GLITCH.
007 | a little tied up

"COME ON KIE, ONE MORE BEER AND I'LL GO HOME, I PROMISE." The blonde girl pretended to beg, her knees dug into the sand from kneeling down by her best friend's feet.

The slurring of her voice evident she was way too far gone than any of them had planned. Having decided to approach JJ's earlier offer with anything but a sober mind.

John B and Pope both amused had smiles brighten on their faces at the sight of Renee pouting and holding Kiara's hands. Drunk Renee was always fun to have around.

By now, Renee had become a little more tipsy than she initially thought she would have, and by a little more she meant Kiara had put herself on duty to make sure she didn't do anything ( or anyone ) she would regret doing which she did often when drunk.

" another beer and you'll have to be carried home." Kiara's words made a grunt leave Renee's lips as she mumbled a few curse words under her breath.

" you're strong carrera, you can carry me home!" she exhaled, eyes scanning around the party once more.

" hey John B!" Renee turned her head to see JJ holding yet another red solo cup, her eyes seemed to widen and lips break into a small grin.

" no, no-" Kiara and Pope spoke together, noticing the girls drastic change in expression.

"Renee Camille Lowe, don't you dare!"

Renee gripped herself away from Kiara as soon as her full name exit her mouth, meaning that she had already preempted her next move.

She ran her way towards the blonde boy who couldn't help but smile at the sight of her sluggish movement mixed with the energy she had.

" John B get her please!" Pope called out to the brunette who followed closely behind Ren with the same target being JJ.

Renee yelped as John B wrapped his arms around her waist, lifting her off of the ground.

" John B Routledge, I swear to go if you do not let me go right now-" although she tried to be serious, giggles left her mouth almost at the same pace as her words.

" sorry, Kie and Pope's orders." The girl grunted at his response as she continued to squirm until the two of them reached a clearly amused JJ.

" I got this beer for you John B." JJ chuckled as he looked the displeased Renee shake her head as she was still held up in the air.

" sorry, JJ as you can see, I'm just a little tied up right now." JohnB's response made Renee present her middle finger to him although she too found that amusing and continued to laugh.

" can you let me down now?" She turned her head as John B pouted.

" say pretty please." He joked, making her scoff.

" I am not saying pret-"

" then I'm not letting go." He retorted.

" ugh fine, pretty please." Renee sighed, John b nodded before releasing his grip on the girl as she planted herself back on the ground.

She moved closer to JJ, sending him a warning look to keep his laughter to himself.

" oh, hey..hey..hey..sarah!" JJ called out, Renee felt her heart get caught up in her throat as she turned her head.

She was too caught up with her and John B's shenanigans to even notice the kook Princess make her way over to the three of them.

Her amusement halted as she felt a pit begin to burrow in her stomach at the sight of Sarah. Renee turned away, looking for Kiara or Pope who had conveniently dissipated into thin air and weren't sitting where they were only a few seconds ago. And hands reaching for the material of JJ's shirt as she silently beckoned for them to move to the other side of the beach.

The two girls eyes caught one another, Renee was the first to advert them, swallowing once again harshly and instead standing in the middle of John B and JJ.

" Sarah, can I interest you in a tasty Milwaukee beverage?" JJ offered the girl, earning a subtle glare from Renee who had pressed her crossed arms against her body defensively — Renee feeling slightly jealous as Sarah and JJ conversed with one another.

" no, thanks." Sarah declined politely.

" don't waste your time JJ, Princess here doesn't drink anything that doesn't come out of a champagne bottle." Renee scoffed, looking back to the brunette who seemed stunned.

She could hear a small chuckle stifle out of both JJ and John B's lips, whilst topper and the princess herself glared bitterly back at her.

" hey..play nice." John b shuffled closer to the girl, all of the pogues were aware of how easily it was to rile Renee up, especially when she was not sober and especially when it was about Sarah Cameron.

" I am playing nice." Renee emphasised on the last two words, " I'm drunk, not suffering from amnesia..I still remember everything she did perfectly fine."

" is Renee right, is it not fancy enough for you?" JJ spoke again, but his joke in a lighter context than Renee's.

" No, actually we were just leaving." Sarah cleared up, eyeing up Renee as she rolled her eyes.

" have you got a problem with me or something?" Sarah questioned Renee, who just scoffed and looked at her stunned.

"oh, I think we both know the answer to that Cameron." Renee spoke with sarcasm, her eyes squinting as they stared each other down. Sarah huffed and broke their eye contact first. Turning away from the girl all together to look at the boys who had began bickering themselves.

