Ben's POV
Rey walks off with Finn to a seating area along the wall.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see Poe with a look of disappointment across his face. He nods his head off to the side. "Come on." I glance over at Rey and see her smiling at Finn. He takes her hand and she giggles and says something back and he begins laughing.

I hang my head and Poe puts an arm around me. He guides me over to a group of people chatting.

"Hey, hey, hey!" One man shouts. "Big man in the house!" He slings his arm around him and I slip out of Poe's arm. Phasma walks up next to me.

"Where's Rey? I need her."

"Busy with Finn." I pull my lips in and take a deep breath through my nose.

"She loves you, you know." I nod and look down at my feet.

Poe comes over and places a hand on my shoulder again. I look up and give a small smile and he smiles back. "There's a few friends I would like you guys to meet." He glances between Phasma and I.

We come face to face with the people Poe was just talking to. "Ben, Phasma, this is Morgan, Alexa, Jess, Snap, Sassy, KK, and Courtney." He points to people as he speaks their name. They smile at us.

"I love your dress Phasma." Alexa speaks.

"Oh um, thank you." Phasma replies nervously. "What kind of work do you do here?"

"I was actually just promoted at the pilot meeting today. I'm the new Green leader."

"Congrats, Alexa was it?"

"Yes and thank you. What's your job?"

"Captain. Troop Captain."

"Ahhh, well pleasure to fight with you. I'll have your back from the sky."

"Nice to know." Phasma smiles.

"You were both from the First Order right?" Sassy speaks up.

"Yeah. I went by Kylo Ren." I say.

"The Kylo Ren?" Morgan asks narrowing his eyes at me.

"Yeah, but he's changed." Poe chimes in. "This is a place of hope and second chances, we have each other's backs no matter what... we are all different and come from many places. Some of you were thieves." He glances at Alexa who looks down at her feet. "Some were simple scavengers like Rey." He points his thumb over his shoulder. "Some where born into the Resistance like Emi and Ben." He gestures around looking for this missing Emi and I smile at him. "Some were part of the First Order and risked there lives to help us in some way."

"Finn rescued you, you were the pilot, weren't you?" Phasma questions Poe.

He chuckles and rubs his neck. "Yeah." He turns back to the crowd of friends. "You were all able to accept Finn the ex-stormtrooper with open arms, what do you guys think? Think we have room for a couple more traitors?" He grins and so does Alexa and the others.

"Yeah, Captain Phasma and Ben Solo will fit in here just fine." Alexa says and walks up to Phasma with open arms.

I look over at Phasma who is confused. I glance at her then the girl and try to motion her to hug her. Phasma hugs her and I laugh. I hold my hand out to Morgan. He shakes it firmly and we nod to each other.

Rey's POV
Finn and I have been talking for a while and I keep glancing over at Ben, Phasma, and Poe who appears to be telling some kind of story. I watch some girl hug Phasma.

"Rey?" Finn says drawing me back into the conversation.

"Huh, yeah, sorry. What?"

"So I guess I should get something off my chest." Finn takes a deep breath.

"There's this person I have a crush on, but I don't know if they are even in to guys. More specifically me."

"You're gay?"

"Well kind of. I'm bisexual."

"Oh okay, sorry I didn't mean to sound rude or anything. I just didn't know."

"Yeah I mean when I first meet you Rey, I thought I was straight and I was really attracted to you, but this crush kind of snuck up on me and now everything they do is cute... the only problem is lately I've been kind of messed up towards you and Ben and they saw that and I think they think different of me now."

"Oh Finn, you were just being protective."

"Yeah, so I thought I could show that me and you were cool by hanging out one on one for a while."

"So you didn't want to catch up. You just wanted to use me to get a guy."

"Rey, that came out wrong." I stand and Finn grabs my hand.

"Finn, don't make a scene, let me go enjoy my night."

"No, Rey I need your help please." He kneels down in front of me, still holding my hand. "Rey, will you please help me?" He begs.

I look down at him. "Only on one condition."

"What?"

"We include Ben."

"Ok I...  this isn't what it looks like." Finn says to someone behind me. I rip my hand away from his.

I turn and see Ben. "Ben I can explain!"

"Please do." He crosses his arms and Phasma comes up from behind him.

