seduce him, you're way past that!"

"Yeah, he put a baby in you," Rose pointed out.

"Exactly! All you have to do is tell him you're horny and he better take care of it. He'll probably be so shocked, and deprived, that he'll scramble over himself to do anything you ask!"

"I can't," Rey repeated. "I'm just not... sexy."

"What about sex?" Poe plunked down across from Conni, inserting himself into their conversation.

"What need to stop having these conversations in public," Rose muttered.

"Rey doesn't think she's sexy," Conni explained, avoiding everything else that had been said.

Poe barked out a laugh. "You're not!" He confirmed Rey's belief. He then let out a yelp, obviously from Conni kicking him under the table. "What?!" He turned his attention to Conni. "She's like my kid sister. There is nothing sexy about Rey. Now, that's my opinion. Obviously, Ben finds otherwise."

"Just agree that she can be sexy. That's she's sexy just because someone else thinks she is," Conni demanded.

Poe sighed, picking up his fork to stab his food. "Alright," he gave in, and in a completely toneless manner told Rey, "you are sexy. So so very sexy."

Rey didn't reply, though she was blushing furiously and her gaze was far above Poe's head.

"Ben's behind me, isn't he?" Poe kept with his toneless manner of speaking.

"Yep," Rose confirmed. "Plus the entourage."

"Conni made me say it," he began quickly explaining as he turned to look up at Ben. "She's definitely not sexy. At all. I mean, to me. Obviously, to you she probably is."

Poe was let off the hook by Rey making her escape. She didn't know Bryce and Thad very well and was thoroughly embarrassed by the whole situation. Ben quickly followed her, leaving Sven to take the lead of integrating Bryce and Thad into the group of friends. Which, to be honest, they liked Sven better than Ben anyway, so this ended up working out to Bryce and Thad's advantage.

"Rey! Wait!" Ben called to her as he hurried to catch up. She was heading back to their room- having given up her room to Thad, while Conni gave hers to Bryce. He was easily able to match her pace to walk next to her.

Rey glanced up at him but didn't slow down, nor did she begin explaining why she left. She wasn't comfortable talking about sex. She loved hearing the stories of others, but dreaded any attention being put on her! Rey didn't even want to talk to Ben about her desires. She would rather just show him.

"What's the matter?" he finally broke the silence once on their room. "I'm not mad. I wasn't going to do anything to Poe. I know what I heard was out of context."

"I- I..." she paused to think of the best way to proceed. With their history, honesty was the best option. Though, again, she wasn't confident in talking about her feelings regarding sex. So, she did what she had done their first time in the forest. Rey pushed Ben down onto their bed and attacked his mouth with hers while her hands pulled at his clothes, trying her best to remove them.

For his part, Ben let himself be attacked. He was beyond happy that Rey was initiating some intimacy. He assisted Rey in removing his clothes before he set to work on hers. With their combined effort, they were naked in no time!

Ben continued to let her take the lead. Rey's mouth found his as she ground herself against his length. She relished teasing him while pleasing herself. She was chasing that high that came with an impending orgasm by just using his body to stimulate hers.

"Please," Ben begged against her lips with a whisper.

Rey pulled her mouth away from his and grinned down at him writhing in desperation to be inside her. "Do you think you've earned it?"

"Yes," he said before she even finished her sentence. "Yes yes yes." At this point, he was finished with letting her think she was in complete control. He was stronger! Ben used that strength to flip them over so that he was on top. "I've more than earned it. I've been so very good," he murmured against her lips before sealing the comment with a kiss.

Rey happily wrapped her legs around him, heels digging into his ass, as he slowly plunged into her. Their pace began slow with sweet kisses and whispered endearments, but as Ben picked up the pace words fell away and moans grew louder. As they both orgasmed together, for the first time, Rey wrapped her arms around his upper back and buried her face in his neck. Ben fisted the sheets on either side of Rey and strained to hold himself up so he wouldn't crush her.

He managed to find the strength to roll to one side but swiftly pulled her against him into an embrace. He held her tightly, possessively, as if he would never let go.

"You're making breathing hard. Loosen up a bit?" she asked with a content smile.

"Sorry," and he did. However, loosening his grip on his love gave him other ideas. He had missed being with her, this close to her, for so long that he wanted to keep giving her all his love...in physical form.

Ben began with kissing her mouth again, sucking on her lower lip, sliding his tongue there. His mouth found her earlobe next then made its way to her neck. Soon he was kissing, nipping, licking her breasts and nipples, causing her to start moaning all over again. He took his kisses lower, but before he could reach his destination Rey grabbed him by the hair quite painfully to stop him.

"What are you doing?!" she asked with a hint of panic.

"I'm going to continue your pleasure," he explained with a smirk. "Now, could you please let up on the hair. I don't mind a bit of pain with my pleasure, but that really hurts!"

She did as he asked but grabbed his shoulder as if to prevent him from paying his attention any lower. "But you- we- putting your mouth there would be gross!"

Ben shrugged as best as he could. "I'm curious. I want to know what we taste like," he informed her. Rey's expression went from panic to disgust. "Don't worry, little scavenger, it's my tongue, and I think you'll enjoy this. I have been promising this to you for some time now... Just lie back and enjoy."

Rey stared at him a bit longer before finally giving in with a nod. How she saw it, if he wanted to be gross, that would be find with her! But, she was definitely going to make him finish what he started.


Next up, Ben's speech to the galaxy!

Ona is basically a commoner Star Wars version of Olenna Tyrell from Game of Thrones. Because, why not?! Gotta love those feisty matriarchs! :-)

Just got back from Disney. What a great experience! My son wore his Kylo costume the day we went to Hollywood Studios to visit all the Star Wars attractions. Because of this, the Stormtroopers were overly nice to him and addressed him as Supreme Leader. BB-8 and Chewie were reluctant to "meet" him, but since I was dressed Leia-ish they kept asking me to help bring him back to the light. I said I would try. Kylo, however, asked my son to join him. My son was a bit intimidated and made sure to keep me between Kylo and himself. At this, Kylo told him to not be afraid and to come back to learn the ways of the force. My son just said "ok" and headed for the exit.

After that we watched one of their shows that had lots of different characters in it- Darth Maul, Vader, Kylo, Chewie, Rey, etc. Afterwards we watched their little march back to the main building. Two Stormtroopers thanked my son as they walked by, Kylo stared him down in recognition, and Rey and Chewie gave him the stink-eye, well, as much as a Wookie can give stink-eye! But he was so excited to see them and enthusiastically waved at them that Rey couldn't help but to smile a bit a wave back.

He couldn't partake in the Jedi training due to being just under four-years-old, but the Jedi Masters said that they probably wouldn't have taken him on anyway because he looked like he may easily switch to the Darkside. So instead we watched and my son was sad to see Darth Vader and Kylo get defeated into a cave. So we had to go back to the stage show so that I could show him that they were ok.

Can't wait to go back and see everything once Galaxy's Edge is completed!

Ok. Now let's talk about how sweet that final picture of the trio is! I'm loving Rey's new hairstyle. Oscar looked like he was going to cry, and that was the cutest thing I've ever seen! I'm gonna miss those kids come December!