Pre-Notes: (no-spoilers)

Everyone deals with the fallout of Chapter 1 and Luke flashes back to when he took Ben into his care.

Thank you for all the likes and the positive reviews! I wrote the original story because I was bored at a no-phone family dinner! Seriously you're all the best!-Chefke

Chapter 2

Leia was furious.

Leia was appalled.

Leia was disturbed for life.

Leia was currently breaking over four hundred and twenty-two laws as she jumped off of her speeder and raced down the landing bay. Crew members and Hangar employees scampered out of her way as she boarded her sleek Alderanian service ship. She knew that it wasn't really made by Alderanians but she always kept the style the same as of her people. She was slapping her coordinates in and skipping the regulated pre-flight checks. She jerked as she pulled out of her lane. The onboard droid complaining about her lack of a safety harness. The ship pulled out of the hangar in a jagged sidelopped fashion that would cause both her birth and adoptive father's to turn in their respective graves.

She grumbled to herself as her connection to the force slowly returned. She never really used it. It was like a very strong sixth sense. She knew it was there but she didn't utilize it unless she needed a warning about a missile headed towards her. Not like Luke, Luke lived and breathed the force. If he tried to block the force out he would be in physical and mental pain, she could block it out. She had been blocking it out for the last two hours. She had been blocking it out since she had been in middle of a Rebel Council Meeting and had been given a Force induced front row seat to her son and adopted daughter's sex life. She felt both of them having well... sex but she found it odd that they were having sex at the same time. Who else was on that god forsaken planet with Luke? Oh God. Luke. Luke would know how to shield his thoughts. Luke would know how to shield himself off from other Force Users. Why would he not teach Rey this? Wait. Why was he and Rey-

Her thought process combined with her infuriating situation had caused her to accidentally flip the entire conference table over and shattered every monitor against the wall behind her. As her associates ran around to wipe glass off and pick up degree she realized that she was forgetting Ben. He was also broadcasting through the force. Ben who was supposed to have been trained by Luke to NOT broadcast anything let alone his... private life. Her little Ben who liked toy speeders and warm milk before bed. Her little Ben who was being blamed for the death of the person he loved most in the world. Han. Oh god. She slammed her palms over her head as she realized that both padawans were still broadcasting.

'Oh, god.' She whispered hand to her mouth. She shook her head violently. She needed to block it out, all of it. She vaguely heard something else shatter behind her. The entire Council had rushed to her aide but she was already flinging herself out the door and racing down the hallway with only one thing on her mind.

Leia was going to kill her twin brother, last of her family and Jedi be damned, when she landed on Achoo. Then she would take away whatever license he acquired to allow him to teach Force Users to shield what they were broadcasting.

Luke wasn't furious.

Luke wasn't even appalled.

Luke was actually slightly amused.

Luke also might need a mediator for his slightly unhinged twin sister.

If he was being honest; it didn't take much to infuriate his sister these days or any day ever really. He sighed inwardly. Han. He sacrificed so much for his family. He tried so hard to make it work for Ben and for Leia but the two of them just couldn't make it last. What had started as a wild flirtation in, what they thought would be the last days of their lives ended in Ben's birth. Han surprised just about everyone when he announced he would stay and raise his son. He later told Luke he even surprised himself. The only one who wasn't surprised was Chewie. Chewie loved Ben as if he was his own son as did Luke.

Han changed his whole life for the little guy. He went straight, no more smuggling. No more daring adventures, just staying at home and being a dad. It worked for some time. Until he cracked, he needed something more, some adventure. He would leave with Chewie for a month out of the year, that was their compromise. There were so many compromises. Leia was a princess, she was diplomatic but used to getting her way so every compromise was a three day yelling fit. No matter how hard Han tried he always felt it was never good enough. Han used to come to the Academy with little Ben when he needed to cool off and Luke would talk over whatever fight they had had and convince him to go back and talk with Leia. Ben used to love these trips, he called them Daddy and Ben trips.

As Ben got older the trips became more frequent. It was Mara who noticed he had gotten taller and shorter. He was physically taller but he was always shrinking in on himself like he wanted to melt into the walls. Ben used to sit with Mara and play pazzak. Before Mara left she made Luke swear to keep a closer eye on Ben and Ben to always call her if he ever needed anything. Mara always got along with Han. The two were free spirits being caged in by society. He had seen Mara two years ago and she looked happy. That meant the world to Luke.

But she was right too; As Ben got older he got quieter and smaller, their constant bickering and fighting taking a toll on their impressionable pre-teen. Eventually Han stopped coming and Leia and him stopped speaking altogether. their house more closely resembling a grave yard than that of a charming family of three.

