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.

Right.

'Coincidence."

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

Anthony Beckett. That is no way to treat a lady. I

"I know mom I get it. Can you

sighs.

scratch. Try being friends first before just jumping into something that both you and her aren't ready for. She

things?" I ask her and I can already sense her

a smart boy."

Great.

useful just a

I murmur.

love you. Don't her knocked up. Use a condom! When the

in marriage before sex." I yell feeling

say before she hangs up and

all the rumors, I am

#

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

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

"Quensilla."

know that voice.

keep

like literally running towards you." I shut

don't turn around again." She nods looking confused and soon I

hear me?" Theodore asks and I act confused shaking my head.

but he brushes it off.

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

promise I'm not going to force you into anything."

blocks from here." I agree wearily and he

He walks off and I can't help but wonder

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

#

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 she

not totally and utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her and she raises an eyebrow.

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, he leans forward and stares

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