In Your Arms

A Bad Day

One thing was for sure, if things were going to continue in the way they had been - you needed to stay on top of your homework. The only way to do that was to cart your books over to Starkiller every day.

Kylo had given you two buttons for every night you had stayed over - though it was mostly just for show and you both noticed it. You would stay without the buttons.

Though, you never slept in his room, together. You always ended up in your room and woke alone. He never failed to lie next to you while you fell asleep, but every morning you opened your eyes to see that he had left you at some point in the night.

You felt a hand smack your arm.

"Hello... anybody home?" Finn's hand waved in front of your face, and you shook yourself from the daydream.

"Sorry, guys, I didn't sleep much last night."

"Does it have anything to do with your boss?" Poe nudged you. "You have this aura about you lately."

Strangely, you recognized what he meant. Since Kylo had come into your life, you felt lighter. Other than that night, of course. Though you were sure nothing like that would ever happen again.

"I don't know what you mean." You lied. Poorly.

"If I find out you are fucking Kylo Ren, I am going to revoke your good girl card."

If only Kylo would revoke it first. The thought appeared out of nowhere and you almost choked on your juice.

"It's not like that." You assured, and Rey had your back.

"Didn't you guys say you had news?" She asked the pair sitting across from you.

The men glanced at each other and you waited as Poe actually blushed. "Oh, right."

He could dish it out but couldn't take it. Typical.

"We are uh..." Finn started, his voice trailing off.

"I fucking KNEW IT!" Rey exploded in a triumphant voice, all but whooping in glee as it dawned on her that the pair had finally made it official. After almost five years of subtle glances and secret dates.

"Finally!" You joined in the celebration and the rest of lunch was passed with the men filling you and Rey in on all the details. Really. All of them.

At the end of the school day, Finn and Poe each took one of your arms in theirs, and the three of you walked to student parking. Rey had left nearly an hour earlier, dashing off to some protest that was being held in the city. Such an activist.

"Are you going back over tonight?" Finn asked curiously, as the three of you walked linked together through the small courtyard in the school's front.

Students were whirring by, all eager to get as far away from the academic prison as fast as possible. The three of you looked out of place, as the world seemed to zip around you.

"He's picking me up, actually. He texted me earlier." You replied, a warmth boiling under your skin as you thought about it.

I am already missing you. Can I pick you up after class?

You replied instantly with a resounding yes. Your heavy backpack served as a reminder, though, that the evening would not be filled with anything other than homework.

"What's he really like?" Poe asked in earnest. He didn't seem to like Kylo in account of the fact that the man had amassed an empire nearly overnight. Poe concluded that kind of wealth came with some dark secrets. Journalists sprinkled throughout Boston Times and other publishing houses had insinuated the same thing. Power and wealth come at a cost.