Only you, just you

Accidentally in love

                                                             'Set your life on fire... Seek those  who fan your Flames.'  Rumi

The last thing she saw before the elevator doors closed was Poe's.... no .... Ben's stricken face.  He was devastated. She had rocked his world and now it had been turned upside down. Never had a woman done that to him.

   But what was he to do?  Yes , his name wasn't the one she had called him all night as they gazed up at the stars and shared a gelato, but he couldn't let her disappear from his life.  He would do anything to keep her by his side forever.

    It was corny, he never believed in it, but now he did.  It was love at first sight.

   Rey had called a taxi and now was wallowing in self induced misery.  Poppy saw the tear stained face when Rey walked through the door to their room.

    There was no need to explain. "I'm gonna kill him." Poppy murmured under her breath as she saw Rey wander like a ghost  into the bathroom.

     Rey thought if the water was hot enough she could wash the feeling of his fingers roaming everywhere off of her body.

       It wouldn't be enough to wash the devastated, heartbroken look on his face from her memory.  It still felt too raw, too surreal to leave her thoughts so soon.
   Did she fall in love too fast with a man that was supposed to be made just for her from the stardust in the universe just to have it torn and ripped away from her so suddenly?  They were supposed to be two that were one.

          But not now.

       She had fallen in love with a name. She ashamedly admitted to herself.

  She had come out of the bathroom and into a great big bear hug from Poppy. She told her everything.

" How could he have known all those things about me?"  Rey sobbed on Poppy's shoulder. Poppy was now the one to give advice to the love lorn Rey.
   "Why would he say all those things... pretend he was someone he wasn't."

    Poppy shrugged her shoulders and patted Rey on the back in sympathy.  "Well , he saw a pretty  face and saw how desperate you were. He thought you were a easy target."

      Rey sniffed as large tears fell freely down her face.

"But it felt so right , so perfect, You know.   I felt so comfortable with him."   She wiped her nose on her sleeve and couldn't help remembering his jokes and his strong ,protective arms around  her and how he had kissed her over and over until her knees had turned to melted jelly and her brain to mush.

    " He made me laugh and feel secure and god... his kisses! His kisses Poppy , I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!"

         Poppy sniffed , "Well, men are all the same. They should order team jerseys."  Rey smiled a little as her best friend tried to make a joke and cheer her up.
" On the front it should say 'liars' on the back there names... their real ones".  Poppy was able to earn a slight watery chuckle from      Rey, then her face  changed again back to mournful woe. 
"Look at me Rey, I married a liar, because I married a man."

" I was going to marry him!"  She lamented.
At that confession she no longer could talk.  She went to sleep dreaming of him and all that would never be.

    There was nothing more to be do than go home.

The search was over. What a stupid idiot she was. Duke definitely could find someone better then her.  He'd not want to marry her now once he found out where she'd disappeared to .
     She'd go home with her head held low, humbled,penitent and she'd flush her teenage dreams down the toilet where they belonged.

The next morning....

  A knock on the door surprised Poppy. Who could that be? It was to early for the housekeeping to arrive.

    She opened the door to see the man that had broken her sister in laws heart just last night. How dare he show his face!

  He was holding a massive arrangement of flowers in one hand and in the other a melting lemon strawberry gelato.

     "Is she here?"  He peeked around the huge bouquet of flowers and into the room, fully expecting her to jump out at him with a large salami and bash him over the head with it.  He deserved it and he knew it.

   Poppy  quickly turned away and casually said over her shoulder,  " She's not here. She's gone to get our tickets home."

  Ben felt slightly relieved that she wasn't there.  He needed to explain himself to her friend. She might be easier then begging on his knees for forgiveness from Rey. 
   Well, he needed to do that anyway. He'd do anything to be redeemed himself  in her eyes. Walk on hot coals, drag his tongue along a rotten dead fish, write a hundred poems about her beauty and elegance. He'd do anything.

  "It couldn't be helped."  He said defensively . He had the decency to looked ashamed of himself as he walked into the small room.

Poppy shot him a 'yeah ,right.' look in his direction.  He wasn't going to let her bad opinion of him stop him from coming clean.

    " I literally had to. I saw her and...." He thumped his chest and looked up at the ceiling , calling down help from heaven. "I couldn't let her go. I know what I did was wrong but I had to do something  immediately."

" I prayed, god, if this woman is for me, please give me a sign, something , so she won't disappear. She said a name..... granted it wasn't my name but.. I know it wasn't an accident. I wasn't supposed to be there last night , but I was. I had to think fast."

       "So, you lied to get a quick lay, is that it ?" She sneered at him. " Take an innocent girl and deceive her?"

     Ben  spun around and gaped at her.

   "Number one, I didn't get layed, number two she was into me too. Like we sync'd perfectly.  She said she was born to kiss me.  Me.. not some guy she's never met. You know all of this is insane.  This guy could be a creep, a jerk, a guy possessed with dark thoughts, he could be ....."

   Poppy finished his sentence with... "A criminal."

    "Exactly!" 
"That's really romantic. Your right. I really don't believe the guy exists. We looked everywhere and nothing. But then here you are. And if you are not lying she might have actually found the man of her dreams after all."

Finally, someone on his side.

  They we're interrupted by Giovanni who was going to take Poppy to tea.

   "Hey, Giovanni, this is Rey's friend, Ben Solo."  Poppy quickly told the man at the door. He had confusion written all over his face.

  "Oh, Ciao. Ben? I thought she was looking for a Poe?"   Giovanni asked even more confused.  Ben just shrugged his shoulders and smiled  awkwardly.

   Poppy grabbed his shoulder and turned him towards the door. This was going to take a lot of explaining.