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.

Right.

'Coincidence."

leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by

That is no way

I get it. Can you please help me now?"

She sighs.

Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her aren't ready

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

know. You're a

Great.

was so useful just a while ago.

I murmur.

knocked up. Use a condom! When the time is right of

you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my

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

Yes. It's true, despite all the rumors, I am still a virgin.

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than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as

and she rolls her eyes amused, her black curls

"Quensilla."

that

keep walking.

towards you." I shut my eyes and

Whatever you do, don't turn around again." She nods looking confused and soon I

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

He doesn't look convinced but he brushes it off.

you after school?"  He asks and I

to force you into anything." He says and I eye him skeptically.

two blocks from here." I agree wearily and

I can't help but wonder what I just

that?" Lauren asks and I

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sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled

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

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

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."