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Glaire
Claire and Gretchen lay in the trunk (Strange Attractors)

Glaire is a fan coined term describing the relationship between Claire Bennet and Gretchen Berg.

Orientation

At the Arlington University campus, Gretchen meets Claire, whose name she recognizes from the murdered cheerleader incident in Odessa, TX on Homecoming night at Union Wells. Gretchen suggests that she would have changed her name, and Claire tells her that she did for a while, and she was hoping that people would have forgotten.

Gretchen introduces herself to Claire

Later, at the dorm mixer, Gretchen apologizes to Claire about ever mentioning the murder, and then the two girls attempt to play Guitar Hero III. Gretchen improves her skill at the game, but neither girl does well.

Jump, Push, Fall

Gretchen waits outside of Claire's dorm room for Sandra to bring Claire back after Annie's death. Gretchen discusses the supposed suicide note with Claire and her mother, who believes Claire probably missed it. When Sandra leaves, Gretchen claims that this must be a murder, and they need to need to find a way to prove it.

Gretchen gets some books on forensic science and brings them to Claire while in a cafeteria.

Gretchen explains 'Jump,Push,Fall'.

She explains the process of the "Jump, Push, Fall Test" that she learned from an episode of Crossing Jordan, using an orange as a visual aid. When she gets to "push", she sends the orange flying onto an opposing table of girls, who reluctantly, with disgust on their faces, returns it. Gretchen says they need to get a dummy or cadaver that matches Annie's height and weight. Claire doesn't want to get involved, but Gretchen tells her she already is.

Gretchen sees Claire heal after Claire jumps from her dorm room window. The girls exchange awkward waves.

Ink

Gretchen tries to get Claire to talk to her about what she witnessed. Later, Noah comes by and invites Claire to lunch. Claire goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth and Gretchen approaches her and asks if she's a vampire, some kind of alien or government experiment. She follows Claire back to her dorm room and takes advantage of Noah's visit to get herself invited to lunch. At the lunch, Gretchen talks about Claire hiding her powers. She then talks about how she plans in majoring in biology and talks about a case she read on the Internet about a girl who didn't feel pain and can heal herself. Noah realizes she's talking about Claire. Gretchen then asks what Claire plans to major in. When Claire says she doesn't have to declare until her third year, Gretchen says that some choices are inevitable. She then asks Noah about his job and he admits that he's retired. She leaves for the restroom and Noah and Claire discuss the situation. Later, Gretchen and Claire walk back to the dorm and Gretchen apologies for being too pushy. She says that when she was in junior high, students used to tease her and call her "Retchin' Gretchen" because she smelled of vomit and they thought she was bulimic.

Claire and Gretchen talk

Claire finds that hard to believe but Gretchen doesn't deny it. Claire invites Gretchen to ask her anything, and Claire reveals her power. Later, the two girls chat and Claire lets Gretchen cut her hand to show her how her ability functions. Shortly after this, Gretchen asks to borrow a book from Claire, who responds by inviting her to be her roommate.

Hysterical Blindness

At Arlington University, Claire and Gretchen share breakfast and Claire admits that it's a pleasant change of pace for her to have a normal morning. She says her life is full of possibilities. Rebecca Taylor comes over and says that Claire can't escape her destiny and asks if she'll be rushing the Psi Alpha Chi sorority, the one that Sandra went to. Claire agrees to stop by but Gretchen objects, insisting that sorority's are a social crutch for people who can't make friends on their own. Claire invites Gretchen along, promising to be her best friend if she comes. Gretchen reluctantly agrees.

Claire and Gretchen arrive late for the rush ceremony at the sorority house. Rebecca begins the rush by starting up some speed-dating to introduce pledges to the sorority members. Claire tries to talk about her life as best she can, but she discovers that everyone has learned about her background from Gretchen.

Back in their room, Claire discovers that Gretchen is wearing her sweater. Gretchen asks if she can continue wearing it and Claire gives her permission to continue wearing it. Gretchen goes to the restroom and one of her books falls on the floor. When Claire goes to pick it up, she notices that it's turned on Gretchen's laptop, and it has photos of Claire, web pages of Costa Verde High School, and an article on murder-suicide. Claire quickly closes the laptop as Gretchen comes back. She tells Gretchen to go on ahead to the sorority mixer and Gretchen reluctantly agrees.

