An Awkward Reunion
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"Do you see them anywhere?" Poe asked scouting the landscape. Finn looked over at Poe with an arched Eye brow. "You expect me to see anything other than snow?" They had found the Millennium falcon but her crew where nowhere to be found. General Organa had told them that she was sending them to the old rebel base to see if they could find anything to scavenge for parts. Finn suggested that they stay there and wait for friends to come back but Poe insisted that they find Rey and make sure that she was safe.
"Come on, Rey needs us. She is counting on us to get her these parts." Poe stated, taking a few strides towards a promising direction.
Finn followed. "What about Chewy, aren't you worried about him too?" That caught Poe's attention. He felt a little offended that Finn would suggest that Poe didn't care about the wellbeing of their resident wookie.
"Of course, Chewy too, we have to make sure he is okay as well." Finn rolled his eyes and turned slightly to his buddy.
Finn lets out a little chuckle, knowing that this wasn't going anywhere without a push. "Just tell her how you feel already. What harm will it do?"
Poe was about to respond but something in the distance caught his eye. "We can talk about this later. I think I see the base." He said relieved to get out of the conversation about the scavenger. Poe had told Finn about his first encounter with the young woman. The way Finn had acted around her made Poe feel like he wasn't the only one whose heart was stolen by the young Jedi. After some talking Finn had assured him that she really wasn't into him and he was starting to like someone else.
They started to approach the wide open doors. Looking at each other and then cautiously entering the man made cavern, a loud grunt was heard. A struggle was happening in the next room over. Poe ran to see what was going on but as soon as he reached the door he was hit with something really hard in the chest causing him to fall backwards. "Poe? What are you doing here?" He froze slightly when he realized that the thing that crashed into him was none other than the object of his affection. Somehow in the kerfuffle he had managed to grab Rey's butt and his hand was still chilling there. Not that he minded but the look on her face said that she very much did. Removing his hand as quickly had he could and helping Rey to her feet, he remembered that they were not the only ones there. Finn stood there witnessing all the awkwardness go down.
"Finn and I came with the parts you needed." Poe glanced down at her hand seeing that she had her lightsaber in her hand. "What's going on here sunshine?" Rey felt herself blush at the nickname.
"A wampa found its way into the base and attacked us." She stated while jogging back through the door way from which she was just thrown out of. "We have to get Chewy, we got separated while looking for parts and I don't know where he is." She looked back at Poe with a smile that made him melt. "I am really glad that you are here."
"I'm sorry! I didn't know that you were in here. If you haven't noticed we are being stalked by a one armed abominable snowman Chewbacca! Now is not the time to place blame." They had found him after searching several rooms filled with ice and snow. He had managed to make his way into the communication hub. "What do you mean forgot? I did not forget you! I was in the middle of fighting a creature that wanted to eat my face!" When Rey found him, he immediately started accusing her of forgetting him.
"Guys we really have to get going, I don't want to be here when that thing comes back and we still have to get the falcon fixed before the first order comes around." Finn said gathering all the parts that Rey and Chewy had found. Poe nodded in agreement. They really did need to get going. They were wasting precious time.
They made their way through the corpse of the old rebel alliance base and where walking out when out of nowhere Rey was pulled backwards by the white monster. "You guys go; I will meet you there!" She yelled pulling out her lightsaber once more. Finn and Chewy started their trek to the ships but Poe remained hesitant. "Go, I'll be fine! I promise that I will be right behind you!" The wampa had her pinned with his foot crushing her arm that held her saber into the ground. His hand swung at her chest. Rey willed her body to somehow sink into the floor resulting in the tips of the wampa's sharp nails scratching the area right above her breasts. She let out a sharp howl causing Poe to run towards the beast. Pulling out his blaster he started shooting the monster making it lose its balance. This gave Rey just enough slack to slide her arm from under the wampa. Jumping up and gritting her teeth at the sharp pain coming from her chest, she climbed on a nearby junk pile getting high enough to cut off the creature's other arm.
The wampa let out a screech and fell to the ground. Poe took this moment to run over to Rey and helped her stand up right. "What were you saying about being fine?" She narrowed her eyes and put her light saber away and let herself lean on him.
"I had it handled, but thank you for your help." Her chest burned partially because of the small gash in her chest but mainly because of her proximity to the dashing pilot. "I think we need to get back. This is really starting to hurt." Nodding and supporting her up Poe lead them out of the cavern.
