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I need to preface this by saying this chapter is purposefully cringey because as people who have graduated know they regret alot of things they did at high school parties (says the person never invited to one). Also there is some underaged drinking which you should always follow the drinking age of the country you are in because it is backed by research about teenage brain development and it's really not safe in a party setting.
The night of the party Rey had started her makeup as soon as she got home from fencing. They were going too meet at the Solo's before hand so she had to get what she wanted to do done with enough time to reapply it and do something more natural if Leia thought it was too much. Rey picked up her phone and video called Leia, Ben answered without looking at the screen, "Hey Rey, my mom left her phone in the kitchen and I'm taking it to her."
"That's fine, I just need her to approve my makeup," Ben was half way up the stairs when he looked at her dropped to one knee. She was wearing bright red eyeshadow in the corners of her eyes and blended into her half-cut crease with a winged eyeliner, she had also contoured and highlighted and was wearing a nude shimmering lip gloss.
"Your eyes are stunning," he watched her as she bit her lip and blushed.
"You don't think it's too much?" Ben didn't answer as he walked into his mom and uncle's office.
He turned the phone around and handed it to his mom, "Breaking News, Rey is pretty."
"Oh Rey, I love it, it's a little dramatic but you look too beautiful to change it," Leia responded.
"You're absolutely certain?" Rey looked back at her self in her bathroom mirror.
"Sweetie, if you had done that the first time Ben met you he would have passed out," behind her Ben slowly stepped out of frame as Rey laughed.
Ben unlocked his bathroom and bedroom door and walked downstairs wearing a black long sleeve shirt and jeans. He walked into the kitchen and his dad was sitting at the island, "I know you put your hair in rollers."
"But are you going to tell anyone?" Ben raised an eyebrow.
"Not if you behave yourself tonight, I know you like her, but just," Han paused thinking.
"I wasn't planning on making a move, I'm going to watch her like I watch Finn and Poe but I know she wants to have fun with her friends and doesn't need me chasing after her," Ben shrugged as he sat across from his dad, "But if anyone tries to make a move I won't hesitate to shut them down, I know she's not mine but I won't let anyone near her if they might hurt her."
Han gave a proud smile, "Did I raise you this way or your mom?"
"Well you tend to get attached quickly and Mom and Luke both feel compassion deeply so I guess it's genetic or a learned pattern from both of you," Han just stared at his son.
"Sometimes you creep me out."
The Kenobi's drove towards the Solo's house and Rey texted Ben, 'I'm not going to kiss you on the cheek because of my lip gloss, please don't mess up my make up before the party'.
'I won't as long as you don't mess up my hair, I want a picture of it so I can make a joke about it being Darth Vader inspired, I know you didn't plan that but that's what I thought of', Ben was always thinking about Darth Vader.
'Actually it was...and I guess I can resist your hair for a few hours', Rey smirked at her responce and put her phone in her back pocket as they pulled into the Solo's driveway.
Leia answered the door and gasped, Poe, Finn, and Rey were all wearing long sleeve black shirts and Rey was wearing jean shorts with her shirt tucked in and Finn and Poe were wearing jeans and they were all wearing red converse, "You're all matching, I have to get a picture, when did you plan this?"
"It was my idea, we're about to be the Kardashians of this school," Poe said with his hands on his hips.
"Which Kardashians are we?" Ben asked from where he sat on the stairs tying his shoes.
"All of you sit on the stairs so I can get your shoes in the picture, I'll get my phone," Leia walked into the kitchen and Mr. Kenobi shook his head.
"I'm Khloe," Finn decided as he moved to sit with his feet on the step above Ben and sitting on the step above that.
"I'm Kourtney, Rey and Ben can be Kim and Kanye," Poe decided as he sat beside Finn and Rey sat on the step below where Poe sat between his legs with her legs crossed.
"Which one is which?" Rey asked turning to look at Poe out of the corner of her eye.
"It doesn't matter," Finn answered as Leia came back to the bottom of the stairs with Luke.
"Obi, you have to get these kids into modeling look at them," Leia gestured.
"And then there's Ben," Luke laughed.
"I don't know how to do anything in a mildly attractive way," Ben shrugged.
"That's not true, your hair looks nice," Rey smiled.
From the hallway above the stairs Han called down to them, "He spent like an hour on it."
"Hour well spent," Kenobi smirked, "Now put one foot on the step below you and the other below that one and lean forward slightly."
"Thanks Ben," Ben did as he was told.
"Alright everyone smile," Leia also smiled as she took the picture, "Should we take pictures outside?"
"When does the party start?" asked Han as he walked down the stairs as all the kids got up and out of his way.
"Like 10 minutes but Matt is already there and says like no one is there yet and it's awkward," Rey answered pulling out her phone, "He said he got the wifi password and a plate of cookies and is hiding in the bathroom."
"Should we go help him?" Ben questioned as he opened the back door and let everyone through.
"We can take a few pictures first he has wifi, he's fine," Poe waved it off.
"Plus I hate being at Chloe's parties when barely anyone is there, it's scary," Finn added then gasped, "Can we take pictures in the boat?"
"Yes, Rey have you ever been on one?" Ben asked as they stepped onto the dock, Finn and Poe climbed into the boat that was still raised in the lift, Ben offered his hand to Rey who was already climbing in the boat. He tried to play it off by pulling at his shirt sleeve but Poe raised an eyebrow at him and smirked.
"No, but this is so cool," Rey looked over the edge into the water and Finn put a hand on the small of her back in case she fell, she sat down next to him, "Sorry, I'll be careful, don't get stressed."
"That made a cute picture," Leia handed her phone to Ben who climbed onto the boat and showed them, Poe was sitting giving Ben, who was off camera, the side eye as Finn stood with a hand on Rey's back who had one knee on the seat of the boat and leaning down the side.
"I call dibs for my Instagram," Poe spoke making his siblings roll their eyes.
Ben passed the phone back to his mom and sat next to Rey with his legs together and his hands folded in his lap as she had one foot on the edge of the bench across from her and the other leg stretched out as Finn sat with is knees slightly appart, and Poe had his ankle crossed over his knee, Ben smiles at Rey a second longer as Luke yelled, "Kenobi!"
