What is love?
"You are too close to that thing! Have you forgotten that she tried to kill you! What the hell were you thinking! It is not right John! Sarah screams at her son. She shouldn't be surprised that it happened but she sure is heck is not happy about it. 'He needs to remember she is just a machine. A weapon.' races thru her mind.
"What do you expect me to do! I can't have friends much less a girlfriend! Riley still won't go near me! Cameron is the only one who is there for me!" John shouts back. He doesn't understand why is mom won't let him be human for five minutes.
"You were kissing her/it, John. From the look of things, you were planning on doing more than that to her." Sarah exclaims.
"She wanted me to kiss her. She loves me!" John declares. He remembers waking up to Cameron staring at him. Her body so close and so warm. Before he can ask her what she is doing there, she leaned over and kissed him. Her lips were warm and soft, no hint of the metal underneath. Her kiss felt so good. It was nothing like kissing Riley. When Cameron broke the kiss and said "John, I love you. Please love me.", what was he supposed to do? He is a teenage boy after all. Besides he really does have feelings for Cameron. He has tried to fight them but he knows she is the only woman he can allow himself to love. She is the only one able to survive what is coming not to mention the day to day dangers.
He threw himself into his relationship with Riley more to defy his mother than anything else. After Mexico he can't blame her for staying away from him. Cameron, on the other hand, will always be with him. The least he can do for her is to love her. He thought is mother would have understood. She wanted that other terminator to be his father. Admitingly catching him making out with Cameron was probably not the best way to inform her.
"It's her job to make you happy! She is just doing what she is programmed to! She can't love you or anyone!" Sarah shouts. She knows she needs to stop this argument but she just can't. All her worry and stress are pouring out of her. 'How dare he betray everything they are fighting for by loving a machine' she thinks.
Cameron moves father from the house so she can no longer hear the argument. She knows she should stay and watch the perimeter but Reese is there. He will watch their backs. Besides the whole argument is about her so her presence would only prolong the fight. She decides to walk to the mall.
She finds it comforting to go, sit and watch the humans. She has learned a lot about them this way but so much is still a mystery. Even her own actions confuse her. She still can't understand why she did and said what she did with John. Her programming told her relieving his sexual tension would lower his stress level and increase his loyalty to her. If she was just doing as designed then why does she feel guilty about those thoughts. Why did she dislike Riley? Why did she still help hide John seeing Riley from Sarah? Neither item makes sense to the cold logic part of her processor. The new upgrade however explains that this is what love is. It continues with 'Love is all about illogic' which Cameron finds not the least bit helpful.