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.

guys ended up in the same college?" She asks surprised.

Right.

'Coincidence."

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

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

mom I get it. Can you please

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

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

a smart boy."

Great.

useful just

mom." I

Don't her knocked up. Use a

I thought I told you I believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up and she laughs loudly, mumbling a

too," I say before she hangs

despite all the rumors,

#

bet you think that Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from Melanie Martinez.

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

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

So I keep walking.

literally running towards you." I shut

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

hear me?" Theodore asks and I act confused shaking

but he brushes it off.

He asks and

not going to force you into anything." He

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

I can't help but wonder what I just got

and I almost forgot

#

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

me?" I ask her and she raises

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

don't be too harsh on him okay? It may seem hard to forgive but. . . we all do some things that we're not