Star Wars: Episode IX - The New Order

Goodbye

Kylo's P.O.V.

I try to hide my anxiousness, but I'm not sure if I'm doing a good job. It's the first time I'm seeing my mother in who knows how long. I don't know how she's going to act after everything. After killing her husband and attempting to kill her brother.

I'm sitting on a bench against a wall in the waiting room with everyone in the hospital wing. Finn is sitting across from me with Rose next to him, holding his hand. Audrey is sitting next to me watching Poe pacing back and forth with his hand on his forehead. The hospital is made out of wood like everything else on this planet. There's Wookiee's walking around going from patient to patient that are mostly Wookiees but some are other species. A door opens between the benches that Finn and I are sitting on. "RAAAAWWWWRR." Says the Wookiee nurse.

Poe basically runs into the room with everybody else behind him. I'm the last one to walk in the room.

My mother is laying on a hospital bed, barely awake. She's connected to a machine that keeps beeping. Everybody surrounds her, blocking my view of my mother. Everybody says hi and talks to her except me. "Leia." Rey says softly as she goes over to Leia and lays a hand on her shoulder.

"Rey, you're hurt." Leia says concerned.

"It's nothing."

She hasn't noticed me yet. I'm surprised she hasn't felt my presence. I can strongly feel hers.

Rey continues, "I want you to see somebody. I'm sure you miss him a lot."

"Who?" She asks as she looks at Rey confused. Rey looks in my direction and Leia follows her gaze. Poe and Finn split in front of me, revealing me to my mother. Leia opens her mouth just a little in shock. I can see tears starting in her eyes. "Ben?" She says so quietly I can barely hear my own name. I walk toward her slowly with everybody's eyes on me. She locks her eyes on me, not believing her eyes. "Is it really you?" I nod and sit on the bunk next to her. She reaches her hands out towards my head. I lean down a little and her palms touch the side of my face and her finger tips slightly in my hair. Tears start in my eyes. "My boy..." she says to herself. "Look how much you've grown." A single tear streams down my face. She wipes it away like a mother does. I try to hold in my emotions but I can't any longer. I hug my mother. I didn't know I how badly I needed this. I feel her arms wrap around me and I feel like a 5 year old boy. I look at Rey behind me. There's a couple tears streaming down her face. I look back at my mother. Her eyes are soaking wet. I guess everyone's are. I hold her hand in mine. "At least, I can say this now. I love you, Son and I'm so proud of you."

"Mom..."

"I can go peacefully now. Goodbye, my son."

"Mom?" I say becoming more worried. She looks away and closes her eyes. Then I hear a straight beep that doesn't end. "Mom? Mom!" More tears start streaming down my face. Nurses start swarming in and kicks everyone out. I feel Rey's hand go on my shoulder. "Ben. It's okay. Come on." She says with pain in her voice trying to pull me away. I get up from the bed. My eyes locked on my mother as I walk out of her room. Rey faces me away from the door and hugs me. I hug her back and bury my face in her left shoulder. Tears come out of her eyes as she rubs my back to try and comfort me. "It's okay." We break apart and we sit back on the bench. "She gone, isn't she? I feel it." I look at Rey. She nods hesitantly. "Me too." I shake my head. "I only got to see her once."

"At least she knew that her son is back home. I just wish Han knew." She says with sadness.

"He does."

"What? How do you know?"

"He just does."

She smiles slightly but with sadness. "Okay."

We get up from the bench and leave the hospital.

We get to the hotel and go to our room. We're both quiet. Not saying a word. I go into the bathroom to get ready for bed. When I come out Rey is laying on the bed, waiting for me to be done with the bathroom. She stares at me as she goes into the bathroom, probably cause I have my shirt off and all I have on is shorts. The bruises and cuts from Hux and the Knights of Ren are still there. I go onto the balcony. It's now night and the moon is brighter than ever with the clear water down below reflecting its rays. I lean and put my arms on the top of the railing and put my hands together as I breath in the crisp cool air. I sigh as I look out at the clouds that are at the same level as me. A couple minutes go by and I feel Rey standing behind me, staring at me, but not saying anything. She slowly walks up to me. She's wearing clothes close to her usual attire but just lighter and without the arm wraps and belt and also wearing shorts. She puts her hand on the top of the railing next to me with her body facing me. She gives me a concerning look. "I know this is hard. It's hard for me, too. She was like a mother to me."

"I'm glad she got to be a mother to someone." I say as I start to walk away.

"Ben. Her death was not your fault."

"It almost was."

"What?"

"I almost killed her once, but I couldn't. In the Silencer, I almost shot her but I...        I couldn't pull the trigger."

She pauses, taking in what I just said but she walks closer to me. "But you didn't. That's what matters."

"Why? She didn't last much longer anyway."

"Ben. It does matter. She got to see her son come back."

I turn away from her and sit in the bed. I pause, shaking my head. "Everybody leaves me, Rey." She sits next to me and takes her hand and turns my head gently towards her, forcing me to look at her.

"I will never leave you, Ben Solo." She then slowly leans in and our lips touch. She immediately lifts my spirits. My fingers go through her hair and her one hand that's free goes through mine. We share the moment for a couple more seconds and we split apart but our faces are still just centimeters apart. "I love you, Rey. That's what I wanted to say earlier." I whisper to her.

"You finally said it. I love you, too." She whispers back. I smile and kiss her again. We then fall onto the bed and fall asleep in each other's arms.