Six years ago, Rey Adams thought she had finally life figured out. Having broken away from her past, her life is irrevocably altered when she meets, a man who is the first person to treat her with kindness and respect. Six years later they're engage...
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Time Noun 1. An infinite source measuring the seconds, minutes and hours in a day while also, dividing events from past, present and future. 2. The segregation of days into weeks and weeks into months. 3. The gradual, visible change of summer into fall and fall into winter.
Time Verb 1. The assembly of a plan or schedule for when a specific act should happen. 2. The act of determining the period length which the process or activity should take to complete.
Time Unlisted 1. The remedy that allows all wounds from the past to heal.
Time. What is the time?
"Oh shit," Rey moaned in protest, seeing the numbers on her phone's screen that reminded her that her meeting with Leia began ten minutes ago. Paying no mind to the various colors of dried oil paints smudged on the pads of her fingers, she quickly typed out a text message, hoping that Leia didn't think Rey was scrapping their late morning coffee date.
– Rey 12:10 P.M. – So sorry! Running late Coffee at Starbucks still a go?
Not more than a minute passed when Rey received a message back.
– Leia 12:11 P.M. – Still a go, coffees are in hand But I do believe my punctuality is rubbing off on you
"Indeed," Rey snorted, hurrying to the bathroom in the art shop's stockroom to wash the paint smothering her brush and speckled over her hands.
How did she forget an outing that had become a weekly routine with Leia since –?
Well, the thought immediately died on the spot. Rey didn't need to finish the question. She knew exactly why she'd chosen to forget that day in particular, and it was because of that day Rey was forced to face the fact that she might've been able to change the outcome if she hadn't choked on her words. But with the damage already done, would it have mattered if she would've told Ben that she loved him? Would he have stayed here – with her – in Boulder if she had?
Because – fuck! She missed him like hell every single day.
What made the inner turmoil worse was the fact that Finn and Hux never seemed to care (or act surprised) after Rey finally admitted to having genuine feelings for Ben. So many questions in regards to 'what if' would creep their way into her thoughts from time to time. But since that day, these ritual brunch dates with Leia continuously played an impact on Rey's journey to emotional recovery.
Throughout the course of a few months where summer gradually changed into winter, Rey had come to rediscover who she was and what she wanted to do with this new grasp on life. She had friends who she loved and adored. She had a passion for a hobby that she had virtually left abandoned for quite some time; which led to the next course of action of starting the painting she'd promised to Ben that afternoon of their rendezvous with nature.
