Please Don't Touch

Theodore's POV

I sit in the room. . . .

Alone. . . . .

On a Saturday. . . . . .

Ever since Quen left and moved into a new apartment-

I have no idea how she did it so fast.

-I haven't been seeing her a lot around the school except for in classes but she would sit far away, and bolt as soon as the class ended.

Picking up my phone, I dial the only person I know that can help me.

"Woah, am I seeing the contact name correctly or. . ." I roll my eyes amused.

"Hello would be nicer, mom," I tell her and she chuckles.

"Hello sweetie, how are things?"

"Good. . . School wise."

"Oh, is something wrong?"

"Girl trouble." I sigh rubbing my forehead and she gasps.

"Girl trouble? That's a first." She mutters the last part my face goes flat at her response. "Who is this special girl?"

I take a deep breath before responding.

"Do you remember Quensilla?"

"Quensilla? Isn't she the one that you. . . . Oh... "

"Yup."

My mom was literally my best friend, I told her everything. Including what I did a few years ago.

ended up in the same college?"

Right.

'Coincidence."

the dirty parts, of course,

way to treat a

Can

sighs.

right now you need to start from scratch. Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her aren't ready for. She needs to learn to trust you. Most importantly you need to learn

is the right time to move on with things?" I ask her and I can already sense

know. You're a smart boy."

Great.

useful just

"Thanks, mom." I

I love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a condom! When the time is right of course."

marriage before sex." I yell feeling

I say before she hangs up and begins

the rumors, I am

#

Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we

eyes amused, her black curls

"Quensilla."

that voice.

So I keep

literally running towards you." I shut my eyes and walk

around again." She nods looking confused

and I act confused shaking my

look convinced but he brushes

asks and I immediately open my eyes

to force you into anything." He says and I eye him skeptically.

at the cafe just two blocks from

I can't help but wonder what

who was that?" Lauren asks and I

#

And now he wants you? I call b.s." Lauren shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled Lauren in at what happened that night. I was

. .you're not totally and utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her and she raises an eyebrow.

all make mistakes and we learn from them. . . which also goes for him too. He made a mistake and I'm not saying that you have to go plunging into his arms, but don't be too harsh on him if he is genuine when he apologizes." She tilts her head in his direction and I catch him looking at me, sitting at his usual table, with his usual gang. As soon as I meet his

It may seem hard to forgive but. . . we all do some things that we're not supposed to and end up regretting it later. It's the