Yay!!! Happy Tenth Chapter!!!!! Sorry, I just like to celebrate every ten chapters, so bare with me. Enjoy!!!
Bella walks into the waiting room to find a dark-haired woman arguing with the nurse Bella had sent to get Nathan and his family. The nurse is holding her own with the lady, but when she sees Bella, her eyes show visible relief. She quickly shuffles from the room, and the dark-hair woman throws her arms in the air in disbelief, her hair in its tight up-do falling from its pins.
"Can you believe that, Nate?" she asks Nathan. Nathan is standing near by and is on his cell phone with the press, trying to cover up Peter's free fall from earlier. "I couldn't get a straight answer out of that woman about Peter!"
Bella nods to herself as she confirms that the dark-hair woman is Mrs. Petrelli, Peter's mother. Cautiously, she approaches her. "Mrs. Petrelli?" she asks the lady. The lady turns, a purse on her slightly wrinkled face. She pulls her suit jacket closer to her and flattens the wrinkles.
"Yes, that's me," the woman snaps. "Who are you? What do you want?"
Bella holds out a hand and introduces herself. "I'm Dr. Isabella Swan," she says. "I've come to give you news of your son, Peter."
Nathan hears Bella's familiar voice saying his brother's name, and comes over, shutting off his phone. "What about Peter?" he asks, shoving the phone in his suit pocket and looking intently at Bella. She could see the similarities between mother and son; both never liked to beat around the bush and demanded the most from people. She yet couldn't see how empathetic Peter could fit into this family of people who were so attention seeking.
"Peter has just come out of surgery," Bella replies, keeping her voice cool and controlled. "He had some internal bleeding that needed to be patched up. He is now in intensive care until we know how he will respond to medication."
"Can we see him or not?" Mrs. Petrelli asks curtly. Bella is slightly taken aback by this, but calmly answers.
"Yes, of course," she replies, holding her arms out as if to say, "After you, ma'am." Mrs. Petrelli sniffs, straightens her suit and starts down the hall. Nathan follows, looking back to see if Bella was following. They walk side-by-side as a nurse led Mrs. Petrelli to Peter's room.
Nathan leans over and whispers into Bella's ear. "Have you told anyone about you-know-what?" he asks softly, but he can't hide the urgency in his voice.
Bella hears this urgency and shakes her head in reply. Nathan gives a sigh of relief and continues to whisper. "Thank God," he says. "You have saved me a lot of trouble. I've only manage to keep what the press already has under wraps. I'm eight points behind the polls and can't have Peter pulling a Roger Clinton on me."
"I understand," she replies as they near Peter's room. They watch as Mrs. Petrelli enters the room to see her son. Bella stops Nathan before he follows his mother.
"The doctors in the OR saw him levitating off the operating table," she tells him. He immediately stiffens and his facial expression is stone cold with worry. This probably wasn't the best time to tell him this; Bella thinks this to herself, and believes that he already has so much on his plate. She puts a hand on his arm to keep him with her as he tried to go for his phone. "But they have all been sworn to secrecy," she adds. He freezes, wanting to believe her, but still not convinced. "No one will believe them if they tell anyone else, anyways."
"They better keep to their promises," Nathan says, exhaustedly. He sees the worried expression on Bella's face and shifts uncomfortably. "Look, it wasn't your fault that he was levitating off the table," he says. "I understand that you are doing your best to help Peter."
Bella nods and releases him. "What was Peter doing up there on the roof?" she asks. Nathan sighs, looking away and running a hand through his hair. She could see that this was a touchy subject for him and that she needs to tread lightly. "You don't have to tell me," she adds quickly. "I know that this is none of my business, but as a doctor I am concerned for his mental stability and am naturally curious to why he jumped."
Nathan crosses his arms over his chest, being defiant. Bella could plainly see that he wasn't going to tell, so she decides to take some drastic measures. Calming her mind, she slowly slips into the mind of Nathan Petrelli. She finds herself feeling uncomfortable with someone prying into private matters and even more concerned with politics; she is in. Focusing on the feelings that made him tight-lipped, she softens his view towards her, making Nathan feel more comfortable around her. She even adds the feeling of trust for her and quickly slips out of his mind. She arrives back in her own body to find Nathan's posture to be looser and an air of confidence in her surrounding him. He looks down either end of the hall to see if anyone would listen in on their conversation and sighs tiredly. "Peter claimed that he was having these dreams of himself flying," he tells her. "He said that they were so vivid that they were most likely to be true."
"So he thought that he could fly based on these vivid dreams he's been having?" Bella clarifies. Nathan nods. She flushes slightly, feeling stupid about her own vivid dreams and where they have led her almost to the point of insanity.
"So he tells me next that he wants to find out if he could really fly," he continues. He shifts slightly. "I didn't know whether to believe him."
"Why?"
"Well, he's claimed before that he has a spiritual bond with me," Nathan says, starting to pace. Bella backs up to give him room. "I didn't believe him at first, but then there was that accident…."
"What accident?" Bella asks.
"Some months ago, my wife and I got into an accident on the freeway," he says. She gasps, clasping her hands to her mouth in horror.
"I'm so glad you're alright," she says.
"Yeah, thanks," Nathan replies, scratching his head. "But my wife wasn't so lucky. She is paralyzed from the waist down."
"I'm so sorry," Bella apologizes.
Nathan shakes his head. "Don't be," he says. Bella does not understand. "It is supposed to be me who should be in the wheelchair."
"Why do you say that?"
Nathan sighs, starting to feel slightly irritated with Bella's questions. She decides to back off a bit to avoid suspicion. But he continues. "Right for the car hit the barrier," he begins, and then pauses as he remembers the painful memory. "I soared into the air and landed a hundred feet from the car. I now know how that happened, but I don't know why." He is becoming uncomfortable again, so Bella tries to sooth him. She is too tired to enter his mind again, but she decides to change the subject slightly.
"How does this relate to Peter?" she asks.
"He arrived at the hospital just after I arrived there myself," he says. "But I hadn't even called anyone about the accident yet."
"How did he know to come, then?"
"That's just it!" Nathan says, pointing it out with a slightly louder voice. "How did he know? I asked him how and he said that he didn't know, but just that it came to him in a dream. He thinks that we have a spiritual connection and he can sense my emotions and stuff like that." He sighs. "I don't know what else to say, but that he was slightly right about the whole flying thing."
Bella nods. The spiritual connection must have grown between the two brothers, she thinks, or that both brothers had the ability to fly. But one thing was bothering her; Peter could not only sense Nathan's emotions, but others, including her own. Nathan does not know this, she thinks, and it is probably best not to mention her theories.
Instead, she says, "Thanks, that's all I need to know." Nathan gives a tired smile and walks in to join his mother at Peter's bedside. Bella means to follow, but leans up against the doorframe. She has to know more about Peter's background, because the facts are simply just not adding up. There is only one way to do that, she says. She has to talk with Mrs. Petrelli.
Hey. I know I've posted twice in one day, but I felt bad about not writing for over a week. I was sick with strep throat (ick!) and busy with homework to get anything done. I also am having trouble remembering quite what happens exactly with Peter in the series. Thank God for the internet, but my brother is getting the season 1 box set for his birthday, so that will help me immensely.
Also, I wanted to answer the burning question that you guys keep asking: Had I read Twilight. I have read Twilight many times and am obsessed with it as much as I am obsessed with Heroes. I love it so much. I actually got to see Stephenie Meyer speak and got my books signed. She is truly amazing! I actually have a lot of songs that she has one her playlists, so I listen to those as I type.
Love you all and keep reading!-BB