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Karma – Reaping Rewards for Hard Work – Obligations – Patience Saturn turns direct September 29, a heavy burden or responsibility will be lifted. Pluto follows Oct 4.

Saturn has been travelling through his home base and breaking down foundations, crushing hopes and dreams and testing our will — in order to crystallize something entirely new.

Today Saturn turns direct and makes you…

*Happy Ending guaranteed <3

Chapter 1  Chapter 2

Chapter 3: Memory Of You (More so Ben’s POV)

Chapter Summary: Ben Solo remembers an important memory from the past before doing something he hope he doesn't regret.

*** This short Chapter is the end of Part 1. Part 2 will be coming soon with a prompt that inspires the next part of this fic :)

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Chapter 3

"PB&J, cereal, and... acorns."

"Did you eat them together?" Rey asked Ben with a grin.

Ben chuckled then shook his head. He grabbed his cup of coffee, from the light blue shabby chic coffee table, in front of them. He ran his fingers through his hair. "Once you soak the acorns in water, they don't taste so bad." He shrugged then took a sip of coffee. "They taste like boiled potatoes."

Rey looked impressed and leaned in. She held her oversized floral designed coffee mug with both hands. "You made them?"

"My grandma did a couple of times." Distracted, he looked into Rey's beautiful hazel eyes. He almost found it unnerving that she wanted to know more about him. "I was seven or eight when I collected acorns that fell from my grandparent's tree. Sometimes I would climb the tree to retrieve more. I would put them in jars... " He felt his ears turn warm as if embarrassed. He pointed at Rey. "Your turn."

Rey looked up and looked lost in thought. She bit her upper lip in thought, Ben noticed. "The first things that come to mind that remind me of my child—"

"You're editing."

Rey blinked and looked at Ben in surprise. "What?"

"Your editing your first thoughts!"

Rey scoffed. "I'm not. Shut it!" She poked her tongue at him.  "Hmm..." She tapped her finger against her mug. "Tulips, peanut butter cookies, and a purple ribbon." She grinned. "I can remember being five or six and the kitchen smelling of peanut butter cookies. They were my mom's favorite and in the middle of the dining table, there was always an assortment of tulips in a vase. And..." Rey put down her coffee mug and walked to the small kitchen nook and grabbed her tote bag. She sat back down and showed a faded purple ribbon that wrapped around the tote handle. "This was a ribbon my mom wore in her hair. It was her favorite." She smiled at it, rubbing the fabric. Ben could see her eyes turn glassy. "The night of the accident, before my parents dropped me off at my grandfather's, I took this ribbon from her vanity and wrapped it around my wrist. My mom saw it and she said to keep it safe for her...And... I continue to keep it with me, keeping it safe for her." Tears ran down Rey's cheek. With her hand, she wiped them off one cheek. "Sorry," she whispered and looked down.

Ben put down his coffee cup and moved closer to Rey. He gently lifted her chin and saw her looking at him with curiosity and trust.  He gently wiped a tear from her other cheek, with his thumb. He was grateful she told him this part of herself. He wanted to know everything about Rey Kenobi. When his thumb traced her cheek, Rey moved closer to him. She looked at him as if she wanted something more. At that moment, he felt he was starting to fall for Rey.

Ben opened his eyes and looked to his left and sighed when he saw her side of the bed empty. He had been up for a while. It was too early to get ready for work. The past clung to his thoughts including the memory of Rey and their first coffee date at her apartment.

Ben ran his hand through his disarrayed hair then removed his duvet off of him. He sat at the edge of the bed then stood up. He stretched then walked to the bathroom. He turned on the shower and looked at himself in the mirror. He noticed the start of stubble from after a few days of not shaving. He then took off his black pajama bottoms before walking into the shower.

It was a couple of minutes before six he observed as he glanced at his watch. The elevator opened and he walked down the hallway until he stood in front of the right door. He knew she would be awake so he felt she wouldn't be bothered if he rang the doorbell. He heard the bell on the other side of the door. He raised his coffee mug, holding the handle, and waited for the door to open. He hoped coming here was a good idea. He had missed the coffee he grew to love the past two years. Just before he turned around thinking she wouldn't open the door it opened and Ben raised his coffee mug towards Rey.