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."

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

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

it. Can you please help me now?"

sighs.

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."

is the right time to move on with things?" I ask her and

a smart boy."

Great.

just a while ago.

mom." I

her knocked up. Use

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

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

the rumors, I

#

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

I exclaim and she rolls her eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk

"Quensilla."

I know that

So I keep walking.

boy like literally running towards you." I

nods looking confused and soon I am spun

Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my

look convinced but he

asks and

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

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

then." He walks off and I can't help but wonder what I just got myself

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

#

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

"So. . .you're not totally and utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her and

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 meet his eye, he leans forward and stares at me even more. I avert my eyes back to my pudding.

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