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[Nathaniel David Forrester]

now you see me.

summer, 2025

WITH CLOTHES THAT SMELLED LIKE FRESH CUT flowers, a detergent he didn't recognise. And with a backpack filled with pilfered booze, Nate made his way across London. Jumping subway turnstiles and running from security when necessary. He might have been leaving the high rise, money building of Blishwick Enterprises, but he was still the 'riffraff'. He knew the rougher parts of this city like the back of his hand. Simon didn't, neither did Claudia.

Nate had dropped both parties a magic pin and told them which portkeys would take them to the park, from their separate areas. He had not told them he would be meeting them together. That was part of the fun. It was a wooded part of Greenwich Park. Not entirely far from a few haunts Nate had frequented with his 'bad' friends. The kind of muggles who'd gotten him in trouble in the past. He supposed it was them who showed him this particular park to begin with.

Tucked away among the trees and the bracken, off the beaten path, there was an abandoned play park. The kind of thing that began development in the 60's and ran out of quick cash. The local council had left it to rust, half finished and condemned. It was perfect. The sun glinting off a dirty silver slide. The jungle gym sun faded and spray painted. He jumped up in to the raised plastic hideaway, dropping his bag and retrieving a bottle of vodka and gin. He'd lit a fire in an old rubbish bin near the opening. It was there that they found him. Shadows stepping out from the dim on opposite ends.

"Welcome!" He exclaimed, his voice rough with disuse and echoing across the space. He'd uncapped the bottle of vodka and took a waiting swig. "... to my kingdom." From his raised platform, he looked far taller than he actually was. Children's play parks would do that. With both bottles still in hand, he swung his legs over the plastic wall and dropped down in to the woodchip bottom, walking to greet them both properly. He wanted to see their faces for this. 

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Claudia couldn’t say that she had ever just walked around the city or chosen to spend her time hanging out in some park. If she went anywhere in London besides the dance studio, it would be a high street for shopping, or one of her favorite little cafes. She never went to tourist places, she never bothered with public transportation. She was a city girl, sure, but she was also the daughter of well off parents who kept her in comfort and safety. So all of this was extremely out of her comfort zone.

But for some dumb reason, she trusted Nate. At least she trusted him enough to know that he wouldn’t let anything that bad happen to her. So she agreed to meet him and followed his directions, including taking a sketchy portkey and following a path from there into a park. She wondered how he knew about all of this. She knew there were portkeys out there in the city for public use, but she had yet to use one before today. She couldn’t say it had ever even crossed her mind to want to use one.

She saw him come into view near some sort of fire on one of the playground platforms. She shook her head at the sight while a small laugh escaped from her lips. “You’re always so dramatic.” she giggled. And then she heard footsteps coming from the other direction. She turned her head to see who was approaching. They were in a public place so she knew others could walk through, but she hadn’t been expecting to look over and see the Gryffindor walking towards them. Her eyes flashed back to Nate quickly. Oh god, what had he done?

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It didn't take much to convince Simon to leave the house, ever. The Gryffindor loved his freedom. Nowadays, with Jessie Meadows lurking the comfort of his home, he was finding more reasons to leave the house. Hanging with Nate was the perfect excuse to get out, he had a way with getting his mind off of those things, or reminding him to 'Fuck it.' Simon wasn't typically an awkward person, but having her around his family, especially his mother, was too close for comfort. Sofia was enjoying every minute of it. There wasn't a single fiber in his body that wasn't sure of it.

The half-vampire was feening for a night out, so he snuck into his parent's liquor cabinet and finagled one of their fancy Swedish vodkas. They would never notice it was missing because they were too busy. Simon followed the portkey to Nate's destination, taking his time to make his way to the park with a spliff dangling from his lip because he didn't want to seem too eager to meet up. 

As soon as he reached the fluffy green grass, he saw Nate and Claudia. His stomach instantly dropped to the floor, his heart skipped anxiously. Fuck. It was apparent that Nate was being a cheeky fucker today. The Gryffindor sauntered over to the pair, forcing a relaxed expression as he closed the distance between them. "Sup, fuckers," Simon greeted them, feigning an easy-going appearance, although the feeling to bolt was becoming overwhelming the closer he got. Simon wasn't sure what Nate had up his sleeve for this rendezvous and his intuition told him it wasn't good...Nate knew how Simon felt about Claudia, which he regretted admitting now more than ever.

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[Nathaniel David Forrester]

now you see me.

summer, 2025

IT HADN'T EXACTLY BEEN HIS INTENTION TO create an awkward atmosphere. But, it certainly made things a little more entertaining. From his vantage point, he seen Claudia's face shift from a laugh to stern shock as she caught sight of Simon in the distance. He seen the way that Simon's joint wobbled on tightening lips as he caught hers. God, he had it bad. He skipped a step, bottle lifting to offer it to Claudia as they met in the middle. Felt their confusion and expectation, as if waiting for some punch line Nate didn't have. He let it hang, reaching forward to pluck the joint from Simon's slackening mouth.

