Both Ben and Y/N sat in silence for a moment Y/N just staring at Ben absolutely shocked.

"You know at this point a response would be greatly appreciated." Ben laughed nervously.

"Ben, I want to say yes. I want to say yes so badly..." Y/N started.

"But?" Ben asked backing up slightly.

"Do you honestly want to spend the rest of your life with me. Things aren't going to be easy. I make things difficult. I will argue I will fight. There are going to be times when you can't stand me and you will want to leave. There are points that you will regret asking me to marry you."

"Y/N, I know things aren't going to be easy. But I don't want easy. I make things difficult just as much as you do. But the thing is I want to argue with you, I want to fight. And you are right there are going to be times that I am not going to be able to stand you and there are going to be times that you can't stand me. But Y/N I'm never going to leave and I am never going to have a point where I am going to regret asking you to marry me." Ben insisted. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Y/N looked at Ben tears streaming down her face.

Quickly she pulled him in for a long kiss entangling her fingers in his hair.

"Is that a yes?" Ben asked.

"Yes, yes, a million times yes." Y/N exclaimed as she pulled Ben in for a kiss again.

"I'm so happy." Ben smiled through the kisses.

"Just shut up." She laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Gladly." Ben replied as he wrapped his arms around her waist allowing her to jump wrapping her legs around his waist.

The two passionately kissed as they stumbled their way back into the room.

"Y/N," Ben sighed as he held onto her tightly.

"I love you Ben." Y/N whispered.

The two fell backwards onto the bed but the minute they did Y/N gasped getting hit with memories she wanted so badly to forget.

"Y/N," Ben quickly said backing away.

"No, I'm sorry. Just... just give me a second."

"We don't..." Ben started.

"I just, I can't..." Y/N started again tears forming in her eyes once more.

"Y/N, I know it's hard, but I'm here for you through everything." Ben said kissing her forehead.

"I love you." Y/N said snuggling into his embrace.

The two lay for a moment before Ben turned to Y/N. "You know who is going to be very angry if we do not tell her of our engagement."

"Your mother." Y/N laughed.

"She will literally kill me." Ben said as he helped Y/N to her feet.

The two then walked hand in hand out into the hallway.

"Master Solo?" A voice called and they turned to see C3-PO walking towards them. "General Leia is in the conference hall, if you would like to speak to her."

"Thank you."

The two made their way towards the conference hall, however along the way they would notice people staring at them.

"Could you please tell us..." Y/N started but anyone who saw them would run away. "Ben?"

"I don't know," Ben started to getting slightly angry.

Finally they reached the conference hall, but before they could open the doors they could hear people arguing inside.

"They can't stay!" Someone screamed.

"He has brought terror and destruction throughout the entire galaxy for years and now we are just expecting him to stay with us like he is not a fucking murderer!" Another screamed.

"That is my son you are speaking about." Leia snapped.

"He murdered Han." Lando responded softy causing Ben to take a step back.

"Ben?" Y/N asked.

"And the girl! She is the Supreme Leader of the First Order she can't stay here. She is worse than he is. I have heard the stories of the power she possesses. She is a bigger threat than the entire First Order." Someone said causing Y/N to gasp.

Ben was furious now quickly he grabbed Y/N's hand as they began down the hall, neither one of them saying a word. After walking for a while Y/N finally spoke up.

"Ben, where are we going." Y/N said sheepishly.

"We are leaving." Ben snapped as they made their way to the loading dock, Y/N gasping when she saw the Millennium Falcon.

As they loaded themselves on Y/N couldn't help but feel her emotions flooding her, all she wanted to do was fall onto the floor and start to cry. But she knew that Ben was taking this harder than she was, and she had to be there for him.

"Ben are you sure this is such a good idea..." Y/N started as they made their way to the cockpit.

