Casey's Senior Year
Chapter 6
I was getting ready to leave the weight room when Jerome walked in and over, in my direction. He was dressed out in gym cloths so I figured he had come in to lift.
He wasn't much for happy greetings or throwing smiles around for fun, so in a gruff voice, as he was grabbing a couple of plates, he said, "Mom says you can come for dinner but not over night. I did not tell her about learning new knots... she said a movie or game night would be nice."
"What day?"
Jerome looked at me with a blank face... there was a count of three and then life came back into his eyes. "Tonight. I have to take the bus today. I can show you the way."
"Yeah... we could go together."
"No. You have to follow me so you don't get lost. Don't be late to the bus. Corner of 5th and Garden right by the liquor store. 3:45... after school."
I closed my eyes and counted to 3 through one deep breath. "O.k. Jerome. I will see you then."
He did not respond, he had turned away and was focused on his bar. I left, showered and was smoking a cigarette in an alcove behind the gym just as the 4th period bell rang.
Miss Popejoy's heels clicked loudly on the concrete walkways, echoing off of the concrete walls, announcing her advancing arrival in plenty of time for those that cared to get away. I was exhaling when she rounded the corner.
"Mr. Dodd."
"Miss Popejoy..."
"You know that..."
"Yes... I know about the smoking rules."
"And yet you ..."
"Yes... I choose to ignore them."
"Report for detention..."
"Why are you wasting your breath. You know I won't."
"That is grounds to have you expelled."
"You do not need that, you could kick me at any point. Don't you have some good, studious students that are in need of your administrative skills? Why waste your time and mine?"
In a moment of weakness, or vulnerability, she answered, "Because you are not a waste of my time. I want to help you but you won't let me. You stubbornly insist on maintaining this aloof, better than this, tough guy persona that keeps you from realizing your whole potential. I just want to find a way to reach you, to help you use the tools available to advance yourself up and out of the shity situation that life has set you up in."
"You have no idea my situation in life... where I am... who I am." I stood up, dropped my butt and crushed it out. " I have something to do and I'm done with this."
She stomped her foot, causing her tits to giggle and bounce beneath the silk blouse tucked into her high-waisted slacks. "How can I help you if you won't let me, if you won't help yourself."
"Tell you what... if you really want to talk to me and get in my head, I will be in your office tomorrow morning 1 hour before school starts, and we can sit down and have a heart to heart. But wear a skirt for god's sake. It is criminal to cover up your legs with pants the way you do. You have great legs, you should let everyone appreciate what God gave you."
I turned and walked away before she could respond... but not before I saw her go from a feeling of partial victory, to a slight blush, back to outrage.
She muttered something about inappropriate comments and arrogant bastard... but I wasn't really paying attention anymore.
She finally hollered after me, "One hour tomorrow... my office."
Without looking up or back I threw a hand up to acknowledge that I had heard her.
I was waiting for Jerome when he arrived, a few minutes before the bus.
"Mom runs errands today so this is one of my regular bus days. We will have time to work on some knots before she comes home."
"Sounds like a plan."
"We can use the rope at home..."
"That's what I thought too... it's why I didn't bring any from home."
We had to change buses once, then walk half a mile to his house.
They lived well. A nice neighborhood, probably HOA patrolled to make sure weeds were pulled and bushes trimmed...
Jerome let himself in with a push code on the side door. We were secret sharers so he felt no need to hide his movements.
After pouring a couple of glasses of cold water he led me upstairs to his mother's room and showed me the container in her closet where they kept her "practice stuff". There were a couple of different colors of silk rope, coiled and ready. There were also cuffs and a collar, a belt with cuffs, and a leather hood.
"I don't know what most of that stuff is for or why she keeps it... I mean, the paddle at the bottom is for spanking, I know that one and the cuffs are for wrists..."
"Sounds like you don't like the cuffs..."
"Mom makes me use them sometimes but I like rope better."
"Then you, my friend are in luck... I can show you a real easy way to tie a set of cuffs from rope."
"Really Casey... that would be nice... I really don't like the shiny ones... they're cold and sometimes they pinch."