A/N: So the first chapter was a little fun. Hopefully this will not turn into a full blown story. I already have a full blown story in the works so keep an eye out for that one. Just as a heads up, there are some characters in here that are not chronologically correct. But this is AU so it's allowed right? LOL At any rate, please enjoy the next part. One more after this! R&R!

DARE

Chapter 2: Dare

They finally arrived at Rose's house and parked the car. They both got out and made their way to the door, only to be met by Rose with an eager smile on her face. "Rey! I'm so happy to see you! I take it he took care of you?" she said with a bright smile.

Rey smiled back at her and nodded. "It was fun," she said as she glanced up at Darkside to see him look away with a slight hint of pink.

"Good, good! Come on in. There's drinks and food, in case you get hungry. Games will be starting soon!" she giggled as she bounced away, leaving Darkside and Rey to stand there quietly.

Rey looked up at him and saw a scowl on his face. "You hate parties?" He nodded. "So do I."

"Then why come?"

Rey smiled at him. "Rose." He looked off to the side. "Why did you come?"

He glared at the grass. "Supervision," he mumbled.

Rey started to snicker. "Well, let's try to make the best of it. Come on, Darkside," she said as she grabbed his hand and led him inside. When they went inside, they were met with the sound of music and smells of food and drink. Rose certainly knew how to throw a party!

"Hey, Rey!" She turned to look at the familiar voice and let go of Darkside's hand to hug Poe, who lifted her off the ground and spun her a moment. "Glad you could come." Rey smiled at him. Poe's eyes then met Darkside's, earning him a glare. "Are you actually staying, King of Darkness?"

Darkside scoffed and walked away to find a drink. Rey frowned as she looked at Poe. "Why were you rude to him?"

Poe snorted. "He's not exactly rainbows and sparkles, Rey."

"Doesn't mean you need to be a jerk," she hissed as she walked away to find Darkside again, but Poe grabbed her wrist. "Poe-"

"Rey. Watch yourself around him. Seriously..."

Rey glared at him, snatched her wrist away and walked off to find him alone in the kitchen, drinking a beer. She walked up to him carefully. "Hey..." He raises his eyes to look at her, then averted them just as quickly. She reached in the fridge to get a soda and sighed as she leaned against the counter opposite him. "Sorry about Poe."

He remained silent. Poe was always a jerk to him. Always going on about privileges and being Leia's son and all that. Poe was just the worker, but he was the son that worked, too. It made it really hard on him because Poe always thought that any assignment Ben got was because of the privilege of being Leia's son, which should have gone to Poe instead. It always resulted in arguments, which Rose always broke up. She'd always apologized to him, but Poe was always disrespectful to him. It ground his nerves so bad, but he wouldn't do anything about it. He just suffered the treatment, never once telling his mother because he could handle it just fine. He didn't care about Poe's thoughts of him anyway. He would inherit the business when Leia was gone and there was nothing Poe could do about it except quit.

"Darkside?"

"Ben," he corrected as he swigged his beer.

Rey smiled at him. "Ben..." she said to herself, acknowledging the correction and trying it out on her tongue. He realized he liked his name falling from her lips. "Poe can be a jerk sometimes... Don't let it ruin your night." Ben shrugged. He was used to Poe trying to ruin things for him. It made no difference to him. "How about we-"

"Rey! It's time to play a game! Grab Ben!" Rose called from the other room.

Rey looked at Ben and gave him an inviting grin. He frowned and rolled his eyes as she dragged him by the wrist into the other room with the others. There were faces she'd never seen before... Rose apparently didn't waste time with introductions as she went on to explain the game. "Ok! So this is a twist on Truth or Dare. Same rules as usual, you pick truth or dare to start but if you choose not to answer the truth you can pass it to someone else or you can take a shot. If you choose dare, and choose not to do the dare, you take two shots then pass the dare to whoever you want and they have to do it."

"And if they don't?" Poe asked with a grin at Ben.

Rose smiled. "If they don't... they get tazed!"

Rey's jaw fell open. "You can't be serious!"

Rose smiled and shrugged. "Guys can get tazed and girls get pushed in the pool." Rey still couldn't believe it and Ben simply shook his head at the sheer ignorance of it all. "And just to make sure everyone plays... I've hidden your keys. You can have them back after completing 3 dares."

Rey saw Ben's anger flare as he glared at Poe. He didn't know how he was involved but he knew he had to have been in order to mock him some more. This man has an apparent vendetta against him. He felt a hand in his and when he looked down at the source, he was met with a soft comforting smile: Rey. He felt him marl's relax as he let his long fingers curl around her smaller hand, giving it a grateful squeeze. This didn't go unnoticed by Poe because he shout the two a mischievous grin. "Well, I guess I'll start us off then." Rose nodded her consent. "Rey. Truth or Dare?"

