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.

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

That is no way to treat a lady. I have-"

"I know mom I get it. Can

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 each other."

I ask her and I can already

know. You're a

Great.

so useful just a while ago.

"Thanks, mom." I murmur.

Don't her knocked up. Use

believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up

you too," I say before she hangs up

It's true, despite all the rumors,

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My new

eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk

"Quensilla."

that

I keep

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 I act confused shaking my head.

but he brushes it off.

to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately

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

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

and I can't help but wonder

that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot

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her sandwich. It was lunchtime

disgusted with me?"

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

be too harsh on him okay? It may seem hard to forgive but. . . we all do some things that we're