Tough Guy Dies (bad boy Jack Johnson fanfic)

Chapter Twenty Two

Riley's POV

Gilinsky quickly opens the car door and drives out of the baseball field, panting.

"Riley, you good," Gilinsky asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I say. "Jack, are you okay?"

He's looking in the flip down mirror, making sure he didn't get hurt. "Yeah, I think so. He didn't get me."

I sigh. "Good."

He fixes his hair and flips the mirror back up. I know he wants to talk about this, but I know he can't right now. Everyone stays silent, the only noise being the sounds of the car moving along the road. After what feels like forever, we make it to Jack's house. Gilinsky drops us off and drives home.

We step into Jack's house going straight into his room. I stand as he sits on his bed, looking at me with no words. I know this situation probably looks so much worse for him. I don't blame him though.

"Jack, I'm sorry," I break the everlasting silence.

He looks at me with a hard face. "How could you, Riley?"

"Jack, just listen-"

"No! What the fuck were doing walking around with Jake?" His loud tone startles me, but I know he's beyond pissed.

"Jack, calm dow-"

"No! Explain!"

"If you would let me I would!" I take a deep breath as he runs a hand through his tousled hair.

He sighs. "Okay. Alright," he says and sits on the bed. "Talk."

I sigh. "Okay, well Jake kept bugging me about wanting to talk, and I had a few things I needed to sort out, so thought it was a good idea to talk it out, but I never thought he would do that," I say all in one breath.

I look up at Jack, a confused and worried look on his face.

"He was bothering you," he asks.

I shrug. "Yeah, sorta," I mumble.

"You should have come to me. I could have dealt with it," he says, and as true as that is, I knew how he would have dealt with it. Violence. I don't want violence.

"I know, and I'm sorry," I say.

"It's fine, but that doesn't explain why you're always gone after school," he says. "You're not seeing him are you?"

I immediately reject that. "No, no, no, no, no. Definitely not."

"Then why? I always try to spend time with you, but you always say some shit to get out of it. Like, you can't just say, 'Yeah, I don't like you.'? Just be honest!"

His short temper is rising and I'm afraid of what would happen if he continued his rant.

"I go to see my grandmother, okay," I say.

He scrunches his eyebrows together. "What?"

"I go to see my grandmother," I say slowly with my head down. I pause before continuing. "She has cancer, and. . . and I promised I would see her as much as I can. Including after school."

I look up from fidgeting with my hands as Jack stands up and wraps his arms around me.

"I'm sorry," he says and kisses the side of my head. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Well what's more believable? Saying you see your grandmother everyday after school? Or saying you have things going on?"

I pull away just enough so I can look into his beautiful eyes. He leans in and pecks my lips before speaking.

"I'm sorry for not trusting you, Ri. I didn't know and I'm very sorry."

I smile. "It's okay."

"But I have one question," he says sternly and I raise an eyebrow for him to continue. "Can I meet her?"

I smile again. "Of course."

<><><>

You guys I am so fucking sorry for not updating Dx I know I said that I would try to update more but I've been dealing with a bunch of shit and I know that's not an excuse and I'm just really sorry :(
I honestly don't even care for Jack or any of magcon really xD so I'm kinda not into this story, just the plot really

But ya hate me all you want for not updating :/ oh whale

But until next time...

PEACESKIES