Only you, just you

Once in a life time

                                                               ' And if you were to ask me why I did it, why I do everything.
                                                                     Well, the answer is simple . I did it for love' ......N.R. Hart

      Poppy had found Rey in the crowd, screaming insults at Benjamin Solo.   "I can't believe what you've done, you big hairy monster!"
She wanted to call him other  names , worse names, but her mind was in such  turmoil that she could only think of that one, as lame as it was. He was a jerk and a lot more.

   " Come on Rey, let's get out of here."  Poppy took her by the arm and began to push aside the crowd that had gathered at the sound of two men throwing punches.

   "Rey wait,"  Ben yelled over the commotion of all the spectators. They loved a good lovers spat.   They cheered as Ben got up. It looked like the man in the cream linen trousers had got the worst of it.

    "Let me explain!"

      "I don't want to hear anything you have to say." She yelled over her shoulder as she made her way to the gang plank and onto a tender boat.  "Go away. I never want to see you again."

   "I literally had to Rey. I'll do anything  to keep us together. I love you so much, can't you see it!"

    He had run to the side of the ship and was prepared to  throw himself in the ocean and swim after her , but someone grabbed him by the shirt collar and yanked him back. 

     "You've got to believe me Rey, we're meant for each other. You really are my destiny!"  He yelled that into the night as the boat sped her and Poppy away from him.
She had to have the last word as she shrieked ,   " I don't believe it anymore.  Not destiny, or Fate or the Stars ... or men!"

    He had heard every word that came out of her mouth. From the lips that he would never kiss again.   Could he really blame her, for running away?  He had done a despicable thing . The deception was unforgivable.

      He watched her disappear into the night, until the chill of the breeze made him shiver.  Giovanni had found him and offered him a drink of whiskey to numb the cold and the pain.

        The men sat in communal misery.

   "Oh to have loved a woman and lose her." Giovanni lamented, thinking of Poppy.  " Is it better to love and lose her or better to have never loved at all?
      Matthew grabbed the bottle out of Ben's hand and took a long swallow.

    "There will never be another woman for me. She was the only one and now she's gone."

    Matthew handed Ben the bottle and added his own  brand of  comfort,  " You tried too hard, asshole."

      He got another well deserved smack in the jaw for that comment. 

      Ben glanced up into the millions of stars over his head and spoke his last wish out loud.  " I gotta get her back, there has to be a way."

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Rey didn't sleep a wink that night.

   She was afraid that if she did she would dream of him.  Beautiful dreams where he'd kiss her and whisper sweet words in her ears causing her to shudder in ecstasy.  "I will do anything to keep you by my side. I love you Rey, can't you see that?" His words echoed in her head.

       They would fall onto a soft , comfortable bed and he would continue worshiping her with his lips.  She would loose all control and allow him to do what ever he wanted.