Racing and the Ruins

f i v e

I cuddle deeper into the pillow and feel happy with my peaceful rest.

"You're pretty cute when you sleep" I jump at the voice and grab my gun, pointing it in the direction of the voice. 

My eyes focus in on Ryker standing beside the bed with a smirk, I groan and set the gun down. Of course he found me, I should have never stayed a full night in one place. My ignorance really shined through last night. A true dumbass, don't know where it comes from but my mom likes to tell me my dad was a little irrational before they had kids.

"How did you find me" I ask getting up from the bed, "I put a tracker on your car when you first came to my place. But smart move putting the car behind that diner, it tripped me up a little" He chuckles following me. 

I scold myself quietly, I should have checked my car for trackers. Ryker continues to stare at me as I brush my teeth, in return I give him the middle finger.

"You're lucky I didn't tell your dad about this" I roll my eyes knowing I could sweet talked my way out anything when it comes to my dad.

While ignoring Ryker I get myself ready and ignore the lust in his eyes when I change my clothes since he wouldn't let me close the bathroom door to change in private. 

I grab my stuff and leave the room with Ryker in tow, I give my room key back to the front desk and go to my car. But of course Ryker stops me from getting into the car by pressing himself against my back.

"You must be insane to think I'm gonna let you get back into that car princess" He whisper into my ear, his hot breath warms my neck and sends a shiver down my spine.

"Good thing I'm not your pet and have freewill then" I push back and send Ryker stumbling backwards into the brick wall of the diner. He recovers quickly and twists me around so I'm facing him. His face has anger written all over it and that anger is cause and directed at me. I flash him a big smile and place my hands on his shoulders. His eyes were back to being almost black again as they scanned over my body.

"Take a picture it'll last longer" I say pulling him from whatever trance he was in.

"I wasn't staring" He grumbles refocusing on my eyes, I laugh and my head.

"Yeah and I have a normal family."  His eyes narrow at me and I laugh even more, "You called me angry yet here you are writhing in anger over a girl who is half your size" I smile.

"Just get in on the passenger side, I'm driving" He grumbles, I smile and walk over to the other side then get in. Ryker spends at least 5 minutes adjusting the seat while I laugh at him, earning me a death glare.

"What are you gonna do with your car?" I ask as he starts to pull out of the alleyway.

"I'll have Ezra get it" He says keeping his focus on the basically empty road, "Who's that?" 

"You ask a lot of questions" Ryker says looking over at me

"Would you rather me mock you and quietly plan another escape?" I answer raising my eyebrows, he huffs and responses and pulls onto the highway going east. Which is strange since California is west from here.

"Uh where are we going?" I ask, oh my god what if he kills me? He could be a mole and actually work for whoever wants me dead.

"You wanted out of California, so we aren't going back until it's safe." He speeds up and weaves through the other cars on the road like a fucking lunatic. Yeah, he is definitely trying to kill me.

"Can you not drive like you want to kill us, please?" 

"I'm trying to get us far away as fast as possible, so shut the fuck up" He growls, I sink into my seat and pull out my phone.

Honestly let them track me, I want to watch TikToks. Every time there is a funny one, I show it to Ryker which gets me yelled at. In return I punch his neither regions, which is fine since there is no way this man is going to have kids. 

"That's it" He growls as he rips my phone from my hands and puts it under his leg. "No more phone until we stop for the night" I cross my arms and look out the window to sulk the loss of my entertainment. But then I get an idea, is it stupid? Absolutely. Will it most likely put me in a very awkward position? Probably. But I'm bored and I pay for that phone so Ryker can't just take it like I'm 14 years old.

"Hey Ryker" He hums in responses

"Did you mean what you said?" I ask, he looks over at me with confusion written on his face, perfect. He has no idea what's to come.

"What are you talking about?" He lets out a confused laugh as he tries to figure me out. I smirk and undo my seatbelt. "Put it back on Bray" He grumbles, but I don't listen as I start to move over the center console until I'm straddling his lap and my hands are resting at the base of his neck.

"If I remember correctly you have mentioned fucking me before, and I wanna know if you actually would" He shakes his head and looks over my shoulder and onto the road.  

"I'm driving, get back into your seat" He dismisses me, but he won't get off that easily.

"Don't think I will, it's pretty comfy. But I will once you tell if you would or not" I smile, he places his chin on my shoulder silently telling me he won't. I huff and rest my head on his shoulder so I'm looking out the window. He really was comfy to sit on even though this was definitely against the law. With me straddling him, his chin on my shoulder, and my head on his shoulder I awkwardly felt at ease. 

My eyes became droopy as Ryker's body heated mine and before I knew what was happening I fell asleep. 

***

"Wake up were here" I hear a soft voice tell me as a hand rubs my back, I groan and buried my face into the pillow. Which is oddly hard and lumpy.

Oh my god

I shoot up and my eyes meet a pair of brown ones. Ryker looks very amused and I put my face back into his shoulder.

"Get up"

"No"

"Braylon"

"Fine, stupid bitch" I mumble the last part and fall into the passenger seat, he must have heard me because his face went from amused to an unreadable emotion.

"I know you didn't just call me a stupid bitch after I let you peaceful use me as bed for 6 hours while I was driving. Leave the attitude on the side of the fucking road" I want to fight him, but he was being somewhat nice so I just nod feeling too tired anyway.

He motions for me to follow him and I do, he gets me and himself a room at a nicer hotel before we walk to our rooms. He stops in front of one door, but still hasn't handed me a key.

"Where's my key?" I ask just as he opens the door.

"Key to what?" A smirk plays on his lips like he is up to no good.

"To my room" I state crossing my arms over my chest, he snickers at me before regaining his composure.

"You mean our room and after your last stunt, you don't get one" 

"Yeah no, I'm not sharing a room with you" I say before walking away, I can just get myself a room. But Ryker grabs my arm and pushes me in the room.

"You are in fact, but I'm sleeping on the floor so nothing to worry about" He shrugs, I look around the room and see a small couch, a king sized bed, a large TV, and a desk. It was a nice room with a lot of space, and it's only one night. Not a big deal.

"I'm gonna take a shower, leave and you die" He threatens, I roll my eyes and drop my backpack on the ground. My eyes find the hotel pamphlet, I look through and see they have a rooftop pool and hot tub. What a perfect way to relax after being in a car for 2 days straight. Luckily there is a bikini in my bag from when I packed my stuff in the dorms. I hear the shower on as I quickly change and grab the keycard Ryker so stupidly left out. 

I get up to the rooftop and it's empty, I spot the hot tub and get in. My muscles relax in the water and I look at the skyline. The sun has disappeared for the night and the stars are big and bright. 

I hear someone else enter the water, but I decide to ignore them and continue to look at the beautiful night sky.

"You never fucking listen"