The Student Teacher

Chapter 9: The Date

"Wow," she heard Ben say when she answered the door, more under his breath than to her. She had on a dress, casual yet it hugged her body in all the right places. It had a low back and he could see the toned muscles of her shoulders.

"Hi," she said, quietly, looking up through her eye lashes.

"H-h-Hi," he stammered, nervously back to her. "You, you look beautiful," he told her, eyes wide.

"Thank you," she smiled at him, "You look very handsome, as well," she said. She noted the way his black button down accentuated the muscles in his biceps and he had slicked his hair back slightly. He had the same leather jacket he wore to lunch over his arm. She could see pink rising into his cheeks. "So, where are we going?" she asked.

"It's a surprise," he replied with a big grin on his face.

They drove in amicable, albeit slightly awkward silence. He pulled into, of all places, the public library. She let out a giggle. "Are we at the library?" she asked, an uneasy smile on her face.

"Don't underestimate it yet," he offered. He parked the car and they got out. He held his arm out to her and she took it. The contact making her shutter.

"Are you cold?" he asked.

"Oh, no," she blushed.

They walked up to the library and he opened the door for her. "Ben, what are we doing here," she whispered, instinctually.

He pointed to a sign that read, "Meet Christopher Paolini".

"Oh my goodness!" she felt herself fangirling a litte. When she looked up at him he was smiling, a big goofy grin.

"Is Christopher Paolini really here?" she exclaimed. "I don't have my book! How did you know?"

He stopped for a moment and pulled her copy of Eragon, from her classroom, out of his messenger bag, "Here," he handed the book to her. "He really is here and I pay attention," he said.

She was actually speechless. She looked up at him, her eyes glistening with thanks and admiration. This was the perfect first date.

She was almost skipping back to his car, her giddiness was adorable. She was rambling on and on, her copy of Eragon clutched tightly to her chest. "That was amazing," she said. "Thank you so much for that perfect first date," she smiled.

"Oh we're not done, it's dinner time," he said.

"Oh Ben, you've already done so much, we don't need to get dinner, too," she said.

"I know we don't need to, but I want to," he added.

"Well, I never say no to food," she added. She was so peppy and he didn't know why it turned him on so much.

He drove her to a relatively nice steak house in town and handed her his arm again, she pushed it down and took his hand instead. Again, the contact made his skin heat up even though the air was chilly. He could feel the flush in his cheeks. "I hope you are hungry," he said as they entered the restaurant, hand in hand, Ben not even believing this was happening.

"Ben Solo, I am always hungry," she replied. For some reason, when she said his whole name, it did something to his insides, flooded them with warmth and arousal. He could feel himself pushing into his jeans and willed himself to calm down.

They had a marvelous dinner, he was impressed by her ability to eat. Not that Ben had been on a ton of first dates, but even the small amount he had been on, he knew his date usually ordered a salad a picked. Rey ordered a T-Bone and ate it clean.

Once he demanded to pay the bill, insisting since he had asked her out this time, they got back into his car. Neither showing any interest in the date ending.

"Ben," Rey said, quietly.

"Yes?" he answered, with a soft eagerness in his voice.

"This was absolutely perfect," she said. Then, she leaned over to him, her eyes wide. She hesitated for a second, always second guessing herself.

In her moment of hesitation, he couldn't take it anymore, Ben put his hand under her chin, to tip her face up and closed the gap that was left between them in the car. His lips softly pressed themselves into her and she placed her hand on the back of his head, deepening the kiss as she did and taking small fistfull of his hair into her hands. He gave a small moan at that moment, and his eyes snapped open, obviously embarrassed.

Rey reluctantly pulled away while Ben's cheeks turned pink, then red, then crimson. "Rey," he started, clearly not sure how to apologize for moaning at her.

Instead of listening to him attempt an apology, she grabbed his head and kissed him again, harder this time. He paused for a second before he entangled himself in her. When they finally pulled apart again, breathless and panting like teenagers in a car, Rey smiled at Ben and Ben let out what can only be described as a giggle. Which sent Rey into a giggling tizzy, and they were both laughing heartily before they knew it.

Ben drove Rey back to her house and walked her to the door. When they got there, they could see Poe, Finn, and Rose run away quickly from the window. Rey rolled her eyes and laughed, "Sorry about them," she offered.

"Rey," Ben stated, standing in front of her doorway, "I had a really nice time and I'd like to see you again, but if you didn't, or don't want to see me again, I promise I won't make it awkward at school," he said, eyes down.

Instead of answering him, she got on her tippy toes, reached up for his shoulders, and kissed him, prodding him so her tongue could gain entrance to his mouth. She pulled away and said, "How about Friday night?"

He couldn't even answer her, he could only watch her walk into the house and stumble back to his car like a small child on Christmas. His face must have shown how dumbfounded he was and he smiled all the way back to his apartment.