A/N: If anyone's confused with the timeline, chapters 1 and 2 are on Thursday, 3 is on Friday, and the memorial ceremony and Rey's capture takes place the next week, even though it seems like there was only a day in between (I didn't plan it out well). Rey is captured from Saturday to Tuesday. Ch 6 ends on Wednesday. This chapter is on Saturday, 3 days after Rey wakes up in the medical ward.

SATURDAY NIGHT

Rey's POV:

Ben had moved into my spare room. At first I thought it might be a bad idea, but it turned out to be nice. I was still recovering, and waking up to freshly made pancakes every morning is something I could never tire of. Who knew Ben was actually a good cook?

It's Saturday now. Time really does fly. Ben's dragged me outside to get some fresh air, and I'm honestly enjoying it. The cool night air blows by as Ben holds me close. I giggle as a small critter scuffles in the nearby foliage.

"Let's go in," Ben murmurs, "before you catch a cold." I smile and say, "But it's so nice out now." He glares at me, "Says the person who I had to drag outside twenty minutes ago."

I give him an evil smirk, "I'll go if you carry me in," I hold back a snort. Ben sighs, "I should have expected that," he says as he lifts me into his arms. I plant a kiss on his cheek and Ben gives me a warm smile.

He carries me to bed, tucking me in as if I were a child, "Good night Rey," I hear him whisper in the darkness and the door softly closes as I drift off to sleep.

And then, there it is. The- the thing. That same shadow that haunted me every day in Hux's clutches. The shadow swooped down and reached out, it's shadowy claws reaching out . . .

I sat up in bed, opened my eyes, and screamed.

Ben's POV:

I jolted awake at the high-pitched scream coming from Rey's room. I immediately ran over, not bothering to throw on a shirt. Turning the lights on to reveal a pale, terrified Rey. She had tears falling from her scared eyes.

"What happened?" I asked sitting down next to her and holding her in my arms. "It- the shadow . . . thing came," she stammered, more tears flowing down her face. Rey buried her face in my shoulder, sobbing.

My eyes narrowed, "Did Hux do something?" I growled. "N- no," she stammered, "Well, not exactly. There was this clawed shadow . . . figure. It- it knew everything about me . . . everything," she hiccuped, the sobs thankfully fading away.

I gave her a warm smile, "Just try to remember you're safe now and I will never let anything like that to harm you again." She smiled up to me, my eyes meeting her bright gaze, "Promise?" I laughed softly, "I promise."

(A/N: To confirm, yes Ben is shirtless. I've been wanting to write down this scene for a while lol)

I looked back down on Rey, now finding her asleep on my bare chest. I smiled and looked at her beautiful face. I remembered the first time I had seen her like this. That one day changed my entire life - for the better. Soon, I was asleep.

Rey's POV:

I woke up in a soft bed, not remembering anything of the previous night. A warm hand rested on my stomach, silken black curls dangling over my head. Then I remembered - the shadow, Ben . . . oh, I should probably wake him up.

"Good morning Ben," I whispered, shaking him awake, "There is an apparent absence of pancakes in the kitchen," I giggled. He groggily opened his eyes, smiled at me, and proceeded to try and fall back asleep.

"Ben," I sighed, "Come on." This time I jumped on him. He made a noise somewhere in between a gag, wheeze, and groan, "Ok, ok, fine . . . I'm getting up."

I watched as Ben stumbled out of bed and walked to his room to throw on a shirt. Then he came back in and grabbed my arm, dragging me along with him, "If I'm getting up, so are you," he smirked.

A few minutes later we were both dressed with half-cooked pancakes on the stove. "So, I hope you don't mind me asking, but what was the thing you saw?" Ben asked.

I sighed, "I don't know, but now that Hux has that . . . shadow . . . he knows everything. Everything that happened. I could . . . feel it taking my memories."

"Well, then we can leave. Go somewhere safe. Escape this nightmare"

"What do you mean?"

"Let's take a ship. Settle on a small farming planet. Live out our lives in peace"

"Ben . . ."

"Rey, listen to me. I can't lose you again. A small planet. Ach-to maybe. Or in one of Naboo's villages. We can be safe. We won't have to worry about this ever again"

"Ben, we can't do that," my voice broke, "What about Finn and Poe and Rose. They'll still have to deal with it, and the other families here too. You don't know how much I want to run with you . . . to be happy and in peace, never having to worry again . . . but we can't." A single tear ran down my face.

Ben wrapped me in his arms, wiping away the tear, "Then we won't, but you have to promise me something, be safe . . . for me"

A sob shook my shoulders and I buried my face in his shoulder, "I promise, I love you Ben"

"I love you too"

A/N: short chapter because I've lost my inspiration. There is more to come, but when I wrote ch 6 I changed quite a few things and now I don't really know how to get where I want to. If I decide to put it on hold, then I'll put it in the description. I will be writing, but not nessecarily Star Wars. Wishing y'all the best! :)