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Rey sat next Ben as the ship landed. The Resistance was here to pick up new equipment from Lando. As the ship landed everyone who came was getting ready. Ben looked to Rey and she looked to him. Never trust Lando was something he was told once in a while. Lando could easily hand them to the First Order and it was all over for just a little extra money. So Ben and Rey while the new equipment was being transported they will be listening and watching. They both got up with their lightsabers latched to their belts as they went to get off the ship first.

Ben was wearing something different. He was in a little more traditional Jedi robes, they were black but it was still something Jedi might wear. Rey wore hers in a blue and grey as she walked with Ben and they saw Lando before them. Lando then saw the lightsabers at their waist and smiled a little. Ben found a Jedi.

"It's all here." Lando announced as Rey started to inspect it while Ben had the money. It was all new tech and spar parts to start patching up the old speeders, X-Wings, cruisers, really any ship.

"You keep getting paid and we'll increase when we start getting ships." Ben informed the smuggler and Lando smiled taking the money looking to Ben. Ben then looked to Rey and she nodded meaning it looked like Lando held his end of the bargain. Then more people came from the ship to start packing. Ben and Lando went to shake hands but Lando pulled him in closer.

"Solo," Lando's voice was nearly a whisper. "There's rumors of a Knight of Ren out in the galaxy and I heard the price for a bounty for you." Ben was listening. "This is an ok planet to make our exchanges but the Order is out looking for you." Ben heeded his warning. "I never saw you." Meaning this will be their last contact. He won't be here to meet Ben again and they may have to have other locations to meet. The two let go of the handshake as Lando went to leave as Ben continued to stand there.

Rey joined up with Ben as she watched Lando leave too. Ben knew this was going to be the last time they see one another. Ben turned away as the ship was being packed and it would be time to leave soon.

Back the base Rey was sitting in the communication room setting up the systems. She was in the panels working while Finn was helping her. As she laid on the ground rewiring the system Finn was helping her in holding wires, passing tools and so on.

"How's your training going?" Finn asked and Rey looked to him.

"Well, I think." Rey answered as she pulled herself out from one panel then went to the text. "I mean, I never trained before so I think it's going well." Rey crawled into another panel to start the whole process over. Finn then laid down next to her as she started to work while he held some light.

"So, what's next for the Jedi?" Finn asked and Rey shrugged.

"I don't know. I feel like we need more people in the Resistance first. But I think there's still Jedi out there." Rey was honest as she started to put more wires together.

"How's Ben? As a teacher?" Finn asked and Rey looked to him.

"I think this is his first time actually teaching and uh never I had anyone teach me anything." Rey answered meaning they were both learning together.

Ben was in his quarters translating the Jedi text by hand. When he first starts it's ok but after a while it gets frustrating. He was getting on the frustrated end of it now as he gathered the parchment and cleaned up his area and closed the books. He got up to find Rey knowing she was helping in installing the new tech. He should probably help because they only had so many hours of daylight. The power in the base was turned off to install everything. The longer it takes the longer without power.

Ben walked through the hanger seeing it was empty. Everyone was in the communications room. The room was full of people rewiring and replacing equipment. Ben looked around to see what he could help with and found Rey directing the people in what to do. Ben looked around seeing everyone busy and headed over to Rey. Ben got next to her as the communication room was almost complete.

Rey then headed to the actual power hub as Ben followed her. The halls were lit with makeshift lights to guide them. Once they reached the room Rey sat down as Ben looked around.

"Ok, so in theory everything should just reboot and convert over." Rey explained to Ben.

"In theory." Ben added and Rey nodded.

"In theory." Rey repeated and Ben went to prime the pump and then flipped the switch. The screen turned on and Ben waited. Now that Rey can read even better she was typing even faster reading the coding. She let out a sigh indicating it was ready. Rey typed in a code and there was a humming sound and then all the lights switched on. Rey and Ben then left the power hub and back to the main communications room and people were cheering. Others were on the new tech working it.

"It's working wonderfully." Connix informed everyone with a smile.

"We're back!" Poe yelled in excitement and BB-8 seemed to be excited too. This was a hug step for the Resistance. They literally were coming back from the ashes. Leia smiled looking around seeing the happiness and triumphed for the moment. She then caught site of her son on the other side. He had a hand in this that was for sure.

That night instead of going about the normal business the Resistance does everyone was outside with fires, some makeshift music and laughter. They were celebrating. This was a moment to take even though in the grand scheme of things it was a small victory; it was a victory nonetheless.

