I look at the holocharts and order them correctly, I then find the one that is for the first room and read the man's injuries. He has lower back trauma.
I walk into the room and it is a few minutes before 9, I hear the impatient tapping on the metal side of the cot and I introduce myself to the young man.
"Can we hurry up, I need to get out of here," I suppress a laugh at his irritation.
"You will, but we have to do this right otherwise you'll be suck in here longer, okay?"
He huffs, "Alright."
I help him out of bed and set up the equipment he needs, I teach him how to do some squats to loosen the muscles.
I spend the hour when him, showing and helping what to do. I tell him to rest for a while and begin the stretches again in the afternoon.
I arrive in the next room the woman has shoulder and neck pain so I teach her how so roll her shoulders to loosen the muscles before I give her and myself some light weights and show her how to rhythmically raise and lower her arms.
My burnt leg hadn't proved an issue – yet – the easy work outs had not provoked it. It isn't until I go to the third room that I start to feel it ache, but I push that away.
The next woman has from the middle her back down causing her severe agony; she struggles to stand for long. So we sit on the floor together, I put some weights on our feet and show her how to do some basic sit ups. By the end of the hour she says she can notice a difference. I feel myself gush with pride but I try to keep it internal and not let her see how happy her words made me.
I walk out of her room, and it is my hour break, I lean on the wall. I am puffed, three straight hours of a basic work out is really getting to me. I pushed through the pain in my leg but now it is making itself known. I'm sweaty and hungry, but all I want is to curl up with Rey and have her kiss me. I wander the short walk back to her room and notice she is walking up and down the room, pulling her drip along with her.
"Rey," I say quickly "What are you doing?" I limp up to her. "You shouldn't be out of bed when you're alone,"
"I'm not alone," she states, before I can remind her that she is, she gestures to the comatose pilot who needs monitors to keep his heart beating, "I have Poe. He's great company, very encouraging,"
I shake my head and sigh in adoring frustration; I cup her cheeks and kiss her swiftly.
"Be careful, you just had major surgery,"
"I know," she kisses my lips again, "I know what I can handle," she lightly kisses my cheeks. "You've got all your new patients to look after now, you don't need to add me to the list. I can look after myself," her tone isn't aggressive; she has what's best for me in mind.
"I know you can, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to take care of you," she smiles. "How were you consultations?"
"Starla came in and said the wound is healing and then she scanned it and said all the ribs are aligned and should fuse back together naturally,"
I breathe out a sigh of relief, "Good," I lightly pull her into a hug and she nuzzles her face into my neck.
"What did I do to deserve you?" She mutters to herself.
"I wonder the same thing about you," I confess and she kisses up my neck lightly.
"Okay I think I need to sit down," she mutters and I walk her back over to her bed and she sighs as she adjusts it so it tilts up like a seat. She injects a needle back into her skin with ease, it makes me cringe. She pushes the tubes back into her nose and clips her finger onto the monitor then she waves her hand and two machines start to beep again and the tube attached to the needle starts to drip liquid into her system again which causes a sated smile to overcoming her features as she's filled with relief.
I laugh in shock "Rey..." My mouth parts in disbelieving grin
"What?" She returns my look
"Did you really use the Force to shut down your machines?"
"Yeah I can't walk around with them," she states mater-of-factly.
"You're too rebellious," I respond, my voice deep.
She bats her eyelids, looking at me innocently. "I'm sorry," I half moan half grunt. Part of me wants to cradle her in my arms, the other wants to drag her out of bed just so I can hold her against the wall while I kiss her.
Rey giggles. Whatever she injected into her arm is taking quick effect. "What are you thinking about?" Her voice cuts into my thoughts just as my skin begins to heat with lust.
"Just about how much I want to kiss you..."
"I like it when you think about that, because it often means that you do,"
"Does it now?" I raise a brow and she takes my hand which has instinctively inched closer to hers. She tugs my arm down pulling me so that we are as close as we can get without our lips touching.
