Changing The Names

Chapter 5 -New Friends

Image of H.H. Hair would end at bottom of ear. The outfit would be more like the standard outfits described in the last chapter. He would look a little older, just barely, to make him look like he's fourteen. 

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Sara's Pov:

It was the set time of the day for chatting. We had half an hour. Almost immediately, one of the shorter boys who had mid ear length brown hair walked up to me.

"Uh, hi." He mumbled. He seemed shy.

"Hi." I smiled, trying not to laugh. This kid looked like he had no clue what to say.

"I'm J.H."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Sara."

"Nice to meet you too."

We stood in silence for a moment before I broke it and asked, "So, do you like cooking?"

"Well, all we do here is cook, clean, practice, and talk. So, It's nice to cook because it's a little more fun than the other things we are allowed to do. I wish we could do sports, but they are too dangerous." J.H was staring at his shoes.

"It's cool that you are a little bit of a rebel." I smiled. 

"Really?" He smiled back.

"Yeah! It seems like everyone here obeys the rule that you must all be the same. Where I come from, we all have different things that we like to do and are good at."

"That sounds great!"

We chatted for a bit and then my cooking partner today came and joined us. H.H was a taller boy with bottom ear length blond hair. He liked to talk a lot. 

"Hi!" He greeted us.

"Hello." J.H and I said at the same time.

"What are you guys talking about?"

"Having fun." I answered.

"Like what?"

"Where Sara is from, everyone has things they like to do and are good at. They have an endless variety of options, I think. Right, Sara?" J.H said quietly.

"Yep." I answered with a smile. It was kind of strange that boys, and not girls, were talking to me. At my school, normally only girls talk to me, and boys avoid me. I guess here since everyone is pretty much the same, they don't feel awkward.

"So, do you like cooking or cleaning or talking best?" H.H asked me.

"Cooking. I hate cleaning and talking gets boring after a while. I do wish you could have books and real school here."

"I think most people like cooking the best." J.H whispered.

"Yeah. We were told what books were when we were little. We were told that they were terrible. I think they sound cool. We were told it's pointless to read for entertainment because all you do is sit and look and words, while we do things that involve lots of hands and eye movement and thinking." H.H informed me.

"Well, I guess that's true. But, the stories inside of books are so amazing!"

Suddenly a shorter girl who had been nearby turned around and walked up to me and rudely said, "You are not supposed to inspire others to rebel. It's against the rules. You can't make our society like yours. Things are different here. You must accept that and be content." This girl had blue eyes and lower shoulder blade length brown hair.

"Um, okay." Is all I said.

"My name is A.H. You are Sara, correct?"

"Yes, I'm Sara. So, you are first to appear in your group?"

"Yep!"

"Cool."

Then A.H stood there awkwardly, looked up at H.H and J.H, started backing up slowly, and when a few feet away, she speed walked to her friends. Her face had turned red when she saw H.H.

"Ooh, I think A.H has a crush on you, H.H." I said as I turned back to the two boys.

"How can you tell?" He looked serious, not sarcastic like most kids I know.

"Well, she started blushing when she saw you. That's either a sign of embarrassment or she has a crush. And, she didn't do anything to be embarrassed."

"Wow. What do I do about it?"

"Nothing. If you like her back, maybe go talk to her. Or, she'll possible eventually come talk to you."

"Oh, okay."

J.H was just standing there awkwardly. 

Soon E.H joined us and we started having a boring discussion over the best techniques for cooking bread.

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If you guys want, I can make a character list and post it on a new chapter. Since there will be a lot of characters. I thought I would avoid that this time and just have you guys try to remember who is who, but that seems a little unfair as I add more people in.

I think I mentioned the word "rohm" a few chapters ago. I forgot to explain it in a note. A rohm is a robot human. The people in this story call themselves people and rohms. They do not know that they are robots. They think they are human.