"Awww that was perfect," Leia cooed and showed Finn who gasped.
"Don't show them that, just send it to me, please!" he almost begged.
"Okay, come on we better get you to the party," Leia gave a knowing smile as she sent the pictures.
When they arrived at the party there was a bunch of teenagers outside the house standing on the front lawn and in the round about driveway and more can be seen inside, Leia parked the car on the street and leaned over to kiss Ben on the cheek, "Bye, be safe, I love you, watch Rey."
"Bye Leia, thank you!" Poe, Finn, and Rey called in unison as they climbed out of the car.
When they got into the front door of the house there was a large ball room and alot of teenagers standing around talking and drinking, Rose ran up and hugged Rey, "Hi, I love your makeup."
"Thanks, you look hot, have you seen Matt?" Rey asked.
"He's upstairs giving some of the other cheer girls the wifi password," Rose explained as she turned and greeted Finn with a hug and a lingering kiss that made Finn blush.
"I love him," Rey laughed before turning to Ben, "I'm going to hang out with them."
"Okay, come find me if you need anything or text me if you go somewhere else," Ben nodded Rey put her hand on his arm to squeeze between him and Poe as she headed towards the large stair case.
"Why does she have to tell Ben where she's going?" Rose asked Finn as Ben and Poe went off to the kitchen.
"He's in charge of watching her so Poe and I can challenge someone to a beer pong competition," Finn explained.
"Sounds a little relationshippy," Rose smirked as Finn laughed.
"You have no idea."
The upstairs of the house had a sitting area with a couch, chair, and a coffee table, 3 girls were on the chair, 7 were on the couch and almost the rest of the cheer team and Matt were sitting on the floor c-circled around the coffee table, several bottles of alcohol and a tray of jello shots were on the coffee table, Rey sat down next to Matt as he and the girls yelled greetings and compliments to her and she joined their game of 'Never Have I Ever'.
"Let's all take a jello shot together and everyone put it on Snapchat," one of the senior cheer girls named Dash suggested.
Rey turned to Matt and held up a jello shot, "Would you split that with me?"
"Yes, friendship goals," Matt picked up a spoon and cut in half, "You take a video and I'll take a picture."
Finn sat on the couch with Rose in a group of people from their class Rose took out her phone and checked Snapchat, she came across Rey's and clicked through, some selfies of Rey with her brothers, Leia, and even Ben then the video which she watched several times before nudging Finn. Rey and Matt were both looking at the jello shot counted to three along with other female voices then put their lips to the clear cup and sucked up their side of the jello shot, looked at each other and burst into laughter almost spitting it out, Rey was the first to swallow, 'Why did we make eye contact?'
'I got the picture of it,' Matt laughed holding his phone to Rey's camera, 'Quick what is our crack ship name?'
'Ratt.'
"Give me a second," Finn went on his phone, Poe had sent it to a group chat of himself, Finn, and Ben saying, 'Ben, get yr girl!' Ben's responce was a short, 'She's fine'.
"I'll be back," Finn got up and went to find Poe. On the stairs to the lowest level of the house Finn passed Ben, and grabbed his hand then opened the closet beside the staircase, pushed Ben in and closed the door.
"I'm fine," Ben answered as he flipped on the light switch.
"Obviously you're not or you wouldn't have let me push you in here," Finn crossed his arms.
"She's not mine, I don't own her, she can split a jello shot with whoever she wants, I'm just here to make sure you three don't destroy your livers," Ben responded firmly.
"Don't shut out your emotions, let yourself feel hurt, you've never liked anyone, she's the first girl you've ever shown any interest in, you can't just convince yourself that she doesn't like you from a ten second video of her with her friend she's shown no romantic interest in and let that erase the fact that in a week of knowing you she kissed you on the cheek and after not even two you're looking at her like this," Finn held up his Instagram post which was him and his siblings smiling at the camera and Ben literally looking at Rey like he loves her, the caption said 'I just like the way he looks at her'.
"You're not going to be satisfied unless I go talk to her are you?" Ben sighed as Finn pulled him into a hug without responding.
Finn exited the closet with Ben behind him and a girl and a guy standing right outside it gave them a weird look, "Seven minutes in heaven."
"Finn!" Ben yelled following after him, "I expect this sort of behavior from Poe not you!"
The large group of girls had disbanded leaving a few talking in the sitting area and Matt and Rey sat on either side of the hall Rey leaning against the railing over the stairs to the groung floor living room and Matt the opposite wall with their legs stretched out passing each other's. Ben walked up the stairs and sat next to Rey, "Your dad wanted me to check on you."
"Good, I missed you, I took a jello shot, it was terrible," Rey laughed as she leaned her head against Ben's shoulder.
"I saw," all doubt in Ben's mind left as he reached out and put a hand on Rey's knee and she wrapped her arms around his.
Matt took a picture of them and put it on his Instagram tagging them and captioning it, 'hashtag, thirdwheel'. Ben's phone audibly went off and before he could check it Matt jumped up, "Do you want to go get some snacks?"
"Yes," Rey got up and held her hand out to Ben to help him up, he took her hand but got up himself.
Rey and Matt sat at a bar table sharing a plate of pinwheels, Rey leaned over and whispered, "That boy talking to Ben has a massive bruise on the side of his neck, it looks like he fell into a table like 4 times."
"That would be a good excuse," Matt laughed, "It's called a hickey, guys are really proud of getting or giving them because it happens when someone bites and sucks on the skin, it looks trashy but apparently feels amazing, you should tell Ben to give you one."
"Are you crazy?" Rey yelled before lowering her voice, "I can't even kiss him let alone ask for that."
"You like him and he likes you, why haven't you made a move already?" Rey shoved a whole pinwheel in her mouth so she wouldn't have to answer, "Fine, if you don't choke on that we'll go over there and you just take his bottle and drink some and I'll make a joke about how it's an indirect kiss, then if you two get a minute alone you can reference it okay?"
Rey nodded but Matt's phone on the table lit up, "You can't leave."
