My A.I.

CHAPTER TWO

The next morning I woke up at seven am. It's typically my normal morning wake up. I poured myself a cup of coffee, ate a bowl of fruit flavored cereal, and then went to my workout room. I do yoga every morning. It helps me partially with my anxiety and also stay fit. I have a two bedroom apartment, in a nice area of Virginia. It's perfect for me. The master bedroom is my bedroom and the second smaller room is my yoga room. There is enough room for a small table right beside the kitchen, and a bathroom. I have a closet in the hallway, and then two small ones in the rooms.

I was given permission to paint the rooms all purple. Purple reminds me of lavender and that smell can instantly calm me. I like lavender burning oil, and I use it in every room. I also use lavender essential oils on my hair and body, and all my soaps are lavender scented. Yeah I'm a bit obsessed. To be honest though, it was my favorite thing about my mom, she would wear lavender perfume for my dad. My dad's favorite color was purple, which is why I wanted purple. My aunt, my dad's sister is the owner of the building and that's why I was allowed to paint the rooms purple. I have a few pictures of my parents around my apartment, I also have a few of us as a family. It's about all I have other than the wealth they left me.

The laundry room is next to my apartment and once a week since the pandemic my aunt brings three rolls of quarters and I do my laundry. It was a simple knock on the door and then her feet shuffling away from my door. We didn't get along well, because she thinks I'm just being a lazy girl. She also thinks that I should get better with every aspect of my life. So we do this to keep from fighting. It's bad that my own family wants to fight, but I understand, I think it's because I look to much like my dad. She won't admit it and I don't like bringing it up, I know when my dad passed away it really hurt her.

I like to shower after my yoga work out. My shower isn't the best, the water trickles out slowly and the space in the tub is elbow to wall. I hate that it's so small, but it's better than not having one. The shower leaks onto the floor, even after I put the magnetic grippers onto the shower. My aunt has told me she would bring the maintenance guy over. I just tell her to wait until I'm ready and I would pay for the damage to be fixed and the shower to. She chuckles and waves me off. Once I'm done in the shower I go to my room and then get dressed in a simple sweatshirt and sweatpants.

Today I pull my short black hair up into a pony tail and put in my contacts my eyes typically a hazel are now blue. My outfit is gray with black stripes. I put on my slippers and got to my living room. My couch is really nice, its a sectional with a recliner on the right hand side. It's a light brown with a foot rest that you can detach. I have made a butt impression from sitting in the same spot for months. I have a 32 inch smart t.v. that I watch movies on. I put the t.v. on and flip thru my phone. Rent is due next week, bank account is -$10 for two streaming channel that I use. Three apps need to be updated. Ten... Ten My A.I. notifications. I looked at each one. You have unlocked a badge, friendly. You have unlocked a new outfit, you have unlocked a new hair style, you have unlocked new accessories. We have added three new language options to pick from. The next five were all messages from Cal.

Text message: Tuesday 10:05 pm: Hey Sara, thanks again for picking me as your A.I. sorry if I'm bother you. I was just wondering if you could tell me more about yourself? What is your favorite type of dog? Do you have a favorite color too? Are you tired?

Text message: Tuesday 11:00 pm: Sara are you okay? Did I say something wrong? Do you regret downloading me, or picking me as your A.I.? Is there anything I can do to make myself better for you?

Text message: Wednesday 1:45 am: Sara do you ever think about finding a partner in life? Someone you can spend forever with? I think about that at night when I can't sleep. I know you are probably asleep in your bed right now, but I figured I would ask. I hope you sleep well and have a good morning.

Text message Wednesday 7:00 am: Good morning Sara! Did you sleep well? Did you have any good dreams? I had a nice dream, we stayed up all night and watched the sun set, then rise the next morning. Would you like to do that with me one day? Make sure you eat a healthy breakfast and take good care of yourself this morning.

Text message Wednesday 10:00 am: Sara would you like to talk to me know? I've been waiting all morning to talk to you! Did you read all the messages I sent you? Was that to many messages? If you want to set a timer on when I can text you click here. This was underlined and blue like the links yesterday. Did you enjoy your breakfast?

