Knock Knock

Finale

'Let me do it!' Leia boomed, ordering one of the caterers to get out of the way so she could present the food how she wanted it. Ben hovered nervously around her. Rey was yet to come downstairs and the guests would be arriving soon.

'Would you stop fretting?' Leia told him as she set out a tray of canapés. 'She's just getting ready.'

'For two hours?' Ben replied worriedly.

Leia rolled her eyes. 'You don't know women, my boy.'

Ben checked his watch. 'The guests will be arriving any minute now. Snoke included.'

Leia looked at him. 'And you'll be here to greet them so stop being useless and go pour some more champagne.'

Ben did as he was ordered to do. Suddenly, Han appeared behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her cheek softly. He stole a canapè from the tray and Leia smacked his hand as he popped it into his mouth with a grin.

'I'm worried about Rey,' Leia whispered to Han as she watched Ben fill some more champagne glasses.

Han nodded. 'I'll go see if there's anything I can do.'

Leia turned to face him and pressed a kiss to his lips. 'What would I do without you?' she asked.

Han smirked at her. 'You'd probably be running the world, sweetheart. But I'm glad you decided to slum it with me instead.'

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Rey turned her eyes away from the window. She had to stay, she had promised after all and as much as Ben was an idiot, she still cared about him and wanted him to get the promotion he craved. She sighed and looked down at her heels. She still couldn't bring herself to go downstairs yet. Her feet were locked to the floor as though they were cemented in place. She sighed, then there was a knock at the door.

'What's wrong, Rey?' She heard Han's voice on the other side of the door.

Her heart ached. 'It's all going to end,' she replied in a small, sad voice.

It had just sort of hit her that she was never going to see Ben again, never going to see his crooked grin, or make him laugh, feel his kisses on her skin, or his hand holding hers. Her heart was slowly breaking and for once she didn't know how to pretend that everything was going to be okay. She heard Han's voice once more.

'I don't know what's wrong, Rey, but I'm sure we can fix it together. You're a part of this family now and we're here for you when you need us.'

Han waited a few more minutes but there was no response. 'Are you there Rey?' he asked.

'Yes,' Rey whispered now leaning against the back of the door.

'Look Rey, I don't know what's going on between you and Ben but even if this marriage doesn't work out you ain't getting rid of Leia and I. We're in your corner now, honey. Always.'

Rey fought back tears. 'Thank you,' she softly sobbed through the door.

'Okay, so do you feel like coming down now?'

Rey opened the door and peeked out at him with a small smile.

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Now that all the guests had arrived, Ben was frantic. Everyone kept wondering where Rey was and he was running out of excuses.

Snoke was especially sceptical and kept asking if his marriage was already on the rocks as he tried time and time again to defect his bosses questions about his bride, by pointing out the many architectural advantages the house had to offer as a result of its ingenious design, but Snoke looked utterly unimpressed.