"OK. Everything's ready." Peter said. He, Isaac, Nathan, and Claire were moving everything into the house. After being saved, Claire decided to drop-out of school. She and the rest of the Heroes were certain they should move in together and the world was more important than high school right now. Nathan and Matt were the only ones not moving in. But when needed, Hiro could teleport and get Nathan when he wasn't in Los Angeles and Matt lived nearby.

"Aren't there, like, five more people moving in?" Claire asked.

"Yeah. They should be here soon." Isaac said. There was a knock at the door. "And there they are."

"Aww, you didn't need the heroin this time." Peter laughed.

"Hey, I'm clean now, remember?" Peter went to the door and opened it. There stood Hiro and Ando.

"Hello, Hiro. Hi, Ando." Peter said.

"It is good to see you, Peter." Hiro said in his Japanese accent. His English was improving thanks to Ando. Hiro and Ando walked in and greeted Isaac, Nathan, and Claire.

"Thank you, guys, for saving me." Claire said.

"Hey. We never leave a damsel in distress. Plus, it helped us stop New York from going nuclear. All I did was paint the picture." Isaac said.

"Hiro and I helped Peter a little." Ando said.

"And I did all the action." Peter said. Claire nodded and sat down on the couch by Isaac. She turned on the TV and flipped through the channels. A half an hour later, the doorbell rang again. Peter went to the door. He opened it to find Niki, D.L., and Micah.

"Hello Peter." Niki said.

"Hello… Niki?" Peter said, unsure of whether he was talking to Niki or her alter ego, Jessica.

Niki nodded.

"Oh, good. I thought I messed up. D.L. and Micah. How are you?"

"Good." Micah said.

"Hey, Pete. What's taking so long?" called a voice. Nathan walked up to Peter's side. Niki's eyes widened.

"Just saying hi to our new housemates. Nathan, this is-" Peter began.

"Niki? You're the girl from the hotel, right?" D.L. and Micah looked at Niki with questioning looks.

"Um, yeah. That's me. Um, this is my son, Micah." Niki said. Nathan squatted down so he could look Micah in the eye. He shook the boy's hand.

"Your mom told me about you. And how smart you are." Micah smiled slightly. Nathan stood back up.

Micah looked at his dad, who had a disturbed look on his face.

"And this is D.L." Niki said, not mentioning the fact that he was her husband. Nathan shook D.L.'s hand.

"Nice to meet you."

"Same here." D.L. said.

"Let's get inside. C'mon." Peter said.

"Hey guys." Micah said, as he walked into the living room.

"Well, if it isn't my little buddy, Tech. How are you, Micah?" Isaac said, standing up and walking over to the three newcomers.

"Good." Micah said. He gave Isaac a high five. Isaac hugged Niki and shook D.L.'s hand.

"Oh, good. I'm not the only female in the house." Claire said. Niki chuckled and her attention went to Claire, the youngest besides Micah.

"Well, Eden will be here, too." Niki joked. "Hi Claire. How are you?"

"I'm good. Just getting used to being away from Texas."

"It'll get better. Especially because we're in sunny California." Peter said.

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D.L. and Nathan leaned against the kitchen counter, a beer in their hands. D.L. had taken off his hat by this time and watched what was going on outside. Claire, Micah, and Hiro were playing in the pool. Isaac was painting, but luckily it wasn't of the future. Niki was sunbathing, so D.L. had most of his attention on her. Little did he know, so did Nathan.

"She's great isn't she?" Nathan asked. D.L. looked away from Niki.

"Who?" D.L. asked.

"Niki. That night in my hotel room," D.L. quirked an eyebrow at Nathan. "She blew me away." D.L. nodded his head and put on a fake smile.

"No shit?" D.L. said.

"Yeah. You seem to know her."

"Why would you think that?"

"You guys walked in together, you know her son extremely well. Better than I know my own sons."

"Yeah, I've known her since we were kids."

"Oh." Nathan took another sip of his beer. D.L. looked back outside.

"She's my wife." Nathan looked at D.L. with a shocked look. Niki had never really mentioned her husband except when D.L. had taken Micah. At that time, he'd thought they were divorced.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Nathan said.

"No worries. She probably didn't mention me. Did she?" D.L said.

"No, she didn't. Just Micah."

"Well, I'm gonna go outside." D.L. said with a smirk. He walked through the sliding door. "And that's how I escaped." He walked over to Niki.

"Whoa, what happened to the sun?" Niki joked. She opened her eyes to see D.L. "Hey baby. What's wrong?" She sat up, as D.L sat by her.

"Nathan told me what happened."

"What do you mean?" Niki lied.

"The hotel. That's why you were freaking out when you saw him."

"I don't even remember what happened."

"You were there. How do you not- Jessica. I swear she's trying to break us apart."

"Not anymore. I made her promise she wouldn't."