By the time Luke was able to get Mara to take over the Academy to check in on them Han and Leia were each packing their bags to go their separate ways. No matter what he tried or how much he spoke with each of them they wouldn't hear of it. They wouldn't talk to him or talk to each other. It broke his heart but he knew it was probably for the best. Only after the first day did he realize he had not seen Ben at all. He had thought that Ben would have been off someone where with R2 or Threepio but he stumbled across him in his room under his table tinkering with two miniature turbo celled batteries. It was a dangerous mistake. Ben had caused the second to short circuit and he burnt his left arm. He cried that it stung. He was only seven, it was a normal response.

He bandaged his hand gently as Ben looked at his Uncle his small wide eyes filled with fear.

'Where will I go Uncle Luke?'

'What do you mean?'

'Everyone's leaving. Where will I go? Will I be alone?' The fear that crossed his nephews face caused tears to spring from his Uncle's eyes. He pulled his nephew into a hug.

'No Ben. You will not be forgotten and you will never ever be alone. You're parents just need some time to cool off and some space then-'

'They aren't going to try and fix it this time. They're too different Uncle Luke. They aren't happy when they're together.'

Luke sat in silence for several minutes holding his young nephew in his lap. He looked up and saw several items on the desk floating. It was time. This was the worst possible time to take him to the Academy but he needed to go now. Anger would set in if he wasn't able to replace his childhood with something happy and peaceful. He chose his words carefully.

'Ben, sometimes we love people too much. We love them so much that it blinds us. Have you heard that saying? Love blinds us?' Ben nodded and Luke continued. 'Sometimes we do the right thing for the wrong reason and we think that we love each other but really we just love the same thing too much to see anything else.' He had started good and then he kind of went up in a ball of smoke. He still winced thinking of Ben's face.

'I'm-'

'No! Ben, it came out wrong. I'm trying to make you feel better and I'm failing abysmally. I think I owe you a flight trip. What do you think?' Ben bounced up their previous conversation forgotten. Ben was a terrible pilot. No one let him fly. Han didnt even let him in the cockpit of the Falcon. Chewie let him sit on his lap sometimes in the co-pilots seat when Han was off world. Very far off world.

They had a blast flying, Ben enjoyed terrifying his Uncle and his Uncle enjoyed the laughter from his nephew. At the end of the day they got home to a tense dinner with Han and Leia. No one spoke a word. He received news of an emergency at the Academy and had to rush back. It was two weeks later that he finally went back. He had received word from R2 that Han had left the day after he did with Chewie and the Falcon. Leia sobbed in her room for three days and then left to do Senator business leaving Ben with Threepio and R2. It had been two weeks. R2 had called because Ben had not left his room since his mother had left and he was barely eating and it was worrying both droids. When he asked if they had tried to call Leia or Han R2 simply responded that Han was too far out in space and Leia asked to be left alone to work on a new piece of legislative that was 'groundbreaking' for poverty stricken Ghomorrians. He got into his ship leaving his entire Academy unguarded and flew straight to his nephew.

Poor Ben just sat there in silence as his world fell apart. He hid under tables and end himself off in his room while the adults let their worlds fall apart. He thought no one saw his world falling apart. Luke did. Luke left with him that day. After he was sure Mara would care for him he departed for Coruscant. Leia hadn't even blinked or responded when he stormed into her Senatorial Chamber and dismissed everyone in there. He asked where Ben's belongings where, she shrugged and looked down at her data pad. He refused to ask Threepio.

'He's your SON!' He shouted finally.

'No,' She said calmly. 'He is a constant reminder of my failure, of Han's failure. Of the damn Skywalker family always ending in heart break. I can't be the mother he needs now Luke. I need to get better so I can be a better mom for him.'

'And where does that leave him in the interim?'

'With his stubborn father. He has one you know.'

'Leia.' Exhausting finally doused the rage he had been trying to contain. 'Han is on the other side of the galaxy. You left him home alone with the droids.' she blinked.

'What? I w-'

'Except you did. I came because R2 was worried about him. I took him and R2 back to the Academy.' She bolted out of her chair.

'You did what?! He's my son! You can't just take-'

'He needed a medic Leia. He wasn't eating or sleeping. He's been with me and Mara for three days in the Med bay. Mara wont leave his side. You know how much she loved him...' A wash of panic hit Leia. Luke had to catch her before she hit the ground.

'My son. My baby. He really wouldn't eat?' He shook his head.

'I need you to listen to me carefully Leia. He isn't a regular child. He is gifted, spectacularly gifted in the force. His emotions can't handle the ups and downs of you and Han.' He held up a hand as she began to protest. He looked her dead in the eyes so she could see his calm mask on his face fall. So she could see the many wrinkles on too young a face, the battlescars, and most of all the earth crippling world fear that had kept him awake for three days.

'I'm scared Leia.' He whispered, it was barely audible. They both knew what else he was going to say. They didn't need to say it. But he was Luke and she was Leia so she did.

