'So, what are we doing here again?' Ben asked as they got out of the car.

'Randy asked the reverend if we could have another practice run before the actual wedding. To help me visualise.'

Ben let out an exasperated sound.

'Just sit and be quiet,' Rey ordered him.

'Where have you two been?' Randy asked as they ran into the church. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

'Sorry, we lost track of time.'

Randy looked at Ben suspiciously who stared challengingly back at him. Randy looked away first.

'Okay, well at least you are here now,' Randy said. He clapped his hands together.

'Let's get this show on the road!'

Rey and Rose went to the back of the church. Ben sat down in one of the pews. Randy stood at the front next to Reverend Tarkin.

'Shall we proceed?' The Reverend asked.

Randy nodded.

Tarkin signalled to the organ player to start. The wedding march echoed throughout the church.

Rose looked at Rey.

'Okay, now remember what Randy told you, be the ball! get the goal! Visualise the win!'

Rey put a hand over her mouth.

'Move your butt,' she ordered and Rose set off down the aisle glancing with interest at Ben as she passed by him.

Rey paced the floor, she felt sweaty and clammy. She held onto something nearby for support. What the hell was that? She looked down at the thick rope in her hands. She pulled it and went flying across the floor.

Ben frowned as he heard the church bell ring out, he turned around to see Rey swinging back and forth on the rope laughing hysterically. His heart contracted.

Shit.

'Honey, could you stop that please?' Randy called.

'Sanctuary, sanctuary,' Ben muttered. Rose shook as she fought to hold in her laughter. Randy glared at him.

Rey cleared her throat and let go of the rope.

She started to walk down the aisle taking steps that would have been more appropriate for a mouse than a human being.

Ben sighed loudly and removed his suit jacket.

'This is going to take all night,' he moaned.

Randy signalled for the music to stop. He walked down the aisle towards Rey.

'It's okay honey, you feel tense, right? You feel it? You just need to loosen up. I'm going to walk with you.'

He looked around and his eyes settled on Ben's. He walked towards him.

'Ben you stand at the front so she knows how far she has to come.'

Ben swallowed hard but did as he was asked. Rose raised her eyebrows at him from her seated position in the front row.

'So now you're the groom?' she asked.

'Apparently,' Ben replied in a strained voice.

Randy signalled for the music to start again. The ageing Reverend let out an irritated sound.

'I have dinner plans,' he muttered under his breath.

Randy stood behind Rey and put his hands on her shoulders.

'Now honey, visualise the goal. Talk me through what you see.'

Rey took a deep breath. She looked down at her feet.

'I'm the ball, I'm spiralling through the air,'

'Good, that's good,' Randy said encouragingly, rubbing her shoulders.

Rey exhaled slowly. She looked up. Her eyes settled on Ben's. Something inside of her clicked and all the fear fell away. There was nothing. No sounds, no people, no church. All she saw was Ben.

'I'm heading for the goal,' she said keeping her eyes on Ben's as she took a few big steps forward.

'That's my girl!' Randy said behind her.

Rey kept walking until she was facing Ben. She never took her eyes off him.

'And I land on the goal line,' she said looking into Ben's eyes.

Rose looked at Ben and then at Rey.

'Oh, no no no no…' she started to whisper.

'Perfect!' Randy shouted. He moved back into the aisle and held his hands up like an orchestrator.

'Then we'll say our vows, then you Reverend Tarkin, will say I can kiss the bride yadda, yadda, yadda…and then…'

Ben leaned forward and put a hand on Rey's cheek. He pulled her towards him and pressed his lips against hers. Rey moaned and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer.

'Noooo!' Rose called out and put her head in her hands.

Randy was frozen in place as he watched the scene unfold before him. Reverend Tarkin perked up. There was nothing he enjoyed more than messy drama.

Rey and Ben pulled away and looked at one another. Then they both laughed in disbelief. Rey put a hand to her lips and sighed. Ben looked at her with wonder reflected in his eyes.

Randy moved towards them.

'What the hell was that?' he asked.

Rey looked at him.

'I don't know,' she said honestly.

'How long has this been going on?' he demanded.

'About a minute,' Rey said.

'A lot longer for me,' Ben murmured looking at her in a way that made her ache.

'Really?' she asked, her words mixed with a gentle sigh.

'What do you expect me to do about this?' Randy boomed.

Ben looked at him.

'It's time to gracefully step aside, Randy,' he said with a smirk.

Randy's fist connected with Ben's jaw. Ben took a step back and laughed as he rubbed at the sore spot where Randy had hit him.