"We are leaving!" Ben snapped as he sat in the chair. However the minute he sat down he broke. Sitting the chair his father had sat, in the ship his father had cherished above most things. One that as a small child he had longed to fly, but now given the opportunity he didn't think he could. Slowly Ben leaned his head into his hands.

"Ben," Y/N sighed kneeling next to him putting her hand on his back.

"I wanted more than anything in the world to fly this ship. I used to beg and plead with my father to take me flying because I wanted to be just like him. Look at me now, disgraced, and feared, and I've dragged you down with me." Ben said.

"No you haven't Ben, I'm here because I love you and I will always love you."

"I want to leave Y/N, but we have no where that we can go. No place is going to accept us. To everyone we are just monsters."

"Then let's change their minds. You somehow convinced my brother to not kill you in order to come back to save me. We did bad things, horrible things, but we are not horrible people. We just fell into darkness, something that anyone who has been through what we have been through would have done the same. But what we have done in the past does not define us, it is what we are going to make us be better."

"I couldn't have said it better myself," A voice said and they both turned to see Leia standing behind them.

"Mother?" Ben gasped. "How did you..."

"Benjamin your hiding place has been the same since you were a little boy." Leia smiled. "C3P0 told me you two were looking for me, I figured you heard the arguments."

"They hate us." Y/N spoke up. "They don't want us here, we are too big of threats."

"They are just afraid, fear makes people say nasty things." Leia insisted.

"I..." Y/N started.

"Change their minds, make them see who you actually are. Both of you have so much light and love to give, you just have to be given the opportunity. Show them who you actually are." Leia insisted.

Ben looked at Y/N before he stood up going over to his mother and hugging her.

"Now come back inside, Lando wants to talk to you two." Leia insisted as Ben broke away.

"We have an announcement to tell you first." Ben replied as he backed up grabbing Y/N's hand. "I have asked Y/N to marry me."

Leia's face lit up as she looked between her son and the girl she had already considered to be part of the family. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Mother are you alright?" Ben asked seriously seeing the tears.

"Yes, I'm alright, I'm ecstatic." Leia said as she went over to Y/N hugging her. "I already think of you as my daughter, but now it will be official."

The three stayed for a moment before they finally decided that they were going to head inside.

"Lando says he would like to speak with you both. He needs to discuss somethings that we talked about in the meeting." Leia said as Ben and Y/N followed her down the hall.

"Do we have to." Ben said under his breath but his mother still heard him.

"Benjamin." She snapped playfully.

"I know I know." Ben sighed.

"If you want to stay here and you want to be a part of something then you can't just seclude yourself." Leia said.

Y/N chuckled slightly to herself causing Ben to give her a look.

"You hush," He laughed before turning back to his mother. "Thank you mother."

"One more thing." Leia said as they stopped in front of the doors. "He wants to speak to you individually."

"What!" Both Ben and Y/N gasped.

"You will both do fine, just think before you speak." Leia said. "Ben you go first."

Ben turned to look at Y/N terrified.

She ran to him pulling him into a long kiss.

"You will be fine." She smiled but Ben could hear the fear in her voice as well.

Ben went to reach for the door handle when Leia stopped him.

"Wait before you go in, I have something for you." She said as she slowly took off her ring handing it to Ben.

Ben looked at his mother questioning. Leia gestured to Y/N and Ben finally understood.

He turned to look at Y/N and as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Yes, my answer is and will always be yes!" Y/N smiled as Ben put the ring on her finger.

He picked her up swinging her around before setting her down once more to face the door.

He gulped as he grabbed the door handle once more. Y/N quickly wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders kissing the back of his neck.

"I love you." She said before giving him a slight push through the doors leaving herself, terrified with Leia.

When Ben walked into the room, he found Lando staring outside through a small window. While he had never met the man before, he had heard the endless stories of Lando and his father's great adventures. His father used to tell them to Ben before he went to sleep at night, and when he dreamed, he dreamed that he would one day be able to join his father on one of those adventures.

