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."

"Right so. ." I began explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and

no way to treat a

Can you please help

sighs.

Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her aren't

with things?" I ask her

know. You're a smart boy."

Great.

She was so useful just a

"Thanks, mom." I

I love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a

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

too," I say before she

the rumors,

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

her eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk down the hall.

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

So I keep

Silla. There's a boy like literally running towards you." I shut my eyes and walk faster.

Whatever you do, don't turn around again." She nods looking confused and soon I am spun

didn't hear me?" Theodore asks and

look convinced but he brushes it off.

talk to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately open my eyes to decline.

"Please, I promise I'm not going to force you into anything." He

cafe just two blocks from here."

can't help but

asks and I almost forgot

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he wants you? I call b.s." Lauren shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and

me?" I ask her

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

to forgive but. . . we all do some things that we're not supposed to and end up regretting