Sorry it took so long for me to get you this update. I found I have to prioritize between my fics and my homework and since I'm not getting paid to write my fics, school comes first. Thanks for all the encouraging reviews and to those who have added me to their alert list because that is just like a review to me. I made the chapter a bit longer since it took so long for me to get this to you all. I hope you enjoy. As always read and review

P.S. this would've been up last night if the updater had let me. Better late than never I guess.


"I'm sorry but my brain really hurts," Dick confessed to Claire as the duo walked out of the elevator, "And that's never happened when talking about spending money."

Claire rolled her eyes. She couldn't help but hope that this "rich is better" attitude was just the façade of a really good guy but even she doubted that. At least she had kept his attention for the past hour. She thought as loud as she could as they walked down the hall to the penthouse door hoping that Peter could hear her.

"They're coming back!" Peter jumped off the couch where Elle and him had been sitting in silence for the past hour, "We have to get out of here."

"But how?" Elle followed Peter into Logan's bedroom. He touched both Elle and Logan and in the blink of an eye the three of them disappeared just as the door to the suite swung open.

"Hm," Dick searched the suite for his roommate, heading toward the bedroom door. With his back turned Claire looked around frantically for any sign of Peter or Elle. This was it for them. They were about to be exposed, "Yo, Logan!"

To both their surprised the suite was empty. Claire let out a breath of relief. Their secret was safe for another day.

"We have the whole place to ourselves," Dick smiled slyly at the petite blonde, "Whatever shall we do?"

Claire threw her bag over her shoulder, "I really should be getting home."

"Oh come on!" Dick yelled in frustration, "I sat down and did school work with you. I don't get any kind of reward?"

"Man, as tempting as that is," Claire pretended to think about his question, "My dad is waiting for me."

"I could be your daddy," Dick thrust his hips forward a few times towards Claire.

"Goodbye, Dick," Claire laughed. It wouldn't have been as funny if he weren't completely serious. But Claire didn't have time to laugh it up with Dick Casablancas. She had to find Elle, Peter and Logan as soon as she could.

Claire jumped in her car and drove towards home. She needed a place where she could clear her head and figure out where Peter, Elle and the unconscious Logan had gone. Claire caught herself smiling, thinking about Peter. Yes she loved her mom and dad and Lyle, but Peter was her blood. Blood proved to be thicker than years.

Arriving in her driveway, Claire never thought she was happier to see her father's car still absent from the driveway. She ran up the steps to her front porch and inside.

Suddenly she was hit by a small bolt of lightening, which on any other occasion would have pissed her off but this time she was happy that she had found them so easily.

"Uh, ouch!" Claire stuck her finger in the hole in her shirt, "This was new."

"Sorry," Peter apologized, "We didn't know who it was."

Claire shook her head, "Seeing as this is my house…"

"Your dad…" Elle made the valid point. This was definitely not a scene that Claire would've wanted her father to walk in on. At least Elle was back in the house.

"So, plan?" Claire turned to Peter who was leaning on the kitchen counter. He sighed heavily looking over his shoulder at the unconscious Logan, "We just wait for Mohinder."

"Ugh," Claire sat on the stool by the island in her kitchen, "That's going to take hours. It's like an eight hour flight!"

"Not if he's flying Air Nathan," Peter smiled. Claire smiled slightly too. She hadn't seen her biological father in quiet some time.

"Okay, well, as lame and juvenile as this is going to sound…" Claire flipped her blonde hair and sighed, "I have homework to finish."

"Go ahead," Peter dismissed her, "There's nothing more you can do right now anyway."

With those words the former high school cheerleader retreated up the stairs. And yet again Elle was left alone with Peter and had yet to determine if that was good or bad.

"So I'm finally going to meet the infamous Nathan," Elle waltzed around the island in the kitchen.

"Yeah," Peter leaned on his elbows facing her.

Again time passed in silence, something neither of them were used to in each other's company. As the setting sun crept through the window, it cast an exposing glow on Elle. Peter was able to see her not as the lean, mean, electrocuting machine but as Elle, the girl.

"I meant everything I said, you know," Peter's voice dropped low as it always did when he got serious.

"Peter…" She breathed softly. And without warning, he kissed her. Even with the element of surprise Elle didn't shock him. He made her feel safe and for that she let her guard down.