" hey- you know what I'll take it," Topper suggested, reaching his hand out to grab the cup from JJ who shuffled back slightly.

" ok, that's not right." Renee hummed to John B who was watching her with a small smile " if frosted tips Thornton gets a beer, why can't I?"

" I'll- thank you, man I appreciate it-" toppers aimless reach for the cup made a grin reappear on Renee's lips as he looked at her " wait, what did you just call me-"

" that's a nice suggestion there topper, but I didn't ask you." JJ retaliated, his cockiness was clearly infuriating Topper who was not used to being told no.

After all he was a kook. And an asshole — but mainly because he was a kook.

" if you said pretty please maybe-" JJ continued to test the boundary and tether of toppers patience.

" oh- pretty please?" Topper asked sarcastically, scrunching his eyebrows. It was obvious JJ was getting on his final nerve. But that was exactly what JJ wanted. A reaction — maybe even a fight to show off to Renee. A bloody face to sit on her bed as she cleaned, to have her peel off his shirt to wash it.

" but you didn't-" JJ shrugged his shoulders, his eyes flickering back to Sarah to once again offer her the beer.

" so sarah, you can have it." JJ offered once again, a cheeky grin smothered his face,

Renee felt the drink spill over both her and JJ as topper pried the red cup from the blonde boys hands, flipping the contents onto both of the blonde-haired teenagers.

" hey! my dress." she called out, as Topper forcefully pushed back the stubborn teenager, nudging Renee in the process, too harshly when in her drunken state as she toppled back onto the sand as he did so only infuriating both JJ and John B more as Renee groaned and placed her hand on her head that was thumping.

It being from amount of beer or the push was unknown.

" hey! what the fuck was that man!" JJ seethed with anger, John B quickly helping Renee who was soon put to the sidelines of the argument.

" she doesn't want it you-" Topper was cut short, it only took a few milliseconds for JJ to launch back after Topper who had a smug smirk on his face that even Renee wanted to slap or punch off.

His hands clutched tightly into toppers stupid and most likely overpriced shirt, his jaw clenched at how close he was also to loosing his tether as he pushed the boy back.

" don't you fucking touch her again, you hear me?" JJ seethed, pure venom mixing with his words and the spit that exited out of his gritted teeth that he bared as if he were an animal . " lay a single fucking finger on her again and I'll beat that prepubescent face bloody."

" JJ !" Renee called out, using one hand to reach for the boy who John b had pulled off Topper whilst her other hand wiped her left eye clear of the beer that was stinging it, causing them to water.

Her hand gripped onto his tightly, she forced him to intertwine their fingers together as she helped John b reel him in.

" you're so funny man!" He called out, whilst both John b and Pope attempted to un-rile the boy.

" no, no, no- hey, hey, hey." John B spoke, his hands gripped onto his now damp shoulders whilst JJ shook his head at his friends attempt to calm him down.

" dirty pogues." Toppers choice of words were enough to even throw John B over the edge between civil ness and violence.

Renee fixated her eyes on John B shoving topper harshly,whilst pope pushed both her and JJ back since they're hands were still connected.

People were quick enough to move away and form a circle around the quick growing conflict between the two of them,

Renee used her other hand to grip onto JJ's bicep whilst Pope rushed over to try and diffuse the conflict between John B and Topper.

" stay here okay." Renee's voice made t turn back her, he shook his head. " I don't want you getting in anymore trouble."

" are you okay?" he asked, noticing the genuine concern in his voice as his eyes wandered for any sign of an injury. His flat hand pressing against her cheek as she nodded, 

" y-yeah , I'm fine." She reassured him, she felt his hand clench their hands tighter together for a split second before he tore them apart.

And for a second it was just them. The chaos that had dispelled around them falling short for a few seconds.

" John B, we're meant to be incognito remember!?" Pope once again tried to hold back on of their friends, trying his hardest to push John B back despite him wanting to lunge for Topper again.

John B nodded his head, trying to regain his breath as Pope turned back to JJ who still look riled up and ready to beat up some one, most likely topper.

" babe, babe, babe." Sarah called out, Renee's eyes turned from JJ to topper who edged closer to John B.

Her eyes widened as his fist collided with JohnB's cheekbone, she watched helplessly as the brunette lost his footing and collapsed into the waves which were now consuming him.

She could sense Pope once again holding JJ back from running to his best friends aid and most likely to defend him or kick Topper's ass.

