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Post by peteofthefuture on May 2, 2009 10:12:09 GMT -5
Future Claire’s House After finding out about everything Peter needed someone to talk to. It had to be Claire. He used his power he took from Molly years ago and located her at her house. He then used Nathan’s power flying himself there letting himself inside. “Claire.” The two had so much history of talking about their problems that he just hoped she would be willing to talk to him since he didn’t stay in contact though he had sent her some letters over the past couple of years when he was on the run from his own brother. The two never really got to talk anymore because of that situation. Now it was all changed. He had went to find Becca to get her power so he could finally put a stop to all of this now realizing that it was the only option that any of them had left. He didn’t want to see her because of the pain it would bring him but he had tried a million times to conjure up her power but it never showed probably because he had emotionally put her away. After he saw her again everything had changed. He had to fight his own blood, his brother but now everyone thought that Nathan was Sylar. He still had to fight blood since Sylar was his cousin though no one liked to admit that. He needed to see Claire now more then ever. When he heard she had a daughter he was over excited since of what had happened to her last baby. Years ago they made a bet on who would find love first. Peter wasn’t sure which one had won because now they were both alone dealing with this. He found her in the next room he stepped into. “Hey Cheerleader, finally ready to save the world?” Smirking he walked over to her pulling her close to him. “I missed you Claire.” Peter brushed a hand threw her hair as he then moved away walking to the shelf seeing a picture of her and her daughter. “Erin’s so big. How old is she now?” He looks back faking a smile not ready to talk about Nathan or Sylar. He had a feeling that he would have to kill his brother but now it was worst. He would have to kill a man who would look like Nathan but who wasn’t his brother. It was all a new bigger game then either of them had ever played. Now on to another topic Peter wasn’t so ready to ask about fearing the truth that his nice kept from him. “Did you know about…..” He closed his eyes for moment gulping down air ready to finish his statement. “my son?” He turned around looking at her waiting to see what she was going to say. He hoped that she didn’t know because if not she never told him the one thing he should have known.
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Post by clairebear2 on May 4, 2009 16:31:08 GMT -5
Claire was on her own again. It happened a lot now, ever since Nathan was no longer Nathan. Well at least in her eyes anyway, it had yet to be proven, but she knew in her heart after living with Nathan for years at the White House that he wouldn't be doing the things he was now doing. Of course the minute he began acting like that, she packed herself and her daughter off to live in an apartment by themselves.
She hated being alone, but sometimes it happened and she had learned to live with it. Right now she had just made sure Erin was still asleep, she was just a young girl, but usually a very active one. At least this time, she had got pregnant at twenty one, instead of how old she was when she first got pregnant and lost the child. Obviously somebody above had told her the time wasn't right, and she believed that now.
Just then she thought she heard her name being shouted on, but when there was no more movement she shrugged it off thinking it to be nothing. She then went from Erin's bedroom into the living room and it wasn't long after she got in there, she heard his voice. Her heart actually did a little skip, even after all this time, Peter being present made her feel as if all her troubles were gone. She turned to face him, rolled her eyes at the Cheerleader statement, now it has been a long time since she was one of those. However she allowed a smile to spread across her face as she walked to him and he embraced her in a hug.
"Always ready to save the world. I missed you too, so much" Claire said as she clung to him in his embrace, and tried to bite back the tears which were threatening to fall. She might be a tough girl, but even Claire could get emotional. She watched him walk over to pick up a photograph of her and Erin together on the shelf.
"She's four now Peter" Claire replied when he asked how old her daughter was. "Yeah she's big, she's growing faster than I can reproduce cells" Claire said joking and laughed a little. Claire could talk about her little girl constantly, but she somehow didn't think Peter was here to check up on his great niece. She could tell he was there for other reasons, even if he wasn't saying what those reasons were. She'd find out soon enough, she always did.
