High School Never Ends

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Drama/Humor/General

Characters: All - Peter, Nathan, Claire, Mohinder, Hiro, Ando, Isaac, Simone, Eden, Matt, Audrey, Charlie, Niki, DL, Janice, Heidi, Gabriel aka Sylar w/ appearances by Ted, HRG, Claude, Jackie, Brody, Zach and Hana

Spoilers: Up to Fallout (1x11)

Summary: AU – The heroes experience high school in different social groups but with new powers developing, they'll have to work together to save the world.

Read the A/N at the end! It's important! Anyway, (sniff) here's the last chapter:

Chapter 13 – The Geeks Get the Girls

Peter couldn't believe he'd made it to tonight. He stood in the entrance of the gym, staring at the decorations, the food, and the people dancing on the floor. Hiro, Ando, Mohinder, Eden, Isaac and Simone stood beside him, also looking out at the crowd. Peter could bet that they didn't believe he would make it. Well, he had been dead only 23 hours ago.

"Oh let's dance Isaac," Simone said.

"Simone, you know I have two left feet," Isaac said sheepishly.

"Please?" she pressed on, hitting him softly on the shoulder.

"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you," Isaac said. Simone grinned and grabbed his arm, practically pulling him towards the dance floor.

"That looks like fun," Eden said. Her arm was around Mohinder's.

"Yeah, I bet you and Mohinder are going to have a great time tonight," Ando said bitterly. Hiro and Peter had to hold back their laughter. Mohinder had won their bet and Ando was the one chosen to go with him to Carnegie.

"I know! Mohinder's such a great guy. I would have felt embarrassed without a date," Eden said. "No offense Peter," she added.

"None taken. And you're right, Mohinder's a great guy," Peter said grinning. Mohinder was also beaming.

"He is such a great friend!" Eden said. She didn't notice Mohinder's smile falter at the word friend. Hiro, Ando and Peter did though and they grinned at each other.

"Well let's dance then," Mohinder said quickly before Hiro, Ando or Peter could say anything. He led Eden to the dance floor but not without Peter giving him a pat on the back, whispering into his ear "Yup, she's you're friend." Mohinder shot him a dirty look.

"So where are you're dates?" Peter asked.

"I'm going to meet her right now. I said 8:30, under the banner," Hiro said pointing to the other side of the room.

"Good luck man," Ando said. As soon as Hiro left, he looked around outside the door.

"Who are you looking for man?" Peter said.

"My date," Ando said. "She doesn't go to this school."

"Really? Where does she go?" Peter asked. But Ando never answered the question. He spotted his date and brought her into the gym. She was a very pretty Japanese girl that was probably a year younger then them.

"Let's dance Ando," she said smiling. Peter noticed there was something oddly familiar about her. Then it hit him.

"Ando…" he began but Ando interrupted him.

"Why don't you get something to eat? Then we'll dance," Ando said quickly and the girl left.

"Isn't that Hiro's sister?" Peter asked.

"Shhh," Ando said in a whisper.

"Hiro doesn't know, huh," Peter said grinning.

"Don't tell him!" Ando said, seeing Peter's famous evil smirk.

"Oh, I won't. But who says Hiro isn't going to see you dancing?" Peter said. Ando sighed.

"Fine, go dance with her. I'll be here," Peter added.

"Thanks," Ando said and he left. Peter leaned against the doorway, taking in all of the dancing. He watched in amusement as Simone and Isaac danced. Isaac was right; he did have two left feet. But Simone wasn't upset. He was blushing, embarrassed, but Simone was laughing. Peter was so preoccupied that he didn't notice someone come from behind him.

"Hello," she said and he spun around. Peter turned to see Claire, looking beautiful in a blue dress that matched her eyes. She wore heels that added 3 inches to her height, but no where near close to Peter's.

"Claire," his voice softened as it always did around her. He could never say a bad thing about her.

"Where's you're date?" she asked.

"I don't have one," he replied truthfully.

"Well that can't be true," Claire said playfully.

"Really? Where's you're date?" Peter asked, playing along.

"Let's just say I'm also going solo," Claire said.

"Is that for the entire night?" Peter said.

"Well, if someone were to ask me to dance, I wouldn't refuse, if that's what you mean," Claire said.

"Well-" Peter started but he was interrupted.

"Claire! There you are!" Niki said walking toward her. Peter saw she had dragged her boyfriend DL with her.