Rey was sitting with Finn watching the festivities before them. They were laughing and just carrying on. It was a cold night but the little fires they had were keeping everyone warm. As Rey and Finn talked Ben hung out further in the shadows. But he wasn't alone as Leia came to him and stood next to him.

"Enjoying yourself?" She asked and Ben didn't answer. "Slow down then." She was being very sarcastic and Ben just shook his head slightly. "You helped in this, you deserve a drink to." Leia offered and then left her son's side to mingle. Ben continued to stand there watching.

Finn had gotten up as Rose offered to dance with him and he was going to be polite and joined her. Rey continued to sit on the ground with the black scarf around her. It was Ben's and she just happened to keep it after landing here. He never seemed to ask for it so she has it. As she adjusted the large cape/scarf thing around her she caught site of her Master. He was in between the light of the fires and the dark of the night. Rey stood up and headed over to him. He saw Rey coming to him as she stood next to him.

"Are you ok?" She asked and he nodded. He prefers to be alone and Rey was the only one he would really share space with. Rey looked out to celebration with a slight smile on her face. "Thank you, thank you for helping." Ben nodded a little but he didn't do much. If he had his way he would stay in the shadows. As they stood there together Poe came up holding two drinks for them and smiled. Rey took the glass as did Ben. BB-8 beeped something and rolled away with Poe.

"He's always seems like a happy droid." Ben commented and Rey nodded as she sipped the hot drink. It was sweet yet refreshing. She then looked up to the night sky and it was so clear she could see all the stars. She then looked to the Resistance and saw Finn and Rose together trying to dance.

"That's dancing?" Rey asked and Ben scoffed a little.

"No," He answered and Rey smiled.

"And what was that Adumar?" Rey asked and Ben looked to her.

"That wasn't dancing either." He added she nodded.

"So, can…you dance?" She asked and Ben didn't answer but looked to her. "I can't." She confessed as Ben looked to her. He took a sip of his hot drink and set it down. He then took Rey's cup and set it down.

"You want a dance lesson?" He asked and Rey looked around and shrugged. "Ok, well first," Ben bowed just slightly. "May I have a dance?" He asked and she smiled as he held out his hand and she took it. He then led her slightly to the others and she stood before him.

"Is this in the ancient Jedi text?" She asked and managed to get small chuckle out of him.

"Probably not." He answered. "Ok, first you place your hand here," He took her hand and put it on his shoulder. "I'm going to put my arm here," He then wrapped his arm around her tiny waist and slightly pulled her closer. "Then these hands are here." He took her free hand into his. "And then…you follow my lead." Ben started to move and Rey followed as she looked at him. "And this is…this is dancing." Rey's smile grew more knowing this wasn't dancing well not all of it but it's what Ben knew at least. She was actually comfortable doing this. They were just swaying with one another.

"So, I was thinking," Rey started. Ben found she talks a lot but it didn't seem to bother him. "With us back and up running you and I can maybe start some kind of missions." She suggested.

"Recon?" He asked and she nodded.

"I kind of want to get out into the galaxy again." She was honest.

"And what would we recon on?" Ben asked and Rey shrugged.

"Find new members? Figure out what the Order is up to." Rey listed some ideas and Ben seemed interested and then looked around. While that seemed like a good idea and something that needed to be done he looked back to Rey as she looked at him. He could see the hooded cape around her shoulders and she looked small in it.

"Later," He was quiet and Rey looked to him. He didn't want to talk missions or war. He wanted to sink into the calm moment. Rey continued to look into his eyes seeing the pain just below the surface.

"Ben," She whispered as the danced slower and he looked to her. She didn't know what to say though. He then let go of her hand and reached out to pull the cape a little higher over her shoulders to keep her warm. And without realizing Ben pulled her closer and she accepted. Their hands joined up again and the hand on his shoulder reached around a little more to rest on the back of his neck. Ben brought their hands closer and the warmth of their bodies could be felt in the closeness. Just then Rey looked up with a smile. Ben looked up too. "Is it, is it snow?" Rey asked sounding excited.

