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Getig - Thank you for such a great question! Rey and Matt are freshmen, Finn is a sophomore, and Ben and Poe are juniors all in high school.
Ben knew before he left the school that he only had a fourth a tank of gas and planned to stop at the gas station on the way home incase when Rey woke up the next day she wanted to hang out before their weekly families dinner. There was only one other car at the small gas station with only two pumps one on each side of the machine. There was a lady standing at the other pump putting gas in her mini van which Ben noticed had two sleeping children inside. Ben gave the lady a confused look and realized she was crying and without thinking took a step towards her, "Ma'am, are you okay?"
"Yes," the lady responded all too quickly as she wiped her eyes.
"Then why are you out in the middle of the night with two kids who can't be five and crying?" Ben questioned, "I'm not trying to be rude but if you need help I can help you."
The lady stared at him for a second before breaking into sobs and stuttering, "My-my husband, he beats me and he, and he drinks and comes home late and leaves for day on e- on end and he's cheated so many times and I can't divorce him and I don't have any family so I was going to take the kids and run away, I've tried before but he always finds me and brings me back but I have to try one last time before I can't try anymore."
"Can I put my hand on your shoulder?" The woman nodded and Ben rubbed her shoulder gently, "Where are you trying to run away to?"
"A homeless shelter on the west coast, I hope if I get there he might not be able to find me," the woman's sobs started to lessen.
"Does he keep finding you through your car?" Ben asked.
"I don't know," the lady shook her head.
"Would you trust me to drive you to where you are trying to go?" Ben asked.
"It's 23 hours away I couldn't ask you, I can't pay you," the woman started to cry again.
"Please, let me do this for you, I'm so sorry you are in this situation and I would feel terrible for the rest of my life if I didn't do everything I could to help," Ben responded, "I want to be a police officer and when I am I can't help people in this way and years down the road I can't arrest your husband for killing you or one of you beautiful children without feeling like a failure."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," the woman wrapped her arms around Ben and sobbed.
"I'm going to fill up my gas tank and then I'll follow you to a back road where you can leave your car and we can put the car seats in my car," Ben rubbed the lady's back soothingly.
"What's your name?" the woman asked.
"Ben."
"Thank you Ben."
The sun had risen and the two children, four year old twin boys both had woken up and we're asking alot of questions. Ben was now Uncle Ben and was taking them to a new place where they are going to live without their father. Late afternoon they stopped to get food and while the women and her son's played on a playground ben slept in his car for a few hours. When he woke up he stared at his phone he had turned off so no calls would come through. Last time he was seen was over fourteen hours ago so he had 10 more hours before he could reported as a missing person and people would be looking for him. He was sure the gas station footage would be a huge piece of evidence but he hoped he would already be on his way back before it was found. His one fear was the woman's husband would report her missing but part of him doubted he would find where they had hidden her car within a day. He thought about his family and how worried they must be and about Rey. He wished he could call her but the guilt of seeing his family so distraught when she knew where he was would likely tear her apart. She would probably be mad when he returned, everyone will probably be mad. What he was doing was reckless and stupid, he'll probably be grounded forever but he knew it was right. He had to help these people and this was best for them.
It was the early hours of the morning when they arrived at the shelter, Ben had turned his phone on an hour out and called ahead to let them know he was being people. Doing so he ignored countless missed calls and texts from his family and friends but oddly none from Rey. Luckily no one called while his phone was on so he wouldn't have to decline the call and alert them that he was purposefully not answering. The shelter employees had convinced him to shower and sleep for a few hours before letting him get back on the road. He said good by to the woman whom he had never actually learned the name of and hugged the boys who asked over and over if he would visit them when they get a new home to which Ben agreed to give the lady his address and told them they could send letters back and forth through the shelter.
The drive home was longer and more lonely with out anyone to talk to Ben left early morning and more then half way home he parked in front of a bank and slept through the night in his car. He figured the security cameras from the bank made it safe enough and finished driving back home. He had left the gas station Sunday morning and now late Tuesday night he entered his neighborhood and turned on his phone to call his mom.
"Hello?"
