Memories

Quiet

Cassian could feel his heartbeat. It was so strong it felt as if his entire body was moving with it. He was so nervous. Cassian leaned towards Jyn pointing her chin towards him. The kiss was sweet, her lips tasted like peppermint. Cassian slowly drew his hand away from her face and pulled back. Jyn grabbed the neck of his shirt and pulled him closer. She stood on her tip toes and kissed him back. Once they stopped kissing they pulled apart. Both Cassian and Jyn blushed vividly when they made eye contact. Jyn rested her head on his shoulder admiring the stars in the sky. It would be dawn soon.

Jyn closed her eyes and listened to the water lap rhythmically against the dock. She breathed in the smell of decaying wood and sea water. This was the most relaxed she had been in awhile. And she was with another person, one she kissed? This was strange for her, she never liked letting her walls down but somehow Cassian got over them with ease.

"Sometimes the stars make me feel connected to something bigger, and I know that sounds like a typical hallmark remark but I don't know there's just something there." Jyn admitted yawning as she did. She could hear Cassian's heart beat thumping radically. Jyn looked up at him. Catching her glance Cassian smiled his famous half smile.

They sat in a comfortable silence for awhile as they watched dawn break. The dark blue sky slowly broke into a warm orange then pink. "Red at night sailors delight, Pink in morning sailors take warning." Cassian broke the silence.

"You think there's gonna be a storm?" Jyn asked

"I can feel it. It's in the air." Cassian looked at the sky suspiciously.

"It's probably early enough to get a coffee... wanna go?" Jyn asked hopefully.

Cassian quickly kissed her. "Sounds good."

The coffee shop was quiet, other than Jyn and himself there were only two other people, one of them the barista. Cassian and Jyn sat in a corner booth that faced the window. The coffee shop was small but gave enough privacy. The walls were painted a warm shade of red that complimented the dark wooden had become such a familiar place to Cassian now, almost every week or more he'd meet up with Jyn and they'd read each other's dream journals as they sipped on their usual. Jyn would always be the first to speak her mind. Cassian tended to be more hesitant with talking. He knew he had a tendency to internalize things, Jyn seemed to help it though. They sat across from each other now. Jyn reading the newspaper as she sipped on her London fog. Cassian admired her soft lips as she pursed them unconsciously while reading. She was so cute.

"Hey!" She pointed at the paper with excitement.

Jyn's sudden movements startled Cassian for a moment. "What is it Jyn?"

"There's an ad on here, it says." Jyn cleared her voice. "Have you been experiencing weird dreams? Visions? Or premonitions? Come give me a visit and learn about yourself. Free consolation."

Cassian chewed on his thumb nail. "You don't look very impressed." Jyn pouted. "I think this guy can help us!" Jyn urged leaning over the table.

"Jyn I want to figure this out too believe me, but this guy is most likely a scammer, or seriously misled." Cassian said shaking his head.

"Please Cassian?" at least for the free consult?" her voice hopeful.

Cassian sighed heavily. "Okay. we will go and check it out." Jyn smiled widely now. Cassian rolled his eyes but smiled anyway. Cassian stood up and grabbed his coat. "OK then let go."

"Right now?" Jyn asked surprised. Cassian nodded. Jyn took a long last sip of her drink before jumping out her chair and following Cassian.

Jyn sat in the passengers side of Cassian's car. She watched the tree shaped air freshener bounce as they drove. His car was fairly neat and well kept. An empty coffee cup sat in the cup holder. It was so bare it was almost sad. "How long have you had this car for?" She asked watching the trees pass through the window.

"Uhm, probably two years or so ?"

"Oh" Jyn said biting her lip

"Why?"

"Just lacks personality " she shrugged. Cassian rolled his eyes and turned up the radio

" Ah I love this song." He said to himself. 'Clint Eastwood' by the Gorillaz started to play filling the car with music. Jyn smiled. This song brought back good memories. Cassian and Jyn began to sing over the music in perfect time with the song. Cassian abruptly stopped singing leaving Jyn singing by herself. When she noticed she was the only one singing she stopped her face flushed. "Is there something wrong?"

"Nope." Cassian said giving her a crescent moon smile,pink hinted at his cheeks. "What?!" Tell me!" Jyn begged.

" I just wanted to listen to you sing." Jyn blushed harder

"I'm no good." She said crossing her arms. Cassian shook his head but said nothing.

Rain started to hit the windshield, it started slow and then came on heavy abruptly. Cassian had his wind wipers on the highest setting but it was still hard to see. "How much further Jyn?" He asked squinting out the windshield. "Uh the GPS says it's still another half hour away."

Cassian nodded focusing on the road. despite the loud drumming of the rain and the squeaking of the windshield wipers it was quiet. Jyn felt unsettled. "I guess you were right about the storm." As she said this thunder boomed over head. Jyn felt panicked, she gripped the side of the door harder.

"Hey it's okay it's just a storm." Cassian comforted placing a hand on her knee. Jyn held on to it with her free hand. His hand almost swallowed her hand.

They were going steady until the reached a windy part in the road. Cassian managed to keep control of the car but the rain wouldn't let up. Suddenly he began to hydroplane sending him into the middle of the road. "Cassian!" Jyn yelped. "Hang on!" He shouted as he tried to get the car back on the right side of the road. Suddenly headlights were all he could see coming towards him. "Arrgh! He grunted as he turned the wheel as far right as it could go sending the car off the road. Cassian watched the world turn upside down and back again as the car flipped. Everything was quiet it felt like a dream. The car continued to flip until it landed in the ditch upside down.