Lando, after hearing the door open and shut slowly turned back to see the young man who stood before him. He didn't really know if he had expected to see a monster before him, but Ben shocked him.

"You look so much like your father." Lando said before he could even stop himself.

The statement shocked Ben causing him to freeze in his tracks for a moment. Quickly however he straightened himself up standing as stiff as a board. He let his fears fade away as he went into soldier mode.

"I would just like to thank you for..." Ben started.

"Don't, don't block out the emotions in this situation. Han used to do the same thing."

Ben opened his mouth to speak again but Lando quickly cut him off.

"I have been waiting a long time to meet you Ben. I'm going to be honest, you aren't exactly who I thought you would be."

"And who did you think I would be."

"A monster." Lando said causing Ben to look at the floor. "But instead I see that you are more like Han than I could have ever imagined."

Ben gritted his teeth holding back the tears that were in his eyes.

"However, the people that live here, as well as I are worried, and rightfully so, that it is dangerous for you to be here. Especially combined with the girl." Lando said.

Ben bawled his hands up into fists still staring at the floor.

"However, your mother insists that the girl was the one behind bringing you back to the light. She called the girl your savior. Do you agree?"

"Absolutely." Ben said finally looking up at Lando. "Her death sent me into a spiral, but finding out she was alive and being with her, made me understand that what I had done, the anger that I had, was going to be my downfall. And that if I kept going down the path I would lose her and that is something that I cannot have happen."

"And what will happen if you do lose her. You thought you had lost her today, were you going to fall back into the darkness."

"No. I never meant to become a monster. I was just hurt and scared and I had Snoke's voice in my head telling me that I wasn't good enough, that everyone was afraid of me, that I would inevitably hurt everyone that I loved. It wore me down to the point of replacing all emotions with rage just to get through. But Y/N, she showed me that I was worth saving." Ben said and the minute it came out of his mouth, he realized that Y/N was the only one who had ever seen him like this. This vulnerable.

"And what about Y/N. She is stronger than you, her powers are greater, and she fell farther into the darkness in a matter of a few hours than you had ever in your entire life. What is going to stop her from going into the darkness again?" Lando asked seriously.

"Fear." Ben replied bluntly. "Things happened on that ship to her that.." His voice broke. "That I wish I could have prevented, but they happened, and it caused her to snap. She felt so vulnerable and when she realized that all this power would allow her to be in control she jumped at it. She needed to not feel afraid. But after she almost killed her brother, the realization of everything she did hit her all at once and it almost killed her. She is terrified to use the Force again in fear that she will lose herself and hurt someone else that she cares about and she will never let that happen, and I will make sure it never happens. She is my whole life. I'm going to make sure that we have a future together."

Lando looked at the young boy and smiled. While his heart still hurt from the loss of his friend, the young man standing before him reminded him not only of a young Han but a young him. Driven by the passion and the love that they would find. He knew that Ben meant what he said, and the fear that Lando had once had was gone. He knew Ben would do his best to not only make sure that he didn't fall back into the darkness but that the girl didn't either.

The girl however, still caused Lando some concern. He had heard the stories of her power and all that she had done in her short amount of time as the Supreme Leader.

Lando made his way over to Ben placing his hand on his shoulder.

"I'm so sorry." Ben finally broke. "I know my father was..."

Lando held up his hand. "That is the past and for the sake of your mother I do not want to dwell on it. She is the strongest women I know, but she has been through a lot. Let us dwell on the happiness instead of the sad."

Ben nodded.

"Speaking of happiness, I have asked Y/N to marry me. I was wondering if we could have your blessing to get married here in Cloud City."

"Under one condition. We are a little short handed on pilots and I would imagine that Snoke isn't going to go down with a fight. And with your extensive knowledge of the First Order, it would be extremely valuable. Will you join the Resistance as a fighter pilot."