"Yep," she breathes the word softly between us. She is right, because the next thing I do is cup her cheek and bring her lips up to fall between mine. She sighs into me and all my aching muscles relax.
"Sorry," I hear an uncomfortable and quiet voice near us and Rey and I quickly break our loving kiss.
"I have brought you both your lunches; I was told I would find Mr. Finn in this room as well?" She asks quietly her cheeks red.
"Mr Finn," Rey bursts out laughing and the young girl looks mortified. I step away from the edge of the bed.
"Hey, yeah that's me. Don't listen to her," I walk closer to her and whisper: "High on the pain meds," I lean back "I'll take them from you if you'd like," the young girl nods and paces me the trays before she rushes from the room.
I shake my head at Rey who rubs her teary eyes. "You terrified her," I scold and pass her the tray. I collapse onto my chair. I know I could lay on my bed but it is too far away from her.
"I didn't mean to," Rey lowers her eyes, I half smile in understanding before I begin to almost inhale the food.
"A bit hungry?" She mocks, I can't help but laugh.
"Mmm," I mumble through my full mouth.
"Are you done for the day?" I shake my head and chew quickly so I can answer.
"I have three more patients to see," Rey's shoulders slump and she groans, mixing her nutrient filled slop before eating some.
"You better stay in this bed, no more wandering around alone," She sighs.
"Yes, Doctor." I shake my head and close my eyes. We finish our meals so I move both of our trays and put them on the table between both beds. Rey pats the edge of her bed and moves to give me space to sit near her. I climb onto the edge and sit on my right ankle, my left foot presses into the concrete floor. I watch as a nurse comes in, walks past us and assesses Poe. She leaves without saying a word to either of us.
I don't realise I am still looking at the door even when the nurse disappears. "Do you have to go?" Rey draws my attention back to her.
"Not yet," I whisper. "What will you do for the rest of the day?"
"Wait for you," she replies honestly.
"I'll be back before you know it," I state and kiss her before she can say anything. When I pull away she still has her eyes closed and her cheeks are rosy.
"Don't have too much fun,"
"I still have half an hour,"
"That's a long time you can spend kissing me," she replies immediately, her voice sweet and I love it.
"You're right," I whisper and lean forward to press my lips back to hers. Her hands cup my cheeks and she leans forward and closer into me. We keep kissing and occasionally Poe's broken body surfaces in my mind, making me feel guilty for being intimate with Rey while he is here. But he isn't really here... There isn't a moment when I don't want to kiss Rey and remind her how important she is to me, but if Poe wants, he can wake up and tell us to stop and I would listen.
"What's the matter?" Rey mutters as she breaks the kiss, our foreheads together.
"I'm worried about Poe," I look down and Rey sighs, kissing my cheek before pulling back from me.
"I overheard the doctors..." She admits. I look up back into her eyes, but only for a moment before I hang my head, waiting for the news.
"They spoke about how when he first stumbled into the resistance he crashed on his first drill, the entire cockpit caught fire and he survived. They're hopefully, Finn," Rey turns to comfort me. She runs her thumbs across my cheekbones; she frowns, because I am.
"I think he's cheated death too many times."
She brings her hands down my face, under my jaw and tilting my chin, forcing me to look up at her. "So have we,"
"Hmm," I move my eyes down from hers.
"Finn, look at me, please," I do as she asks. "He wouldn't want you to worry,"
I nod. She let's go of me and she leans against the risen bed. I straighten my back and twist, cracking it, I already feel my muscles aching.
Rey pulls her legs up and swiftly tucks them under her, bringing herself up. I look at her with a curious worry. Her knees nudge into my shin and she wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me into her. Instinctively I lean forward and wrap my arms around her waist and hold her warm body against mine. I rest my head on her shoulder and I sigh into her, breathing her in. She takes one hand and runs her fingers over my tight curls. I close my eyes and sigh.