"I have to, I have that family thing tomorrow remember?" Matt got up and Rey followed him upstairs and to the front door, "I won't be disappointed if you don't kiss him tonight but I'll be proud if you do."
"Okay," Rey sighed as the hugged Matt and then went back downstairs.
Ben noticed Rey and Matt go upstairs then watched Rey come back alone. She walked over and stood slightly behind him, he rested his hand on her lower back and guided her to stand next to him, "These are some guys on the football team, this is Rey Kenobi, she's a freshman cheerleader."
"Cheerleader? You have the legs for it," one boy commented making Ben run his hand up Rey's back and to the shoulder opposite him as she stepped back so her butt brushed his thigh, "I'm Bell."
"Hi," Rey nodded making no move to shake his hand as she crossed her arms over her chest, the rest of the boys greeted her and she gave short responces.
"She's not much of a talker," Ben defended as Rey took his beer bottle and drank a small sip, it wasn't great but she could tolerate it. With his free hand he checked his phone, no messeges from the adults and he just swiped away messeges from Snapchat and Instagram from people at the party. Ben answered questions for her like, 'Where are you from?' "She's from London." 'Can I get you a drink?' "She can only take drinks from me and her brothers." 'Can I have your number?' "She doesn't have a phone."
"I can see her phone in her pocket, you're annoying us, we're going to throw you into the pool," Bell spoke and some other guys agreed.
"Alright," Ben shrugged and followed them outside Rey trailed behind him and stood back away from the group of boys, Ben gave Rey everything that was in his pockets and his shirt, she glanced over his muscular chest and stomach then looked away blushing, "Drunk boys think throwing people in pools is hilarious but it's better than getting into a fight."
"Kylo Ren has and 8 pack, Kylo Ren is shreaded," Rey had started recording him soon before speaking, Ben rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out at her before he walked over to the guys and they threw him into the pool, Rey stopped recording and posted the video to Snapchat as the guys got bored and walked back into the house. Rey took Ben's phone, sat with her legs crossed at the edge of the pool, and started recording, "Having fun?"
Ben stood with the water only reaching his upper thigh, pushed his now wet hair out of his eyes, walked over to Rey, and put his hands on either side of her, "So much fun, do you want to join me?"
"I'm good," Rey laughed ending the video and posing it to his Snapchat, setting his phone in her lap and situating his shirt over her criss crossed legs, "I'm glad you took your shirt off, my legs were getting cold out here."
"Oh, you're cold?" Ben squinted at her, "I have half a mind to climb over you and cover you in water so you know how cold it really is."
"That sounds hot," Rey commented racking her eyes over his shirtless form.
Ben opened his mouth then closed it, "Bold comment from a girl about to spend a week with my mother."
"I forgot you're leaving, that just makes what Matt said sound like a better idea," Rey turned as the house door opened and Poe walked over to them, "Hey brother."
"Ben I need something from your wallet," Poe spoke quickly and slightly slurred. Rey handed it to him and he took something out and hid it in his pocket, then ran inside, "Thanks!"
"That was weird," Rey turned back to Ben realizing they were alone, "I'm assuming it's a guy thing."
"Something like that, what were you saying about me leaving, not going to miss me are you?" Ben smirked.
"If you're going to make fun of me then I won't even tell you," Rey got up and walked away smiling at the splash of water as he chased after her.
"Rey, I want to listen to what you have to say," Ben called as he pulled his shirt over his head. She rolled her eyes and sat on one of the lawn chairs Ben walked over and sat across from her, his knees on either side of hers and patiently waited for her to speak.
"Matt suggested I give you a hickey," Rey paused as Ben gulped, "And you're going to be gone for a week so maybe I should, so you don't forget about me."
"How could I forget about you?" Ben laughed, "No guy in their right mind would say no to the girl they like wanting to give them a hickey, but are you sure you want to?"
Rey didn't answer leaning forward pulling his shirt aside, she kissed his shoulder till he gave a small gasp and bit down making him hiss. She paused as he breathing became uneven and sucked on the skin for a minute before pressing a kiss to the bruise, "Did I do that right?"
"Heck if I know, it left a mark and felt great, so I guess," Ben blushed taking in Rey's flushed cheeks and swollen lips, "Can I try?"
"How am I going to cover it for cheer?" Rey questioned rubbing her arm.
"If you don't want me to it won't hurt my feelings," Ben assured taking her free hand, he was lying, of course, but he had ment he wouldn't hold it against her, "But if you do want me to you can cover it with makeup, I'm glad it's on my shoulder because I can't while camping."
"Do it where my hair will cover it till I can put makeup on it," Rey whispered. Ben nodded, brushing her hair away from her neck and lightly kissing at the skin below her ear, without biting, because he was really scared to hurt her he sucked on the skin and ran his tongue over the mark making her moan, "Ben."
"Your dad is going to kill me," Ben whispered into her neck. On the ground beside the pool Ben's phone started to ring and he jumped up cursing, "Hello?"
"Ben, I texted you three times with no responce, how is everything going?" Leia's phone was on speaker in her hand as she was pacing the kitchen with Obi, Han, and Luke sitting at the island.
'Sorry, I got pushed into the pool and had left my phone in the grass so I didn't know you were texting, I'm completely irresponsible and I'm sorry.'
"You're not helping yourself by being honest, is Rey okay? Where are Finn and Poe?" Leia questioned setting the phone on the counter.
"Rey's fine, she's outside with me because I don't want to track water into the house and Finn and Poe," Rey held up a video on her phone from Snapchat of her brothers, "Are playing beer pong."
Rey high fived him quietly.
"Ben, can I talk to Rey," Mr. Kenobi asked.
'Yeah sure...' 'Hey dad!'
"Hi Honey, how much did you drink?" all the adults leaned in to hear her answer.
'Half a jello shot and a few sips of Ben's beer, but Matt taught me how to fit 4 cookies in my mouth at once.'
"Is anyone doing drugs?" Luke interrupted.
"Luke," Leia scolded.
"She's the most likely to tell us," Luke defended, "Then I'll have a list for the guidance counselor when school starts again."
"That's why it's called High School," through the phone Rey laughed at Han's joke.
