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“Wake up Benny, I want you.”
A groggy Ben slowly found himself being drawn out of sleep by his wife early one morning, as she whispered into his ear, her warm hand making its way down his stomach into the loose band of his sweatpants, in search of a certain something there.
“Mmmmmm, OHHHH!” Ben murmured, gasping as her fingers wrapped around their sturdy target. Cracking open his eyes, he squinted, half smiling, at his heavily pregnant wife snuggled into his side. She’d already pulled off her nightie, and was laying there nude, her large belly heavy with HIS child and her swollen breasts begging to be fondled. “Oh Rey, you’ll be the death of me,” he groaned as he rolled over, running his hands all over her.
“You know how pregnancy effects me Ben... I crave YOU! Your smell, your touch, your voice... it almost drove me insane back when you were my doula, but you were TOO honorable sir. You have no IDEA what I would have let you do to me back then, if you had only asked! And so I demand you now.”
“I think I have some idea of that NOW. My dear lady, you ARE very demanding... almost as demanding as I am for you.” Ben teased, as he kissed her ear, her face snuggled against his neck as she inhaled the smell of him, “in fact, you didn’t let me get much rest last night; or yesterday afternoon, or yesterday morning....” Ben gazed off in space in his reverie, “Oh! Yesterday morning!”
“Well, it’s the healthy thing to do! Doula’s orders. As you taught me yourself, sex and orgasms are beneficial during pregnancy... I need your prostaglandins darling.” Rey lightly bit his ear lobe, causing Ben to yelp, the sit up in bed. He was throbbing now, bursting for her, “You win sunshine... how will it be today? Spooning or all fours? I know comfortable positions are limited for you right now...”
“Hmmmm, I think I’ll have my favorite, all fours! I have to practice my pelvic tilts anyway,” said naughty Rey, as she gently positioned herself with her bum pressing insistently against him. She was already wet.
Ben grasped her hips in his large hands to hold her steady, as he gently but firmly slid himself inside her, enjoying the sound of her little panting cries. He was in awe at how deeply she seemed to crave him, at her reaction to him, even after a year of marriage, even now when she was 36 weeks pregnant. With HIS baby. A little girl, if the ultrasound was correct. His heart swelled with happiness as he gently slid himself out to the tip, then slowly thrusting, felt her muscles pulling him back in.
They kept it up for as long as they could, until Rey, grown demanding after his slow teasing, took charge of matters and began working with him to deepen and speed up his thrusts. Crying out, he allowed himself to lose control, going faster and faster until she gasped and whimpered as she came, before he spilled his seed inside her, and she quivered and gasped with her face in a pillow.
Ben leaned over her to grab a few tissue from the nightstand before pulling out, wiping up the mess they made as a flushed and beaming Rey turned over into her side, laughing contentedly.
“That was goooood!” Rey sighed, closing her eyes as she began to drift gently off into a blissful sleep.
“YOU are good. Good morning sunshine.” Ben kissed her on her forehead, eyes shining with love, before getting up to take a shower and start his day.
***
Midwifery student Rey couldn’t have been happier, living her very best life. She often contemplated how her life had turned out, and her only explanation was that her own good deed had brought about her reward; if she hadn’t been Rose and Hux’s surrogate, she never would have met Ben Solo, never would have been his room mate, never would have fallen in love. Living with the man she loved, pregnant with his baby, surrounded by such loving and supportive friends and family, she only wondered at the intensity of her happiness, and doubted if her good deed and the sacrifices she made to have Daisy were enough for her to deserve all of the blessings she had in her life. She would have done it for nothing, after all. Her sacrifice wasn’t much.
Rose and Hux begged to differ. Rey had brought them everything, and nothing that they or anyone else could ever do for her would ever pay her back for her great gift, nothing was good enough for her. Rey was a huge part of Daisy’s happy life, and the little baby doted on her, as did their blissful parents.
