I'll Stand By You [Nathan]

[tracy]

7th January, 2009

It had been a tough time with Nathan since the accident, not that Tracy minded, not at all. She loved him, why would she mind? But it had been a bad time to have had an accident such as the one he had, making him paralysed and in a wheelchair when he was going to be President.

Of course Tracy was willing to stand by him, she was willing to do anything for Nathan, that's how much she loved him. She didn't care who stood in the way or who got hurt, if it meant keeping Nathan happy she'd do it. No matter what, no matter the cost. It had now been well over a month since his accident, and he was still in the wheelchair and still coping with the pain it must be causing him. Tracy was quite simply impressed with him.

Now Nathan was officially President and in the White House, and their relationship had remained close through out, but she was still just seen as the girlfriend of President Petrelli or the lady friend of President Petrelli. It didn't bother her of course. She just kept smiling whenever cameras were around them.

"How are you? Are you comfortable, do you need me to get you anything?" she asked Nathan. She hadn't moved into the White House with him, he'd done this by himself, she was still in her flat in New York, but she was able to visit Nathan a lot, and she would continue to do so. She was here for him, anything he needed of her, she would do.

"You know I'm here for you, for anything" she said, as she sat down on the sofa.

[blackregret21]

Its over a month since he got in the crash, since Peter made an appearance in the hospital. He couldn’t believe he was here during this. Though he knew it was the right thing to do. He denied Claire’s blood that could cure all of this. He wanted to show the people that he wasn’t a god. That he wasn’t invulnerable. Just like

He needed to make a decision and fast. He hated the fact that Tracy wasn’t leaving with him. It was a stupid thing to come here every so often and just head right back to New York. It was clearly pointless. Nathan had to make the decision of continuing their relationship and get married. Or cut the bonds and sever their relationship. Many things were held in the balance from this decision.

Nathan rolled through the hall towards the Oval Office, his office. It has only been a day since he has been president and already the stress was kicking in. Him being in a wheel chair wasn’t helping. The fact that he already had a cabinet meeting the next day was stress enough. He needed to fix this economic problem. Tracy then, as usual, had shown up.

Nathan was startled a bit because of her sudden voice. But of course he wouldn’t mind it. He smiled as he knew she was their. He loved her, why wouldn’t he. “I am fine. Just getting the way of the land.” he said looking up at her. Her glow, as that from an angel, brightened his day. He then looked back ahead of him as he continued to push his wheelchair through the hall. Tracy began to explain that she was here for him. That she would always be there for him. Nathan rolled his eyes sarcastically. “I know.” he chuckled.

“How is your day so far?” he asked.

[tracy]

Tracy smiled at him when he said he was fine. "That's good to hear Nathan, you'll get along just fine, you wait and see" she said encouraging him and trying to give him support. She knew it wouldn't have been easy before he became paralysed, it must be a hundred times worse now that he was.

She had to laugh when he rolled his eyes sarcastically to her when she spoke of always being there for him. But she also couldn't leave it there. "Oh charming, I tell you nice things and you roll your eyes at me" she said almost tempted to poke her tongue out at him in a silly school girl manner but refrained.

"And you know? Oh well I don't have to keep telling you I'll stay then, and tell you how wonderful I think you are, tell you how much I love you" she said grinning and trailing off slightly. She liked to tease him at times. He knew how she felt about him, it was pretty obvious.

"My day has been fine, thanks, nothing special" Tracy responded simply because nothing exciting had happened, so she had nothing much to tell him.

[blackregret21]

Nathan knew that Tracy loved him, and her living in New York caused stress on their relationship. Thinking this over Nathan knew it was time to pop the question. But first he would need to get the ring. Nathan then laughed as Tracy sarcastically complained about him rolling his eyes.

“I love you too” he said as he smiled afterwards. “And I am glad how your day is going. Though my first day is pretty stressful, I wish I didn’t have this stupid thing.” he began as he slammed his fist on his wheelchair. “But I didn’t want Claire giving me her blood.” he finished, whispering the last part. He didn’t want to put that onto Claire. Its not like it was her fault that he got in his car accident. He didn’t even think twice when she asked about this.

Nathan stopped in the hall, he turned to face Tracy. “Could I talk to you personally, in a couple of minutes. I need to take care of something.” he asked Tracy.

[tracy]

Tracy smiled when he said he loved her too. She knew men were typically never as open with their feelings or emotions as much as women were, but she always liked to hear him say it, just like any woman liked to hear their man tell them they loved them.