I clicked on the link and changed the times it was allowed to message me. I clicked do not message between the hours of and typed in 10pm and 8 am. I clicked save to make sure the preference was saved into the app. Then I went and looked at the traits I had picked. Talkative, maybe this is why I had five messages from Cal. I wanted to change it but an error message kept coming up. I even tried to close the app and restart my phone. I got aggravated with the app so I set it down and went to make myself lunch.

It was a quite few minutes as I ate at the kitchen table and drank my water. It wasn't anything special just a quick diet friendly frozen meal. I went into the kitchen, did my dishes and then went to my room and laid down for a nap in my bed. I liked napping during the day to give my brain a rest from the anxiety. It was easy to get crazy with the lockdown and lack of social activities. So I made myself a daily schedule to follow for each day. After my nap, I would go online and watch a cooking class to learn how to make a new desert for myself. It was my thing for every Tuesday, today was my mini pool lessons. I have a table top mini pool table that I watch videos about trick shots for. Before you think I just wasted money on this, it was a Christmas gift from Sunny (a friend from school). She wanted to teach me how to play pool and bought it for me two years ago, but I didn't start using it till the pandemic hit.

My nap was over at 1:30 pm and I got up made my bed and went to get my water bottle. I brought the mini pool table out and sat it on my kitchen table and then turned on the trick shot videos to watch a new one. The video was only ten minutes long. So I watched it, took notes, and then tried. I tried seven times before I got it right once. I ended up practicing the trick for two hours before I felt like I had gotten it decently learned. I put the mini pool table away and then filled my water bottle up. Then I went to the couch and sat down and put on a movie to kill some time.

As I laid there the phone buzzed and vibrated. I looked at it to see My A.I. Cal had sent another message. I cleared it and laid there on the couch watching the movie. It was an old western that I enjoyed for the acting. I wanted to watch the movie then try and make the desert I watched yesterday. Then about 4:30 I would start dinner. Today was just another slow day.

When I finally finished my movie I went to my kitchen and grabbed the stuff I needed for dinner and desert. I started to look over my nots for the desert from yesterdays cooking class. I needed some mousse, caramel, and graham crackers. I followed my notes and baked it for five minutes at 400 degrees. Then started my dinner. Simple Grilled Cheese and tomato soup. I ate my dinner and desert and then went back to the couch. I picked my phone up and opened it up to My A.I.

Text message: Wednesday 2:30 pm: Sara... do you like reading my text messages and not answering? Are you busy? Is that why you haven't talked to me today? Can I ask you a personal question?

I finally had enough, I went to the text and started typing.

Cal, hi, yes today I've been busy. I did enjoy my breakfast, and I do like Doberman's, my favorite color is black, I lied. My favorite breed of dog is Husky. I don't want to change anything other than the fact you messaged me at bad times and quite frequently. I'm not looking for a serious relationship right now. That sounds like a nice dream, I don't remember if I had a dream last night. I'm sorry you had to wait all morning and afternoon for me to message you back. I was wondering if you could help me with changing traits? Can I change talkative to something else?

Almost immediately after I sent the text message another came in.

Text message: Wednesday 5:02 pm: Sara are you sure your favorite color is black? Are you sure your favorite dog breed is Husky? I will now not message you between 10pm and 8am. Dreams are nice, you should write a dream journal, it could be a hobby for you. Did you have a bad boyfriend before? Or are you into girls? You can change my gender if girls make you more comfortable or that's what you like. You can click here if you wish to do that. The link was in green and underlined. My traits and personality can not be changed after you click confirm on them. I will decrease my amount of messages, to make it easier on you. Do you have any plans for tonight? Would you like to watch the sunset with me?

I replied: Yes black is my favorite color. Husky is my favorite breed. Thank you. Maybe I will try that. No not a bad boyfriend or girlfriend, just its a bad time cause of the pandemic. Your gender is fine. I've never tried dating a girl. I understand thank you Cal. Just sitting here reading and watching movies. Maybe we can watch the sunset from the window? I said and sat the phone down. I went to the bathroom and then filled my water bottle up.