CHAPTER TWO: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
A week had gone by. Caitie and Jamie still weren't talking to each other,
and it scared Val. They'd never waited this long after a fight to make up.
But then André would come bye, and all her fears were pushed aside. They
has become best friends. And Val had no doubt she was in love with him. He
always new what to say to her. They joked together, they laughed together,
they went shopping together. He was, perfect. The most perfect human she'd
ever met.
She was walking outside Kingsport High alone, when she saw Caitie and Jamie
under a tree making out. "I guess they made up?" She said to herself. But
she stopped walking, and her attitude became more serious. She wanted to
cry. She didn't think she'd ever have what they had. And her body was
craving it then.
A hand gently rested on her shoulder. She turned to see André behind her.
He was looking at Jamie and Caitie. "You want that, don't you?" He asked
Val. She thought about it for a minute, and then looked down. Without
lifting her head, she nodded.
He placed his hands around her cheeks, and lifted up her face. He gazed
into her eyes for a minute, than leaned in and kissed her. She took it all
in, and than placed her hands on his hips and kissed him back. But he
pulled away. "Val, there's something I have to tell you?" He turned around
and lifted up his dark, slicked back hair. On the back of his neck, their
was a red light, no bigger than a button.
"André?" She stould confused not being able to understand.
"Val, I'm and android. The company that made me has been making us for
years now, and now their making us to be human like. To see if we can
become human. I came the closest to it, so they put me out in the world to
see how I would do."
Val couldn't take it. She ran away, but he caught up to her. "Val, please.
What's wrong?"
"Well this is all a little hard to take in." She was half angry half
crying. "You're telling me you're some kind of robot or something, you have
a blinking read light installed in you're neck, and you're telling me all
at the same time, you're trying to be human. Oh, I don't know André, but
this is all a little hard to take in. You can understand that right? After
all, you're studying human emotions aren't you?"
"Not studying Val, just trying to be. Val, I feel. I think. I love."
"Well, I guess it don't get more human than that." She said sarcastically,
still angry.
"You're mad. Why?"
"Because André, the love of my life left me, and now that I've finally met
a great guy again, and I fall in love with him, he isn't even real."
"Val, I am real. Look." He took he hand and placed it over his heart. She
felt a tiny beat.
"How can that be?" Tears were streaming down her face now.
"It's artificial, but its still a heart."
She didn't know what to think. What could she think. "Val, I love you." He
said, and again she cried. Her sobs growing louder, and he leaned in and
kissed her again. It felt real to her. And she, she'd never felt more
alive. So she pushed back into him, and kissed back.
A week had gone by. Caitie and Jamie still weren't talking to each other,
and it scared Val. They'd never waited this long after a fight to make up.
But then André would come bye, and all her fears were pushed aside. They
has become best friends. And Val had no doubt she was in love with him. He
always new what to say to her. They joked together, they laughed together,
they went shopping together. He was, perfect. The most perfect human she'd
ever met.
She was walking outside Kingsport High alone, when she saw Caitie and Jamie
under a tree making out. "I guess they made up?" She said to herself. But
she stopped walking, and her attitude became more serious. She wanted to
cry. She didn't think she'd ever have what they had. And her body was
craving it then.
A hand gently rested on her shoulder. She turned to see André behind her.
He was looking at Jamie and Caitie. "You want that, don't you?" He asked
Val. She thought about it for a minute, and then looked down. Without
lifting her head, she nodded.
He placed his hands around her cheeks, and lifted up her face. He gazed
into her eyes for a minute, than leaned in and kissed her. She took it all
in, and than placed her hands on his hips and kissed him back. But he
pulled away. "Val, there's something I have to tell you?" He turned around
and lifted up his dark, slicked back hair. On the back of his neck, their
was a red light, no bigger than a button.
"André?" She stould confused not being able to understand.
"Val, I'm and android. The company that made me has been making us for
years now, and now their making us to be human like. To see if we can
become human. I came the closest to it, so they put me out in the world to
see how I would do."
Val couldn't take it. She ran away, but he caught up to her. "Val, please.
What's wrong?"
"Well this is all a little hard to take in." She was half angry half
crying. "You're telling me you're some kind of robot or something, you have
a blinking read light installed in you're neck, and you're telling me all
at the same time, you're trying to be human. Oh, I don't know André, but
this is all a little hard to take in. You can understand that right? After
all, you're studying human emotions aren't you?"
"Not studying Val, just trying to be. Val, I feel. I think. I love."
"Well, I guess it don't get more human than that." She said sarcastically,
still angry.
"You're mad. Why?"
"Because André, the love of my life left me, and now that I've finally met
a great guy again, and I fall in love with him, he isn't even real."
"Val, I am real. Look." He took he hand and placed it over his heart. She
felt a tiny beat.
"How can that be?" Tears were streaming down her face now.
"It's artificial, but its still a heart."
She didn't know what to think. What could she think. "Val, I love you." He
said, and again she cried. Her sobs growing louder, and he leaned in and
kissed her again. It felt real to her. And she, she'd never felt more
alive. So she pushed back into him, and kissed back.