The college feud || a Reylo fan fic!

4) He has the good abs!

"More like forced" she said while standing awkwardly near the wall. He gave a small chuckle and looked back up at her. He held his hand out in front of him and gestured for her to take it.

"Um... Why would I...?" she said with wide eyes.

"just do it" he said still holding his hand out in front of him. She hesitantly took a step forward and slowly reached her hand out in front to grab his.

It felt weird to feel his hand like this, especially since he was supposed to be training her at the moment. Unfortunately that feeling went away super fast because he had somehow grabbed a hold of her and twisted her so she had her back to him. He held her hands so that they twisted across her chest making it impossible to move. She looked up alarmed.

"what the hell?!" she said trying to wiggle her way out of his grip. He let her go and stepped back holding his hands tightly in front of him.

"Sorry, I was just seeing how much you knew. I have to tell you now that when you are in this room you shouldn't trust anyone" he gave her a small smile and she couldn't help the blush that spread on her cheeks.

"I can take care of myself fine... Well at least when I'm sober" she said smoothing her hands on her leggings. He gave a small laugh.

"How are you?" he asked casually. She looked at him surprised- why was he being so casual, they barely knew each other.

"Um, I guess I'm going alright physically but I have been a bit stressed lately..." she silently scolded herself. The problem with Rey was that she trusted to easily and always revealed her whole life story way to early.

"what are you stressed about?" Rey was a bit shocked with how sincere he was- did he actually care about her well being?

Oh stop it Rey

"I have an exam in 2 weeks and it kinda determines whether I can get my degree this year or whether I have to retake the course next year" she said with a deep sigh.

"What are you studying?" he asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"Engineering" she said with a small voice.

He gave a quizzical smile. Rey looked down in embarrassment. It's not that Rey was embarrassed of taking engineering because it was something she was quite good at and something she enjoyed however, she was the only girl in her class which automatically made her feel self conscious.

"You must be pretty smart" he said looking down at her. She gave a small chuckle.

"Yeah, it only comes with 4 years of constant anxiety because of the work load" they both smile at each other until Ben finally decides to help Rey out with training.

He started on some fighting stances and the proper technique to throwing a punch. She managed to surprise him with her strength because she was quite small but working in a scrap yard for most of her life gave her that strength. By the end of the training, she had very sore muscles and she was a tad bit off balance due to the exhaustion, he made sure not to go easy on her but she still wasn't expecting to be worked that hard. She was grabbing her water bottle from the corner of the room when he leant back against the wall.

"So, do you work anywhere?" he tried to ask casually. Rey almost laughed out loud but managed to compose her face.

Did he seriously want to get to know me?

"yeah, I do" she said advancing towards the door way.

"where?" he asked subtly.
She gave him a small smile and turned her back from him.

"as you said Solo, I shouldn't trust anyone in this room" she walked out of the door and left him standing in the training room baffled. Rey exited the room and went up to Luke to ask him to say thank you to Ben. She walked away from the building and got to the corner before turning to look back at the academy. She stopped when she saw Ben through the window with no shirt on, it looked as though he was changing his shirt in front of an open window. She couldn't help but stare, he had abs. Not just any abs but like abs

She shook her head and walked around the corner towards her dorm. She wasn't hungry, she was just tired and even though she knew she should have crammed in a bit of study she just couldn't help but close her eyes as she told herself that she would rest her eyes for a few minutes.

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She awoke to her alarm that had been set on her phone reminding her that her shift started in an hour. God she hated morning shifts. She worked at the cafe with Poe as the Barista, even though her talents lay at the hands of machinery that she could fix, she couldn't deny that she made a good hot chocolate.

She hopped into the shower, wincing only a little bit as her legs and back adjusted to the weight of her sluggish feeling body. Letting the water trickle over her body and wash over her senses, she finally hopped out and grabbed her black polo Blue jeans and carried her staff apron over her arm as she made her way to work.

Slipping into the break room she put her apron on and clocked on. She made it to the front of the register to find that she was on with Poe. Luckily no customers had arrived because as soon as she walked over to him, he had bombarded her with questions as to what happened the other night.

Rey told him about the party and how this guy had helped her and how she saw him here the other day and he had asked how she was. She also explained that Maz had forced her to go to a training session with him even though she didn't know it was him.

"What does he look like?" Poe asked, he was living for this story.

"Um, well, he is kinda cute. Brown eyes, brown hair. ooh and he is tall but very gentle and GUESS WHAT! He has abs! Like the good abs" Rey was starting to babble on. Poe looked behind her and his eyes instantly widened. He leant closer to her after a minute or so of her talking about Ben's beauty even though she wouldn't classify them as friends.

"It sure sounds like you're describing the guy right behind you" Rey turned around and instantly froze. Her blush crept up her cheeks as Ben stood there with a cheeky grin.

"I will have one tall black coffee thanks"