Rey knew Poe all too well. "Truth." She wasn't about to let him get the jump on her. He loved stirring up trouble. Not this time.

"Oh! I forgot to mention something," Rose said with a small smile. "Rey, since you don't have keys to earn back, you need to help Ben earn his since you rode together. You also need to do three dares on top of Ben's three."

Rey shoot her a half-hearted glare before sighing and turning back to Poe. "Truth."

Poe shrugged. "What type of guy are you into?"

Rey tilted her head in confusion. "Um... tall? Good listener." She thought for a moment and realized she was still holding Ben's hand. She gave it a light squeeze for her own comfort before continuing. "Sense of humor. He has to keep me on my toes, too, so quick witted."

Poe and Rose nodded. "Your turn, Rey," Rose said with a smile.

Rey glared at Poe. "Truth or Dare, Poe?"

Poe snickered. "Dare."

"Balance a beer bottle on your head-"

Poe laughed aloud. "That's it?!"

"Balance it on your head for two turns, but if you drop it, you need to wear a bra outside your shirt until the end of the game," she finished, earning a wide-eyed look from him. "Still confident?"

Poe thought about it a moment then smirked wide. "Pass to King of Darkness," he said with a grin as he downed two shots.

Rey looked up at Ben, silently apologizing as he sighed and put a bottle on his head, standing perfectly still. She watched it carefully, but it never moved. Poe and Ben exchanges grind and glares as Ben continued to balance. Poe asked Jyn, Jyn asked Cassian, Cassian asked Kay, Kay asked Rose. Rey smiled up at Ben and reached up to take the bottle off of his head. He let her and watched as she took a sip of his drink before giving it back to him. She watch heed him study it for a moment before hesitantly taking a drink from it, pushing far from his mind the childish notion of indirect kissing.

"Ben! Truth or Dare?" Rose said with a grin.

Ben sighed in annoyance. "Dare." He wanted his keys back.

"Kiss someone in this room."

Rey blinked in disbelief. Why was everyone picking on him? She saw the brief glance from Ben and wondered what he was thinking. She didn't have to wait long as he raised her hand to his lips and kissed the back of her hand with a smirk, making Rey snicker. Everyone was about to protest, but Ben shrugged. "You didn't say where," he reminded them.

Rose giggled. "You're right."

It was then that Rey realized that Rose wasn't picking, but helping. She smiled gratefully at her friend and Rose winked at her. Ben grinned down at Rey. "Let's get the keys back," he whispered so only she heard. Rey gave him a grin. "Truth or Dare."

"Dare." She didn't know why she trusted him, but she did and it was such a welcome feeling.

"Hug someone in this room," he said as he swigged his beer.

Rey debated hugging him, but knew that would probably make him uncomfortable so she hugged Rose instead, the two girls laughing quietly. She walked back to her position next to Ben and glanced at him a moment. "Ben, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

"Hug Poe," she knew he wouldn't. He wrinkled his nose as Poe held out his arms mockingly. Rose brought him two shots and Ben downed them.

"You hug Poe," he said as he caught on.

Rey shrugged and walked over to him, giving him a hug. "At least someone loves me," Poe sniffled.

Rey rolled her eyes. "Only for the dare. Don't get ahead of yourself," She shout back at him before taking her place next to Ben again. Somehow their hands kept mingling because as soon as she stood next to him, her hand found his again.

Rey turned to Finn. "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

"Kiss Rose. We all know you want to. And it has to be on the face!"

Finn and Rose blushed in unison before Finn leaned to kiss her cheek, but Rose turned to catch his lips instead. When they parted, Rose giggled and hugged Finn as he stood there blushing and smiling at Rey as thanks. The game kept going on and Ben and Rey remained off the radar until Poe got another turn. "Rey?"

"Dare." She wanted to get this last Dare over with.

"7 Minutes in Heaven with King of Darkness. Upstairs."

Rey rolled her eyes. "You're such a child, Dameron."

"You could drink and pass if it makes you that uncomfortable."

Rey sighed. "I'm not uncomfortable-"

Rose walked over to her and whispered in her ear. "Rey, you have to kiss at least once. That's the rules..." When Rose pulled away, she had an apologetic look on her face as Rey felt her face light up. Before she could protest, Ben rolled his eyes and grabbed Rey's hand, pulling her upstairs to everyone's astonishment. She tried to protest, but Ben heard none of it.

Once they were upstairs, he shut the door behind them and turned to Rey, who looked oddly uncomfortable. "Relax. I'm not planning to jump you," he huffed as he walked to the bed and sat down.

"Ben... do you know the rule of this?"

Ben rolled his eyes. "Don't worry. You don't have to kiss me."

