Room 312 - Monday Morning

[wantstocheer]

After her morning run, Claire had showered, eaten breakfast and was now sitting on her bed with a cup of hot chocolate

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[repeterpetrelli]

Peter was still in his room at the Petrelli house in the city. He was trying to narrow down his real estate search when his phone rang. His door was closed, so he didn't have any privacy worries when he saw the caller ID.

"Hey Claire," Peter said. "How's it going?"

[wantstocheer]

Hearing Peter's voice made her smile despite her concerns. "I made the cheerleading squad."

[repeterpetrelli]

"That's great!" Peter said. "Are you doing anything for Homecoming? I'd love to see it."

[wantstocheer]

"I have no idea. We have our first practice tomorrow," Claire said.

The thought of seeing Peter at Homecoming equally made her happy and scared though.

"How are you? What have you been doing?" she asked, trying to figure out how to ease into the subject.

[repeterpetrelli]

"At the moment, apartment hunting," Peter said. "I've got it narrowed down to three. I'm hoping Sam can help me make the final decision when he's here."

[wantstocheer]

"I'm sure he will," Claire said. She was fairly certain Sam shared her opinions of Angela Petrelli and wanted Peter away from her.

"You're... you're being careful, right?"

[repeterpetrelli]

Peter blinked. He blinked some more.

"...like with a condom?"

[wantstocheer]

"Peter! So so don't need to think about that."

Really, she didn't. Because it was hot wrong.

"I meant, you know, in general. In New York. You're being careful. Not taking any silly risks?"

[repeterpetrelli]

"Oh!" Peter was totally not blushing. Not at all. "Yeah. No. I mean yes I'm being careful and no we don't ever need to talk about the other stuff. Ever."

Granted Peter's definition of "silly risks" may have differed from oh, say, the world.

[wantstocheer]

"Definitely not," Claire agreed. "I mean, it's not like we have to worry about you getting knocked up. Or Sam. Or..."

Yeah, okay, shut up, Claire.

"I worry about you," she said. "There's a guy here. He looks almost exactly like Sylar. He's in one of my classes. It's kind of freaky."

[repeterpetrelli]

That got Peter's attention in a hurry. "What? Are you okay?"

[wantstocheer]

"I'm fine," Claire assured him. "He's not Sylar. That was easy enough to figure out. But... it's a little disturbing."

[repeterpetrelli]

"No kidding," Peter said. "Man, of all the doppelgangers, huh?"

[wantstocheer]

"I know. I'd rather have six more Jess's around," Claire joked.

[repeterpetrelli]

"How is he?" Peter asked. "The guy who looks like Sylar? Does he act like him too?"

[wantstocheer]

"No, he's nothing like him from what I've seen," Claire said. "Though I've been pretty much avoiding him."