Love is a Human Emotion (Complete)

The next morning at work, Connor was waiting patiently for Chloe to arrive. He had opened his connection with her and asked if she could come to the DPD to answer some questions about the attack. He played with his quarter as he waited, keeping his attention away from the door.

Around 11:21 am, he saw the girl walking towards his desk. She was wearing the same outfit as yesterday, but the cardigan was wrapped around her neck like a scarf.

"Wow, seeing you two days in a row! We're on a streak!" Chloe joked.

Connor was genuinely happy to see her.  He smiled. "How are you settling into Jericho?"

"Oh, it's so much fun!" Chloe's eyes shined. "I have my own room, I have a new set of clothes, and I think North and I are becoming good friends!"

Seeing her this excited warmed Connor. He noticed that as she spoke, her left eyebrow raised slightly. It was an interesting feature. He filed that information in his memory banks.

"That's good." He wasn't sure why he was nervous all of a sudden.

"This place is nice." Chloe commented, looking around the room. "Where's Lieutenant Anderson?"

"He's talking to Fowler about our current case." Connor said. "I can bring you to him; I'm sure he'd like to say hi."

As they walked together to Fowler's office, Connor was vaguely aware of people watching them curiously. He could almost feel their eyes burning into the back of his neck.

Chloe leaned her head closer to him and said in a low voice, "Are your coworkers always so...inquisitive?"

"I'm the only android in the police force." Connor answered, tilting his head as well. "Seeing another one pop in out of nowhere probably caught them off guard."

"Who's this?" Connor groaned inwardly as they approached Gavin's desk. He eyed Chloe from top to bottom. "Your girlfriend?" He sneered.

Connor stopped and gave the detective a puzzled look. Chloe giggled next to him. Connor didn't get why that was funny. He did a quick search of the word.

Girlfriend: a female companion with whom a person has a romantic or sexual relationship. Synonyms: lover, partner.

Oh. He was about to defend himself, but Chloe had already walked ahead of him. He decided to ignore Gavin and caught up with her.

"I'm sorry about him." Connor said sheepishly. "He's a jerk."

"No worries. I've had my fair share of jerks in the past." Chloe winked.

It seemed that Hank had just finished his meeting when he stepped outside the office. He looked pleasantly surprised to see Chloe.

"Hey...Connor told me about yesterday. Glad to see you're okay." Hank said.

Chloe dipped her head respectfully. "That's very kind of you to say, Mr. Anderson."

"Don't bother with formalities. Call me Hank. So, what brings you to the belly of the beast?" Hank asked.

"Connor asked me to come in." Chloe answered.

"Ah. The interrogation." Hank said in realization. He looked back and forth between the two. "You kids should do it outside. I mean, not like that, but ya know what I mean."

Chloe looked confused. Connor gave him a sharp look that could be interpreted as What the hell are doing?

"Listen, I know you two would rather talk without these creeps watching your every move." He said gesturing around the room. Sure enough, their coworkers were watching them as they spoke. Hank glared at them and they all resumed back to their business.