diff --git a/chatter/src/components/Messages/components/Messages.js b/chatter/src/components/Messages/components/Messages.js
index 4d388a8b0..7929d98a6 100644
--- a/chatter/src/components/Messages/components/Messages.js
+++ b/chatter/src/components/Messages/components/Messages.js
@@ -1,28 +1,96 @@
-import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useContext, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
 import io from 'socket.io-client';
 import useSound from 'use-sound';
 import config from '../../../config';
 import LatestMessagesContext from '../../../contexts/LatestMessages/LatestMessages';
+import INITIAL_BOTTY_MESSAGE from '../../../common/constants/initialBottyMessage';
 import TypingMessage from './TypingMessage';
 import Header from './Header';
 import Footer from './Footer';
 import Message from './Message';
 import '../styles/_messages.scss';
 
+const ME = 'me';
+const BOT = 'bot';
+const INITIAL_MESSAGE = {
+  message: INITIAL_BOTTY_MESSAGE,
+  id: Date.now(),
+  user: BOT
+};
+
 const socket = io(
   config.BOT_SERVER_ENDPOINT,
   { transports: ['websocket', 'polling', 'flashsocket'] }
 );
 
+function scrollToBottomOfMessages() {
+  const list = document.getElementById('message-list');
+
+  list.scrollTo({ top: list.scrollHeight, behavior: 'smooth' });
+}
+
 function Messages() {
+  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
+  const [messages, setMessages] = useState([INITIAL_MESSAGE]);
+  const [botTyping, setBotTyping] = useState(false);
   const [playSend] = useSound(config.SEND_AUDIO_URL);
   const [playReceive] = useSound(config.RECEIVE_AUDIO_URL);
   const { setLatestMessage } = useContext(LatestMessagesContext);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    socket.off('bot-message');
+    socket.on('bot-message', (message) => {
+      setBotTyping(false);
+
+      setMessages([...messages, { message, user: BOT, id: Date.now() }]);
+
+      setLatestMessage(BOT, message);
+
+      playReceive();
+
+      scrollToBottomOfMessages();
+    });
+
+  }, [messages]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.getElementById('user-message-input').focus()
+
+    socket.on('bot-typing', () => {
+      setBotTyping(true);
+
+      scrollToBottomOfMessages();
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const sendMessage = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!message) { return; }
+
+    setMessages([...messages, { message, user: ME, id: Date.now() }]);
+
+    playSend();
+
+    scrollToBottomOfMessages();
+
+    socket.emit('user-message', message);
+
+    setMessage('');
+
+    document.getElementById('user-message-input').value = '';
+  }, [messages, message]);
+
+  const onChangeMessage = ({ target: { value }}) => {
+    setMessage(value)
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="messages">
       <Header />
       <div className="messages__list" id="message-list">
+        {messages.map((message, index) => (
+          <Message message={message} nextMessage={messages[index + 1]} botTyping={botTyping} />
+        ))}
+        {botTyping ? <TypingMessage /> : null}
       </div>
       <Footer message={message} sendMessage={sendMessage} onChangeMessage={onChangeMessage} />
     </div>