All of the Stars - Reylo

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven:
Jedi to Master

Rey

   For the first time in a long time, the silence around me brought me comfort. I sat upon my bed, eyes closed, focusing on just being in the silence. I wasn't short on things to think about. Many new things had happened to me over the course of the past couple weeks. I, in fact, was a Palpatine. The thought of that made me sick. I never thought that a lonely girl from Jakku could be of the Sith bloodline, taught by Luke Skywalker, and was now a Jedi. Was I a Jedi? Who even declares things like that nowadays? I didn't have a lightsaber anymore. The one I had been using was Anakin Skywalker's, and it was now on display in Naboo. I thought it was a good place for it. I thought it would have been a good place for Leia's too, but Ben decided to keep it as his own.

   Ben. That's a whole other thing to process. Ben and I were a dyad. I had never even heard of that before encountering Palpatine. Not to mention Ben brought me back to life. And we kissed. I kissed him. More than once too. I definitely have feelings there for him, but I don't know what to make of them. Are they love? I've never been in love before. I believe he had feelings for me too, maybe even love as well. All I knew is that I couldn't live without him in those moments he was gone. It was all a lot to process, and this was the first chance I've had to process it all fully.

   The silence broke by the sound of knuckles rapping at my door. When my eyes opened, objects from around my quarters clattered to the floor. I hadn't even realized I was doing that. "Come in." The door opened, revealing Finn standing in the doorway.

   "Was I interrupting something?" He walked in, allowing the door to shut behind him as he looked at the scattered objects around the room.

   I moved over on my bed, motioning for him to come sit beside me. "No, not really." He sat beside me now, meeting my eyes. "What brings you?"

   "I have a lot of questions for you." Oh, perfect. More questions. I couldn't even answer my own. I nodded, allowing for him to continue. "First, Kylo?" I felt my nose scrunch up involuntarily as I heard that name. "Oh, you call him Ben... right. What is that about?"

   "Well, it's kind of strange to explain." I scratched the back of my neck, not really knowing where to begin. "Ben and I make up this thing called a dyad. We're two people who share the power of one individual through the force. We're connected... like we can communicate from anywhere in the galaxy because of the dyad. It's a unique bond, I suppose."

Finn furrowed his eyebrows, probably still trying to wrap his mind around the whole thing. "Communicate through anywhere in the galaxy? What do you mean by that?"

"Remember when I was training with Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To? I could contact Ben from his First Order ship. It was like he was right there with me on Ahch-To, but he was on the ship. I could see him... talk to him... touch him." Oh, Rey.

Finn arched his brow at me now. He was always very expressive. "Does that mean you and I could be a dyad?"

"What do you mean?" What was he talking about? I thought my explanation of a dyad was a pretty thorough one.

"Well, Rey. I've been trying to tell you... I think I may be force sensitive." Now I arched my eyebrow. Is that what he had been trying to tell me Pasaana? "We wouldn't be a dyad though, right?"

"No, a dyad seems to be a rare connection between two people. Like Ben and I... a connection through the force, that is." Then that's when it hit me. Finn was force sensitive. "You're force sensitive!" I placed my hand on his shoulder excitedly. "Finn, wow."

"Yeah. Honestly, I think it's so cool." He said with a laugh. "I think I want to look into training. Maybe not now, but eventually. Do you know anyone who might be able to help?"

He asked seriously. "I don't know of any other Jedi other than myself... and Ben." I'm sure Finn wouldn't want to train along with the man he used to work under in the First Order.

"Also, about Ben..." Finn trailed off now. "I think there's a little more than a force connection." I looked away, not wanting to meet his eyes. I didn't even know what Ben and I were. How would I explain it? "The way you defended him when you two got back to base. You held his hand, Rey. Many times." I did more than hold his hand.

   I sighed. "Ben and I... kissed. Before and after he died. There's certainly something there." That's what I knew. That was true. I couldn't deny that. "I just don't know what it is quite yet."

   "Do you love him?"

   I practically jumped back off the bed. "Love? That's a very subjective word, isn't it? It carries so much weight. How do people even know what love is, anyway? What goes to say-"

   "Rey." Thank god he cut me off. I was going off on a tangent that even I didn't know the ending to. "I think you know how you feel about him."

   "Do you hate him?" I asked, almost afraid of his answer. After all, if I did have this feeling for Ben, Finn is my best friend. I'd like him to not hate him... too much at least.

   Finn didn't respond for a moment or two. It felt like forever though. "I'm not sure. I personally don't like him. You said he was different though. Maybe I could give him a chance. Especially if you love him."

   "Nobody said that I love him."

   "You didn't say it. You don't really have to." Finn stood up from my bed, looking over at me as he made his way to my door. "I think I would like to train though, is that's something you'd be interested in... Master Rey."

   "I'd like to. I think I may have to get my own saber first."

   "Well take Ben with you. It's a perfect time to tell him how you feel." Finn smiled playfully at me before leaving me alone in silence again. This time, it didn't bring me the same comfort. All I could think about was one Ben Solo.