His hands were so large. That's the first thing Rey thought as she felt the pads of his fingers lazily drift down her waist. He was holding her firmly but not pressing harshly into her skin. His touch wouldn't leave any marks on her skin.

She closed her eyes and felt the rush of pleasure washing over her, she gasped as his she felt his fingers brush against her clit.

She moaned and whispered his name into the crook of his neck, "Kylo".

"Earth to Rey, Earth to Rey", Rose said while waiver her spread fingers in front of Rey's face as Rey stood in front of the sink in the kitchen of the café. The water was still running, splashing on her hands as she held a glass in her hand. The warm water had turned to cold and Rey hadn't noticed until Rose brought her out of her trance.

"What were you thinking of Rey? You had a soft smile across your face. I haven't seen you smile like that in forever at least not since you would go on your date nights with Armie and that was years ago", Rose exclaimed looking at Rey curiously.

Rey shook her head, trying to dislodge the thought of Kylo's fingers brushing up against her most sensitive parts.

"I'm fine. It was nothing. I wasn't smiling at anything particular. Just smiling at life in general", Rey responded, hoping her response would placate Rose and not lead to further questions.

Rose grinned and fluttered her eyelashes at Rey. "Are you seeing him again tonight?, she asked.

Rey looked at her innocently. "You make it seem like it's a date. Its not a date, Rose. This is his job. I'm just another client to him. No feeling are involved or will be involved".

Rose raised her eyebrows."Its too late to say that on your part", she commented.

"What's that supposed to mean?", Rey questioned.

"Oh come on Rey. You were with Armie for years and over the last few years, especially after you two got engaged, when you should have been at your happiest level, I never saw you smile like you just did.", Rose teased.

Rey looked down at the ground. "It's not like that Rose. Kylo has made that very clear to me that he is a professional and respects the boundaries between professional and personnel."

Rose grinned and winked at Rey. "Sure Rey, whatever you say. You don't smile like that with just anyone, Rey. You obviously have a thing for this Kylo guy, even if you won't admit to it. I bet he has a thing for you as well, who wouldn't Rey?", Rose exclaimed.

Rey knew her friend was just trying to make her feel better. Men didn't drop at her feet. She felt awkward around men, especially handsome men like Kylo. She didn't know what to say to them. She knew her introverted personality and shyness was a turnoff to guys like Kylo that exuded confidence and charm.

She thought that Kylo could easily bed any woman that he wanted to. His good looks and charm probably worked double time for him both in the courtroom and in the bedroom.

Rey sighed and looked once more at Rose.

"So what are you going to wear on Saturday on your date with Dopheld? I have that sparkly , lowcut black dress that I wore to the holiday party last year. You know the one. You are welcome to borrow it. I am sure that you will knock Mr. Mitaka's socks off when he sees you in that dress".

Rey giggled. "Its not that kind of first date Rey. I don't want to knock his socks off. I'm still not even sure if I should even go. Part of me wants so bad to cancel on him. I don't feel like I'm ready yet to date. Another part of me though is challenging my doubting self. Telling me that if I am not ready yet to jump into the dating world, I never will be. I need to find out what its like at least so I'm going to make myself go out with him".

Rose rolled her eyes at her friend. "Well don't sound so enthused about your date Rey. You know Dopheld comes in here almost every day and not because our coffee and food is so great. You know he's coming in to see you not drink the coffee. ".

Rey glanced in Rose's eyes. " At least someone wants me right?", she said sighing.

Rose put her foot down and grabbed a tray of food. "Don't be an idiot Rey, any man would be lucky to have you. Men fall over themselves over you but you never notice", she told Rey.

Rey bit her lower lip. "Well, that's certainly not true. Some men seem to be shoving me away lately".

Rose pushed Rey's shoulder playfully. "Come on now, go take Mrs. Saman's food out to her. She will be complaining if her food gets cold and I don't want to be a target of her wrath. Remember last time when she was pointing her finger in Finn's face yelling at him because her coffee was luke warm. I seriously thought Finn would have thrown the coffee straight in her face but he managed to keep his composure".

"Maybe he should have then as long as the coffee wouldn't have burned her. Let her soak in cooled down coffee with her mean attitude,", Rey exclaimed.

Later on that night, after her shift had ended. Rey prepared for Kylo's arrival. She ate another crappy microwave meal that left her still hungry and changed into her pajamas. This time she attempted to war something that she thought was cute but didn't look like she put too much effort into her appearance. Her hair was in three mini buns placed carelessly on top of her head. She had a pair of bubble gum pink silky shorts and a cotton navy blue V neck tee shirt, which dipped just slightly to show just a bit of cleavage when she wore a push up bra.

