Rekindled - A Kylo Ren & Rey College Story(DISCONTINUED/PERMANENT HIATUS!!)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"Leia." Rey murmured in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"You're friend Jessica called me and told me you could use some support. Since I was already planning on coming here this Friday I figured it wouldn't hurt to get here a few days earlier. What is bothering you Rey?"

Rey gulped nervously. She didn't want to upset Leia by admitting her son was the problem, but she also knew she would see through any lie Rey tried to tell her. Luckily, Leia saved the day by speaking first.

"It's my son isn't it? Don't worry, you can tell me the truth, I won't be upset with you."

"Yes, Ben is the cause of my problems. I'm not sure how much Jessica told you when she called you but, basically Ben slept with some other woman to get back at me for hurting him a day prior. The thing is, is before he did that, I was going to forgive him. I had overreacted and I realized that. Then I found out this morning that he hurt me anyway and it would've meant nothing had I apologized to him.

"Me and that son of mine are going to have a talk. His grandfather would be rolling in his grave if he knew how his grandson was acting. For now though I want to help you as best I can and get to know my grandchild at the same time.

Leia then looked at the spot beside Rey on the bench. "May I? I'm not going to take her away from you if that's what your worried about."

"Oh of course you can sit down. I wasn't thinking about that at all. Actually, I was thinking about how weird it is that you are just now meeting your granddaughter for the first time. I feel bad about that now."

Leia smiled at her granddaughter who was looking at her curiously when she sat down. "I'm glad I finally get to meet you Satine, I'm going to spoil you rotten while I'm here. "She's adorable Rey, I can see she is well looked after and quite a content little baby. May I hold her?"

Rey nodded and watched carefully as Leia picked up Satine from her stroller and held her for the first time. Leia had tears in her eyes as she held her.

"I never thought I'd have a grandchild, Ben always said he didn't want children, and yet her I am holding my granddaughter in my arms. Thank you for this." She looked at her watch. "I'm starved. Have you had lunch yet?"

"No, I haven't eaten yet today, to stressed out I guess. We could get something to eat at the local mall and then browse some of the stores."

"I'd love that. Lead the way. I can talk to my idiot son when I get back."

Rey lead Leia to her modest little car and then drove them to the mall. Along the way Rey finally felt herself starting to relax a little bit. "I'll have to thank Jessica when I get back to campus later" she thought to herself.

They soon found a nice restaurant at the mall and after being seated and handed menus, they began chatting.

"So how are you enjoying college so far? What's your major?"

"I'm enjoying college a lot so far, the classes anyway. I'm majoring in writing, poetry to be exact."

"Ah yes, I remember you and your love of writing poems. You were always a very talented writer. I think that's a perfect major for you. How are you finding it, with having a baby to look after and all that?"

"The college has a daycare on campus, $50 a month. I drop Satine there before classes in the morning and then pick her up once I'm done for the day. When I get back to my dorm to work on my homework, I feed her and then put her in her crib to sleep. She's a good baby so I'm lucky that way."

"I'm glad to hear she's such a good baby. I admit, that's something she gets from Ben. He was a good baby to, rarely fussed about anything, he saved that for when he started growing up. I do insist on helping with the daycare though. I will write a check for the Dean, which will cover the whole year, when we get back."