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[parkerlee]

When Parker Lee sets out to plan a party, she doesn’t do it by halves. Especially when it’s going to be for one of her best friends. Meg’s engagement is going to be celebrated in style if she has anything to say about it.

And so her table looks like the table of a woman who is planning to invade a small country by way of Better Homes & Gardens.

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[alsoagreengrass]

"What are you doing there?" Scorpius asks, slightly amused as he collects the fallen highlighters with some helpful magic.

[parkerlee]

"It must be nice, having magic," Parker says with a smile, watching as her highlighters are retrieved.

Then again, she manages to accomplish quite a bit without it.

"My friend, Meg, is engaged. I'm planning a party for her."

[alsoagreengrass]

"Oh, right. So you are."

He steps nearer to glance at all she's accomplished so far. He picks at one of the pictures pulled from a magazine.

"You've ...got visual aids, even."

[parkerlee]

"It helps. You know."

Parker sits back a bit and waves her hands over the mass of papers like a person about to perform a magic trick.

"To get the overall feel of how it will turn out."

She grins at him.

"It's a girl thing."

[themidnightson]

The highlighter that gets the furthest rolls to a stopping point right before a pair of very shiny, designer shoes. And a pair of golden eyes looking down at the glaring pink. A layer of memory. A flicker of Alice's future becoming present. She'd seen this, though not what it might lead to exactly.

He leaned down and picked it up. "I believe this is yours."

[parkerlee]

"Oh, hey. Yeah, thanks. Don't mind me. I'm just having a klutz moment over here."

Parker grins and reaches out for the highlighter.

At the sight of who has rescued it, though, she frowns a little, cocking her head. This is someone that she's pretty sure she's seen around, even if they haven't officially met.

There was a baseball game. And a prom.

"Hey.....are you one of Alice's brothers? The Alice who put together the prom?"

[themidnightson]

Also, someone who knows a whole lot more about her.

"We organized it jointly." Beat. "If it was more her idea."

And, well, she was the only one to get away with dumping glitter on him.

[parkerlee]

"I thought I had seen you around."

Parker offers him a friendly smile.

"I'm Parker. It's nice to meet you."

Formally, and all.