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Chapter 13
The door sounded. "Come in!" Rey called from her couch. She closed her book and heard Rose enter. She looked up. "What's in the bag?"
Rose looked nervous. "Well, first, hi… and second, this is Poe's idea." Rose handed her the bag.
Rey took the bag and opened it. A black and red dress spilled out. Rey looked at Rose, astonished. "What is this?"
Rose shrugged. "Remember Poe's idea. He wants to do an off-the-books thing to find out more about that spy."
Rey didn't know what to say. "So… I put this on and we go where?"
"Not sure. But you need to hurry. Poe and Finn are waiting in docking area two. I've got to change too... so see you in a bit!" Rose gave Rey's arm a squeeze and ran out the door.
Rey cringed at the dress. It was nice but not anything she was used to. She hurriedly got dressed and decided to keep her hair down. The dress had one shoulder strap and a tight bodice with a skirt long and sheer. The shoulder strap and bodice were black and the skirt faded ombre from black to red to the bottom of the skirt. The fabric flowed as she walked. She looked in the bag and found heeled shoes and a beautiful red stoned necklace. Altogether, she looked stunning.
"Well, here we go…," she said nervously.
She slipped out of her quarters and glided to docking area two where she saw Rose had already joined Poe and Finn and they were talking. The guys were dressed in black jackets – Poe's jacket was short and Finn's was very long – with crisp white shirts, black pants, belts, and boots. Rose had a gorgeous short dark pink dress and heels. As Rey approached them, Poe and Finn stopped talking to Rose.
"Oh, wow Rey…," Finn said as Rose elbowed him. He shot her a "what?" look.
"Well it looks like I picked out a great dress for you, Rey," Poe said proudly. "You look beautiful Rey." Poe smiled broadly.
"You don't look so bad, Finn." Rey smiled. "And Rose, lovely as ever." She looked Poe up and down and shrugged.
"That hurts Rey," he jokingly showed a hurt face.
Rey laughed. "Okay so where are we taking this shuttle?"
"That," said Poe excitedly, "is the fun part. The Outlander Club on Coruscant. We are meeting a smuggler there that give us some leads on this spy in the First Order. Maybe if we are lucky we get a play a few games of sabacc." Finn agreed to that idea.
"No, we stay on task and get out of there before the General finds out where we have gone," Rose stressed. "No games."
The guys looked a bit disappointed. "Okay, but if we have improvise, we improvise." Poe crossed his arms.
Rey looked at them. "Well let's go."
They entered the shuttle and headed into deep space to Coruscant. The trip through hyperspace was uneventful. Rey fidgeted in her chair. She had never felt this uncomfortable.
"So," Rey said as she broke the long silence. "Where did you find these outfits?"
Poe shrugged. "The outfits are from storage. Finn found them randomly when he was unloading and unpacking boxes from transports. So, that means we need to make sure they get back to where they belong before someone misses it."
"We're about there," Finn interjected.
"Entering atmosphere. Let's land this bird." Poe said as he directed the ship to a landing area near the casino.