Many small changes had happened the past year. General Leia had finally retired, and Han no longer flew planes except for recreation, and so the dynamic in the senior Solo household changed, and it was for the better (for the most part). The happy, long married couple sure bickered a lot, but they had a deep understanding and love for each other that nothing could shake. Their back and forth was just their way; and however much they disagreed on the little things, they were united in the approval and joy they felt at their children’s happiness. Their contentment was not solely due to Ben and Rey’s happy marriage; their daughter Kaydel was finally finding happiness as well, she and Finn were recently engaged, and Poe and Finn were becoming the best of friends.
Rey smiled to herself as she recalled her wedding day. She and Ben got married in the courthouse one morning, on April 3rd, a week before her birthday, merely two months after their coming to an understanding on New Years’s. It had been a simple affair, no muss or fuss. They had been through so much together, knew each other like open books, and their love had stood the test of time. There was simply no reason to wait! Rey had chosen a simple lacy white dress, Ben wore his black suit, and they had a party that afternoon in Ben’s studio. Only family was invited, along with Rose, Hux, little Daisy, Jannah, Finn and Amilyn Holdo. It had been a perfect day, followed by a still more perfect night.
They didn’t go on a honeymoon. Why should they, when their own little house was so dear to them, and all they wanted to explore was each other?
Rey smiled to herself as she remembered the early days of her marriage. How Rey and Ben agreed for her to give up the birth control pills soon after their wedding, as the side effects were becoming too much for her to handle. How annoying it had been to both of them to use condoms, but neither one would say anything. How she had felt when Ben had shyly whispered to her one night, that he couldn’t wait to have a baby of their own. How Rey had nearly jumped out of bed in excitement, wanting that very thing more than anything else right now, explaining that she hadn’t said anything simply because she was worried it was too soon to talk about. They decided to start trying that very night, and “tried” nearly every day after.
Rey got pregnant a mere four months after their wedding. And they were over the moon with happiness and excitement. Ben beamed with pride over that pregnancy test.
Her pregnancy was so surprisingly easy this time around. She hardly felt any morning sickness or fatigue. She was stress free except for when her midwifery studies got monotonous or intense. Her routine with Ben was very similar to what it had been before, except this time there was a LOT of sex involved. Almost a scary amount. Rey craved Ben like crazy. Ben laughed at her, when she would run at him as soon as he came home after a long day or night of work just to hold him close and sniff his neck, inhaling the scent of him. Once Rey had read that pregnancy causes a woman’s sense of smell to intensify due to hormones, and many women discover they either LOVE their partner’s natural smell or hate it. Rey already knew how she felt about Ben.
***
This time Rey wanted a water birth at Amilyn’s. Ben blocked out a whole two months of births off his schedule, passing his clients on to the two new Doulas (Becca Chew and Zori Bliss) he hired at his studio, keeping only his classes and social media posts active for the weeks before and after Rey’s due date.
Rey surprised everyone, including herself, when she went into spontaneous labor at 38 weeks 5 days, going from nothing to strong contractions 5 minutes apart one day after getting home from their morning walk. Rey insisted later on that it was the sex that had done it, telling Ben that if he’d only given in to her many hints during her first pregnancy, she wouldn’t have gone overdue.
“You and your hints... you were killing me!” Ben laughed. Soon after they had finally made love that eventful New Year’s Day, Rey had confessed to Ben about a few things. “Remember when I kept mentioning my changing breasts, and how I would lean so heavily on your arm during our walks... and how I used to moan so often when you massaged my back, and how on one of our earlier classes I’d asked the vibrator question?”
“Yessssss,” Ben had looked at her suspiciously, an amused gleam in his eye at this beginning of a confession. “Weelllllll in case you didn’t figure it out yet, It was because I was CRAZY about you Ben, I wanted you and wanted to make you want me too.”
“Well you enchanting little witch, all you succeeded at was torturing me, because I had already been head over heels in love with you since the first time I saw you. And I think it actually started when I heard your voice that night on the phone.”
“Ohhhh Ben your voice was soooooo sexy, I couldn’t wait to see you. Then when I did! I couldn’t believe my eyes. You were so BEAUTIFUL. I remember going through your online content later that evening, and I watched everything you’d ever posted that week, without hearing a word you said.”