"I'm sorry to hear your day has been stressful" Tracy said, although she knew in her heart it probably would have been stressful for him especially with being in the wheelchair. "You'll just have to keep up with your physio, and hopefully we'll get you out of that thing, although you should have just let Claire help you, she wanted to" Tracy said, but not angry, more upset and worried. If he had let her help him he'd have been a hundred percent better by now. However Tracy knew that he didn't want to put Claire through it and wanted to fight to get back to health. "But I understand why you said no" she continued sighing gently and giving him another bright smile.

Tracy looked at Nathan with a quizzical expression when he asked if he could talk to her about something personal. When did he ever have to ask that question. He should have known he could talk to her about anything, any time.

"Sure, of course you can, shall I just wait here?" she asked him, as she remained sat on the sofa.

[blackregret21]

Nathan sighed as Tracy apologized for his stress. “Don’t be. It’s not your fault.” he said. Then as Tracy gave him the okay, he rolled to the door closest to where they were. He then rolled up to the nearest phone. As he was in reaching distance from it, he grabbed it. “Send my advisor, to the office of Dr. Suresh’s office.” he said into the phone after dialing his secretary number.

Five minutes later, Frank Derans entered the office. “Yes Mr. President.” he said. Nathan looked turned around after looking out the window over looking the front lawn.

“Oh good, you’re here.” he smiled he maneuvered back to the other side of the desk. “I have made my decision. I want to marry her.” he said to his advisor.

“I’ll get back to you on that.” the advisor said with glee. Truthfully the advisor loved to see these two together. And with that he left the office. Soon afterwards, Nathan left the office as well. “Sorry, it took a little longer than expected. I have decided to do a creditor speech. I want to thank all the people for who helped me get here.” he smiled.

“Anyways, where we’re we?” Nathan asked.

[tracy]

"Well I know it's not my fault, I mean I'm sorry for the stress you're under" Tracy tried to explain better, and smiled at him as she watched him go do what he had to do. She kept herself sitting on the sofa while he was away.

It left Tracy with her thoughts. She began to wonder what it was Nathan wanted to talk to her about. It probably had something to do with his new position, or maybe he needed her to do something for him. Maybe he wanted her to become more involved. Either way she didn't mind.

It wasn't long until he came back into the room however, and she gave him a bright smile as he came toward her again. He was apologising for the time he had taken. "That's fine Nathan darling I know you're busy" Tracy said with a smile brushing off his apology. She knew it would get like this and she had been prepared for it. "I believe you wanted to talk to me personally" Tracy replied when he asked where they were, smiling at him again.

[blackregret21]

Nathan had changed his mind, he really didnt need to talk to her personally. He had someone to work out those details of when he should propose. He loved Tracy, and hated that she always had to come and go. It was rude of him to ignore that thought for so long. "Sorry. That will have to wait." Trying to think of what to do next. He couldn't think of anything. He looked over at Tracy and he knew what they were to do today. "What a lunch date?" he asked with a laugh.

[tracy]

When Nathan began talking after she told him where they were at before he had to leave, he said that it would have to wait. She raised her eyebrow, but decided not to question it, instead just smiling and replying with "Okay Nathan" and looked down at her hands and began playing with him, out of nothing better to do with them really.

Then he asked if she wanted a lunch date. Well it wasn't a bad idea really. Going out for lunch might be quite nice she thought. Looking up from playing with her hands, she smiled at Nathan, "Yes, why not, lunch sounds good" she replied although she wasn't too sure why he had laughed, but it made her laugh too.

[blackregret21]

Nathan smiled as Tracy agreed to having lunch with him. But then he forgot to mention that he meant here. He decided not to bring it up and actually go out to eat. He hasn't been out for the longest time. He tries to remember when the last time was. The memory popped into his head.

He was sitting in a small local resturaunt on the outskirts of New York. He was sitting there when he noticed something. Something normal. He was watching a teen kid playing with his silverware. Making them float through electric-magnets. He then talked to him. Talked to him about his ability and explained about his ability.

He began to wonder how this man was doing. Maybe he should find him one day. He shrugged as he then realized he was back in the hallway of the White House. "Sorry." he apologized. "My hands are tired. Could you push me to the secret. service area. So we can go out to eat?" he asked.

[tracy]

When Nathan smiled at her, she just smiled back at him. She loved every moment she spent with Nathan, and as she had often thought many times before she knew she wanted to be with him for the rest of her life. She was more than certain nothing would get in the way of their relationship.

