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

Right.

'Coincidence."

parts, of course, and by the time I was done, she was

Anthony Beckett. That is no way to treat a lady.

know mom I get it. Can you please

She sighs.

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."

things?" I ask

a smart boy."

Great.

was so useful just a

mom." I murmur.

up. Use a condom! When the time is right

thought I told you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up and she laughs loudly, mumbling a 'sure'.

"I love you too," I say before she hangs up and begins

all the rumors, I am still a virgin.

#

better than Pity Party." My

her black curls bounce as we walk down the

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

So I keep walking.

running towards you." I shut my eyes

turn around again." She nods looking

and I

doesn't look convinced but he

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

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

at the cafe just two blocks from

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

and I almost forgot she was

#

shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled Lauren in at what happened that night. I was surprised she

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

. . which also goes for him too. He made a mistake and I'm not saying that you have to go plunging into his arms, but 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 soon as I meet his eye, he leans forward and stares at me even more.

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