Claire awoke to someone breathing on her neck. She noticed that Scorch was still sleeping on her bed with her holding her closely. Sighing contently, she snuggled back into Scorch's arms, only to jump in fear and accidently kick him when Fixer barged into the room. This caused Scorch to wake up startled.
"Hey Claire. You'll never guess…" he trailed off once he noticed Scorch was in the bed with her.
"Oh I'm sorry. Am I interrupting something?"
"No. Umm. No Fixer. It's not what you think," said Claire.
"Well it looks like…"
"We didn't. She just had a nightmare, and I comforted her."
"That sounds a lot like…"
"Fixer. We didn't. Okay? I had a really bad dream about my mother, and Scorch came in and helped me go back to sleep. Boss does it all the time."
Fixer's eyes widened as he slowly backed out of the room.
"I think I'll just be going now. I think I hear Boss calling me right now," he lied.
"I'll talk to him," said Scorch. "Sometimes Fixer can be a little hard to convince."
Claire giggled a little bit and smiled slightly.
"Did you just smile?" asked Scorch flashing her a grin.
"No," she said suddenly scared that he might do something.
Scorch laughed before exiting the room to try to convince Fixer that he didn't see what he thought he saw.
Boss sat in his barracks reading a book. It wasn't a very interesting book to him. It was about a dragon that was trying to take over the world, and two warriors were currently trying to defeat it. He had read this book about a hundred times, but there wasn't really anything else he could read since he wasn't back on Kamino. He had simply grabbed a random book to bring with him that could keep his mind occupied during hard times. There was a knock at the door before Scorch entered.
"Is there something wrong?" Boss asked trying his best to sound annoyed as if he was being disrupted. In fact he was glad Scorch came in. He was about ready to throw the book at the wall.
"Sir. There's something that I need to talk to you about?" he said questionably as if he was unsure of whether or not he should say it.
"Well spit it out then," said Boss trying not to sound too harsh.
"IthinkImaybegrowingattachedtoClaire."
"Woah woah woah. Slow down soldier," said Boss startled. "Now tell me slowly what is going on."
"Well Sir," Scorch said scratching the back of his head awkwardly. "I think I may be growing attached to Claire."
"Well that's no secret after what Fixer just told me."
"We were not doing it. I was just helping her sleep!"
Boss laughed softly.
"Of course I know you weren't because if you did, I would have courtmartialed you."
"How do you know that you are attached to her anyway?" he asked awkwardly. This conversation was just as awkward to him as it was to Scorch.
Claire sat on her bed. She had just tried to walk on two feet without her crutches and failed miserably. Sev entered the room with a cup of water and a small tray of food in his hands.
"What are you trying to accomplish here?" he asked.
"Nothing," she lied.
Sev rolled his eyes as he walked towards her.
"I've heard you've been having nightmares," he said as he handed her the cup of water which she then recognized wasn't water but tea.
"This should help release any stress that you are feeling," said Sev as he sat on the chair next to her bed and watched as she ate the food that he had gotten her and drank the tea. His eyes suddenly softened.
"Did he hurt you?" he asked pointing to her leg. He had noticed that she was trying to walk again.
He already knew the answer. He just wanted a reason to beat up Scorch.
"No he didn't. Why would you ask that? You know where my injury is from."
"I was just double checking to make sure he didn't hurt your leg any further."
"Are you being nice to me?" Claire asked suddenly.
Sev got out of the chair and started to walk out of the room before turning and looking at her.
"Let me get one thing straight kid. I was not being nice to you. I was doing my job," he said before walking out and closing the door.