Therapy Chapter 2:

Gaia turn her back, facing the wall as he climbs in. She scoots forward to give him a little room. Not that there was much. The bed was a twin. Sometimes, she would wake up on the edge with her arm dangling off of the side. As Ren climbs in to the bed settling beneath the covers, the mattress shifts. He moves closer wrapping his arms around her waist leaving very little space between them. She settles for this embrace even though despite feeling uncomfortable. Exhaustion took over as her eyes grew heavy and the light began to fade. The last thing that she felt was his chin against her shoulder.

The soft press of something warm flat against her abdomen, startles Gaia. Her eyes open and she glances down. Its Kylo Ren's hand. She stares up at the ceiling realizing immediately, that she left the lamp on. Light reflecting off the ceiling blinds her. She turns on to her right side careful not to wake him or brush against his skin. There he lies facing her. For some reason, she figured that he would have left before sunrise. Not one line on his pale face or furrow in his brow. Kylo appears younger than the age of 30.

She read some notes in his file left by the previous which mentioned that Kylo had issues with detachment. An idea that was surprising considering that both his mother and father were present in his life. His mother being General Organa and father Han Solo. Gaia decides to maybe ask him sometime after he woke up, but not right now. His eyes flutter open a minute or so later. The corners of his lips curve up slightly revealing a slight smile that flashes on his face.

. As soon as she saw General Hux, she would inform him of this.

"You should also tell him how you really feel about me."

Why does he keep doing that?

"Doing what? Reading your mind?" He rubs the sleep out of his eyes. "I know that my feelings for you are unrequited. I believe that is because of your feeling for a certain pilot." Poe Dameron.

"Stop."

He reaches over to run his hand through the curls on the left side of her face. "I could fill that void." Gaia stares at him skeptically. "You are my patient, Ren."

"I could be more."

See this is when things started to becomes a little weird.

She shakes her head. "No, I never should've allowed you to sleep in here with me."

He shrank away from Gaia like she had hit him. Tears filling his eyes threatening to fall. This time Ren turned away to face the door with both feet on the floor. Gaia tries to apologize, reaching over to touch his shoulder.

He shrank back away from Gaia like she had hit him. Tears filing his eyes, falling one by one down his cheeks. Gaia tries to apologize as he shuts her off turning to face the door. With both feet on the floor, he hunches over resting his elbows on each knee. She tries to comfort him reaching over to touch his shoulder. He rises so, fast that her hand misses coming to rest on a pillow beside her. Ren exits as the door slides open.

She climbs out of bed to catch him, before the door closes. Slowly, Gaia peers out to finding him standing adjacent to General Hux. He stares over Ren's shoulder at her. All of a sudden, Ren rushes off in a huff. Hux crosses his arms then smirks. "You picked a wonderful time to upset him. All that you had to do was play along." He strides forward, as she steps back. He leans lazily against the right side of the doorway.

"I did play along," she replies.

"Not well enough because the grumpy prince is even grumpier." He shakes his head with a laugh. "Tsk, tsk. Good luck dealing with him when he is like this."

Gaia walks into her office to collect the notebook that she dropped along with a number of files from her desk. She spies the book still on the floor and breathes a sigh of relief. She crouches down to pick it up, dusting off the front cover. At first glance, everything in the room remained the same. Her eyes fall on her desk where she spies a bouquet of flowers that included Rojos, Blue blossoms , purple passions and everlilies. An arrangement clasped with a black ribbon around the freshly trimmed stalks that were still damp. She picks them up holding them to her chest. Flowers like these must have cost a fortune not that Ren was type to worry about money.

Gaia was just a week away from ending her position with the First Order. The weather on the ice planet always cold. Outside of the starkiller base all that she sees are trees, rocks and a blanket of white snow. Clearly, Ren sent for the flowers in an attempt to woo her. She presses them to her nose. The scent is unfamiliar, a mix of fruit like oranges and a freshly cut peach. An aroma that remained with her for a while.

Her office door slides open with a slow scrape against the bottom part of the frame. Over her shoulder, she watches as Kylo Ren enters the room. "Our session is next week," she informs him.

"I know. I wanted you to know that I am done." The modulator changing the tone of his voice to sound tinny and empty.

She faces him with a crease in her forehead. "Done?"

"General Hux requested that I continue," she explains.

"I don't want to do it anymore," he says cracking his knuckles.

"Why?"

"There is nothing more to speak of. My issues are resolved. I will take you back to your home where I will escort you from the ship." He exits before she can speak or even try to convince him otherwise.

A few hours later, Gaia left with her bag slung over her shoulder. Just as he promised, Ren escorted her, walking on her left side. The warm afternoon air and the scent of wet grass greets her as she steps off the platform. No more heavy clothing and boots. Now she can wear her sundresses again. Without another word, he retreats back into the Finalizer. She starts walking as the ship's door shuts. It rises from the ground floating slowly then darts away. It was over. Gaia breathed a sigh of relief. Now she could go back to her life.

Her parents emerge from a crowd of people that have gathered. She was definitely a beautiful blend of both parents. Gaia had her mother's brown eyes and smile. She was also blessed with her father's curly hair and olive undertones. They greet her, each taking time to hug and kiss her. "Gaia you are home," her mother Luna said as they walk back to their home. "What happened?"