"Flurry." Ben answered and then looked to Rey as she continued to look up. "It won't touch the ground though." Small little snowflakes fell and she looked so happy to see it. She's seen snow on Starkiller Base but to grow up in a hot desert seeing snow was delightful. Rey was still smiling and she looked back to Ben. Some of the flakes landed into Ben's black hair. Rey then reached out and swept away a few flakes and then gently fixed his hair. Ben never took his eyes off her and she looked back to him. They didn't need words. Rey placed her hand back on Ben's shoulder and they continued to dance. He took her other hand closer to his chest and they continued to dance.

Finn saw the two dancing in the night. Poe walked over to his friend seeing what he was seeing. He could see it in Finn's eyes too.

"She's was my first real friend in all this." Finn explained to Poe and he nodded. "I wanted to tell her after we left Crait what I feel. And every time I try…" Finn trailed off and Poe understood.

"You should tell her how you really feel Finn no matter what." Poe began as Finn watched just how close Rey and Ben were. "I mean, it doesn't matter if they're a couple or not but if you don't let her know then you'll only hurt yourself." Poe looked to his friend and Finn nodded. "Although I did tell you, it wasn't Rey that I was worried about."

"I know she can handle herself. I mean first time we met she beat me with her staff." Finn added and Poe chuckled. "Now she's a Jedi. She will be protecting me the whole time."

"She's going to be protecting all of us." Poe added and Finn shrugged seeing it. "Just let her know." Finn nodded and left probably to eat. As Poe stood there he can see that Finn might be a little late but he also saw something in Ben. As he watched the two in the glow of the fire he can see that Ben, Kylo Ren cared for someone. Poe has come to know Rey and she was a remarkable person, strong and smart. And while he felt bad for Finn for maybe not letting know Rey how he felt and that Ben may have moved in, it didn't look bad from here.

He was mind tortured by Kylo Ren. He was a wicked man. But Ben, he was watching him dancing and dancing very closely to someone. Poe has been around long enough to know the way Ben looked to Rey that he was not going to hurt her. Ben kept her close and safe. He even saw that moment in the ship coming from Adumar between Rey and Ben and that's when he knew that Ben, not Kylo Ren won't stop. Ben will not leave Rey and he was going to be there with and for her. Ben was never going to hurt Rey, never shout at her, never raise a hand to her or say he couldn't be with her. Poe could see it; Ben will die to protect Rey. In this insane galaxy after everything Poe has managed to see, he could see Ben as the sanest choice in all this.

She knew it was late and everyone was asleep but Rey was tinkering with the new equipment. She was on a computer running checks and making sure there wasn't anything in it they didn't want. She pulled the black scarf/cape around her while yawning knowing she should go to sleep.

"I did a system wide check and didn't find anything." Connix came in and Rey looked to her and nodded. Connix then sat next to Rey knowing a double check wasn't going to hurt though. Connix then handed Rey a cup of some hot drink and Rey gladly took it. The two women were making sure the system was going to work for them in the best possible way. "We're going to need more tech people though."

"Yeah, I know. Teaching a fly boy and an ex Storm Trooper isn't easy." Rey added and Connix smiled nodding. "I was asking…well I mentioned to Ben about recon, recruiting." Connix nodded and that was the next phase along with getting bigger ships. "I think we're ok." Rey finished a second system wide check and found nothing out of order. She could go to sleep now but part of her wanted to stay awake.

Rey felt a pounding in her ear as she rolled over. She started to stir awake but it wasn't a pounding going on it was something else. The alert system was going off. Rey flew out of bed and started to run down the hall. She made it to the hanger as the sirens continued to go off. She was looking for Leia or Ben. The fighters were bringing in everything and she ran to the doors to the hanger.

"Get everything in side, close the doors and start shutting down everything!" Rey yelled the commands and a man nodded getting people to work faster.

"You heard the Jedi let's go!" The man yelled.

"Rey!" Leia called and Rey turned around seeing the General and ran to her. "I need you in the communication room, they have this." Rey nodded.

"Ben?" Rey asked.

"He's getting everything inside as well." Leia assured her son was ok. Rey then headed to the communications room and found Connix at the main computer.

"A Star Destroyer is about to come out of hyperspace." Connix informed Rey as the she took a seat next to her. Rey typed in some things and looked up to the screen. The sirens were still sounding indicating something was coming. Rey continued to type and she looked over seeing Finn coming to her.

"It's the Order isn't it?" Finn asked and Rey didn't have to confirm it as she reached for a COMM.

"Resistance," Rey got on the COMM and it can be heard through out the base. "Make sure both the main hanger doors are shut and the south hanger. The base is going to go dark so grab closed COMMs if you can." Rey finished and continued to type and monitor the screen. She then saw Poe rushing in.