She felt her heart catch in her throat as Topper maliciously kicked the boy in the ribs, flipping him over face down into the ocean.

" Topper, stop it!" Renee cried out, almost pleading, begging for him to stop hurting her friend.

Sarah noticing the girl. Yet they were now both as helpless as each other.

" Hey, John B don't make me drown you like your old man, all right ?" Topper threatened, a sickly and demented smile on his face from hurting the boy.

The crowd began to chant, ' fight, fight, fight' the single word rang in everyone's ears.

Renee looked at Sarah who seemed as panicked as she did, she felt her heart stop as she noticed her own brother joining in with the chant as he, Rafe and Kelce seemed to find some amusement to what was currently happening.

Rafe's face blank as he looked at Renee — her too even pleading for him to do something although they were both silent it was easy to understand what she was trying to communicate with him. Yet, he like everyone else: didn't do anything.

Topper walked past the three pogues, beginning to hype up the crowd. Too caught up to notice John B running up to attack him again, this time snaking his arm around his stomach and forcefully. Pushing him down as well as himself back into the water.

" Give it to him!" JJ encouraged, clapping his hands together a few times.

" John B, let it go man!" Pope called out, discouraging both John B and JJ's current behaviour.

Kiara had caught up to the group, pulling Ren back ever so slightly.

The blonde felt her eyes gloss over as she watched both of the boys who were now stood up punch one another, John B holding Topper in a head lock he was trying to punch and squirm his way out of.

" Guys stop it!" Kiara called out, grabbing Renee's hand the same way she did a few hours ago in the attempt to comfort her.

The shouts of concern were overshadowed by the same fighting chant which was practically making Renee's ears bleed. The two boys had continued to fight their way back up to the sand, passing by the pogues as they did so.

They began circling eachother, both of their hands clenching into fists, indicating the fight was anything but nearly over.

Renee used her hand that wasn't connected with Kiara's to run over her wet hair. " John B, come on don't do this!" She called out once again, hoping that John B would stop, but that just wasn't John B.

Instead he did the opposite, taking the kook off guard and jabbed his fist into the side of his face, causing Topper to stumble back.

" that's what I'm talking about!" JJ encouraged John b, the blonde locked eyes briefly with JJ before shaking her head in slight disappointment as she turned her head back.

She turned back, watching topper recover and regain his steady footing, meaning no time soon the fight would end.

She wiped her hand that wasn't tangled with Kie's over her beer soaked hair.

" Come on!" John B roars, intimidating Topper.

"Yeah, you wanna go?" Topper scoffs, both returning into the stance with their hands balled tightly.

Renee watched in horror as Topper swung and collided his fist with John B's eye.

She felt as if her brain was mush, Kiara and Sarah shouting at the two of them to stop. Whilst everyone else including JJ and even pope seemed to encourage it.

Topper went to swing for John B again, but this time John B wrestled him back further out of the way of the water.

She felt her mouth hang open as John B flipped Topper into the shallows of the waves coming in.

" Topper!" Sarah called out, being the concerned girlfriend she is.

" guys stop!" Kiara aimlessly called out again, but neither of listening.

" Come on Topper!" John B called out, hunched over slightly, most likely regaining his breath. Renee shook her head and let a heavy breath leave her lips.

" Let's go!" the wet haired brunette continued to taunt Topper as he slowly picked himself off the ground but he was still stumbling around.

"Come on !" A sigh slipped from both Kiara and Ren's lips as Topper decided to keep on fighting.

He almost ran for John B, after a few weak punches to Toppers ribs and stomach, the kook gained full control, cuffing his hand on JohnB's collar before punching him in the face only a few centimetres under his eye.

" Topper, stop it!" Renee regained her voice, shouting out to the boy to stop hurting her friend.

Everyone fell quiet whilst Topper flipped JohnB into the ocean, only deeper this time.

" Topper let go of him!" Renee almost screamed, watching in pain as Topper began to drown John B, scrunching his hair in clumps inbetween his fingers as he forced his head down.

JJ's eyes flickered to the girl, his heart ached even more noticing the tears slowly streaming down her cheeks, which even she hadn't noticed.

" fuck this." Renee sniffled, forcing herself away from Kiara before pacing herself towards the two boys, she was aware she'd most definitely get injured, but nobody else seemed to be doing anything to help out their friend.

" hell no!" JJ spoke harshly, clamping his hand onto her small wrist, causing her to trip slightly realising she had been stopped.