Her voice was hesitant like she didn't know what to expect, "Hey mom it's Ben, I'm just down the street and should be home in a minute or two."
"Ben, Han it's Ben, he said he's almost home, Ben where have you been I've been so worried are you okay? What happened?"
"I'm fine mom, it's kind of a long story," Ben admitted.
Ben walked in the garage door and his parents and Luke all stood from where they had been sitting in the living room, "I'm sorry."
"Ben!" Leia cried hugging him tightly, "I thought we were never going to see you again and the police said your phone was tracked and they had to confirm with you if you were a runaway before they could tell us where you were and we were so worried-"
"Leia, let him tell us what happened before you squeeze him to death," Han gently pried his wife off their son and gave him a quick hug, "But I did miss you."
"I missed you too," Ben smiled, "I'm sorry I left and didn't tell you where I was goinging, I knew you would stop me and I know when I start to explain you're going to be mad and I'm sorry."
"Just tell us what happened," Luke grasped Ben's shoulder as they all when into the living room and sat down.
No one spoke till Ben finished his story, "I know I didn't think this through and I hurt alot of people but I helped that mother and her son's a."
"Ben, we're not mad, we're proud of you," Leia pulled her son into another hug, "You're right we would have stopped you and we don't want you to repeat this but you're safe and that's all that matters."
"If anything I'm mad because of Rey," Luke admitted.
"What's wrong with Rey?" Ben sat up straight and leaned towards his Uncle.
"She was just worried," Leia tried to sooth.
"No, she is convinced you left because you didn't want to be with her," Han spoke more sternly then he intended to.
"We told Obi the truth and he told Poe, Finn, and Rey and asked if they knew anything, Poe wanted to look for you, Finn started counting the hours that we could report you missing and Rey completely emotionally shut down, she went to cheer and fencing just fine but she was distracted and far away, she collapsed at the end of fencing practice today because she's barely slept or eaten," Luke explained.
Ben started to feel sick and Leia rubbed his back, "She was taken to the hospital and received medical attention, right now she's at home resting and you can see her in the morning."
"I'm the worst boyfriend ever," Ben buried his head in his hands.
"Son, just tell her what happened and she'll understand," Han assured.
"She's never going to forgive me, she's never going to trust me," Ben jumped up and started pacing, "I drove three strangers half way across the country and I couldn't even take my girlfriend on a date!"
"Ben," he turned to his mother and dropped his arms to his sides, "You can call Obi and ask him when you can see Rey and then you will at least lay down till morning, okay?"
"Yes mother, I love you all, good night," Ben turned ant went upstairs.
Obi had said that Ben could come over and explain to him when he woke up at 4 am. At 4:01 as Obi was just starting down the stairs towards his office there was a knock at the door. He answered it and Ben immediately started rambling, "I know you're probably furious with me for hurting your daughter and I should probably just never talk to her again because there's no way I can apologize for my actions and-"
"Just come in and tell me what happened," Obi said firmly as he let Ben pass him.
Rey woke up in her own bed alone which was odd, Poe and Finn had been sleeping with her for the past few nights but she figured they were in their own beds so they could at least get a full nights rest after having to rush her to the hospital yesterday. Rey didn't remember much about being in the hospital, she remembered feeling tired during fencing then she woke up in a hospital with an IV in her arm and the nurse checked her over and she could go home with Obi who was waiting in the hallway. She went home and ate dinner with him and her brothers who were concerned and then went to bed. No one talk about Ben or her in the hospital they just talked about fencing and movies like they normally did.
Everything seemed back to normal so when Rey got up she got ready like she would any other day and went downstairs to her dad's office like she did every morning. On the bottom step she looked into the office where Obi was sitting with Ben. They both looked at her and she froze. By the time Ben stood up the front door already slammed closed behind her.
"I can't say everything is going to be okay, but I can say she'll appreciate knowing the truth," Obi stood and put a hand on Ben's shoulder.
"Thank you Mr. Kenobi," Ben nodded before following after Rey.
She had opened one of the doors from the loft to the open air and sat in front of it with her head down and arms wrapped around her knees she hugged to her chest. She heard the rustling of the grass and his foot steps on the stairs to the loft but didn't move till he sat down out of her arms reach when she turned her head away from him.