'Rey, please don't encourage him.'
Rey rolled her eyes at Ben as Leia's voice came through the phone, "Alright, I would feel better if both of you went inside and weren't alone, but I'm proud of you both for staying together and being responcible, Ben, I love you, answer your phone from now on."
Ben covered his mouth to keep from bursting into laughter, but didn't let it show in his voice, "Thanks mom, I will, love you too."
As soon as he hung up the phone Rey laughed, "Let's be honest, if you told your mom we gave each other hickeys she would probably be proud."
"Very funny," Ben pulled her hair to cover her neck, "Can I kiss you?"
"You just licked my neck and you need to ask me if you can kiss me?" Rey smiled.
"No body is excited for their first hickey but your first kiss is something you always remember," Ben whispered with his hand on Rey's hip.
"How do you know this is my first kiss?" Rey questioned.
"I want you to be mine," Ben spoke softly, he was okay with not being her first kiss but he was more interested in being her last.
"What if I'm not good at it?" Rey whispered as Ben leaned down towards her.
"You made every part of my body tingle and left me breathless and still didn't know if you had done it right, I'm learning that you have incredible luck at trying new things," Rey could feel the laughter in Ben's chest as he pressed his lips firmly to hers, "Come on, if my mom finds out we're still alone she'll get mad."
Rey was sitting with a few cheer girls, Ben had been watching her from where he stood with a group of guys when Poe stumbled over to him, "Hey man, what's up?"
"I need to tell my dad, I love him," Poe slurred as he wrapped both his arms around Ben's waist from behind, "I love you, Ben."
"I love you too Poe, why don't you go sit with Rey, I'll get Finn and we can go home," Ben turned in Poe's grasp to rest a hand on his shoulder. Poe nodded as he slumped over and sat on the floor in front of Rey, resting his head on her knee. Ben noticed that a couple of guys were sitting with the girls and one kept checking Rey out, he didn't know what made him go over and whisper in Rey's ear but he did, "Close your legs, I'm going to find Finn then we're going to go."
The cheer girl next to Rey raised an eye brow at her as she pressed her thighs together and blushed, "What?"
"Just friends my foot," the girl named Alya laughed, she was one of Rey's basses from the cheer team.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Rey picked up her cup and drank from it to avoid further questioning.
"What is that?" Alya questioned taking the drink and looking inside.
"This weird cupcake flavored water," Rey pointed to the bottle on the coffee table.
"Rey, that's straight vodka, in the time we've been sitting here you took like 7 shots," Alya laughed, "You're about to be so wasted."
"That's really bad," Rey looked panicked for a second then took out her phone and started texting Leia, 'So I accidentally drank 7 shots of vodka and it hasn't hit me yet, I'm sitting with Poe who is drunk and Ben went to find Finn, what do I do?'
It wasn't long before Leia responded, 'I am almost there just wait for Ben to get you and Poe if you start to feel like you can't walk tell Ben, don't freak out just breath normally.'
"My sister," Finn screamed wrapping Rey in a tight hug around her shoulders from behind, "Leia's here to get us, isn't that great? Leia is so awesome!"
"I agree Leia is very awesome," Rey laughed as Finn let go of her and she stood to help Poe up, Rey waved goodbye to her cheer friends as she followed Ben out of the house.
Outside Leia's car was at the end of the driveway Finn jumped up and down hanging onto Ben, "Your mom is here, your mom is awesome, can I sit in the front with your mom?"
"Sure, Finn," Ben smiled as he held the car door for Poe and Rey then climbed in after. Rey turned to help Poe put his seat belt on.
"Rey, how did that happen?" Leia asked.
Both Rey and Ben froze thinking Leia had seen Rey's neck but Rey realized that side of her neck was the side she was turned to as she helped Poe.
"So my friend had a bottle and I watched her open in and pour it into a cup and when she drank it she said she didn't like it and passed it to me so I drank all of it, it didn't taste like vodka,so I drank the entire cup," Rey explained pushing her hair in front of her shoulder as she buckled her seatbelt, "So I accidentally drank 7 shots but I haven't started feeling it yet."
Leia started laughing, "Sweetie, you're going to feel so sick in a few minutes."
"We get to see what kind of drunk Rey is!" Finn clapped and bounced in his seat, "Can I play music?"
"Sure, sweetie," Leia laughed as Finn turned the radio up really loud.
"Are you feeling okay?" Ben spoke into Rey's ear so she could hear him.
"A little dizzy," Rey admitted putting her hand on the inside of Ben's leg, "I like when you talk in my ear, your voice is really deep and it makes me feel-"
"Rey," Ben caught her hand as she slipped it up his leg, lacing their fingers together before she went to far.
"Sorry, I don't know why I did that, my head hurts," she leaned again's his arm.
"It's okay, sweetheart," Rey heard him but didn't question the nick name as she drifted off to sleep.
When Rey woke up her brain was foggy and her vision was swimming, she was just clear headed enough to realize where she was and that she had to throw up. Quickly getting out of bed she ran to the bathroom without turning the light on and completely emptied her stomach into the toilet. She wiped her mouth with a bit of toilet paper, threw it in, and flushed the toilet, there was movement in the doorway to the bedroom when Leia walked in and knelt beside her, "Sweetie, are you okay? Do you want a pain killer?"
She nodded because she hadn't caught her breath yet, Leia handed her a glass of water and an Advil, "Thank you."
"If you can't sleep you can come downstairs, your dad and Luke are already up but the boys are sleeping on the floor," Leia rubbed her shoulder and got up leaving the room.
Rey sat on the floor for a minute trying to think of how she got there, she remembered talking to Alya and the other cheer girls and then playing with Poe's hair but nothing after that. She did remember being by the pool with Ben which sent a jolt through her as she pushed herself to her feet, as quietly as she could she ran to Ben's desk chair where her backpack was, grabbed her makeup bag, went back into the bathroom, closed and locked the door, and turned on the light to asses the bruise on her neck. It was mostly pink with a bit of purple and about the size of her three finger tips, Rey took her phone from her pocket and took a picture of her neck sending it to Matt and Ben being careful not to save it, then threw her hair into a messy bun at the top of her head, washed her face, and brushed her teeth. She then set to work covering the bruise first blending out some concealer and foundation then dusted it over with eye shadow and lastly setting spray letting that dry before she ran her fingers over it a few times to make herself feel better. She then put all her makeup back into her bag and changed into some black leggings and Ben's sweatshirt before heading down stairs. The panic of realizing she was in a house full of people who would yell at her for having a hickey was enough to wake her up despite it being early and she was up late, anxiety began to claw at her stomach as she walked down the stairs and turned into the kitchen. Leia set a bowl on the island for her, "Here you go dear."