Then Peter asked the one question she had hoped he would never ask her, or have to ask her. That was the question about his son. He'd probably never forgive her if he knew she knew about his son, but she had tried to find him. She just couldn't locate Peter in enough time. She sighed gently, as she ran her hand through her hair. "Yes Peter I knew about Parker, but you have to believe me when I say I tried to find you, I tried, but it was hopeless" she said softly, as she sat down on the sofa and put her head in her hands.
She hated herself for not having found Peter, and now he would probably hate her for not trying hard enough to get a hold of him.
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 4, 2009 17:05:28 GMT -5
“Aw don’t be sad.” Peter states wiping her eyes before walking to shelf. He didn’t want to hurt Claire by showing up here but he needed someone who wasn’t going to make a fuss over him like Becca or Nathan would. He turned around giving her a questioning look. “Her power is growing?” Peter had only seen Erin when she was born because soon after he was in hiding again. He didn’t even get to see his great niece grow up let alone his own son. He had been missing everything because of Nathan or whoever he was now.
Peter went over and sat next to Claire. “I can’t believe you didn’t find me. Parker is my son.” he chuckled trying to hide his cry. “I have a son.” Peter was mad at Claire but knew he shouldn’t be s he placed a hand on her back while laying his head on her shoulder. “Have you been protecting him?”
He knew that Claire would have done right by his son just as Becca had tried to but it still hurt him that she couldn’t find him to tell him about Parker. “Molly could have found me.” Peter then remember that when in hiding he heard that she had the virus once again. “I heard she had the virus or was that a cover. I heard her on Becca’s answering machine.”
Damn. He cringed after he let it slip that he had seen Becca. He knew that Claire would probably know that’s how he had found out but he wasn’t so sure how the two women were to each other anymore. Since his niece had to check the women he dated she probably had some words to Becca after she had Parker. He gave her a hug and kissed her head. “What are we going to do Claire?” He was referring about everything but mostly about the Nathan situation. “You are the only family I have left. Mom’s dead and now Nathan’s dead. How are we going to stop him?”
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Post by clairebear2 on May 6, 2009 16:09:07 GMT -5
"I'm not sad Peter, just happy that you're here" Claire replied, as he wiped at her tears before going to the photograph on the shelf. Maybe in some ways she was sad, after all she had lost her father Nathan, alright so she still had the Bennets in her life, but she had really bonded with Nathan and it was hurting her that he was no longer in her life. They had to stop this, they had to go back to the past somehow and stop Nathan as Sylar from being killed. It was their only hope. "I don't know as yet if she has a power, I was just meaning she's got so big, like she has rapid growth."
Claire laughed at her own little joke, seeing as she had rapid cellular regeneration, the fact her daughter was growing so fast, she did wonder if she had some sort of speed growth.
When Peter spoke about the fact she couldn't find him, her heart sank. It wasn't as if she didn't try. It cut her in two when she couldn't find him. Now it was cutting her in two to tell him she knew about Parker. She could tell he was upset, and of course it naturally upset her also. Claire really did wish her emotions could keep in check sometimes. Unfortunately they seldom did.
"I'm sorry Peter." It was all she could think of to say, as she bit on her bottom lip feeling really bad for not finding him. She should have been able to. Although it was very difficult to find a person who simply didn't want to be found and at the time Peter did not want to be found, she knew that only too well. "I've been doing my best to protect him, yes" Claire said with a smile.
"Molly couldn't have found you, she did have the virus again, Peter come on, if there was an easy way to find you we'd have done it, but you were hellbent on not being found, or have you forgotten that?" Claire asked him in a rather sour voice, she didn't mean to, but she felt like he was blaming her for not finding him and it was hurting her.
However he gave her a hug and kissed the top of her head, which made her feel a little better about the situation, but he also went on to ask what they were going to do and right at that moment, Claire didn't know. "I'm not really sure, but I've got an idea I can run past you, we could get back to the past somehow, and stop Sylar from becoming Nathan and turning Nathan into himself, to prevent dad from ever dying" Claire said softly and sadly, it was about the only thing she could think of. She really didn't want Nathan dead, if there was a way to prevent it from happening, then that's what they should do.
