Ben had trouble focusing at the office for the rest of the day. He couldn't get Rey out of his mind. First, he went through all the reasons they shouldn't, no couldn't, be together. She was almost 10 years younger than him. She was a student! She didn't know anything about the real him. He didn't know anything about her. She was perpetually happy.
Then he would start going through all the reasons he couldn't resist her. She was gorgeous. She made him smile. She brought out the best in him. She was bold and confident. He couldn't stop picturing her naked.
"REN" he heard his boss calling. It brought him back to reality. At work, he went by the name Kylo Ren. He didn't have the heart to exist as Ben Solo in this terrible world. He was dragged back down to reality. He entered Mr. Hux's office.
"Yeah," he said.
"New case," Hux replied and tossed a file at him.
"Ok, thanks," Ben replied and hurried back into his office to review it.
He opened the case file and began to read. He was supposed to defend a woman named Phasma. She was charged with grand larceny. He sighed and started to read more. He hated this job. He was young when he made the decision to go by an alias and leave home to defend criminals. It was more of a "fuck you" to his parents than anything that he really wanted to do. His dad has since passed, and his mom tried to get him to switch jobs all the time. His mother was Leia Organa, she was the president of RU. He left this out when talking to Rey. Rey's words were replaying in his head, "Well if it sucks, don't do it" she had told him with naivety. Could it really be that easy?
He popped his laptop open and typed into his search bar "District Attorney". The website popped up and he started doing some research. He clicked on the link to email the district attorney directly. He knew it would be kicked to a secretary, but he figured it was worth a try. When the email opened to compose, he struggled to find the words. It took him 3 hours, but he finally typed something he thought was ok and he clicked send.
He went back to the case files but was still more focused on Rey. That was when he heard his phone alert.
Rey: "Hey. Had fun today"
Ben: "Hey. Me too"
Rey: "This might sound forward, but I'd like to see you soon"
Ben: "I was thinking the same. How about tomorrow night?"
Rey: "Yeah, I get out of work at 6:00. We have to go walking distance from campus"
Ben: "I'll pick you up at 6:30, what dorm are you in?"
Rey: "I'm in RU3"
Ben: "See you tomorrow at 6:30"
Rey: "Where are we going?"
Ben: "You'll have to wait and see ?¬タン
Rey: "Ok. I look forward to it"