"All ships are locked in the hanger bay, doors are closed. South side too." Poe informed meaning Rey can start the shut down sequence. Leia joined up with Poe as the final stages were being set. Rey was trying to meditate and calm herself within the Force as she continued to type and looked at the screen. Leia then grabbed the COMM knowing that fighters were everywhere and once the place goes dark everyone will need to stay put.

"This is General Leia," She announced. "Attention, all crew, come straight to the main communications room. Grab a blaster as well. This is not a drill." Leia needed to make sure everyone was clear. As she handed the COMM back to Rey, Rey then saw Ben running into the room looking for her.

"The Falcon is at the south exit just in case we need to leave." Ben informed the General and Leia nodded. He then stood next to Rey seeing her hard at work. Ben then looked to the screen. "How much time?"

"That thing is barreling through space, another minute." Connix answered. Rey finished the shutdown sequence and the lights started to shut off. Everything but the backup systems went down and the backup was only to keep the main communications room operational. The lights in the room dimmed just enough to see what was in front of them. The sirens stopped and the a little red dot flashed on the screen. The Star Destroyer was here.

"Door guns are armed." Rey added after pressing a button. Leia looked confused not remembering anything like that.

"Gift from Lando." Ben added while looking to his mother. Leia smiled a little, Lando did say he was loyal to his General and now everyone had to wait. Everyone had a blaster in hand just in case and there was a clear path to the Falcon if needed.

"It's a scout a Destroyer." Ben whispered.

"How the hell did it find us?" Poe asked and Ben shook his head.

"It didn't, it's just looking." Ben answered while he kept his eye on the screen. They were being hunted still. Rey sat back in her chair and then felt a hand on her shoulder; she knew it was Ben. She felt Ben through the Force and he said something to her. 'Block yourself completely.' Meaning they needed to shut themselves out from the Force just to be on the safe side. He did send one last comforting wave to her and she needed it. The Destroyer was moving slowly trying to pick up any signals of the Resistance.

"Do they know about this place?" Finn asked seeing if there would be a response.

"Most likely yes." Leia was honest. "It was one of the first bases they've found."

"They're going to all the locations that they know of. Just to see." Poe stated and Leia nodded. The whole room was still. "Will they send ground troops?"

"If they feel they need to, yes." Finn answered and looked to Ben and Ben nodded once for confirmation. Rey continued to watch the dot knowing they were being scanned but Ben's hand was still on her shoulder. There was a reason why this base was build into the rock of the mountain. It would hide just about anything. Just then everyone heard Ben igniting his saber which couldn't be good. Rey swiveled the chair to him and he looked at her, his eyes said something.

"There's a Knight of Ren." Ben answered Rey's questioning look. He then looked to his mother and she too looked worried.

"Evacuation sequence?" Leia asked her son but Ben shook his head no. Igniting his saber was out of sheer instinct. The room glowed with the green of the computers and the red of Ben's saber. Ben was told that there was a Knight of Ren looking for him. Rey continued to look to Ben and wanted to reach out in the Force to him. But if there was a Knight of Ren and if she were to open up that could provoke a deeper search. Ben can see that Rey wanted to reach him and he needed it but it would have to wait for now. Rey then turned her head back to the screen seeing the little dot was moving. She could still hear the hum of the saber ready to defend and fight.

Rey pulled herself closer to the screen and started to type to continue to track and get an estimate on the Destroyer. It was moving so that was good but it was far from over. Chewie then let out a little whine and Leia looked to her long time friend knowing he was getting antsy too. They just had to wait this out.

"They're going to send out probe droids." Finn added knowing what the Order will do. That Destroyer could not search the whole planet but little droids can. The Destroyer was just doing a quick glance. Rey then looked to Connix and she started to type something and pressed a button. If any droids were deployed she can track them. Rey then turned the chair around and stood up before Ben. She couldn't reach him through the Force but she can reach him physically and she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest. The lightsaber was still ignited ready. This was the only way to comfort him and keep leveled for now.

Ben then looked up to the black ceiling. With his free arm he wrapped it around Rey holding her too for the physical comfort. He began to sync his breathing with hers.

"They're right over us." Ben announced and Rey closed her eyes. She took in a deep breath hoping if she could feel that she was relaxed then he could too. Ben stood there stiff feeling if he moved then the Knight of Ren would feel him too.

