The Ball

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Ben's POV
Rey walks off with Finn to a seating area along the wall.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see Poe with a look of disappointment across his face. He nods his head off to the side. "Come on." I glance over at Rey and see her smiling at Finn. He takes her hand and she giggles and says something back and he begins laughing.

I hang my head and Poe puts an arm around me

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I hang my head and Poe puts an arm around me. He guides me over to a group of people chatting.

"Hey, hey, hey!" One man shouts. "Big man in the house!" He slings his arm around him and I slip out of Poe's arm. Phasma walks up next to me.

"Where's Rey? I need her."

"Busy with Finn." I pull my lips in and take a deep breath through my nose.

"She loves you, you know." I nod and look down at my feet.

Poe comes over and places a hand on my shoulder again. I look up and give a small smile and he smiles back. "There's a few friends I would like you guys to meet." He glances between Phasma and I.

We come face to face with the people Poe was just talking to. "Ben, Phasma, this is Morgan, Alexa, Jess, Snap, Sassy, KK, and Courtney." He points to people as he speaks their name. They smile at us.

"I love your dress Phasma." Alexa speaks.

"Oh um, thank you." Phasma replies nervously. "What kind of work do you do here?"

"I was actually just promoted at the pilot meeting today. I'm the new Green leader."

"Congrats, Alexa was it?"

"Yes and thank you. What's your job?"

"Captain. Troop Captain."

"Ahhh, well pleasure to fight with you. I'll have your back from the sky."

"Nice to know." Phasma smiles.

"You were both from the First Order right?" Sassy speaks up.

"Yeah. I went by Kylo Ren." I say.

"The Kylo Ren?" Morgan asks narrowing his eyes at me.

"Yeah, but he's changed." Poe chimes in. "This is a place of hope and second chances, we have each other's backs no matter what... we are all different and come from many places. Some of you were thieves." He glances at Alexa who looks down at her feet. "Some were simple scavengers like Rey." He points his thumb over his shoulder. "Some where born into the Resistance like Emi and Ben." He gestures around looking for this missing Emi and I smile at him. "Some were part of the First Order and risked there lives to help us in some way."

"Finn rescued you, you were the pilot, weren't you?" Phasma questions Poe.

He chuckles and rubs his neck. "Yeah." He turns back to the crowd of friends. "You were all able to accept Finn the ex-stormtrooper with open arms, what do you guys think? Think we have room for a couple more traitors?" He grins and so does Alexa and the others.

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