"Rey?" Ben called by her side. "Rey."

She jumped in surprise, eyes snapping to the man in front of her with surprise.

"Yeah?" she asked, trying to calm herself down.

It had been two weeks since she'd found out she was pregnant and kept the secret from anyone in her life, and, according to her calculations, she was probably around 12 weeks pregnant. Probably because, like Rey did with everything in her life, even while being a medical professional, she was ignoring the problem.

They were all in the flat she shared with Ben. Kaydel, Rose, Hux, Poe, Finn, and even the cat the latter two had, BB, and apparently, Rey had drifted off yet again during their conversation.

"Are you okay?" Finn questioned. "We're kinda worried about you."

She looked around, finding all of her friends staring at her with worried looks. Alright, she couldn't tell them the truth, not right now. She needed time and a low-pressure environment where she didn't feel like she was being crowded.

"I'm okay," she assured them.

"You're clearly not," Poe corrected her. "I mean, everyone knows you've been acting weird for the last… month, I guess?"

The whole group nodded.

"You've been really off lately, Rey," he insisted.

"Did anything happen?" Kaydel questioned almost in a whisper. "One of the nurses mentioned that she caught you crying in the bathroom earlier this week."

To say pregnancy had made Rey overly emotional was to say too little. Just in the last month she'd caught herself crying over the smallest of things, including but not limited to her situation, videos about dogs, a quick call with her grandmother - who was incredibly worried after said call - and a sandwich. In the bathroom at the hospital, she was crying because of her situation. She was still trying to figure out a lot of things and doing her best as a doctor with what she had.

"I… Uh," Rey hesitated, trying to come up with something. "I was having a horrible day, so I hid in the bathroom to cry. That happens."

Ben turned to her, silent but clearly worried, and she took a deep breath. That wasn't a lie. Lately, most of her days could be called bad days, honestly.

"Look, it's okay," she insisted. "I'm okay."

Her baby… Okay, that was so strange to say. Her baby was the size of a plum now. The morning sickness was still happening and annoying, but not as bad as it was in the beginning, and she didn't look pregnant just yet, so it was easy to hide things.

"You know we're here, right?" Rose affirmed. "If you need anything, any help with whatever might be happening. We're your friends."

Rey felt tears coming to her eyes and tried to blink them away quickly.

"You're not just my friends," she corrected her. "You're my family. I know I can count on you, don't worry."

Her friends smiled largely, and she tried to swallow down the knot in her throat, although unsuccessful.

"I'm going to get drinks in the kitchen," she stood up quickly. "Does anyone need anything?"

"If you have more wine, I want some, please," Hux added.

She just nodded quickly, and stopped in front of the fridge, breathing in deep and letting out a long soft moan, pouring herself a glass of water and picking up the wine bottle from inside, jumping in surprise when Rose and Kaydel practically appeared behind him.

"Holy shit, girls," she exclaimed, jumping. "You don't do that to people!"

"Why?" her friend questioned. "Do you have something to hide? Is that why you're so weird?"

Her eyes widened.

"I'm not hiding anything," she declared. "Why do you think I'm hiding anything?"

They crossed their arms.

"Well, I don't know," her nurse friend looked around. "Maybe you're Daisy Ridley!"

Rey swallowed down hard and closed her mouth shut, trying to pretend she didn't understand what they were talking about.

"That's absurd," she forcefully rolled her eyes. "Where did you take that idea from? I'm not… I don't even know who that is."

"Why aren't you drinking, then?" Rose raised her an eyebrow.

Rey blinked a couple of times.

"I'm on antibiotics because I have a UTI," she decided. "And you can't drink on antibiotics."

Ben walked into the room, and the three women turned to him, making him stop.

"What?" he frowned.

"Nothing," Rey decided, taking her glass and pulling the bottle closer to herself. "I was just going back to the living room."

She turned around to look at the girls and took a breath.

"You two are insane. I'm out."