"You were asking me to join the First Order!" Rey hissed, hands curling at her sides. "To join the Dark Side!"

"You really don't get it, do you?"

"What is there to g-"

Ben whipped around to face her, eyes blazing. "I never wanted you to join the Dark Side!" He seethed. "I wanted you to choose me!"

Rey gaped at the man in front of her trying to come up with a response, yet he continued before she could. "It wasn't about power. It never was," Ben pressed. "It was about you." His voice lowered as he met her gaze. "I meant it when I told you it was time to let old things die. That included the First Order," he took a step forward, "the Resistance." Another step. "And the battle between the Light and Dark."

He was in front of her now, Rey could feel the warmth radiating off of him. "I would never have asked you to change who you are," he whispered. "Because that is the person I fell in love with."