Chapter One

I altered the characters of this AU to make it fit more. Poe is going to be twenty-three years old, so he's a pretty much fresh out of the police academy. Rey will be twenty-one years old and a college student also working two job to pay for her apartment. Hope you enjoy.

Poe and his partner Finn sat in their squad car. They were on patrol, driving around the city. They were both pretty much right out of the academy and it was lucky they were put together as partners, because they were also best friends. Usually they didn't partner up people from the same graduating class because there would be lack of experience between the two, however they both were two of the best cadets and worked well with each other. It was late and they were both working overtime. Overtime pay was like a goldmine and they both needed the extra cash. It was late now around midnight when they got a call for a public disturbance at bar nearby. They raced there in their squad car and came to a screeching stop right outside of the bar. They went inside an instantly saw two men fighting, throwing stools, bottles and anything else they could get their hands on. Poe and Finn got between them yelling.

"Chicago P.D! Break it up!" They both yelled. Once they had the two men separated they put both of them in cuffs and waited for a second squad car to show up, they couldn't transport them in the same car. While they waited Poe caught the bartender looking at him. She looked young, not that he wasn't young, but she was obviously young than him. When the second car pulled up Finn brought both of the bar fighters outside and Poe went to the bartender to ask a few questions.

"Excuse me miss." Poe called out to the bartender who walked over to him shyly. "Do you happen to have cameras?

"Yeah." She responded quickly.

"Do you think we could get the footage from tonight?" Poe asked politely.

"Of course let me just go talk to the manager and he should be able to bring it right out for you."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Poe waited for a few minutes until the same bartender came back with a disk in a green case in her hand. "Here you are officer..." She scanned his uniform for a name. "...Dameron."

"Thank you very much miss."

"Thank you for breaking up that fight."

"Well it is my job." They both laughed awkwardly before Poe left to his squad car to bring in the bar fighter. He couldn't help but think about how pretty that bartender was and how he wished he at least got her name. The thought quickly left his mind though as he and his partner drove back to the district and booked the bar fighter.

The next day Poe had off and needed to desperately go food shopping. He decided to try a new grocery store, since the one he had previously been going to had very bad produce. Strange enough the grocery store he ended up at was right near the bar he and Finn had been at last night for the public disturbance. Poe did his food shopping, not buying a lot of their produce, he wanted to try it out before he bought a ton of it. All he got were got apples, lettuce, for sandwiches and salads and bananas. He turned a corner when he bumped into a girl looking down at a shopping list. She almost fell back but Poe caught her by her shoulders. She looked up and both of them were surprised. Poe realized it was the cute bartender from last night and Rey realized it was the handsome, kind cop that came to their aid last night. Poe pulled her back up to her feet fully.

"Are you okay?"

Rey had a trouble finding words at first. "Yeah, i'm fine. Thank you, sorry I bumped into you."

"Don't worry about it." Poe replied. "I never got your name by the way."

"Oh, i'm Rey." she said extending her hand out to shake his.

"Poe, Poe Dameron." He shook her hand and they stood their for a few seconds in awkward silence. "So do you live around here?" Poe asked.

"Well sort of. I live in an apartment in Englewood."

Poe was shocked. Englewood was a really bad part of Chicago, a lot of gangs were there.

"What's a girl like you living in Englewood?" Poe asked realizing he had stepped over his bounds as her face got nervous. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that."

"It's okay." Rey looked down at his hip seeing his badge and gun. "I didn't know Chicago cops carried off duty."

""Yeah. It's just so it makes the streets a little safer plus, cops are being targeted now."

"She nodded understandingly. "Well I should get going, I have a shift at work soon. I'll see you around, maybe?"

"Maybe, nice talking to you."

They parted their ways and Poe was kicking himself for not trying to get her phone number. He used to be good with girls but during his last two years of college and during his time in the academy he didn't have time to talk to girls anymore. At least he got her name he told himself, and he did know where she worked. Poe paid for his groceries and left the store to get to his car, parked in a parking lot not too far away. On his way to his car he came up on three black men, one of them getting up from his relaxed position and the other taking out his phone to film him. They must've seen his badge and gun. Shit he muttered under his breath. The one guy stopped him as he was walking.

"You a cop?" He asked aggressively.

"Yeah, I am." Poe replied proudly.

"You like shooting blacks?" He asked more aggressively.

"No, I don't enjoy shooting anyone, but it's unfortunately part of the job sir. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get to my car and go home."

The men stepped aside and Poe walked to his car. Unfortunately out of the four months he's been a cop that was the third time he's had an interaction like that. He got back to car and could only think about Rey in the grocery store. just like he thought about her last night after he left the bar. Poe decided maybe he would go to that bar later and maybe, hopefully see her there.