Disclamer : Heroes is not mine.
Author's note : I don't know why, but apparently I can't have enough PAIRE, so I will try to make one story just about them. How their relationship means to each other. I haven't really think about the ending yet, but I think I want to pursue that incest story. When I think about Peter and Claire, they just belong together. But it is the fact is they are related. So I will give a warning, this is an incest story. Don't read if it's going to offend you somehow. But otherwise, enjoy the story...
The story is picked up from what Heroes left out after season 4, the beginning of season 5...
Peter and Sylar is walking after saving Emma, when they saw Claire is on the Ferris Wheel...
" What the hell she thinks she is doing? It will change everything." Peter said, looked at Claire who still climbed the Ferris Wheel.
" It's a brand new world." Sylar saw Claire too, and smiles.
Peter ignored him, and run approaching the Ferris Wheel. " Claire! What you're doing?" Peter shouted.
" It is the time. They have to know, Peter." Claire shouted too. She standing in the egde of the Ferris Wheel, already preparing to jump.
" No! Get down, Claire. Don't do this." Peter tries to persuade Claire to changes her mind.
" I'm tired, Peter. We have the right to live like a normal life like everyone is."
" If you do this. It's never going to be normal, Claire. Trust me." Claire looked down Peter. Doubt started fills her mind. " You don't have to do this. You're not alone. The thing that you're gonna do here, will have affected a lot of people lives. And not everybody ready. So, please Claire. Get down." Claire and Peter looked at each other. She can see disappointment in Peter's eyes. She never want to disappointed Peter. So she shifted, getting down from the Ferris Wheel. Peter already waited in the ground, helping Claire to get down. When she reached the ground, Peter hugs her straightaway. Claire cried in his embrace.
The reporter that waiting to saw something starts to encircling them.
" What going on, miss?"
" What are you trying to do?"
" Are you going to jump from that Ferris Wheel?"
" What is that all of you hiding?"
Everybody wants to asked all of the questions to Claire, so Peter hold Claire in protective hug, and guided her away from the crowd. But the reporter kept followed them.
" Everybody, calm down! Let them go. I will explain everything." Tracy Strauss suddenly appear, and handling the crowd. She was a lobbylist, she had a lot experiences handling the pers. She took a glance at Peter, gave him a code to take Claire away. Peter took the code and flies, holding Claire in his arms.
Now everyone is encircling Tracy, waiting for her statement. Tracy cast a glance at Noah, who still standing there with Lauren. They look each other in a while. Then, she turned back to the reporters. " The truth is Claire Bennet is a trouble young girl." Tracy take a deep breath. " She is the illegitimate daughter of the late senator Nathan Petrelli." Tracy break the news. The reporters is going crazy because of her statement.
" She hasn't fully accepted the fact that her father died, so she tried to kill herself. And talk nonsense thing. So, I'm sorry that she made trouble for all of you." Tracy closed her statement, and approaching Noah and Lauren.
" What the hell was that?" Noah asked.
" That the first thing went through my mind. We have to made diversion so people will not suspicious about Claire's behavior. " Tracy cast a glance at the reporter that seems to be busy absorbing the new information. " And that worked." She turned to Noah again. " And what was that? She almost exposed all of us."
" I have no idea that she will do that. She just decided. I can't do anything." Noah said.
" Peter better be have a leash on her. She can't do that again! This is not just about her. It's involving all of us!" Tracy raises her voice.
Noah nodded. " I will make sure that." Tracy walks away.
Peter hold Claire tightly in his arms as he slipped from the window in Claire's dorm room. " How can you fly? The last power you took is Samuel's."
Peter let go of Claire as she stand in the ground again. " When Nathan died, suddenly I can control my power. They said I'm an empath. Maybe my power is connected to my feelings. After I grieved, it's just came to me, how to control my power."
" So, you can collect powers again?" Claire asked. She remember the time when Peter exploded. She looks worried.
Peter can see it too, and he can read her minds even he's not using Matt Parkman's power. " Don't worry. I can control it 100 percent now. I'm not going to explode." Peter said, assuring her. Claire smiled. He always understand her even when she is not said anything. " So, what the hell was that?" Peter sat in Claire's bed and stared at her, waiting for an answer.
Claire sighed, and sat beside him. " I just – I don't know. I feel so left out. I don't know what I want. Sometimes I want a normal life. But I'm not normal. When Samuel took me to the carnival, I feel alive, like this is what I supposed to be. Just be myself, undestructable cheerleader. I can be what I am. But I don't even know if this is what I want. I don't know anything anymore." Claire turned to Peter. He can see the tears started filled her eyes. " I never meant to hurt anybody. I just wanted to be who I am. I don't want to pretend someone that I'm not. I'm not normal. So I tired pretending that I'm normal. That's why I want to tell the whole world."
