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I'm sorry my beautiful readers, but I need to take a few personal days break, I hope you don't mind. Uni is getting full on and I want to be able to dedicate some time to editing this fic. We're coming to the home stretch, as of now there should be ten more chapters, but that may change as I edit. Thank you so much for your support, I hope you know I love and appreciate you beyond words for reading this far!

I hear the shower run and I am tempted to get up and join her but I feel sleep weigh me down to the mattress. My sated smile fades as I bury my head back into the pillow. I hear Rey hum a melody quietly but it echoes louder than she expected it would and it soothes me into a strange doze. The abrupt screeching of the faucets turning off startles me into awareness, and I slowly roll onto my side, facing the ensuite. Rey takes her time to get ready, I wonder if she's nervous. I hear a violent crashing and my heart jumps.

"You alright?" I call and she takes a brief moment to respond; I bet she's smiling.

"Yeah, all good," she calls back, "I just dropped the stupid hairbrush," she grumbles.

"Need some help?"

"No, I'm fine. Thank you," I smile and close my eyes while I listen to her rummage around the bathroom and finishes getting ready. She steps out after a while, her hair up like usual and a small smile on her lips. She is dressed in her tunic and pants and I can't help but think she looks the same way she did the first time I saw her, just cleaner, and happier; much happier. She walks around to my side of the bed, and kisses just below my ear.

"Don't miss me too much," she whispers and I roll my head from the pillow and twist so I can kiss her properly. She sighs, pulls away. She kisses my nose and I giggle and instantly clear my throat, trying not to let on that I sounded just like a little girl, but Rey smiles and brushes her fingers through my hair. Looking at me for a moment, I grasp onto the front of her shirt and tug her back down to my lips. I kiss her deeply, trying to tell her without words how much I will miss her, and I think she is trying to do the same. However, even though the kiss is fraught with such dejection I still feel the fire and light swim around us and it makes me want her again. I sit up a little higher, and I'm left feeling rejected as she pulls away. She kisses my cheek before backing from the bed and walking silently to where she left her bag the night before.

I almost forgot that she spoke, so I quietly reply, "I already do."

"So do I," she mumbles, slipping her arm through the strap of her staff and twisting the door handle. "I'll be back soon."

"See you then," I call as she closes the bedroom door behind her.

I roll onto my back left feeling unsatisfied; I blink a few times, and furrow my brow. What am I doing, letting her leave like that? For a split second I think about letting her go, but I can't, I need her again. I throw the sheets off and storm across the room, yanking the door open. I see Rey about the key in the code, but she hears me and turns back around, unsure of my intentions at first. She soon realises I am in pursuit of her lips, and welcomes mine when I practically collide into her. Her arms immediately wrap around my neck and hold the back of my head. I open her mouth with mine and grasp her waist so tight I think I might leave bruises. I kiss her harder, stepping her back against the door, her back arches at the contact with the cold metal and her chest presses against mine. I moan, or groan I'm not sure which; my hand holds the small of her back, pressing her closer to me and I can already feel my underwear begin to strain as she gasps for air and her small moans give me courage. My other hand runs down the back of her leg, and grasp onto it, lifting it and wrapping her calf over my hip, somehow we seem to fit perfectly and I step closer even to her. My tongue runs along hers and I pull back the smallest amount, "I love you, so much," my voice is smooth and deep and I feel the words float in the air. I bite and suck Rey's lower lip and she moans, letting me have my way with her. Sucking, kissing, biting and exploring her mouth like it's the first time, or the last. Rey's fingers are pulling at my curls and I rock my hips into hers, and I am fully aware of the friction we create and the way it makes us both long for each other. She whimpers my name as I push against her back, pulling her against me. Now I've done it, how am I going to stop now? My skin tingles with want for her and I can feel it coming off her too. My undergarments strain even more and I feel like if I keep kissing her like his I'm going to need to change them.

"Finn…" she gasps into my mouth, "We don't have much time," she mumbles.

"I want you," I mutter into her mouth, and before she responds I slip my hand between our bodies. I don't have the time or patients to take off her pants so I add more pressure than normal so she'll feel it through the layers of clothes. Her breathing becomes shallow and for a moment she forgets I'm still kissing her; then she seems to snap back to the present and kisses me back. Her tongue warm and her lips almost beg for more, it doesn't take long for my movements to get to her and she moans into my mouth, and I feel myself twitch in my underwear. Her hand finds its way from my hair between our bodies, and she somehow slips her hand into my underwear and grasps onto my length, I suck in a sharp breath and moan. It doesn't take long for either of us to nearly reach our limit. Rey's fingers have a sturdy grip on me and my movements cause her to shudder. We are trying our best to keep kissing each other, but we are too sloppy. Rey's leg tightens around my hip as her other foot start to push her off the ground, sliding up the door; she is inching even closer to the edge, I can feel it, and I can hear it in the way she breathes. She's panting and can't kiss me any longer, she pulls back and her head rests on the door as my fingers continue to rub her. Her neck is an open invitation and I bury myself in her, kissing and swiping my tongue along her. I am struggling to keep my balance as she picks up the pace, my hand slams against the metal beside her head and I use it to hold us both up.

She's on the edge and so am I. I can't kiss her neck any longer, I am panting into her shoulder, my fingers drawing circles into her, her leg that is around my back starts to shake and she gasps "I love you too…" her voice is quiet, sweet and I feel it wash over me. I don't know if she realised she said it, but the words are more than enough to push me into my release, and I let out a deep throaty moan. I don't care about the uncomfortable warmth that spreads into my undergarments as Rey takes her hand out, I only care about her. She softly lowers her heel back onto the ground, physically coming down from her high. I smile into her neck and instead of stepping back from her I wrap both my arms around her waist and hug her close, both her arms wrap tightly around my neck and her warm breath skims over my bare back causing me to shiver. When I let her go and place her other leg back on the ground, she is shaky on her feet and I smirk.

"I wasn't expecting that," she admits and adjusts her hair.

"It wasn't really my intention," I laugh and she giggles. Her eyes shine and she glows like she always does, and I can't take my eyes off her. The last thing I want is to watch her walk out of that door. Rey looks away from me and glances at the clock a frown taking over her happy features; she blinks a few times as if she's trying to see straight.

"I better go…" I kiss her again, sliding my tongue along hers, and grasp the small of her back, pushing her closer to me. "Finn," she giggles into my mouth and presses her hands against my chest. I pout but she just continues to smile. "We both know we can't go for a third time," she bites her lips.

"We can try," I smirk.

"When I get back," she promises with a wink. A little sigh slips through my lips at the thought. "Now I really have to go," she kisses me on the lips once: no that's not enough; twice: she pulls back but is immediately drawn back to me a third time. She huffs and leans back. I bend down and pick up her bag off the floor, I pass it to her slowly and she slips it up her shoulder and throws the strap of her staff over her shoulder too.

"Stay safe," I whisper as she keys in the code and the door opens. She smiles as she turns around and kisses my cheek.

"Be good," she whispers.

"When am I not?" I joke and she glances down to my crotch and the wet patch that stains it and raises her brows. She laughs and bites her lip before turning around and walking out of the door.
I keep watching her until the door starts to close, she turns back and waves, I wave back until the door cuts off my view of her.