A Small Smile
Disclaimer! I do not own star wars or anything to do with it.
"Ouch! Chewy give me a little space please?" Rey was trying to fix the dejarik holochess table for Chewy when the big guy got a little too excited and pushed her out of the way, causing her to land not so gracefully on the her side with a thud.
The lovable wookie roared his apologizes and helped Rey back to her feet. "I know you didn't mean it, just be careful next time." She gave him a smile and moved to put her tools away. He gave her another rolling growl. "We both know that Finn and Poe can't beat you on their own. That's why they work together. Even then you still beat them anyway, take it as a complement."
He waved a hairy arm and turned on the chessboard. Rey put the last remaining scraps from her most recent "fix it" project away in a bin nearby and started to walk towards the bunks. She had been working all day trying to get as many repairs around the ship done before they arrived at the resistance base. The pair had been sent to gather some information on Takodana, but due to a very persistent Maz they had stayed longer than they had planned to. Six days longer to be exact.
She couldn't wait to get back to the base to see her friends. She was just starting to bond with Rose before Leia had sent her and Chewy on the mission to gather Intel. They had this thing where they stayed up all night talking about replacing parts on the millennium falcon and reconstructing a new engine for a speeder the two young women had found; Rose had called it a "Girls night". She had also wanted to catch up with Finn, they hadn't seen each other in a while and she was really missing his company. They briefly talked before she had left but didn't last any longer than a few minutes.
She opened the door and shuffled to bunk closest to her. Grabbing her side she laid down wincing as she took a deep breath. Rey could tell that the pain in her side was not from Chewy. Part of the reason they had stayed longer than planned was because they might have gotten into a not so small altercation with some bounty hunters looking for what they called a "pretty little Jedi head". Mid fight she got pushed into someone who had way too much alcohol and was holding a broken beer bottle. It had gone in pretty deep but Maz was able to fix her right up. The wound probably reopened when she fell on it.
Rey could already hear Poe telling her that she needs to be more careful. Poe. He was the one she wanted to see most. Ever since their first meeting she felt this spark. Every time Poe would brush her arm or walked a little to close she had the urge to press their lips together and run her fingers through his hair.
She could feel her face warming up and instantly put her cool fingers on her cheeks, hoping that the warmth would go away. Failing to switch her thoughts to something else, Rey breathed out a sigh. She could really use some sleep before they get to the base. Leia will want to talk to her right away about the information and considering that she really hasn't been able to sleep much the past week, it will be very hard for her to stay awake during the briefing. Rolling onto her good side and closing her eyes she successfully manages to push a certain pilot out of her thoughts long enough to slip into a somewhat tranquil sleep.