Distance *a Jack Johnson fanfic*

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• j A c K •

"Dude you're fucked man. That's why you don't cheat on the girl you're dating. This is all just gonna come back and bite you in the ass." Skate scolds as we sit in his kitchen at the little granite counter top in our tall bar chairs, sipping Budlights.
"Yeah I know." I reply sadly.
"Here's my question for you dude: do you love Harper?"
"Yes. So much it hurts."
He shakes his head, leaning on the counter. "Then why are you cheating on her? If that's your idea of love then you're one twisted asshole."
"I don't know. It's complicated. I know that I love Harper. I just don't know why I keep going back to Mallory all the time...."
"Looks like there's only one thing you can do: Tell Harper the truth and hope she doesn't leave you. And as far as the her ignoring you thing, that's kind of normal for females. They get pissed off by something us guys do so then they ignore us until we apologize. I'm sure that's the problem. Unless." He pauses, thinking for a moment. "Does she know about you being with Mallory?"
"I'm not sure if she does or not... I hope not." I say being completely honest.
"Well, good luck with everything. Make sure to shower your princess with cute presents and your love and make sure she knows how much you care about her."
"Okay thanks Nate."
"No problem, anytime." He smiles. "Good luck."
"Thanks."
He grins. "So, how's Sammy been recently? I haven't talked to him in a few months."
"He's pretty good. He's currently stealing my girlfriend so you know...."
"What?"
"Yeah, Harper spends a lot of her free time with Sammy. Even when I was back she hung out with Sammy." I say, a bit upset that my girlfriend is ignoring me.
"Oh. Hmmm. Maybe she is mad at you or something? So to pay you back she's spending all her time with Sam instead."
"Who knows." I shrug. "All I know is that I miss her."
"Well then you know what that means!"
"What does that mean?" I ask confused.
He looks at me like I'm the biggest dumb ass on the planet. "Operation Get Harper Back!" He says in a "duh" tone of voice.
I laugh at his goofiness. "Of course." I roll my eyes. "I doubt that will work. She won't even reply back to my calls or texts."
Skate looks at me. "JACK! Wake up! If you don't do something now, like go back to Omaha to be with her, you're going to loose her! She's gonna slip right out of your fingertips! I've let too many pretty ladies go that way and I can see how much you actually care about Harper! Dude, I'm not letting you make the same mistake I made, okay?"
"Okay." I laugh. "So, what's your plan then?"
"You'll see." He winks.
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A few short hours later, I find myself back in Omaha at mine and Harper's apartment complex. I stand there in front of the building after the taxi driver drops me off. I walk up to the building and head up the few stairs to mine and Harper's place. When I get to our door I dig through my pockets in search of my house key, instead I find my hotel room key. Yeah.... A plastic card is soooo gonna help me get into my damn apartment. Where the fuck are my keys?!
My phone goes off just then and I'm quick to answer it even though the number is unknown. "Hello?"
"Mr. Johnson, it seems you've left your car keys in the back of my cab. I've come back to bring them to you." It's my taxi driver.
"Oh, okay. Thank you very much. I will be outside in a moment." I reply hanging up and leaving my bag right there in the hall and run outside to the parking lot, seeing the taxi pull up just then. He rolls down his window and hands me my set of keys. "Thank you."
"Not a problem sir. Have a fantastic rest of your day."
"Thanks you too."
He smiles before leaving. I run back inside to the apartment and unlock the door.
There on the couch is Sammy and Harper.

A/N OH DAMN. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT!?

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