The New Resistance

Just luck

Rey was still in awe from all the have happened, she had gone to Luke's island looking for a teacher, a reason, a sense of belonging, and yet she had found something very different.

"Rey" a voice woke her up from her thoughts, she looked up to see Leia, the woman smiled kindly at her and offered her hand "You should get some rest"

Without a second thought she took her hand, she was exhausted not only physically but also mentally. Leia lead her to the sleeping quarters which she guessed belonged to Han Solo, even when it was only her and Chewy traveling she didn't dare to sleep in his quarters.
However she was too tired to disagree with Leia and took the room.

"What about you General?" She asked looking around, this was the most private place in the Falcon.

"I've slept too much already, you need to recover" she answered and left her alone.

Rey had never felt so lonely in her whole life, slowly she took off her boots and laid down, even in Jakku she always looked forward to the future hoping to get answers but now that she had learned the true she wondered if it had been worth it.

Suddenly it was cold, Ben faced her, she had gotten used to  see him but something felt different, his image was blurry and his  voice was distant.
"You will regret it" he spoke right into her ear making her have goosebumps.

Quickly she woke up and looked around for a sign of him... nothing.
Rey realized she was covered in a thin layer of sweat, it hadn't been a dream, somehow the two were still connected, she had to find a way to fight it.

Rey stood up, put on her boots and left the room unsure of what she was doing, the Falcon was mostly in silence except for the few people chatting in low voices.
She noticed Finn had fallen asleep next to the girl he had come with. Rey smiled to herself, she was glad he had found another friend and a place of his own in the Resistance.

Her legs wandered for a while until she reached the cockpit, smiling to herself she remembered how full of hope she had been to find Luke. A beep noise suddenly caught her attention
"BB-8!" She exclaimed

The droid continued beeping happily, only then she noticed his owner

"Oh hey" Poe Dameron greeted her from one of the seats

Rey instinctively took a step back "Oh I'm sorry I didn't know someone was here"

He stood up "No it's okay, I was just checking everything was in order while Chewbacca sleeps"

"Oh" she let out unsure of what to say

"Sit down, please" he said pointing at his seat, the small droid agreed

"It's alright I'll take the other one" she said a bit overwhelmed "you don't need to leave"

He sort of smiled and sat back down, Rey slowly sat down and took a deep breath, she might have not known this man but he seemed nice and the last thing she wanted was to be alone.

BB-8 proceeded to go around in circles asking where would they go next

"We need to find a new base" Poe explained him

"Will she come too?" The droid inquired

Rey smiled to herself, she could see Poe stutter

"Well I guess, I don't know" and then looking at her he asked "will you?"

"Well...I" She blinked a couple of times what would she do now? Fight the First Order, but...how? Luke was supposed to show her the ways of the Jedi, he had been the last one, where else could she get a proper training from?

The droid pleaded and Poe cleared his throat "I don't want to say you are our only hope but ehm...we would have died without you and well BB-8 would be thrilled if you stayed with us"

His tone made her chuckle "Alright then" she answered

The pilot smiled as well making her look away, his gaze was the one she had always thought she'd never live to see in a man

"I think you are amazing" Poe suddenly said making her jump a bit, even BB-8 seemed startled, he cleared his throat a bit embarrassed  "the rock thing...in the base when you lifted the rocks and saved us, that was amazing, I don't like to repeat myself but it was just the most amazing thing I've ever seen"

She smiled shyly "Thank you. I heard wonders of you from BB-8"

"Well he tends to exaggerate"

The small droid beeped offended the two laughed

"But we still love you" Rey tried to calm him

Poe looked at her and couldn't help but to smile, even if he could sense sadness in her eyes they were also filled with hope and...light "Yes, we do"

The two met each other's gaze and this time neither of them looked away, they both felt a strangely familiar connection between them.

"Oh you are here" a voice spoke behind them

They turned to see Finn standing awkwardly, Rey immediately ran to hug him, it didn't matter that they had already said their hellos to one another, she had missed him so much, even BB-8 had begun to spin in circles around him.

Finn laughed once their hug was over, he looked over at both of their friends "So you've guys already met"

Rey nodded "Yeah, just luck"

Poe found himself smiling at Finn, he had heard the same words coming from Rose.
"Just luck and BB-8" he agreed