He quickly reeled her in, the hopeless look in her eyes mixed with tears was something that could break his heart in an instant.

" JJ, nobody's fucking helping him!" She cursed, raising her voice to be heard over the cowards who chanted, condoning the violence. " now let me go!"

JJ stayed silent, passing her over to Pope to be the responsibility of.

" don't let her anywhere near the fight." He said wondering away, as Renee rolled her eyes. Flickering her gaze between the fight and Pope who was watching he .

" look, I'm not a fucking baby ok!" she rose her voice " someone needs to help him!"

Neither of them being able to tear their eyes away no matter how much it pained them.

" he's drowning him." Kiara cried, moving closer to Pope and Renee. She fixated her eyes on JJ who was making his way to the two teenagers on the edge of the circle of observers.

She felt the moon shine on something JJ held in his hand but her eyes couldn't make out what it was.

" guys..whats JJ got?" She tapped pope on the shoulder to catch his attention.

the crowd fell silent as JJ lifted the object to the back of Topper's head. Not a good sign.

" yeah, you know what this is, your move broski ." JJ smirked as he clicked the safety off — now verging the line somewhere between idiot and murderer.

" JJ's got a gun!" someone in the crowd yelled, without hesitation everyone began to leave, sprinting most in fear for their lives.

" come on dude chill!" Pope shouted out to him, Renee felt the image of who she thought JJ maybank was to crumble away before her very eyes.

She felt a tight grip grab ahold of her, she turned noticing Rafe had taken ahold of her, his fingers slowly imprinting bruises on her wrist.

She pulled her arm away from Rafe, looking to her brother " what do you want?"

"come on you're not getting caught up in this shit!" He shouted at her, she felt numb, she looked once more at JJ — still holding the gun in Topper's direction.

She turned back shaking her head " I'm not leaving, I'll find my own way home."

Lennon flickered a look with Rafe — his hand reattached to her arm.

" let go of me!" she commanded although it wasn't surprising when he didn't listen. His grip easing only to be replaced by her brothers.

" do you want to end up in a jail cell tonight because that's what I guarantee will happen if you stay here!" Lennon told her, " just because your friends are fucking insane, doesn't mean you have to be too."

" I don't care, I'm one of them!" she told him strongly, Lennon shaking his head.

" I don't give a shit!" he told her "I'm not giving you a choice, we're going home!"

Her brothers grip didn't release as he dragged her towards the top of the beach and towards the car that he and his friends  had taken to the party.

" JJ, stop!" Sarah called out, her hand lifted up signalling for him to put the gun away or at least get it off Toppers head.

" put the gun down!" She repeated,

" did you say something Princess." JJ spoke with a sinister chuckle, continuing to hold the gun on her precious boyfriends head.

" we're good, we're good!" Topper spoke, finally admitting defeat and letting go of John B.

The brunette coughed as he tried to regain his breath harshly, feeling suffocation consume his entire being.

" Kie, can you check your psycho friend please?" Sarah began to take her anger out on the brunette.

JJ finally let go of topper, his mind blanking his two friends who were scolding him for what he had just done.

" Okay, everyone listen up!" He roared, his eyes pandering around the entirety of the boneyard.

" get the hell off our side of the island!" He continued, lifting his hand with gun attached to it into the air.

The firing of the two bullets rang out, making everyone either scream or gasp, including Renee who had let out a small shriek from the opposite side of the boneyard, not even close to JJ and the others.

" are you crazy, you idiot!" Pope shouted, shoving his hands against JJ's chest as he lowered the gun.

" are you crazy!?" Kie screamed towards at the blonde boy.

" I was saving his life, okay!" JJ naturally defended himself, his stubbornness coming into the light once again. His eyes searching for her, her body leaving an absence next to Pope.

" Stupid, you're gonna jeopardise everything!"
Pope scolded him again — although JJ wasn't listening. Instead he was looking for her, eyes wondering past the many faces yet none of them hers.

" wait,wait ?" JJ asked, " where's ren?"

" her brother pulled her away from you being an utter psychopath!" Kiara for once defended something Lennon Lowe had done " she went with Lennon, Rafe and Kelce."

" she's gone home JJ."

" oh fuck!" JJ scolded himself, pacing slightly in a small line.

" she's gonna fucking kill me." He cursed again, continuing to mentally scold himself for what he had done.

ELLIE SPEAKS🪄
this was going to be apart of chapter 6 but it was almost 6000 words together and I did not want to put you through that :)

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