Party time

IN TYPICAL ELI WORTHINGTON STYLE, HE attended a party held by the Pogues on the poorer side of the island. He loved to party, it didn't really matter where, why, or how just as long as he was having fun. That was the one difference between him and other Kook's, besides the fact that he most certainly was not born into riches.

"Why do you keep looking at Pope like a lost puppy?" Kira smiled slightly as she watched her brother catch stolen glances at the other boy talking to some Pogue girl. "Just go talk to him."

"What the hell are you talking about, K? I could care less about Pope Heyward." The Worthington boy rolled his eyes and turned away, sipping on his 5th beer.

"I'm going to be honest here when I say this, because it's my job to be honest with you." The brunette girl set down her drink, folding her arms over her chest. "Pope is a good guy, a great one actually, and if you want to be with someone, he's probably the best. Not to mention he's out of your league and staring over here too."

Eli glanced back to see the boy looking his way, the Worthington boy keeping a straight face as Pope quickly looked away and turned back to the girl he was with.

"I need another fucking beer." Elijah downed the one in his hand as he got up to his feet. "Will you be okay alone? I don't want to leave you if—"

"I'm fine, i'll just go find Sarah or uh—..." Kira looked around until she met eyes with her best friend who was obviously doing something he didn't want her to see. "Deal with Rafe, unfortunately."

"You uh..." Eli nodded awkwardly. "You have fun with that, sis."

The Kook walked towards the kegs closest to him, holding his solo cup out as someone grabbed the nozzle and poured a full serving for him.

"I didn't ask you to do that, Topper." Elijah looked up, glaring at the pompous teen. Sure, he was a fellow Kook but, he gave the Worthington boy the creeps, and he didn't like him for Sarah, at all.

"What happened to us getting along? For Sarah?" The Thornton boy grinned, placing a hand on the other teens shoulder. "We told her we would."

"I have... things to do." Eli smiled sarcastically and shrugged Topper's hand off of him. "Have fun being an asshole, i'm sure you don't need any other guidance on how to do that."

"We're going to have to get along eventually!" Topper yelled behind the boy as he walked off, shaking his head at the words. "You know that, right?"

No way in hell was that going to happen.

  AFTER CHUGGING THE BEER THE THORNTON BOY poured him, Elijah gained the courage to go up to Pope. He didn't know why he was nervous in the first place, it's not like he had a crush or anything. No, they were enemies, that's all they'd ever be, right?"

"Beat it, Pogue." Eli stared directly into the eyes of the girl that was sat next to Pope, pointing his head in the opposite direction, a sly smile on his face.

"Asshole." The teen girl mumbled under her breath, pushing past him as he went to sit next to the Pogue boy.

"Seriously? I was talking to her." The Heyward boy furrowed his brows, shaking his head slightly as he let out a sigh. "Whats the matter with you?"

"Don't worry, dude. You wouldn't have gotten with her anyways." Elijah shrugged. "It's just a fact."

"Did you come over here to insult me?" Pope turned to the boy and raised a slight brow.

"No—..." Eli cleared his throat lightly. "I don't know why I came over here honestly. I have a fucking headache."

The Worthington boy placed a hand over his forehead, leaning back against the sand underneath him.

"Maybe you should stop drinking." Pope suggested, laughing as he laid next to the Kook boy. "But that's just a small guess on why you are not feeling well, I could be wrong."

"Maybe you should drink more." Eli shrugged, giggling slightly. "Then you'd be more fun."

"Gotta keep the signal clear, it prevents mistakes from happening." The Heyward boy ran a hand over his face. "Especially mistakes you'll constantly remind me of whenever we see each other."

"I kinda liked your last mistake." Elijah laughed, taking a sip of his beer as little drops of it fell onto his shirt and over his neck. "I think we both did."

"Well, i'm never going to try and kiss you again." Pope scoffed slightly, shaking his head. "Especially since you pushed me away the first time."

