AN: Can't say how sorry I am about not updating sooner but real life got in the way, as per usual. Anyway this chapter talks a bit about Poe (So your welcome to any of the Poe fans out there) and please review so I know what you think! I usually try to correct any grammar and spelling mistakes but sorry if any managed to get passed me. Also, some replies to reviews:
Guest: Correct it is a little nod to one of my favourite tv shows. Also, Ben had to drive a badass car, and if it's good enough for the Winchesters, it's good enough for him!
BADWOLF1221: Regarding the underage drinking and smoking thing, I hope in the next few chapters to expand on the activities Ben, Hux and Phasma took part in whilst members of the First Order. Many of which are illegal, smoking and drinking happened to be activities they took part in and since Ben looks older than he actually is, people all assume he is old enough to buy alcohol and such. Hopefully that cleared that up!
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Rey sat by herself at lunch, though she was only drinking water. Poe was on a trip with the school football team and Finn was snowed in since he lived further from the school. Ben couldn't attend school for obvious reason but the doctors had said he had barely talked to anyone except a girl who came in to visit him. Rey knew it was Phasma that had visited him, but did she know? Did she know he was living with Rey? He probably didn't mention it, he probably made up some story about how his uncle drove him to the hospital after being found beaten up on the front porch.
Rey didn't even notice Phasma before she spoke between her mouthfuls of salad,
"Why did you help him?"
Rey was startled that she was even sitting with her, so it took a moment for Rey to register what she was being asked.
"Umm… I don't… help who? I mean help who with what?" She had to play dumb, Phasma might know everything or nothing, so it was better to play it safe.
"Ben used to live in his car, now lives with you, he got beaten up by our old gang and you helped him" Phasma said locking Rey with a cold stare "And he doesn't let anyone help him, ever."
Rey didn't know what she was meant to say. Ben must have told Phasma from the very beginning, this whole time Rey had been trying to keep this a secret and he was telling Phasma everything. Fear suddenly struck Rey as she recalled a certain red head, who happened to be friends with Ben, being a rather bad keeper of secrets. By bad keeper of secrets, what Rey really meant is if Hux knows something, the entire school knows.
"Does Hux know?" Rey said, ripping her eyes from the other girls, hoping it would hide her nervousness.
"Oh god no, Ben doesn't trust him as far as he can throw him" Phasma said rising from her seat, to show her full height.
Rey stood in front of her, soon realising that Phasma could probably knock Rey out in one clean blow. Rey always thought of herself as fairly muscular, albeit scrawny. But Anosie Phasma took it to an entirely new level. Her grey tank top showed off her muscular arms and her towering height made her hefty figure look even more intimidating. Rey could even see the muscles in her jaw clenching as she spoke,
"If any of those First Order bastards comes after Ben" Phasma crushed a can of soda in her hand and handed it to Rey "Call me so I can show them what fighting like a girl really means"
And with those final words, Phasma beamed Rey a quick smile and bound out of the canteen, whilst many of the other students leapt out of her way.
Rey had a feeling Phasma was more than her tough persona.
Rey was shaken from her thoughts when something orange and white sprinted past her feet.
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Poe was sitting in the library trying to relax after his long bus ride back with his teammates, who he did think of as brothers, but at times a little sibling rivalry would get a bit stressful for Poe to handle. BB sat in Poe's lap, the small dog content on sleeping to the sound of his owner's terrible attempt at singing to whatever music was playing through his headphones.
BB was the school mascot, who happened to be Poe's dog. Poe, as captain of the team had the honour of picking the schools eighth mascot, and he decided to nominate his furry friend for the job. BB twitched her ear at the sound of rustling, and Poe looked up to see a girl on the opposite side of the library. Poe recognised her instantly. He had always thought Jessika Pava was beautiful, she and Poe were once very close and Poe had even hoped they were more than friends. He had been confused at that age, he fell in love with Jessika, but he also had feelings for many of his male friends. He eventually accepted his feelings, so he would often love girls and boys. He can still remember hearing from one of the guys about when she started dating a guy from another school,
"Jessika's dating some guy from Hoth high" Said Tim, one of Poe's childhood friends.
"Oh, I kinda hoped she maybe…liked me" Poe had said rubbing his neck nervously.
"Of course she likes you, you're best friends"
"Yeah but can't we be more than Friends?"
"Nope, it's the age old rule; best friends forever, lovers never"
Poe and Jessika had slowly drifted away from each other after that. Jessika said it was because of how different they had both become with age, but Poe knew that he couldn't be friends with her with the thought of winning her affections always lingering in his mind. It would have drove him insane.
Jessika was on her tip toes stretching for a book on the highest shelf, just as Poe was going to help her, the book came crashing down, resulting in Jessika dropping all the other books she had been holding. The commotion caused the extremely frightened BB to leap off Poe's lap and sprint out of the library.
Help Jessika or chase after BB?
Jessika or BB?
Jessika or BB?
Dream girl or best friend?
Poe realised his idea of relaxing was now completely destroyed, as he ran out of the library in search of BB, knowing that if he found her, she would be getting a very long lecture about how he could have been a gentleman.
But at this point in time, he just wanted to trudge through the layers of snow and go complain to Finn about his terrible love life.
