Arthur spent the next thirty minutes hanging out with Lyon, Gwaine, Percy and Elyan as they looked through shops. They weren't looking for anything in particular; apart from perhaps Gwaine who was flirting with any young female shop assistant he could find. But as the time went on Arthur told the others that he would see them later.

He walked out towards the twilit square and looked around but could not see the obsidian haired man. He pulled out his phone and saw it was "16:28". He was couple of minutes early. He sighed, now that he thought about it; he didn't know how he was going to meet up with the guy. They hadn't exchanged phone numbers, they hadn't said where they were going to meet, Merlin had just said "Give me thirty minutes". As Arthur waited he paced slightly.

But as the time changed to "16:32", his phone started to vibrate. He picked it up out of his pocket and it said "Call incoming: Merlin" and had a picture of the man with that grin on it. Arthur sighed and answered the phone, "How did you get my phone?"

"That's a stupid question, I'm a magician. Doing the impossible is my thing." Merlin's voice replied, with that same tone of nonchalance that had been present during his performance, "Not that getting your phone was impossible, actually it was really easy, you should really keep a closer eye on it." Arthur scowled and Merlin started to laugh knowing what was happening.

"So then, Merlin, where are you?" Arthur asked as he leant back against a wall.

"What, can you not see me? Have a look." Merlin replied. Arthur sighed and then walked forwards and glanced around the square. There were people walking around, but he couldn't see Merlin. The table and chairs had been cleared from the middle of the square, "Let me give you a hint. Head to the middle of the square and look up." Arthur walked over to the middle of the square and looked up at the building tops and then into the sky. Still he couldn't see anything. But then he heard Merlin laugh and let out an aggravated, "Merlin!"

"Sorry! Sorry!" Merlin laughed, "I just wanted to see if you would do it." He then stopped laughing. "Alright, seriously this time. I'm waiting outside Café Nero. Head up towards the Strand."

Arthur scowled again and started to walk towards the café. As he did he saw Merlin laughing. He had changed, and was now wearing a long sleeved green t-shirt, with brown chinos and a blue bandana, which seemed to be some sort of weird fashion statement. "He doesn't look bad in it." Arthur thought, as he walked towards him. Merlin came over to him and grinned, "Sorry about that. I just wanted to see what you would do."

"So could you see me the whole time or did you just listen to what I was doing?" Arthur replied indignantly.

Merlin grinned and then showed Arthur his phone, where he could see a live video feed of the square, "I installed cameras earlier to make sure that someone caught my performance in full."

"Of cause. And you left them up to mess with me. Great." Arthur replied, "Weren't you meant to be making earlier up to me?"

"Ah, yes. Let's get you a drink." Merlin led Arthur forward and into the coffee shop. They ordered and their drinks were delivered to them as they sat at a table in a corner of the room, "Two teas, here you go." The waitress said leaving the drinks with the two.

"So, tell me about yourself." Merlin suggested, as he started to drink the tea, "So far I know that your name is Arthur, and your special talents are your ability to be gullible and to get soaked by large bodies of water."

Arthur scowled, "Ah, I forgot, the scowl. Yes, thank you." Merlin teased, as Arthur pushed him from across the table so he leaning back in his chair.

"Fine. I am Arthur Pendragon, I'm twenty-eight, I work as a judge in high court." Arthur explained, Merlin looking surprised. "Wow, you're quite young for that aren't you?" "Yeah, a bit. Not the youngest though. My father pulled a few strings, he's also a judge."

"Ok. Isn't that quite hard? Working in your father's footsteps?" Merlin asked, observing Arthur's suddenly grim expression. He looked up and straight into Merlin's blue eyes, that danced like swirling pools and smiled softly, "Is it that easy to tell?"