'You just moved up in my estimation,' Ben said.

Randy turned on his heel and left the church. Rey glared at Ben.

'Randy Wait!' she shouted running after him. Ben followed her out.

'Randy I'm sorry, it just happened! At least I backed out before the wedding this time. That's progress! That's all you!'

Randy didn't say anything. He just got into his car and drove off. Rose joined Rey.

'Well this is an unexpected turn of events,' she said.

Rey just sighed.

'I'll leave you two alone,' Rose murmured before heading to her vehicle.

Rey turned around and saw Ben standing on the church porch with his arms folded over his chest. His eyes ran over her.

'This is such a mess,' she said.

'It doesn't have to be,' Ben murmured.

She gravitated towards him, pulled by a force she didn't fully understand but couldn't ignore.

'What happened back there?' Ben asked.

'I don't know, I don't even want to talk about it,' Rey said, giving him a loaded look. Ben picked up on her signals. He was on her before she even had time to breath. His hands in her hair, on her face, cradling her neck, pulling her closer and closer. Rey moaned against his lips. Had kissing ever left like this before? No. Never. She felt as if she could lose herself in his kisses, she felt as if time would stop for his lips.

'Wait,' he murmured and she complained trying to reconnect their lips just as hard as he was trying to pull them apart.

'As much as I want to continue this, we need to talk right now,' he panted.

He moved her an arm's length away and took a steadying breath.

He looked at her.

'Do you think maybe…' he said then trailed off.

'What?' Rey asked.

'Well you do have a dress…' he said.

'And the church...' Rey continued.

'And a wedding date…' Ben suggested.

Rey's heart sped up.

'Are you asking me to…'

'You know what I'm asking you,' Ben said.

He ran a hand through his hair.

'You do have to go down the aisle with someone, someone who you love and who loves you back,' he said gruffly.

Had he just said that he loved her and that she loved him? Did she love Ben? She searched through her feelings. Yes. She did.

Rey bit her lip. She imagined marrying Ben. She imagined them riding away into the sunset on a beautiful chestnut mare. Her arms wrapped tightly around Ben's waist. She looked so happy.

'Yes,' she said.

'What?' Ben asked in disbelief.

'Yes, I want to marry you, Ben Solo.'

Heading back to the hotel in the car was torture. All they wanted to do was rip each other's clothes off but they were patient even if Ben did break the speed limit somewhat. Beaumont gave them a sad look as they went up the stairs hand in hand.

You're breaking hearts all over the place today,' Ben murmured.

'Shut up,' Rey said as they reached his door and she pressed herself against him, kissing him roughly.

Ben managed to open the door without breaking the kiss and they stumbled into the room in fits of laughter.

Clothing was shed in an instant, they didn't want to waste another moment of their time together.

Ben pressed soft kisses all over her body. He murmured how she had been driving him wild for days as he dragged his lips over her skin.

'You in those sunglasses almost sent me over the edge,' she confessed.

'That little sundress you wore the other day, almost ended me,' Ben replied.

'Your hair,' she said as she arched under his lips.

'Your eyes,' he uttered back as he kissed her breasts.

'Your voice,' she moaned as he lowered his hand between her thighs.

'Your everything,' he breathed as he moved his fingers lower and dipped inside of her.

She called out, grasping at his hair, holding his mouth against hers.

'Don't stop,' she whispered.

'Never,' he replied.

It didn't take long for her orgasm to engulf her. Soft waves of pleasure trembled through her and she wrapped her arms around him. Anchoring herself to his strong frame.

When she returned to reality, she looked into his soft, open eyes.

'I love you, Ben.'

'I love you, Rey.'

He kissed her and moved over her. Reaching into the bedside drawer he pulled out a condom and slipped it on with ease.

He was big. Really big. Rey bit her lip in anticipation as she thought about him entering her, then a spike of jealousy formed in her gut.

'Why do you have condoms in there?' she demanded.

Ben laughed.

'Wishful thinking,' he said dipping down to suckle at her chest once more.

'Better be me you were wishing for,' she whimpered as her eyes fluttered shut.

'You're all I've thought about, every second of every day since that first moment I saw you,' Ben confessed as he thrust inside her.

'I hated you,' she hissed as he filled her.

'I hated you back,' he grunted as he moved in deliciously slow strokes.

He looked down at her with unguarded eyes.

'You got under my skin and now you're a part of me,' he growled as his movements intensified.

'You know me better than anyone,' she whispered, hitching her legs around his waist, drawing him closer.

'This is real,' he murmured as he buried his head in her hair

'This is love,' she called out as he broke apart around her.