Finn stands up. "Allow me Ben, I was asking her to help me with my crush on someone."

"Then why did I hear my name? You don't have a crush on me do you?!" Ben's eyes widen and Finn starts laughing.

"No, no, no. Definitely not. Rey has dibs on you." He laughs harder.

"So who is it?" Phasma asks.

"I agreed to tell Rey and Ben, if I tell you, you have to help."

"No promises." She crosses her arms.

"It's Poe."

Ben smiles and chuckles. He grabs Finn by the shoulders. "This is great! Oh my Maker, things just got way easier."

I am totally confused. I look over at Phasma and Finn who are as well.

"Okay I promised something to someone, not saying names, but tell Poe you have feelings for him and I promise you won't be disappointed."

Finn grins at Ben. "I'll catch up with you guys later. If you'll excuse me, I have a man to catch."

Finn walks off quickly towards Poe. I turn my attention back to Ben and Phasma and Ben steps towards me. "I wonder if he literally means catch."

"No I don't think so, that's more of a Ben Solo move." I smile at him and he chuckles.

"Well love birds, I'm glad to hear that you are all finding love, but I still haven't seen her Rey."

"Don't worry, we'll find her."

"How?" Phasma's eyes stare into mine sadly when I see behind her someone entering the way we did.

A woman stands in a gorgeous dark blue dress. It has an opening in the front revealing her legs and giving her easy access to walk. She smiles down at us and gracefully runs her hand along the railing as the dress's train follows her.

"That's her." Phasma breathes out. I glance over at Phasma who is looking on at the woman. "I'd recognize those grey eyes anywhere."

I look back and they are looking at each other now. The woman begins walking over directly to Phasma through the crowd. Her long black hair gently flows and perfectly matches her black winged eyeliner. Some men in the crowd look at her in awe and some woman look with jealously.

I step away from Phasma's side as she approaches. "Hello, I'm Johanna, we meet early, but I didn't catch your name."

"I'm Phasma. Pleasure to see you again." She smiles.

"Do you want to dance? I mean with me? Do you want to dance with me?" Johanna asks and I can tell she's getting nervous.

"I would love to dance with you." Phasma replies and holds out her hand. Johanna smiles and slides her hand into hers. They walk off to the dance floor and now it's just Ben and I.

He slides an arm around my waist. "It's about time I get my Scavenger back." I look up and smile at him.

"Your Scavenger?" He chuckles and my smile grows bigger.

"Yes. Mine. Deal with it."

"I think I'm okay with that, because you are mine as well. Deal with it." I tease and smirk at him.

He smirks back and leans down gently kissing me. I put my hands around his neck and I feel his arms pull me in tighter.

"You guys know you have a room right?"

We break away and see Leia standing there smirking. We both laugh. "Yes we know." Ben says.

"Ok good, now I'm here to let Rey know she has a meeting tomorrow. Finn will come and get you from your room and escort you there."

"Okay, what is the meeting for?" I ask.

"Well, for the upcoming battle on Endor, you have been selected to fight. We'll give you the details tomorrow." Leia says.

"What about me? Will I be fighting?"

"I've decided to have you help Daniele with intercepting the First Order messages to each other and decoding them."

"Can't you have Finn do that? He knows how to translate as well." Ben says kind of angry, but it also sounds like a plea.

"Finn is going to be fighting along side Rey. You translate faster than him and you're my son. I can't lose anymore family." I can see the hurt in Leia's eyes. I place a hand on Ben's shoulder.

"I'll be alright, your mother and the Resistance need you."

"I need to be with you." He places a hand on mine.

"You'll always be with me Ben. We have a strong bond, that's unbreakable."

He sighs and smiles. "Fine, on two conditions."

"What?" Leia asks.

"Finn is assigned the same group as Rey and Poe has their back from the sky."

"Sounds perfect to me." Leia smiles at us. "I'll see you then." She walks off.

"I think I can handle myself." I tell Ben.

"I know you can, but I want to protect you."

"And I find that very sweet, but you need to stay safe more than I do."

"Rey, I'll be out of reach from the First Order, you'll be face to face with them. Can you promise me something?"

"Anything Ben."

"If Snoke is there, you'll tell me and leave."

