Broaching the Subject

I spoke to my cousin briefly this morning and talked about my upcomming research project, and my intentions of conducting the research with his help. When my cousin called me back this morning on his cell phone, I didnt get much of a response from him. I lat er learned that he was at the mall with a friend of his, and I'm assuming that his "too cool to talk to me" attitude had something to do with the fact that he was in front of his friend and didnt want to seem "lame". I didnt delve too deeply into the issue, and mentioned that we could talk about it further later on this week. Right before I was about to hang up the phone, Christopher seemed a little apprehensive about continuing his lack of discern regarding what I was saying, and showed a glint of interest, asking me when exactly I would be stopping by his house. I replied that any time was good for me which he followed with asking me if I had spoken about this with his mom or dad yet. I told Christopher that he was the only person I have spoken to about this, and I could tell from the change of tone in his voice that there was some sort of approval about me withholding my intentions from his parents, and speaking directly to him first.
When I first starting dwelling on this research I tried to identify teens that I felt comfortable with and that I already "fit in" with. I'm now starting to realize that I'm probably entering a realm that has existed for all enthographic, field related studies I have done in past Anthro and Socy classes. I'm going into foriegn territory...Oh boy.