"Oh Niki I was going to…" Claire started but never finished.

"You have to come see Audrey! She's with Ted and she looks gorgeous," Niki beamed.

"She'd dating Ted?" DL asked in surprise.

"No, that's to make Matt jealous. I told you the whole story. Weren't you listening?" Niki said. DL looked down at his shoes and Claire and Peter laughed.

"Anyway, you've got to see her," Niki said.

"Fine," Claire said, clearly disappointed. "I'll see you later," she said to Peter.

"Yeah, I'll see you later," Peter said.

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Hiro saw her standing under the banner. She looked stunning in her emerald green dress that complimented her beautiful red hair. He walked up slowly holding out a rose. He had written in the note that he would carry a rose so she could recognize him. Hiro closed his eyes the last few steps and stood face to face with her.

"Hiro! What are you doing here?" Charlie said. Then she saw the rose and she put it all together.

"Are you my admirer?" she said. Hiro nodded. He looked at her reaction. There was none at the moment, just shock. Hiro was nervous. He started to doubt himself but then she smiled.

"I'm really glad it's you Hiro," Charlie said smiling.

"Really? Would you like to dance?" Hiro asked, sheepishly.

"Are you kidding! I would love to dance," Charlie said. Hiro beamed and led her to the dance floor. Things were working out well for Hiro Nakamura. It's just proof that the geek can get the girl.

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Matt really didn't want to be here. He wished he hadn't gone with Janice. He was having an awful time. All she wanted to do was talk with her friends and all Matt wanted to do was dance with Audrey. But she was over by the bleachers, talking to Ted. Matt had never been envious of Ted but now he had an overwhelming urge to punch him.

"Matt are you listening to me!" Janice whined. Matt knew he hadn't been listening, so he answered honestly.

"Nope," Matt said.

"You're a terrible date. I could have gone with so many other people and I got stuck with you," Janice said bitterly.

"Well if you feel that way, why don't you just dance with them?" Matt said nonchalantly.

"What did you say?" Janice said, outraged.

"I said, why don't you go hang out with them. I'm not you're date anymore," Matt said clearly.

"Are you dumping me?" Janice said.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing," Matt said.

"Ugh! I hate you Matt Parkman!" Janice shouted, loud enough for the entire auditorium to here. Then she ran out of the gym in a huff. Everyone stared at Matt, including Audrey. It was then that Matt knew what to do. He had been an idiot and he needed to make things right. He walked straight over to where Audrey and Ted stood with Hana, Niki, Heidi, and Claire.

"Audrey, I've been an idiot. I know you like me and I realize now, I like you too. Please forgive me," Matt pleaded. Audrey looked speechless. He likes me! Matt heard the thought and he grinned at her. She grinned back.

"Hey! She's my date," Ted said. He only liked Audrey as a friend, but he wasn't about to give up his date. Matt listened to his thoughts and Hana's and then whispered something into his ear.

"She wants to dance with you. I suggest you do it. It's the perfect opportunity," Matt whispered into Ted's ear.

"Really?" Ted said out loud. Matt nodded. "Audrey, you can dance with him if you want," Ted said. Then he turned to Hana and whispered something in her ear. She nodded, grinning, and they walked toward the dance floor.

"What just happened?" Audrey asked Matt in shock.

"Oh nothing. So, will you dance with me?" Matt asked. Audrey pondered it for a moment then thought, Yes. Matt took her hand and led her to the dance floor.

"We did well," Niki said to Claire and Heidi.

"Agreed," Heidi said grinning.

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At this point, he had nothing to lose. Of course he had been stupid and stubborn before, but he had to try again. Niki said Heidi might be interested and Nathan wasn't going to lose the chance. He like, his brother, had come without a date. But he knew he would get at least one dance with Heidi by the end of the night.

So he worked up all of his courage, and walked over to her. Yes, he was intimidated by the fact that Claire and Niki were with her. Why do girls always have to travel in groups?, he wondered. It made it a lot harder to ask them out.

"Uh, hi," he said awkwardly when he reached them. Niki smiled at him but Heidi shot him a cool look.

"What do you want?" she asked, pretending to be indifferent.

"Well, I know we've had our problems but I was wondering, well I was wondering if you'd like to dance," Nathan said. Heidi pondered it for a moment, then spoke.

"Fine, but first you have to dance with Claire and Niki," she said. Claire and Niki stared at her in shock.

