“Her head was ringing, and her mouth taste like metal. Over. It was over. Her arms felt suddenly useless, her muscles weak with relief, as she made her way clumsily down the ladder, dropping the last few feet and take him to stumbling steps before writing herself. People reached out, squeeze her shoulders, patted her on the back. She didn't know if she smiled or not. “You were amazing!” Nat barreled to her through the crowd Heather barely register the feel of gnats arms around her neck. “Is it scary? Were you freaked?” 

        “He was happy. He was more than happy. He was psyched. He was hanging out with Nat today. His mom was home, awake, and actually making breakfast. He leaned in the door frame and watched her crack eggs into a pan, break the yolks up with the edge of a wooden spatula.”

       “His mom blushed. Busted. “He's just a friend, Dodge.” Dodge doubted it, but he said nothing.”

     

Ex/Evidence: “ Heather reach the top of the ridge just as Derek Klieg got a running start, hurled himself into the air, body contorted, shouting. A few seconds later, a cheer went up as he hit… “I'm going to jump,”Heather said realizing as she said it how stupid it sounded how stupid it was. All the sudden, she thought she might puke.... “I'm going to jump now. Before I chicken out”.... She took a deep breath. She closed her eyes. She jumped.” 

“But she was playing for herself now, for herself and Lily; she was playing because she had made it thus far, she was playing because if she won, it would be the first and only time she had ever won something in her life.”

Effect on Others: Dayna, one of the characters in the book, feels very comfortable around Dodge due to the fact he is her step-brother. I feel like he has a positive effect on her, he was always supporting her and if you want Panic he wanted to give the money to her. I also think Dodge has a good effect on his friends for the most part. “Dodge! Dodge!” Dana and his mom were standing outside by the handicapped ramp Dana was  waving frantically, sitting up as a tall as she could in her chair.  and she was grinning. They both were- smiling so big, he could see all their teeth even from a distance.”
Actions: When Natalie and Heather are running away from the scene with cops Dodge helps them and keep them safe. I believe there are multiple size of Dodge with his actions. For example after his sister is paralyzed by Ray's older brother, Dodge goes to Ray’s house and wants to kill Ray’s older brother.
Looks: We never get information about what Dodge looks like, although we do know he has a tattoo on his chest. “He ran water through his hair and pulled on a clean white T-shirt, one that showed just a bit of the tattoo that covered most of his chest and wrapped around his right shoulder and forearm.”