Christmas was now right around the corner. Cruz and Blaise had been there for two months. Cruz and Peter had warmed up to each other, but still disliked each other. Claire and Cruz also didn't get along very well. Blaise on the other hand was getting along great with everyone. Claire and Cruz usually went to him to vent… about each other. Now, the kids were trying to come up with something special for the adults. None of them had a clue on what to do.

Cruz lay on his bed. Claire passed by his room and heard him singing.

Claire recognized this as I'll Cover You from Rent.

"I think I just figured out what we're going to do for the adults." Claire said. Cruz turned.

"What?" he asked.

"You're going to perform on Christmas Eve."

"Perform what?" Cruz asked.

"A few Christmas songs."

"I can't sing."

"Oh, please. I just heard you."

"Uh, no, you didn't. Now get out."

"Come on, Cruz."

"No. I told you get out."

"Fine." she said. She walked downstairs and into Micah's room. Blaise and Micah looked at her. "I have a brilliant idea."

"Really? What?" Micah said.

"We're gonna get Cruz to sing."

"Good luck with that. How do you know he can sing?" Blaise said.

"I heard him."

"He's never gonna sing in front of you again."

"Oh, I'll get him to sing."

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The door bell rang. Peter immediately stood up and ran to the door. He opened it.

"Nathan! Simone! It's good to see you." Peter said. He hugged his brother and kissed his girlfriend. "Hello, Heidi. How are you?"

"I'm good, Peter. How are you?"

"I'm great." Peter said as he hugged his sister-in-law. "Come in." Peter grabbed their bags and Nathan pushed Heidi into the house. They went into the living room.

"Hi Simone. Hey Nathan. Hi Heidi." Claire said as she stood up.

"Hello Claire. How are you?" Heidi said.

"I'm good. It's great to see you."

"I thought you were going to Texas for Christmas." Nathan said. "Spend Christmas with your family."

"This is my family." Claire said, hugging Nathan.

"Hey, what's going on?" Blaise asked. Cruz, Micah, and he poked their heads into the room. Micah had on a pair of goggles.

"Nathan's here." Claire said.

"Cool. Hey Nathan." Cruz said as the boys walked in. Peter walked in after them. He stood next to them. Micah went and hugged Heidi.

"Micah, you've gotten so big." Heidi said. Micah chuckled.

"It's nice to see you again, Mrs. Petrelli." Micah said.

"Who is she?" Cruz whispered to Peter.

"Nathan's wife." Peter whispered back.

"Oh, why's she in the wheelchair?" Blaise asked.

"She was paralyzed in a car crash."

"That's horrible." Peter nodded.

"And who are these young men?" Heidi asked.

"That's my uncle, Cruz. And that's Blaise." Micah said.

"I'm Heidi. It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you, too." Cruz said.

"Micah and Cruz, we should finish that experiment. We've left it alone for quite some time. If we do what happened last time, Niki will kill us." Blaise said.

"Ooh, you're right. Come on, guys." Micah said.

"Why are we taking orders from a 10 year-old?" Cruz joked.

"Shut up." Micah said.

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"What will it take for you to go away?" Cruz asked.

"Just sing. I'll be happy and leave you alone." Claire said.

"You swear."

"Yes. All you have to do is sing a few Christmas songs. That's it."

"Alright. Cool. I'll do it."

"Thank you." Claire said as she hugged Cruz.

"OK. Get off me." Cruz said.

"Oh, right, sorry."

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Christmas Eve had come quickly. The plan the kids had come up was still in affect. Now they were all at dinner, laughing and chatting. Claire and Cruz were actually acting civilized to each other.

"I'd like to make a toast," Heidi said, as she… stood? Everyone looked at her. They all had a shocked look except Cruz and Blaise who had confused looks.

Cruz leaned over to Peter.

"I thought you said she was paralyzed." Cruz whispered.

"She is- I mean was. I mean, I don't know." Peter whispered.

"Well, that's the last time I ask you for info."

"Heidi, you can walk?" Niki asked.

"Yes. For a few days now."

"So, you've been able to walk this whole time?" Mohinder said.

"Yes."

"Nathan, why didn't you tell us?" Peter said.

"I didn't know." Nathan said.

"Well, it's a Christmas miracle." Cruz said. Claire cleared her throat. Cruz looked at her. "Oh, right. Blaise and Micah, out. Claire, come with." The younger heroes walked out of the room. Cruz came back, struggling to take off his jacket. "Oh, yeah. You guys, uh, can entertain yourselves, uh, without us for like five minutes- maybe less, right? OK. Good." Cruz walked out the room before the adults could answer.

"I hate to be blunt, but what the hell is wrong with your brother, Niki." Peter said. Hiro hit him.

"I have no idea." Niki said. Five minutes later, Claire came back.