"Shit!" Claire cursed loudly when she realized she had left her math book in the penthouse, or at least she hoped that's where it was. She took her cellphone out of her pocket and scrolled to Dick's number. Did i leave my math book in ur room?

Dick was quick to respond with a Yeah. Do u wanna come get it?

Claire looked at the clock by her computer. Her family should be getting home soon and she couldn't risk them walking into Peter and Elle. i can't. Can u bring it to school 2morrow?

After waiting a good ten minutes she got Dick's response of Sure.

With nothing else to do, Claire headed back downstairs to wait it out until Mohinder and Nathan arrived to fix the problem. She took to the stairs lightly, and then silently cursed the fact that she didn't make her presence known. There in her very kitchen her uncle and her hostage were making out. She couldn't help but think Star-crossed lovers?

Peter looked up at her thought and smiled. Claire could've sworn he was blushing but she would never embarrass him so.

"All done with your homework?" Elle and Peter were suddenly on opposite ends of the kitchen.

"I left my book at Dick's," Claire wasn't sure if she should go back upstairs to give them some alone time, but she figured since she had already ruined the moment there was no point.

"Oh," Peter nodded. The trio sat in an awkward silence, glancing sideways at one another. Elle left the kitchen to check on Logan, but maybe the tension was just too much for her. As soon as she left Claire cocked an eyebrow curiously at Peter.

"What?" He shrugged her inquiring eyes off, "Don't look at me like that."

Claire broke a smile and began to chant softly, "Peter's got a girlfriend."

Peter grabbed her playfully and the two giggled as she tried to wiggle from his grasp. Breaking the fun and games, a knock sounded from the front door. Claire's face suddenly became serious as she went to open the door.

"Did someone call for a doctor?" Mohinder held up his bag full of instruments.

"Thank God," Elle brushed the hair from her forehead, "He's getting worse. If something happens to him I don't know what I'll do…"

Peter moved towards her, placing a comforting arm around her shoulders, "Don't worry, Mohinder is the best there is. He'll fix this."

"I'll do my best," Mohinder shrugged stepping into the foyer and Nathan stepped in behind him, "Where is he?"

Elle and Peter led him to where Logan lay, unconscious and barely breathing, leaving Nathan and Claire in the foyer.

"Claire," Nathan spoke not meeting her eyes, "How are you?"

Without answering Claire embraced the older man. Though their relationship was far from the normal father-daughter relationship but it wasn't everyday that after 16 years of thinking the family you had grown up was your family it was hard to accept anything different.

"Claire, I need you," The Indian doctor appeared in the doorway, ruining the Kodak moment. And as if nothing had happened between the two they made their way into the room with all the action. Both Peter and Elle were helping hold things for Mohinder as he continued to check vitals and all the other standard procedures.

"This is going to sound really strange," Mohinder began, turning his attention from Logan to Claire, "But I need some of your blood."

"What for?" Nathan questioned.

Mohinder cleared his throat, "Not only does Claire have the ability to heal herself, there is a healing power in that of her blood."

"I should've remembered that Dr. Suresh," Elle commented, thinking back to her former mission, "That's why I was here Claire. They wanted to study you."

"Wait," Peter glanced between Elle and Mohinder, "You two know each other."

"After my accident," Elle began, "He took care of me."

"What accident?" Peter tried to read Mohinder's mind but he had obviously mastered blocking the signals, living with Matt and all, "You work for the Company?"

"This is not the time for this, Peter," Mohinder glared at him warningly. With Elle around this conversation would not be safe, "Let us focus on the problem at hand. Claire, can a draw some blood?"

Claire looked to Nathan who coaxed her to agree. Finally she nodded even though she was petrified of needles. Indestructibility still came with fears. She held out her arm and Mohinder went right to work with cleaning and prepping the area on the inside of her elbow. Not watching as he placed the needle under her skin, Claire jumped as her blood began to flow into the tubes waiting at the other end of the butterfly needle.

"That should do it," Mohinder didn't even bother to put a Band-Aid on the small puncture wound and went right to transfusing the blood to Logan.

Within seconds, Logan regained color in his face. His breathing became more regular and he began to move as if he were sleeping. Everyone seemed to breathe a simultaneous breath of relief as he began to come to.

"Veronica…" He whispered weakly, "What's going on?"


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