burning - topper thornton s1 & s2

four

astrid walked along the beach, picking up trash with the rest of the kooks, when kelce called her over.

"thirsty?" he asks and holds up a bottle of a mysterious yellow liquid. she raises her eyebrow slightly.

"oh for sure." she answers and takes a swig of it.

"that is awful." she says and wipes her mouth as topper and sarah walk up. topper drinks some of it, sarah doing so as well soon after but her younger sister took it from her, drinking some even while the older teens protested.

"damn cameron." astrid high fives wheezie who grinned at her.

"what? she's 13." sarah argues with astrid who rolls her eyes.

"don't act like you were perfect at that age, it's just a little bit." astrid says, laughing lightly. topper glances at her, wondering why she's even arguing with sarah.

"you guys got it under control?" a man yells to the group and everyone tries to act calm, hiding the bottle quickly.

"yes sir!" astrid calls to him, giving him a big smile.

"yes sir, it's looking good sir, just clearing the stretch out." topper says and waves at him.

"just hydrating!" sarah comes up with an excuse.

"great job, keep it up!" the man says and gives us a thumbs up. kelce laughs once he walks away and throws his arm over astrid's shoulder.

"okay yeah no, off." astrid says and shrugs, his arm falling off of her shoulders.

"damn. cold." kelce says and topper laughs at the rejection.

"she's way out of your league." wheezie says and she grins, maybe true, maybe not.

"come on, let's just finish this up." astrid says to the teens and they all walk off.

-

astrid was currently at topper's party. thaleia and theo were at a friend's house for the night, leaving the large home to topper.

"what are you doing here?" sarah asks as astrid walks into the kitchen.

"uh, i'm at a party." astrid answers her and she scoffs.

"i mean in the kitchen." sarah says.

"i was getting a drink, i mean i'm here almost every day anyway." astrid shrugs and sarah stares at her for a second before walking out. astrid finishes the beer and sits in the kitchen for a while, not knowing entirely what to do.

she walks out of the house to find a toy for the night.

kelce is the perfect choice for right now, he wouldn't fight it and they were both drunk.

"kelce." astrid whispers as she walks up behind him. he whips around and looks down at the girl.

"yes?" he asks.

"if i kiss you tonight, will it stay to only tonight? it will mean nothing tomorrow." astrid asks and the boy stares at her, shocked.

"y-yeah." he says and she grins. she grabs his hand and quickly sneaks inside to the kitchen. he presses her against the wall and kisses her roughly.

the pair kissed for a little over a minute when the door slammed open, topper walking in angrily.

"really kelce? in my kitchen?" topper asks, annoyed but he hadn't seen the girl yet.

"what the hell got your panties in a twist?" astrid asks, peeking out from behind kelce. topper's eyes find hers and he stares at her shocked before snapping out of it and glaring at kelce.

"kelce? how about you don't make out with the girl who works for me?" topper asks.

"what? why am i off limits?" astrid asks, genuinely annoyed by this.

"yeah i'm gonna go, i hear rafe's
got some." kelce says and topper nods. kelce leaves and she glares at topper.

"topper i'm leaving!" sarah yells and the front door slams.

"can you please explain to me why in the hell i can't kiss who i want?" astrid asks, her arms crossed over her chest.

"because astrid, leave it alone." topper says and she frowns slightly.

"i can't just leave it alone, answer me topper." she begs and the boy looks away from her for a couple seconds. she walks over to him, standing directly in front of him now.

"what are you doing?" he breathes out, shocked by how close she is now.

"why do you think you can control me topper?" she asks and steps even closer, making him back up until he reaches the counter.

"astrid." he warns her and she stares at him hesitantly before leaning up and pressing her lips to his. he kisses her back, their lips moving together softly. he pulls away first, only seconds later, his hands gripping the counter.

"get out." he says lowly and the consequences of what she just did rush to her. she wasn't thinking. she was drunk. that wasn't an excuse though. she's a home wrecker. her eyes widened as she looked up at him in horror.

"topper i'm so sorry." she says, backing up a step as she looks up at him.

"i said get out astrid." topper demands and her mouth drops open slightly.

"top-" he cuts her off by stepping toward her.

"get the hell out!" he yells and she quickly backs up.

"dont come to work tomorrow." he said to her as tears had already begun to fill her eyes.

"i'm sorry." she chokes out as he prepares to yell at her again. she quickly turns and runs to the front door, throwing it open as she runs outside and away from the party.

topper paced in the kitchen, not knowing what to do. does he tell sarah that astrid kissed him? does he tell his mom? should she be fired? no, his siblings adored her, but she kissed him.