Author's Note: One more chapter to go after this one! I am definitely saddened that this story is coming to a close. This has been my first official Reylo fic, (and first official fic as well) and I was terribly nervous people were going to hate it. I NEVER thought people would be reading it, and reviewing it as much as you guys have. I definitely never expected it to have over 10,000 views. So I just really really want to thank every one of you for following, reading, enjoying my story, and making me so very happy throughout this journey. So here it is...the next to last chapter of On My Mind.
(P.S. If you haven't already checked it out, I have posted the first chapter of my new fic, Destiny Within The Stars. Plot: Rey is a stormtrooper, curious of her life before The First Order. It's not until she meets a Resistance fighter by the name of Ben Solo she begins to learn more about her past, and of her destiny).
The two days had passed, and Rey was beginning to feel like her old self again.
She was glad to be leaving The First Order base and was ecstatic not to be in the medical wing, lying in that horribly uncomfortable bed any more. It was refreshing not to be hooked up to a million different things.
She was in his room now, for she had slept there the night before. She was wide awake, and looked briefly beside her at a sleeping Ben. As she quietly rose out of bed, she snuck into the bathroom to wash her face, and get ready for their travels to D'Qar. She needed a shower, desperately. But she was still sore from the surgery, and did not feel like bathing or doing any other activity for that matter at the moment. As she brushed her teeth, she stared at herself in the full length mirror.
With a tooth brush in one hand, she slowly inched up her shirt. She started crying as she moved her hand over her new scar. I could have been a mother She thought. She knew she was young, and had her whole life ahead of her to have children with Ben, but the fact that she had one growing inside her belly without her knowledge made her want to scream in anger.
Rey wondered then what her child would have looked like had it survived. Would it have been a boy or a girl? Would he or she have had her hazel eyes? Ben's raven hair? That, unfortunately she would never know.
She wiped her face then, for she heard Ben moving about the room. She didn't move, and continued to stare at her scar. He saw what she was doing,
"You would have been an amazing mother Rey," he told her as he was now in the bathroom.
Rey was crying once more, and clutched her stomach. She turned around to face him.
"You would've been a great father," she replied as tears streamed down her now flushed face.
She turned around to face the mirror once more, Ben walked up behind her and wrapped his long arms around her waist, and rested his head on her shoulder.
"Do you still want to marry me?" he asked her.
Rey met his dark eyes in the reflection before her; she had almost forgotten that he had proposed.
"Of course I do Ben," she turned around and kissed him then. "Of course I do." She then dropped her toothbrush and ran both hands through his hair as she kissed him.
Ben was shocked when Rey jumped onto his waist, and straddled her legs behind his back. He didn't ask any questions, and made his way towards his bed with Rey wrapped around his body.
They were now in the hangar, bordering the Millennium Falcon, Ben saw Captain Phasma walking towards them.
"What will come of you Captain now that all of this is over?" he asked.
She sighed, and removed her mask, "I was actually thinking of returning to my home planet of Coruscant," she said. "it will be refreshing to see the faces of those I left so many years ago once more."
She smiled then, and Ben and Rey watched her go for the last time.
As they now walked into the Falcon, Rey sat in the pilot's seat, while Ben sat beside her.
She looked down at the ignition lever, "Everything's going to change now isn't it? She asked, now meeting his eye.
He smiled softly, "Yes." He replied in a gentle tone.
Rey looked down at the ignition lever once more, smiling, and piloted the Falcon out of the hangar, out of the base, leaving the darkness and all its memories behind.
Hours had past, and Ben and Rey were just minutes away from their destination. Rey had put the Falcon on autopilot so she could rest her eyes for a bit. Ben had fallen asleep as well, and was now wide awake as he looked through the cockpit window. He didn't want to wake her, she looked so peaceful, but they were almost, home.
"Rey," he nudged her.
She shrugged greatly, and turned to her side away from him, "What…." She said annoyed. "We're here, we're home, look." Rey then propped herself up in her seat and gazed out the window. A single tear rolled down her face. "I didn't think we'd ever see it again, see them again."
He leaned over and kissed her forehead. "To be honest, neither did I."
She met his eye then, "I want to get married," she said abruptly.
He laughed, " I know Rey, you already told me back on—"
She interjected, "No," she said. "Today. I want to get married today. I am not and will not wait any longer. There's not a more perfect time than now is there?" she smiled.
He kissed her then, "I'm so glad to hear that," he said. "For I feel the same way."
She smiled at him more a moment longer, then sent the Falcon into an open field, headed towards the place she had left it. The descent was smooth, and Rey could feel the butterflies in her stomach corrupting her body. The sound of people cheering and running towards the ship threw her off for a loop. She focused then, and successfully landed the Falcon on the lush green surface of D'Qar.
As she grabbed her saberstaff, she gave Ben a side glance, and smirked. Rey then released the track to the ship, and they both walked outside, hand in hand.
Every one was there, all of the X-Wings Pilots, senior officers, and Resistance fighters. Rey saw Master Luke, Poe, Finn, standing there before her,smiling. greatly. She even saw Chewie, She then saw Leia in the massive crowd, and proceeded to walk up to her. The two women simply stared at the other for a moment, until finally they broke their gaze with an embrace "I'm so glad you two are alright," she said in Rey's ear as they continued to embrace tightly. She then pulled away from her, "When Ben told me what happened to you I began to grow more and more worried that you would not survive," Leia said.
Rey then looked down at her stomach and bit her lip trying not to cry. "I know you are in pain," Leia told her. "Not just physically," she looked down at Rey's stomach. "but emotionally as well."
Rey averted her eyes for a moment, and abruptly changed the subject. "Leia," she said awkwardly. "I need your assistance on something. Can you help me?"
Leia smiled fondly, "Of course Rey. Anything. Anything at all." As the two women conversed and walked back into base. Ben Solo saw a familiar face in the crowd. The traitor. "Finn" as he was now called.
He hesitated, and made his way towards him. "I want to thank you," he began. Finn gave him a confused look. "for being there for Rey. You are a good man, Finn. And a great fighter. I am forever grateful that Rey has such a kind, and loyal friend like you in her life. She loves you dearly, you know."
Finn was shocked by the words that came out of the man formerly known as Kylo Ren. "I love her as well," he said. "She is like the sister I never had."
"And thank you…Ben," he continued. "For the kind words."
The two men then exchanged warm, genuine smiles at the other, and Ben turned go find another familiar face. A face that deserved to hear an explanation, an apology.