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Nathan Petrelli sat at his Robert Kennedy senate's desk as he played around with the pens lying on the surface. This job wasn't what it had been once. Following the murder of his father and the shutdown of Pinehearst, Nathan had returned to politics and was happy to see his New York senate seat waiting for him. But that was years ago.

His divorce was long and stressful. Heidi was given full custody of his sons, Simon and Monty, and Nathan only had visitation rights. He missed them all the time, but he knew that his sons were better off with Heidi where they would be safe from all this "ability" crap. Nathan cut all ties from his mother after telling him they used him as a guinea pig in testing the formula used to give people abilities. He was done with all of her lies and all of her mistakes taking a toll on him and Peter. Nathan saw his little brother often, as he only lived in downtown Manhattan. He visited Claire at her college in Georgetown and saw Noah there occasionally. Other than that, his life was good. Fine, actually, he told himself.

There was something missing, however. Something changed in him after Nathan stopped working for Arthur. And it wasn't even the job. It was the woman who got him back into politics after his miraculous recovery from his press conference shooting. The tall blonde with cold blue eyes, whose cheeks were always flushed around him. Tracy Strauss.

Nathan kicked his feet up on the desk and crossed his arms. He'd been thinking about Tracy lately; all the things she used to say. She was his best friend, and for a time, Nathan even thought that she was the love of his life. She made him feel, different. She made him a better person. But then she disappeared.

After Nathan started working for his father, Tracy started distancing herself. They didn't see each other as much as they used to, and one day, Nathan called her to find that her numbers were changed. He didn't bother to confront her; Nathan knew what that meant. It didn't mean that he didn't miss her.

All of a sudden, Nathan jumps in his seat a bit as the phone next to him begins to ring. He regains his focus as he answers the call. "Nathan Petrelli,"

"Nathan, hey, it's Peter. How've you been?" Announced Nathan's younger brother on the opposite line. Nathan sat straight up again in his leather desk chair as he responded.

"Good, good. What have you been up to, Pete?'

"I'm in Georgetown visiting Claire, but you won't believe who I just saw!" Nathan rolled his eyes and chuckled to himself as he answered the obvious.

"Claire?"

Peter didn't speak for a moment. "Well, Claire, obviously, but I saw someone else too."

"Who?"

"Tracy Strauss, do you remember her?" Nathan lost his smile as he tried to process his thoughts. Tracy, his Tracy, whom he hadn't seen in nearly 5 years, was still in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Exactly where I left her, he thought.

"Yes, how could I forget?" Nathan said, adding a little perk to his voice as he spoke to Peter. He rubbed his temple as he felt his heart sink.

"I spoke to her. She still lives in her apartment in Georgetown. She's good, Nate, you should really see her-"

"Wait, she still lives in Georgetown?" Nathan interrupted. She was right under his nose this whole time; he was always in D.C. for work. Nathan thought she left. He had not heard about her from anyone he worked with, and almost all of them had once known Tracy.

"Yeah, but there's also something I should tell you-"

"Do you think I could see her? Talk to her?" He heard Peter sigh on the other end of the conversation.

"I guess Nathan, but I really should tell you that Tracy-"

"Listen, Pete, it was great talking to you, but I have a meeting in an hour, so I have to get going. Give my love to Claire, I'll talk to you soon." And with that, Nathan hung up his phone with a smile. He stood up off from his desk as he realized what he was going to do next. Nathan was going to try to win Tracy back. She was the only person who "got it." She understood. If Nathan knew Tracy at all, and he did, she would be mad at him for some time, but after a while Nathan thought he could one day be committed to her.

He wanted his best friend back. And he was fully intended on getting exactly what he wanted.