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Fateful Meetings

One Year Ago

"Poe! How'd I do? Was I good?" Jordan asked eagerly as she left the cockpit of her X-Wing. She had only been on base for about a week and was already making good progress on her flying.

"You did amazing, Jordan! You'll have your own squadron in no time!" the opposing pilot smiled. The two of them began to walk back to their rooms while Jordan ranted about the flight. Poe simply listened, happy that his new friend was happy. Jordan was a visual learner and often used her hands to explain something or to relive a moment. Jordan was actively re-enacting her flight when she ran into someone. Whoever she ran into grabbed her arm to steady her, their other hand finding her shoulder.

"Oh gosh, I am so sorry. Are you okay?"

"No, no, don't apologize! It was my..." she looked up to see the figure before him and caught his gaze. He had a look of worry plastered on his face, but his eyes were kind and calm. "Fault..."

"My first day and I'm already running into pilots. What next?" he breathed.

"I'm Jordan."

"Liam. Liam Sartori. Mechanic. Nice to meet you, Jordan," the man smiled.

"I'm Poe. Poe Dameron," Poe said, extending his hand. Liam let go of Jordan's arm and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Poe."

"Nice to meet you too."

"You said you're a mechanic?" Jordan asked, curiosity filling her eyes. She was eager to learn about this new man. And she couldn't deny... he was cute.

Liam nodded. "Yep! I'm not allowed to work on anything yet, have to learn the ropes first, ya know?"

Poe let out a chuckle. "Yeah, I'm well aware. So, do you know where things are yet?"

"I know where the showers are, the bathrooms, my room, the control room, and here," Liam explained.

"That's basically all you would need to know. Not much else interesting. What kind of mechanics do you do?"

Liam shrugged. "I know how to do a lot, but I'm mostly comfortable with ships."

"I know who I'm coming to if I need a ship fixed!" Jordan grinned.

"You hardly know me."

"And? I want to see how good you are! Once my ship gets damaged, I'm coming to you!"

"I look forward to fixing your ship, m'lady," Liam said, tipping an invisible hat.

"It was lovely to meet you, but we have a meeting with the General in about five minutes," Poe announced.

"Oh shoot, I forgot," Jordan sighed. "It was nice to meet you! Bye, Liam!"

"Bye Jordan! Bye Poe!" Near the hallway, Jordan turned and waved aggressively to Liam, to which he laughed and waved back, smiling.

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Two Weeks Later

"Hi Liam!" Jordan smiled as she skipped up to him. He was currently fixing up a beat-up A-Wing, but put down his tools to look at the blonde with a grin.

"Hey Jordan. Nice to see you."

"Is that Jordan? The one you keep talking about?" asked a voice. From the cockpit of the ship popped out a girl with bright red hair who smiled and waved enthusiastically.

Jordan slightly waved back, laughing. "Who's that?"

"I'm Ace Cosmos! It's nice to meet you finally! Liam kept going on and on about you!"