"If I dance with them, then you dance with me?" Nathan asked impatiently. Heidi nodded.

"Who wants to go first?" he sighed.

"Claire, then me," Niki said. Claire shot her a look and then sighed and let Nathan lead her to the dance floor. He really wasn't the Petrelli she wanted to dance with. The song was quick, and both were eager to part.

"Are you sure DL won't kill me?" Nathan said as he took Niki's hand.

"I told him what I was doing," she said. The song was slow and she wrapped her arm around him as they swayed to the music.

"That doesn't mean he won't hurt me," Nathan said and Niki laughed.

"You worry way too much. Think of the good things in life," she said.

"Like what?" he asked.

"Like you're going to dance with Heidi right about now," Niki said as the song ended. "Good luck!" she said.

Nathan sighed and walked over to Heidi. "You ready to dance?" he said with a grin.

"Ok," she said. To his surprise, she let him place his hand around her. It was another slow song, and Nathan loved the feeling of her head resting against his shoulder. The song ended, too soon in Nathan's opinion, and they parted.

But in the heat of the moment, Nathan made a bold move and kissed her. It was wonderful but way too short because Heidi pulled away quickly, shocked at what he had done. She frowned and slapped him, hard. He clutched the side of this face in pain.

"Too soon, Petrelli," she said, apparently still angry. But Nathan didn't see the small smile that escaped her lips as she walked away.

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"So, I hear you're the Homecoming Queen," Peter said with a grin. He had finally found the perfect opportunity to talk to Claire.

"Yeah, they announced that yesterday. I guess you weren't paying attention," Claire said.

"No, I guess I wasn't," Peter said shyly.

"Well that's ok," Claire said.

"So then can I ask you something?" Peter said.

"What?" Claire said playfully.

"Well I was wondering if the queen isn't too busy, that maybe she might want to dance with me," Peter said. Claire had been waiting all night for him to say that. She could barley contain her excitement when she replied:

"Yes, I'd love to," she said. So they danced. They danced for all the rest of the songs, up until the last one. They swayed up until the last note of the last song. They broke apart slowly and stared at each other, not knowing what to say.

Peter knew that now was the moment. He leaned in and she came closer. He lowered his head and she closed her eyes…waiting for the moment. But it never came.

"Peter! Claire!" Hiro shouted. Peter moved back quickly and Claire opened her eyes. Hiro waved over where he was standing with Charlie and plenty of other people including Mohinder, Eden, Simone, Isaac, and Ando. But they also saw Audrey, Matt, Nathan, Heidi, Niki, and DL with them.

"I guess we better go," Peter said.

"Yeah, destiny's calling," Claire said and they both laughed. Destiny was a funny thing indeed. It had a funny way of playing tricks on them, and it hadn't finished yet. Nope, Peter and Claire hadn't escaped destiny yet.

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He saw her staring into the gym. She had probably stood there for most of the night. He moved next to her, knowing she could see him.

"Hello," she said turning to face him.

"What are you doing here Lizzie?" he asked.

"You told me this would happen. Did mom send Hiro to warn you?" she said. He nodded.

"You are a smart one," he said. "And I'm going to help you, but aren't you early?"

"I just wanted to stop and see them dancing," she said smiling.

"You're parents, you mean?" he asked. She nodded.

"I should go," she said.

"Yeah, I guess I'll see you in a few months but it'll probably be a few seconds for you," he said.

"Well, I was taught by the best, Mr. Rains" she said, facing him.

"Miss Petrelli, I have no doubt in my mind that you'll do fine," Claude said and in a second she was gone.

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That's the end! Or is it?!?! I'll get to that, but first let me thank my wonderful reviewers. They all encouraged me to continue writing and without them, I probably would have stopped after Chapter 3! So here is my long thank you to:

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And everyone else I forgot or who read and didn't review, thank you so much! Now, to the good stuff. I know I can't leave you hanging so, I'm going to ask you're opinion on three options.

Option A – Epilogue (which basically means one more chapter that sums up what happened after high school)

Option B – Sequel 1(takes place 12 years into the future with Hiro trying to reunite his old classmates)

Option C – Sequel 2 (takes place in January of Peter's junior year and Nathan's senior year. That's about 3 or 4 months after this story and it will be filled with more silly high school stories)

I personally am leaning toward option C (because I love high school!heroes). But I want an idea of what people might like. Anyway, review this chapter, chose you're option, or just tell me what you liked about this story.