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[ Peter rarely makes posts to the network with such express purpose, but when he shows up on the feed this time, he looks prepared. Like he's got a message. And he only glances off camera once, before he starts. ]

You know, been here almost a year and a half now. Place definitely takes a toll on a person after awhile. Especially when things at home don't exactly make it any easier to deal with the kind of things that go on here. If you let it, everything just kind of.. falls apart. [ He shrugs, grasping a little for the right words. Public speaking isn't his strong suit. ]

Doesn't mean it has to, though. I know more than a few people here have made allegiances with people they never would've thought to. Whatever gets you through, right? Makes it easier, helps keep you going? Didn't actually think i'd end up happy in this place, not after everything that's happened.

[ This time, when he looks off camera again, he lets his NV turn ... to an expectant Sylar, his dark gaze fixed on the device. He smiles, wryly, as though to say 'surprise'. ]

Makes a lot of sense, when you think about it. The people who remind you of home, who understand what it's like to be you better than anyone else does; you can't really pick and choose who those people are. Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

[ He quirks an offscreen glance toward Peter. ]

Everyone deserves a little happiness in their lives, don't you think? Someone to love. Something you'd kill to protect. [ He reaches out suddenly, viper-quick, pulling Peter back into view of the NV by dragging him into his lap, and surprising a smile out of him in the process. Sylar presses his nose into Peter's neck, buries his nose briefly into hair that has grown back mysteriously quickly, and then looks back at the screen mockingly. ]

Like this smile. Isn't it adorable? A man could kill for a smile like this.

[ But before Sylar can embarrass them both any further, Peter's fumbling for his NV and trying not to smile so much as he turns off the feed. ]

[ ooc; blue is Peter; red is Sylar. threadjacking is encouraged! ]

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[ Amy almost doesn't want to respond. At all. But this isn't something she can forget. Not when she's thinking about the whole incident at Peter's apartment, his distance even afterward and then the awkward encounter when he returned. Seeing this, well, saying she's upset is a bit of an understatement. Everything felt like one huge lie. ]

It was an act, wasn't it?

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[ This... this he knew would suck. Out of everyone so far, Amy is the one person he feels the worst about lying to because of how close they almost became. And to Amy, he actually sounds guilty. ]

Not all of it.

[ Amy might feel special if she wasn't so hurt by the whole thing. It's not their relationship that bothers her -- she's engaged so they both knew whatever went on between them wasn't going to work. It's the lying that hurts. And all the sticking up she did for Peter feels wasted now. ]

Like what? You being a nurse? Because it seems that's the only thing I can believe.

[ He just... sighs and passes a hand across his face, because even though he's well aware that it's justified, all of it, he hated lying in the first place. And now he has to face the repercussions of it.

And if he knew that you'd ever stuck up for him, Amy, he'd feel even worse. ]

Nothing was a lie up until maybe over a month ago. I stopped talking so much again because of all this.

[ None of this helps that Amy has major trust issues. The fact she let Peter get so close, and cared so much, and he does this? It's hard to believe him anymore. ]

But you still couldn't just tell me?

[ Though who is she kidding? She probably would have been just as upset. ]

[ He understands that, and fully believes he deserves it. ]

What would you have done if i'd told you?

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[ She finally deflates, sounding a bit sad. Definitely hollowed out. ]

I would have at least tried to understand.

[ Or walked away sooner. Instead she was just left waiting and wondering. ]

[ But you had a fiancee, Amy. And Peter was already awkward about that, and he figured he had to lie to everyone or face the information getting spread as far as the eye could see, he just didn't know. ]

I'm sorry, I am. I shouldn't have lied.

[ She wasn't aware having a fiancee was worthy of being lied to. At least she told him about Rory. She thought he understood that night. After all, she still didn't leave his apartment until he asked her to. ]

Don't bother. Everything's out now. It's over, and I guess you can go be ... happy now.

[ And if he really is, she can't argue anymore. ]

[ The coooold shoulder, and he keeps telling himself that he's not allowed to be upset about this, but it still gets to him. He knew he would lose everyone over this. Or at the very least, nearly everyone. And he knew it would suck. But knowing is different than feeling. ]

Got it. [ And since he has no idea what else to say, he very nearly ends the feed, but instead he pauses. Tries again. ]

The day that you showed up? If I'd told you that I was letting Sylar sleep on my couch, what would you have done?

Edited 2012-04-06 05:03 (UTC)

[ Amy would have been disappointed if that was all. But of course, somehow the question doesn't ease anything. Sylar already asked her this ... in his own way. Almost as if they were trying to convince her a lie was better. ]

I would have asked why. I probably would have asked you to stop. [ then she sighs. ] Why does this matter now though? If you care about him so much, you wouldn't have let me.

I wouldn't have let you because he was black-mailing me. I didn't care that much about him when he was just... staying on my couch. That was the only reason I was lying about it.

I'll take the blame about lying for the relationship for the past month, but back when you showed up? Things were different.

[ Amy wonders how much of this he really means. If he lied about the relationship, how can she be sure he was actually being blackmailed? That he wasn't just backpedaling now that he was about to lose quite a few friends? She just doesn't know. The conversation could go in circles, honestly.

And while she feels more willing to hear Peter out, she's not sure she can ever accept Sylar. ]

Fine. [ she decides to switch gears since lying or not, it's done. ] So what now, then? You join him? And forget all your friends?

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[ He isn't mean either, but that's because he picks up on Peter's tone. So special. ]

He's right. It wasn't all an act.

[ Unfortunately her tone isn't any softer. Just a quiet seething. ]

No, I didn't believe you then, and I don't believe you now. Sorry.

You don't understand; you were the trigger. Until then, the most he'd done is let me stay with him, and even then it was blackmail. He didn't want me there.

Nothing happened until after that. Which means he wasn't lying to you about everything.

[ Completely bypassing the last comment. ] Hang on. What trigger? You're saying I caused this?

Oh. No, not at all. No, I sowed the seeds for this a very long time ago. It's almost a coincidence that you were there that day.

[ Almost. ]

Peter liked you--you hurt him.

[ Oh, she's going to lose it. Amy can't believe what she's hearing. ]

How can you even say that? I didn't do anything. He asked me to leave; he's not the one who got hurt.

No, you hurt him before. You left him delicate. Miserable.

[ He folds his arms as he leant back. ]

He needed someone.

[ And she seems to lean forward. ]

You don't know what you're talking about. I was still there.

As a friend, when he needed so much more. Tell me, Amy, when he was poisoned by the Joker, and dying over and over again, were you there?

No--I was.

I held him as he laughed himself to death, and when the only way to stop it happening a hundred more times was to bleed every last drop of poison out of him. So you can have as much contempt for me as you like, it won't change the fact that he needs me.

Peter didn't let me be there, first of all. You think I want him dying? 'Course I don't.

[ a sharp sigh. she's really worked up now. ]

I won't try to tell you he doesn't need you because I know that won't do anything. But you can't tell me that I caused any of this. I'm not the one who lied.

Fine. But tell me, what would you have done with the truth?

Since we're all finally being honest, I would have tried to change his mind. I would've wanted to help him without you. [ instead of letting him interrupt like she's sure he wants to, she goes on. ] I'm not an idiot though, I would have accepted that I couldn't.

But at least I could have known I tried to do something. Done something right.