Repairing Beyond Ambition - Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order fanfic *EDITING*

Chapter 26

Altheeda's eyes fluttered open and she felt something lightly tugging on her poncho. A soft frown formed on her face and she tilted her head to the direction of the source to see none other than BD-1 pulling on the piece of clothing and he gave her a series of beeps in the form of a 'good morning.'

"Morning BD." She replied groggily but with a smile.

The little droid let go once she sat up and scuttled towards Cal, who was still in a sitting position but Altheeda's eyebrows raised in surprise.

He was actually asleep.

She couldn't help but notice how peaceful he looked, how unbothered he was by the rogue strands of hair that had fallen over his eyes. It was nice to see him finally resting. She felt guilty about having to wake him but she knew he had tasks to do. She gave him an apologetic look and felt rather torn about what to do until BD-1 beeped a question at her.

"I'll do it." She spoke guiltily.

Her hand moved to his shoulder at a snail's pace and she lightly cleared her throat. Gently, she began shaking his shoulder in an attempt to rouse him.

"Cal." She spoke sweetly. "Cal?"

His eyes began to flutter open and he straightened his posture as he took a deep breath. His vision adjusted and he made eye contact with her; instantly feeling relaxed at the sight of her.

"You slept." She stated with a hopeful smile.

"I did." He nodded, feeling pleased with himself.

"Did you have a nice sleep?"

"Yeah, it was alright."

"Good."

BD-1 jumped onto Cal's lap and beeped enthusiastically at him, earning himself smiles from the duo.

"Yup, we have a busy day ahead of us." The Jedi nodded.

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Cal and Altheeda had freshened themselves up for the day and set off on their separate tasks. All she knew was that Cal was somewhere out in Bogano with BD-1 searching for a hidden workshop of Cordova's. She was in the zone, calmly using the work bench working on repairing Cal's music player. She made quick work of it and began testing it out outside of the Stinger Mantis, which gave her the opportunity to have a glimpse of the planet's atmosphere with the familiar tune of Sugaan Essena in her ears.

She was stood a short distance from the ramp, mesmerised by how peaceful the area was. Absentmindedly, Altheeda smiled at her handiwork and used the buttons to stop the music before tucking the player in her pocket. It was as if she was in her own little world for a moment until a voice quickly pulled her back to reality.

"How's it going?"

The redhead spun to the source of the voice and saw Cere smiling at her holding two baskets in her hands.

"I'm alright, are you?"

She nodded and gestured towards the headphones she sported.

"What's that?"

"Cal's music player."

Cere gave a nod with a intrigued smile.

"I'm going to pick some fruit for all of us to share, do you want to come join me?"

"Sure, why not?"

The two of them spent a while in search of edible fruits and it allowed Altheeda to explore more of the planet safely. Cere confidently navigated them around and this helped Altheeda to build more of a rapport with her. She liked learning about the different fruit varieties on Bogano and listened to Cere with full interest. It crossed her mind that maybe she would have to start being more truthful about her past to her, but that would wait for another time as she didn't want to spoil the good time she was having.