"You don't have to forgive me and you don't have to ever talk to me again if that's what you want, I hope it's not but I'm not going blame you," Ben paused partially waiting to see if she would respond but mostly trying to control his breathing so he wouldn't cry, "When I left Luka's party I kissed you goodbye and said I would see you in the morning and that was a lie and I promise I had every intention to at the time and I'm sorry I didn't, while I was driving home I stopped for gas and I noticed a lady crying and she had her kids in the car because she was running away from her abusive husband, I drove her to an emergency homeless shelter somewhere where her husband would never find her and I drove back, I knew my parents would be mad and try to stop me so I didn't tell anyone and I didn't tell you and I'm sorry that I didn't and I'm sorry that I left and I'm sorry that I wasn't a good enough boyfriend for you to know that I wouldn't leave you if I didn't have to and that is completely my fault and I'm sorry Rey, I regret ever leaving you, and I regret not telling you, but please don't make me regret helping that family."
Rey lifted her head to rest it on her chin and stared out over the treeline in front of them, "You did the right thing and I forgive you."
"Please don't say that if you don't mean it, yell at me, hate me, push me out the window but please don't just say what you think will make me happy," Ben felt a few tears fall from his eyes, "I'm supposed to protect you and take care of you but instead I left and you were hospitalized, I'm the worst boyfriend ever."
"No you're not," Rey whispered and looked over to him, Ben had covered his face with his hands and curled in on himself. She stood and closed the loft window before kneeling down in front of him, "Ben, I still want to be with you."
Ben let out a strangled sob and Rey crawled forward straddling his lap and pulled his arms away, "What did I do to deserve you?"
"By being yourself," she wiped away his tears and ran her fingers through his hair as she spoke, "Because you're cute, and sweet, and overprotective, and I missed you so much."
He pulled her close as she started to cry and kissed her cheek, "I missed you too sweetheart, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me."
"You don't mean that," Rey giggled.
"Yes I do," Ben nuzzled her cheek, "Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah, I have to not do cheer or fencing for the rest of the week so I have to either be with my dad or you dad because I need to be around people who are CPR certified at all times," Rey explained.
"What about Kanan or any of the teachers and coaches?" Ben asked.
"I can't be in the school and Kanan's expired a few months ago and he had no reason to renew it," Rey shrugged, "But I get to spend all day with your dad so that will be fun, he said I can help around the garage if I'm feeling up for it."
"Does that mean you'll have to be with my dad the entire time your dad is at work?" Ben asked, "He get's off kinda late doesn't he? I'm CPR certified so maybe I could watch you instead of having you hang around the garage for hours and hours."
"You always watch me," Rey teased.
"Not watch you, observe you, like one would observe artwork," Ben pressed a kiss to her forehead. Rey rolled her eyes and leaned in to kiss him, running her tongue along his bottom lip. He parted his lips to allow her to explore her mouth with her tongue, "Is this okay?"
"Babe, I wouldn't be doing it if I wasn't comfortable with it," Rey laughed, against his lips.
"No Rey, I mean because you fainted yesterday," Ben pressed his forehead to hers as he searched her eyes.
"Are you saying kissing is physical activity?" Rey laughed.
"Not kissing but we weren't just kissing," Ben's entire face turned red.
"You're asking if snogging is too much physical activity for me but you can't even say snogging," Rey giggled.
"One I can't say snogging because in America we say making out with sounds gross but if I were to say snogging people would either think I'm obsessed with Harry Potter or dating you because of where you're from and while I do like Harry Potter I'm not dating you because where you're from," Ben rambled.
"And two?" She smiled.
He stared at her for a second before nodding, "Two is that being intimate can raise your heart rate and tire you out making it easier for you to lose consciousness."
"You're trying to get me not to kiss you because you're sweet but your so cute that it makes me want to kiss me more," Rey mumbled pulling his shirt aside and started giving him a hickey.
"Rey," he moaned, "You shouldn't do this."
"Are you going to stop me?" Rey challenged.
"Of course not, you know I can't say no to you," Ben whispered.
"Good," she kissed his lips and stood up walking down the stairs.
