This was her last night of freedom before real life set in and god be damned if Rey wasn't going to enjoy it by doing something a little bit crazy. The full moon casts a silvery glow on her surroundings as she makes her way tentatively down the sidewalk towards the Jakku public pool. It's about eleven thirty at night and she effortlessly climbs the railing, hopping down onto the soft grass encompassing the large pool. She slips off her shirt, flinging it onto the nearest chair. Her shorts soon follow. She tiptoes up to the edge of the pool, the water staring back at her as she contemplates forgoing her underwear or not.
What the hell! She thinks and throws her bra and panties atop her other clothes. She dives into the water, relishing the coolness of the water as it rushes over her body. She backstrokes, staring up at the vastness of the sky above her and the billions of twinkling stars. She takes a deep breath, smiling to herself, as she thinks about the momentous change about to take place in her life. She feels like she's soaring impossibly high, swimming amongst the stars. If a girl from the back allies of life can change her destiny like she did, well, anything seems possible to her. Her thoughts are cut short when she bumps into to something but assumes it's the pools edge until it starts moving.
"AAUUGHHH!" she screams when she turns to see it is a person, a male person, a naked male person.
"What the fuck!?" he yells at the same time, both of them swimming away from each other.
Rey scrambles up out of the pool and hurriedly dresses, not caring if anything is inside out or backwards.
"Hey, look, I'm sorry. I didn't think anyone would be out here. I didn't see anything, I swear!" she hears a voice call from the opposite side of the water. She has to admit, his deep, throaty voice has a certain attraction to it but she can't think about that right now. Or the solid muscles of his chest she ran into. Or the other parts of him she bumped into. She clambers over the railing and nearly breaks her neck as she tumbles oh so gracefully onto the cement sidewalk. She half runs, half hops while trying to get her shoes on. Once she does, she takes off at a sprint and doesn't stop until she makes it back to her house. She creeps in through the back door silently, and inches her way up the stairs, trying not to wake her Aunt Maz. Well, she's technically not Rey's aunt but she's about as close to family as the soon to be freshman in collage has. Rey thoroughly enjoys Maz's eccentric personality and attitude towards life but trying to explain to Maz why she is soaking wet and sneaking into the house at nearly midnight is not a very desirable idea right now. Rey is able to breathe a sigh of relief when she makes it to her room without incident. She starts to giggle at the absurdity of this whole night but soon stops when she realizes that she is not wearing the shirt she wore to the pool.
"Shit." she mutters under her breath.
