This chapter gets adult.

Proposal

Ben looked over at his mother. "I want to marry Rey."

She placed the paper she was reading down and looked at her son over her reading glasses. "Are you sure?" She wanted to jump for joy, but this was a very large decision.

"I've never been more sure of anything in my life," he responded. "I love her, and I can't imagine my life without her." He sighed. "I know she still has doubts about going to Massachusetts with me; I think if we were to get married, she would feel more secure about it."

Leia smiled. "I think you're right, Ben."

"I know a ring is a lot of money, are you okay letting me buy one?" He asked.

"Of course!" The woman smiled at him.

"Will you come with me?" He questioned quietly. "To pick a ring? I need a woman's eye."

Her smile widened. "I'd love to."

X.x.

"When are you going to pop the question?" Leia asked a few days later as she and her son we're looking at rings.

"I was thinking graduation night, at the party," Ben answered. "What do you think of this one?" He pointed at a ring with multiple stones.

"I think you should keep it simple," Leia told him. "That one is very pretty, but I think Rey would like something smaller." She walked over to the single stone rings. "Like this."

Ben smiled at his mother. "This is why I needed you to come."

X.x.x

Rey stared at her empty apartment. Even though graduation was still a month away, her lease was up, and Ben had insisted she move in with him for the last few months. She had donated everything she didn't need to the local orphanage, and everything else had been boxed up and moved to Ben's house already. She didn't even require a truck for all her belongings.

It was a bittersweet moment for her. This was the first place she had ever called home; the only stability she'd had for years. It was small, but it was hers.

Ben appeared in her doorway. "Ready?"

She turned to look at him. He held his hand out for her, and fear washed over her. She had tried to let the fear go after she'd been released from the hospital, but bits of it still clung to her.

As she began to leave the only constant she'd had in her life, she was scared. She loved Ben, and she knew he would never leave her, but she was still afraid.

Ben saw the fear in her eyes. "It's okay, Rey." He stretched his hand out to her further. "Let's go."

She looked around her apartment one last time and picked up her key before taking his hand and crossing the threshold.

X.x.x

"I can't believe it's finally here," Rey said looking in the mirror and adjusting her graduation gown.

Ben wrapped his arms around her from behind. "This year has gone by fast." He kissed her cheek.

She spun in his arms and leaned up to kiss him. "What a year it has been."

"I'm so happy you're in my life," Ben purred.

"We have to go before we're late," Rey told him.

Ben groaned but let her go. "I'll be right there, meet me at the car."

"Okay," Rey said with a smile.

As she left Ben double checked his sock drawer to make sure the ring box still resided there. He knew the time was still few hours away, but his heart was pounding.

"Is everything okay?" Rey asked as they drove to the venue for graduation.

"I'm fine," he replied.

"Are you nervous?"

Ben shot her a look out of the corner of his eye. "No, why would I be nervous?" He answered almost too quickly.

"Your speech?" She offered. "You are the valedictorian after all. I know you've been practicing, but that's a lot of people to address."

Ben let out the breath he had been holding. "Yeah, my speech."

She reached over and took his hand. "You'll be great."

The graduation ceremony went on without a hitch, and soon they were back at the Solo household with a small group of friends, celebrating.

Ben had run up to his room and was now back with his friends, and more nervous than ever.

He stood in front of his friends and family and called everyone's attention.

"What a year this has been," he stated. A large cheer from the crowd agreed. "We won state in football, made it to finals in basketball, and we made it out alive." Another loud cheer. "For me personally, this has been the most amazing year. I got into Harvard, and I met the woman of my dreams. Rey." He walked toward her and offered her a hand.

"What is he doing?" Luke asked his sister beside him.

"Just watch," Leia told him. Her phone was out, recording the whole thing.

"You have turned my world upside-down," Ben told the girl in front of him. "I never knew I could love someone as much as I love you; that someone could have such an impact on my life, or that I could be so happy."

He got down on one knee and Rey gasped, her hands flying to her mouth.

"Will you marry me?" He asked.

Happy tears streamed down her face as she nodded. "Yes."

He got up quickly and put the ring on her finger before kissing her.

"You knew he was going to do this, didn't you Leia?" Luke asked her.

"I did," she replied. "Come, let's go congratulate them."

X.x.

Ben couldn't keep his eyes off his new fiancé all night, so when the party was finally over and they were back in the room they now shared, he pushed her against the door and kissed her hungrily.

Her hands dove into his hair and pulled gently.

"Ben," she whispered softly as his lips traveled down her neck.

His hands traveled to her back and unzipped her dress allowing it to fall to the ground around her.

Within seconds she was naked and laying on the bed, Ben's head between her legs, licking and sucking her, two digits pumping inside her.

She squirmed and moaned beneath him.

"Ben," she mewled. "I want you."

He stopped as the words registered in his foggy brain.

"Are you sure?" he asked. His fingers had stopped for a moment.

"Yes," she panted. "Make love to me, Ben. I'm ready."

His fingers began to move again, and his tongue went back to her clit.

"Ben, I'm going to come," she warned him.

"Do it," he almost demanded.

She crashed over the edge, crying out his name and as soon as it ended, Ben stood and removed his own clothes. Moving to his side table he pulled out a condom and rolled it over his hardness.

Rey watched him intently, still panting slightly from her orgasm.

Ben kissed her gently as he positioned himself between her legs.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yeah," she whispered. "We are getting married, and I love you so very much. I'm ready."

He kissed her again then entered her slowly. She winced as he stretched her. Taking a finger, he slowly rubbed her sensitive clit and she moaned.

"How many times have you done this?" She asked breathily.

"More times than I care to admit," he answered honestly. "But this will be the last time I ever take someone's virginity." He was sheathed inside her completely and he moaned. "You're so tight, Rey."

He leaned down and kissed her passionately, allowing her body to adjust to his size.

To his surprise it was her that began to move first, lifting her hips against him. Taking the hint, he began to move slowly inside her. Pulling out just a little before moving back inside her.

As her moans became those of pleasure rather than pain, he pulled out further allowing them both more friction.

"God, Rey," Ben moaned. "You feel so much better than I ever imagined."

"Ben," she moaned. "Go faster."

He happily complied, and began to move faster and harder into her.

"If we keep going like this, I'm not going to last long," he warned her. "You are so tight."

"It's okay," she told him. "I'm close to, just don't stop."

As he began to slip over the edge, she cried out and her body tightened around him, making him crash into oblivion.

His lips crashed into hers, devouring her cries, as they rode through their bliss. He slowed and soon stopped, but not wanting to lose the feeling, he stayed inside her, kissing her again and again.

"I see what you meant," she finally whispered.

"Huh?" he asked. His mind was still in a fog.

"When you said it was different," she replied. "I like being one with you."

He kissed her. "I love you." He pulled out of her and disposed of the used rubber before laying down.

She lay down next to him, her head on his chest. "I love you too."

They let there silently, wrapped in each other's arms.

"Ben?" She asked quietly.

"Yeah?" He sounded tired.

"Promise me you'll love me forever."

He kissed her on the forehead. "Forever." He chuckled softly.

"What?"

He kissed her forehead again. "I was just remembering something about the first of the year."

"Oh?"

"When I told you there was a fine line between love and hate," he explained. "I'm so glad you crossed that fine line."

END

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