AN: First of all, sorry for not updating sooner but I have had no time to write recently. Also, just to explain, so far I don't feel Ben and Rey are in a relationship, they both have feelings for each other (obviously cause Reylo) but they're both so closed up they won't admit it, yet. Sorry for any spelling errors, grammar etc. Please review so I know what you think!
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School had been cancelled for the past three days, and all Rey could do was be trapped in her apartment, whilst Ben was out at work, Rey wasn't actually aware of what his job was, as they both did the least talking to each other they could. They were both just unfortunate people in a rather odd situation. Rey was scribbling notes down from her textbook when she heard, the first shout and the thud of metal hitting bone. She ran to her window to see what was going on, and was horrified to see two guys beating Ben to a pulp, one with a steel bat and the other smashing his fist into Ben's jaw.
Rey was on the street before they swung another hit.
The snow had stopped about an hour ago, so it was easy to see Ben's mangled body lying in the fresh snow, and the large pool of blood around him. The two men continued to attack Ben, the taller man cracking his bat hard on the side of Ben's ribs, and the smaller aggressively kicking him in the stomach. Ben wasn't even responding to any of the blows, he just lay there shaking, his hand on his mouth, trying to stop the blood flowing out from between his teeth.
"Get away from him!" Rey yelled running towards them.
"Why hello their beautiful!" Exclaimed the bat wielding man.
"Don't call me beautiful, now get away from my… friend" Rey said unsure of her last word.
"Sorry sweetie but we have a little bad blood that needs resolved with your boyfriend" Said the smaller man with a chilling grin on his face.
"He is not my boyfriend, now leave before I call the cops" Rey said through gritted teeth .
"Sorry sugar, but the cops aren't gonna-"
Rey couldn't control herself when her hand flew to his throat, her grip tightening as she spoke,
"If you leave I won't call the cops, but if you don't, I will make sure you get your sorry butts locked up for good"
"Okay tiger, we'll leave him to you, but we can't promise she aren't coming back"
And with that, the two men hopped back in their car and speeded back to whatever hell they came from.
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Ben couldn't feel anything, but he could hear everything. He could hear his heart beating in his chest, his breathing slipping from between his lips, the creaking of a chair next to him. Ben painfully moved his head to see Rey sitting in a chair next to his, as far as he could tell, hospital bed. Suddenly he wasn't numb, it felt like he was on fire, and as a result he winced loudly.
"I wouldn't move if I was you" Rey said flicking through sheets of paper on a clipboard "Three broken ribs, a cracked jaw and pretty much bruised everywhere"
Everything she mentioned seemed to seemed to ache more, he knew she would ask so why not provide the answer first.
"Me, Hux and Phasma used to be involved with a gang" Ben swallowed the sharp pain in his jaw "We were respected, but soon realised how dangerous the other members had become. We left, but they have ways of finding us. Then they send their hit men, and, well, beat the crap out of us until we agree to return"
"I can't believe you were in a gang" Rey said shaking her head in disbelief.
"They call themselves the First Order, but you must not repeat hat name anywhere" He said as his eyes darkened.
They sat silently as Rey contemplated what she had been told. She could tell Ben was ashamed of what he had done, but he seemed more ashamed that Rey was seeing him lying in a hospital bed, with broken bones and bruises scattered all over his skin. She had heard about gangs in her neighbourhood, but she never really knew what they did or who was involved. She always imagined burly men with tattoos and thick gold chains round their necks. Rey didn't know where that image came from, because clearly she was shallower than she thought.
A nurse, not much older than Rey, had to ask for Ben's parents to come talk to the doctors about his recovery, and as much as she hated to lie, she couldn't say they were living together. She managed to construct a story about how his parents were currently on vacation in France for a month, but the nurse just said visiting times were over, and hurried her away.
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Rey visited Ben every day, to bring him the occasional secret cigarette or secret beer that doctors would be outraged she brought into a hospital, but Rey knew that the odd beer and cigarette would make Ben recover quicker than any of the medicine he was given. Hux and Phasma apparently reported to the cops and told them everything that happened to them and Ben, which put them at more risk, but they knew they needed to tell them before they go after more people.
But Ben was scared, and Rey could tell, his recovery was more than healing broken bones.