Title: Conversations
Fandom: Heroes
Characters/Pairings: Claire/Zach, with hints of Claire/West (my muse made me)
Rating: G
Word Count: 420
Warnings: Spoilers for Out of Time
Disclaimer: I don't own Heroes or any of it's characters. If I did Zach would still be here.
Summary: Claire calls an old friend.
A/N: I wrote this for friend. Feedback is appreciated.

Claire lay on her bed. She picked up her cell phone and just stared at it for a minute. She was debating whether or not to call Zach. She knew her father would kill her if he found out but she just really needed to talk to someone. And West wasn't speaking to her. She dialed Zach's number.

"Hello?" Zach answered.

"Zach?" Claire said.

"Claire?" Zach asked.

"Yeah it's me." Claire said.

"Where are you? Are you ok?" Zach asked, concerned.

"I'm fine I suppose. It's just everything's all screwed up now. I really screwed up this time Zach." Claire confided.

"Well tell me what happened." Zach said.

"Well I met this boy." Claire said.

Zach interrupted. "A boy?"

"Yes a boy." Claire said. "I don't know why I trusted him. I don't even like him all that much." Claire said. That made Zach feel better. Though he knew he shouldn't be jealous. He might not remember everything but he knew he liked Claire and she liked him. "He came up with this idea, that I knew was stupid but I did it anyway." Claire continued.

"Well what was the idea exactly?" Zach asked.

"The idea was to scare this cheerleader. She was a lot like Jackie. Anyway he wanted to pretend like he kidnapped me and then make it look like I died." Claire explained. "It worked only it made it into the newspaper. My dad found out and now he wants us to move again. And I don't want to." Claire continued.

"Why does it really matter if you move? You said you don't like this boy that much and it's kind of his fault anyway. Besides you still have me." Zach told her.

"Yeah I guess you're right." Claire said. "Thanks Zach. I really need someone to talk to about all this." Claire told him.

"Not a problem. I'm always here for you. You know that." Zach said.

"Yeah I know it's just hard without you actually here with me." Claire said.

"It is for me too but we'll get though it. We always do." Zach said.

Claire heard her father coming down the hall. "I gotta go. My dad'll kill me if he knows I'm talking to you." Claire said. "I'll call you when I figure out what's all going on." Claire added.

"Bye." Zach said hanging up.

Claire hung up. Zach was right. Everything would be ok as long as she still had him in her life. Even if he wasn't right here with her.