Hayden Panettiere’s character will turn lesbian on NBC’s sci-fi drama Heroes next season, it has been rumored.

The 19-year-old Panettiere will see her screen alter ego, invincible cheerleader Claire Bennet, getting hot and heavy in a same sex romance with her college roommate when season 4 of the action-packed series hits the small screen this fall.

“It’s just girly fun at first,” a source told the Daily Star, “But it might progress into something more serious, it depends how viewers respond.”