The Force's Secret - A Reylo Fan Fiction

A Good Feeling

Author's Note: Finale with a double update! If you haven't read the previous it chapter 'Red', please do so now! Thank you everyone for all your views, votes, and comments. I swear I have the best followers out there. Please check out my main profile for an important update regarding future updates! Enjoy! ♡

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It was the best nights sleep she had gotten in a very long time. It would have been perfect if it weren't for the poking and prodding that had eventually woken her from her slumber.

"Mamma...." Lou hissed as he poked Rey's shoulder for the fourth time. "Mam-maaaaaaa."

Rey groaned.

"I'm up." Rey yawned as she rubbed at her eyes. She sleepily blinked at her son's face as he stared at her with wide eyes.

"What's the matter honey?" She asked him.

"What's Dad doing here?" He asked, pointing over her shoulder.

Rey sat up and her journal tumbled off the side of the bed.

They must have fallen asleep while she was reading. Rey reached over and picked up the journal, the movement disturbing the long figure of Ben behind her.

"What time is it?" He mumbled as he rolled over.

He was greeted by Lou's curious stare and, dare he say, mischievous grin.

"Morning Dad." Lou said.

"Uhh..... Good.... Morning...." Ben said slowly. Was he dreaming? As he looked around the small room, it became clearer that he was fully awake. He shouldn't be here. He was supposed to have gone back to his cell following visiting with Rey. But that was before they got distracted reading her journal.

He sat up on the bed, swinging his legs over the edge. Lou was still staring at him. Ben realized that the boys greeting to him this morning was the first time he had referred to him as 'Dad'. It was an awkward feeling, one he assumed he'd eventually get used to.

"Lou , did you have breakfast yet?" Rey asked, as she busied herself with some linens from her wardrobe.

"No."

"Good. Then go to the cafeteria and I'll see you there." Rey said, trying to give Lou an excuse to leave.

"But I want to have breakfast with you and Dad." Lou whined.

Rey faced her wardrobe, shoulders heaving as she exhaled a deep sigh.

"Lou I -" She started but Ben interrupted.

"I think that sounds like a great idea." He said, standing up.

Rey turned from the wardrobe and Lou grinned at her. She frowned at the two of them.

"Fine. Go get dressed then." Rey said hastily to Lou. He practically darted from the room.

Rey rummaged in the wardrobe again before handing Ben some gray and black linens.

"What are these?" He asked her.

"Clothes. They're missing a few buttons, I've been meaning to mend them." She said as she turned back to the wardrobe.

Ben frowned. He liked his clothes, but he also had been wearing them for the last several days. He also definitely needed a shower.

"What about my old clothes?" He asked her.