Sorry for the wait guys, I've got school going on here and all that so my time is taken up a lot. I'm working when I can/remember so don't worry I still remember this. I own none of this, all rights go to Sega and Archie comics.

How do you teach a highly intelligent ex-AI program how to talk? This question had been wracking Sam's brain for the past week while he helped Nicole get used to having a physical body. It was interesting to watch her experience the world like this for the first time and the constant look of joy and excitement was very infectious. One of the downsides to this was that trying to get her to go to sleep was like that old saying "Can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink." He would sometimes wake up and catch her trying to sneak out of her room.

Her capability to move around had greatly improved during the last few days. She was now able to walk by herself fairly well. It helped that the body she had created was like an adults, completely capable of walking it was just a disconnect from how she was used to making herself move and the way that she now had to.

'Was the same true for her ability to speak though?' he thought as he finished making their breakfast, his hair tied up to make sure that it wouldn't fall into their food. 'Will we have to start from the very beginning as if she were a child, or will it just be a simple connection of sounds and then she'll be able to communicate?'

He sighed as he pulled the frying pan off the stove and set it down on the counter. He placed his hands on the counter and stared down at the pan, releasing all thought from his mind in the hopes that a brilliant idea might come by giving his brain a short rest.

To say the entire experience had been strange for Nicole would have been an understatement. However she wasn't about to start regretting what had happened. She had told Sally a long time ago that in her computerized form she was susceptible to hackers and what she had feared had come about. Now however she would no longer have to worry about that; at least that was what she hoped.

Sitting up in her bed she couldn't help but smile as she took in that moment. The sun coming in, the sound of the animals outside the cabin, the smell of food. At the thought of food she felt a rumbling within her which Sam had told her indicated that her body was telling her that it required food. The first time that it had happened she had been scared and nearly jumped off of her chair at the table looking for whatever had made the noise. Sam had fallen down from laughing at her reaction to her stomach.

She slowly got out of bed and after changing out of her...out of Sam's pajamas and into her usual dress she walked out to the kitchen. Sam was already there of course, he always seemed to be awake. She had to stifle a small chuckle at seeing his hair tied up in an almost bun type style. Usually he had it loose and flowing, a long red stream coming down his back so seeing it in a different style made him look a little bit silly. With a smile she walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

He seemed to jump a little at her touch but after a second he whirled around with a smile on his face.

"Good morning Nicole! I was just finishing up our breakfast so just sit down for a few minutes and it will be done."

Smiling at him she practically skipped over to the table and sat down. Her good mood was extremely infectious and Sam couldn't help but feel as if everything would turn out fine. Turning back to the food he added the last few touches and separated them to two plates and went over to the table.

"There you are, please enjoy.

Nicole smiled and dug into her breakfast, taking occasional breaks when Sam helped her with her eating etiquette. Unlike how their usual days went though, today Sam wasn't trying to make small talk. He just sat there, sometimes remarking not to put her elbows on the table or mentioning the she should not lean in so close to the plate. He reminded her of Knuckles, always deep in thought and contemplating something.

Nicole tapped on the table near Sam to get his attention and tried to communicate her question on how he was feeling. It took him a couple of seconds but he caught onto the fact that she had realized something was up. He sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"I'm okay Nicole. I was just wondering what to do about how to teach you to talk. I don't really know how to do it, but I know that we need to start soon or we might not be able to teach it to you. Unfortunately I don't really know much about this and..."

Samuel suddenly found his mouth covered with Nicole's hand making it impossible for him to continue rambling. She slowly took her hand away, as if afraid that he would immediately launch into another tirade about how ill equipped he was to teach her how to talk. She lowered her hand to his shoulder and patted it a few times, obviously trying to comfort him.

She then made few signs, pointing at him then her mouth while opening and closing it a few times. Their most common way of communicating the last couple of days had been charades so after a few guesses he was able to figure out what she wanted.

"Wait, you want me to teach you how to talk?"

Nicole nodded her head enthusiastically indicating that he had got it.

"You're sure? I might mess up and we might have to undo something I would have taught you, maybe spend months, possible a few years until you can talk well enough to get by. Are you sure that this is okay with you?"

Once again Nicole nodded, a bit hesitant but with a gleam in her eyes. Sam sighed, knowing that this would be a big step and wanting to make sure that he was ready as well.

"Alright then. Let's start."

Nicole nearly leaped out of her chair but managed to control herself. The most important next step to becoming a fully capable mobian was here and she was ready for it.

"Aah, Eeh, I, O, Euu. Repeat."

Nicole took a deep breath and tried to repeat him again.

"Aeah... Eih... I, Oo... Euu."

She took another breath and then looked at Sam. He was smiling a little at her rather poor attempt but it was getting better then what it had been the previous day. He had decided to start with simple vowel sounds than to later try consonants and maybe a few everyday words. She had been having a hard time with A and E but the rest had been progressing very well.

Today he had decided to have them sit outside his house on a small bench near the back. It was a clear day with a couple of clouds floating lazily by. They sat next to each other, he sounding off the vowels and she trying her best to repeat the them.

"Okay, I think we should move on for a bit. Best to give a little rest on these sounds."

However Nicole began shaking her head back and forth violently and held up one finger to him.

"One more time? I don't know, we need to make sure that we don't accidentally push your voice box to far."

Nicole began to pout, turning her head away from him and crossing her arms. Samuel couldn't help but chuckle at her behavior but it was cute enough that he couldn't help but crumble.

"Alright, alright. You win. But only one more time, got it?"

Nicole smiled and turned back to him her entire being focused on this one task.

"Aah, Eeh, I, O, Euu."

Nicole took a breath and tried her hardest to make the sounds exactly like he had.

"Aah... E-eeh...I...O...Eu-u."

A giant smile came across her face as she finished. Sam couldn't help but smile as well at her success.

"That was very good Nicole. We'll have to continue practicing for you to master it but this is a very good sign."

Nicole suddenly wrapped her arms around him and put her head to his chest for a quick couple of seconds, holding him in a tight hug while he sat there a little bit confused. When she let go she was still smiling at him and he had turned a little bit red. He coughed a little as an awkward silence began to settle between them.

"Ahem...Okay, so the next thing we have to do is learn consonants."

Nicole was glad that he was able to continue the conversation. She continued to listen to him as he made more sounds but in the back of her mind she was wondering 'Why did I do that?'

There we go, interesting that in one story I have a couple beginning to break up and in this one I have a couple getting together. Ironic, isn't it? Anyway please tell me what you think of the story so far. Don't worry about Nicole's speech though, it's really difficult to have only one character talk and the other one have to constantly be doing charades so hopefully by next update she will be decently proficient with speaking.

Thank you all for reading and sticking with my stories. I wish you all a wonderful time. Please read and review and until I update again,
Tybalt