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.

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

Right.

'Coincidence."

I began explaining everything to her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and

way to treat a

"I know mom I get it. Can you please help

She sighs.

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

with things?" I ask her and I can already

a

Great.

so useful just a while ago.

mom." I

love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a condom! When the time is right of course."

marriage before sex." I yell feeling my cheeks heat up and she laughs loudly, mumbling a

too," I say before

despite all the rumors, I am still a

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

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

"Quensilla."

that voice.

I keep walking.

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

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

Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my

He doesn't look convinced but

talk to you after school?"  He asks

force you into anything." He says

at the cafe 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 I almost forgot she was behind me.

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

"So. . .you're not totally and utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her and she

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

hard to forgive but. . . we all do some things that we're