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."

her leaving out the dirty parts, of course, and by the time I was done, she

Anthony Beckett. That is no way to

Can you please

She sighs.

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 to learn to trust each other."

to move on with things?" I ask her and I

You're a

Great.

useful just a while ago.

I murmur.

Don't her knocked up. Use a

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

before she hangs up and begins planning.

despite all the rumors, I am still a

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My new friend Lauren

her black curls bounce as we walk

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

keep

towards you." I shut my eyes and walk

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

Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my head.

doesn't look convinced but he brushes it off.

talk to you after school?"  He asks and

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

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

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

Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was behind me.

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

with me?" I

all make mistakes and we learn from 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

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