Chapter 4: The Newest Kid In Town

Chapter 4: The Newest Kid In Town

Casey's Bedroom, The Peterson Residence, 1345 North Grand Street, Fallon Creek, Michigan....

      Casey could hardly believe it when he finally finished unpacking and passed out on the large four poster bed covered with dark blue bedding and pillows, in the center of the very spacious room. His body seemed to ache all over and he was still exhausted from the long drive, but he was in a much better mood than when he first arrived. The bedding was soft, and familiar as it was what he used on his old bed back at the old house which his room currently smelled of right down to his dirty gym socks in the hamper. Despite the vast space, it was beginning to feel a bit like home. His mother was busy getting the remainder of the house together before she started dinner. She promised him salmon and salad for the evening as she settled into her much more spacious kitchen complete with a black marble isle in the center. They now had a dining area and cupboards galore.

 There was a stainless steel dishwasher, even though Helen Peterson much prefered to hand wash, a garbage disposal, which made things a lot easier when washing dishes, and a four door enormous stainless steel refrigerator that even had an ice maker on the door like in the magazines she often kept around the old house in the living room. 

Casey enjoyed the privacy being so far from his mother's bedroom and the main part of the house provided and he had a very good view of the woods outback which only stoked his curiousity as to his new surroundings. The desk on the opposite end of the room had been where he placed his laptop and books for school, leaving his backpack on the floor in front of the bottom draw of the desk and a skateboard tucked neatly between the desk and the wall out of habit. 

The floor in his room was hard wood, a drastic change from the blue carpet in the old place as much of the flooring had either been wood or marble due to the design and preference of the previous owners of the place. Apparently, they had designed their dream home but their dreams had never come true as they weren't able to stay in their relationship for the long haul and ended up selling the place in a divorce agreement. They eventually split the proceedings and went their separate ways, giving it all up in the process. 

Casey sighed as he lied back on his bed amid the soft blue cased pillows with one arm folded behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling. They had central heating and air conditioning which he didn't believe would be a problem considering the ever changing atmosphere outside. Their old place had nothing of the sort and one was lucky if a cool breeze and a good fan could stave off the heat. 

As for winter, a good electric heater and costly bills were always in style when it came to their old home. Something that always ended with his mother working longer shifts to eat the cost in pursuit of a warm night's sleep. 

Casey was told when they arrived that Ridgemont High was open and he'd been enrolled by his mother during her two week stay to get the house ready. He'd been given a day to adjust to the new place but afterward he was to be shoveled off to school and back in the swing of things as if what happened in the city never occurred. Feeling the mounting anxiety building a the very thought of going to not only a new school with unfamiliar faces, but returning to a place that would possibly similar to the one he'd nearly died in the lad slowly eased his right hand past the waistline of his jeans. 

He was grateful that he had the presence of mind to close his bedroom door as he attempted to alleviate some stress in the most efficient way he knew how. If Helen had been aware that her only son was prone to stroking his cock whenever he felt overwhelmed and alone in his room, she might have pitched a fit but he wasn't a little boy anymore and somethings just were an inevitability. Casey had used his imagination to envision a few girls that had caught his eye over the years and even some guys that passed by him in the halls on their way to class. He never knew which to be attracted to as he'd been perfectly fine with stroking himself to the image of them both. 

The lad barely got a feel for them in his mind before he was disturbed via a knocking on the door that had only come from his mother. Casey sighed quickly slipping his hand from inside his jeans and climbed off the bed just in time for his mother to step through to check on him. He appeared to be quite bored and annoyed by expression which made her smile before patting him on the head as he sat at his new desk and stared down at the closed laptop he'd yet to recharge since taking it out of his backpack when moving about in the room. 

"Dinner will be ready soon." said Helen pleased that he'd made himself so comfortable. 

"Okay." said Casey turning his attention back to his folded laptop. 

Helen sighed and took her leave of him recalling very briefly a time when he was all about being in her company. He'd come a long way from a tiny frightened boy unsure about a thunderstorm and sleeping in her bed to the brooding teen with an innate desire for independence no matter how much it seemed to put distance between them. 

Casey sighed when his mother shut the door behind her and leaned back in the rolling chair that he had in front of his desk. He made a mental note to at least lock the door before he tried anything again despite the rising anxiousness about the upcoming school day. He could have used another week to adjust to this place, but his mother was more of the mind that there had been no time like the present to get things in order.  

He had no way of getting out of what was to come but he made up his mind to try his best not to be the bully magnet he'd apparently been back in New Jersey and actually take the time to reinvent himself as he had thought of doing while in the car. The chance to be someone people respected or at the very least left alone to do his own thing was much too good to pass up, especially when they had only just arrived and he'd been the newest kid in town.