"They've deployed a probe droid." Connix announced and Leia nodded. It meant that the Destroyer couldn't locate anything from above so the droid would confirm anything further. "The Destroyer is a hyperspace sequence." Connix continued to update everyone. Rey turned around but her back was still up against Ben's chest still providing a touch. The free arm that held Rey warp around her shoulders and chest keeping her close, he still needed her. Finn saw the whole thing but realized it wasn't important at the moment. But he did feel a hand on his shoulder and looked down seeing Rose offering some measures of comfort too.

Ben continued to look up and around knowing they weren't out of danger yet. The room was holding it's breath, a very long deep breath. Then on the screen the red dot disappeared. The whole room let out a sigh of relief. Connix began to type while Rey felt Ben's tense body ease up just ever so slightly. However the lightsaber was still humming ready to attack.

"They're back in hyperspace." Connix explained but now they still had problems. They needed to find the probe droid. It was deployed near by the base knowing the where sector of the base was. They couldn't just destroy it either because that would alert the Order. They would have to do something about it though.

"Keep the power shut down," Leia started to give out the orders. "Ben, Poe," She looked to them. "Find that droid." She needed Ben on this one because he'll know what to do with it. Ben deactivated his saber and let go of Rey as she looked to him. Poe waited for Ben and the two started to leave, they made sure they had COMMs with them. Rey went to sit down back the computer. She started to look for the droid to guide the two to find it.

Ben and Poe were in the woods together silently looking. They had to somehow shut the droid down knowing it was feeding constant information to the Order. Poe then gave a whistle sound and Ben looked to him while Poe pointed in a direction. Ben started in that direction and they both peered from behind the big trees. The droid was scanning and making it's way to the base.

"We can shut it down without it loosing feed to the Order." Ben whispered and Poe nodded. "Don't fire at it, it has a self destruct." If it were to self-destruct then it would alert the Order. They had to get it to look and scan something for a few moments while Ben deactivates it enough so it continues to send a signal without giving anything away. Ben then looked up to the trees and with the Force he brought down some branches and droid went to investigate. Ben and Poe came up from behind and Poe knew how Ben was going to do this. The droid scanned the fallen branches determining if it was something important as Ben reached out and with the Force and then the droid straighten up and was stiff.

Ben and Poe brought the droid into the base as Ben managed to flip it to power save mode but it would continued to send signals to the Order. As the droid was in the main room Rey was looking at it. She opened up the panel seeing the wires and the specs of the droid. She just needed to either reroute some circuits or bypass it all together. They then could send the droid off and it wouldn't do anything.

Everyone watched as Rey worked but she looked slowly as all eyes were on all her.

"Um," She wanted to work in peace and this wasn't peaceful.

"Everyone to your stations." Leia knew what Rey needed. Everyone turned away as Rey went back to work and Connix handed her a tool.

"Ok, I've deactivated the scanning mechanism. It's just going to send constant signals to the Order but it shouldn't do anything else." Rey announced and Leia nodded as Rey began to close the panel on the droid.

"That was more than a close call." Finn announced and Leia's eyes went bag saying 'No kidding.'

"Well, maybe next time they'll come right up and knock." Poe added and Ben sat quietly.

"That won't be the last of them." Leia added as she sat down. Chewie then came over and picked up the droid to send it on it's merry way. He was barking something, he was more or less griping about what had happened and said he wanted to smash the droid to bits. The little porg behind him chirped and followed him out. "Go ahead and switch the power back on but only to the necessities." Meaning Leia wanted this place to remain on alert for the next few hours.

"The probability of the First Order returning is approximately 20 percent." C-3PO announced just so everyone knew. Leia nodded knowing they could come back but the way this base operated the emergency system without a drill and using the new system that was just installed was better than she could ever hope.

The base was rather dead as no one wanted to do anything right now. They've done enough for one day as far as they were all considered. The probe droid just hovered around blindly not doing anything. Ben was on top of the mountain looking out as the sun began it's decent and the cold air was whirling in. Rey climbed up the mountain to meet him as he stood there. He felt her already even before she was standing next to him.

"Well, all in all it wasn't a bad…day." Rey began and Ben could agree to it. The Order could have found them and that would have been the end of it. "We need new recruits." Rey added because if this were to happen again they would need to fight somehow.

"I need to leave." Ben blurted out and Rey's eyes widen and she turned to him.

"Leave?" She repeated and Ben turned to her. "Why?"

