Here's the next chapter. Enjoy. Casey has to explain about his past to his friends. We'll see one flashback in this chapter. It's going to be once a month for the updates for new chapters. I really hope you enjoy this chapter. Please read and review.
Ch. 5 Casey's Past
"What happened to your back?" asked Theo.
"Whoever did this to you?" asked Lily.
Fran was shocked that she couldn't get a sound out of her mouth. RJ knew Casey had to explain about his past but Casey was stressed and wasn't ready to explain about his past, it took Casey two years to tell RJ his past. Casey tried to talk but no sound was coming out. He looked like a fish out of water.
"Guys, Casey's not ready to explain about his past," explained RJ, "and I'm not going to tell you guys anything, because that's Casey's job. As you you can see Casey isn't ready." RJ shoved every body out and Casey started to hyperventilating.
"Casey, look at me," instructed RJ, "just take deep breaths from your nose and not your mouth." Casey did what RJ told him.
"Do you want me to get Wes and Eric?" asked RJ. Casey nodded his head yes.
RJ went to call them and waited for them to pick up the phone.
"Hello, this is Wes."
"Wes it's me RJ."
"What's wrong with Casey this time?" asked Wes concerned.
"He's frozen and Lily Theo and Fran saw the big bruise on Casey's back and he can't speak." RJ was extremely worried about him.
"Okay we'll be there in a few minutes," Wes said seriously. They hung up and thirty minutes later Wes and Eric were coming in JKP.
"Where is he?" asked Eric.
"Follow me," instructed RJ. They followed RJ to one of the bathrooms which was the girls room.
"Why are we going to the ladies room?!" asked Wes.
"Long story short Casey went in here to relax but he went in the wrong one," explained RJ, "Fran screamed and Lily, Theo and I came running and they saw the big bruise on Casey's back and now Casey is frozen in shock. But he can hear you."
"Casey it's me Wes and Eric," said RJ, "can we come in?" They heard movement and he unlocked the door and RJ opened the door. Wes and Eric knew they had to get Casey out of JKP smoothly.
"Why doesn't he have a shirt on?" asked Wes.
"He took it off and now he won't move for anything," explained RJ, "he won't let anyone touch him so good luck getting him out of the girls bathroom."
Eric and Wes tried everything to get Casey to move and RJ wasn't going to help them. Then after about an hour Eric had an idea.
"Wes I have an idea," muttered Eric softly.
"What is it?" asked Wes.
"Here's the idea I thought of, we get everyone out of the restaurant and sit near the door and wait for Casey to come out on his own," said Eric, he told Wes his idea and he thought it was wonderful and it might just work.
"RJ, get everyone out of the restaurant," demanded Eric seriously.
"I'm guessing you have a plan," guessed RJ.
"Yup we do," confirmed Wes.
All the customers were gone already so all there was left was Fran, Lily, Theo, and RJ. So RJ got them to go in the loft upstairs. (The tv's weren't on so their identities were safe.)
"Fran this is the only time your aloud to be up here, got it," said RJ, seriously, "until I say so."
"Got it RJ," said Fran.
Back at the bathroom Casey still wouldn't move. Wes and Eric were near the tables near the door. They ordered pizza and waited for Casey to come out of the girls bathroom.
"I don't think your plan is going to work Eric," complained Wes.
"It works every time, trust me," muttered Eric. Then a few minutes went by and they finally saw Casey coming out of the bathroom looking less shocked then before. Casey looked like he was embarrassed by the whole ordeal that he didn't know what to do next.
"Casey come here please," said Eric. Casey went towards Eric and stopped beside him.
"We won't ask you what had happened but at least answer us when were talking."
"Okay," Casey said softly.
"Come with us and RJ knows this," said Wes.
Casey got scared and kept trying to go upstairs.
"We'll get RJ for you, don't worry," assured Eric. Eric went upstairs to get RJ and when he did they went downstairs together.
"Casey, I think this is good for you to go with Wes and Eric," assured RJ, " you'll be back to yourself and then maybe you'll be ready to tell about your past to your friends."
Casey kept hugging RJ and he knew this would be good for him.
"Casey has gone with Wes and Eric to get back to normal," said RJ.
"But why-"
"Don't ask any questions about Casey cause I won't be answering them at all," RJ said to Theo.
"Theo can I talk to you in private?," asked Lily. Theo nodded. They went to Casey's room.
"What do you need to talk about?" asked Theo.
"Theo, look I just want to stay friends because I have a crush on Casey," admitted Lily. Theo knew this was coming so he let go of his jealousy.
