Chapter 21

Ben's POV (3 months later)

"Ben, I'm not feeling so well." Rey whimpers, holding her stomach. Her brow is furrowed intensely. My heart stops beating. I feel like I can't breathe.

"Is it the baby?" I ask, frantically. My brain feels scattered.  

"I think my water just broke. I'm in labor." She says weakly. She looks terrified but I have a feeling she's more calm then I am.

"Let's go to medical." I cry out.

"It hurts to walk." She whispers, clutching her stomach even more. I don't hesitate to scoop her up into my arms and dash out of the door. I try to walk fast but not fast enough to cause more pain to Rey than she's already feeling.

"Can someone help?" I shout out down the hallways. Rey buries her head in my neck and groans. Conveniently enough, a woman in a lab coat runs around the corner to us.

"What is it?" The woman shouts.

"She's in labor." I cry out. The woman's face freezes.

"Come with me!" She gasps.

I trail behind her as we rush down the halls. My vision flicks down to Rey who is now sweating intensely and gritting her teeth.

"I'm here, Rey. I'm here." I whisper to her.

The woman whips around a corner into the large entry to the infirmary.

"Lay her in that bed. I'm going to page more doctors." She orders.

I set Rey down comfortably.

"What about a gown?" I ask.

"If she's in that much pain, there's no time." The doctor shouts.

A few seconds later, more people in lab coats run into the room. I turn to look at the wall as they prepare Rey to give birth. My heart is beating so fast that I can feel it in my throat.

"She's already dilated all of the way." A doctor gasps.

I spin around.

"Is that not normal?" I ask, practically shouting.

"It's rare that the process is so quick, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. The baby must really want out." The doctor chuckles.

I feel like screaming but I know I'd get in a lot of trouble with Rey if I did.

"She can begin pushing." The woman from before says. I run to Rey and hold her hand, tightly.

"You can do this." I whisper to her.

"I I can." She snarls. I decide to blame the pain for her sudden attitude.

"One, two, three, push!" The doctor encourages. Rey grunts loudly and grips my hand so tightly, it's painful.

"Again." The doctor says.

Rey pushes again, much more forcefully this time.

"I can just barely see the head." The doctor says quickly.

"Again." Rey screams this time. I feel like falling to my knees. It kills me to see her in so much pain.

"The head! You're halfway there, Mrs. Solo." I stand still and stare at the floor. I like the sound of that.

They must have recognized me and just assumed but it makes me so joyful to hear.

Rey pushes once more and I hear something that makes me feel like I'm floating.

The cries of a baby.

Rey gasps and look up at me. I kiss her forehead as she cries in happiness.

The doctors take our baby away to wrap him. At first I think there's something wrong but the doctor spins around and smiles.

"It's a baby boy." She says. I gasp unable to control myself, although we already knew the gender due to my force vision.

The doctor hands the baby to Rey, who studies his face. I do the same as tears stream from my eyes.

He has a small amount of black hair. He looks just like Rey. The same eyes and nose.

I fall to the ground and hug Rey as we sob.

"Welcome, to the world Ander Solo. We love you so very much." Rey whispers kissing the child's head.

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Rey's POV

"Oh Rey," Leia gasps walking into the medical room. I smile brightly at her, holding my sweet bundle of joy. Ben stands next to me with his hand on my shoulder.

"Would you like to hold him?" I ask Leia. She nods immediately.

"Come to grandma." She coos as I hand her Ander.

"He looks just like you Rey." She smiles. "And he's got your hair." She says looking towards Ben. We laugh lightly.

"What name did you choose?" Leia asks holding the baby gently.

"We decided to go with Ander." I smile at her and look at Ben lovingly. It seemed like every name I suggested he didn't like and every name he suggested, I didn't like. It was like we were going in circles, but as soon as I said Ander we that was it.

"What a lovely name." She whispers. "Great uncle Luke is going to love you." We all stare at each other. Leia seems to crumble.

I knew that when I was well enough, Ben and I would have to find Luke. That means leaving behind our little Ander but we discussed and know it is imperative for the Galaxy. We have unfinished work, after all. Snoke is searching all over for Ben. He wants to kill him for betraying the First Order. We hired someone to give him a false tip to a planet very far away but we know that won't keep the First Order busy forever. Once we find Luke, he can help us take Snoke and the remaining members of the First Order down.

As much as it scares me, I know we have to do it for the Galaxy.

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