Kylo's POV:

"You never told her!"

"I've been meaning to."

"No. You should've told her the first day! No wonder she still hates me."

Luke shook his head. "She doesn't hate you."

I thought of our shared moments together and clenched my fists.

"I need her to fully trust me."

Luke spun around. "Need her? Since when do you need someone."

I didn't want to tell him about our Force bond.

"If you don't tell her I will."

"You don't make things easy do you? Fine I'll tell her when she comes back."

I wanted her to believe in me. The more I was around her the more I felt what she was feeling and the less pain I felt.

When was the last time I felt this warm inside?

I began walking down the mountain. This girl, I knew from so long ago, was changing this monster.

I didn't want to be there when he told her because I knew how she'd react.

She was sitting on a rock, meditating.

"Uh Rey?"

She looked over her shoulder then scrambled off the rock.

"What's wrong?"

I shook my head. "Nothing. Luke wants to talk to you."

"Oh okay. Look I got those rocks to balance."

She looked over her shoulder and was smiling gleefully.

I gave a small smile. It was a small practice that most young Jedi first learn.

She looked back at me. "I'll go talk to Luke."

She began walking away. "Kylo.. I-"

I looked up at her and she was running up the rocks.


Rey's POV:

I was hidden, holding in my energy as much as I could.

"You never told her!"

"I've been meaning to."

"No. You should've told her the first day! No wonder she still hates me."

There was a pause. I already told him I don't hate him. "She doesn't hate you."

"I need her to fully trust me."

He just said that? He didn't say that I need a man to protect me or some crap like that. Maybe he does need someone to protect him from himself. "Need her? Since when do you need someone?"

There was a pause.

"If you don't tell her I will."

Tell me what?

"You don't make things easy do you? Fine I'll tell her when she comes back."

I began sprinting. I stacked rocks one on the other then sat on a bigger rock to look like I'd been meditating.

"Uh Rey?"

I looked over my shoulder then scrambled off the rock. I barely made it.

"What's wrong?"

He shook his head. "Nothing. Luke wants to talk to you."

"Oh okay. Look I got those rocks to balance."

I looked over my shoulder and was smiling, hoping he'd buy it.

He gave me a small smile.

"I'll go talk to Luke."

I began walking away. "Kylo.. I-" I wanted to tell him how I really felt but decided against it. Now wasn't the time.

"You wanted to talk to me?" I've been dying to know what I supposedly don't know that Kylo and Luke do know.

Luke cleared his throat. "Yes. Rey I've been meaning to tell you this."

I stepped forward. "Tell me what?"

He sighed and sat down. "A long time ago I had a Jedi academy..."


I began stepping back.

"Now Rey you have to understand I had to do it to protect you."

He reached out for me but I shook my head.

"No. No! I didn't want any of this!"