Chapter 3: First Night Home
There are two cars in the drive when Kenny pulls in. He recognizes one as his parents' vehicle. The other he's never seen before.
Wise points to the foreign vehicle, "Did you remember to take her in for her scheduled maintenance for me," she ask Kenny
My parents got it its own car, he wonders to himself. Then he wonders: can it drive?
"I took care of it," says Henry Samuels.
"Pop," calls Wise happily as if she's been calling the man that for years.
Henry opens his arms and Wise walks into them. Henry looks at his son over her head and winks at his son. Then he kisses Wisdom's forehead. "Go on up into the house," he instructs her. "Momma's inside. Kenny and I will grab your bags."
"Okay, Pop," and Wise trots up the stairs and steps inside.
"What do you think," Henry asks his son. "Do you like it?" He slings the duffle bag over his shoulder.
Kenny grabs the suitcase, "Still feeling things out. It seems a little emotional."
"Well," Henry explains, "according to her memories, she's been through a very traumatic event: lost a baby and nearly died. The hospital was very apologetic, waved all the fees for her care. She'll settle down."
"And it said something about needing to wait a couple of weeks before we can have sex."
"When a woman has a baby," his father explains, "it takes about six weeks for her to fully recover. So, a doctor would have told her that. Of course, she hasn't had a baby and is physically fine for sex. But maybe you should go along with what she said and wait a couple of weeks before you begin having sex with her"
"So how long does it think we've been together," asks Kenny.
"You've known each other since you were children. You started seeing each other in your teens. But it was an off again, on again relationship until after her parents died in the shuttle crash. Then you asked her to move in with you after that. A couple of years after she moved in, you asked her to marry you, but you've yet to set a date. You've been engaged about five years. The pregnancy was the result of birth control failure. She's been programmed with a college education. She has her own accounts, a driver's license, even a birth certificate.
That's real flesh and blood. It can get an infection or catch a cold. Instead of thinking of her as a toy, try thinking of her as a pet. And pets need love, attention and care.
There's a six weeks check-up scheduled for her in two weeks. Your mother and I will swing by and pick her up for it."
"With a real doctor," asks Kenny
"Yes," confirms Henry. "He's anxious to see how real she is. Supposed to be nearly impossible to tell she's not a real person. The only way to tell is supposed to be an X-ray, witch would show her titanium alloy skeleton."
Kenny nods his understanding to his father and both men step inside. Kenny immediately notices his parents have placed computer-generated pictures around the house: him with Wisdom, of Wisdom with what must be its parents, etc. He can hear it and his mother talking in the kitchen.
"Mom, I just feel so lost," it tells his mother. "I don't even remember if I had a boy or a girl."
"I don't want you to worry about that," his mother tells it. "If you remember, fine. If you don't ever remember, fine. We packed up all the baby stuff and put it in storage. We didn't want you to come home from the hospital and have to deal with all of that."
"Thanks, Mom," and it hugs his mother.
"No thanks required," his mother tells it. "We love you.
Take those bags to the bedroom," Sonja directs her husband and son, "and we'll help Wise settle back in."
His mother, Sonja, holds its hand as they walk to his bedroom with its bags, "The doctor said you may be a bit disoriented for a while from the amnesia. But don't worry, you'll feel at home again in no time," she assures it.
"Now," his mother showing it around the bedroom, "here's your side of the bed and your nightstand. This is your side of the closet. Here's the master bathroom. Washer and dryer here. And these three baskets stacked here are for…"
"I think I remember this," says Wise. "Soiled whites, brights and darks. If they're kept separate to begin with, then you don't have to separate them when it's time to wash them."
"Wonderful," Sonja patting its hand. "See, you remember what you need. Anything you can't remember, you probably don't need." Then she gives it a reassuring hug.
"Do you want us to help put your things away," Sonja asks it.
"No," answers Wise. "I'll do it myself, thank you."
His father plops the duffle bag down onto the bed. Then he kisses its forehead, "We'll let you settle back in. Then we'll have you over for dinner in a couple of days. Call if you need anything."
"Thank you, Pop," says Wise. "Thank you too, Mom. I would be so lost without you."
"We'll see you again soon," Sonja assures it.
Kenny follows his parents out to their car. When they're outside, his mother says, "Humph. The robot knows how to say thank you, but not our son. Don't you like the upgrade? It was very expensive."
His parents have enough money to qualify as a small independent world. They rarely complain about things being expensive. Just like he's already inherited enough money that he can blow thousands at a time gambling and it doesn't affect his well-being. Except he's sure his grandfather wouldn't appreciate it. His parents are definitely concerned about some of his bad habits. And after losing his favorite house, he won't be betting anything else that has sentimental value to him anymore. But he usually wins more than he loses.