"We can still be friends though, right?" asked Theo.
"Of course," assured Lily smiling. Theo smiled as well.
Eric and Wes finally got Casey to follow them to their hotel. Within five days they tried to get Casey to talk to them but nothing worked. They tried bribing him with food but it didn't work. Wes decided to call RJ.
"Hello this RJ."
"Hi RJ it's me Wes."
"Is everything good with Casey."
"Casey still isn't talking but everything else is good."
"What do mean Casey isn't talking?"
"He's not talking to us at all but we know he's listening cause he smiles and laughs. But when ever we ask him a question he won't talk at all. We tried everything, nothing works."
"He been with you for five days already."
"I know, but nothing we do is working."
"Maybe I should come by and talk to him."
"Thank you."
RJ hung up the phone and went to the hotel that Wes and Eric was staying at. He got to the room number and knocked on the door.
"Hi RJ, he's in his room," said Wes, "we have two rooms one for me and one for Eric. When Casey came Eric and I shared this room so Casey could have his own."
"Just so I'm clear Casey won't talk but he'll laugh instead," clarified RJ.
"Correct," confirmed Wes.
"Dinners ready," announced Eric.
Wes knocked the door of Casey's hotel room. Wes knew he was coming cause he always does. RJ was looking at Casey and Casey was oblivious of RJ staring at him.
"Hi Casey," said RJ. Casey looked up and saw RJ across the table. He was about to speak when he remembered where he was, so he smiled at RJ and started to eat.
"Casey you need to speak to me," RJ said seriously. Casey knew when RJ gets serious he needs to talk but he's afraid that Wes and Eric will question about his past. So he spoke in a low voice,
"Hi RJ and I'm sorry."
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to," explained RJ seriously. Casey knew what RJ meant. So he lifted his head and looked at Eric and Wes and said,
"I'm sorry Wes and Eric." They were amazed how RJ could get Casey to talk within seconds of being here.
"For what Casey," demanded RJ.
"For not speaking to you guys sooner," said Casey still looking at them.
"That's okay, but you got to talk to us whenever you want," said Wes.
Casey actually smiled really big and now he wanted to tell Wes and Eric about his past, he looked at RJ and gave him a look that told him that he wanted to talk to him privately.
Casey and RJ went to Casey's room and closed the door.
"I want to tell them about my past but something is stopping me and I don't know what it is," explained Casey.
"Maybe it's there reactions," suggested RJ.
Casey thought about it and realized that RJ was right. He was scared of they're reactions.
"Your right I am," confirmed Casey. Then he he sees a cloth and puts it over his eyes. "Come on RJ let's get this over with." RJ was guiding Casey back to his seat.
"Guys, Casey will tell you about his past but if he looks at your faces he scared of your guys reaction," explained RJ.
So they asked questions to Casey and he answered them as best as he could. (Don't worry Theo, Lily and Fran will ask the same questions as Wes and Eric.)
Casey came back to JKP and went straight to his room cause he couldn't face his friends yet. RJ was glad that Casey told Wes and Eric about his past but they suggested that Casey go back to the house that he got abused and face his fear. Casey wouldn't do it and he especially wouldn't do it in front of his friends.
"Your friends have the right to know," said RJ.
"I know, but I can't do it in front of my old house," said Casey, clearly stressed.
"I will be with you and we made sure that your father isn't near or inside the house," explained RJ.
"They'll see me scared and they'll ask questions that I don't want to answer at all," Casey said still stressed, "I know but its going to be hard." Casey was still stressed. RJ kept Casey still in his room until he wasn't stressed and to agree to go to the house that he grew up in.
"Now that your calm down enough we should get your friends and go to that house where you grew up in," said RJ calmly.
"Okay let's get this over with," sighed Casey. RJ couldn't get Casey to agree to go three times so his friends have to go together. RJ put a blindfold on Casey cause he always runs away whenever they get close to his old house. As they get close RJ can feel Casey getting tense.
"Eric and Wes hold him and when he tries to bolt keep a firm grip but very tight," ordered RJ.
RJ went to get Casey's blindfold off and Casey had to get used to the sunlight first but when Casey looked at the house he was in front of he tried to run but Wes and Eric held him well.
"I don't want to be here," said Casey looking very scared. RJ was about to comfort him but Eric stopped him and looked looked at Casey's friends and understood that Casey's friends should comfort him instead of RJ.
Lily tried to comfort him and after a couple minutes Casey calmed enough. Lilly went in with Casey first in the house and Casey was still scared but willing to go through it. The same thing with Theo and Fran.
