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.

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

Right.

'Coincidence."

explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts,

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

mom I get it. Can

She sighs.

"Well, right now you need to start from scratch. Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her

is the right time to move on with things?" I ask her and I can already sense her smile.

a

Great.

just

I murmur.

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

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

too," I say before she hangs up and begins planning.

true, despite all the rumors, I am still a

#

bet you think that Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from

"It is!" I exclaim and she rolls her eyes amused, her black curls

"Quensilla."

know that

So I keep walking.

boy like literally running towards you." I

She nods looking confused and soon

me?" Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my

look convinced but he brushes it

"Can I talk to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately open

I'm not going to force you into

me at the cafe just two blocks from here." I

and I can't help but wonder what

Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was

#

"Woah. 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

and utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her and she raises

to go plunging into his arms, but don't be too harsh on him if he is genuine when he apologizes." She

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 life."