1.

Elle never believed in much of anything.

She never believed in God. (How could He let bad things happen to little girls?)

She never believed in luck. (Your outcomes are the results of your choices.)

She never believed in herself. (Everyone told her she would never amount to anything.)

She never believed in love. (No one ever showed her any.)

Gabriel believed in a lot of things.

He believed in God. (Who else could he turn to?)

He believed in luck. (Nobody could go through all of the wounds he had without luck.)

He believed in himself. (To do his job, you had to be a least a little confident in yourself.)

He strongly believed in love. (He had met Elle Bishop.)

Gabriel never convinced Elle to believe.

2.

Gabriel worked more than Elle.

She would go to their shared apartment promptly at six.

Elle would throw something in the microwave, eat it, and go to bed.

She would read something, then fall asleep with the light on.

Gabriel would get stuck working with his father until midnight.

He would slip in quietly and go to bed, careful not to wake Elle.

Chuckling gently, he would pry the book from her hands and turn the light off.

She would get up around eight and wait for him.

He woke up at ten and they went to work.

Elle never got to say "I missed you."

3.

Elle loved her Slusho.

Gabriel had only ever experienced Slusho once, at an amusement park.

And every time Elle had a Slusho, he brought this up.

Elle imagined Gabriel as a young boy, on the carousel, with his Slusho.

She had trouble with that.

She didn't know what an amusement park looked like.

Astonished, Gabriel promised to take her to one.

Gabriel never got to keep his promise.

4.

Gabriel preferred Home Depot.

Whenever Arthur sent them on supplies trips, Gabriel's first stop would be Home Depot.

He got so excited in that store.

Elle didn't mind.

She liked Home Depot too, kind of.

Elle hated to see couples in the paint section, picking out colors for their new house.

They were there every time she was.

Mocking her. Showing something she couldn't have.

And she wanted to fry them on the spot.

Because Elle never got to choose colors for her and Gabriel's house.

5.

Elle was genuinely happy with Gabriel.

She was happy that they had gotten to share such an intimate moment.

Even if it was in the Canfields' home.

And she got shot in the leg after.

It was worth it.

Gabriel agreed with Elle.

They were both so broken.

But they fit together perfectly.

He'd never been happier.

Then the hunger came back.

And it was strong.

Stronger than he remembered it being.

With it, came Sylar.

Sylar didn't like Elle as much as Gabriel.

So he killed her.

Elle and Gabriel never got to find out that they were going to be parents.