Peter reached Claire's hand, and took it in his. " Yes, you're not normal, Claire. We're not normal. Like I said, we're anything but normal. But you're not alone in this. You're never be alone, Claire. I always be in your side." Peter wiped Claire's tears with his hand. Claire smiled hearing Peter's promise. " Pack your things."
Claire looked at Peter with confused look in her face. " Why?"
" You'll be living with me from now on. I will talk with your dad."
" Peter -" Claire don't know what to said. She doesn't know what to reacted in this situation.
" We only had each other. Since Nathan died, I have nobody else. You knew how things are with my mom right now. And things are going to get dangerous. I can left you alone here."
Claire getting more confused. " What do you mean by that?" Claire looked Peter in the eyes. " I promise. I won't do that again. You don't have to worry that I will do that again."
" It's not that, Claire. I know you're not going do that again, at least not now." Peter still have doubts at her, because he can see that she still son't know what to do now. " But what you're going to do today, everybody saw it. It will be on the news. You tried to exposed us. Not everybody okay with that. Maybe some of them will tried to do something to you." Peter explained everything. Actually he don't want to tell her this. He doesn't want her to worried. But she needs to understand the situation.
" So you will protect me? Again?"
" I will always protect you, Claire." Peter grinned, convincing Claire. She also smiled. " So hurry and pack. I will call your dad." Claire started pack her things, and Peter dialing Noah's number.
In second rings, Noah answered. " Peter. How's Claire? Where are you now? Is everything okay?" Noah asked a lot of questions.
" Slow down, Noah. Don't worry. Everything's fine. Claire is packing at the moment." Peter answered.
" Packing? Why is she packing?" Noah asked. Panic sounds in his voice.
" I'm going to take her with me. She's going to live wih me."
Noah quietly absorbing the new information for a while. " That's a good idea. After what she pulled, she's a threat to somebody. She'll be save with you." Noah said, also recognized the threat. " But how is school? She still deserve her normal life."
" New York has NYU. I will enroll her tomorrow." Peter said.
" You already thought about all of this."
" Of course. I'm not taking Claire in because of spur of the moment. She's my niece, Noah. I will think what best for her. You don't have to worry. I will take care everything."
" Are you sure can enroll her there? Not everybody can get in, Peter. Let me help." Noah said.
" Stop worrying, Noah. I can handle this. I'm a Petrelli. I can pulled some strings." Peter understand that a worrying father not always think clearly. " Trust me. I care about her - I love her."
Suddenly Noah felt uncomfortable when he hear what Peter feels for Claire. But he just ignored it. There's a lot going on in Noah's head right now. Peter is Claire's biological uncle. Of course, he love her. But it felt wrong because they're not like normal uncle and niece. They don't grew up together, so it felt odd to think they're related. But they are.
" Okay, Peter. I give my daughter to you. You have to protect her, more that your own life."
Peter smirked hearing Noah's word. " You know I will." And Noah doesn't doubted him again. Peter closed her cellphone, and pay attention to Claire. " Are you finished packing?"
Claire stop moved her clothes to the suitcase, and pouting. " I'm a girl, Peter. I have so much stuff. Do you think I almost finished? It could take days."
Peter grinned to her. " Fine. I will help." Peter used his super speed power to gather all of things in Claire's room into the suitcase. " Wow! You really had a lot of stuff." Peter said, after he finished gather all of Claire's stuff.
" It's neat." Claire teased him as she looked at suitcase that loading with stuffs, messily, and Peter tried really hard to closed to suitcase, because it kind of overload.
" We just need to moved the stuff. It's not that far, from here to New York." Peter said, defending himself. Claire just smiled, amused. " So, we can go now? You had an empty room right now." Peter said. Claire turned and glancing every side of her room. It's empty.
" I need to say goodbye to someone." Claire said.
" Okay. I'll go with you." Peter put down the suitcase and opened the door for Claire.
They went to the second floor. And Claire knocked the fifth door from the stairs. " Who is it?" asked the one that owned the room.
" It's me." Claire answered.
The door opened, Gretchen looked Claire confusedly. " Claire. It's two o'clock in the morning. What you're doing here?" Gretchen asked. And then, she notices Peter that stand behind Claire. " And who is he?"
Claire took a glance at Peter. " I will wait here." Claire nodded, and pulled Gretchen into the room, and closed the door.
" What happen, Claire?" Gretchen asked.
" I'm leaving." Claire answered.
" What? Why?" Gretchen asked again, in surprise. " Is it because of that guy?"
Claire nodded. " Yeah. That's Peter. He lives in New York. I will live with him from now on."
" You're moving in with a guy?" Gretchen suprised because of with the news. " Wow, Claire! First of all, I don't even know there's a HIM. You never talked about him. And he is hot."
" Gretch – " Claire realized that Gretchen had a wrong impression. Claire tried to explained things, but Gretchen won't let her.
" But Claire, you're still young. You really going to throw out your entire future to be with him?" Gretchen haven't stop talking.
