AN: Hello my dears! A fluffy little piece that takes place the night before Gemma's 5th birthday!

HoloVids

"She can't be almost five. I won't allow it." Rey whispers as she pushes play on another holovid of Gemma Bey. This one's from the resistance base, when Gemma had a flu, and Ben sat up with her the whole night, because she'd only stop crying if he was holding her, a fact that had made Rey a bit jealous at the time. But she'd pulled out the holocam in the morning because Gem's fever was broken, but she was still clinging so sweetly to her father, and he was staring at her with a look of such devotion in his eyes. Like he'd do anything for the precious baby girl in his arms. And tomorrow that baby was going to be five years old. "She was just this small, wasn't she?"

"Mmm." Ben grumbles, and pulls her a little bit closer into the circle of his arms.

"Remind me to thank Rose for insisting that I had to take all of these Holovids of the kids." She sighs as that one comes to an end and she lets the next one on the log start to play. This time she's laying on the floor across from the baby and making ferocious growling sounds that Gemma was trying so hard to imitate. She could hear Ben's rumbling laughter behind the camera, and she sees herself beaming up at him and then resuming her task. "Where does the time go?"

"It passes too damn fast." Ben sighs and ruffles his dark hair. "Five years old."

"I almost just started crying when I was tucking her into bed today. Suddenly I felt like she was going to be fifteen instead of five. Like she's just growing up too fast."

"I've heard that's what oldest siblings do. I don't know from experience of course, but people do say that oldest children tend to be more mature."

"She's such a good big sister. Amara and Meg both adore her so much." Rey grins.

"The feeling is clearly mutual." The holovid comes to an end, and instead of hitting play, she pushes herself up on her knees and wraps her arms around his neck. He draws her to him, his arms ensnaring her waist and pulling until she was sitting on his lap.

"Five years ago today I was trying to convince myself that I had to leave you the next day, for the good of the baby. Maker, Ben, I was so scared. I didn't want to leave you. I didn't want to have the baby without you." She shakes her head, and he kisses her cheek.

"Well, you didn't."

"No, I didn't. You held my hand the entire time. Even though you were incredibly nervous." She smiles at him, and is rewarded with one of his own beautiful smiles, the kind that made her knees feel weak. "She really was a beautiful baby, wasn't she?"

"Yes. she's beautiful now, too. She just gets more beautiful because she gets more and more like you as she gets older." He pauses for a second, and then adds, "She's not allowed to see any boys until she's thirty. At least."

"That seems a bit hypocritical." Rey smirks. "Especially since I was only twenty when I conceived her. And we'll probably want grandkids one day, you know, before we're too old to enjoy them."

"I don't want to think about a boy looking at my little girl, much less…" He lets out a puff of air, and Rey bites back a smile.

"Don't worry papa. She looks at you like you hung the stars for her. You'll be the most important man in her life for many, many years." She assures him. "Until she finds a man who will love her the way that you love me. Our girls our growing up with an example of real love, and I won't let them settle for anything less."

"I love you." She tips her head down to kiss him, and then maneuvers so she's seated between his legs with her back pressed to his chest. She hits play on another holo and is delighted to see Leia parading baby Gemma around in a pink dress covered in pale purple flowers. "How many of these are you going to watch tonight?"

"Oh, I don't know. All of them?"

"You know we have over a hundred hours of these, right?"

"Just...Just the ones where Gemma is a baby." She finally decides. "Maybe a few where she's playing with Amara...oh, and we have to find the one where she got to hold Meg for the first time!"

"You know that my mother, and uncle, and the Damerons and the Ticos are all going to be getting here bright and early tomorrow, right?"

"I know. But I just…." Rey shakes her head as the video plays on, and when it ends she finds that Ben's already ready to play the next one. He wraps his arms around her, and she leans back into him as he presses his lips to her temple.