CHAPTER 10: 3 months later

Rey had moved in to Ben's house after the semester ended. She could take the bus to and from campus on the days Ben didn't drive her. Ben had successfully changed jobs and was now a senior ADA. He looked over at Rey while he was cooking dinner in the kitchen. She was in the dining room setting the table and making sure the house was tidy. The doorbell rang. She scurried to the door, "Dr. Organa," she said to the woman on the other side.

"Please dear, it's just Leia!" she said to Rey, again.

"Right, I'm sorry, Leia," she managed to get out, but could not find herself comfortable calling the president of her college and her boyfriend's mother that.

"Hi Mom," she heard Ben call out.

"Hi Ben," Dr. Organa said back to her son. "Thanks for having me over for dinner."

They hugged. "Go sit down you two, I'm almost done," Ben said to the two women in the kitchen. They walked over to the table and sat down.

"Rey, I'm so grateful you came into Ben's life when you did," she said to Rey, taking her hand. "I couldn't get through to him."

"I'm the lucky one that he came into my life. He is unlike anyone I've ever met before and he makes me a better person," Rey told Leia. They shared a smile and Ben came around the corner with his meal.

"Smells amazing, Ben" Rey said to him.

"Hopefully it is," Ben responded, smiling, which he was doing more and more nowadays.

"How's work," Leia asked Ben.

"It's good. It feels good to put the bad guys away. I'm pretty good at it, too," he added, not very humbly.

But he was good at it. He knew all the tricks from his time as a defense attorney. He put away most of his defendants with ease. His life was not where he saw it when he left home all those years ago, but was exactly where it should be. He had his mom back in his life, he had a dream job, and most importantly he had Rey. Rey's positivity was sickening sometimes, but they balanced each other out perfectly.

Rey couldn't be happier with her life, too. She was doing so great in school, she had made Dean's List every semester. She was loving her classes and was excited to start her junior year. She was still working for her professor and he offered her a job over the summer as well. She was totally, head over heels in love, with Ben Solo. The trickiest part was getting Finn on board, but he eventually came to terms with it. Poe was off across the country, working for a large business as an engineer and Finn had just started his job. Rose didn't have anything yet, but was living with Finn and working odd jobs. Rey never imagined this life for herself, but honestly couldn't picture anything better.

The three enjoyed their meals and conversation for the remainder of the night. Leia said her goodbyes, and Ben and Rey retired to the bedroom for the night, wishing every night could be like this forever.