The New Resistance

A Good job

They had found a provisional base in the old Rebellion records, it had been built for hiding purposes but had never been necessary.

One of the things Poe admired the most of Leia was her drive to get to work with whatever they had, she would always say grief was only permitted once everything was in order.
Since the first time he heard that it became his motto, at the passing of his own mother he had hang onto those words and did his best to work for the Resistance, it was also Leia the one who had called him one late night after non stop work and once they were alone she comforted him like a true mother would have.
She was much more to him than just his General.

He had offered himself to check everything was in order with the place, meaning it hadn't been used or found by someone else, he had hoped Finn would join him  since the two had a lot to catch up on but Rose had finally woken up and Finn didn't dare to leave her side, itas a surprise that the other person who volunteered instead was Rey, there was something about her that made his heart skip a beat.

The two accompanied by BB-8 left the Millennium Falcon and walked the through a small courtyard that seemed to be the base, the planet was humid and also seemed abandoned, by luck they had found it for the whole planet seemed to be a forest.

"They really did a good job hiding the base" Rey pointed out

He then noticed that the whole place had been almost camouflaged by rocks and moss. The main gate looked like it had been sealed decades ago, beside it he noticed a small fuse box "Let's hope the circuits work, humidity can sometimes be messier than Storm troopers"

She laughed...he hadn't intended it to be a joke, still he smiled as well. The two approached the box and BB-8 began twitching the cables

"I haven't gotten used to this weather" she commented "back where I'm from it was always hot but it's nice to see rain and green"

He knew she was from Jakku, not just from Finn but Leia herself, even if the two had almost been introduced a few hours ago she wasn't a stranger to him. Still he asked  "Where are you from?"

Her face lost the radiant smile "Jakku"

Poe also stopped smiling, it seemed to be a touchy subject, he suddenly felt out of words... that was also new "Oh well, lovely place right?"

Rey smirked "No"

He laughed "Yeah it sucks"

She raised her eyebrows at him, Poe immediately turned to BB-8 hoping the awkwardness would somehow disappear
"How are we doing buddy?"

The droid rolled away from the box and explained he couldn't do much since the fuses had been ruined by damp.

Poe patted him "It's okay buddy, I got this" then crouched, stuck his head inside the box and tried to make sense of all the different cables.

Before he knew Rey had joined him in the very small box making him bolt up and hitting his head

"Are you okay?" She asked worried

He bit the inside of his mouth "Oh yeah, it's nothing"....ouch

If droids could laugh BB-8 would have rolled on the floor by now, Rey chuckled a bit and continued to look with him for the correct switch.
As much as he tried, this technology was way old for him to know the correct manual programming, maybe he could ask Chewbacca for some help...

"Oh I found it!" Rey exclaimed and held one of the cables

In queue Poe took a step back so she could work, BB-8 had moved closer to see her in action.

"BB-8, do you have something sharp?" She asked absolved in the work

The droid proceeded to show her a small knife
"Perfect" she told him "you see this cable?...No the other one... good, that one....cut it... perfect...this too please...great! Thank you BB-8!"

Poe hadn't realized he had been holding his breath, slowly he let it out and stared in awe.

Rey twitched the two cables which caused a small spark, almost immediately the gates opened, she stood up and brushed the dust of her pants.

"What?" She asked him realizing he was staring at her

Poe could only grin "What is it that you can't do?"

The girl's cheeks turned pink for a few seconds but she returned the smile

"She can't cook" BB-8 answered

Rey laughed "Well you try living on provisions"

Poe bit his lip, it sounded like she had been living hell, how could someone under those conditions be as strong and wonderful as she was?
Rey turned to him, he could feel as if those eyes could pierce his soul.

Poe stuttered "We...we should..go... inside the base..."

She looked away and nodded "Yeah we should"

The two stood still for a few seconds until BB-8 had rolled inside himself making the two run after him.

The place didn't look like much but it was just what the Resistance needed.
Rey checked the records of the base while Poe gave the rooms a quick check.

"There's no sign of the First Order" she called from the main room

"Great! This should do" he shouted back after he finished running down the base.

The two met at the console, both excited for a new start.
"I'll go tell the General" Poe started saying

"And I'll tell Finn" she told him

Out of some impulse Poe reached for her hand "Thank you" he told her "for everything you've done for the Resistance, I meant what I said last time...I think you are amazing, what you did with the gate was..." He stopped realizing how cheesy he was starting to sound, he let go of her hand and sort of patted her shoulder "ehmm... it was a good job"

Rey chuckled "Umm thanks"

"I'll go tell the General then..."

"Yes...well Finn and Leia are both in the Falcon so..."

"Want to walk together?"

"...sure"

BB-8 was already half ahead of them by now.

"Wait!" They both shouted and ran after him