"It's a very long and complicated story." One that she had no intention of getting into any time soon. Her father Gaian carried her bag slung over his left shoulder. "Thank goodness that you are okay," he says, "We were so worried about you." Gaia knew that when she told them the whole story somethings would have to be left out. Particularly, she could not tell them about the kiss or how he slept in the same bed with her.

That evening, Gaia hears someone calling her name. She awakens with a start thinking that she is still on the Finalizer. She notices her mother standing in the doorway along with her father. They both have worried looks on their faces. Apparently, she has a visitor. Gaia steps into her boots then walks to the front door. She opens it carefully. Who the hell is here so damn late?

Outside, standing in formation on both sides of the porch and in the yard are two dozen armed storm troopers. No, it can't be. She steps outside crossing over the doormat to stand on the top step. In the sea of white armor, emerges a tall black figure dressed in a long black robe with a hood over their head with their back turned. Kylo fucking Ren. He turns to face her still masked. "What are you doing here?" she says in an acerbic tone. If it bothered him in any way, she cannot tell. That mask hiding everything.

"I want you to come with me." He holds out his hand to her. She stares at it from afar. Her parents stand in the doorway watching in silence. Gaia doesn't want to return to that planet. Nor does she want to be anywhere near him. However, for the sake of her parents, she descends the stairs. So, that he won't take it out on her parents or anyone else in the village. She treads over towards him, remembering that all she wears is a long greyish white tunic. The fabric hanging loosely on her body. Beneath it, she is nude. A fact that he has probably taken into account.

Kylo Ren leads her out of the yard, followed by four troopers who walk in silence. He walks on the left and she is on the right. Together, they pass a number of houses whose owners have spilled out onto their porches. Eyes follow them as they continue. He brings her back to his ship where the platform is down. A number of troopers stand in front of it at the ready. He turns to face her. "I'm not going to force you to like me. I will accept the fact that I am not easy to tolerate at times. I want you to return to Starkiller with me."

"No," she says. "You went too far, Kylo. You were in my mind listening to my thoughts and taking things.

"I'm sorry. I won't do that again," Ren replies. Apologizing is not something that Kylo Ren, Master of the Ren and grandson of Darth Vader was not known for. Gaia tells him that she will return only if you promise not to use the force on me again." He agrees not to. She makes it a point to hold him to that. Some people probably thought that she was stupid. Others probably envy her in some way. There was nothing to be envious of.

When he embraces her, she does not fight him. She just leans her head against his left shoulder, wrapping her arms around his lower back. In the distance, she notices the storm troopers gathering up a few of the people in her village. The women are shouting, men hollering and children cry as they are pushed from left and right. What the hell are they doing? From the left side, she spies her mother walking forward with her father coming up behind her. A trooper poking them in the back with his blaster.

"What is going on," she asks. Ren holds her even closer breathing softly beneath that mask. When he does not answer her, she asks again. "Kylo, what is going on?"

The troopers step into position. They have gathered the people into a large circle. At different points around the circle, troopers stand. When they raise their guns pointing them towards the townspeople, everyone screams begging for their lives. One man takes off running towards Ren and Gaia carrying a large knife. He barely makes it two feet. Ren lifts his right hand then sends him falling backwards crashing into a pile of jagged pieces of scrap metal. He turns his attention towards the crowd.

The men await his instruction staring at the people crying out begging them for mercy. "Please don't do this," she begs him. Ren smirks beneath the mask. "You feel like this is all your fault," he says. "It's not."

She feels his hands run gently up and down her back. "I promised to keep you safe and not hurt you. I am a man of my word. As for your parents that is another story." The troopers aim at the crowd then open fire. Gaia shuts her eyes burying her face in his shoulder. The Pew pew sound lasted a few minutes before everything falls silent. She hears heavy footsteps over the dirt and the grass as the troops retreat.

She trembles fearing what she will see the moment she opens her eyes. Ren continues breathing in silence. His robe no longer smells like copper. Instead, it smells like flowers and fruit. "You can look now," Ren says. Gaia reluctantly lifts her head then glances over to the right side. She spies her parents walking over escorted by three troopers.

With tears in her eyes, Gaia smiles slightly. He releases her. She rushes over to her parents then runs to hug them both. They embrace her crying. "They were the only ones that I did not need to kill. A few loyal sympathizers of Lord Commander Snoke. Both still stand with him.

"Is this true?" she asks her father as he kisses her cheek. "Yes, we offered up your services for the cause."

This can't be true. Her parents were the reasons why she was forced to deal with Kylo Ren. No wonder this opportunity fell right into her lap.

"Why did you do this?" she says backing away from them.

"The decision was made for your sake," Kylo Ren explains. No! They did this for themselves.

"Of course," Ren replies. "But, the arrangement was more beneficial for you than them." He grows closer. "You are on the side of a new regime. A new order of the dark side."

Her mother attempts to explain the situation further. She mentioned something about them not having any choice. Gaia tuned her out staring down at the ground. Part of her wanted to tell him that she changed her mind. The idea of walking away crossed her mind. However, she knew that he wouldn't let her walk two feet without using the force to snatch her back. That's when he placed a hand on her back. This is how it was always going to turn out. He was never going to allow her to return home for good.

(Chapter 3 is coming soon.)