"Hey guys! Chewy is almost done with replacing the parts. He said that if you guys hurry up and help we will be able to leave in a half an hour." Finn said approaching his friends. He noticed that they were really close, basically holding each other. A smile creeped on his face. Finally, Poe must have told her how he feels. Finn thought. It wasn't until he got closer and his eyes widened. "Whoa! Rey are you okay? What happened?" She looked like she was on the verge of passing out.
"We need to get her inside now." Poe answered calmly but on the inside he was freaking out. Finn went to her other side and wrapped an arm around her middle right above Poe's. They were able to get her on a bunk and grabbed some bandages. Poe realized that they were going to have to take off her shirt and blushed. He looked over to Finn but the young man had already left, saying something about having to help Chewy with the repairs.
Rey was doing her best to sit up, already peeling off her shirt. The blood was making it stick to her skin. It wasn't until she noticed that Poe was still in the room when she stopped her actions. "Now is not the time to be embarrassed. It is literally just treating my wound, come on Rey get it together." Rey thought to herself. She looked down at her hands that were still holding the edges of her shirt.
Poe seemed to sense her internal dilemma because he was instantly in front of her, putting his hands on hers. "I will try to do this as quickly as possible, but we really do need to get it cleaned up as soon as we can." He looked into her eyes, making sure that she understood that there was nothing for her to be embarrassed by. It wouldn't matter to him anyhow. To Poe she was the most beautiful creature that he had ever seen. If only he could tell her that, then this wouldn't be so hard for him.
Rey nodded and started to continue with her earlier task. Swallowing a hard lump in his throat, Poe the slashes were deep but not dangerously so. "Okay, I need to get some water, where are the cloths?" Standing up Poe starts to look in random cupboards. He turns back around to see Rey wincing from her movements as she lifts a finger and nods towards a little cabinet in the corner of the room. Pulling out some towels and rags he looks at her. "I'll be right back, don't move okay?"
Just as Poe walked out of the room BB-8 rolls in to check on his friend. He bumps into the side of the cot to get Rey's attention. "Hi BB, sorry I didn't even notice that you were here." She says to him with a slight smile. The little droid let out a series of beeps telling her that it's okay.
Walking back in and setting a bowl of water down on the small table nearby, Poe sits in front of Rey and grabs a cloth from in front of her. "Are you ready?" He questions as he wets the rag.
"I don't really have much of a choice." She tries to give out a little laugh but ends up grimacing at the movement. Rey sits up as straight as she can, slightly pushing out her chest to allow him better access, Looking at the pilots face. Not noticing that in the process she had placed her hand on Poe's thigh. He however did notice and was trying his best not to jump her right then and there.
"Well it doesn't look to bad, just a lot of blood. BB-8 can you please see if there is any bacta spray?" The droid beeped and left without delay.
"There isn't any. I would have found it already if there was." Rey says, eyes still tracing his features. Poe sighed and then started to bandage her up.
Suddenly he looked up pulling his focus from her wound. "What did you need it for before this?" He asked with a puzzled look.
She pointed down at her side. "I got cut with a broken beer bottle on Takodana."
Leaning in closer and placing a hand on her unscathed hip he turned her a little so he could get a better look at the cut. He was so close that Rey thought she couldn't breathe. She could smell his cologne and noticed how long and full his eye lashes were.
Satisfied with his inspection he looked back up at her face only to realize how close they were. When she didn't pull away, Poe decided that he was going to move in. He was almost about to touch their lips when Finn walked in fallowed by BB-8.
The two jumped apart blushing. Rey suddenly felt cold and quickly grabbed for her shirt. Poe, noticing the flushed faced man at the door way, moved to block his view of the young woman. "Um, we are all set to go. The..um..the…uh.." Finn was at a loss for words.
Poe raised an eyebrow. "What buddy?" He stepped closer.
Snapping out of it Finn replied. "The First Order is here. We have to go before they spot us." With that the ex-Stormtrooper walked/ran back the way he came with BB trailing after him.
Poe stood there for a moment before turning around. At some point Rey had finished bandaging herself up and put back on her shirt. He walked over holding out his hand to help her up. She took his hand and let him pull her up. Once again they were very close and Rey felt words come out of her mouth before she could even think about what she was saying. "Once we get back can we talk?"
"I think that would be best." He stated before leading her out of the suddenly very small bunk room.
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