Rey thought twice about wearing a bra to bed but thought it was worth it to feel just a little bit sexy then she normally did.

Rey thought about her daydream of Kylo's hands drifting slowly down her body and being in wonderment of how large his hands looked as they moved slowly down her hips. She blushed a bright shade of pink just as she heard a knock at the door.

Kylo walked past her, barely looking at her. He was twenty minutes late. His hair was disheveled and it looked like he had slept in his clothes. His tie was off center and his shirt collar was unbuttoned.

He walked towards the bed and started to strip his clothes off until he was down to his boxer shorts and a black cotton T shirt, not saying a word to her.

Rey felt her heart drop to the floor. She had hoped that Kylo would have noticed the effort that she put into looking nice for him.

He looked up at her face as her as he lay on the couch, the covers tossed aside, bypassing her body.

"Come get in bed Rey. I'll hold you and you can relax with Me.", he commanded gruffly, looking down at the covers.

Rey shook her head at him and crossed her arms at her chest.

"You know, I don't think I want to do that right now Kylo. This isn't what I signed up for", she stated. Her level of agitation rising as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"Just get in bed Rey. I'm sorry I was late. I had a hell of a day in court. I will make it up to you, I promise. You'll sleep like a baby tonight. Just come and lay next to me", he pleaded.

Rey gingerly sat on the edge of the mattress, propping up her body with her palms flat on the bedsheet. She felt nervous. She didn't want to overstep her boundaries with Kylo but wanted him to talk to her about what troubled him. She wanted to have a normal conversation with him.

"Do you want to talk about your day? Maybe it will make you feel better to talk about what happened.", she questioned. She chewed on her lip nervously as she wasn't sure how he would take her inquiry into his life.

He clenched his jaw and tightened his lips into a grimace.

"No Rey, I don't want to talk about it. That's not how this works. I'm supposed to provide you with comfort, not the other way around", he spat out.

Rey abruptly stood up and walked towards the kitchen area.

She didn't want to be around angry Kylo. Angry Kylo was not a fun man to be around. She realized that her perception of him had been off.

It wasn't just sunshine and rainbows in his head.

"I don't think that this is going to work out Kylo if you aren't willing to talk to me after you burst through my door looking like you just went through hell and then act like you are all high and mighty. That's not what I signed up for", Rey angrily told him.

Rey tried to control her voice, it was late and she didn't want to wake up any of her neighbors. She paced around the linoleum floor of the kitchen.

"I hired someone to comfort me, to bring me peace when I sleep. That is what I am paying you to do. I didn't hire someone to yell at me when I asked them to talk about their day", she stated.

Kylo sighed and the look on his face softened. His eyes drifted down Reys body and then back to her face as if he was noticing her for the first time.

"You look nice tonight Rey. Not that you didn't before. I am sure you know that you are a beautiful woman. I'm sorry if I came off as angry. My anger in no way was directed towards you. I just had a rough day in court today. I would rather not talk about it. Suffice it to say, tomorrow night is going to be rough for me as well as it's a continuation of the same court case. I promise not to come into your apartment like a bat out of hell anymore", he stated, his voice lower and less gruff then before.

Rey walked back to the bed and got under the covers. She tried to relax as she rolled onto her side with her back to Kylo.

His strong arms pulled her into him so that her body curved into his so perfectly that they seemed to fit like puzzle pieces into each other.

Rey sighed and let the heat from his body comfort her. She let herself go. She felt like she was floating in a pool on her back just drifting in the water.

She knew when she woke up that he wouldn't be there with her. She had accepted that. She just tried to make the best of the hours that the did have together.

She could pretend that their brief conversations and few unconscious hours together meant something. She could pretend that was all that she needed even if she needed to lie to herself as she needed much more.

She had to settle for the piece of him that he gave to her at that moment.

She felt his lips brush over her exposed outer shell of her earlobe. "Good night Rey. Sweet dreams", he whispered into her ear before the darkness of the night enveloped her.

As her alarm blared harshly and her eyes flickered open, she opened her eyes and rolled over to only feel an empty space where Kylo had lain during the night.

Something caught her off guard though. Rey raised herself up and stared at the pillow beside her in wonderment.

Laying on the pillow was a single, cut pink rose.