Ryan had prepared for this day about a hundred times since Gabriella had placed a call to him after he had given her his number at the wedding. Before her call, he had doubted if she was ever going to reach out to him because he had been an asshole, he had been a coward and even though he knew it was probably too late, he couldn't help but try. He had been in denial for way too long and although he felt he had lost his chance with her, he still believed they could try out being friends. She was married now to Barrett Miller, she should be enjoying the life every girl in the city wanted but each time he looked at her, he could sense her unhappiness. Was he wrong to have let her go just like that? Maybe he was, or maybe he wasn't. He really did not want to be selfish, and for everyday in the