"Thank you, can I ask you something weird?" Rey questioned as she sat down and shoveled some biscuits and gravy into her mouth.
"Sure," Leia answered as she gave her another glass of water and sat beside her.
"Do you know what happened last night? The last thing I remember was sitting talking to some cheer girls," Rey explained.
"Between you and Ben I know you were talking to those girls and he left to get Finn because Poe was completely drunk," Leia looked over to where Poe was sprawled out on top of his sleeping bag on the floor, "Bless his heart, and I got a text from you shortly after saying you accidentally took 7 shots."
Rey's mouth fell open, "How did I manage that?"
"You did nothing wrong, a girl opened a bottle in front of you and poured it into a glass and said she didn't like it and handed it to you, you drank it not being able to taste the alcohol and were completely fine, you fell asleep in the car and Ben carried you in," at the mention of her son's name Leia noticed Rey look slightly relieved but didn't comment on it, "Drink some water and eat, you'll feel better in a few hours, I have to wake Han, you would think he was hung over."
She watched Leia walk up the stairs before picking up her bowl and glass and going into the dinning room where Luke and Kenobi were playing chess, she set her stuff down beside her dad and hugged him, "Good Morning Dad."
"Good morning Honey, how are you feeling?" he asked as she sat down and continued eating.
"Alot better, I think I'll stick to beer from now on," Rey laughed.
"You drank a third of mine then gave it back," Ben chuckled as he sat down beside Luke with a glass of water and bowl of food, he was still wearing the same clothes he had to the party and his hair was messy from sleep
"We were sharing," Rey defended, Ben smirked at her and she quickly looked away blushing.
"Ben I heard you got thrown into the pool, what did you do?" Mr. Kenobi asked with a small smile.
"You know the boys on the football team that you guys like to bet on who get's a red flag first?" Ben started making Luke and Kenobi chuckle, "They started asking Rey questions and I kept answering for her so they got annoyed and threw me in the pool."
"What really set them off is one asked for my phone number and Ben said I didn't have a phone," Rey giggled Ben just stared at her with a small smile, "Dad, can I make this move?"
"I honestly don't see a good one," Mr. Kenobi pushed the board over to his daughter.
Rey moved a piece and Luke gasped, "Witchcraft!"
"I believe you mean check mate," Rey pushed her bowl away and picked up her glass of water.
"Can I get this for you?" Ben stood and reached for her bowl.
"No, I've got it," Rey took her dishes and followed him into the kitchen.
Ben rinsed his dish in the sink and put it in the dishwasher then went to take hers, "Am I going to have to fight you for it?"
"You could," she joked before stepping closer and lowering her voice, "Can I see?"
He nodded allowing her to pull his shirt aside, where his collar bone met his shoulder there was a dark purple and red bruise the size of her thumb as she brushed it over it, "You covered yours really well."
"It wasn't so dark," she admitted, "You were very gentle, I sent you a picture."
"Is that good or bad, being gentle?" He clarified as he took out his phone to check the message. Rey just shrugged running her fingers over the pale skin of his shoulder in contemplation. He looked and the picture of her bruised neck and a part of him thought it was beautiful but he felt his stomach slowly sinking as he went back to the dishes.
"I like you," Rey said eventually, "I like that you're gentle, I like that you want to protect me even though you don't have to, my brothers and my dad, it's their job but-"
She stopped as he wrapped on arm around her waist and the other around her shoulder holding her to him, Rey let out a small sigh as she leaned into him and he brushed his lips against the hickey on her neck, "I like you, I want you to be safe and happy, leaving a mark on you doesn't sit well, I never want to hurt you."
"There's a difference between a mark out of anger and, for lack of better word, passion, I'm not made of glass," Rey looked from his eyes to his lips and whispered, "Follow my lead?"
"Are you trying to get me to kiss you with Kylo Ren quotes?" Ben questioned sliding his hands to rest on the small of her back.
"Is it working?" Rey questioned licking her lips.
Ben chuckled and leaned to whisper in her ear, "Maybe if your dad wasn't in the other room and your brothers asleep on the floor, I'm certain my parents wouldn't like us kissing if we weren't dating."
"That sounds like a quick fix," Rey answered making him lick his lips nervously, she pulled aside his shirt to bite and suck beside where she had marked him the night before. Ben braced himself with is fore arms on the counter behind her as he began panting, Rey covered her mouth to keep from laughing. He brought a hand up to push aside the strap of her bra to nibble and suck on her shoulder, good thing she had a hand over her mouth as she arched her back to press their stomachs together and moaned, "Ben."
"We should stop before we get caught," he whispered as he straightened her bra strap and pulled at her sweatshirt so it covered the new, much darker mark. She pouted up at him and he sighed pressing a kiss to her nose, "Come on, I'll show you how to play Mario Bro's and you can play that while we're gone."
Rey climbed over Poe and stepped onto the couch then sat with her knees tucked to her chest, Ben watched from in front of the tv in amusement, "What?"
"Nothing," he smiled as he handed her a controller and sat beside her, she rested her knees over his leg and leaned against him waiting for him to answer, "Everything you do is just really cute, wearing my sweatshirt, how you walk, just everything."
"Thanks," Rey blushed, "So how do we play?"
Han walked downstairs and watched Rey and Ben playing the video game for a second before turning and walking into the dinning room, "I think we have a problem."
"The hormonal teenagers?" Luke questioned.
"We already placed bets on whether he's going to ask to date her on the trip," Kenobi explained.
"And you're okay with that?" Han asked as he leaned back to peak at the kids.
