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. "What

Right.

'Coincidence."

explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by the time I was done, she was

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

mom I get it. Can you

She sighs.

"Well, right now you need 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

with things?" I ask her

"You'll know. You're a smart boy."

Great.

was so useful just

mom." I

knocked up. Use a condom!

"Mom! I thought I told you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up

"I love you too," I say before she

the rumors, I am

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Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from Melanie

eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we

"Quensilla."

I know that

I keep walking.

"Um, Silla. There's a boy like literally running towards you."

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

Theodore asks and I

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

school?"  He asks and I

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

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 into.

that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was

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sandwich. It was lunchtime and I

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

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,

. . we all do some things that we're not supposed to and end up regretting it later. It's the