Title: Glad to be home
author: Cindy Ryan
A week passed since Rey and Poe's date on the Falcon. It'd been an eventful one. Chewie hadn't been happy about the damage Rey had caused to the sleeping quarters. She'd promised to make repairs in her free time. Between that and new missions to the outer rim Rey had barely seen Poe.
On top of that Rey had Jedi training before and after Alliance duties. She'd been more than surprised when General Organa had offered to pick up where Luke left off. Leia had told Rey day after she'd returned with Poe. She'd told Rey that it'd been years since she'd done any training with the Force but the lessons Luke had taught her she'd pass on. Rey had been thankful beyond words that she would take time to help.
So one night after dinner Rey was training with one of the metal dummies Leia had set up. In a previous life it'd been a droid. However since the scraps they'd found in the base to build it Rey had no idea what type of droid it'd originally been. Though from the tall thin build it could be anything from a protocol droid to a battle droid. Now it served to strengthen Rey's lightsaber skills. A half hour into her drill Rey smiled at the droid and raised her lightsaber in a battle stance. The droid fired it's laser.
Poe climbed wearily out of his x-wing. As much as he loved flying the back to back missions he'd had lately had just sucked any energy out of him. On the bright side the missions had been successful with obtaining new supply sources. Also he'd heard that more people were joining the ranks of the Alliance which was just as needed as the supplies.
Glancing at his wrist chronometer Poe saw it was almost eight p.m. BB8 was lowered to the ground next to him by a tech. Poe patted the little droid's head and received a happy beep in return. He thought about tracking Rey down since he hadn't seen her in days. She'd sent him her schedule and he knew she'd be training right now.
"Shall we go see Rey train?"Poe asked BB8
The droid beeped excitedly and rolled away from Poe. With a chuckle Poe followed.
Poe found Rey in a small cavern on the left side of the base. They'd turned every useable nook and cranny into work or living space. The area Rey was in was part of a gym area. When Poe and BB8 walked and rolled in Rey was dueling with a droid using a lightsaber. Poe settled against the right wall to watch.
After deflecting the blaster bolts from the droid Rey flipped herself effortlessly over the droid so she landed on her feet behind it. She swung several times with the Jedi weapon causing the droid to back up. Just when Poe thought the exercise was over the droid turned and began firing rapidly at Rey. The young woman ran up the wall nearest her deflecting nearly every shot. Poe whistled in admiration. Rey rounded her opponent and the droid continued to fire. One blaster bolt hit part of the rock wall about half way up. The small boulder that was dislodged started down towards Rey at an alarming speed. Poe wasn't sure she saw it.
"Rey, look out!"Poe warned.
Rey dodged to the left whirling around and slicing the rock with the lightsaber. The two smaller pieces dropped to the ground harmlessly. The droid fired a few more shots at Rey as she sprinted by. A few minutes later the droid stiffened and shut down it's blue eyes going dark. Sweating and breathing hard Rey turned off her lightsaber and rested a hand briefly on the makeshift droid's head before turning to face Poe.
"Sorry if I screwed things up."Poe apologized as he closed the space between them. "I wasn't sure if you saw it."
"I didn't so it's a good thing you're back early you saved me a headache."Rey said with a smile.
"Guess I have good timing."Poe commented as he brushed strands of brown hair away from Rey's face and tucked them behind her ears. "Missed you."
"Missed you too."Rey responded with a smile. "How were the missions?"
"Successful."Poe stated returning her smile. "We'll be able to restore our supplies in no time and these allies will be an ongoing source."
"That's wonderful!"Rey exclaimed.
"It is, but I'm glad to be home."Poe said as he leaned down and kissed Rey.
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