Ryan Abbott

**Ryan Abbott** started the series on the first episode of season six on Webster and was main character in season six to season seven. Ryan is an aspiring artist and tries to find the beauty in everything around him. He is very sunny and positive, often being the one in the room with a smile on his face. Ryan lives for the drama at Webster but dreams of the day he’ll find his prince charming. He is best friends with Taj Bachchan, Lena Padilla and Quinn DiMaggio and close friends with Kylie Rivero, Orlando Whitby, Madisyn Sadowski, Noah Carter and Indigo Lincoln.

## Character History

### Season 6

   Ryan made his first appearance in **#FuckCancer (1)**, as a new freshman. He is seen in art class when he witnesses Lena and Quinn have their first show down against each other. Ryan tells Quinn that she has some competition with Lena, as Quinn thought that she could use her mean girl ways to hurt Lena. In **#FuckCancer (2)**, Ryan has since befriended Lena and they see Quinn's best friend Kylie without Quinn. Ryan is shocked because Kylie is more like Quinn's follower. Lena tries to get Kylie to stand up to Quinn but after seeing Quinn belittle Kylie, Lena stands up for her as Ryan and their friend Taj watches. In **#BringItOn**, Ryan is hanging

with Lena when he sees Orlando Whitby practicing for soccer. Ryan gains an instant crush on him. Ryan tries flirting with him by telling him how impressed he is with his skills. He then lies to Orlando and tells him that he loves soccer. Orlando tells him that they should play together sometime. Lena tells Ryan that Orlando might actually have a crush on him. Ryan tells Quinn about his crush on Orlando. Quinn tells him that she won't go for him due to Ryan's crush on him. However while Ryan and Lena are talking they see Quinn and Orlando kissing. Lena tells Ryan that Quinn is a fake bitch and Ryan watches them sad. In

**#Instafamous**, Ryan finds out that Taj has a crush on Lena so he tries to help him out. In **#LiesIWasToldWhileGrowingUp**, Ryan invites all of his friends to hang do karaoke together. Quinn finds out about it and invites herself and Kylie along. However tension is still high between Lena and Quinn. Ryan tries to convince Ryan that Quinn's cool but she is confused since Quinn starting talking to the guy Ryan liked. Things are awkward as Quinn keeps making rude comments towards Lena. Eventually the girls physically fight and Ryan and Taj have to break up

the fight. In **#MeToo**, Ryan seems to be really down. This alarms his friends and even Quinn and Lena agree with other that something is off about Ryan as he's usually happy and bubbly but instead he's quiet and reserved. Ryan, Lena, Quinn and Kylie are at Starbucks, a girl comes up to Ryan and greets him. She tells him that she's glad to see him and Ryan is nervous to see her. Ryan leaves quickly and this raises even more questions with his friends. Ryan eventually opens up to his friends and tells them that the girl he saw earlier used to babysit him when he was a kid and she would molest him. Kylie reveals that she's dealt with sexual harassment as well and they connect. Lena tells Ryan that they can always talk about anything and he's happy he told his friends. In **#FlashbackFriday**, Ryan discovers Robin and Orlando talking and discovers that Orlando got

Robin pregnant while he was dating Quinn and she had an abortion. Ryan then tells Quinn everything. Ryan and Lena want Taj to hang out with them but Taj tells them about his parents strict rules of him not being out on a school night. Ryan begs him to come and calls him Tajjy. Taj agrees to come and Ryan leaves. Taj becomes defensive when Webster alumni, Danny Magana thinks that Taj is dating Ryan. Later Ryan asks Taj what he's reading and Taj accuses Ryan of flirting with him. Ryan is upset with Taj and tells him that he was just being is usual positive self before storming off. Ryan is reading book when Taj apologizes to Ryan and says that he doesn't want to lose his best friend. Ryan accepts Taj's apology and they make up. In **#FamilyMatters**, Ryan, Lena and Taj help Kylie make a music video. Kylie finally stands up to Quinn and he along with Lena and Taj are actually impressed with her.

## Trivia

* He is one of the only characters who wears glasses, along with Chastity, Macy and Leo.
* Ryan is the fourth LGBTQ character on the show. The first is Max, second is Wes and third being Joaquin.
* He is the first queer character not to ever be apart of Class of 2018.
* Ryan was sexually assaulted when he was eight by his babysitter.