When people hear the name Ryan Evans, a number of things come to their mind. The king of drama. The flamboyrant dancer. Or, the most popular, the hat man. Yeah, all those things did describe Ryan Evans.

And yet, no one knew the real Ryan.

There was so much more to him then the school's musicals and what hat styles were in.

He was a sweet, caring, all around good guy that nobody knew.

Nobody, except her.

Gabriella Montez.

Just the metion of her name made his heart skip a beat.

The truth was, Ryan had fallen in love with Gabriella since the moment he saw her on her first day at East High. His eyes followed her the entire time as she brushed her way past him to take the empty seat in the back of the classroom, poliely saying excuse me. Her beauty was the first thing he fell in love with. Then when he heard her voice for the first time, that definitely took the top spot in his reasons for loving her. Then, after the whole musical drama cooled down, he finally got to know her and fall in love with the rest of her. They became really good friends after that. But Ryan secretly wished for more.

The only problem of actually becoming more then friends with Gabriella?

He was no where near her type.

She wanted a guy like Troy Bolton, the school's golden boy.

Popular. Handsome. Loved by all.

That was definitely not what he was, nor could he ever be anything close to what Troy was.

He was doomed before even taking the leap.

But Ryan hoped, maybe, just maybe, he would have his day with Gabriella.

Anything's possible.

Right?