"I'm about to become that boys biggest fear," Kenobi smiled.
"We'll get to tease him too," Luke smiled, "All the jokes I can make at school, it's going to be great."
Rey and Ben both had one life left and their characters kept getting in each other's way. Rey growled, "Stop jumping on my head!"
"Stop running into me, you're going to knock me off the edge," Ben shot back.
"Wait a second," Rey's character picked up Ben's.
"Put me down," Ben turned to her but she jumped up and out of his reach.
"Okay, I'll put you down," Rey smirked as her character threw Ben's into a pit.
"Rey!" Ben yelled, Finn sat up, glared at the both of them and went up stairs, "Look what you did."
She glared at him then pushed him onto his back by his shoulder and sat on his stomach with her legs crossed and continued playing the game, didn't feel like fighting with her so he started scrolling through his phone. Leia walked down the stairs and took in her son calmly laying beneath his "friend" as she played a video game Leia took out her phone and took a picture then posted it to Instagram saying, 'Ben and Rey are going to miss each other but they don't know how to express it.'
"Mom!" Ben groaned when he saw her post.
"You both are adorable," Leia smiled.
"Thanks Leia, but this is war," Rey spoke sweetly.
"You want a war?" Ben threatened, Rey paused the game, set the controller aside, and looked at him challengingly.
"Ben, you're older, be more mature," Leia scolded as she walked into the dinning room.
Ben opened Snapchat and started recording the tv then panned over to Rey, "Having fun?"
"She likes being on top," Poe sat up sleepily as Ben panned over to him, "Oh, I didn't know you were recording."
"Rey, do you have a comment?" Ben asked panning back to her.
"Get your phone out of my face or I'll pee on you," Rey didn't look away from the screen.
"Classy," Ben stopped recording and posted the video to his story and Poe got up and went upstairs probably to use the bathroom. Ben opened a snapchat from Matt that was a black screen saying, 'Did Rey give you one too?' he held his phone out to Rey who paused the game and read it then went back to the game, Ben took a picture of Rey, 'I'll send you a picture as soon as I get her off of me, she has another one I gave her this morning.' he showed it to Rey, she blushed and slid off of him onto the floor, so he could go to the bathroom by the kitchen. Rey took out her phone where Matt had sent her several frantic messages congratulating her and asking when the wedding is and if he can be her brides maid, 'He said he gave you another one, girl, you need to tell me the whole story!'
Rey bit her lip as she replied, 'I'll Skype you tonight and tell you all about it.'
After Matt's responce of, 'You better' she deleted all the messages and went to scrolling on her phone. Poe had posted the picture of her and Finn standing on the boat and him sitting with the caption, 'Finn's making sure our sister doesn't fall and I'm making sure Ben Solo doesn't fall for our sister.' And Ben had commented, 'Too late!' with a black heart. Rey smiled as she went upstairs Poe and Finn were dressed and sitting on Ben's unmade bed, "Were you waiting for me?"
"So I got sent an interesting picture of you and Ben at the party last night, would one of you like to explain yourself?" Finn questioned.
Rey turned to the door and yelled down the stairs, "Ben, Finn and Poe want to talk to you!"
"Sit," Poe patted the seat next to him and Rey sat between her brothers.
Ben poked his head through the doorway near the floor, "I'm not sure if I want to commit to being on this level of the house."
"Apparently Finn was sent a picture of us from the party last night that they need an explaination for," Rey watched Ben carefully as he crossed the room to sit in his desk chair.
Finn handed his phone to Ben who stared at the picture for a second before mumbling, "We may have kissed."
"May have?" Poe questioned, Ben handed the phone to Rey, the picture was completely blurry and looked like it was taken from one of the high up windows, but it was clear that it was two people sitting on two lawn chairs with their heads close together.
"Big deal, alot of people kissed at that party," Rey shrugged sitting back and scrolling through her phone.
"Alot of people aren't our best friend getting his first kiss from our sister," Finn leaned against her and she glared back, Ben tried to hide his smile as he blushed.
"Why don't we talk about what Poe did last night?" Ben questioned.
Poe got up walked into Ben's bathroom then came back and pushed something into his hand, "Put this in your wallet and let's go play Mario Bros."
"You didn't, who?" Finn gasped.
"So last night Poe franticly took something out of Ben's wallet and it involved something Poe doesn't want to come to light, and Finn seems to know exactly what that means and it involves another person," Rey kicked her feet onto Ben's knee, "I'm assuming if I tell Dad this he'll be more concerned with that then Ben and I kissing."
"Your move Dameron," Ben smirked, "I'm certain if she asks around the cheer team she'll figure it out."
"Or if she looked under your sink behind the towels," Finn added.
Poe walked to the bathroom door, locked it, and closed it, Rey rolled her eyes, "Great going, now how am I going to shower."
"I'll pick the lock and rehide them and you three will go downstairs, okay?" Ben asked with a slightly raised voice.
"Boys, say good bye to Rey, we're leaving in five minutes," Han called up the stairs
"Nooooo!" Finn yelled as he and Poe tackled their sister making her laugh. Ben sighed and went to pick the lock on the door then closed himself in the bathroom, when he came back out the Kenobi's were still in a pile on his bed.
"Ben are you going to hand over your phone for me to keep your snap streaks alive?" Rey questioned from in her pile.
"I was just going to lose them to be honest," Ben shrugged, "You three are the only ones I have one with."
"We have an over 500 day streak, you are not loosing that, delete your nudes, block your side chicks, and give your phone to Rey," Poe commanded.
"I don't have nudes or side chicks so I'll just text you my password," Ben was on his phone for a few seconds then put it on his nightstand beside Finn and Poe's, "Can I hug Rey or are you just going to smother her to death?"
Finn let go of his sister and grabbed his phone, as she stood and hugged Ben who secretly pressed a kiss to her bruised shoulder, Finn started recording them, "You two have to kiss!"
"Kiss, kiss, kiss," Poe chanted.
"May I?" Ben asked as he and Rey both started to blush, she pulled on his shirt till their lips met and he wrapped and arm around her waist and brought a hand to the side of her face tilting her chin up to deepen the kiss.
