The Jedi's Second Chance

Chapter 2

Cal wakes up to Greez standing over him. "You were talking in your sleep. Weirdo."

"Leave the poor guy alone, Greez," Iris says, coming to the bed.

Greez walks away muttering.

"How's your shoulder? It looked like it hurt when you touched it."

"How can you tell?"

"The way you didn't move your arm and immediately pulled your other hand away after touching it. Do you want me to look at it?" Cal hesitates. "Unless you're okay making it worse."

Cal pulls down his collar, only to find that it doesn't let Iris see his shoulder well enough. Cal sighs and pulls his shirt off, revealing a white tank top underneath.

Iris notices Cal's muscles and immediately shakes any thoughts out of her head. "Pull yourself together, Iris."

"Yikes. What did you do?" Iris inquires.

"Probably banged it on something while trying to get away from the Empire," Cal replies.

"Let me grab something. I'll be right back." Iris grabs a bandage and comes back, her head cocked. "You might have to take off the tank top for this to do what it needs to do."

Cal nods and pulls off the tank top. Iris tries to not think about looking at Cal, but as she bandages him up, she can't help it.

Iris stands up and looks away from Cal. "All done."

"Thanks."

Iris nods. "Of course. I'll leave you to it." Iris is about to leave but then turns back to Cal. "You might want to come up to the cockpit. I think we'll be there soon."

"Where's 'there'?" Cal asks.

Iris smirks. "You'll see."

Iris heads up to the cockpit and sits in the co-pilot seat.

"What happened between you and Cal just now?" Cere inquires.

"What makes you think anything happened?" Iris counters.

"It's written all over your face, Iris."

"Is it really?"

Cere nods, causing Iris to bury her face in her hands.

"You do know that..."

"Yeah, I know. I know. I just... couldn't help it," Iris says.

"You're helplessly in love," Cere points out with a smile.

"It's gross," Greez comments.

"Shut up, Greez," Iris snaps.

"Where exactly are we going?" Cal asks, coming into the cockpit.

"I thought Iris would have told you," Cere says.

Iris throws her hands up in surrender. "You told me not to tell him!"

"Did I or did you just..." Iris shoots Cere a look. "...forget to tell him?" Cere finishes.

Iris sighs and turns towards Cal. "We're going to Bogano. It's a planet undiscovered by the Empire."

"That sounds too good to be true," Cal comments.

"We thought so too. But it's not."

"So what do I need to do?"

"There's something there that needs a lot of force to open. It can only be opened by someone with strong force powers, or two force wielders."

"I'm assuming that's where I come in," Cal says.