"Well, you are pretty easy to read. For me anyway." Merlin smiled back. The two carried on talking as they drank their drinks. Arthur had been hanging out with his friends from university where they all played hockey together in their team "The Knights". They all did different jobs around London now but they met up regularly to hang out. Arthur told Merlin about his family, how his mother had died when he was young and about his adopted sister, Morgana. When he had finished his anecdote about his sister always getting her way with his father, resulting in him forgiving her for spending ten-thousand pounds on a picture of a panda, he realised he must have been talking for ages.

"So, tell me a bit about you Merlin. Are you always performing?" Arthur asked. Merlin laughed, "No, not always. The key to it is leaving enough time between performances to attract people's attention, so it wouldn't work full time. No, it's a hobby. I work as an assistant at my adopted father's health-care shop."

"Oh." Arthur smirked, "So you sell granola and expensive urine?"

This time it was Merlin's turn to look irritated, "We sell high quality products that actually help people. It's all based on sound research that Gaius has done over many years…and it's also a pharmacists." Arthur laughed and Merlin let out a small smile.

"So you work with your adopted father." Arthur stated after finishing laughing, "What's that like?"

"Fine. He's an infuriating sometimes, he's always telling me to do this and do that, but…he's the closest I've ever had to a father." Merlin said seriously, Arthur thinking that such a thing was impossible up until this point.

"How long have you lived with him?" Arthur asked. "Since I was fourteen. My Mum couldn't look after me anymore; she couldn't make enough money to look after the two of us. So we all agreed that I would stay with her friend Gaius, and he eventually adopted me." Merlin explained. "I'm sorry." Arthur replied, "It's fine. I'm still in contact with her, and she's doing ok, and I'm fine. So there's no reason to feel sorry for any of us."

"Alright." Arthur replied, as he took another swig of tea. He then smiled. "So tell me, how did you do that trick?"

Merlin grinned, "Like I'm going to tell you that. A magician never reveals his secrets."

"Right." Arthur responded. There was silence for a few seconds and then he smirked, "Did you use mirrors, tricks with the light and have some people tipping water down from the tops of buildings?"

Merlin smirked, "No. You should stop guessing. You wouldn't believe me if I told you what I really did."

"Oh yeah, try me?" Arthur taunted. Merlin laughed, "No. Not today. I think it's better if you have something to think about. But don't think too hard, you might not be able to handle it."

The two left the café when they had finished their drinks and went for a walk over to the river and started to walk down their continuing to talk about different things. Merlin found out that Arthur had learnt how to ride a horse at a young age and had won a few competitions. Arthur learnt that Merlin could recite the names of all of the compounds and uses of the items he sold in the shop. Arthur talked about his holidays around Europe, and Merlin explained that the furthest he had travelled was to Wales.

Eventually the sun had set and then two of them were sitting on a bench on the Thames. When Arthur checked the time he noticed that they had been talking for three hours, "I probably need to get going."

"Oh, ok. Where do you need to get to?" Merlin asked.

"Kensington Gardens. My house looks over the park." Arthur stated, Merlin letting out a whistling noise. "Wow, expensive. Alright then, give me just a second and I'll take you there."

"What?" Arthur asked. Merlin smirked. He then put his hands on Arthur's shoulders and said, "Close your eyes." Arthur did so and Merlin leant towards his ear, "Three. Two. One. Now you can open your eyes."

Arthur opened his eyes and suddenly they were standing outside of his apartment in Kensington. He looked at Merlin puzzled, "But. How did you?"

"A magician never reveals his tricks." Merlin repeated. He then turned around and started to walk away but Arthur grabbed his wrist.

"Wait." He turned Merlin around so he was facing him. "Can we meet up again? Maybe tomorrow, once I've finished work?"

Merlin grinned, "Sure. I'd like that. I'll find you this time though." Arthur smiled and let go of Merlin's wrist. Merlin then smiled and clicked his fingers suddenly vanishing into thin air again. Arthur stood amazed by the whole situation, not knowing what to do. He quickly picked his phone up out of his pocket and searched through his contacts. He then pressed one of them to phone up, "Call outgoing, Morgana Pendragon."