Here By Me

Takes Place In Season 2

It's about Peter coming back with Nathan to see Claire and it ending in a longer stay because Sylar is still alive and out to kill Claire, so Peter has to live with the Bennet's to protect her. It's also going to be a non-realated paire fic, not that i'm against incest or anything. As Peter protects her he begins to develop feelings for her because he sees her in a totally different way now and Peter's and Claire's recent closeness sparks lots of jealousy from West. It will be very anti-West. Also, plz forgive my spelling and feel free to to critisize it as its my first fic and I don't know if i'm any good at writing.

In the chapter before what was italicised was meant to be thoughts as is here. Thanx for all the reviews, glad u guys are enjoying my first fic.

Chapter 3: A Night to Remember

Peters Bedroom

Claire knocked on the door and Peter signalled her to come in. He was about to go to sleep and was only wearing his boxers and was tucked under he's sheets.

'What's wrong Claire?'

'Shhh', she sat close to him on top of his bed while he sat up. She leaned closer toward him and pressed her lips onto his. He pushed his lips harder and the kiss became more insistent. One of Claire's hands was digging into his back while her other hand was running through his hair. He groaned slightly pressing his body closer to Claire's.

He woke up in cold sweat and let out a small scream. What the hell, I can't feel this way about her, she's 10 yrs younger than me. What's wrong with you? He looked over at his alarm clock it was 5 am. He didn't think he could get back to sleep after that and was afraid of where else he's dreams would lead him. He lifted off his bed cover and was about to head for the shower when he heard a small knock at his door.

'Peter, are you okay?' Claire opened the door and went to sit by on top of his bed while he sat up like in his dream. 'I'm not a very heavy sleeper and I heard you scream through the walls. Did you have a nightmare from that movie?' She let out a small smirk.

Peter cleared his throat again, he was still shaken up about he's dream and it looked like it was coming more true by the minute. 'I'm fine and no it wasn't a nightmare just a really strange dream.'

'What was it about' She had one hand on his leg which was still under the covers but she didn't notice. She was more interested in what had gotten him so shaken up in his dream.

What the hell was he going to say, the truth? No, she'd probably never talk to her again.'I don't remember. It's all really a blur.' She believed him and didn't question it any further.

'Okay, well I'm going to go back to bed now.'

As she turned around, Peter called after her. 'Nice pyjamas by the way.'

She glared back at him; she was wearing pink flannelette pyjamas with little teddy bears on it.

'Trust me, I didn't choose them. My mum bought them for me. Are you trying to tell me that your mum never bought clothes for you and made you wear them even though you didn't like them when you were younger?'

'You got me there. Goodnight Claire.'

'Sweet Dreams, Peter.' She left and Peter knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep after that.

HighSchool

Claire was putting her books in her locker when West came and hugged her from behind, she jumped a little. 'What's wrong, don't you like surprises? West asked her.

'No, I love them. Just a little jumpy from watching… never mind' She kissed him on the cheek.

'So, I was going to go get tickets for the prom tommorow, are you still able to go?'

'Yeah, I am now. My Dad said I couldn't because he was worried about Peter's painting coming true but then the school called looking for chaperones. He said I could only go if Peter offered to chaperone because he'd be there to stop Sylar if he comes near me. He was also asking a lot of questions about who was taking me.'

West was still grappling with the fact that Peter would be there yet again, 'Why can't I meet your dad Claire, I'm going to have to pick you up for prom so he'll see me anyway.'

'West, it's just better that you two don't meet and Peter's going to take us both, so my Dad won't see you anyway.'

Now West was beside himself, ever since Peter came back into her life it was like she couldn't go anywhere without him, it was like he was her boyfriend. He was about to storm off from Claire when he almost collided with Peter.

'Sorry.' Peter told West, he didn't respond.

'What are you doing here? Claire was surprised to see him here, but it was a nice surprise for her, Peter smirked at this reading her mind again.

'Yeah, what are you doing here?' West crossed his arms and could not think of any possible reason for Peter to be here again.

'The school asked me in so they could check out who I am and that I'm not a criminal or anything, after all I'll be watching over a lot of teenagers, they just need to see that I'm responsible enough.' Peter replied.

'How could anyone possibly think that you've got even one bad bone in your body?' Claire looked up at him almost seductively.

West was outraged at the fact that they were flirting again right in front of him, and the strange thing was they didn't even seem to notice this again.

Peter saw a spark her eyes or maybe he was imagining things again, like his dream, thinking back to it again he suddenly became a little nervous around her fidgeting with his hands, hopefully she wouldn't notice.

'Uh… Well I better get going then, I don't think being late would be a great way to start off with them.'

'Thanks for doing this again Peter, I know there are plenty of things you'd rather do then baby sit me all night.'

Deep down he knew that's the only place he'd rather be, anywhere with her.

'I don't mind at all. I just always want to see that smile on your face.'

She had a huge grin on her face and that was enough for him to walk away. She then quickly diverted her attention to West worried about how he spoke to her earlier.

'West, are we okay?'

West was still intending to walk off on her but realised that he'd be slowly losing Claire to Peter if he did, he had to swallow up his pride because he couldn't stand the thought of being without her.

'I'll just go get the tickets.' He wasn't smiling and Claire knew she was going to have to introduce West to her Dad sooner or later.

Car

Claire was waiting for Peter to pick her up after school when her dad drove by instead. She hopped in and asked 'Where's Peter?'