"And apart from the Bennets, and Erin, well you're my only family too, blood family that is."
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 6, 2009 16:45:04 GMT -5
Peter smiled at her as she told him about Erin and how she might not have a power. “Well Erin’s lucky then.” He hated that he had these powers at first he thought it was a gift now he thought it was a curse. It caused so much pain to his family let alone the world and now with Nathan dead everything had changed. Peter thought that Claire would be taking this hard but he wasn’t sure what he could really do to make any of this better right now in this moment.
Peter put a hand on her shoulder and smiled. “Its not your fault its mine.” He had abandoned everyone that meant something to him just because his brother was doing the wrong thing. He should have took all of them with him but that wouldn’t have helped. He had saved so many people while in hiding but he couldn’t save his own family. That is what killed him the most. “Thank you for looking out for him.”
He took his hand off of her and looked at her before turning now looking away from the one person who was able to tell him how it was. She was right he had left everything and everyone behind while they were here suffering. Now he started to blame Becca for not getting her sister up and running to find him.
Peter looked to the ground then back to Claire knowing she was going to hate the answer he was about to give. “Claire.” He placed his hand back on her shoulder. “If we step on too many butterflies the future will change. Nathan could still be dead if we stop Sylar.” Knowing Claire she would start crying and scream at him but that was the truth even if she didn’t want to hear it.
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Post by clairebear2 on May 7, 2009 15:56:27 GMT -5
"Maybe, or it could just be any ability she has just hasn't been manifested yet" Claire said in honesty, not everybody's ability was manifested from birth, of course it probably depended on the ability you had. If Erin had an ability, they would maybe find out the older she got. "Right now, I'm not too bothered either way, I've got a healthy little girl and that's all that matters."
Claire gave a weak smile and shrugged, maybe it wasn't her fault, but she still could have done a lot better than she had. "We could all have done more, at least that's what I keep telling myself" Claire said, beating herself up a little, because Claire always had been a stubborn young woman and she was still determined they could have stopped all of this from ever happening. "You're welcome, he's my baby cousin after all, so why wouldn't I?"
Claire didn't want to hear what Peter was telling her. Yet at the same time some of what he said was the truth. Yes maybe Nathan would still die, but hopefully if they did what she wanted not at the hands of Sylar. Then again, destiny was destiny and if Nathan's destiny was to die at that age, he would no matter what they did.
Claire began to cry, she missed Nathan, yeah so she still had a family in the Benents but she had got so close to Nathan and she missed him dearly. "I know what you're saying Peter I do, but I just miss him so much, Erin misses her grandfather, she doesn't understand, I want him back Peter, I want him back" Claire said in a slightly hysterical voice. Peter must understand how difficult it's been for her to cope without Nathan in her life, the real one that is, not the Sylar one.
Now that he had blocked her idea, she didn't know what they would be able to do to fix things. They had to prove to the world somehow that Nathan was actually Sylar, and then they might actually be able to get on with their lives the way they should be doing.
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 9, 2009 11:15:11 GMT -5
Peter smiled at the thought of Erin being normal and just a little girl like his niece had been growing up before she became a teenager. “Hopefully her power will be easy to hide.” He remembered when he helped a guy who had a power that could easily be seen and how fast people found out about him. He didn’t want that to happen to Erin.
Peter looked at her giving her a small smile. “Because I abandoned you.” He shook his head trying to think what Nathan had done to her over the years. “I’m so sorry I left you here with him.” It was the truth he had cause so much pain around his own family without even thinking about them when he left.
Peter looked at Claire when she started to cry at first he was about to chuckle knowing he was right and that she was going to make a scene but with that thought quickly out of his mind he hugged he as he brushed her hair out of her face. “Sh! I wont let him die like this I promise you that.” He couldn’t really say anything else because in reality he couldn’t promise anything to that extent without changing the future and he wasn’t going to change anything good that this present had. He let go of her giving her a look. “Sylar is a mess as it is. Mohinder is trying to make him tell him who he is. After that we have a better shot of telling the world what this man did to Nathan Petrelli the president who saved us all.”
