*Author's Note*

Wow, thank you all for reading this! You are what inspires me to keep writing. This one's a good one:)

Chapter 7

Kylo walked into Rey's room the next morning expecting her to be ready for her training. He thought she would be waiting for him at the doors, since she would get to go outside today. But she wasn't. She was still laying in bed, asleep. Kylo took his helmet off and approached her quietly. She was laying on her side, using her one arm as a pillow. He lightly grabbed her other arm and held her hand in his gloved one. He could get used to watching her sleep. She looked so calm and so beautiful with her hair strewn all over the pillow. He thought about their time-stopping kiss that they shared the night before. When their lips touched, it was like an explosion. He watched her lips now, wanting to kiss her awake, but decided not to. Today, they needed to focus on her training. They couldn't get distracted.

He slowly put a hand on her side and gently shook her. Her eyes fluttered open, instantly finding his. She smiled sleepily and turned over on her back, yawning and stretching. She sat up then and looked at him. "What time is it?" She groggily said. He was blocking her so she couldn't get off the bed unless she maneuvered around him, and she didn't want to. She pulled the blanket up around her a little more, for it was very cold in her room. "It's about 9:15. You should probably get ready. I'll wait over there," he said, pointing to her desk and chair, standing up. He held out a hand, helping Rey off the bed. She went over to the cabinet and pulled out tight grey pants and a black tank top. She then glanced over at him, saw him watching her, and walked into the bathroom.

Kylo sat at Rey's desk tapping his fingers on the surface. She sure was taking a while. How long does it take to put some clothes on? He heard the door open and his head snapped up. Oh, that's why it took her so long. Instead of having her hair in her three-bun hairstyle, it was pulled back into a beautiful braid that started at the top of her head. It made her look a couple years older and more mature. He loved it. He was knocked out of his trance when she spoke, "Okay, I'm ready." He nodded his head while getting up out of the chair and putting his helmet on. Turning to her, he grabbed her hand and led her through the doors, into the hallways, and outside. He stopped walking, noticing that they were standing in the same spot that they stood the night before. Right where they kissed. Rey watched him closely, wondering what he was thinking about. Before she got a chance to say something, he continued walking. They walked farther and farther into the forest until they were looking out at a little lake that had a small waterfall coming from a large cliff. Rey's mouth dropped. She couldn't believe that she was surrounded by a green forest and was looking at a waterfall. All she wanted to do was to go in the water, but she needed to focus on training.

Kylo had his back propped up against a tree as he sat on the ground watching Rey. Currently, she was trying to lift a large limb that had fallen from a tree during a storm. Her face was focused as she stared intensely at the branch. It usually took her a while to lift heavy objects, and she had been trying to lift it for a while now. Kylo could feel her frustration, and he knew she was about to give up. Suddenly, the limb levitated off of the ground, about a foot high.

"Good. Now move it towards the lake."

Rey started to turn her body, following the path that the limb was making. She was doing well. Quite well. Kylo was very proud of her. When she had moved the branch to the lake, she sat it down and turned to him with a victory grin on her face. "I did it master! I moved it!" She exclaimed. He stood up and walked towards her while laughing. "That was very good. We just have to work on you doing it a bit faster now," Kylo said with a wink.

Usually, Rey and Kylo had a system for training. They started off with cardio, then she would work with the punching bags, use the Force to lift things, and then meditate, ending the day with dueling. So, Rey sat down on the soft grass and prepared to meditate. Kylo knelt beside her. "We won't be meditating today," he told her, while reaching into his robes and pulling out a light saber. "I thought we could actually practice with real light sabers today. I used this one during my training," Kylo said, offering her a hand to pull her up. She grabbed it and heaved herself off the ground, taking the light saber as well.

When she ignited it, her face was illuminated by blue light. "Eager are we?" Kylo asked her, igniting his as well and waving it around. Rey said nothing, and lunged for him.