Ben sighed as he looks at the bruise she left on his shoulder and followed after her, as they finished letting the horses out of their pens they heard running from outside and Finn burst in and all but tackled Ben, "It's good to see you Finn."
"I thought you were dead," Finn cried.
"You know you couldn't get rid of me that easily," Ben laughed as Poe entered the barn.
"You better have a good excuse for what you did to Rey," Poe said looking torn between hugging Ben and punching him in the face.
"Poe I'm fine and he does, he drove a woman and her two sons to a homeless shelter to escape her abusive husband," Rey explained.
"I would have gone with you," Poe hugged him.
"We could have had joined funerals," Ben laughed as he hugged Poe lifting him off the ground.
"And our head stone would say 'Brothers in hero complex'," Poe chuckled.
"Wait if you guys share a headstone what about me?" Finn asked.
"You can share with your wife like a normal person," Rey laughed, "If you marry Rose what till your headstone say?"
"Is it bad that her morbid humor makes your relationship understandable?" Poe asked as Ben set him down.
"Because I'm weird and she's perfect?" Ben asked.
"That should be on your joined head stones," Finn laughed.
"Alright Rey, we don't have many rules here which means the rules we do have are very important," Han spoke as he walked Rey through stations of cars and auto repair men to his office, "Rule one, you are not allowed beyond the yellow lines, rule two, say as many things as possible that you can think of to embarrass Ben, and rule three, do not drink anything yellow in or around this building, got it?"
"Yes," Rey nodded.
"Good you can sit in my office or make some friends, all these guys know Ben so mention that when people question why you're here," Han patted her on the shoulder, "I have to go talk with some customers so I'll set you loose, if you need anything or pass out just yell."
"Thanks," Rey smiled as he walked away. Rey sat in the office for about an hour scrolling through Instagram, reading the cheer groupchat (apparently Chloe is coming to practice and 'putting on a brave face' in her own words), sent a cute selfie to Ben, texted Matt about Starbucks (she's never had it and is very confused about their sizing system), and found some things to add to her list of movies and TV shows to watch with her brothers. By then she was bored and slid the office chair into the doorway to look out into the shop. Two employees were looking under the hood of a car and noticed her so she waved.
"Do you think that's Ben's girl?" One of the men asked with light brown hair and a southern accent.
"Well she's the only girl we've seen today when Ben's girlfriends is supposed to be here so it's a safe bet," his red headed coworker shrugged, "Are you Rey?"
"Yeah, hi," Rey walked over and shook both their hands, "Nice to meet you sirs."
"No need for sir business, I'm Mater and this is McQueen," the one with brown hair smiled.
"Good thing you started dating Ben when you did, we were going to start asking if he played for the other team," McQueen laughed.
"I hope if he was he would let me know," Rey smiled.
Mater laughed, "You're funny, I like you."
"Thanks," Rey laughed, "So I take it you've known Ben for a while?"
"I've known him since before he could check the oil in a car," McQueen smiled fondly.
"Is everyone supposed to know that?" Rey asked.
"When your dad owns an auto repair shop yes," Mater laughed, "We should teach her about cars."
"I'm about to change a tail light on a car, I'll show you," McQueen waved her over to where his station was.
By lunch Rey had learned how to change a headlight, fix a dent, remove an automatic window, and change a tire (she actually changed two of them with Han watching closely while she wasn't staying behind the yellow lines). For lunch they all gathered around a fold up table with fold up chairs but since most the employees start working at ten their lunch hour starts at 3. Han is the only one who opens at 8 to talk with customers and assign cars to the mechanics to be worked on and at 9 the janitor (who was just hired last week and happened to be the guy who ran the lazer tag games) cleans the bathrooms and is there most of the day to clean oil spills and such. As everyone ate they played poker but since Rey was there they spent the time teaching Rey. Ben arrived half way through their game, "I was afraid you guys would do this."
"I would be nice to them I told everyone your darkest secrets," Rey smiled up at him as he stood behind her, resting his hands on her shoulders, and kissed her forehead. The employees waved and greeted Ben being mostly involved in their game.