Ben hesitated for a moment. He hadn't even thought of the idea that he would be asked to fight. However, the minute Lando mentioned it, that was all that Ben wanted to do. He needed to fight against he First Order, he needed to destroy Snoke, he needed to make sure that the universe would be safe for Y/N. He knew though that Y/N would have his head if he told her he would fight again.

"Agreed." Ben said shaking Lando's hand.

"I think it would be a good idea to have the wedding soon. Show the people that you two aren't the monsters they perceive you to be, I will start having everything set up. Don't expect many people to come however." Lando said.

"Of course." Ben said.

"We you please send Y/N in." Lando said gesturing towards the door.

Ben turned but quickly stopped himself looking back at Lando. "Please go easy on her, she has been through a lot, and if you make her cry..." Ben thought but he didn't really have an end to that threat. "And please don't tell her about me becoming a Resistance pilot, I would like to do that myself."

"I understand." Lando said.

Finally Ben opened the door. There he found a terrified looking Y/N staring back at him.

"He wants to talk to you now."

"I... I can't do this." Y/N said panicked as her breathing became rapid. Quickly Ben rushed to her placing his hands on her face.

"Hey, it's ok. It's ok. He just wants to talk, that's it. Just tell him what happened. Be honest. Everything is going to be fine." He said as he kissed her forehead."

"What if he... what if he doesn't let me stay." She said still unable to calm her breathing.

"That's not going to happen." Leia said trying to sooth the poor girl by rubbing her back.

"And if it does then we will go find somewhere else to stay. Anywhere you go I'm going to go as well." Ben insisted.

Y/N looked at him for a moment before she nodded.

"Don't worry." Ben said again as he leaned his forehead on hers.

She then slowly broke away heading through the door, unable to look back at Ben knowing that it would only break her, seeing his worried expression.

"Ah, Miss Dameron. It is nice to see you again." Lando stated to the shaking girl.

"Thank you for..." Y/N started but the quaking in her voice gave her away.

"You are Ben are so similar. I do not want to be thanked, I want to be assured that the people who live here are not in danger."

"I..."

"You were the most powerful Sith master the universe has seen. You could shake an entire First Order ship without even breaking a sweat. You crushed Hux to death. You slaughtered half of the Resistance fleet. How do I know that you will not destroy the rest of the fleet. Or kill the people living here."

"I never meant to... I'm so..." Y/N started feeling herself getting overwhelmed again.

"Just breath, you are alright." Ben said in her head.

"It won't happen again because I'm not going to use the Force ever again. I'm planning on removing myself completely from the force. I cannot and will not become that person again." Y/N insisted. "I know how much pain and death I caused and it tears me apart everyday. I'm never going to let it happen again. I swear to you."

Lando looked her up and down for a moment before he smiled.

"I believe you." He said and it shocked her. "Ben told me that some terrible things happened to you and most of what you did was out of fear, and I can understand acting out of fear, but that the fear would be what made sure you never turn again. I also know that Ben isn't going to let you turn, not again. He loves you more than I have ever seen another person love someone. And that is why, I am going to help you set up your wedding. You can have it hear in Cloud City. I will make sure everything is perfect."

Tears welled up in Y/N's eyes.

"I..."

"Don't thank me, just keep your promise." Lando said smiling as he held out his hand.

Quickly Y/N ran at him hugging him tightly tears streaming down her face.

"I know you said not to thank you but thank you." She sobbed.

Slowly Lando wrapped his arm around her. He let her cry for a moment before he broke away.

"Ben is waiting for you, and I have your ready to get prepared for. I would imagine it will be ready by the end of the week."

Y/N nodded as she thanked him quietly before turned towards the door.

When she opened them she found Ben waiting for her arms open.

She sprinted to him smiling and when he held her he picked her up spinning her around.

"Lando he..." She started when Ben pulled her in for a kiss.

"I know he told me."

"He said it should be ready by the end of the week. We are getting married by the end of the week!" She exclaimed kissing him again.