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Post by clairebear2 on May 11, 2009 0:40:09 GMT -5
"If she has one, then I agree, hopefully it will be easy to hide" Claire agreed, too many of them had been hunted down because of their abilities, she didn't want that to happen to her daughter if she did indeed have an ability. Of course Claire would protect Erin with her life. After what happened to her first child, she would not allow anything to happen to Erin. She loved her daughter, apart from Peter, Erin was her only blood relative left, so naturally she would make sure her daughter stayed safe.
"You did what you had to Peter, I don't blame you" Claire said softly as she gave him a weak smile. Nathan wasn't bad all the time, she did have some very good years with him, the real Nathan that was, it was only when Sylar morphed himself into Nathan did he start to behave like somebody Claire could no longer love, except at the time Claire didn't realise it was Sylar morphed as her father.
"I don't see why you have to let him die at all Peter" Claire said in a pained voice, it didn't make sense to her, they had the power to change the past, they could stop it from ever happening, stop Sylar from morphing into Nathan and vice versa. However, she wasn't going to argue with Peter on the matter, she had already coped with her grief over Nathan's death and she still had Peter. As he brushed her hair from her eyes and soothed her, she began to calm down again.
With a surrendering sigh, Claire stopped her hysterics and tears, "You're right, you're right, I'm sorry, I just miss him Peter, I just miss him, the real him" she said softly as she looked at the photograph of her and Nathan together on the shelf, they looked so happy together, he had his arms around her neck and he was looking down at her with love in his eyes, and she was looking up at him with love in her eyes. She missed him.
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 11, 2009 9:22:07 GMT -5
Peter looked at Claire smiling at her. “I’ll make sure I can protect both of you.” He wasn’t going to let anyone get a hold of his family. If Erin did have a power he would make himself easier to find and be able to get a hold of just in case anything went wrong. He would be Erin’s Noah Bennet if he had too. He took her hand smirking at her. “I know but you can if you need too. Everyone loves to blame me.”
Peter smiled at Claire nodding at her. “Well we will make sure he survives this all.” He wanted to make sure that Nathan wouldn’t die but he couldn’t find that out not till the job was done. He wanted to be normal and have a family life after this was all over. He wanted to visit Claire just to visit and not because of some huge drama that came about.
Peter saw her eyes move to a picture. He smiled seeing it then in that moment he realized he missed his brother too. He hugged her now feeling sadder then he had been for awhile now. “We will save him.” He looks at her trying to smile. It was just not his way to make sure things were ok but he just needed to know that Claire wouldn’t do anything stupid. “You wont do anything stupid right?” He gave her a look as if he would ground her if she said she would.
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Post by clairebear2 on May 12, 2009 20:50:06 GMT -5
Claire smiled up at Peter, "It's good to have you in my corner again Peter, I've missed you so much" she said again just in case he didn't realise how much when she said it the first time around. "Erin's going to love you, I just know she will" Claire added, in many ways Erin was like Claire, so she knew that Erin would take an instant shine to Peter just like she herself had done all those years ago.
She shook her head firmly, "No, I don't love blaming you, and I refuse to do it" Claire responded with a little laugh, even though she was laughing, she meant it, she wouldn't blame him for any of this, Sylar would have killed Nathan and morphed into him even if Peter had been around, of that she was certain.
When Peter said they would make sure Nathan survived, she got a little confused because she didn't think that's what he wanted to do, go back in time and save him, but she wasn't going to question it, not now. If he was saying they could make sure he survives, then she wasn't about to stop that from happening. Instead, she just smiled up at him, "Thank you" she said softly, she may have still had the Bennets and Peter and Erin, but Nathan had really meant the world to Claire, he was her superman.