"Of course you did," Ben sighed, "Your brothers are trying to convince me we should go kayaking, would you want to do that?"
"I did faint yesterday, it might be too much physical activity," she answered.
"We have a kayak with two seats so you can use that with a life vest and I'm sure it will be fine," Han answered completely oblivious to the way his son was biting his tongue and glareing at Rey as she smirked back.
"That sounds fun, but let me finish this game," Rey nodded.
Poe and Finn were already out on the lake when Rey and Ben walked around the house. Finn called to them, "Dad said Rey needs a life vest."
"Oh right," Ben lead Rey over to the shed and got a life vest and held it for her to slip into.
"I can do this myself," she spoke as she slipped her arms into the holes and turned to face him.
"I know," he shrugged as he adjusted the straps for her then kissed her nose.
"Hurry up Finn and I have been waiting for someone to watch us race," Poe yelled.
"We're going to take all the time we need!" Rey yelled back before pulling Ben down to kiss her.
Finn took out his phone and started zooming in on them in a Snapchat video, "You better stop!"
"This is too much physical activity," Ben whispered as he kissed her on the cheek and took her hand leading her down to the dock.
"Just wait until you can't use that excuse anymore," Rey smirked.
"Just wait until that mouth of yours get's you into trouble," Ben smirked back as he sat on the dock to help her into the kayak, "I know you don't like when I help you but just this week."
"Fine," Rey huffed then smiled as he took her waist and lowered her into the front seat of the kayak, "Do I get a paddle?"
"I don't think so sweetheart," Ben climbed in the seat behind her and pushed off the dock, "I'll let you try a bit but I don't want you to strain yourself, also since they're going to race we'd better hurry, not that you can't paddle just as fast as me you're just less experienced."
Rey tilted her seat back so the could lay with her head on the kayak over Ben's legs, "I like when you get nervous and ramble."
"Thank you, love," Ben paused in his paddling to lean forward and kiss her nose.
"Less kissing more kayaking," Poe called as he and Finn paddled the opposite direction from them.
"Shove off Poe!" Rey screamed making the boys laugh.
"I would think you would have lectured me about how yelling is 'too much physical activity' for me because I'm your frail little girlfriend you always have to take care of," Rey rolled her eyes as she glared at the sky above her with a great deal more venom in her voice then her usual teasing.
Ben sighed and laid his head next to hers on the kayak with his forehead pressed to her temple and stroking her hair, "Tell me how you really feel."
"I know that passing out and being taken to the hospital is a big deal but you are almost happy I did because now you get to limit me to the things you think are safe," Rey spoke, "I know you care and want me safe but I'm not made of glass, and I know you try and give me space but maybe you could just have fun with me and be there just incase I need your overprotection like my brothers do?"
"Of course sweetheart, I'll do anything for you but let me be the nice of reason sometimes, do you want to paddle?" Ben asked.
"Yes!" Rey sat up so fast it rocked the kayak, "Woah, sorry."
"It's okay sweetheart," Ben lifted the paddle over her head and set it in front of her, "Go straight that way and be watching for if Finn or Poe passes us first."
"Okay," Rey had watched Poe and Finn row and slowly mimicked that.
"Good job," Ben encouraged.
"Are you done flirting yet?" Poe yelled.
"I don't plan to ever be done flirting, just start your race!" Ben yelled over his shoulder.
"You're cute," Rey laughed.
They kayaked till Han got home and stood on the dock, "Ben did you and Rey put on sunscreen?"
"Shoot," Ben cursed under his breath.
"I have an idea," Rey tilted her seat back to look at Ben.
"Your cheeks are already red, how are we going to hide the fact that we didn't put on sunscreen?" Ben asked.
"I found a hack on pinterest we can try," Rey answered, "Also we tell your mom we put it on but didn't reapply every hour."
"You can't lie, you're too innocent," Ben gasped.
"I've been trying to seduce you since the moment I've met you," Rey deadpanned.
"What? The day you met me you destroyed me in Mario Kart?" Ben laughed.
"I was asserting my dominance," Rey said with a straight face before bursting into laughter.
"What's funny is you are the dominant one," Finn rowed next to them and passed them slightly.
