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.

the same college?" She asks surprised.

Right.

'Coincidence."

explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course,

Anthony Beckett. That is no way

Can

She sighs.

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."

move on with things?" I ask her and I

You're a smart

Great.

was so useful just a while ago.

"Thanks, mom." I murmur.

welcome sweetie. I love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a condom! When the time is right

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

before she

rumors, I am

#

Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from Melanie Martinez.

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

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

keep walking.

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

don't turn around again." She nods

didn't hear me?" Theodore asks and I act confused

doesn't look convinced but he

"Can I talk to you after school?"  He asks

into anything." He says and I eye him

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

"Okay, I'll see you then." He walks off and I can't help but wonder what

and

#

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

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

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

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 regretting it later. It's the cycle of life."