Attraction

A/N: so this is the first chapter. I don't own heroes or any of the characters, sadly. I only own my OC who is pretty much based on myself. And before you start reading, I don't plan on doing a story with twists and turns…this is just kinda fulfilling my fantasy of my Claire obsession…don't judge me… but anyways enjoy. Oh and this is kind of AU. Mostly cause Claire isn't attracted to Gretchen in "that" way. Will have smut later on. Promise.

Sparks

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"okay class, remember that your research paper is due in two weeks!" Claire's American History teacher said, trying to yell over the zipping of backpacks.

Claire got started to pick up her books when she saw Gretchen waiting for her in the doorway. She smiled and walked over to her, "hey Gretch…" she said with a smile.

"How was class?" Gretchen asked.

"Well…I spent most of my time thinking about how hungry I was…and then I thought about painting my nails…and looked at the clock every 3 minutes…so…all in all I would say it was pretty boring…im glad it's Thursday thought…no classes tommorow." She chuckled slightly

"Wow…well, im done for the day what about you?" Gretchen said walking out of Redwood Hall with Claire.

"I have a review session in 2 hours that I got to get to…did you want to get something to eat?" Claire asked, "I heard they opened this new frozen yogurt place across the street from the library."

"sounds good…I wasn't really in the mood for food." Gretchen answered walking towards the library.

"so…have you talked to your dad again yet?" Gretchen asked as they got closer to It's Fro, YO! Which had just opened only week's prior.

"No…" Claire said softly, a hint of anger in her voice. She still hadn't talked to her father after what she found out about Nathan.

"You should call him…im sure he wants to hear from you." Gretchen answer, her voice sounding concerned.

"yeah...maybe tomorrow." Claire lied. She didn't want to talk about it, she didn't even want to remember.

15 minutes later they had arrived and ordered they're cups of frozen yogurt. The inside was unique. Many different swirls and shapes lined the lime green walls. They had the topping bar open for everyone to choose. Claire was rung up quickly while Gretchen picked out her toppings.

"I'll wait for you outside okay?" Claire said walking towards the door.

"yeah okay" Gretchen answered back . Claire looked back at Gretchen for a second before turning back towards the door. Her small smile quickly faded as in an instant she collided with another customer who was coming in through the door. She heard the chorus of laughter coming from the shop, mostly from the group of guys sitting outside. Claire's frozen yogurt was now on the black v-neck t-shirt of a guy who was at least a foot taller than her. He looked down at her his dark blue eyes intimidating her.

"uh…im…er." She stuttered trying to find the words. She was still touching him, she hadn't even backed away yet. His blank stare finally turned into a smile and he backed up. "im sorry this is my fault…" he said with a smile, his voice was low and sweet, his accent was subtle but still there.

"ha…no…um…It's my fault...i should have been paying attention…" she said looking up at him he was definitely built, when she collided with him it felt like hitting a steel wall.

"no really…I wasn't either…at least let me get you another yogurt." He said with a smile grabbing some napkins to wipe off the mess.

"No it's okay…don't worry about it…I really should at least pay for yours or something." Claire said still looking at him, she wasn't going to lie that he wasn't good looking. His dark blue eyes were only one highlight of him, she saw the muscles in his forearms, his jaw was square and rugged. He was perfect physically…as much as her eyes could see.

"Hey Kale! Here's you're smoothie man…the usual." One of the workers said. Truth was Kale had been coming here since it opened, mostly because he knew the owner and some of the workers. Kale looked up and smiled at his friend, then looked down at Claire. "Please…let me pay for another one…or I'll be forced to be mad at you for the rest of my life." He said with a smile motioning toward the yogurt dispensers.

"Alright..." She said with a small smile, Gretchen was looking at her as they passed by giving her a thumbs up. Claire smirked slightly. But looked back at Kale, that was an odd name she thought maybe it was a nickname. Kale looked back at her with a smile as he got his smoothie. Claire got the same mix and walked over to the register. Kale paid for her things and walked out with her.

"Well im glad that you took up my offer…im Kaleb…but most people call me Kale" he said holding out his hand. Kales friends came up to them as they shook hands. "Kale…why are you so rude? You got a couple of new friends and you didn't introduce us? What's up with that bro?" his friends said. Kale gave his friends a look and looked back at Claire and Gretchen.

"im Claire…and this is my friend Gretchen…" she said looking at the four guys.

Kale was about to speak when one of the guys spoke up before him. "Sweet…well im Tyler, this crazy dude here is Justin, and this is Tyson. And of course this weird guy with frozen yogurt on his shirt is Kale…as you know."

"it's nice to meet you guys…but we gotta get going back to class." Claire said starting to leave.

"Im sorry bout the trouble." Kale said as his friends walked away to get their food.

"Im sorry about your shirt." Claire answered back, unlike his friends who seemed to be more on the wild side he had calmness in his eyes.

"It's okay I got a bunch of them…I'll see you around…hopefully." He said with a small smile

"Hopefully." Claire answered back and started to walk away. Gretchen smiled at her as she caught up. "hopefully…" she said in a high pitched voice mimicking Claire when they were out of earshot.

"Shut up…I was being nice." Claire spoke, she heard footsteps catching up behind her before she heard Kales voice. "Hey wait up!" he said before catching up to her and Gretchen.

"I know this is kinda weird but me and my friends have this band and we're playing tonight at this club…we'd like you to come by…" Kale said handing her a flyer. It was light blue with black lettering, an emblem in the middle with the letters G.I.W under a sword with angel wings.

"Um…I don't know if…" Claire started out

"We'd LOVE to go…we'll see you there. " Gretchen said with a smile giving Claire a look.

"Alright cool…we go on at 9pm but you can come earlier and chill with us…we'll be there by 7…it's pretty mellow before the performances start." Kale said with a smile, he kept looking at Claire. He wasn't much into blondes, and Gretchen he found attractive but something about Claire screamed beautiful to him. Maybe it was her small stature, or the way her eyes were guarded and always trying to see through people. Maybe it was the way she seemed to just fit him when he bumped into her. Either way, he found her attractive and it had been a while since he had a close lady friend.

"Cool…well we'll see you there." Gretchen said walking away with Claire with a big grin on her face.

"Really Gretchen? Really?" Claire said lightly hitting her on the arm.

"Look…you may not see it. But im PRETTY sure he's into you."

"I just spilled Frozen Yogurt all over him… that's a fail, an EPIC fail." Claire said taking a spoon full of Frozen yogurt.

"Maybe…but I mean if he was really angry at you why would he invite us to his bands gig? Maybe the yogurt was the icebreaker. Plus what are you doing tonight? There's no class tomorrow might as well live it up right? I mean we haven't gone to a decent party since that time becky tried to kill us." Gretchen spoke speaking with her hands.

"okay okay…let me go to this review session. And we'll go…but if it sucks…we leave. Okay?" Claire spoke her eyebrow raised

"Fine…this should be fun." Gretchen said with a smile.

Post A/N: okay so that's chapter one. Chapter two should be up tomorrow. Anyways. Hope you enjoyed. Even though this chap was pretty much uneventful. Next chapter should be pretty interesting. I forgot to mention that this is after pass/fail.