The buzz that sounded when Kylo blocked her attack encouraged Rey to keep going. While the light saber was lighter than her practice saber, she loved it. She aimed for Kylo's arms and legs, with him blocking each attack. He went on the offense then, twirling around and aiming for her face. The clash of the two light sabers were loud. They were locked together, with Kylo pushing harder and harder, pushing Rey against a tree. She clenched her teeth together and tried to fight back, but it was useless. He was strong. The conjoined blue and red light was shining on both of their faces, reflecting in their eyes. It was like a mix of good and evil.

"You can forfeit anytime, you know," said a cocky Kylo.

"Yeah, not a chance," Rey said. She gathered up all of her energy and pushed hard against him, making him stumble back a couple of feet. She took this opportunity and moved away from the tree, running towards the lake, with him following closely behind her. On occasion, she would turn around and strike at him, but he blocked her attacks easily since he could clearly see them coming. When she reached the lake, she ran around to the cliff that the waterfall was coming from and climbed. Kylo struck at her and just barely missed her foot, hitting the rocks instead, making a spark. Rey kept climbing up the rocks, only slipping once and banging her knee hard. Kylo saw her little slip while he was climbing after her.

"You alright?" He shouted.

Blood was trickling from her leg, leaving behind tracks as she climbed. "Uh, yeah it's just a scratch," she lied. Kylo could feel her pain and hit the button to diminish his light saber. Rey looked down and saw him, so she did the same. "Stop climbing," he commanded. When she did, he easily caught up to her. He looked up and noticed that they had almost reached the top.

"Get on my back"

"What?"

"Get on my back"

Rey swallowed. "Yes master," she said as he knelt down and she placed her hands on his shoulders. She pulled her bad leg up and he grabbed onto it, and then she hoisted her good leg up, wrapping both of them around his waist as best as she could. Her arms snaked around his neck and she laid her head against his right shoulder. She didn't even want to look down, afraid that if she shifted her weight backwards, they would fall right off.

He finally reached the top and placed her down gently onto a rock so that she was sitting. Turning around, he took off his gloves and knelt. Her knee was still bleeding and her wound was dirty, filled with small pebbles.

"We need to clean this before it gets infected," he said, walking over to the small stream that flowed into the waterfall. He tore off a piece of his robe and dipped it into the water, wringing it out and carrying it back over to her. He knelt down and dabbed her wound with the cloth. It stung which made her cringe, and he brought his other hand up to grab hers. He soothingly stroked the top of her hand with his thumb. When he was finished, he tore off another piece from his robe and wrapped her knee, tying it in the back.

"Stand up and dry to walk on it. We need to get back down this cliff." He told her, helping her stand and putting his arm around her waist. Her knee was stiff, but she easily walked on it, not needing his help.

"I can walk on my own," she said with a smile. He looked down on her and said nothing as he guided her to the edge of the cliff. He scooped her up and held her bridal style.

"What are you-"

Kylo Force-jumped off the cliff and landed perfectly on the grass at the bottom. Rey let go of her death grip that she had on Kylo's neck and relaxed as he placed her on her feet. She didn't get a chance to ask anything before he answered her, "I will teach you it eventually, but we should probably get back. It will be dark soon."

Rey nodded her head but didn't move. She looked out at the lake and then back at him. Since Kylo could hear her thoughts, he sighed. "I'll give you ten minutes." Rey practically jumped with joy and ran to the water. It was cold but she didn't care. She walked out until she got to the place where the water reached her waist. She stopped, since she didn't know how to swim. Kylo saw her hesitating and spoke, "You seriously can't swim?"

"Well I wasn't exactly surrounded by water on Jakku," answered Rey, turning back around. Kylo sighed once again, but took off his boots, robe, and shirt, which left him in only his pants. Rey turned around and saw Kylo up to his knees in the water, without a shirt. She got distracted looking at not only his muscles, but his scars as well. Some looked to be old, but some looked like he had just gotten them a week ago. There were so many.

"Like what you see?" Kylo said, raising his eyebrows.