Flashback
Casey was talking to his mother when all of a sudden he got yanked back and got slammed into a wall.
"You are a piece of filth you ugly vermin," snarled Jack Rhodes, "I wish you weren't born you piece s***."
"Let go of me," whimpered Casey. Instead of letting go he hit Casey on his back several times until it was super tender to touch. One touch Casey flinched even when your really close to it Casey will flinch no matter what.
End of flashback
Casey was crying in front of his friends. Lily felt bad for Casey so she went to comfort him but Casey saw her coming and he thought Lily was his father was coming near him, so he scooted away from her.
"Casey it's me Lily your best friend," said Lily calmly.
"Were going to help you get through this," Theo said calmly.
"You can trust us, we won't judge you at all," said Fran.
Casey slowly got out of his flashback and started to see his friends.
"Fran, Theo, Lily, I'm sorry, this house brings nothing but pain," whispered Casey, " but I want to tell you everything about my past a-a-and about my abusive f-f-f-father."
Casey went to get a blindfold so he wouldn't be able to see his friends reactions.
"Okay ask away," said Casey.
"What happened to your back?," asked Lily.
"My father kept hitting me there and it was very tender to touch," explained Casey, and I hate my abusive father."
"When did the abuse start?," asked Fran.
"It started when I was two years old," sighed Casey
"How'd you get away from your dad?" asked Theo.
"Well I told my mom that I was going to run away for good," explained Casey, my mom was grateful that I was. So at night I snuck out of the house and ran into the woods where I stayed for about two days until I was recused by RJ."
"Didn't your mom try to stop your father?" asked Fran.
"Always tried to but she would get beaten up to." Casey was getting a little uncomfortable but he just wanted to get this over with. RJ couldn't do anything to intervene or Casey wouldn't tell his friends his past.
"How'd you survive the beatings from your dad?" asked Theo.
Casey was dreading that question and he knew he had to answer.
"I survived by thinking that my mom will comfort me and love me," answered Casey, "that worked for quite awhile, but I needed to escape from my dad so I always planned a escape route but could never do it cause my dad would beat me up or hit me with a belt really hard. So when I turned 8 years old, I ran away and never looked back. Plus I have trust issues cause of my abusive father."
"At least you don't live with him anymore," commented Theo.
"Yeah your right and I'm glad I live with RJ," sighed Casey confidently.
After a few more questions they seemed satisfied to stop asking Casey about his past. Casey was grateful that he has friends finally.
"Hey let's open the restaurant and make pizzas," announced RJ. Everyone agreed and went to make pizzas and open the restaurant. But one customer came in and it was Casey's abusive father. RJ had to warn Casey before he saw him.
"Casey your father is here but he's drunk," said RJ.
"I have to stick up for myself so I'll do it now."
Casey went to where his father was and noticed a stench of beer near him. He gathers some courage and says,
"Your not welcome here and RJ told you that you are banned from coming here ever again."
"Your my son, I don't have to listen to you," grumbled Jack.
"Your not welcome here, so I suggest you leave before I call the cops," said Casey, standing confidently.
"No I'll stay here even if it takes a long time to have pizza," grumbled Jack, still drinking beer. Wes and Eric come in and sees Casey sticking up for himself, they were proud of him. RJ was shocked that Casey is standing up to his father and he waited for this day to come.
Jack Rhodes went to attack Casey but someone beat him to it. He got kicked where it hurts and Jack doubled over in pain. Wes and Eric dragged him out of the restaurant. Casey went to thank the person but the person left.
After the dinner rush was done RJ called someone and the person said to pick it up tomorrow. Casey and the others were exhausted so Fran went home and the three of them went to bed. RJ couldn't wait to see Casey's face when he sees his surprise in the morning.
The next day
Casey heard some noises coming from the loft so he went to investigate. He saw RJ holding something but then RJ went to his room and locked it.
"RJ, what's going on?" asked Casey.
"Oh, nothing," RJ said casually.
"Seriously RJ, what are you hiding?"
"It's a surprise for you and you'll get it at lunch time, I promise," RJ said seriously. Casey looked at the time and it was 9 o'clock so he had to wait for three hours to know what the surprise is.
Three hours later
"Casey come with me." Case followed RJ to the loft and waited there so RJ could get it out of room. When RJ finally turned around Casey was shocked to see a baby animal in his arms.
"I can't believe this, you finally got me one when asked you for one when I was ten years old," Casey said still looking at the baby animal.
A/N: Guess the animal. Find out who kicked Jack Rhodes in the nuts the answer will surprise you. Yesterday was my birthday and it was great. So just please review they make me happy.
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