'He got a job, he's still able to take you to school but I'll be picking you up. He felt bad about just staying at our house and not paying rent or anything, and it's not like he has anything to do during the day anyway.'

'What's he's Job.'

'He got a position as a hospice nurse at Bernard's hospital, so he probably won't be home until late tonight.'

Living Room

Hours went by and Claire found herself really bored, normally Peter was with her just to kid around with or just to talk with. She was so use to having him around already and couldn't remember feeling this alone since he came to live with them. She finally surrended to watching a movie in living room. Her Mom went to bed early because she had a dog show the next day and Lyle wasn't allowed to stay up that late because he was a lot younger than Claire and her dad was in his office as usual doing god knows what.

Finally, she thought. She heard the door open and Peter came in to the kitchen then spotted Claire in the living room. 'What are you doing up so late, were you waiting up on me?'

'No, not everything's about you Peter, I'm just not that tired.' Peter knew she was really waiting for him to come home.

'What movie are you watching?' he said as he vacated the spot next to her on the couch, 'Please don't tell me its another horror movie.' She giggled.

'No, this one's a comedy, haven't you seen 'She's the man'.'

'I'm normally not home until at least 11: 00 back at my old job at New York, normally I just go straight to bed. I don't watch that much television really.'

'Well its 11:00 now, so why aren't you in bed?'

'Maybe I just like spending time with you.' Peter than wished he could take back what he just said, maybe he overstepped the friendship boundary when he said that. He cleared his throat and was shifting uncomfortably on the couch.

'Me too.' Claire replied back.

Peter then quickly changed the subject. 'You seem to watch a lot of movies that you have already seen.'

'Well, it's not like we really go out as much as a family because of having to lay low because of the company.'

'I'll take you to the movies one day then, we'll just use my invisibility but I'm picking the movie this time.' Maybe he was being a little to forward when he said that, he panicked a little when she took her time to say something back to him.

Claire more than liked the idea of that, but she felt a little guilty that she did because of her relationship with West. Something was different about the way she felt about Peter now, maybe she always felt that way. What ever she was feeling for him it seemed to grow stronger everyday he was with her. It was probably because they were living together and just becoming closer friends; after all they'd always be connected because the ability they shared, that's all it was.

'Fine, but um… your paying, it's not like I have a job or anything.'

'Deal.' Peter smiled and leaned back on the couch she smiled too.

Peter then jumped and immediately sat upright at Noah's voice,

'Peter, can I see you for a minute before I go off to bed.'

Peter was a little scared of Noah. He seemed to have this effect on him maybe because he'd been dreaming of making out with his daughter.

He got up following Noah before giving Claire a concerned look.

Noah's Study

Noah closed the door and Peter took a seat.

'Peter I know I can trust you. I just need to know that you won't take your eyes off Claire, not even for one second at school tomorrow.'

He wouldn't be able to even if he tried. 'Don't worry; I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to her. I care a lot about her too.' Peter then returned to Claire who let out a small yawn.

'You should go to bed, you look really tired.'

'I will, after I watch this movie I love it too much,' she just loved spending time with him.

Peter gulped again slightly, god how he'd wanted to grab her and kissed her like in his dream. No, Peter what are you thinking? She has a boyfriend, your too old for her remember. Then why was she also feeling the same way he did on some level? He focused on the movie again, trying not to think of all the thoughts that roamed around in his mind of her.

The movie looked like it was going to end soon, it had been hour and a half almost and he'd managed not to looked down at Claire once until now when he felt her head rest on his shoulder. Her eyes were shut; she had fallen asleep on him. What should he do? Carry her to her bed, change her into her pyjamas, No Peter don't even think about it. I'll just wait till the movie is over and maybe she'll wake up by then. For now he was enjoying the weight of her body being lightly pressed upon his.

The sun was shining through the window and Peter's eyes flickered open from the brightness of it. He looked down and realised he was still on the couch and had his arms wrapped around Claire who was lying comfortably on his chest. She then started murmuring and slowly opened her eyes as well. His heart was beating so fast right now; they had slept together wrapped up in each other all night. Despite her beginning to wake up he still refused to let go of his hold on her.

Claire then looked up and realised she had fallen asleep on Peter and so had he, she turned her head so that her eyes were locked with his. Claire then broke there moment trying to avoid the awkwardness that was between them now, 'So I guess I fell asleep during the movie.'

'The movie you liked so much.' Peter then quickly removed his arms from her and Claire lifted herself off his chest immediately.

'Sorry about…,' Claire became really uncomfortable now; she had flushed a little in her cheeks.

'No I'm sorry that I…' Peter let out a tiny laugh at the situation they were in.

'What's so funny?'

'We just fell asleep together that's all it was.' Peter knew it was more then that but he wanted to make things between them as normal as possible again. He didn't want her to be avoiding her after what happened last night.

'Yeah' Claire said a little disappointed.

'Claire, Where are you? Its time to get up for school.' Noah yelled out when he was in Claire's room.

Claire yanked her head toward the other side of the house, if Noah knew her and Peter hadn't gone to bed last night, he might get other ideas. What were they going to do?

Hey all I don't feel as though I did that good of job on this chapter, I don't know why it was so hard to write hopefully the nxt chapter will be up a lot quicker and i moved up the her prom thing earlier, lots of stuff is going to happen btw them at it, already started writing it.