"But the others-"

"Lie."

Rey met his eyes then. He held a certain sadness, but also... hope? She blushed at the thoughts running through her head. It was just a kiss and she did want to... But what if he didn't? She frowned at that. Was there something wrong with her?

"Let's play our own truth or dare, shall we?" he asked with a small grin which brought her comfort.

"Sure." She sat on the bed next to him and their hands found each other again. "Truth."

"Why have you been holding my hand all night?" His tone was sincere, but also curious and cautious.

Rey blushed and shrugged. "I-I don't know... I like it..."

Ben nodded quietly. "Truth."

"Why have you let me hold your hand?"

Ben chuckled. "I like it, too."

Rey smiled at him. "Truth."

"Why are you so nice to me when others aren't?"

She thought about it for a minute, his eyes trained on her the whole time. The darkness of his eyes seemed to search her very being, yet held such attentiveness that she wasn't used to. "You're not as bad as they think you are. A little rough around the edges, sure, but nothing terrible. You seem like a good guy," she said with a smile his way.

Ben considered her answer carefully, contemplating his next step. "Truth."

"Why are you really here tonight when Poe made it painfully obvious that you usually hate it?"

His gaze intensified, holding all seriousness as he stared into her eyes. "You."

"Me?" she questioned with evident confusion.

"You," he repeated.

"I don't understand."

Ben gave her a smirk then."Next time. I believe it's your turn."

"Truth."

"What did you mean when you said you like me?" His tone held a veiled tease in it, which made her blush a little as she looked away shyly.

"Where's the alcohol?" she mumbled. Ben chuckled at her and offered a beer. She took it and swigged it before handing it back to Ben nervously.

"Truth."

"Why did you stay for me?" Her eyes met his in a determined gaze. Ben gave her a smirk and shrugged as he swigged his beer to show his refusal to answer. "Hey! You said next time!"

"You don't answer my question, I don't answer yours, Sunshine."

She scoffed and crossed her arms indignantly. "Fine... Truth."

"Same question." He held out the beer to her with a grin, but she looked away.

"I think you're interesting. You're... different. In a good way..."

Ben felt his cheeks heat up a bit as he coughed uncomfortably. "Uh... truth."

"Same question, Darkside."

"I wanted to know the person whose picture Rose was flaunting all the time. Bonus, I'm not disappointed."

Rey blushed a dark red as she cleared her throat nervously. "Truth."

"Do I make you uncomfortable?"

Rey looked up at him. His face was hesitant, but genuine. She could tell he was trying not to make her uncomfortable and that he didn't want that to happen, which made her smile softly at him. She moved their hands to go from simply holding, to weaving her fingers between his, palms flat on the bed as she stared at him. "Not at all."

His eyes flicked down to her lips and back to her face, allowing a small twitch of his lips to form a lopsided grin. "Dare."

"Act on the first thought that pops into your head."

Ben's eyes widened as he stared at her. "You don't want me to do that, Rey."

"Then take a drink."

He started at her for a long moment, as if debating what he should do. He wanted to act, but would he scare her away? Her face held a certain challenge to it, as if her very gaze was daring him to make a move. He felt the playful banter returning the more he stared at her and that gave him all the courage he needed. He rested his hand on her cheek and pulled her closer, her eyes not even widening as she let herself be moved by him. Their lips met and Rey leaned closer, feeling the heat radiating off of his face from his timid disposition at the moment. She let her free hand rest on his that held her face, allowing the kiss to deepen to something sweeter. Tongues waged a silent war, both timidly becoming accustomed to the other.

When Rey let out a soft breathy moan was when he pulled away, both panting as their hearts fluttered in unison. Their foreheads met as they stared into each other's eyes, a silence that was oddly comfortable befalling them. "How long have you wanted to do that?" she teased.

Ben grinned at her. "I believe it's my turn, Sunshine," he teased back.

Rey laughed softly and nodded. "Dare," she whispered.

"Again," he said with a smirk. She was all too happy to oblige as her lips found his again, scooting closer and coming to rest in his lap as she wound her arms around his neck, abandoning his hand to tangle in his long soft hair. He wrapped one arm around her back as the other went upwards so he could hold the back of her head against him.

She broke the kiss this time to smirk down at him, her hands gently holding his face. She saw a real smile on his lips as he looked up at her with those manly features that looked boyish now. "Same question," she teased.

"What makes you think I want to pick Truth?" he tossed back with a grin.

"Well... if you pick Truth, that's your question. If you pick Dare, I Dare you to tell me the answer to that question," she asserted with a small chuckle.

Ben laughed and pulled her in for another kiss. "Cheater," he whispered. She giggled in return. "Since I picked you up," he admitted with a grin.

Rey smirked and nodded. "Dare."

"Date me."