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.

Right.

'Coincidence."

out the dirty parts, of course, and

That is no way to treat a

it. Can you

She sighs.

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

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

know. You're a smart boy."

Great.

so useful just a while ago.

I

love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a condom!

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

love you too," I say before she hangs up

true, despite all the rumors, I

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better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss

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

"Quensilla."

I know that

So I keep

running towards you." I shut my eyes and

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

and I act confused

look convinced but he brushes it

talk to you after school?"  He asks

into anything." He says and I

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

you then." He walks off and I can't

asks and

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b.s." Lauren shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled Lauren in at what happened that night. I

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

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. I avert my eyes back to my

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