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 a coincidence!"

Right.

'Coincidence."

so. ." I began 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

know mom I get it. Can you

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

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

You're a

Great.

so useful just a while ago.

I murmur.

up. Use a condom!

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

"I love you too," I say before she hangs

despite all the rumors, I am

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Party." My new friend Lauren says

eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk down the hall.

"Quensilla."

know that voice.

keep walking.

There's a boy like literally running towards you." I shut my

around again." She nods looking confused and soon I am spun around.

Theodore asks and

but

  He asks and

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

me at the cafe just two blocks from here."

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

and I almost

#

he wants you? I call b.s." Lauren shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled Lauren in at what happened

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

them. . . 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

but. . . we all do some things that we're not supposed to and