Valerie had just finished shopping; she forgot how frustrating it was for her to go grocery shopping. It was always so crowded, kids were always crying because they didn't get what they wanted and the parents wouldn't do anything to quiet them down, everything was pricey, a lot of the people she met were rude, and why were big soda bottles worth a dollar while small bottles were worth two to three?!

She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair; she couldn't believe how much she missed Ultron. She was only gone for maybe half an hour and already she wanted to go back to the shack and curl up next to him. Though she couldn't ever really see him curling up with her, but as much as she wanted to do that she also just wanted to talk to him. She got out of her car and started to walk around the park she was closet to. The park was fairly crowded, kids ran around, friends and lovers sat on benches talking, and other people sat under trees, some sketched while others were reading or listening to music.

Valerie was one of those people who sat under the trees, it was a pretty nice day out and she actually enjoyed watching the people around her.

"Valerie, are you almost done?" Ultron questioned through the earpiece.

Val jumped a little and then looked at the time on her phone, "Ultron, it's only been 40 minutes."

"That's close enough."

She smirked, "Why do you care, do you miss me?"

He was silent for a moment, "I'm just worried that some will happen."

"Nothing will happen, also I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself."

Ultron sighed, "Alright, but if something happens to you, I told you so."

Valerie chuckled, "Thanks buddy."

Valerie tensed up as a ball slammed into the tree she was sitting under, the ball landed close to her and a couple kids stared at her with worry. She just smiled and grabbed the ball, she walked over to them and handed the smallest boy the ball.

"There you go," she said as the boy smiled at her.

"Thank you!" he said before he and his friends ran back over to where they originally were playing.

"What was that? What happened?" Ultron asked quickly.

"Calm down, I just gave a kid his ball, and I'm so glad Kayla isn't here so she can make some stupid joke."

"Did you get hit?"

"Ultron, you really need to calm down, I'm fine it was just a ball that didn't hit me."

"Why do kids have to be so destructive?"

"Because they're kids, they don't know any better. Someday I actually wouldn't mind one or two. Also you're one to talk!"

"Why? They're loud, obnoxious, messy-"

"Do I really need to explain it again?"

"No, I'm just speaking my thoughts."

Valerie sat back down under the tree and sighed, "I'll be back soon, alright?"

"Ok, just, be careful.

"I will Ultron, don't worry," she said before looking at the far end of the park.

She froze; Kayla was standing there with a shocked look on her face. Valerie didn't know is she should run or stay. She would raise suspicions if she ran but what would she tell Kayla. Before she knew it Kayla was hugging her tightly.

"You bitch, you scared us! Where were you? Why haven't you called? What's going on!?"

"Kayla, calm down," Valerie said as tears started to form in Kayla's eyes, "Listen I just need sometime away, having to shut down Ultron was hard for me. We became very close and it was just so hard, I'm sorry."

Kayla shook her head, "You didn't even think of telling us you needed sometime to yourself? You wouldn't believe how worried Cass and I were, how worried Cass still is!"

"I know, I'm sorry Kayla but I can't come home, not yet."

"What, why?!"

"Because there are just too many painful memories there, I hope you understand."

Kayla just stared at her with a disappointed look, "Val, please, come home."

"I can't Kayla, not yet."

Valerie let go of Kayla and they both gave each other saddened looks, Kayla jumped when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She looked at her phone and saw it was a text from Cassy asking her where she was. Kayla looked up and was startled to find that Valerie was gone.

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Ultron paced back and forth, she should've been there an hour ago. He sighed, why was he so worked up? He knew that they were, as the humans said, boyfriend and girlfriend but he didn't expect it to be like this. He needed to see her, know that she was safe. He growled, this was throwing a wrench in his plans. How was he going to restart the Earth and keep her alive? There was only one way he could think of but it was a long shot.

"I'm back," Valerie called as she climbed down the ladder.

Ultron perked up, he tried to hide his happiness of her returning but judging by her expression it didn't work.

