Saralie stared at the five foot tall structure before her. Her uncle said it was his house, and Saralie was frankly disappointed. That all changed when she got into the house.
"Welcome home, sheriff," SARAH greeted him. Saralie looked around in shock.
"Hello SARAH. It's the house talking," her uncle said calmly. Jack was used to his talking house. "I didn't tell Zoe that you were coming, but—"
"Hello Saralie," SARAH stated
"SARAH knows," finished Jack glaring at his house. Saralie laughed at the ludicrous sight. "Here, let me show you to your room," he said and led her up the stairs. SARAH lit up one of the extra rooms and Jack led Saralie into the room. "This'll be your room," Jack said. "You'll like the bed. It's a prototype for a body forming silicon"
"I read about this on Mr. Stark's computer," Saralie said before she thought.
"You hacked into his computer?" Jack demanded.
"I was helping to fix his mistakes. He makes a lot of them. I've been fixing them for years," she smiled weakly. "If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have won the Nobel Prize,"
"What!" Zoe's voice sounded. "Saralie!" Zoe ran in and hugged Saralie. She hadn't seen her cousin in more than a year. "Why didn't you tell me that Saralie was coming, dad?"
"Because I had to get her clearance from Global. I ran to get the clearance before you woke up. I would have told you, but I had arrangements to make. She hacked into my computer to ask if she could come visit," Zoe looked over at Saralie in shock.
"Yes, I hacked, so what?" she pulled out her sweater and turned on the MP3 player to tune everything out. Zoe turned it off.
"We're going to school together, I'll bring you in with me tomorrow," Zoe said simply.
"Fine," Saralie said, "I'll go with you,"