"Who the hell told you to try and kiss me in front of a bunch of Kooks? What did you think would happen, Heyward?" Eli sat up half way, resting his chin on his hand. "It was too much."

"A better response." The other boy shrugged, letting his finger trail through the sand.

"Whatever." Elijah mumbled looking up at the stars, he didn't want to dive deep into his reasonings, things were the way they were and he thought Pope understood that.

The silence between them remained for a few moments, neither knowing what to say or how to continue speaking. It wasn't like they felt uncomfortable but, they didn't want to say something they'd regret. Luckily, or unluckily depending on how you look at it, a fight broke up that silence.

"Is that John B and Topper?" Pope leapt up to his feet, running over to the scene. It took Eli a few seconds to process everything, but, finally he got up and ran over, wrapping his arms around Sarah who looked distraught by what was going on.

"What the hell happened?" He asked his best friend, watching as the two boys fought back and forth.

"I—..I don't know. It all started happening so fast and I don't know." The blonde cupped a hand over her mouth, looking absolutely terrified. "Topper! Stop! Please, stop!"

The sounds of yelling filled throughout the entire beach and it really showed who was on who's side. As Eli cheered up his best friend, Pope watched beside his fellow Pogues hoping to god that his friend would be okay. Neither of them even looked at each other then, they couldn't, not with all the prying eyes and judgement of Kooks and Pogues.

"Topper!" Sarah yelled as the boy was thrown into the water by John B.

"Fucking idiots." Eli pressed a hand against his face, doing his best to not jump in and save Topper or John B. If he helped Top, that would be signing some sort of peace treaty he didn't want, and helping the Routledge boy would have started a war.

"Topper! Topper, stop. No!" In that moment, the Thornton boy pushed John B's head in the ocean, practically drowning him to death.

"No!" Through the crowd, the Worthington boy heard Pope yell. He glanced over that direction but bowed his head upon seeing Kiara get closer to him, both of them shoulder to shoulder.

Then, everything went to shit as JJ pulled out a gun, pressing it against Topper's head.

"Come on, Chill!" The Heyward boy yelled loudly to his best friend, to calm the situation.

"Stop! JJ! Stop!" Sarah started to make her way over, Eli walking in front of her, there was no way in hell a Pogue would hurt his best friend, and he wasn't going to let her throw herself in the middle.

"Calm the fuck down, JJ! Put the gun down!" The Worthington boy yelled, putting his hand out as he backed Sarah up slightly.

"You want some too? Hm? You want it!?" The Maybank boy pointed it in his direction, making the boy gulp slightly as he held up his hands.

"Put the gun down!" Sarah repeated, tears running down her face.

"You say something princess? Hm?" He pointed the gun back and forth between Eli and Topper, his eyes twitching slightly.

"We're good! We're good, man!" Topper tried to hold up his hands, JJ kicking them down.

"JJ, you can't just wave a gun around! What are you going to do if you fucking shoot me? What then!?" Elijah threw his hands up in the air, shaking his head. "I'm a Kook, you're a Pogue, imagine how that will turn out, man!"

"Kie, can you check your psycho friend, please!?" Sarah begged upon noticing that the Maybank boy wouldn't budge unless his friends told him to.

"He wasn't apart of this, JJ. Okay?" Pope stepped forward in front of Eli, holding his hand out in front of him. "Okay?"

JJ started at him for a moment before nodding and pointing the gun up to the sky.

"Okay, everyone, listen up! Get the hell off our side of the island!" The Maybank boy shot in the air, Elijah covering his face and reaching out for Sarah to cover her in case any bullets happened to come her way.

"Come on, Topper. Let's get the fuck out of here." Eli reached forward, grabbing him and letting both him and Sarah lean on him for support.

"I'm sorry!" He heard Pope yell but, it was a bit too late for that, his friend had already held him at gunpoint.

That was not okay.

AUTHORS NOTE—
Dude I adore these two sm y'all have no idea lmao.

Who do you want to see Eli be friends with?

Hope you enjoyed!