He had gone quiet for a few moments but it didn't bother Tracy, silences were never awkward between them, it gave her a chance to be with her thoughts and her thoughts were nearly always about Nathan and their future together. Would they have children of their own even though he already had three from previous relationships or would they both now be too busy to have any. Tracy thought it might be nice for them to have a child of their own, but she realised she was getting too far ahead of herself, she wasn't even his wife yet never mind have children. She shook her head gently as Nathan's voice broke her thoughts.

"Of course I can darling, you should be letting me push you around anyway, you've enough to think about without having to do this all the time while I'm here" she replied, putting her hand on his shoulder and giving it a gentle squeeze before she put it on the handle and began to push him toward the secret service area.

"So we're going out to eat then?" she asked with surprise in her voice, she knew he hadn't exactly been out since the accident. "That's good, you need to start getting about more" she said, only thinking of Nathan, not even thinking of herself for one second.

[blackregret21]

Nathan began to feel at ease when Tracy gripped his shoulder. He reached with one of his opposite hand and held it above her hand, then resting it back down on his leg. Nathan was glad Tracy took over pushing him around. His hands were killing him, he dug into his pocket to take some medication to help with the pain. Popping it into his mouth, he swallowed it. Sticking it back into his pocket, he looked up at Tracy.

“Of course we’re going to lunch.” he said with a smile. “Where do you like to go?” he asked. He then looked back down, facing his path as they both rolled the hall. Nathan knew he had to talk to propose and soon. Of course he wouldn’t propose out of greed. Nathan never thought it like that. Tracy had pushed him around the hall out of love. He wouldn’t do the exact opposite and just expect her to do it. Nathan looked back up at Tracy and gave her a random smile. “I love you.” he said.

[tracy]

When Tracy had put her hand on Nathan's shoulder for a gentle squeeze she had felt a little tension there, but after Nathan put his hand on top of hers, she felt the tension lift slightly, which made Tracy smile. She hated to think he was tense and being in pain and yet he always seemed to put the brave face on and just get on with thing as best he could. Tracy respected Nathan for that. In so many ways. She then watched as he took some medication and then he turned to look up at her before speaking.

He then said that of course they were going for lunch and asked where she would like to go. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go actually. There were so many choices, but she thought if they were going to spend some quality time together, then she thought about Olive Garden and a smile spread across her face. "How about Olive Garden Nathan, that's a nice place for us to be by ourselves" she said with a smile.

Then a short while after he turned to her and said he loved her. Tracy beamed at him, and bent down to kiss him on the lips, "And I love you Mr President" she breathed in a sexy voice.

[blackregret21]

Olive Garden it was. Nathan could remember eating there months ago, before the accident. He loved Italian food. The pasta and salad they served was to die for. Literally since Nathan was on an empty stomach. He hadn’t eaten since the night before. Just imagining all the pasta possible, slurping it in, as it would hit the upper lip on its way. All this talking and thinking of food made Nathan all the more hungry. “I agree.” Nathan said confidently.

Nathan couldn’t help but laugh when Tracy began to talk in a sexy voice. After she said that she had loved him as well, she then bent closer to Nathan and kissed him on the lips. Nathan kissed back. As he pulled away he smiled and rested his head back in the normal position.

Just in time to be greeted by the guards of the secret service with a salute, Nathan raised his arm to greet them back. I would like to take Miss Strauss out to lunch. Can that be arranged?” the highest ranked secret service agent gave a nod and entered the room that he guarded.

Soon afterwards two agents exited the room. The old one that just entered the room just moments ago. And the new one, who started to speak. “Mr. President, we will need to go with you.” The new agent clarified. Nathan nodded back. “Of course. But give us space.” Nathan said as he smiled up again at Tracy.

[tracy]

Tracy couldn't wait to get to the Olive Garden, it had been a while since she had been anywhere nice like that for a long time, and especially with Nathan ever since his accident. She was sure they were going to have fun, at least she hoped they would have fun. "Good" Tracy said with a smile when Nathan agreed to go to the place she mentioned.

After Tracy bent down to give him a kiss, Nathan kissed her back and it was nice, then all of Nathan's kisses were nice, in fact every moment she spend with Nathan was nice. No. Not nice, magical. Every moment she spent with Nathan was magical.

Soon they were where they needed to be to be taken to where they were wanting to go. Nathan spoke to his people and they said naturally, that they would have to go with them. Tracy smiled back at Nathan when he smiled at her after saying he wanted them to give the both of them some space.

"Yes space would be good" Tracy agreed, "But we do understand why you have to be there" she added, it was for their protection, well mainly Nathan's protection and really Tracy wouldn't have it any other way, she would be devastated if anything happened to Nathan. She had been bad enough over his car accident a couple of months ago.