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Chapter 1

Nathan watched them sitting next to each other in the car, he saw the tension between them, the mental barrier they erected to ensure a proper uncle/niece relationship was all the portrayed to the outside world, he saw the secretive glances pass between them in the guise of looking around the car, out the window, at a speck of dirt on the others seat. He saw Peter's face colour slightly and a small smirk appear on Claire's as she conveyed private thoughts into his head, heard her breath catch as he conveyed his own back and couldn't help but sigh quietly at the familiarity of the scene- the same one he had watched over and over again, in different cars, different countries, different houses and different rooms for the past thirty years. The sight no longer disgusted him as it once had- he was resigned to it- and he no longer bothered to question either one of them at family dinners as to why they had no date with them, no longer looked surprised when he saw peter jump suddenly in his chair at the table and look at Claire who would smile delightedly and lick her lips at the sight, he no longer wondered why Claire was at Peters apartment unnaturally early whenever he visited. No, Nathan Petrelli 69 year old recently retired vice- president, no longer asked, wondered about or questioned the relationship between, his 48 year old daughter who looked barely 20 and his 58 year old brother who looked 26, instead as he watched his sons grow older and start families of their own, watched his mother and wife die and felt his own life slowly coming to a close he breathed a sigh of relief that Claire and peter would at least have each other no matter how many decades, centuries or millennia they were destined to live for.

hey people this was going to be a one shot but I'm thinking about making it longer. If you like it and want more review or email me and ill add more, i have several ideas for a few more chapters at least and plenty of time to write them, give me 5 or more reviews and I'll be soooooo happy ill keep on writing. Or if i just get a few really nice reviews ill write it anyway.

Thanks for at least reading people, it means a lot

Becca