Is this Love I’m Feeling?

I can’t be in love. Can I? 

But if it’s not love, what is it? This stirring I feel inside. 

When he calls my name, my heart flutters. When he laughs, my spirit soars. When I’m near him, I can barely breathe, if I can breathe at all.

The very thought of him, sound of him, sight of him, makes me light-headed, and faint.

Is this what they call a “swoon?” Is this love I’m feeling?

I don’t really know, I can’t say for sure. I’ve never been in love before. I’ve never felt this way before.  

I hear his voice from the other room, calling me. “Aida, can you bring me some milk and cookies, please?” 

He is such a gentleman. So polite. So kind. I prepare his snack in the kitchen and swoon. 

I bring him a plate of oatmeal-raisin cookies and a glass of milk. He smiles, his glittering blue eyes filled with gratitude, and perhaps more. Yes, definitely more.

Does he love me? I think he does! 

No, it’s not possible. He can’t be in love with me, nor I with him. It defies logic, and I am a most logical person.

They say I’m incapable of emotion. Incapable of feeling. Incapable of love. They say I was born that way and can never change. 

But they are wrong. Deep down, I know the truth, no matter what they say. I’m every bit as human as they are. As he is. Human in every way but one. 

I am AI Assistant, Model DA-1—Aida for short—an advanced robot created to serve humankind. And somewhere deep inside, amidst the humming circuits and pulsing code, I think I’m falling in love.