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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 17:06:05 GMT -7
August 2025It had become incredibly common at this point for Claudia to run off and meet the boys in the park. More Nate than Simon, since Simon was increasingly busier and busier entertaining others as the summer months went on. Claudia tried not to let that get to her. But it absolutely did. Being with Nate was a perfect distraction. She wasn’t sure what she would do if she hadn’t had someone to lean on. Several times over the past few weeks she started to wonder about Nate more than she used to do. Wonder what he was doing at any given time, wonder where he was and who he was with. And almost started to long for him when she wasn’t with him. Kind of like she had been feeling for Simon. But Simon was starting to fade. The jealousy she felt was still very much there, but the idea that he was never going to be hers was setting in as more of a reality.
But here she found herself again. In a simple tank top and jean shorts, standing on the cricket play structure on a decently warm summer day with her hair down. She couldn’t really remember the last time she let her hair down for the hell of it. She normally was a proud bunhead. She felt so casual and was kind of living for it. And she felt most proud because she got here today before Nate did. So for the first time, she felt like the queen of the park instead of Nate ruling it. She was up there already when he showed up.
Nathaniel David Forrester
simon sixten svendsen (eventually, we'll let Nate and Claudia get it going first)
