Living away from home for the first time was proving more difficult than Peter thought it would be. He had big dreams of freedom and being an adult, but when it came down to it he missed his bed, he missed home cooking, and he missed getting to see everyone for dinner. Including Nathan.
Fortunately, because he came from money he was able to get an
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He pursed his lips, looking over at Peter, "That shirt happened to look nice on you. Next Christmas I'll get you a bib."
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"Yeah?" Peter tucked his hair back too when he lifted his head. It didn't stay, of course. "Even if I'm a girly nurse in a few years?"
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He looked down, picking at his napkin. He always wanted to apologize, but he wasn't good at that sort of thing. "And you're doing what you want to do, even if it's... well, different."
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That's why he'd always looked up to Nathan so very much. "Do you wish you could be doing something else?" Peter asked cautiously, hoping Nathan would open up to him.
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At some point he had wished he could have just stayed a fighter pilot. Or just fly jets around everywhere, for any kind of reason. He could go anywhere and do anything. He wondered what that kind of life would have been like.
"I like what I do. I'm good at it and it's going to take me far in life." It used to feel like more of a speech he had to say, but now he believed most of it.
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"Good, then. I'm happy for you Nathan. You'll make a great President some day." His smile grew while he tried to comfort his big brother. "President Petrelli. It's got a badass ring to it."
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"President Petrelli. It does, doesn't it. All these people in this restaurant are lucky to be dining with the future President," he grinned, straightening out his tie, "Are you going to call me 'sir'?"
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"You couldn't pay me to call you sir." With that, Peter stuck his tongue out at Nathan.
A moment later their waitress brought them their drinks; Nathan his diet soda and Peter his chocolate milkshake. Peter smiled sweetly at her because he'd noticed Nathan checking her out before, and he didn't want his brother to get all the action. She looked a bit flustered because they were both pretty damn hot, but Peter sealed the deal with a wink and that signature cute smile.
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