RYDER

After practice, we sit around as a team in the locker room for the first time in ages and just...talk.

I have to admit that after this whole situation with Aria, I've distanced myself from my friends. I know that my relationship with Aria isn't something they'd welcome with open arms, so to me, we have nothing in common anymore.

Every time I look at them, I see the old me and I feel ashamed of myself. Where was all the superiority coming from? Why did I think I was better than anyone ...