"Ben I can't just leave my friends."

"Fine, if Snoke is there, then I'll leave here and come find you."

"Okay." I nod. "Now shall we dance?"

He takes my hand "We shall m'lady."

I giggle as he guides me to the dance floor.

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I'm slow dancing with Ben near Poe and Finn who are dancing together, as well as Phasma and Johanna.

BB8 went off with R2D2 and C3PO for some new programming for Endor.

The song ends and I begin to applaud along with everyone else. Leia steps up on stage with everyone else.

"Attention everyone. Some of you may be aware about our allies on Endor need our help against the First Order. We have expected a few days to plan, possibly a week. As it turns out, we will be leaving the base in two days. Very early morning we will rise and prep for our journey. We will leave at sunrise and should be there to battle along side ewoks against the First Order the following morning. Any questions feel free to ask Samaya, Daniele, or Samantha." Three women in front of the stage give a slight wave and a fourth walks up besides Daniele and asks her something and she nods and the woman stand next to her. "Please enjoy the rest of this wonderful evening." Leia bows her head and exits the stage. The band begins to play again.

I glance over at Finn who leads Poe over to our table with our drinks. Ben and I sit, followed by Phasma and Johanna.

"Who's ready to kick some ass?" Poe says.

"I've been feeling a little feisty lately." A girl replies pulling up a chair. Poe chuckles.

"You remind me so much of Rey, Sassy."

I raise my eyebrows. "How?"

"You both look innocent, yet sexy, and know how to kick ass." We both smile at each other.

"I'm Rey."

"I've heard. Sassy. I think I've seen you before."

"Well I'm usually in tan clothes and carrying a weapon." I smile. "I was gone with Luke for a year though."

"Oh I remember now. The female Jedi everyone went nuts about." She laughs then looks at Ben.  "Apparently getting your face scarred makes you irresistible though." She jokes and laughs again.

"Yeah, I guess you could say I meet my match." Ben looks over at me and into my eyes.

"Now the question would be, perfect love match or fight match?" I glance over at Poe. "Feathers." He says with a straight face and Ben and I loose it. I laugh into Ben's chest and he pulls me in laughing into my hair. I try to catch my breath, but when I look at Ben I remember the feather on top of his head and begin laughing again.

"I don't want to know." Finn says and looks down and picks up his drink.

"Sounds like something had to get evolved that wasn't rough." Sassy grins and Finn spits out his drink.

"Don't worry Finn, you'll be the godfather of course." I joke.

"Wait what?!" Finn chokes out. Ben laughs then looks over at me.

"Wait are you?"

"No!" I spit out so fast.

Finn shakes his head at me and Ben leans over to my ear. "Do you want to be?" I nudge him in the chest. "Hey!" He laughs.

"Get a room you two." Sassy smiles.

"They have one." Leia says casually as she walks by with Luke and Chewbecca. Chewbecca laughs.

"Enjoy your evening everyone. I'll see you tomorrow Rey." He nods to us and I nod back.

"So are you two going to your room or am I going to be stuck with you two while the newly couple as snuck off and the long lost crushes look into each other's eyes all night." Sassy asks.

I look over and notice Phasma and Johanna have left and Finn looks at me and smiles. "Well, Mr. Dameron, what do you say?" He stands and extends a hand. "Shall we take off?"

Poe accepts and stands. "Yeah, let's go to my place and check to see if BB8 is back."

"Okay. Goodnight everyone. See you tomorrow for the meeting Rey." Finn says and Poe leads him off.

"I'm heading to bed as well. Keep the moans down, I live in the same hallway you know."

Ben chokes on his drink. "What? We haven't been that loud."

"No, but with how good Rey looks tonight. I wouldn't be surprised."

I smile at her and she winks. "Have fun, be safe." I laugh and watch her walk away.

"Oh we will." Ben whispers into my neck and begins kissing me. I bite my lip.

"About that room."

He pulls away and smirks. "I'm ready to leave when you are."

"I'm ready now." I look into his eyes. He stands and offers his arm. I loop my arm through his.

I swear if we hear people having sex while walking back to the room, I'm gonna bang you on their door.

I look over at Ben. Someone's craving me. I wink and smirk as he begins to speed up the pace out the Ballroom.