A/N: Star Wars, it's characters and locations are owned by Lucas and Disney. Amara, Serena, the kids (excluding the names Shara, Han, and Obi) Malik and Delena are names I came up with.

The next day, I didn't leave my room. Rey offered to take Shara for the day. I was too upset, and quite frankly, I didn't want to see Poe, or anyone else that we both knew. I once could go to Snap, Jessika, or my nurse friends, but once Calliope came, that all changed. Looking at myself in the mirror, I knew I wasn't good looking as any of my female friends. But did I care? Yeah, I did. I didn't answer the door, given I already knew who it was.

"Look, I'm sorry for what I said last night, would you and Shara please forgive me?" When I didn't answer, he tried punching in my code to open the door. "Really? You changed the code?"

" Just leave her alone Poe. She'll be needing some space for a while." Finn said. Once they left, I started to cry.

I didn't go to dinner that night.

I woke up earlier than I ever had. After I showered and got dressed, leaving Shara to sleep a bit longer. She was still upset with Poe and like me, didn't want anything to do with him either. After I got a quick bite to eat, I then went to give Leia my answer.

" You sure you want to go?" She asked once I told her.

"Yeah, I think this is a good change for me." I tried to smile, but failed.

" Does your decision have something to do with a certain pilot?"

I knew I couldn't lie to her. "Yeah, we got in a really bad argument two nights ago over something stupid."

"Han and I were like that when we were your age. What was it about? If you don't mind me asking."

"It was my birthday; the same day as his girlfriends. This time, only the droids remembered, courtesy of BB-8, Finn, and Rey . I was hurt and angry that he forgot, given we grew up together. It just ended with him saying somethings, some that maybe was true and something that really hurt Shara too."I shrugged as if it was a silly incident.

"It'll be okay in the end; don't give up hope Amara." She smiled and hugged me. " You'll be leaving tomorrow morning,by the way. So I suggest you give your farewells before then."

"Will do, and Leia, thank you."I said, leaning back into the doorway of the control room.

"You too." She smiled.

After a few hours in the hangar and gathering my tool box, I went back to my room and packed what few items I had, except for the picture that was pinned on the wall, a pair of pajamas and an outfit for after I showered again. It was taken a few weeks after Shara,Poe, and I had arrived on D'Qar. We both had a copy, sadly Poe's disappeared a few months ago. Breaking out a small flask of the strong stuff I once drank on Yavin, I grabbed a sheet of paper and a pen, I started writing a farewell letter to Poe. Before sealing his letter away, I took off his mother's necklace that he gave me when I was eighteen.

Flashback:

"Amara, you have a visitor!" My sister called from the entrance of the small mechanics shop near the center of our small village. It was a few days after our mother had passed away; she proceeded my father who died when I was ten and Serena when she was eight. She would be leaving in two weeks to go back to her Jedi training with one of my dads old friend from his rebel days. She and his nephew had become close and started dating. Coming out from the back of the shop, I was greeted by the sight of my childhood friend.

"What brings the great Poe Dameron to my humble little shop?" I asked, jokingly.

"I have something for you." He said, somewhat nervously.

"Poe,that's real nice of you, but it's just a relatively normal day." I replied.

"It's your birthday, silly." My sister called out.

"Really? Huh, with everything that's been going on, I must have forgotten."

"I came by your house to see if you wanted to hang out today, so your sister brought me here. Besides, you just lost your mother a few days ago, so it's okay." He replied.

"She'll happily enjoy taking the day off; she'll meet you in half an hour at the cantina." I shot her a look, but she just smiled back at me.

After a few drinks, we just walked around, chatting about some silly things when he stopped a bit outside of the village and sat down on the hill that overlooked the forest as the suns set.

"Here you go." He said, once I sat down next to him and pressed a small box into my palm. Opening the box, I saw what was his mother's favorite necklace.

"Aww, Poe, thank you." I said after he helped me put it on.

"This is my promise to you that I will always be there for you and that we'll never let anything come between us."

"Yeah, what a promise that was." I spoke softly as I put the necklace and photo into the envelope. "Who are you talking to mommy?" A sleepy voice asked from the small bed on the other side of the room.

"Nothing sweetheart." I said, standing up from my chair, I made my way over to her bed, to where I sat on the edge. "Look, there's a few things mommy has to tell you." Once she sat up, I pulled her onto my lap and continued. "Mommy's going to be leaving tomorrow morning."

Tears started to fall from her doe eyes. "Mommy, if I did something to make you leave, I'm sorry!" She bawled, pressing her face into my shirt.

"No, Shara, you didn't do anything. Grandma Leia gave me a special task; she knows that I'm one of her few good mechanics and she needs me to go to Hoth, where an old base she used back when she was my age before the battle of Endor."

"So you're not mad at me?" She asked, peering up at me. "No, sweetie, I'm mad at your father." That got her full attention. "The thing is, Shara, your father is here, on this very same base. Poe is your father. We both got drunk when he came for a day to visit his father and one thing led to another. I told him that your father died from the Yavin Flu, like my mother did. This was about the time you were one and he came back because he told Grandma Leia about how good a mechanic I am."

"B-but why did he say such mean things to me?"She asked.

"I'm not going to answer for him; but his girlfriend, the nurse, never liked me, nor does she like you." Glancing at my clock, it was time for dinner. "Alright, it's time for dinner, so why don't we wash up and get something to eat?"Nodding, she got off my lap and headed to the refresher. After washing my hands too, we left and headed for the cantina, where arriving, we were greeted by Finn and Rey. After getting our food, I broke the news to them.

"As much as I wish you told us this then, I'm happy for you." Finn spoke after he swallowed.

"I agree with Finn, but given what happened, you should get a new start."She replied.

"I was going to tell Poe, but then that whole thing happened." Looking around for him, I noted he along with a few others weren't there.

" They left this morning; he and a few other members will be gone for a week; reasons not to be disclosed." It was Finn again who said this.

"Oh, okay. Anyways, Shara won't be coming with me, and well, you two are my closest friends-" "We'd be glad to take care of Shara in your absence." Rey finished.

"Another thing I should tell you is that Poe is her father." Both stopped and gave each other a knowing look.

"We could tell, given she has some resemblance to him, that and he acts fatherly towards her." Finn spoke.

"The thing is, he doesn't know that she's his; I kinda lied to him when he came back to Yavin four years ago about who her father was."

"You'll have to tell him eventually." Rey said.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll get around to it; probably when I get back." We continued to chat even as we left and went to our rooms.

"You'll be there tomorrow morning then when I leave?"I asked once we got to the lift to take us to our respective floors; Shara was fast asleep in my arms, her head on my shoulder.

"No duh. I for one don't want to miss saying goodbye to my best friend." Rey laughed.

" Just checking; I'll let you two and the little one some sleep."

"Wait, what little one?" Finn asked, a bit confused. Rey and I shared a knowing look. She had confided in me a while ago about the new life growing inside of her.

"Nothing, just get some sleep you two." Hugging them once again, they headed into the lift, Finn questioning her about it.