After she looked at the photograph on the shelf Peter said again they would save him, it was the second time he had said it, so Claire finally began to believe it. "I wont do anything stupid, I promise" Claire said as she rolled her eyes at the same time as giving him a smile. She looked up at him from the hug he had given her, "I love you Peter Petrelli, have I told you that recently?" she asked him, and just then she heard a scream and Claire immediately turned round, "ERIN!" she shouted, as she then saw her baby girl come toddling into her.
"Mommy, nightmare, bad man come to get me" she said in tears, as she clung to Claire and then she peeked out from the side to look up at Peter with wide eyes, eyes filled with tears. He reminded her of her grandpa Nathan, "You look like my grandpa Nate, you must be Uncle Pepe" she said, Erin couldn't quite say Peter properly yet, and she struggled with Nathan, so she always said Nate and Pepe.
Claire looked up at Peter, and smiled, "Why don't you hold your niece Uncle Pepe."
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 13, 2009 9:00:58 GMT -5
“Well all the Petrelli women do love me.” He gives her a look before he sighs when she said she wouldn’t blame him. It was a nice change since everyone at one point in time did blame him for one thing or another. He felt happy that his family was getting back to normal and he would be able to stay around live the life he always wanted to.
“Anytime.” He hugs her holding on for a bit longer before he lets go. “Its only my job to make sure you are safe and happy.” He became Claire’s protector years ago and he wasn’t going to let Sylar stop him from being that now. “I think you have.” He smirks now standing up when he hears the scream but gives a warm smile when Claire bumps into her baby.
Peter was shocked when Erin knew who he was. His own son didn’t know who he was but Erin had. He gave a small smile nodding at Erin. “That’s cause your grandpa is my brother.” He eyes Claire when Erin calls him Pepe but smiles when she asked if he wants to hold her. “Of course.” He walks over to them holding his arms out. “Erin can I hold you?”
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Post by clairebear2 on May 13, 2009 20:49:43 GMT -5
"Yes, they do, because you just have this charismatic charm about you Peter Petrelli, it's impossible for us not to love you" Claire said giving him a teasing smile, but she meant every word she said. When Peter said anytime and hugged her, he held her for a bit longer than normal and she hugged him right back and looking up at him and smiling.
Claire felt safe and protected when Peter said it was his job to make sure she was safe and happy, Claire felt it was a bit of a bad way to put it, saying it was his job, but she liked the idea just the same. He had been there for her since he saved her at homecoming and she couldn't see anything changing any time soon. "I'm glad you want to keep me safe and happy Peter" Claire replied giving him a grin. It didn't matter how bad Claire would be feeling, or how upset she was about something, Peter just had a way of making her feel instantly better.
She just grinned again when he said she had told him she loved him, she knew she had told him, she tells him it almost every time she sees him, but she couldn't help it, and she probably wouldn't stop either.
Erin looked up at Peter, "I know you're grandpa's brother, mommy speaks all the time about you and grandpa Nate" Erin said as the tears stopped and she started to smile up at Peter. Claire had painted such a good picture of Peter to Erin in his absence it was obvious Erin would take an instant shine to him. So when he asked if he could hold her coming toward her with his arms open, she immediately ran into his arms and threw her arms around his neck.
"Uncle Pepe" she said as she snuggled into him, "Love you" she added as she began to play with the back of his hair with her little fingers.
Claire could only smile at the scene before her, it was magical and very much a camera moment, she went to the drawer and got the camera out, "You don't mind do you?" Claire asked, and then smiled, "You know Erin, you really should be able to say Peter now you know, you're a big girl now" Claire said and smiled at her daughter. "Come on, say it properly" she prompted as she looked at Erin in Peter's arms.
"Uncle P--e--t--e--r" Erin said slowly and then she laughed, "I like Pepe though" and then she leaned in and gave Peter a kiss on the cheek.
