Chapter 10! Please review. :)
P.S. Sorry for the lame chapter title, I wasn't feeling very creative. lol
Elle almost didn't remember the last time she was truly happy. It was probably when she had been with Gabriel. But now that she knew that Sylar was no longer that man, she didn't really count that time. But she was definitely happy when Peter's cab had pulled up in front of Nathan's house.
Peter walked inside the house and past Nathan over to Elle. "Hey," he hugged her. "Are you..." he looked over at his brother then back at Elle. "Feeling ok?"
Elle smiled. "Yeah."
Peter walked over and hugged Nathan. "Thanks a bunch Nathan, you really helped me out."
"Don't mention it Pete. Honestly it was completely terrible." He smirked over at Elle who smiled in return.
Peter grabbed Elle's hand and dragged her upstairs and into the guestroom, shutting the door behind him. "How...are things?"
Elle shrugged. "Pretty good for being pregnant with a psychotic killer's baby."
"Have you told Nathan?"
"No." Elle shook her head. "Just you, Mohinder, and Claire know."
Peter nodded. "Ok. But down to business, you saw Sylar in a store?"
"Yeah. I tried to convince myself it wasn't him, but it definitely was. I was in a drugstore buying...tests." She looked at the ground.
"And did he see...the tests?" Peter asked cautiously.
Elle shrugged. "I don't know. I hope not." She lay down on her bed. "I just wanted to forget about it. Pretend that nothing happened between us. Guess that's impossible now."
Peter lay down beside her. "It's ok. I'll make sure he doesn't hurt you."
Elle smiled. "You're so sweet. This isn't even your problem."
"Stop saying that, it is."
Elle looked over at him and he looked back. They were quiet for a minute. "Holy frig, are we having a moment?"she thought suddenly. She quickly sat up. Peter jumped at her quickness. "Is everything ok?"
Elle took a deep breath. "Yeah...I was just...thinking."
Peter got up. "I think we should stay somewhere else. Not my apartment, Bennet and Sylar will look their first. Maybe we should leave New York all together."
Elle nodded, not really paying attention. She was too busy thinking about what had just happened. She didn't feel that way about Peter, and even if she did with everything else going on she was not in the position to be in a relationship.
"What do you think?" Peter said loudly, getting Elle's attention.
"Oh, sure."
"K, I'll call the nearest hotel." Peter left the room.
Elle put her hand on her stomach. She couldn't feel anything, was that normal? She got up and followed Peter downstairs. Nathan was at outside his office. "Peter says you guys are leaving."
Elle nodded. "It's too risky here. Thanks for letting me stay here, I was probably a pain in the ass most of the time."
Nathan laughed. "Nah, it was good having someone else in the house with me. It can get pretty lonely here."
Peter walked over to them. "We have reservations at a hotel 15 minutes away."
Elle opened her mouth to speak when someone knocked loudly on the front door. Nathan walked over to the door and answered it.
"Hello Nathan. Elle's here, isn't she?"
Elle froze when she heard Bennet's voice. Bennet walked past Nathan into the house and over to Elle. "Hello Elle."
Elle didn't say anything. Peter stepped beside her. "Hi Noah. Is there a particular reason you're here?"
Noah glanced over at Peter but mainly watched Elle. "Yes. It's very important that Sylar doesn't get to Elle which is why I'm taking over here."
"Huh?" Peter asked.
"Sylar hasn't killed for the past week. He's been spotted in several locations across New York, including outside your apartment Peter. He knows she's alive."
Elle didn't say anything. She felt so small and helpless and she never felt that way.
Peter stepped closer to Noah who didn't retreat. "Elle's staying with me. Maybe this doesn't surprise you Noah, but I don't completely trust you."
"This isn't about trust Peter, it's about keeping Elle safe. Something you haven't been doing very well."
"Excuse me?"
"Like I bet you didn't know that Sylar is parked across the street watching the house. He knows she's in here."
A lot of things happened in about 2 seconds. Peter grabbed Elle and tried to bolt for the back door, Noah stopped him, and Nathan slammed the front door shut and looked out one of the windows. "Holy crap, he's right."
Peter glared at Noah. "Well? What's your ingenious plan?"
Noah glared right back at Peter then looked over at Elle. "She comes with me."
Peter shook his head. "No way."
"Well I don't trust you and you don't trust me...how are we going to work this out?"
Nathan walked over to them. "I could take her."
All three of them turned around to look at Nathan. Peter shook his head again. "No Nathan, the election is in a week. You can't leave."
There was a knock on the door that made them all jump. "Don't answer it," Noah ordered.
Elle was still in shock from everything that had happened in the past minute so it took her a few seconds to process that it was most likely Sylar on the other side of the door.
They were all very quiet for the next minute. Then they heard footsteps leaving.
Noah sighed. "Great, now we all have to go."
"Nathan can't leave!" Peter argued.
"It's either the election or his life!"
Elle wasn't sure what to say. She looked over at Nathan whose eyes hadn't left the door.
Noah grabbed onto Elle's arm. "We're leaving."
"Let go!" Elle protested.
Peter sighed. "Elle, go with him."
Elle spun around to face Peter. "What? Are you delusional?"
"He'll take you away somewhere safe and we'll meet up with you in a couple days."
Elle shook her head. "I'm not going anywhere with him."
Nathan touched her shoulder. "It's ok Elle. Go."
Elle reluctantly gave up, letting Noah drag her out the back door.
Sorry for adding that Peter/Elle moment in there, I just needed to show that Elle doesn't feel she can be in a relationship with everything going on, especially her pregnancy. I'm saying this because I want you guys to know I don't think I'm heading in a Peter/Elle direction with this story, I may change my mind in a few chapters if their chemistry just seems to work but I don't think I will. Oh yeah, please review. :)
Chapter 11 should be up sometime Saturday. :)