Blank Pages: ON HOLD ~ Reylo AU

Chapter 23// A New Home

"Rey..." I her someone whisper and shake me.
"Rey..." I hear it again.
"What?" I wake up and see Ben shaking me.
"Someone's at the door." He whispers. I get up and thank god I was in some sweat pants and a tee shirt because I would have answered the door naked.
I walk down stairs and open the door.
Now keep in mind that I am still half asleep so I'm basically drunk at this point.
"Hey Rey." I see Poe standing at my door.
"Poe. What are you doing here?" I ask yawning.
"Finn and I have missed you so I just wanted to see how you're doing." Poe says awkwardly. I knew that wasn't the only reason. He was acting really suspicious.
Then I hear a crash up stairs and I go running back up to check it out.
Then I see Ben with the baseball bat, that I kept near my bed for safety measures, and then I see Finn in the corner of my room with his hands in the air.
"Finn what the hell are you doing here?!" I yell.
Then I see that the window is open and there is a ladder that leads up to my window.
"This isn't my house?! I must be wrong. Bye then." Finn says as Poe and him and try to escape.
"Finn what is the real reason your here?" I ask.
"I know you keep a diary so I just wanted to look in it and see if you were getting into trouble." Finn says pointing to my diary on my nightstand.
"You were going to break into my house. Steal my diary. Read it. And then leave?" I ask pissed off.
"Yes." Poe says honestly.
"Go home." I say pointing to the door.
"What about him? Huh?" Finn says pointing to Ben.
"Ben was just helping me with some homework last night and it was really late so he stayed over." I lie.
"Than why is he shirtless?" Finn asks not buying my story. I look over at Ben and I realize that he IS shirtless.
"Doesn't every boy sleep with out a shirt?" I ask blushing.
"You're unbelievable." Finn says and he walks out the door.
I sit down at the edge of my bed and put my head in my hands.
Then I see Ben sit down next to me with the baseball bat still in his hand.
"Rey are you ok?" Ben asked.
"Yeah." I say laying back in my bed.
I get up and get under the covers.
Ben gets in bed with me and wraps his arms around my body.
"It's ok." Ben whispers in my ear.
"No it's not. My friends are pissed off at me." I say angrily.
"But that's not forever. Your friends love you and if they were real friends they wouldn't be mad at you forever." He says hugging me tight.
"Your right. But right now all I need to do is sleep." I say closing my eyes and dozing off into a sleep.
Ben kisses my head and soon enough both of us fall asleep.
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I wake up and look out the window. It's pouring outside. Thunder and lightning crashing down.
"You ok?" I hear Ben say looking half awake at me.
"Yeah I'm fine." I say smiling.
"Ok....ok" he says putting his head back down on his pillow.
I loved it when it rained. Just something about staying inside and listening to the rain always calmed me.
I grabbed my coat and my shoes and decided to go for a walk.
I grabbed an umbrella and went to the kitchen to find Papa.
"Papa I'm going for a walk. I'll be back later." I say walking to the door.
"Ok sweetheart. Be careful." He says sipping his tea.
I walk out the door and make my down the sidewalk. I open the umbrella and put my hands in my pockets.
Such beauty can be found in places you aren't planning to look.
All of a sudden I hear a bark. Like a dog.
People have dogs in this neighborhood. Nothing to worry about.
As I made my way closer to the corner I say a black blob moving closer to me.
As it gets closer I see it has four legs and a tail.
"What?" I ask myself as I walked toward the black blob.
I bend down and see its a puppy!
"A puppy!" I squeal.
I look around for its owner and see no one.
"Is this any bodies dog?" I yell into the open space.
I hold my umbrella over the dog so it doesn't get even more wet.
It was a tiny black lab with white paws.
I look for a collar of some sort but didn't find anything. It was a stray.
"What's your name?"
The tiny dog barks and jumps into my lap.
"Classified really?" I ask laughing and petting the dog.
I've always wanted a dog and this was my chance to have one.
I scoop the puppy into my hands and walk back to my house.
As we approached the house, the little thing was starting to shiver.
I wrapped my coat around the dog and hugged it tight so it wouldn't fall out of my grasp.
I hopped onto the porch and pulled off my wet boots. I closed the umbrella and set it down near the door.
I turned the knob and opened the door ready to enter.
"Welcome to your new home."