" He's my uncle!" Claire shouted, to stop Gretchen from keep talking.
" What? He's your uncle?" Gretchen sit in the bed and looked at Claire. Her face looks shocked. " I have no idea, Claire. But it's okay. You're adopted. You still can be together. You don't have to run." Claire really losing her words with Gretchen. " By the way, I really don't see any resemblance with him and your Dad."
" Stop talking, Gretchen!" Claire shouted. " Listened to me. Peter is Nathan's brother. He's my biological uncle." After said that, Claire stopped. She suddenly felt heavy remembering that Peter is his biological uncle. They're related by blood. " And we're not in some twisted incest relationship. It just –something happened. Something connected with our people – "
" You meant people like you?" Gretchen asked.
Claire nodded. " So it's not a happy thing that I have to leave. I just want to say goodbye before I go."
Gretchen sat up and hugged Claire. " Are we going to see each other again? You're the only friend I have, Claire."
" New York is not that far. You can visit me sometimes." Claire pulled away from Gretchen. " I really have to go. I'll see you again, Gretch." Claire hugged Gretchen once again and exit the room.
Peter still waiting for her outside the room. " It sounded like an interesting conversation." Peter said with his lopsided grin plastered in his face.
" You eavesdropping on us?" Claire asked.
" I can't help it. I have no idea that I absorbed one super hearing power." Peter defending himself. " But like I said. That's an interesting conversation. You have an interesting friend, Claire." Peter said, still amused.
" I'm glad that I amused you. Gretchen can be so over her head sometimes." Claire said. They looked at each other with meaningful look, when Claire suddenly realizing something. " Peter. You have to promise me one thing. Never ever tried to read my minds. Okay?"
" What you hiding from me, Claire? Why you can't let me read your minds?" Peter asked, playfully.
" Nothing." Claire answered, a little to fast. And her face starts turning red. And she walking fast to normalize her heartbeat that suddenly beat faster than it should be.
Back in her dorm room, Claire asked Peter once again. " Promise me, Peter."
Peter smiles, sincere this time. " I know, Claire. I'm not going do that, not even if you're not asked me. I will not poked your mind. I promise." Peter gathering all the suitcases. There is five suitcases in total. " You have too much stuff, Claire." Peter pouting. " Thank God I have super strength from Mohinder. And we're gonna used Hiro's power to get home. It just too much stuff." Claire just smirked. Peter handing out his hand to Claire. Claire reaching in Peter's hand in seconds. And in a blink of eyes, they already in New York, standing in Peter's apartement.
" This is where you live?" Claire asked, stunned as she observing the apartement.
" Yeah. This is home." Peter answered, putting down all the suitcases he's carried on the ground.
Claire walked back and forth in the apartement. " There's nothing here, Peter. It's empty." Claire said. In the apartement, there's just one bed, one chair, and small kitchen.
" Well, I'm a bachelor. And this mean time, I don't really used house that much, you know." Peter said.
Claire turned to Peter with that sad eyes. " Yeah, you kind of cutting us from your life."
Peter looked at Claire. " I'm sorry. After what happened last year, I thought someone has to pay the debts to the society for what all of us done."
" Not us. It's our family. We just always to cleaned up their messes." Claire said.
" It's sort of our package, Claire. It's our family, our responsibility." Hearing Peter's word, Claire understand now how Peter is feeling.
" You don't have to carried all of this alone, you know. And this is not even your faults. You deserve to have a life somehow."
Peter smiled because he can feel that somebody is care about him. And that somebody is someone he cares a lot about too. " This is a step. Taking care of you, living my life." Claire's lips curl into a small smile, suddenly felt overwhelmed hearing Peter's word. " It's late. You should take a rest. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow."
Claire looked Peter in confused expression. " What things?" Claire asked.
Peter smirked. " Shopping." Claire laughed. " You're going to live here. At least I can make this a comfortable home." He step up to his bed and arranges the pillows.
Claire nodded. " It's already comfortable enough, Peter. You're here. With me." Claire thought. Then she shook her head. She shocked that she's can even thought about that. " I'm losing my mind." Claire whispered to herself.
" What?" Peter asked, hearing Claire murmuring.
Claire startled. " You have to turn off that super hearing power too." Peter laughed.
" This is new. I can't make a promise. But I'll give my best." Peter smirked at her. " Come on. You should sleep." Peter pointed to the bed.
" Where you're going to sleep?" Claire asked, saw there is just one bed in the room.
Peter cast a glance on the chair in side of the room. " I'll take the chair."
" You can't sleep in the chair."
" Don't worry. I've got your power. I'm not going to be sore." Peter smiled a little. Then he grab Claire's shoulders, leading her to the bed. And tuck her in. " Good night, Claire."
" Night, Peter." Claire closed her eyes quickly, so she doesn't have to stared at Peter more longer than it should be. Peter sat in the chair, but his eyes still locked in Claire's sleeping figure.
To be continued...