In the time between the Starkiller mission and Finn waking up Poe has responsibilities besides sitting next to him in the medbay. He has to keep up morale for the pilots under his command, especially after such heavy losses. To this end, he keeps up their evening tradition of hanging out with the other on-base pilots in their rec room and noodling on his guitar.

Aka the two weeks that made Jess swear she would smash something if she had to listen to Lionel Ritchie's "Hello" one more time.