"Like it's clear Ben is the guy but Rey gets to run around and do whatever and Ben's just going along with it," Poe smiled.
"Rey is just a free spirit," Ben shrugged.
"I think you're just a pushover," Rey laughed.
"Just bidding my time till I can revolt," Ben murmured darkly.
"You can't start a resistance without me," Poe whined.
"No one is starting a resistance!" Han yelled from the dock.
"Not with that attitude," Rey called back.
After paddling around for another hour they were all hungry and went inside and sat at the kitchen table eating strawberries and blueberries. Rey was rummaging though one of the cabinets before huffing and climbing onto the counter, Ben got up and walked over to stand behind her, "What are you looking for?
"This," Rey handed a jar to him and jumped down from the count, Ben had to hold the jar above her head as she backed into him, and looked up at him, "Hello."
"Hi," he looked at the jar, "this is coconut oil."
"Yep, and if we put it on our sunburns they'll go away," Rey explained opening the jar and turning to take a spoon out of the drawer and started stabbing at the inside of the jar.
"Not everything you read on the internet is true," Poe warned.
"Do you have a better idea?" Rey asked.
"Might as well try it, you're both already looking red," Finn shrugged.
"Thank you," Rey nodded taking the spoon and wiping the back of it onto Ben's arm.
"Ew, that feels gross," Ben cringed.
"That might be a bit too much," Rey smiled as she did the same with her own arm.
"A bit?" Ben questioned as he started rubbing the oil into the skin that had been exposed to the sun.
"Okay maybe alot," Rey admitted, she took his hand to straighten his arm to take some of the oil and smear it onto his other arm.
Poe took out his phone and started recording, "A month ago if a girl touched him he would ask her if she was lost, now look at him."
"If any girl but Rey got too close to me I would say the same thing," Ben thought for a second, "Except my mom, grandma, and Ahsoka."
"How close is too close?" Rey asked.
"A mile," Ben answered making Rey laugh.
An hour later Finn was curled up in the arm chair, poe was sprawled out on the love seat, and Ben was laying on the couch while Rey sat between his hip and the back of the couch with her legs over his body. They were watching Zootopia which Rey was enjoying alot.
"I didn't do that, he did!"
Rey gasped and burst into laughter, Finn smirked, "Ben I think you have competition."
"I have a responce but it will spoil the movie and I don't want to do that to Rey," Ben took his phone out of his pocket that was under Rey's thighs, "I'll text it to you."
"This movie came out two years ago, what does it matter?" Rey questioned.
"It's still new to you," Ben shrugged, "Every time you watch it after you can know what happens but now it's a surprise."
"You're weird," Rey poked him in the stomach and he caught her hand kissing the back of it, "Weirdo."
Leia walked in from the garage, "Kenobi's come signs this."
"What is it," Rey asked as she rolled off Ben.
"Why were you sitting on him?" Leia questioned.
"She said she was texting her side ho so I tried to get her phone from her and I lost that battle," Ben sighed as he made no move to get up.
"It was sad," Poe laughed.
"He's gone soft," Finn followed his brother to the kitchen.
"I was just sitting on his stomach, he hasn't gone soft," Rey smirked.
"I am so happy you didn't say something else," Ben blushed making Leia start laughing so hard she had to hold onto the counter to keep standing.
"Is this the father's day card for dad?" Poe asked.
"Yes," Leia wiped her tears from laughter, "and the birthday card from Luke but get the card for your dad into Poe's car quick because he said he was going to leave the Court House shortly after me, he lost so don't mention it."
"What as the case?" Ben asked as he looked at the cards over Rey's shoulder.
"Obi was defending a woman trying to get full custody of her daughter but he ex husband won half based on her debt, it was a tough choice to make but there was no way she would have been able to budget her child support," Leia shook her head.
"Mom you're great and you did the right thing for that family," Ben pulled his mom into a hug.
"Thank you sweetie," Leia returned his hug, "Now go distract Obi."
Luke and Han sat on stools in the back part of the garage when Ben walked down the stairs, Han chuckled, "Are you here to distract Obi from seeing the Fathers Day cards Leia picked out for him?"