"You know each other, right?" He said, gesturing between them with a straight face. "You guys are the best mates I got in town right now." He shrugged, voice hoarse on a smokey inhale. It tightened his chest in such a familiar way, loosening his shoulders instinctively as he exhaled. "Figured you'd fancy a drink in the best spot in the city." He grabbed Simon's vodka, lifting it to look at the label with a short laugh. "Where'd you find this shit?" The Swedish shit was pricey with a high percentage. He uncapped the top and took a short swig, pursing his mouth as it went down, before he handed it to Si and crossed his arm to offer Claudia the joint. "What'd you bring..?" He asked her, tonguing his bottom lip wetly and tilting his head expectantly, not even shy about teasing her. 

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Claudia still couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She had seen Nate and Simon in the same place at the same time before, but never when it had just been the three of them. And so far throughout the summer, she had spent large amounts of time with both of them, both fairly intimately. Seeing them both together was kind of fun, but the fact that it was sprung on her without time to mentally prepare really ticked her off. Nate had wanted it to be a surprise. He wanted to torture everyone there. She hated him for it. But she still took the bottle he offered her and took a rather generous swig of it. Coughed as the liquid burned her throat and then she handed it back to him, though she’d definitely be reaching for it again before the end of the afternoon, she was sure.

“No duh we know each other.” Claudia rolled her eyes. Nate knew that too. But he commented that they were the best friends he had in the city and that he wanted to hang out with his friends, basically. She couldn’t blame him for that. Honestly the two of them were her only friends too. The two people in the world that she was closest with. Nate asked what Simon brought and teased him a bit about it before turning to Claudia and asking what she brought. She raised her eyebrows. “What do you mean? I brought myself and that should be plenty for you.” if he was going to be a tease, surely she could as well. She wasn’t going to let him keep the upper hand all day. Plus, she wasn’t confident enough in her rebellion to steal liquor from her parents yet. She could probably go buy some herself, but she also wasn’t confident enough getting around London for that. She still had a long way to go.

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Simon wasn't typically the type of person to get anxious about social gatherings, but there was some apprehension tensing at the pit of his stomach. He knew that Nate was up to something. Merlin, Simon felt like a fucking idiot for admitting feeling anything for Claudia. The truth was, he thought very highly of Claudia. She was hands down the hottest girl at Hogwarts in his eyes. He wasn't going to get weird tonight because Nate caught him off guard. That was what he wanted. Simon offered Claudia a hug as Nate asked if they knew each other. 

The arm around Claudia was admittedly upsetting but he wasn't going to allow himself to get territorial. She wasn't his, even though there were times he really felt like they could be together. Fuck, everything was so complicated.

"My parents stash" he answered with an easy-going shrug as he took a swig and passed the bottle back. Simon was going to offer it to Claudia but Nate attempted to pass whatever he was smoking to her. Simon was always looking for a good time, so he pulled a spliff that was tucked behind his ear and lit it. Inhaling generously, he was already anticipating that Nate would snatch it from him like he usually did. When Nate asked Claudia what she had brought to their gathering, his lips curled upward into a smile at her retort. Simon nodded his head in agreement with Claudia, "I think her being here is enough." he stated bravely, some sort of pathetic attempt at showing Nate that he wasn't afraid of playing his games.

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[Nathaniel David Forrester]

now you see me.

summer, 2025

CLAUDIA'S RESPONSE WAS PERFUNCTORY. THE easy dismissal exactly what he had expected. She didn't get ruffled easy and the competition snapped in the air between them. Catching the way she snatched the bottle from him a little too harshly. His eyes going from her to Simon, who was by far the more 'emotional' of the two. In Nate's opinion, of course.

"Should've invited your parents," Nate retorted swiftly, smirking as the vodka burned a whole in his throat on its way down. Warming his belly pleasantly once it landed. He snaked an arm around Claudia's waist familiarly, tugging her towards him sharply before he relaxed. Her reply was, again, to be expected. Her sharp confidence one of the many reasons he liked her in the first place. His pinned her with a stare, his tongue dashing across his bottom lip as he contemplated it for a moment, stare flickering to her lips. "Guess you'll just have to prove it." He drawled, not so innocently, before he unwound his arm from her waist and stepped back.

"Right!" He declared, slapping his hands together and rubbing them loudly. "How wants to start a little fire..." With that, he backed up and turned, leading the way towards an abandoned steel drum mounted at the edge of the derelict park. "C'mon, kiddies." He called over his shoulder, sneaking a look with a smirk hidden in his shoulder. "Let's not flirt all night, eh." He eyed the joint in Simon's hand intentionally. 

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