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.

same college?"

Right.

'Coincidence."

I began explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by the

That is no way to

Can you

She sighs.

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

I ask her and I can already sense

know. You're a smart boy."

Great.

just a while

mom." I murmur.

up. Use a condom! When the time is right of

"Mom! I thought I told you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up and

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

despite all the rumors, I am still a

#

Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss

her black curls bounce as we walk down the

"Quensilla."

that

keep walking.

There's a boy like literally running towards you."

you do, don't turn around again." She nods looking

"You didn't hear me?" Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my head.

but he

after school?"  He asks and I immediately open my

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

two blocks

can't help but wonder what I just

Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was behind me.

#

So he actually 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

utterly disgusted with me?"

he apologizes." She tilts her head in his direction and I catch him looking at me, sitting at

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 cycle of