Do you guys ever wonder what would have happened if the day that Ryan told Greenlee at Fusion that he wanted to try one more time with Kendall – he would never have seen Jonathan and her sleep together? Lets say for arguments sake – and for this fic – that Ryan did get back with Kendall (I know dread the thought) but humor me for just a moment.

Here is what I would imagine would happen. Pack a lunch guys and go with the flow. It's going to be a bumpy ride – but never far this is a definite Rylee fic – I would have it no other way.

Title: Prove your love

Chapter 1 - Surprises

Did that just happen? Greenlee thought to herself. Did he just leave me here standing alone at Fusion to go after Kendall? What was wrong with him? Why couldn't he see that Kendall was only going to send him into another tailspin? Kendall was not the woman for him, she was. Ryan had turned himself into knots for Kendall and when she had finally managed to make him see that Kendall was not right for him, in a moment of sheer lust and insanity went back to her. It could not be love. Vegas did this. Going after Erica did this to them. That small kiss of goodbye on the plane before he left - meant nothing to him, while it had given her hope, immeasurable hope. It was Kendall who he truly wanted to be with. If that was the case, there was nothing left for her to do but accept the fact that she had risked and lost Ryan in the process of trying to win his love – Kendall was the winner and she the loser. She had known from the beginning that she was not lady luck - time for reality to seep in. He was in love with Kendall. As much as she hated that fact, it was her reality. Ryan's love wasn't meant for her.

There was nothing for her to be upset about. She had told herself that this could happen but her heart wasn't hearing her at the moment. She sat down on a chair and put her face in her hands. Damn him! She suddenly started to cry openly and even though she wanted to keep her emotions in check, she couldn't. She felt like killing someone, mainly Kendall. But she wouldn't. She promised herself that she would respect whatever choice Ryan made. But why did this hurt so much? Why did she not get the chance to fulfill her 6-month contract? Six months was supposed to be enough. It had to be enough to get Ryan to fall in love with her. She was counting on that time.

Simone walked into the office and upon seeing Greenlee knew something was wrong. "Greenlee you okay?" she questioned, concerned etched in the tone of her voice, as she approached her.

"No." she replied, as she dried her tears to no avail. "But I will be okay." She emphasized. She had risked, she had lost and now it was time to accept the unacceptable and move on. "Just as soon as I leave Fusion." She finalized, making up her mind.

"Good. Maybe you should rest a bit at home. Come back tomorrow. It will be a new day, a new outlook on life." Simone interjected.

"No Simone. I mean leave Fusion for good. I need a clean break. I have to cut my losses and I have to get away from Ryan and Kendall." She said, in between heavy breaths. This was way too hard. It was getting hard to even talk. As each minute passed, she felt like her life was in shambles. She was going to have to figure out how to live without Ryan – as her husband, and as her best friend. Because if she knew Kendall, and she did, she was sure that Kendall would keep Ryan as far away as possible from her. Her train of thought suddenly was interrupted: "Ryan is your husband Greenlee. How can you get away from him? Why would you want to?" Simone questioned and continued: "The day of your wedding I told you that your eyes reflected love. I know I'm right. Why walk away from it? From Ryan?"

"He walked away from me!" Greenlee said, frustrated. "All right?" she stated more calmly. "He went after Kendall and I let him. There was no way of stopping him."

"Oh Greenlee I'm sorry." Simone said. "I know this has to be hard." She stated. "But I don't understand...." She continued, in confusion, then was interrupted by Greenlee. "No Simone, it's more than hard. It's painful. It's heart wrenching. It's pain like I never thought I'd feel again." Greenlee said. "I have felt pain beyond measure when Leo died." She explained. "But this pain is different because Ryan is alive and I still can't have him."

"You're not fighting for him?" Simone questioned. "Greenlee you always fight for what you want. Don't you remember all the times that you fought for Leo?"

"Nope." Greenlee said, as new tears came to her eyes. "He made up his mind and I have tried so hard to be a different person. A person who does not manipulate someone into loving them so I have lost and I have to bow out gracefully. I have to at least keep my dignity intact. Besides, when I fought for Leo, I knew that Leo loved me. That was the difference."

"Okay then, what is the next step?" Simone questioned, wanting to help her anyway that she could.

"I don't know." Greenlee stated, honestly. "What I do know is that right now I have to get out of here. I will come tomorrow to pick up my stuff." Well the most important stuff. I don't want to take anything that will remind me of my misery, she thought to herself.

"Do you need me to go with you?" Simone asked, reaching out and rubbing Greenlee's arm in comfort.

"I need to be alone Simone. But thank you." Greenlee said, as she made her way to the elevators. "I might need to vent later but for now I just want to be alone." She repeated.