"You may now enter the living room." Claire said. The adults stood up and went in. The furniture was rearranged and the TV was not in its rightful place. Instead, there was Cruz sitting on a stool with a microphone. Behind him were Blaise and Micah at a DJing booth.

"Sit down. You might want to." Cruz said.

"What's going on?" Simone asked.

"For weeks, us younger Heroes have been trying to figure out what to do for you guys. So, we decided I'm gonna sing for you guys. Crazy, right?" Cruz said. Nathan, Heidi, Matt, Janice, Peter, and Simone sat on the couch. Hiro and Ando sat in a chair. Isaac sat in an armchair, while Niki sat on D.L.'s lap under the tree by Eden and Mohinder. "Blaise, Micah."

"You know that's broken, ri- Never mind," Peter said. Blaise and Micah started the music.

Cruz sang:

Let It Snow by Boys II Men

Under My Tree by NSYNC

I Never Knew The Meaning Of Christmas by NSYNC

All I Want Is You This Christmas by NSYNC

Don't Let Me Go by Brian McKnight

During "I Never Knew The Meaning Of Christmas", the couples began to dance. Cruz looked back at Blaise and Micah. Both had smiles on their faces. Cruz had looked over to Claire who was dancing with Isaac. Hiro and Ando were relaxing, listening to Cruz sing. Cruz realized that Claire was actually pretty cute. He scolded himself for thinking such a thing. It was blasphemy. Against himself.

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Micah shook Cruz awake.

"Cruz, get up. Come on, it's Christmas," Micah said. Cruz groaned.

"I'm up. I'm up," Cruz said. He sat up and put on a tank top. He grabbed his blanket and wrapped it around himself. He walked downstairs with Micah.

"Hey, you're awake," Blaise said.

"Barely," Cruz mumbled.

"You know, I was having a good Christmas until you woke up," Claire said.

"Ha! Shove it, Claire. I'm not in the mood."

"Ahh, why not?"

"It's too early, Claire. Don't push your luck."

"Alright. I'll let it go, because it's Christmas."

"I usually wouldn't say this, especially to you, but thanks." Claire sat next to Micah near the tree.

"Morning guys," Eden said, a huge smile on her face. Cruz gave her a questioning look. She was a little too cheery this morning.

"Morning," all the kids said.

"Isn't it a beautiful day?" Mohinder asked as he walked in. He was just as jovial. Cruz and Blaise looked at each other and silently laughed. Micah and Claire did the same.

"Wonderful," Claire answered. Mohinder and Eden sat on the couch. Cruz and Blaise walked over to Claire and Micah.

"I knew I heard something last night," Cruz said.

"I thought you were just delusional," Blaise said. All of them still had their eyes on Mohinder and Eden who were talking quietly.

"What are you four talking about?" D.L. asked as he and Matt came up behind them.

"Look at those two," Micah said. D.L. and Matt looked over to the couple. D.L. began to laugh. Matt's eyes widened.

"You don't think they-" D.L. began.

"Oh, they did. I can read it," Matt said.

"They did what?" Niki whispered.

"It," Matt, D.L., and the kids said. Niki chuckled.

"Finally," Niki said.

"I can't believe they did it," Peter said to Nathan, Heidi, Isaac, and Simone in the dining room.

"How do you know they did?" Nathan asked.

"Look at their smiles. They're glowing. Plus, I just absorbed Matt's ability and their thoughts aren't necessarily pretty." The five walked into the living room.

"Finally. Let's open gifts!" Micah shouted. Cruz and Blaise walked over to where they were.

"What are you guys doing over there?" Claire asked.

"We don't have any gifts for you guys. We're broke, as usual. Consider last night's performance a gift," Cruz said.

"You didn't sing for me."

"Ah, yes. But you got me to sing. That's your gift."

"Well, we have gifts for the two of you so get down here," Niki said.

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Cruz opened a box from Peter. It was a pair of nonflammable shoes. Cruz laughed.

"Thank you, Peter," Cruz said. Peter laughed a little. Everyone gave them questioning looks.

"What's so funny?" Simone asked.

"You wouldn't understand," Peter said.

"Well, I guess that's it," Nathan said.

"No. There's one more. It's for Cruz," Claire said.

"Pass it over," Cruz said.

"It's not something I can pass." Cruz gave her a questioning look and stood up. He walked over to her and next to her sat an electric guitar and amp. His jaw hung slackly. He picked up the guitar.

"You guys got me a guitar?" he said completely awestruck.

"Yeah. Now come on. Play something," Peter said. Cruz plugged in the amp and guitar. He played a little and realized it was out of tune.

"Hold on. I need to tune it."

"Good, 'cause that sucked." Cruz scoffed and tuned the guitar. He played Musetta's Waltz to test it out.

"See, I can play," Cruz said.

"Good to know we didn't waste our money," Matt said.