"Good job, get off my sister and go take a cold shower," Poe pushed between them, Finn stopped recording and posted the video to his story as Ben and Rey laughed.
Leia and Rey stood in the dinning room window watching Han's pickup truck drive off down the road, Leia checked the time on the wall, "I was afraid they wouldn't leave in time, are you ready to go pick up Ben's grandparents?"
"Yes, let me go change into something nicer," Rey ran upstairs, grabbed some clothes and her makeup bag and ran to the bathroom covering the new bruise and changing into some jeans and a t-shirt which wasn't nice but was better than leggings and their grandson's sweatshirt.
Rey and Leia sat in the car for the ride to the airport, Leia turned to Rey, "What music do you like to listen to?"
"I just kinda listen to what my brothers do, Finn likes the music that is popular at the moment and Poe listens to that as well," Rey shrugged, "What ever you want to listen to is fine."
"Okay sweetie," Leia put on some quiet music, "Am I going to make you uncomfortable by asking about you and my son?"
"I mean of course but you can still ask," Rey gave a nervous laugh, "I told him I like him and he said he likes me, and we may have kissed."
"Rey, I'm not a perfect mother but I know that I will be able to talk to you in a different way that your father can about certain things involving boys, so just know that if you need to talk about anything, I'm not going to judge you, and you won't get in trouble," Leia spoke carefully, "Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
"Leia, I'm not planning on having sex with your son," Rey said not being one to beat around the bush.
"Okay good," Leia let out a breath of relief, "But if you do Han has taught him all about protection and he has condoms in his bathroom and he always has one in his wallet and I like to think I raised him to be very respectful but never the less don't let him or anyone pressure you into something you're not comfortable with."
"I understand Leia, thank you," Rey smiled but on the inside she was screaming, Poe took something out of Ben's wallet, then replaced it with something from his bathroom, Ben keeps a condom in his wallet and more in his bathroom, her brother slept with someone last night and Finn didn't know who, Poe had some questions to answer when he get's back.
The rest of the car ride was filled with laughter and conversations that were considerably less awkward. Leia parked outside the pick up area of the air port and her and Rey walked into the baggage claim, after waiting for a flood of people to enter the area they were in Leia gasped, "They have a baby carrier."
"Does that mean they have a baby?" Rey questioned.
"That we do," Padme set down the carrier and hugged her daughter then Rey, "You must be Rey, you're just as pretty as Ben said you are."
"Thank you Mrs. Skywalker, it's nice to meet you," Rey blushed a little but still smiled.
"Oh please, I'm Padme, this is Anakin," Rey and Anakin shook hands, "And this is our daughter Ahsoka, we just adopted her from Ethiopia, she turns three weeks old on Sunday."
Padme and Leia said goodbye to Anakin out in the garage as he was going to take Ben's truck to the camp ground and arrive after the men had already settled to surprise them. Rey had never been around a baby but this was the cutest thing she could ever imagine, she had the most beautiful black and white wispy hairs on top of her head and she was so little, Rey was absolutely captivated. She sat on the floor of the living room watching Ahsoka sleep, she had been sleeping the entire drive home, Padme walked back into the house and smiled, Rey thought she was really beautiful with her long wavy light brown but graying hair, "Would you like to hold her?"
"Can I?" Rey gasped.
"Of course," Padme unbuckled Ahsoka from the carrier and set her in Rey's arms, "Support her head with your arm just like this, perfect."
"She's so beautiful, I love her," Rey whispered.
Leia walked in and sat on the floor with them, "Oh Rey, have you ever held a baby before?"
"Never," Rey smiled at Leia as she took a picture.
"You'll have to send me that for Ahsoka's Instagram, she has quite the following," Padme smiled.
"Can you tag me? I have like 20 followers," Rey laughed.
"She has over a hundred," Rey's jaw dropped as Padme laughed.
Poe and Ben were building a fire while Han, Finn, Luke, and Obi were pitching the tent which was large enough for all of them but was a bit complicated to set up. Poe sighed, "I miss Rey."
"What made you think of Rey?" Ben questioned.
"She really wants to climb a tree," Poe explained.
"She wouldn't be able to climb one of these trees, she's not tall enough," Ben commented.
"Ben, stop being weird," Han yelled.
Poe laughed as Ben glared at him, "Why do you torment me so?"
"Come on, you miss her," Poe poked Ben in the arm with a tree branch.
"I saw her a few hours ago and now I get to spend time with you, I enjoy your company as much as hers," Ben answered as Luke crouched down beside him.
"You are your mother's son," Luke put a hand on Ben's shoulder, "He'll miss her when we're all asleep, trust me."
"Talking about that Rey girl?" they all turned towards the voice that yelled in the distance, it was Anakin, "She's just as pretty as Ben said!"
"Grandpa!" Ben ran and hugged his grandfather, "Why are you here?"
"I heard that you finally found an interest in girls and knew you would need as much advice as you can get, and I don't entirely trust these three to help you," Anakin gestured to Luke, Kenobi, and Han.
The rest of the day was spent baby proofing the house which included turning the air conditioning down so Ahsoka wouldn't get too cold, Rey resorted to wearing her cheer practice attire with one of Ben's black v-neck shirts to keep cool. She has helped Leia drag boxes of baby toys that used to be Ben's out of the basement in order to find a play pen for Ahsoka to sleep in which they ended up setting in Leia and Luke's office. Padme had fought but eventually lost in having Ahsoka sleep in Luke's room with her because Leia insisted she needed sleep and if Ahsoka wakes in the middle of the night she and Rey could handle it. When the other women had gone to bed Rey closed herself in Ben's bathroom and Skype called Matt, 'Girl, is that Ben's shirt?'
"It was in his laundry basket, I'll clean it before he gets back," Rey rolled her eyes as she propped the phone against the mirror.
'His dirty laundry, gross' through the phone Matt gave her a raised eyebrow, 'You don't think he'd love to see that?'
"Shut up, if you tease me I'm not going to tell you what happened at the party," Matt was silent so she continued, "So after you left I tried our plan of taking his drink but those guys he was talking to made a comment about my legs so he put his arm around me and started speaking for me that annoyed them so they said they were going to throw him in the pool, we went outside and he gave me the stuff in his pockets and his shirt and they threw him in and left."