Ryan walked to his motorcycle, a little confused. He should have been running to his bike, instead of taking unsteady steps toward it. He was after all going to give it one more try with Kendall because he loved her. Right? Wasn't that what his heart always told him that she was the one for him after Gillian? He should be ecstatic but he wasn't. Why not? He wanted the type of love he shared with Gillian and Kendall was it. Wasn't she? Yes, yes she is, he told himself. She has to be. Still thoughts of Greenlee invaded his brain and ultimately his soul.

When he had talked to Greenlee, in the beginning of their conversation he had been sure that the right thing to do was to leave and go after Kendall. However, now he was second guessing himself and he never did that, never with Greenlee, only with Kendall and he didn't like the feeling. Had he hurt Greenlee? For some reason he felt bad that he had to leave Greenlee but it wasn't that he loved her like a husband, it was his loyalty towards her because of the friendship that united them. Right? That had to be it. They were only friends. Best friends. She would understand, Greenlee would understand. But did she? Did she really? Why did he want to run back to Greenlee? Why did he feel that he needed to set things right with her? Ah, the doubts were plaguing him. He had this knot in the pit of his stomach, what was it? Whatever it was, he couldn't think about it now. He was going after Kendall. One more time – just one more time and his friendship with Greenlee had to withstand it – it had to. She was important to him too and he didn't want to lose her. She had always been there for him so it couldn't be any different now. Greenlee needed to be in his life and she would. No matter what Kendall wanted, Greenlee came with the package of having him in her life. He wouldn't lose Greenlee. With that thought, he hopped on his bike and went to see Kendall. Not once did the thought occur to him that Greenlee might not want to be in his life if he chose Kendall.

Greenlee made her way into the penthouse. She looked around one last time and walked to her bedroom. She opened the closet door, took out her suitcase and put only the necessary items that she would need for a couple of days. She would send someone to pick up the rest of her stuff at a later date – some underwear, light makeup and comfortable pajamas were all she needed right now. She had a feeling that she was going to stay in them for days.

As her hand gently stroked the sofa in the entertainment room, she wondered if Kendall was going to move in to the penthouse. She considered this her home. She was his wife, under the law at least – but that had no bearing on Ryan's heart. She had no right to this, never did. This belonged to who ever held Ryan's heart and it seemed that honor, Kendall still held.

"Ryan." Kendall exclaimed, surprised to see him. What was he doing here?

"Lets give this one more try." He said, and smiled. Forgive me Greenlee he thought as he voiced the words that Kendall had wanted to hear for months. I know you're against this. Please, please, please, understand. I need for you to understand. I will explain myself soon.

"What?" she said, in shock. Can this be true? Was Ryan actually standing in her front door asking her for another chance? What she had wanted was to prove to Ryan that she was the one to make him happy. Whatever he felt for Greenlee did not compare to what he felt for her. Ryan loved her, he had not wanted to accept that for months, but it was true. Now he was here, proving she was right. She had always been right.

"I just need to give it one more try." He repeated. "But Greenlee comes with the package." He immediately stated. Better to say things up front and honestly. "There is no way that she is leaving Fusion either. Greenlee stays in my life and in my professional life. Fusion is part hers and will remain that way."

Kendall did her best not to show her loathing for Greenlee. "Anything to have you back by my side." Kendall muttered, as she hugged him to hear and kissed him. Ryan let her kiss him as he realized that he felt awkward holding her in his arms. When did that start? He remembered a time when she felt perfect in his arms. Holding her had been the most important thing for him. Was that all in the past? And if it was then what was he doing here? This could not be happening. Was the love dead? Gone? He wanted her, but was it love? Or was it just something that he was used to? That he always came back to because he didn't want to accept defeat? Was he that stubborn to make himself believe that their love would always be there? He couldn't even concentrate on the kiss. It was like he was on autopilot. His lips were kissing Kendall's but his mind and it seemed even his heart were concentrated and focused on Greenlee.

Sensing Ryan's hesitation and awkwardness Kendall pulled back. "What's wrong Ryan?" she questioned. She felt him miles away. He should be right there with her, basking in the glory of being together. Ecstatic that she had won him back. "Greenlee never had a chance." She muttered, not realizing that Ryan had heard. Was it possible that Greenlee was still right smack in the middle of them two?

"Excuse me" he said, a deep frown etched on his forehead and his defenses rising immediately at the mention of Greenlee and at Kendall's apparent dislike. "Did you just say what I thought you said?" he questioned, immediately feeling the knots in his stomach that usually came with the territory of being in the vicinity of Kendall. Well at least some things stayed consistent. Because right now his thoughts were all jumbled and his feelings were all over the place with it seemed the two most important women in his life.