"Yeah, like that helps." Niki slapped D.L.'s bald head. "Ow, Niki."

"What?"

"You just hit me."

"I did not."

"Jessica."

"Baby, Jessica is a very free spirit. And that night at the hotel was the only way to pay off my debt. Jessica was just trying to help." D.L. avoided eye contact with Niki. "So, you're going to avoid me? It didn't mean anything. Especially since I don't remember anything."

"What about Micah? Where was he?" Niki took a deep breath.

"The night you came home was the day I came home from the hotel. I left Micah there with Tina. When I got home-"

"The cops were there. I know, I was there."

"You were there?"

"I was in our closet. When you got paranoid and came in our room that day, I was there. I came out the closet when you went back to Micah's room. Damn, did you really think I was going to kill you?" D.L. chuckled.

"At the time. I thought you actually murdered your crew."

"Yeah, when you actually committed the crime."

"I didn't know that. And I didn't commit the crime. Jessica did. And I didn't want you to take Micah, which you did."

"I thought you were trying to kill me, which you did."

"Because you didn't believe me when I told you about Jessica and Jessica's the one who bought the sniper rifle. I didn't want her to hurt you."

"Well, luckily she didn't."

"Yup, that would've been tragic." Niki kissed D.L. passionately.

"Eww, get a room." said Micah. His parents pulled away. "I'm glad you worked out your marriage and that we're a family again, but please. There are children here."

"Oh, you're a child, now?" Niki asked.

"Mom, I may be a genius, but I'm a kid genius. The keyword being kid." Micah said.

"What do you have behind your back?" Niki asked.

"You wanna know?"

"Yes."

"You really wanna know?"

"Yes. Come on, kid. Show me."

"OK." Micah pulled out two water pistols and shot Niki with them. Niki squealed. The others looked at her. The water against her warm skin was freezing.

D.L. and Micah laughed. Niki looked at D.L.

"This is funny?"

"Extremely."

"I'm gonna get both of you." Niki stood up and walked to the pool. D.L. and Micah continued to laugh. "Oh, boys." Micah and D.L. looked up. Claire and Niki were aiming at them with their own water guns. The boys stopped laughing. The girls shot them. When they stopped, D.L. was soaking wet. Micah had already been wet. Niki laughed at her husband. D.L. took off the tank top he was wearing. There was no use wearing it now. It was transparent.

"That's not cool, Niki."

"It may not be cool, but it's hilarious."

"OK. I know a way to get you back." D.L. walked up to Niki and kissed her. When he pulled away, he pushed her in the pool. When she emerged from the water, she flipped her hair from in front of her face.

"That was evil. Jessica wouldn't even go that far." Claire said, thinking back to when she first met Niki's alter ego.

"Really, 'cause I was thinking of her when I did it." D.L. said. Isaac had walked up to D.L.'s side. He gave him a high five and laughed. Micah stood by the two adults.

While D.L. wasn't paying attention, Niki and Claire pulled him in. "Whoa!" Everyone laughed. That was the beginning of the infamous Heroes Water Fight.

"Hey, what's going on out here?" said a voice. Peter, Nathan, Mohinder, Eden, and Matt had walked outside.

"Nothing." everyone said. Everyone who had a water gun shot the five. Peter ran back inside and a few moments later came out with a Super Soaker. By this time, Niki and D.L. were out the pool. Peter shot Isaac first, who hadn't gotten wet yet. Everyone ran around the backyard, running from whoever could get them wet.

Peter, Claire, and Niki had their own water fight by the water hose. Eden and Mohinder were the only ones at the moment without a water gun and Micah had given one of the pistols to his dad.

Peter consistently hit Niki and Claire with his gun. They didn't have nearly as much water power as he did.

"Alright, I give." Niki said, before being hit in the face with water.

"Niki, I'm so sorry." Peter said.

"Oh no. You're not getting away that easy. Claire. The hose."

"No. Niki. Don't do it."

"Niki's not here right now." she said with a smirk.

"Oh shit." Peter said, beginning to run. Claire turned on the water hose and Jessica aimed at Peter. The water hit Peter. Peter yelped at how cold the water was.

Claire and Jessica laughed.

"Alright, Claire. Turn it off." Jessica said.

"That was a nice move, Niki or Jessica." Peter said.

"My idea. Jessica just carried it out." Niki said. She had come back.

"Alright guys! Let's eat!" D.L. shouted. They all dried off and went into the house.

"That was fun! We should do it again." Micah said. Micah was right. They'd all had fun. Why not do it again?

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Their first day together had been great. It was now midnight. Micah and Claire were on the computer in her room. Peter, Nathan, D.L., Matt, Hiro, and Ando sat around playing cards. Niki and Eden were watching some TV movie on Lifetime. Mohinder and Isaac sat in the den with the two women, talking about evolution. They were like a family. Yeah, that's what they were. A family.