Chapter 12

Once Ben and Rey were back in their quarters, they began getting ready for the festivities that lay ahead of them. It was going to be a night of celebration and togetherness, something that Ben and Rey knew little of but were thrilled to be apart of together. They each got dressed in some special clothing that was brought to them by a Resistance member (straight from Lando Calrissian himself). Ben dressed in a black suit that he found was just as comfortable as his sweater he had been wearing since leaving his Star Destroyer. He sat down on the bed as he waited for Rey and looked up just as she came out from behind the partition she was changing behind. Ben was completely floored by how amazing Rey looked. She was wearing a blue halter dress that ran all the way to the floor. He stood up quickly and met her halfway as she had been walking over to him.
"Rey, you look…incredible," he breathed as his eyes raked up and down her body. Rey blushed and looked down at the dress she wore. She was used to wearing durable clothes that were suitable for any get-up-and-go situation and wasn't accustomed to wearing something this nice. Her eyes looked back up into Ben's big brown eyes and swooned with how he was looking at her. No one had ever looked at her like this and she let the warmth from his gaze fill her up to the brim. Rey suddenly realized that she was still holding the halter ties and giggled slightly.
"Would you mind helping me with tying these together?" she asked shyly. Ben nodded and watched as she turned away from him and faced away from him, taking the halter ties into his own hands. He couldn't help but let his eyes wander over the low cut of the dress that showed him Rey's back as he carefully tied the halter ties together. Once they were tied, he let his hands gently, slowly run down from her shoulders to her arms, letting his fingertips trace her as he went. He heard Rey sigh at his touch and he stepped closer so her bare back connected with his chest as his hands intertwined with hers.
"I've never seen anything more wonderful in my whole life," he breathed against her ear, sending shivers of delight down her spine. Rey turned slowly to face him and brought her lips to his for the briefest of moments before brandishing her smile that she found she was wearing more and more because of him. She placed her hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes that always comforted her.
"You don't look to bad yourself," Rey replied with a grin. Ben smiled back and lifted her up into the air, spinning her around as her laughter filled the space around them. He set her down gently and kissed her lips so softly that Rey swore she was going to melt right into the floor. She took Ben by the hand and together they made their way down to the celebration.