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.

same college?" She

Right.

'Coincidence."

." I began explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by the time I was done, she

no way to

Can you please help me now?"

She sighs.

something that both you and her aren't ready for. She needs to learn to trust you. Most

I ask her and I can already sense her

You're a smart

Great.

just a while ago.

"Thanks, mom." I

up.

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

too," I say before she hangs up and begins

rumors, I am still

#

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

eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk down

"Quensilla."

that

keep walking.

towards you."

turn around again." She nods looking confused and soon I am

and I act confused shaking my head.

look convinced but he brushes it off.

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

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

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

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

"What and who was that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was behind me.

#

was lunchtime and I filled Lauren in at what happened that night. I

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

when he apologizes."

It may seem hard to forgive but. . . we all do some things

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