"No," Ben fibbed.
"You lie just like your mother," Luke laughed.
"What is he lying about?" Mr. Kenobi walked up the driveway.
"Don't go inside, your kids are signing your father's day card," Han answered.
Ben sighed, "I actually had a distraction."
"Alright Ben, what wasyour distraction?" Obi asked as he sat on the last stool at the the work bench.
"It's less of a distraction and more of something I should have asked you a long time ago," Ben paused gauging Obi's reaction.
"Yes you should try and grow a beard," Luke smiled.
"You know I can't," Ben huffed, "I wanted to ask if I can take Rey on a date."
"What kind of date?" Obi asked, crossing one ankle over his knee and scratching his beard.
The door to the house opened and Leia stuck her head out, "You're not trying to intimidate my son are you?"
"Dad," Rey passed Leia and hugged Obi, "Can I go with Leia on Friday to get my dress for the dinner on Saturday?"
"I don't see why not," Obi smiled, "Ben, as you were saying?"
"I was um, going to ask, ah to ask if Rey and I could-" Ben was bright red and flustered.
"Rey let's see if we can narrow down what type of dress to look for tomorrow," Rey gave Ben a sympathetic smile as she followed Leia back into the kitchen.
As soon as the door closed Ben let out the breath he was holding and the men laughed, "How am I supposed to ask her on a date?"
"We'll cross that bridge when you get there," Obi pat him on the shoulder, "So what was your idea for the date?"
"It's kinda a long story but the movie Avengers Infinity War comes out tomorrow at midnight so technically Friday morning and I knew that you probably wouldn't want us alone at that hour so I was going to invite Finn and Poe but I know Finn promised to see the movie with Rose and a double date might be just as bad as a one-on-one date also Poe might feel left out so I invited Matt so there's an even number of people, it's not a triple date, and if they leave the theater right after the movie ends they would only be 10 minutes after their curfew on nights they don't have sports the next day but fencing is at one which gives Finn and Poe enough time to get a functioning amount of sleep," Ben looked at the floor, "So please say yes or tell me what I can do to get you to say yes."
"Sounds like you have a solid plan, just make sure that after fencing practice you all go back to the house and take naps so none of you are tired the next day, now go ask her," Obi smiled and Ben took a deep breath.
Ben walked into the kitchen where Rey and Leia sat at the island on Leia's laptop, Rey looked over at him, "Ben should we match on Saturday?"
"I don't see why not," Ben smiled, "It would be great pictures for your Instagram."
"You're so thoughtful," Rey smiled back.
"We should all do a black and white because Rey would look great in white," Finn added.
"Or black," Ben shrugged, "But you look beautiful all the time."
"Thanks, so what happened in the garage?" Rey asked.
"Right," Ben took Rey's hand in both of his, "I was wondering-"
"Wait, let me record this," Leia took out her phone.
"Mom," Ben groaned making Rey giggle.
"Pretend I'm not here," Leia hushed as Ben started to blush again.
Rey smiled at him and he smiled back feeling more confident, "I just told your dad the whole story but I thought that us, your brother, Rose, and Matt could go see Invinity Wars tomorrow, so Friday morning, and it would be like our first date."
"That sounds like a ton of fun, it's like a double date with two third wheels," Rey kissed his cheek, "Thank you."
"So you got Rose and Matt in on this and you didn't tell us?" Poe asked.
"I didn't want either of you to tell her," Ben shrugged, Poe and Finn smiled at each other, "Don't."
"Don't what?" Rey asked.
"Nothing," Ben looked at her quickly, Rey raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms, "Also your dad said I have to make sure you all take naps after fencing practice tomorrow."
"We both know you can't make me do anything," Rey smirked.
"Even if I ask nicely?" Ben questioned.
"You two make me want to apologize to everyone I have ever flirted with Rose in front of," Finn grimaced making everyone laugh.
To be honest I have no freaking idea what happened in this chapter, I didn't proof read it because it's finals week. I really feel like I am done with this story I am so sorry to say, we still have a few chapters left though so let me know if you just want me to post them at once or every day so you have time to read them, I just don't want to drag this out and make it more painful.