Later at the sorority, Claire arrives and is greeted by Rebecca. She is introduced to Kara Hayback, another ex-cheerleader. As they talk, Claire notices a falling banner pole and pushes Kara out of the way. It just misses both of them. Claire looks up and sees Gretchen on the balcony above.

Gretchen kisses Claire, before admitting her crush.

Gretchen returns to the dorm room where Claire is waiting. She denies doing anything, but Claire says that Gretchen was the only one there and either felt threatened or wanted to force Claire to reveal her powers. When Claire explains what she saw on the laptop, Gretchen angrily accuses her of violating her privacy. She then admits she was "Google-ing" Claire, but Claire says she saw the information on Annie. She accuses Gretchen of obsessing about her and insists that all she wanted was a normal life. Gretchen insists she didn't kill Annie but is stalking her just a little. She grabs Claire and kisses her, and then admits she has a crush. Before Claire can say anything, Allison and the other sorority sisters come in and inform them they've been accepted.

Later at the Carnival, Rebecca explains to Samuel that, while invisible, she made it appear that Gretchen dropped the banner pole and that she dropped the book to reveal the pages on Gretchen's laptop.

Rebecca returns to the dorm as the sorority sisters prepare to initiate Gretchen and Claire.

Strange Attractors

Claire and Gretchen, while trying to get to sleep, decide to discuss Gretchen's feelings for Claire. Claire is worried that Gretchen may kiss her while she sleeps and Gretchen laughs, assuring her that she will not. Claire then surprises Gretchen by saying that the kiss was not so bad. Becky and the other sisters burst into the room and "kidnap" the girls, placing them inside of a truck. Gretchen is close to Claire in the truck and Claire admits that she doesn't know how she feels about Gretchen. When they arrive at the slaughterhouse, Claire and Gretchen team up to try and escape before the other girls Olivia and Ashley. Gretchen and Claire walk through the slaughterhouse and Claire asks Gretchen how long she has liked girls. Gretchen admits that she has had more boyfriends than girlfriends and then learns that Claire is a virgin. Gretchen says that they are strange attractors and is then pushed to the floor by Claire, who manages to move her just in time to avoid being hit by a hook.

Claire tells Gretchen that someone may be after her and Gretchen says that no one was in the room with them. Claire explains that there are lots of people with abilities and that someone may be trying to kill Gretchen like they killed Annie. They meet up with the other two girls and agree to work together to get out. Claire and Gretchen go into one room and Gretchen is attacked by an invisible Becky. Claire tries desperately to save her but Becky pushes her onto a spike. Claire manages to get Becky off of Gretchen just as the girls arrive. As Becky flees, Gretchen helps pull Claire free. She and the other girls then watch her heal.

Shadowboxing

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Thanksgiving

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The Fifth Stage

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Memorable Quotes

"Gretchen? I really really wanna trust you but my life has been a complex series of disasters and, it's been a really really long time since I felt safe enough to tell anyone the truth but I'm tired of keeping this secret to myself. So ask me anything, I'll tell you the truth"

- Claire (Ink)

"Can I... see it?"

"See what? The healing?"

"If that's not crossing the line"

- Gretchen, Claire (Ink)

"I have a crush. I'm crushing on you."

- Gretchen (Hysterical Blindness)

"Are you afraid I'm gonna kiss-attack you in your sleep?"

"Maybe."

- Gretchen, Claire (Strange Attractors)

"I need you"

- Claire (Strange Attractors)

Gallery

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  Gretchen introduces herself to Claire (Orientation)
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  Gretchen explains "Jump,Push,Fall" (Jump, Push, Fall)
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  Gretchen and Claire talk (Ink)‎
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  Claire lets Gretchen cut her hand (Ink)
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External links

• Claire/Gretchen LiveJournal community
• Claire/Gretchen videos on YouTube