After standing for a long moment with his parents by their car, Kenny finally says, "I think it's a cyborg now instead of a robot. And it's a cool gift. I'm just not sure I like it yet. Haven't given it a proper test drive yet."
Sonja gives her son a sour look, "Is that all you think about?"
Kenny shakes his head, "I also like drinking and gambling. And occasionally, I'm in the mood to work."
His mother kisses his cheek and he kisses hers, "Love you, Mom… Love you too, Pop." He kisses his father's cheek.
"We'll be calling you in a couple of days to come for dinner," his father reminds as he gets into the driver's seat. Then they pull away.
This house is bigger and fancier than the house he lost in the poker game. He hasn't gotten quite used to using it as his primary residence yet. The first floor is all about fitness and recreation. There's an Olympic size swimming pool, hot tub, and a steam room. There's a reckroom with a billiard table and a poker table of course. Then there's a room with free weights, resistance equipment, a treadmill and a stepper. The living, dining, kitchen, den, master bedroom plus three other bedrooms are all on the second floor of the house. The house he lost in the poker game was cozy.
Kenneth steps into his master bedroom. It seems to have finished putting its things away. The bathroom door is shut, but he hears the toilet flush. The water runs in one of the sinks. He strips off his clothes letting them fall to the floor. He can hear it brushing it's teeth. He walks across the hall and relieves himself in that bathroom. Comes back and climbs into bed.
Wise steps out of the master bath. She shakes her head at the sight of his clothes on the floor. "Is there a long standing argument about how I am not your maid" she asks Kenny.
"No," answers Kenny amused.
"There may be soon," Wise tells Kenny as she picks up his dirty clothes.
Kenny watches it curiously. It changed into one of his old t-shirts, which is extra long on it. It's very shapely with ample breasts, round hips and a heart shaped bottom. It's thick and shapely the way a woman should be and Kenny appreciates that.
When it picks up his underwear off the floor, it gets a funny look on its face. Kenny asks, "What's wrong?"
Wise responds with a question of her own, "Are you naked?"
"Yeah," Kenny answers. "Be nice if you were naked too."
"I know I'm supposed to know this, but… Do you always sleep naked?
"Yep."
Wise's mouth makes an O and Kenny smiles. Wise carries his dirty clothes into the bathroom and puts them into the correct dirty clothesbaskets. She whispers to herself, "It's alright. He's your fiancée. You've been together for years. Known each other since childhood. You were having his baby. Get a grip."
"Wise," calls Kenny smiling. "Wisdom… Sweetheart, come to bed."
Wise steps out of the bathroom and stands there looking at her fingers.
"What's wrong," asks Kenny amused.
"I'm nervous. I can't remember sharing or rather sleeping in the same bed with you. I know we have, but I don't remember. And you're naked over there."
It's blushing. Kenny can hardly believe it. It's actually blushing. He pats the bed, "Come on."
Wise takes a deep breath. She steps over to the bed and sits on the edge. She just sits there for a long moment with her back to Kenny. Then she curls up on the edge pulling the pillow under her head. She doesn't attempt to pull any blankets over herself because he's naked over there on his side of the bed underneath the blankets.
"Lights off," she calls and the room goes dark.
Kenny gives his eyes time to adjust. He's more than a little amused as he spends a minute watching it breath and try to curl up smaller. He finally reaches over, gets it by the waist and pulls it to him.
"Kenny, Kenny," putting a hand to his chest.
He can hear fear in its voice. "It's okay," he assures it. "I'm not going to hurt you. I just need to touch you." He kisses it, "Need to taste you, smell you, feel your body against mine. I've been stuck in this bed by myself for a whole month missing your body, missing you." He knows that's a load of crap.
"But Kenny, the doctor said…"
"I know what the doctor said, but I need you, please. If it hurts in anyway, just tell me and we'll stop. Okay?"
"Okay," Wise agrees despite being extremely nervous and scared.
Kenny doesn't waste time. He doesn't want it to change its mind. He has it naked and beneath him in less than a minute.
Kenny finds himself watching it sleep. He decides he will thank his parents. He didn't know sex could be that good. He had thoroughly enjoyed the way it responded to him. He's sure its responses were part of it programming, but it was still incredible. If he wanted a reaction from Molly, he had to tell it what to do. He even had to tell Molly to lubricate. Wise even orgasmed for him. He's never had a woman orgasm for him. But he's never actually cared if they orgasmed. He hadn't known the female orgasm would also make his own better.
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