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?"

Right.

'Coincidence."

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

Anthony Beckett. That is no way to treat a

know mom I get it. Can you please help me now?"

She sighs.

start from scratch. Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her

move on with things?" I ask her and I can already

"You'll know. You're a

Great.

useful just a while ago.

"Thanks, mom." I murmur.

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

believe in marriage before sex." I yell feeling

you too," I say before she hangs up and

true, despite all the rumors, I am still a virgin.

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think that Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend

"It is!" I exclaim and she rolls her eyes amused, her black curls bounce as we

"Quensilla."

that

So I keep walking.

towards you." I shut my

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

and

convinced but he

I talk to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately

into anything." He says

just two blocks from here." I

you then." He walks off and I can't

"What and who was that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was behind me.

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actually 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 what happened that night. I was surprised she didn't judge me instead

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

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,

all do some things that we're not