#ah 1

Jax came to the door, his parents were said to come pick him up to go to dinner which he assumed wasn’t a good sign but he dressed up anyway. What he hadn’t expected though, was for a strange man to be with his parents, “Hi.” he said as he shook the man’s hand before looking at both of his parents, “is this some kind of intervention? Because Danni needs it way more than I do and I don’t think it’s fair.”

“it’s not an intervention, can we come in?” His mother asked, “no, why?” His father sighed, shaking his head, “we’re coming in.” They pushed their way past Jax to his bare home, his parents were surprised but at the same time not. A reminder of the good timing of their decision. “We want you to meet Robert Hall, he’s our present to you.” “What?” “We got you an android.” Jax laughed at this, “What? Why? No.” Jax looked at Robert, did he look like an android? His handshake was steady, voice was normal, he looked so real, felt so real. “Can we uh–can we talk in the other room? Alone?”

His parents conceded and Jax closed the door to his room, “what the hell are you guys thinking? Are you out of your mind? You know people get those for sex stuff, right?” “well your mother and I met a nice rep and he told us all about it. They have some that help you around the house too, we’re getting one of those coming the next month.” his mother interrupted, “You’re never going to meet anyone on your own, he might be a nice way to break the ice. Get you to see that dating ain’t so bad” “wait, you got me a fake boyfriend? Are you serious?” “he’s hardly fake. they’re legally recognized now, you could marry him and adopt kids, the whole thing.”

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Jane bit her lip after hearing what her friend had been going through. She had noticed the sleepless nights of course, but there was a far bigger explanation than heartbreak.

Liv took a deep breath closing her eyes even now she tried hard not to seem nervous. She tried to act natural as she gave the silvery beings a wide birth. No one else could see them so she made it seem as if she couldn’t either.

“I don’t know how much more I can stand of this.” Liv glanced over at her friend.

“They can’t turn you down if you put in the request for leave, but I know how upset you were after the last time they benched you.”

“This time is going to be different.” Liv rubbed her temples as she passed through an energy. “I won’t be working any cases for a while. Not until I get this sorted out.”

“Diane is going to be pissed.” Jane smirked.

“Diane can shove it.”

“Where are you gonna go?” Jane already knew, but she had hoped her friend would stick around. Nothing made her feel worse than when she could be of no help.

“Home.” Another long breath. “I need to go through my grandma’s things. See if there’s a way to shut this down permanently.”