burning - topper thornton s1 & s2

six

"you know what topper, you don't have to be such a dick all the time." astrid spits and his eyebrows furrow slightly as he sees tears fill her eyes.

"i tried to help you topper. i cared about you!" astrid says angrily and topper glances at the people around him.

"cared?" he whispers and she throws her hands up, scoffing at the only thing he questioned.

"yes topper, cared. i cared about you and i wanted what was best for you but you don't want me to help you." astrid says and topper stares at her, unsure of what to do or say. his eyes scan over her face, trying to figure out what he needs to do.

"j-just wait." topper says but astrid backs up a step.

"not right now topper, please." astrid says, holding a hand out to make him stop. she shakes her head slightly before turning and walking away quickly, leaving topper to stare at her walk away.

"shit." he mumbles before turning and walking in the opposite direction.

astrid found herself down at the beach, not wanting to be around anyone right now. she wasn't exactly sad, just disappointed with how topper was acting and yet she was still crying.

she could hear people yelling, she thought the voice was familiar but then heard people running in her direction.

"astrid?" she recognized pope's voice and sighed, wiping her cheeks. she turned her head to look at him, not expecting three other people to be there as well. john b being one of them. as soon as she saw him she got angry. astrid pushed herself up to her feet and glare at john b.

"you fucking dick!" she yelled at him and he looked at her, insanely confused since he knew of the girl but had never spoken to her.

"astrid what-" pope starts but astrid cuts him off.

"you kissed a girl who already had a boyfriend! not even a peck, like you guys full on made out!" she said angrily, pointing at him to emphasize her yelling.

"i'm sorry who are you talking about?" the other girl, kiara, asked.

"john b, he kissed sarah cameron. at the ferry." astrid said and all eyes turned to him.

"i knew you were macking on her!" the blonde boy said with a sort of excited tone to his voice.

"okay yeah i kissed her, so what?" john b asks and astrid scoffs.

"you destroyed a relationship! topper hasn't been the same since he found out!" she tells him and he rolls his eyes, he didn't care about topper one bit.

"why do you care how topper feels?" pope asks, grabbing her arm. she glares at him slightly.

"my personal life is not for you to know about pope, maybe you would know if you didn't abandon me." she spits at him and he looks as if he was hurt.

"damn kooks." john b mutters and astrid's eyes snap to his to glare at him.

"don't talk to me about kooks and pogues, that has nothing to do with this." astrid says but the boy continues on.

"why not? kooks have it easier, you have it easier, you don't know what it's like to need a job." john b says and pope speaks before astrid has a chance.

"she was a pogue john b." pope simply says and astrid rips her arm out of his hold.

"you know what, all of you are dicks. maybe not pope, i tolerate you, but especially you john b." astrid says and quickly walks back to the party. her eyes were slightly reddened and swollen from crying, and she tried to avoid people as she weaves through them to get to the bathroom.

"where are you going baby girl?" kelce grabs her arm, pulling her back suddenly. she stumbles slightly and looks up at him shocked.

"kelce let go." she says quietly, not wanting to start a scene.

"where have you been all night?" he asks and she could smell the faint alcohol on his breath. he wasn't drunk but he wasn't himself.

"i need to go, just let me go." she pleads, glancing at everyone around her.

"why? stay here with me." he says and pulls her even closer.

"kelce, let me go." she says more sternly.

"kelce." topper's voice cuts through the air as astrid feels him a few inches behind her.

"what man? we're just talking." kelce shrugs.

"just let her go man." topper says tiredly and kelce looks back at astrid, seeming to suddenly realize what was going on.

"sorry, my bad." he says as he drops her arm. astrid quickly walks away, squeezing through the two boys