Rey looked down at the planet she had been trapped on for so many years. It was a place that meant loneliness and waiting for people who never return. But now she realized that she had everything that she had been waiting for. Someone came back for her. And now she had the sense of belonging she had always wanted.

Maz's words echoed in her mind. "The belonging you seek is not behind you, it is ahead."

She looked over at Ben, and realized that now she did have the belonging she had been searching for. She reached over and grabbed his hand squeezing it gently. She wanted him to feel the same belonging that she felt.

He looked at her and smiled. She smiled in return. She thought that she would never get to see him smile. But now that she finally got to see his smile, it warmed her heart.

"Promise me that you will keep smiling," she said.

"For you, Rey," he replied. "For you."

"Thank you," she said.

"What are we going to do now?" she asked him a moment later.

"We're going to help the Resistance," he said. "I... I have to save my mother."

Rey smiled. "Thank you Ben," she said.

"But first, you need food and water," he said. "You're in no condition to fight the First Order." He reached into a storage compartment behind him. He pulled out a bottle of water and a small bundle of food. Then he handed it to Rey.

"Thank you," she said.

He nodded.

Rey drank the water thirstily.

"Slow down." Ben told her gently. He didn't want her to get choked.

She tried to take smaller sips. When she had enough water, she opened the bundle of food. She was famished so she ate it quickly. She ate it so fast that she wasn't sure what it was or how it tasted.

Ben flew his ship to the Resistance's location. He knew where they were, since he had been on his way to attack their fleet. Strange how things change, now he was on his way to defend their fleet.