Ryleigh "Ry" Johnson.
After Sam left, Ry focused all her energy into school. Majoring in Music then continuing on for a degree in Graphic Design. She ended up staying in Tennessee after graduation. When she's not helping artists produce music she's freelancing on the side. She was very accomplished in what she did.
She worked with artists like Carrie Underwood, Maddie and Tae, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and the list goes on.
Though Ry was wearing a lot of professional hats, she wanted to continue learning as much as she could so she could be a mogul in Nashville. Her current venture had her learning how to produce and direct music videos. She loved helping make the music, but now she wanted to share her vision. Because she was able to build such a rapport with many people in the industry, she had opportunities to learn with multiple Producers and Directors.
You might be asking yourself, if she's doing all this...when does she have time to have a life? Well, the truth is, she doesn't. Aside from the occasional "drinks with colleagues", Ryleigh doesn't really get out much. She hasn't dated since college. Her life literally revolves around work. Staying busy.
Financially, this wasn't a bad thing. This allowed Ryleigh to never have to want for anything. She was smart with investments, great at not spending, if she really wanted to she could retire in 10 years and live the rest of her life on a beach somewhere.
Emotionally, it was horrible. She loved deeply, once. Her high school sweetheart. They went off to college together, but his plans changed after the first year. He was suppose to play football. He dressed every game our first year, but he never played. So when he got the opportunity to go play somewhere else, he took it with out a second thought. She ended up finding out from their group of friends, two days before he left. Once she found out, she didn't confront him or say goodbye. Nothing. She just let him go. She figured if he really loved her, he'd ask her to go too. OR at the very least tell her, so they could make a plan. Maybe they could've made it work long distance. But she'll never know because he didn't have the balls to tell her in the first place. So she doesn't get too close to anyone anymore.
Physically, she's put together. Her long brown hair done every day, make up, stylish outfits. I guess you could say one of her interests was fashion. She always looked fabulous, for absolutely no reason. I guess sometimes to feel good on the inside, you got to feel good on the outside. And while Ryleigh wasn't quite feeling good on the inside, she was going to keep playing the part on the outside until she started feeling good on the inside, or at the very least so no one would catch on.....
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Outskirts
Fanfiction"We were gonna give up on the fast life Have a couple babies, raise 'em up right Take 'em to the river, get 'em baptized Back in our day, if I'd have just stayed..." -Sam Hunt: Outskirts ~~There's alway that one...the one that got away. Their memory...
