Please Don't Touch

9. To New Beginnings.

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.

guys ended up in the same college?" She asks surprised. "What a coincidence!"

Right.

'Coincidence."

to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by the time I was done, she was

no way to treat a

it. Can you please

She 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 to trust

to move on with things?" I ask her and I can

You're a smart

Great.

just

I

knocked up. Use a condom! When the time

I told you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up and she laughs loudly, mumbling a

you too," I say before she hangs up and begins

Yes. It's true, despite all the rumors, I am

#

My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from Melanie

she rolls her eyes amused, her

"Quensilla."

know that voice.

keep

running towards you." I

turn around again." She nods looking confused and

and I act confused

He doesn't look convinced but he brushes it off.

I talk to you after school?"  He asks and I

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

the cafe just two blocks from here." I agree wearily and

then." He walks off and I can't help but wonder what I just got myself into.

and who was that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was

#

did that? 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 surprised she didn't judge me instead she agreed with me.

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

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 eye, he leans forward and stares at me even more.

don't be too harsh on him okay? 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

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