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. "What a coincidence!"

Right.

'Coincidence."

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

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

mom I get it. Can you please

She sighs.

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 other."

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

"You'll know. You're a

Great.

useful just

"Thanks, mom." I murmur.

"You're always welcome sweetie. I love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a

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

before

rumors, I am still

#

"I bet you think that Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as

she rolls her eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we walk down

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

I keep walking.

a boy like literally running towards you." I shut my eyes and

She nods looking confused and

Theodore asks and I

look convinced but he brushes it

"Can I talk to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately open my eyes to

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

just two blocks from here." I agree wearily and he smiles.

you then." He walks off and I can't help but wonder what I just got

who was that?" Lauren asks and

#

shrugs biting into her sandwich. It was lunchtime and I filled Lauren

me?" I ask her and she

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,

be too harsh 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."