When the Game Changed (Ryan Haywood x OC) (Fake AH Crew)

Chapter 14

A/N: Hey guys! I think y'all will really like this chapter. And I also have a song like I said I would sometimes! It's called "Sensual" by TVA (I listen to everything, so there will be a huge range, trust me.) I'll put a little asterisk by the part that I believe the song will fit best. Enjoy!

"What the fuck just happened back there?" Ray questioned in the car, sitting in the passenger seat while Dakota navigated from Lester's house in the terrible storm where she could barely see to some place where they could break into and get road spikes, preferably the police station that was miles from where Murietta Heights was.

Dakota huffed, trying her best to make sure that she wasn't going to hit another car when turning the vehicle to head back into the inner city, but then again, only they would be stupid enough to be driving out in something like this. She shook her head, all kinds of thoughts flooding her brain and words she wanted to say, but she didn't because she honestly just wanted to forget about Geoff.

"I don't know man, but did you hear the way he talked to us? He's lost his goddamn mind, finally," Michael stated, leaning his elbows onto the front two seats and poking his way through the middle of them to be in line with both Dak and Ray. "He's never been like that to us before, and it's bullshit, dude."

"It's my fault, guys," Dakota sighed, shaking her head and trying to avoid eye contact with the two men, keeping her eyes on the road that was barely visible and going an incredibly low speed to stay safe. "I still don't know exactly what I did, but he sure has a problem with me. The only reason he's acting like that is because I'm here."

Ray sternly turned towards his friend in the driver seat, his face hardened, and as soon as the words left her mouth, he stopped her. "Dakota, no. Don't think that way and seriously don't let him try and scare you away. I don't care what he says, you're here to stay and I'm not letting him make the choice to try and just throw you away like that."

The woman smiled softly to herself, almost laughing. "Oh, trust me, Ray, he's not scaring anyone. I'm not letting him take me away, you guys are just gonna have to be stuck with me and there's nothing you can do about, so strap yourselves in and be ready. I'm here for life, boys."

The air in the car drastically changed from gloomy and puzzled to bright and playful, despite how the exterior was, and it caused a smile to form immediately on Ray and Michael's faces. They knew that she didn't scare that easily, hell, if there was a way to scare her at all, and the fact that she was just as passionate about staying as they were made them remember just why they had fallen so easily susceptible to her personality and why they grew so close so quickly, Ray especially.

These were the two people who confided everything in each other and didn't not know one single thing about the other, the two who were inseparable just as much as she and Ryan were. When Ray wasn't with Tina, he was with Dakota, or Dakota and Gavin and Michael. Either of the three he was tied to, but she was definitely one of his biggest people to be with, and he loved every second of being in her presence.

Dakota was thankful she had someone like Ray because yes, she was close with everyone in the crew (minus Geoff of course,) but to have someone like Ray who literally knew so much about her that it was like she didn't know anything about herself at all, and the way that he was so supportive and caring for her and it was all platonic, it was pretty special to know that he was by her side at all given moments.

And of course she thankful for Michael, too. He and Gavin were probably runner up to Ray and Ryan, being just as close, but in different aspects because when the three of them were together or even it was just her and one of them, they were complete clowns and pranksters. And Jack too. She went to him when she felt that she needed an outside source, someone who wasn't biased and wouldn't side with her every time, much as the men closer to her age would. He was kind of a male confidant, and it was great to know that she had that person on the outside who was always willing to be brutally honest with her and help her with whatever he could.