The college feud || a Reylo fan fic!

7) Fresh start

This year was going to be different. She felt it.
No more getting distracted by a certain someone- no way was she going to fail this course. Again.

She had spent the summer revising and going over notes, it was boring. However, without him in her life she really had nothing to do. She didn't go to any parties just to make sure she didn't run into him, despite Poe's protests.

She had to argue with Poe because over the summer she had also gained interest in chemical engineering so she would also be taking chemistry as well as engineering. She knew she was biting off a bit more than she could chew how ever she would NOT be distracted this year so she held faith in herself.

Poe and Finn had started dating over the holidays so it wasn't uncommon for them both to come around and check up on her. The girl who would once go to a party and dance on top of tables had been too quiet and Poe knew something was up. Rey hadn't told him about Ben. She didn't want too.

To say the least- it had been quite an uneventful summer break for Rey.

The week before she went back to university her shifts at work had increased. She was taking her apron off after a long shift and walked out the front towards her boss.

"Ooh Rey! I have some exciting news" Leia squealed to Rey. Rey looked up from her phone. Whatever leia deemed exciting usually ended up being terrible.

"What is it?" Rey tried to match her enthusiasm but failed and Leia could tell. She grabbed her hand and led Rey towards the front door while grabbing the keys.

"My son has finally come to his senses and has transferred colleges, in fact he even chose a whole new major- chemistry!" Leias smile radiated and as much as Rey just wanted to go home she couldn't help but feel a smile spread to her lips. Leias son was mysterious to Rey. She had heard a brief overview of what had happened, to her it seemed that this mysterious boy of Leias had finally stopped being a brat and decided to contact his family again. Rey had seen how upset Leia was to talk about him in the past and felt happy that Leia could finally talk about him without tearing up.

"Wow. That's awesome Leia! What college did he transfer to?" She smiled down at her boss.

"He will now attend the resistance college! You go there right?" She said while locking the door.

"Yeah, I do. In fact I'm actually altering my course so I am doing both engineering and chemistry" Leia beamed at her.

"I should introduce you twos. Maybe you might even hit it off! He has changed and I think you would really like him!" Leia almost seemed to burst with excitement except Rey felt a bit awkward.

"Um, I'm not actually focusing on getting a boyfriend this year, considering I failed my course last year, I just really want to pass" she said shoving her phone in her bag and picking up her own car keys. Leia looked a bit disappointed but let it go.

"Alright, well I guess I won't see you till next week. Good luck with college and stay safe!" Leia gave Rey a quick hug and sauntered off towards her car.

When the morning of her first day back arrived Rey was up earlier than usual. She pulled her black yoga pants on and an oversized Tommy Hilfiger sweater. She made a quick trip to work and picked up a hot chocolate before making her way towards her classroom. For her first lesson of the day she would be doing engineering for 2 & 1/2 hours then she would have a break for 3 hours, then she would have a 2 & 1/2 hour class of chemistry and finish around 4 in the afternoon. Lucky for her she only had to do this every Monday, while only engineering was Tuesday and Wednesday.

She walked around the buildings until she found the science labs and walked into her class. There was only one other person when she got there and he had engrossed himself in a book.

She froze.

It was him, Ben.

Looks like she wasn't going to have a great year and it was all his fault.

A/N
Sorry it has been so long!
Lately I haven't been very motivated and I had a bunch of assignments due and exams that I had to study for. I also didn't have much time to edit which kinda made me depressed but I'm getting back into the swing of things!
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