The Lost Princess

Chapter Five

"Where are you taking me?" Kaura asked Poe, realizing that she was being lead to an unknown location by a strange man for the second time that day. She should have known better than to let people take her to secondary locations.

"You'll see," Poe replied.

He was holding Kaura's hand as he weaved his way through crowds of people. He was walking pretty fast and Kaura was having some trouble keeping up. And even though it practically felt like her arm was getting yanked off, holding hands with Poe made Kaura's face heat up. She didn't really understand why.

Finally, Poe stopped at a line of people waiting to get into some building. He let go of her hand and Kaura wondered why she felt slightly disappointed.

"What's the line for?" Kaura asked impatiently as she followed Poe to the back of it.

"Hold one sec," Poe said, getting the attention of a woman holding a sheet up paper. Kaura held in a sigh.

The woman approached them.

"You're not on the list, Poe." She said automatically, like she had to say it often.

"I know," Poe responded. "But I was hoping you could help me out."

He flashed the woman with a familiar smile and Kaura's heart sunk. Poe most likely flirted with every woman he laid eyes on. But, why was she so hurt by that?

"Are there any people who canceled or didn't show up?" Poe asked. He wouldn't take his eyes off of her and he hadn't wiped the dopey smile off his face.

The woman quickly looked down at her paper, then back at Poe.

"It's your lucky day," she said. "A big party just canceled a little while ago. Go ahead."

"Thanks," Poe said charmingly. He gave the woman a little wink before she walked up to the next people in line.

"A big party always conveniently canceled before I got here." Poe smirked.

Kaura didn't say anything in response. She didn't even bother to ask him where they were for the hundredth time.

"Wait, why do you look so mad for?" Poe asked her.

So it was noticeable.

"Nothing." Kaura replied flatly, as she uncrossed her arms.

"Okay..." Poe said as the line moved forward.

Eventually they got to the front of the line and stepped inside. Kaura was automatically overwhelmed by how loud it was in there. Looking around she soon realized they were in some kind of bar.

"A bar?" Kaura said, looking at Poe for some kind of explanation.

"Mhm." Poe said shrugging, like he didn't see any problem.

He walked to the only empty corner of the bar where the two of them could sit and talk. Kaura followed him.

"Aren't bars banned?" Kaura questioned as they sat down and someone brought them a drinks menu.

"Well, yeah, but it's a smuggler planet." Poe said. "So we just refer to this as the 'cantina' and the storm troopers don't question it. They're not very bright, you know."

Kaura just shrugged.

"Now what you have in your bag is seriously banned." Poe pointed out.

Kaura shuffled in her seat and looked around. Every inch of the bar was packed with all kinds of people, the light was dim, and there was a dj playing loud music. Kaura sighed.