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Post by stephenadams on Feb 6, 2009 23:18:57 GMT -5
Stephen listened patiently as Claire told him about about her marriages and stuff like that. Stephen only half listened to what she said about how her first marriage didn't go well and she ended up marrying an old love or something.
Stephen nodded when she asked if he had met his parents, "Yes, I've met my mother. I got bored one day at school and started wondring around Califorinia. When I saw her I fainted and woke up with a few memories about her that I didn't have before. We started talking and we figured out I was her son, and we talked about it for awhile until I had to leave because my abilities were about to be purged."
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Post by clairebear on Feb 7, 2009 0:57:42 GMT -5
Claire really shouldn't have told him the whole story about her marriages, the poor boy probably wasn't the least bit interested, but it had been a while since Claire had found somebody close to her own age group other than Carla and West to talk to she found she couldn't help herself but pour her heart out to him.
"Oh, that's so nice you met your mom Carla, she's really, really sweet, she's pregnant now you know, with twins, she doesn't know the sex of them yet, I'm pregnant too actually, quite funny that the both of us got pregnant at almost the same time" Claire said having a laugh at the fact their kids would probably grow up together. Then she wondered if Stephen was one of the twins.
"Hey, wonder if you're one of the twins Carla is carrying now, that would be really strange, being in her tummy and out in the wide world talking to her" Claire shook her head, and laughed, it was a bit of a weird situation. "Shame you had to leave her that day though. So you haven't met your dad Bruce yet? You'll love him too, you're very lucky to have Bruce and Carla as your parents Stephen, they're a very friendly and loving couple" Claire said, hopefully trying to fill in some gaps for him.
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Post by stephenadams on Feb 7, 2009 21:20:59 GMT -5
Stephen wondered if Claires baby had been one of Stephen's friends when he was younger. He really disliked not having a large part of his memory, even if he was just a small child and probably didn't have that much to remember.
Stephen felt happy when Claire decribed his parents as nice people, he knew that Carla was nice but it was good to here another person say it.
"I haven't met Bruce yet. I only just learned I'm from the future. I'm still a little freaked out about it." Stephen said when Claire asked if he had met Bruce yet.
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Post by clairebear on Feb 8, 2009 19:59:38 GMT -5
Claire nodded her head as she listened to Stephen talk about Carla and Bruce his parents. It seemed strange to Claire to be talking to a thirteen year old Stephen knowing he was the son of Carla and Bruce when they were only seventeen themselves. Although she knew that Carla was at this very moment pregnant anyway.
"Well Bruce is lovely too and I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough, but I can totally understand you being freaked about it" Claire said nodding her head. "I know it's not the same but I was freaked when I learned I was adopted" Claire said hoping it might be of some sort of help to the way he was feeling about learning about his parents only being a few years older than him in this time line.
"I guess just now they're going to be more like friends, I mean it's not like you could call them mom and dad or you'd sure get some strange looks" Claire said as she laughed at her own little joke about it all. Then realised that joking about it might not have been the best idea.
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Post by stephenadams on Feb 8, 2009 21:07:57 GMT -5
Stephen liked that his dad sounded nice, at least his parents weren't cruel. It seemed that Claire had at least a vague feeling of what he felt. He had found out that the people he thought were his parents really weren't just like her.
Claire then said that he would probably view Carla and Bruce more as friends then parents, seeing as they were only a few years older then him. Stephen thought that she was trying to make him feel better, but was just not good at it.
"I don't really know if I will think of them as friends or parents. I'm a little too shocked by it to think about it right now. That and a few other things." Stephen said, thinking about the strange ring that had appeared out of no where.
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Post by clairebear on Feb 9, 2009 14:31:43 GMT -5
When Stephen said he was a little too shocked to think about things properly and not sure whether he would think of them as friends or parents Claire just smiled sadly. Really she wasn't sure what else there was she could say. It wasn't like she was coming away with anything which would make it easier for him.
"I can understand you're shocked Stephen, I would be too, but as I say I already met Future Peter, Future Mohinder and Future Gabriel, I'm just waiting to meet my future self" Claire responded having a bit of a laugh.
"I wish there was something more I could say to cheer you up" Claire responded. The only thing she could think of to help get his mind off it all, was to have a challenge on who could sustain the worst injuries to heal from. Hardly a laugh a minute thing to do, but she was really stuck.
"I was going to suggest something but I've just realised how ridiculous it is, because I could lose my baby by doing so, maybe you could try it yourself? At least while you have the ability, see how much you can damage yourself and watch yourself heal" Claire said and then realised how morbid it actually sounded, but it hadn't been morbid to her when she was testing her ability out at the start when she kept a video diary.
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Post by stephenadams on Feb 9, 2009 17:42:01 GMT -5
"I've already met my future self. We didn't talk much, he said something about there being something different here and then left. It was kinda weird." Stephen said.
