<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bc/26/de/bc26deca6a1fb6a93eadb16180f0898f--chris-pine-chris-delia.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Tanner McCloud (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=281599.msg13847272#msg13847272)<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Outfit (https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Esquire_UK_May_2013_Page_088.jpg)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Hilton Hotel Ballroom: Seated at Table<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Juliet -<strong>Open!</strong><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Tanner chuckled when Juliet mentioned him sweeping her off of her feet. Well... it hadn't been intentional. It would be a lie if Tanner said he never thought of doing some romantic gesture like that with her though, especially in High School. But that felt like it was an entire Age ago, like empires had fallen since he had graduated High School and become less of a wimpy nerd. Now he wore clothes that made him look good, instead of hiding him, and despite still having asthma he was not the nerd he once was. True, he did still play the odd video game or two, but he liked to think of himself as more of a suave man now.<br/><br/>Tanner took the slight pause in the conversation as a moment to eat some more oft he food on his plate. He had come here after a shift at his Cafe, so he was hungry not because he was doing strenuous work, but because he had been around delicious pastries and coffee grounds all day but not been able to take any of them. It was like torture. Scrumptious, delicious torture. Tanner looked up to Juliet when she spoke again though, and smiled when their eyes caught each other and she spoke of his crush on her in High School - and his remaining feelings even now.<br/><br/>With a nervous chuckle, Tanner reached behind his neck and rubbed there. It was a classic sign that he had to think of what to say before he said it. His brain was in something of a reboot. She had just insinuated that... what<em>had</em>she insinuated? That Tanner had a chance with her? The man smiled, and decided making her laugh would be the best choice of things to say in this situation. Who wouldn't want to see someone as charming and graceful as Juliet laugh? Tanner wanted front row seats to that show. "Unattainable was exactly what you were in High School. You had friends, and you were gorgeous, and you were nice. Yknow what I did every time someone in my friend group mentioned you, or if you walked past us?" Tanner smirked. "I'd go bright red, and I'd put my hand on my inhaler, and tell Evion or Xander that I<em>had</em>to talk to you. But every time I did I ended up looking like I was doing an impression of a fish out of water."<br/><br/>Tanner chuckled, then shook his head. "But... I like how we've both changed." He nodded to himself, and put his fork down as he began to talk a little more seriously. "I uh... I think we've both been through some post-High School stuff that makes it easier to talk to each other." he said. "And... I think if I had to choose someone in this room and only talk to them for the rest of the night, it'd be you. Without a doubt."