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Also before I forget thankies to my lovely beta Aliza who caught the stupid mistakes I made :)
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Zach walked into Union Wells High School. He passed Claire's old locker on the way to his own, he couldn't help but feel that small sting of pain, that was now almost a familiar occurrence. He'd almost grown accustomed to the pain he felt every time he thought about Claire. He thought about the last time he had seen her, how he had helped her to go find her birth mother.
Where did she go? She had just left so suddenly, not saying a word. He had liked to think that he had met something more to her, he was her best friend. Liked to think that she would have told him, if not for only that reason. Hadn't she told him that he was the person she trusted the most?
So how could she leave without a word? He sighed as he made it to his locker, he opened it and put his backpack into it, as well as his video camera. That same camera had taken the same video he had taken of her jumping off the water tower after he had lost his memory. He had made sure that the tape was safe though, so that it wouldn't fall into the hands of the wrong people. He grabbed the books he needed for his first class before slamming the locker shut.
As Zach headed up to his class, it was only natural to wonder where his best friend was at this very moment.
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Claire Bennet walked with West to Costa Verde High School. She laughed as he told some joke, things were going really well between the two of them. She was so happy with him, she was just able to be herself around him. She didn't have to pretend to be something she wasn't, or have to hide who she really was. He knew everything about her situation, including her power. The only other person who she had told all of that to was Zach.
Thoughts of Zach filled her mind, she wondered how her best friend was doing. He was probably just the same old Zach back in Odessa, though she couldn't help but wonder if he had made new friends, by now he had to know that she wasn't coming back, wouldn't he? She felt guilty about not saying goodbye, for all he had done for her, he had deserved at least that much.
West seemed to notice Claire staring vacantly into space, and was thinking about something. He raised an eyebrow at her and waved a hand in front of her face, she didn't even phase. "Hello? Claire, is anyone in there?"
Claire seemed to snap out of her trance, she shook her head and looked at West. "Huh? Me? Yeah, I'm fine," she said.
"Right," he said, in a tone that meant he didn't believe her. "So nothing is on your mind?"
"Nope," she lied, not sure why she didn't just tell him about her best friend and how she missed him.
"Claire," West walked in front of her and turned so she'd have to stop. "You trust me don't you?"
"Yes, of course I do," she said.
"Well then why can't you tell me what's wrong?" he asked. "Is it your father? Does he suspect something is up?"
"No, no it's not that. I just was thinking about a friend who I left behind in Odessa," she said.
"You miss her?" it wasn't a question. "Call her then, see how she's doing, maybe you can bend the rules and get her here or have her come see you."
"Him actually," she corrected. "And I'm suppose to be laying low. I wouldn't be surprised if they were watching him to see if I made contact with him."
"Claire-" he started.
"Look West just drop it, I'll be fine," she said, then glanced at her watch. "Well I'll be fine if we make it to school on time, which at this rate we won't."
He sighed and shook his head as she walked past him and toward school, maybe she'd tell him about it later. Though he couldn't help but wonder why she wouldn't talk about it in the first place, if it were just a friend then it shouldn't matter… should it?
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Zach sat down at a bench with his tray of food, he had stopped eating on the stone steps after she left. He instead preferred an empty bench. He watched as a group of cheerleaders passed him by, once more his mind wandered to Claire. He wondered if she was still cheerleading. This was getting a bit ridiculous, he pulled out his cell phone and went through his address book.
He'd tried to call Claire in the past, but just could never bring himself to do it. He was always worried that maybe she wouldn't want to talk to him, that maybe their friendship was over. He thought it better to live in denial then accept the truth, but he had to figure this out. He had to know how things stood between the two of them.
He hit the 'send' button and waited as the phone rang. After about three rings an annoying voice filled his ears. "We're sorry but the number you have reached has been disconnected, please check the area cod-"
He hung up the phone. That figured, she'd probably saved the world half a million times by now. So she'd probably have people that hated her out there, people who wanted her dead. The thought hurt him a little, though he knew she'd be fine after all she was invincible for goodness sake.
He took a few bites of his food, before the bell rang and his lunch period was over. He dumped off the uneaten food in the garbage can, and setting the tray on a cart with the other ones. Today was just not going well.
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Claire sighed as she leaned against the headboard of her bed. She had successfully avoiding talking about Zach all day to West, but that didn't mean that she wasn't still thinking about him. She didn't really know what had sparked this sudden interest in her best friend that she had left behind in Texas. She hadn't thought about him in a while, a small ping of guilt flashed through her system. She glanced at her bedside table.
It had a drawer in it, and under a bunch of papers she had her old cell phone. Which she had managed to get from Nathan before they left New York City. She told her father that she had gotten rid of it, and he'd terminated the service… still it had her old address book, the one with Zach's number in it. She wanted so much to just call him right now.
Her father had warned her that this would happen, that she would have to give everyone and everything up. He had told her that she couldn't even contact Zach, it was too dangerous. And yet, for some reason… it was only sinking in now. The everyone part thing at least, for she was too worried about the everything part to realize what else she was leaving behind. She sighed, and made her way over to the bedside, she opened the drawer and reached inside of it, digging through all of the papers.
When she finally found her old cell phone, she opened it up and scrolled through the numbers, landing on Zach's. She copied it down on a piece of paper and grabbed her current cell phone. She took a deep breath and dialed the number, and listened as it rang.
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A/N: Alright so this is my first Heroes fic, and I do realize that it's totally AU but oh well. Also, I realize that I left you with a cliff-hanger, evil I know XD. So should I continue or is no one interested? Drop me a review and tell me what you're thinking.