'You think he's going to fall.' She whispered back. Tears were freely running down her face. 'I failed him. Luke I failed him.'

'No. We still have time. He is young. I want him to stay at the Academy. You can come visit or I'll even permit you to live on the grounds with us-'

'No.'

'No?'

'I'll speak to Han.' She said speak in the way the Senator Leia Organa Solo spoke. It booked no contradiction and no argument. She was the law and she would uphold it.

'He will be with his Uncle. No distractions. Luke, we are too powerful of a family for one of us to fall again. Especially my son, I won't let him fall because of us. Because of Han and Me.' Her voice broke at the end of her speech. He could see her eyes staring at a lamp on her desk. She was trying not to cry. He walked around the desk and held his little sister in his arms as she finally submitted to her sobs. In that moment he would have taken on a thousand Emperor Palatines to stop his little sister's heart ache but there was nothing he could do so he held her and wept with her. War and Politics was hard but life was harder.

'I'm so sorry Leia.'

He had not been privy to the holo message but Mara had been and she said she had seen funeral homes with more cheer. Han cried as well as Leia. Mara held her former sister in law and Chewie's arm rested on Han's. She hadn't even needed to convince him. They both agreed whatever Ben needed. It was the one thing they ever agreed on was Ben. Their little broken hearted and abandoned Ben.

He let out a breath he hadn't realized he was holding in. Leia would be here in an hour, he should probably find the lovely couple before his sister. He needed to plan ahead not relive the past. He uncrossed his legs exiting his meditation pose. He rubbed his temples.

He debated if he should let them know Leia was en route or if he would make it to them first. He calculated their distance based on Rey's force signature that she still wasn't shielding. Leia would make it first. She would probably kill Ben, there were so many reasons at this point. Luke didn't have the time to go through even a quarter of them.

He sighed Rey would probably panic if he contacted her through the force. They had just covered shielding her force signature. They hadn't even touched conversing through the force. Besides it was hard to establish a new connection to someone. He pondered her reaction to the news and realized her natural instinct would tell her to run and while she needed to evade Leia, running would make her look suspicious to the Rebel Alliance. He started his trek towards them. After procrastinating for far too long he lightly reached out with the force threading himself into a weave that felt almost like a part of him. As he felt the connection snap strongly and secure he couldn't help but feel flushed. It was like getting the use of a limb that had been severed years prior. He took a deep breath of fresh air and dove into the connection.

'Ben?' he whispered softly.

'What?! How-' Ben was startled and confused and angry and possibly groggy? They hadn't connected in years. How was it still possible-

Luke paused and waited for Ben to make the connection. Ben was smart he would figure it out quickly.

'Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. We weren't?...'

'You're mother was two planets over and heard it. She's en route. I would suggest moving and quickly. Your Mother's temper is renown in its glory...'

'Where? I... We-'

'Ben just start moving. I'll meet up with you.' He could sense his confusion and general panic that he was trying to hide.

'I can't leave... Rey's sleeping'

'So move her...' He replied softly. He was smirking to himself as he swung over a fallen log. He was making good time. He might just beat Leia to them. Then again she was furious, maybe not...

'I don't want to wake her!' He sounded genuinely offended, like Luke had meant something by suggesting him to move her.

'You're one of the most powerful force sensitives of this generation, Ben.'

'What does that have to do with anything?!' Luke tried not to laugh, he really did.

'Honestly, I don't know who is to blame for this. Me or Snoke.'

'What? Can you try and make sense!' His body was shaking from his silent laughter.

'Use the force to levitate her.' The connection went quiet. He could hear his nephew berating himself through the force.

'It's alright Ben. You're stressed. Just move. I'm sending you my coordinates and you're mom's coordinates. We can meet on a connecting island.'

'The second one, the blue one. There's more fire cover' He was fully smiling now. How mad did he think his mom was? Better question was how mad she actually was.

'Affirmative. I'll meet you there Ben.'

'It's Kylo.'

'Okay, Ben.' He could sense Ben hurrying with a very deep sleeping Rey. He must have tripped at least twice. He was really trying not to laugh. All that power and might he convinced himself he had, and all it took was one pretty girl to turn him into a bumbling teenager. Skywalkers. Ben tripped again cursing himself as Rey almost collided with a tree. Luke mused if he should have reminded Ben to ensure they were both fully clothed when they met. Chuckling he walked along the path to their meeting point.

Post Notes:

So with the young Ben character; I'm actually a teacher (It's what I do when I'm not writing.) It's so sad but you actually see how hard it is on children when their parents get divorced. The kids usually get violent or quiet and it breaks my heart. Some kids grow out of it and some kid's personalities change permanently and it's heartbreaking to see. I'm not saying people shouldn't get divorced I'm just saying people should be mindful and take their kids to a Therapist or speak to one about how to speak to kids about separation and divorce.