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 14, 2009 7:54:30 GMT -5
“I do my best.” Peter jokes about the charm statement his niece just gave him. He gave her a look of sincere gratitude. “You deserve to be happy.” All he wanted was for Claire to have a nice life where no one got hurt or died or hurt her in such a way she couldn’t overcome. They both had seen some horrible things and got hurt from others from one way or another and he hoped they never did that to each other.
Peter smiled feeling somewhat stupid since a four year old had told him off. Of course Claire would tell Erin about him and her family. The women before him longed for a family years ago and finally had gotten what she wanted and there would be no way that she wouldn’t tell her daughter. Peter smiled as Erin jumped onto him. “Easy there tiger. Uncle Peter is old.” He states now standing up grinning at Claire.
He saw so much of Claire in Erin it scared him. He hoped Erin didn’t have all the same characteristics as her mother especially the one to do whatever she wanted most of the time. “I love you too Erin.” Peter shakes his head at Claire as he sees the camera. “No go ahead.”
Peter smiled as she said his name properly. He tickled her a bit. “Fine I’m Uncle Pepe.”
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Post by clairebear2 on May 17, 2009 16:03:50 GMT -5
Claire smiled when Peter said she deserved to be happy. She couldn't deny that it was always something she had wanted, whether she deserved it or not she couldn't possibly say, but she figured that after all the pain she had suffered in her life, all the pain they had both suffered in their lives, that maybe she did deserve to be happy, just like Peter deserved to be happy also. What they deserved more than anything was a pain free life.
Erin giggled when Peter said he was old. "No you're not, mommy says you not much older than she is" Erin said, as she continued to play with his neck and hair with her fingers. Erin giggled again when Peter said he loved her too. She turned to Claire and grinned, "Uncle Pepe love me."
Claire just smiled at her daughter, "Of course he does honey, he loves all of his family." Claire then took the photo of Erin and Peter together, since he'd said she could go ahead and take the photograph. "Another one for the family shelf and album" Claire said grinning. It was going to be a perfect photograph, Peter and Erin were looking straight at the camera and they both had lovely smiles on their faces.
Erin giggled again when Peter said it was fine that he was Uncle Pepe, "I try call you Uncle Pe--t--er more" she said and kissed him on the cheek again.
Claire couldn't help but love the scene unfolding in front of her, however, Erin needed her sleep, so she went over to Peter and lifted Erin from his arms. "You need to sleep little Miss" Claire said, as she gave Peter a quick wink and smile, before heading off and settling Erin back into her bed. Just then Erin shouted through, "See you soon Uncle Pe-t-er" Claire grinned at her daughter, "Good girl" and then she kissed her on the forehead and closed the bedroom door before returning to Peter.
"Where were we?" she asked with a laugh, having been thrown off somewhat by her daughter.
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Post by peteofthefuture on May 17, 2009 16:41:41 GMT -5
Peter wiggled his nose in front of the girls face. “That’s cause mommy is old too.” He loved making fun of Claire and with his help he was going to make Erin love to do the same. After the camera snap Peter decided to tickle Erin once again as she said Peter. “Nah I like Pepe better makes me look more cool.”
He had never been the one who wanted to be cool but figured now it was a time for change in more ways then one. He would be there more for Claire and her family and then he would start his own family with Becca and Parker. Peter waved at Erin as she went off to bed. “Sleep tight.”
Peter sat back down looking at Claire as she returned. “Honestly I have no idea.” He gave her a look of more then we were talking about Nathan and the rest of the family. Sighing Peter decided that he should actually bring up the topic of Erin. “Claire. Who is Erin’s father?” He had been wondering that for sometime since he found out about Erin that is. ”I mean he knows about her right?” He would hate himself if he had somehow managed to make Erin’s father not know about her as well.
He loved Claire too much to let her make the same mistake Becca had. He knew that Becca had a reason but as far as he knew Claire didn’t have a reason. He wanted her to be happy and if that meant he couldn’t talk about the father he wouldn’t but he needed to know what exactly he was allowed to ask and what he wasn’t. “Or are you married?” He honestly had no clue about Claire’s life besides what was written about her in the papers.
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