<div class="floatright">(http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2014/10/20/20-ryan-phillippe-cruel-intentions.w529.h529.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Richard Toomes (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=281599.msg13851750#msg13851750)<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Suit with red shirt. (https://images.hugoboss.com/is/image/boss/hbeu50297076_001_10?$re_fullPageZoom$&wid=1500&hei=2275)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hotel Ballroom<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/><br/>"Richard Toomes! Get off this phone and get to that party. We'll manage." The words and the voice was Richard's mother. His parents had agreed (or rather convinced him) to take care of the twins for a few days while Richard were at the reunion. It was the first time he would be without the twins for more than a few hours and he had called his mom three times the past hour to make sure everything was in order.<br/><br/>Richard sighed, of course his mom was right. They'd manage, Tracy and Trevor were the fourth and fifth grandchild his parents had and they had always been the perfect grandparents. Of course they'd be able to handle them. "Alright mom. But remember you can call at any time if there's anything."<br/><br/>He could almost hear her overbearing smile on the other end of the line, "Of course. Richard. But won get to that party and have fun. Meet your old friends." She said. Even though she didn't say it he knew that she also meant Elisabeth's old friends. That would be the hardest thing to do, to come face to face with the people that had known them back then. They had kept in touch with very few of their old class mates and he wondered how many times he'd have to explain why he came alone.<br/><br/>He looked at himself in the mirror. The suit was alright but the shirt were a good contrast to the tame black. He liked it and was sure that Elisabeth would have liked it as well. He smiled into the mirror and pushed his glasses up on the nose. "<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">You should have been here tonight baby. This would have been your party</span>." he whispered before turning. He headed towards the door to his hotel room and came out in the hall.<br/><br/>Richard had checked in after noon but had not left his room since then. Being a lone parent - and to twins - he had learned to take every opportunity to get some extra sleep. So he had fallen asleep on the bed and only woke up half an hour ago. But now he was going to the party as he had promised his mom.<br/><br/>He took the elevator down and came up to the table with the name tags on. He quickly found his own. He was about to enter the ballroom when he noticed the framed photo of their class. He paused there a little and smiled at Elisabeth. She was so beautiful and to this day he could still wonder how a geek like him could ever catch the attention of someone like her.<br/><br/>He send her a thought -<em>I love you.</em>And then Richard Toomes entered the ballroom. He looked around at the faces he knew and several he just couldn't place. There was Xander and Tanner talking to Juliet. He suppressed a smile, had Tanner finally gotten over his awkwardness? Did he really speak with his hottest crush? He already looked forward to talking to those two. Then he noticed something that made him raise an eyebrow. Green hair? He immediately thought of one of his students but realized that he knew the face beneath - holy hell. Evion had grown up and that hair actually made him look confident. Evion was talking to someone. Richard recognized the face but couldn't place the name - damn, he would have sworn that he could remember everyone from their class.<br/><br/>Richard went to the table with food. He took a glass of champagne and some snacks on a plate. And as he tasted the food he noticed someone he was certain he didn't know. There was a woman in the bar that he was certain didn't go in their class. Richard had a knack for recognizing faces and that face he was pretty sure he had never seen before. He shrugged, perhaps he was wrong. There were others like Phil Deckland. He remembered Phil's mom, she had been the math teacher that finally made Richard break through to the mysterious realms of calculus.<br/><br/>Richard smiled to himself. Perhaps this weren't going to be so bad after all. So many people that he had known and liked. He was looking forward to getting reacquainted with them.