A/N: I've edited this to refine the way I defined Peter's powers. I'm sorry if you've already read it and feel confused! I just needed to fix something—thanks to Skyhighfan for correcting me.

PETER

ODESSA, TEXAS

"You're late."

Peter took a second to steady himself after his teleportation trip. "Sorry…I got distracted and lost track of time."

"Distracted? By what? Nothing should be more important than what we're doing here…"

"I was distracted by your daughter, Noah." Peter turned to the man who was lecturing him. "She wouldn't let me go as easily as I had hoped. It's getting harder to lie to her about what it is that I do when I disappear for hours."

He smiled. "Yes, she can be difficult like that, but she means well."

"I know she does, which is why I hate lying to her."

"It's better for her if she doesn't know right now," Noah reminded him. "She'd just want to come with and then she'd be in the way. I miss her a lot, but she's trying to have her own life right now, and it will be easier for her if she doesn't have a constant reminder of me."

"I know," Peter assured him. "Don't worry. I won't tell her until it's time."

"Good, then shall we get started?"

Peter nodded. "What are we working on today?"

"That depends, how long do you have today?"

"A few hours at least. I told Claire that I'd be home late."

"Good," Noah smiled. "Then today I thought we'd spend a little more time on your telekinesis. Last time we met I told you to practice controlling objects already in motion, rather than creating the motion. Have you tried that?"

"Yea, I have a little. It's funny, Claire wanted me to work on that too."

"Really?" Noah smiled, and Peter thought he looked a little proud of his adopted daughter. "And how's it been going for you?"

"Pretty good actually. I managed to stop a book that she threw at me."

"She threw a book at you?"

He laughed. "Not like that. She was doing it for me to practice."

"I see," Noah nodded. "Was that the only time you successfully stopped an object in motion?"

Peter nodded.

"Then I suppose we have a lot of work to do," Noah told him. "After you've improved that power, then I'd like to test some abilities that you may not know you have."

"Is that possible? I mean, could I really have some that I don't know about?"

"Certainly," Noah assured him. "There could be dozens of special people that you have had contact with, who you didn't realize were special, and so you haven't realized that you took on their abilities. For instance, have you ever tried walking through walls like Niki's husband can do?"

"Nope," Peter shook his head. "I didn't even think about that. I've never actually seen him do it before…I didn't know it could work if he didn't use it around me."

"Absolutely," Noah told him. "I'm excited to see what other abilities you have."

Peter grinned. "Cool."

A/N: Okay, yea, so this is short, but I sort of just wanted to put it up separately because the next update will be themed. And it will be coming very soon, probably tomorrow. Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews. I've been updating a lot lately, which I like, because I like to keep the story going, but I hope you don't get too used to it—I'll be heading back to school eventually.

Anyway, I'm going to be bringing a few new characters into this story in the next update. I know I've already created a lot of OCs, but don't worry these won't be very prominent. I just have a purpose for a few new characters. Also, a couple of them will have abilities, but I'm having trouble coming up with some powers. So, if anyone has any suggestions, it would be most appreciated!

Thanks so much for all the help/reviews I've gotten so far, especially from my readers: Sailor Star7, TroypayisLove, Cookie-ER.