Ben kissed her then, and they soon stopped talking, preoccupied with other more intimate pursuits.
***
Rey’s contractions had started after 8 am... by 12 she was walking into Amilyn’s, panting (but still smiling) on Ben’s arm, contractions coming in fast and strong at 2 minutes apart.
“Seems like this baby is in a hurry!” Amilyn joked as she finished the vaginal exam. “You’re just about 7 cm right now Rey, if you like you can get in the tub right now, seems you’ll be pushing soon!”
Rey grunted her assent, before moaning out deeply through her next contraction, still, however, in full control, while Ben was excitedly bouncing and hovering around her.
Their room was beautiful. Fairy lights and electric candles bathed the room in a rosy glow. Rose petals floated on the surface of the water as the scent of lavender and clary sage diffused in the air. Classical, relaxing piano music played softly in the background. Rey had only been settled in the tub for half an hour when she felt the urge to push.
Amilyn stood back quietly to the side, supervising closely as Ben sat in the water in front of Rey, watching the baby’s head crown, as Rey calmly pushed with low pants and cries. Finally the baby was born into Ben and Rey’s hands, and as they lifted her up and out of the water, onto Rey’s breast, she looked around with wide eyed wonder.
“Hello my sweet one!” Rey cooed to her daughter, kissing her wet forehead. Ben was by Rey’s side, wrapping both of his girls in his arms, as Amilyn silently leaned forward to help with the after birth checks.
“My sweet little Amy,” Ben softly whispered to his daughter in his deep voice, as the baby’s eyes turned to find his face, curious. “Welcome to the world.”
***
Four years later
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“Han darling, don’t give those babies any more sugar! They’ve had enough cake, ice cream and candy for a lifetime!” Leia scolded, as she lovingly rumpled the hair of two of her oldest grandchildren, Poe and Amy.
“Sure, sure granny, whatever you say!” Han winked at the kids, much to their delight, and they giggled as he continued to hand out cookies. “After all it IS Poe’s birthday,” Han whispered loudly.
“Let’s do pway Daisy!” lisped little Amy, her sticky hands full of cookies, her wavy brown hair tumbling down her shoulders. She had her father’s eyes, her mom’s rounded cheeks and pink lips; she was as sweet and dainty as a little fairy. “Okay! Maybe daddy can tell us stories!” Daisy prattled, smiling bewitchingly up at Hux as he passed by, shaking her thick black bangs out of her elvish green eyes. He grinned and settled down for some storytelling.
Ben and Rey were sitting at the dining table with Rose, Finn and Kay, talking and laughing. Kaydel and Finn had just announced their pregnancy a few days before, and they were discussing it now with Ben and Rey, always taking an opportunity to learn from the Doula/Midwife duo.
“I supposed you two aren’t thinking of having another one any time soon?” Finn joked with them. Rey laughed, as she dandled her baby girl Wren on her knee, looking over at Ben with baby Kylo on his shoulders, pulling his hair and giggling as Ben gave out an exaggerated “ouch!”
“The twins have barely reached their first birthday, and they definitely are a handful... so I’d say the baby factory is closed for now,” Rey laughed, kissing Wren’s rosy cheek.
“I’d say that’s debatable, the more the merrier!” Ben joked, as he pulled naughty baby Kylo off his shoulders and tossed him up in the air, delighting in his baby laughter.
“Ben wouldn’t mind a hundred and one... three is more than enough for now though Ben.” Rey retorted.
“Good, because we want BOTH of you present for the birth of our little one.. you’re both officially hired!” Kaydel quipped.
“It’s a deal!” Ben smiled. Tucking Kylo under one arm like a football, he leaned in to peck Kay and then Rey on their cheeks, before lifting Wren from Rey’s arms, taking the babies over to the rest of the kids to start some party games.
As Rey looked over the happy scene in front of her and caught the adoring eyes of her husband, she thought she could read his mind. They both thanked the heavens for granting Ben Solo his blessed midwife crisis.