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.

the same college?" She asks

Right.

'Coincidence."

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

way to treat a

it. Can you please

She sighs.

something that both you and her aren't ready for. She needs to

I ask

"You'll know. You're a

Great.

so useful just a while ago.

"Thanks, mom." I murmur.

up. Use a condom! When the time is right of course."

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

"I love you too," I say before she hangs

true, despite all the rumors,

#

Soap is better than Pity Party." My new friend Lauren says as we discuss songs from

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

"Quensilla."

I know that voice.

I keep walking.

boy like literally running towards you." I shut my

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

didn't hear me?" Theodore asks and

doesn't look convinced but he

to you after school?"  He asks and I immediately open my eyes to decline.

force you into anything." He says

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

then." He walks off and I can't help but wonder

was that?" Lauren asks and I almost forgot she was

#

he 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

utterly disgusted with me?" I ask her

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

do some things that we're not supposed to and end up regretting it later. It's the cycle of life."