WHO: Nathan, Heidi, Simon & Monty Petrelli, Claire (ABC) & Claire (SBC) Bennet WHERE:The Commons at Calabasas, one of the restaurants WHEN: Friday, March 31, 2006; early evening, before the conclusion of the magical end of the dracu-vamps plot. WHAT: Birthday dinner and shopping! RATING: TBD STATUS: thread; in-progress
Nathan was hard-pressed to remember the last time they'd had a family dinner like this, together. He, of course, kept to his regular routine of having breakfast with one daughter and lunch with the other, when their schedules permitted, and there were usually any number of people around the Hyperion at mealtimes, but with the older Claire living on her own, she wasn't ever a part of those mealtimes. Having this meal, all of them together – it was very nice.
Looking up from his menu, he looked at the two of them. One turning eighteen, the other turning twenty-two (approximately, as things weren't exactly the same with the displaced timelines and calendars) and he found himself terrified of both numbers. The younger Claire was old enough to legally do things like vote and live on her own without support, and the older Claire was creeping closer to that age where she'd be getting serious about some man and settling down (or so Nathan thought).
He hadn't even known them most of their lives and he found he wanted to shrunk them and keep them from growing up just the same.
"Remember, whatever you two want," he said after he'd cleared his throat. "Don't even look at the prices."