<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0c/0e/38/0c0e385f5fee5d16727ce84dde9adeaf--zachary-quinto-pies.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ruben McKenzie (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=281599.msg13861538#msg13861538)<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Outfit (https://media.gq.com/photos/570d7849c256dbf232d2e93a/master/w_1483/wtwt-gq-april-6.jpg)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hilton Hotel Ballroom<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Juliet(mentioning, Evion(mentioning), Phil, Kacie, Kat, Tabitha -<strong>Open!</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Most people go into a reunion hoping they hadn't changed enough to be forgotten by everyone. Ruben McKenzie was hoping for the exact opposite. After college his proud parents had funded his move to Los Angeles, and since then he had been acting in theater productions. One right after the other, and with his father as his manager he was barely harassed or included in any scandals. The odd rumor had surfaced, but mostly about who he was dating and what he was going to be in next. Ruben McKenzie was living the life of a successful theater actor; he loved it, but it got bothersome to have to wear sunglasses every time he wanted to see a show for himself or get a milkshake with a friend.<br/><br/>This reunion would see him as just another person who graduated in the class of '08. On top of that, he could see how everyone else had been going all these years! Ruben hoped they had all done well. He hoped the bullies now had kids and spouses, and he hoped the nerds were now the handsome men and women they could have been. He wondered where any of his girl friends in high school might be in the room. Juliet - if she hadn't changed - would likely be surrounded by drooling men but oblivious to their intentions. She was far from being an air-head, Ruben simply liked to think that she saw innocence and goodness in everyone. That was a good trait to have, most of the time.<br/><br/>Then there was Evion Raymond. He wondered if his High School boyfriend had dyed his hair a different color by now, and if his radio show was still as hilarious as it had been when Ruben had had time in the day to listen to it. The small, shy male certainly had a knack for saying the right thing when he was in front of a microphone. Ruben remembered being the most attracted to that part of him, above other things.<br/><br/>Overall he wanted to see everyone happy, but he knew there might be one person who got down in the dumps. Likely this would happen after the first few glasses of alcohol. Ruben McKenzie entered the Hilton Hotel Ballroom with a sweeping motion, putting a hand on each of the open doors as he stepped into the room. He scanned the room, and saw a nice amount of people. He also saw an open bar, which made him whistle. Ruben definitely needed a wine right about now. 'Twas the night for celebrating, after all. And who could turn down a wine in a time like this?<br/><br/>Ruben made his way over to the open bar, and ordered a glass of white dry wine. Not his usual drink - he liked the fruitier reds - but it was appropriate for the situation. And besides, it stained much less. he looked over to the women to his right and smirked. He recognized them little, but that wasn't what he was staring for. He was looking straight at Phil, of whom he had a vague memory of seeing at some point in High School, with narrowed eyes. Once the men excused himself Ruben took a sip of his wine, then leaned his back against the bar and shifted a little closer to the ladies with a big, cheerful smile.<br/><br/>"Don't you three just look like water in a desert!?" He exclaimed, then giggled. "You're all absolutely gorgeous," He looked to Katie and touched her dragon tattoo, "And this is so intricate! I love it." He said. As a rule, Ruben was more comfortable talking to women than he was to men. He was extroverted to the maximum, and had absolutely no shame in starting up a flamboyant conversation with strangers. It was a trick of the trade that had naturally occurred within him; he could talk to people, and he loved to perform. Those two things would get him through tonight, that was for sure.