"I'm being hunted." He answered and Rey wasn't sold.

"We all are." She added and looked more angry than confused.

"There was a Knight of Ren on that Destroyer." Ben went on. "Yes, the Order is looking for the Resistance but they want me as well." Rey continued to look at him.

"Ben," She was trying to reason with him.

"Rey, as long as I am here, I'm endangering all of you." Ben kept going on but Rey didn't want to hear it. He then turned to her seeing and feeling her distress.

"You can't." She stated forcefully. "We need you here, you," She paused for a second as he looked to her. "I need you here." Now it was a cry of plea. Ben then walked closer to her and then reached out, wrapping his arms around her as he initiated the embrace. "Ben, please don't do this." He pulled her in for close embrace. She stood there in his arms.

"Keep training." Ben asked while holding her. He was trying to take in her warmth, her scent, the fibers of her being itself knowing he was going to need it. He felt her tremble against him. He then felt her arms wrap around him and felt her head nod against his shoulder. He then pulled away and looked at her. He needed leave now or he won't be able too.

Rey ran back to the south exit of the base knowing he was still here. He had told Leia he was going to leave and she fought him on it but she couldn't make him stay even with her tears. Rey ran as fast as she could and made it to the exit seeing that the ship hadn't taken off yet. Chewie was there talking to Ben probably trying to also convince him to stay. Rey stood there seeing the Wookie had failed but he placed his paw on Ben's shoulder and Ben did likewise. Chewie made his way inside and barely acknowledge Rey as he passed her.

Ben stood in the distance with the little ship he was going to take. Rey walked up to him not knowing how long he was going to stay gone. Ben waited for her as she stood before him. Luke didn't want to teach her and now her new Master was leaving too. She felt like she was being abandoned once more. She couldn't fight it and the tears fell. Ben wanted to turn away because seeing her cry was painful.

"Stay," Rey whispered but he needed to leave. Ben got closer to her and reached out to her cheeks and leaned in resting his forehead to hers. Rey closed her eyes allowing more tears to fall. "I don't want to be alone." She admitted.

"You're not." Ben confirmed to her. "I need to leave," He wanted to protect Rey and this was the only way at the moment. But deep down he needed to find this one Knight of Ren and end him. That was one way of keeping the Resistance safe and in turn keeping Rey safe. He wasn't going to be gone forever though. They can still reach one another through the Force. Ben then kissed her forehead and pulled her in for an embraced and she held on tightly. Her head rested on his shoulder and she was nearly on her toes. Ben tried to linger a moment longer in her tight embrace, the embrace of the only friend he had. "You're not alone." He repeated.

They pulled away and Ben looked to her one more time. Not only was he going to find the Knight of Ren but he needed to find himself. That pull in the middle of his soul was there. When he felt the presence of the Knight of Ren he felt the fire within. He felt unsafe even with Rey. If that burn was stronger than Rey then he needed to go. They're bodies were close to one another and they wanted to get closer. They were a breath apart and staring at one another.

Ben took a step back looking to Rey's sad eyes, the longer he stood there harder is was. Their hands were still locked as he backed away and let go. He wanted to stay and was about to. He turned around because the longer he looked to her, held her, felt her in the Force the more he wanted to stand next to her. Ben boarded the ship as the ramp closed behind him. He knew Rey could do this, she survived so long without anyone before.

Rey watched as the ship hovered off the ground turning to the sky. The tears on her face were drying up as she watched her Master leave not knowing when he will return. The ship flew off slowly and then took off for the galaxy. The tears then came back because that loneness hit again.

Rey sat quietly on the mountaintop with the sun rising. The black scarf was around her and covering her head to keep her warm in the cold morning as some ice had settled overnight. When she breathed could be seen in the air as she meditated within the Force. She wanted to find Ben in it but she knew not to, not now at least. Rey opened her eyes looking at the sun as it was here for the day. She pushed the scarf off her head letting that cold breeze hit her. She let her brown hair flow in it. Rey then stood up looking in the direction where Ben had left the night before. She took in a deep breath smelling the crisp morning as it was time to start her training.

I'm going to get hit for this. I'm pretty sure you all were screaming JUST KISS. I know I did when they were in the elevator in TLJ and also after the throne room battle, Ben had that after battle kiss look. So, now what? Guess you'll have to wait and see. Thank you for reading and commenting. Let me know what you think and as always you readers are awesome.