"Aw Ultron, did you miss me?" she questioned in a teasing manner as she walked over to him.

He just shrugged, "It gets lonely when you're surrounded by yourself."

She smirked, "Yeah, I can get that," she then walked into the kitchen and sat down the plastic bags of groceries and took off her coat. "I ran into Kayla," she mumbled.

"Really, how did it go?"

Valerie sighed and shook her head, "She really seemed to miss me, I don't know if she's being serious or not."

"Why wouldn't she?"

"You saw how we use to interact, did she once seem like she would really miss me if I left?"

He hummed, "I can never tell with you humans, one moment you 'love' each other the next you're having a war."

"I wouldn't say 'war' but I know what you mean. It's just in our nature, besides if you really had a problem with humans then why are you dating one?"

Ultron frowned as Valerie smiled and crossed her arms, "Well, um."

"I'm all ears."

"You see, you are very… So what did you get?"

Valerie chuckled as Ultron started to dig into the bags of groceries, "Nothing that'll interest you."

Ultron pulled out some of the products and it was all mainly junk food, Valerie took it from him and started to put the items away. Ultron continued to help and then suddenly stopped, what was he doing? Why was he acting like this? This wasn't him, it couldn't have been.

Valerie turned to him and frowned, "Ultron, you alright?"

"I'm fine, just thinking."

She cautiously walked over to him and pulled him down into a quick kiss, "Thank you for helping me."

"You're welcome," he murmured.

She gave him a small smile before grabbing the remaining bag that seemed to have folded up clothes in it.

"I'm going to go take a shower; I need to talk to you after I'm done."

He nodded and turned away, this seriously was driving him nuts. He was fully aware he had feelings for her but nothing as intense as this. He was starting to act like a regular human boyfriend or husband, he shook his head. This was causing him to fall behind in his plan; he needed to get his act together.

Valerie leaned against the shower wall as the warm water ran down her body; Ultron wasn't the only one who was going insane because of this. Valerie had always told herself that people don't change, Ultron was evil and she knew that. Half of her knew that he was only using her but then the other half felt as if he actually did have feelings for her. She sighed and ran her hands through her hair, this is why she never really dated, it was way too difficult for her.

After she was done she dried herself off and threw on her PJ's. She inhaled deeply; she couldn't believe she was going ask Ultron something like this. She slowly walked out and saw that Ultron was staring at her.

She walked over to him and took a deep breath, "I want to do something."

"Oh, what's that?"

"I was wondering, since you've been working so hard that maybe you should power down. N-Not for long just, I was hoping that maybe you could spend the night with me. Nothing sexual just, you know."

He was silent he hadn't thought she would ask him something like this. She looked at the ground, she looked so innocent, so fragile, she could be broken so easily. He shook his head, trying to get those thoughts away.

"I'll stay with you, just for tonight."

She looked up at him and shyly smiled, what the hell was she doing?! She never acting like this around other guys, even guys she thought she would have a future with. Ultron had some sort of spell on her, he was like a siren.

Valerie and Ultron then went up to the pile of blankets and pillows, Valerie curled up next to him, he wasn't that cold but he definitely didn't have the warmth a normal human would. They both felt awkward, neither of them had ever done this before. Val just curled up closer and rested her head on Ultron's metal chest.

"Thank you Ultron."

"For what?"

She shrugged, "Well for one, you haven't killed me, yet."

He chuckled, "And why would I do that?"

She just grinned and shook her head, "Also, thanks for staying with me tonight."

She felt his metallic thumb rub against her arm.

"You're welcome, but don't get use to this."

"Such a charmer," she said with a hum before falling asleep.

Ultron stared at her sleeping form; he kept pondering why he would be thinking of hurting her and then start thinking of caring for her. It was driving him absolutely crazy, he just sighed, he needed to start focusing on his plan.

I hope you all liked it and I'm sorry for any misspelling or OOC moments. Comments are always helpful and thanks for reading! :)