The Force of Love.

Chapter Nine

Ben's POV-
Beep -- Beep -- Beep -- Beep
Her heart rate is finally steady.
Swish -----  swish
Her breathing is also steady through the oxygen mask.
They say she will survive.
The cut on her face will be barely  visible eventually.
The other scars will never completely heal though.
He will have forever left his mark on her. I don't know where he is, but he doesn't have much longer to live.
I start to cry softly, shoulders shaking. I can't bear knowing she's in pain.

Rey's POV-
I wake up. I can't feel my limbs. But my vocal cords can still make groans, kind of..
I moan as loud as I can. I'm trying  to get the attention of someone, anyone. I don't want to be alone right now.
"Rey?" I hear him. Ben. He stands suddenly and comes over to me.
I moan again and he says,
Do you want me to take your oxygen mask off? Moan if you want me to.
God what I would give to get this stupid mask off. I think to him, knowing he'll hear me. He laughs excitedly and unhooks it from my face.
His face is red and puffy. It's obvious he's been crying.
Why can't I move anything except my eyes? I ask because I can't talk.
"They put you on numbing Medicine. They said you would pass out if your body could feel. They said in a week you should be able to come off the meds." He says to me.
Great... I internally groan. How.. How did you find me?
"Our force bond causes me to feel every extreme feeling you feel."
Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I know how much pain I was in and I feel so bad he had to go through it to.
He looks shocked and then kneels down next to me. I see him gently place his hand on my bandaged one, and even though I can't feel anything, that act of compassion makes me feel better. He starts to talk in my head.
Rey, I can't say this to you out loud for fear that someone might hear, but I love you. That pain he inflicted on you, I was glad I felt it. Without that I would never have found you. Any suffering you go through, no matter what, I will be here to support you. You have brought Ben back. You are amazing and extraordinary, and you will make it through this. And don't worry, because Hux will meet his end for what he has done to you.
I stare at him, shocked. He loves me. He wants to stay by my side. He cares.
But do I love him? I- I know there's something different about the way I feel about him, but I'm not sure it's love yet. Even the way he ended his love proposal to me, with a promise of someone's death, it scares me a little.
"You don't have to say anything if you don't feel the same, but if you do, please could you tell me?" He says.
I stay silent. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I don't know what love feels like so I don't know if I feel it for him. But I see that my silence hurts him. He takes his hand off of mine with a sad nod and places my oxygen mask back on my face. Then he sits down next to me, and I fall into a restless but deep sleep.

Ben's POV-
She doesn't love me.