Rey's cheeks blushed and she looked down. He walked up to her and grabbed her hand, guiding her farther into the water. When Rey was up to her shoulders, she stopped, making Kylo look at her. "I can't do it," she spoke. Kylo took her hand and guided it so that she had it wrapped around his neck, and he did the same with the other hand. Instantly, she wrapped her legs around his waist as he swam out into the middle of the lake.

"Let go."

"No"

"Rey, let go."

"I can't"

"Just with your legs."

"Are you going to let me go?"

Never. "No, I'll hold on," he said as he wrapped his arms around her waist. She undid her legs and let them float in the water, kicking a bit to keep her above the water. They stayed in that position for a while until Rey let go of him and whispered, "You can let go now." He didn't want to, but he did it anyway. She couldn't believe it. She was swimming. It felt like she was flying. "I'm doing it, I'm swimming!" Beamed Rey. Kylo laughed and took a deep breath before he went under the water. He was under for so long that Rey started to get worried. Then, she felt warm arms around her waist and him press against her back. She turned around in his arms and kissed him. He responded by shoving his tongue into her mouth and battling with her own. He pulled her impossibly closer and began to kiss down her jawline and onto her neck. He left a trail of hot kisses all the way back up to her lips where she was waiting patiently. Her hands got tangled in his hair as she gently pulled it, making him let out a noise that was impossible to make out. He pulled away with one last kiss and smiled at her. "It's been a little more than ten minutes," he joked. She laughed and let him pull her to shore.

Once there, they both laid on the grass until they were mostly dry. With Rey's head resting on his arm, they watched the beautiful sunset. "Well it's too dark to go back now. We'll have to stay here for the night. I'll go get some wood," Kylo said as he put his shirt on and walked into the forest. She redid the cloth around her knee. Rey didn't know when he would come back, so she spent the rest of her time meditating.

When she was finished, Kylo still hadn't returned. She was worried, and decided she'd go out to look for him. She thought about all the scary creatures that she could encounter, but pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind. As she made her way through the dark forest, she was well aware of all the eerie sounds that she was hearing. Some were close, but some were far away. There was one sound, though, that chilled her to the bone. It was yelling, but more specifically, a man's yelling. Her body shuddered as she took off running towards the noise. Her knee hurt, but she didn't care. She knew it was Kylo, and she had to get to him.

She could make out Kylo's figure, illuminated by his red light saber. Also, she saw a large green creature laying on the ground. To say the least, it was ugly. It had two legs and a fat body, with a pointy back and an evil looking face that came to a point. It had really sharp teeth that scared her. It was dead.

"Kylo!" Rey yelled, continuing to run to him. She didn't stop until she was in his arms and kissing him. It was intense and passionate, but didn't last long, since Rey was worried he was hurt.

"You never came back. I thought... well I thought that... are you okay?" Rey rambled.

"Oh Rey" Kylo said, pulling her into his arms and holding her there. "I'm sorry. I was chased by it and, well I'm sorry I didn't come back," he said, pulling back and kissing her on the forehead. "We should go back," he said, pulling away but leaving one arm around her as they walked in the direction of the lake.

Kylo and Rey returned to the lake about an hour later. Along the way, they had gathered wood for the fire, in which Kylo ignited with his light saber. They sat there for a while, talking about whatever came to mind, until Rey noticed how tired she was. She yawned, and Kylo spread out his robe on the ground. He came back over to Rey and picked her up, placing her on the robe. "Go to sleep. I'll keep watch," said Kylo while he placed a kiss on her forehead. He walked back to the fire and sat down, leaning back against a tree.

A couple minutes passed, when he heard Rey. "Come here," Rey whispered. He turned to look at her and saw her watching him. He stood up and knelt down next to her, crawling to lay beside her. She turned to him and laid her head on his chest, while he wrapped an arm around her waist. They both fell asleep listening to the other's heartbeat.

*Author's Note*

Yay for Reylo! And those of you who don't know, the "nuna" looks like a frog, but since Rey doesn't know what that is, I had to describe it. Please leave a review! Next chapter will hopefully be up by tomorrow!