"All I'm saying Ryan is that if Greenlee thought that her advice could keep you away from me, she was surprised, very surprised." She admitted, almost smirking. She had won. Over Greenlee -- over everybody!

Ryan looked at her and his lips tightened to a thin line. She had told him yet another lie. Not three minutes ago she had said that she was okay with Greenlee in his life and now she again bad-mouthed her to his face.

"What advice do you suppose Greenlee gave me?" he started questioning, but before he let her answer continued: "I'll have you know that Greenlee's advice was simple. To do what was best for me, to leave if that is what I felt I needed to do. To bail on our marriage, on her, if you were what made me happy." He had bailed on Greenlee. He felt awful. It wasn't pity, no pity was what Leo felt for Laura and he knew, he knew damn well because Leo would confide in him and let him know exactly what he was feeling. No. What he felt for Greenlee was something else. He just didn't know how to decipher what it was. Was he falling for her? Just as that thought was about to take root, his thoughts were interrupted.

"To bail?" Kendall laughed. "Bail on what Ryan? Your farce of a marriage – please do not want to make me believe that you actually wanted the marriage? It's ludicrous! After being with me? Ryan you're mine and no one else's and I am yours."

He was speechless. He could not believe that the woman he had loved still loved or so he thought could be so close to falling off a cliff -- He was owned by no one. One thing was to say that they belonged together. Another was to say they belonged to each other and hurt the people around them because one of them chose a different path. When he chose to marry Greenlee, it had been because he wanted to help her get into Fusion again. However, Greenlee once told him that he could have accomplished that by putting his top lawyers on the case or even buying her out to start her own company. No, he had proposed to begin with because she would be an excuse to stay away from Kendall but as the months piled on he realized that his subconscious played a trick on him. He depended on Greenlee to keep him sane, to make him laugh. He wanted Greenlee in his life because he was better, a better person, when she was around him. He smiled most of the time in her company and when he was down in the dumps, her mere presence calmed him. Oh. God. He had some type of feelings for Greenlee. He needed to sort out his feelings first.

"You know what Kendall? I think this was a bad idea." Ryan started, at that precise moment believing it with all his heart.

In three seconds, Kendall was in a panic. "I'm so sorry honey." She exclaimed, almost to the point of losing it completely. "It just drives me crazy that you don't see Greenlee for who she really is." She continued. "Don't you see she wants you for herself? She's been planning to take you away from me for months."

Ryan looked at Kendall and almost answered her with a negative; denying that Greenlee felt something for him – except friendship – instead his thoughts wandered again. Would it be such a bad idea for Greenlee to love him? If they were such good friends now, adding true love, would it hurt their friendship or solidify it? Cement it somehow by adding their hearts and souls to it.

"Ryan." Kendall demanded. "Listen to me. If Greenlee stays in your life she will plot, manipulate and scheme against me until you believe her and you leave me for her."

"I need to come back tomorrow." He suddenly said, not clear as to what he had to do now. "I need to think." He admitted, honestly. "You are telling me, no demanding from me that I give up the one person that I trust above everyone else. Greenlee is my rock."

"Let me be your rock."

How could Ryan explain to her that it was something that was out of his control? He couldn't immediately turn his feelings for Greenlee off – she was his rock. Kendall was his weakness, his downfall. The person who more than anything he wanted to rip out of his heart, yet he found that every time he tried, he couldn't. But this time, this one time it was easy. It was simple. He knew that he wanted to keep Greenlee.

Kendall saw Ryan once again deep in thought. "Go Ryan. Think about this. You did come back to me tonight. I will wait until tomorrow for you. I know you will make the right choice. You will choose me over Greenlee – because I do truly love you."

Ryan headed for the door, not having to hear Kendall say it twice. He wanted out of there as fast as he could and before she would change her mind. Ryan looked at Kendall one last time and walked out the door. That had not gone as expected. He believed that he would start a new life with Kendall but now, now he did not know. He was at a crossroads: Greenlee or Kendall. What was he going to do?

Ryan came out of the elevator at the same time as Greenlee made her way to the door. They both put their hands on the doorknob and Greenlee had to step back as Ryan pulled the door forward.

They both looked at each other. Greenlee surprised to see him there. Wouldn't, or better yet, shouldn't he be with Kendall? Her eyes were wide and she felt her eyes start to water. Ryan looked at her and his heart leapt in his chest. He did feel something for Greenlee and it was real. These emotions coursing through his body had to be real.

"We need to talk." Ryan said, as he closed the door and made his way into the penthouse. "Right now."