Stephen thought it might be interesting to test this ability. He looked around and found a ladder leading to a second story. Stephen climbed the ladder until he reached the top then turned around.
He jumped from the second story landing on one leg, he hearda snap and felt pain shoot threw his body. He looked at his leg, which was broken, and lined it back up. Immedietly the pain went away and he could move his leg again.
"Seems pretty fun, though I hope I don't try and do this tommorow without your ability." Stephen said with a laugh.
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Post by clairebear on Feb 9, 2009 20:35:23 GMT -5
"Ooh, so you've met your future self already? I wonder if my future self would say something as weird as your future self did?" Claire asked, not really meaning to ask him, but more of a general ask to anybody who may have been listening, not that anybody else was there other than the two of them.
"I wonder what he meant by that though, strange" Claire added with a small smile, maybe she should track down her future self, maybe her future self could shed some light on the subject of what Stephen was referring to.
It would seem that Stephen was interested in testing his ability a she watched him climb a ladder to the floor above and jumped landing on leg. Even Claire heard it snap, and she winced, because she remembered the pain she used to suffer when she tried to mutilate herself. Of course like herself he healed within seconds.
"Yeah, it's a pretty nifty ability to have, but you're right, better be careful tomorrow, it's a shame you can't keep them, like maybe had a power mimicry where you could mimic a power once a month and keep it" Claire said with a smile. Not even sure if there was such an ability, she knew Peter could absorb any power and from what she knew he had no limits on it at all.
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Post by stephenadams on Feb 10, 2009 15:11:04 GMT -5
"My future self told me I was different from him, that he hadn't accidentily gone back in time like I did. I think he's trying to find out why and how it happened." Stephen said to Claire.
Stephen wondere what his future self could do, he might even be able to keep his abilities using the trick Keith had taught him. Stephen hoped that his future self was a good guy, he didn't want a person with his ability going around killing people and stuff.
"My friend Keith told me a way to keep my abilities for an infinite time, though I don't think i'm ready tp try it. His aunt has an ability that allows her to manipulate time and he thinks I could use it to stop my body from aging so that I my time limit doesn't run out." Stephen said, he wasn't sure he would try it, seeing as he still had troubles with that ability, and all of the other abilities he had been getting.
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Post by clairebear on Feb 11, 2009 16:11:19 GMT -5
As Stephen spoke about his future self more, she got somewhat a little confused. She just hoped he didn't think it was the fact that she was blonde. "I'm not sure I follow, if you came from the future to this time when you were five, wouldn't that mean you couldn't have been in the future to become your older future self, because you are your future self" Claire asked in complete confusion. Unless of course it was some alternate reality Future Stephen, then that would explain things. "Or is your future self from an alternate reality?" she asked wondering because she was finding the whole thing very confusing indeed. Maybe she would never understand the whole time-space continuum thing.
As he then went into greater detail speaking about his friend and how he could keep his powers for longer, Claire wasn't so sure it was a good idea in somebody who was quite young and probably hadn't mastered their power properly. "Hmm, probably not the smartest move I wouldn't think" she replied, giving him a weak smile. "It may become too powerful for you and get out of hand" she added, she didn't want to be nasty about it, she was just concerned the young boy who could very well become a new friend, despite the age difference.
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Post by stephenadams on Feb 11, 2009 19:04:41 GMT -5
"My future self did say something about this being a different reality. i tried to ask him what he meant but he wouldn't tell me." Stephen said, trying to clear things up for Claire, who seemed confused.
Stephen nodded when Claire told him he probably wasn't ready to do that, he wasn't sure what would happen anyway, he might lose his memory, mess up some part of him, or maybe even deage himself enough to lose his abilities.
"Ya your right, well I got to go, some teacher at this special school I go to, I mean special as in has abilities by the way. Though I don't know if it's really a school, seeing as I haven't met a single teacher their yet." Stephen said with a laugh.
Stephen turned around and walked toward the door that led out of the warehouse. He was glad he had met another special, and this one hadn't attacked them the second they met like that weird bender guy.
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Post by clairebear on Feb 11, 2009 19:36:13 GMT -5
After Claire asked him a question in a lot of words, she was glad that Stephen understood and was able to answer her. At least he had put her confusion at ease. So the Stephen she was talking to was an alternate reality Stephen to the Future Stephen. "I think I understand, so your reality wont have their Stephen, but the reality that Future Stephen is from do, and never lost him" she said trying to explain it more for herself than ask him the question to clarify it.
Then Stephen said he had to go, he mentioned the school. Of course Claire was aware of that school. "Yeah I know the one, Super Hero School" she said with a smile. "It was nice meeting you Stephen" she said, and wrote her cell number on a piece of paper, "If you ever want to talk, don't hesitate to call me" she said, as she watched him walk away and she picked herself up off the wooden box she had been sitting on, dusted herself down and made her way back to her and West's home.
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