'Okay, I saw that on Snapchat so skip ahead,' Matt added.
"We were alone outside so I brought up how he was leaving and maybe I should give him a hickey," Rey took out a make up wipe and started removing the makeup covering her hickeys, "I gave him one first on his shoulder and he gave me the one you've already seen and I covered it with my hair and then this morning we were doing dishes and I asked to see it and I kinda made his worse and then the gave me another on next to the one I already had."
Rey picked up her phone and held it close to her pulled aside bra strap the mark was the same size as the first one he gave her but darker, Matt gasped sarcastically, 'Under your bra? Such scandal! But seriously, that's intimate, am I the only one that knows?'
"Yeah, just us and you but I've never been in a relationship, I've never really had friends so I kinda need someone to talk to about Ben," Rey admitted as she set to work covering the marks, "Leia tried to talk to me today and she's great and all but she went to an extreme and started talking about sex and condoms which I'm definitely not ready for that."
'I'm here for you man, but if you guys do that stuff parents should know as long as I'm the first to know because I will go down with this ship,' Matt joked making Rey laugh, 'But Ben's mom throwing his virginity at you is a mood.'
"I'm going to quote that as vulgar as it may be," Rey blushed, "Ben's grandparents are nice, Anakin took Ben's truck and met them all at the camp ground and Padme is really kind, they adopted a new born and she's really small and the cutest but a little fussy."
'Ben's going to wife you when he comes home to you in his shirt, sleeping in his bed, with his love marks, proving that you'll be a great mom, are you going to cook for him too?' Matt laughed.
"I might," Rey shot back, "He's honestly a great cook so maybe I'll leave that to him."
'Planning your lives together,' Matt smirked as Rey glared, 'You know they say girls plan out their weddings subconsciously with every guy they meet.'
"Yeah? Our wedding would be in a field beside the city dump in the morning dew," Rey snorted.
"Just like our marriage," Matt chuckled.
Rey paused and looked towards the bathroom wall Ahsoka was crying in the other room, "Gotta go, I'll text you tomorrow."
'Bye mom,' Rey rolled her eyes as she hung up and went to get Ahsoka.
Leia woke up and the first thing she did was go check on Rey. She was asleep with Ahsoka between her and a pillow she had set against the wall. Rey was scrolling through her phone with an arm around Ahsoka who was fast asleep on her tummy, Rey sat up when Leia walked in, "She would start fussing every time I put her down."
"Being in a new place is probably hard for her," Leia whispered as she sat at the foot of the bed, "How did you sleep otherwise?"
"Okay, I woke up a few times from her kicking me but I slept fine," Rey shrugged, truthfully she kept drifting into horrible dreams of being alone in a completely black plain with voices whispering that the men on the trip will never return and felt like she got no rest at all but she didn't want to tell Leia that.
"I'm going to dig through some more boxes downstairs, if she wakes up come get me and I'll show you how to change her diper," Leia patted Rey's leg and left the room.
The tent was completely silent when Mr. Kenobi woke up and went outside, Ben was already up and rebuilding the fire, "Good morning Ben."
"Morning Ben, how did you sleep?" Ben asked as Mr. Kenobi sat beside him.
"That's a personal question," Kenobi answered making Ben smile, "Do you like my daughter?"
"That's a personal question," Ben laughed nervously before adopting a more serious expression, "But that is completely your business, yes and I do."
"Your uncle and I have a bet going," Kenobi casually looked at the trees around them, "About if you're going to ask me if you can date her or not."
Ben wished he could be as calm about the man sitting next to him as his heart was beating faster than it ever had, "And what side are you on."
"Telling you would be unfair, you know that," Kenobi scolded.
"I'm sure my uncle would understand that I need to do everything possible to be in your good graces," Ben answered as he wiped his sweaty hands on his jeans.
"Ben," Mr. Kenobi reached out and put a hand on his shoulder and felt him tense up, "Just give me the note card you wrote your speech on and let me read it."
Ben nodded and took a folded up note card out of his pocket, handed it to Mr. Kenobi, and turned walking away with his hands on his head and taking deep breaths, after a while he walked back, "If you want me to wait a year to bring it up to her I can or I can wait a year and then you can answer or-"
"If you want to drive back today and ask I'm okay with it, you were named after me, I've known you your whole life, but I also know that you don't feel emotion lightly even if you don't always know how to express it, just promise me you'll let her bring up marriage because you would have married her the day you met her and we all saw it," Ben blushed and looked at the ground then back at Kenobi, "I love you, I love Rey, and nothing is going to change that but remember you're both young and if you ever decide to stop dating you're friends first and boyfriend and girlfriend second."
"I understand, are there any rules you want me to follow?" Ben asked as Mr. Kenobi got up and walked off into he forest.
"Yeah, no visible hickeys," Mr. Kenobi turned back to Ben who was completely pale and look like he was going to pass out, "Having them is fine just as long as no one see them, they look trashy, don't you agree?"
"Of course, sir," Ben agreed before turning back to the fire pit and screaming in the back of his throat.
[Flashback]
Leia, Luke, Han, and Kenobi sat in the dining room with a bottle of wine while the kids were at the party when the phone in the kitchen rang, Han got up to get it and after a while they heard him scream, "HOP OFF MY FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S -."
The last word out of Han's mouth was a part of human anatomy that Rey certainly did not have but Luke and Kenobi burst into laughter anyway, Leia called to him, "Is everything alright?"
"That Hux kid said he was hiding in the bushes and saw Ben and Rey giving each other hickeys and it was Rey's idea, so I told him to hop off Rey's-"
"We heard, I'll call them and tell them to go inside but I'm not to concerned, kids do that at party's these days," Leia shrugged and grabbed her phone.
"Don't let him know we know, I'm going to use it to tease him," Obi laughed.
So I took a test today in Anatomy and Physiology which is a very tough subject especially for me and if you could leave me a nice comment I would greatly appreciate it because my mental health is currently darker than my wardrobe (which is almost completely gray and black).