BoJamesDuke

"Like what?!" Bo asked angrily, the pain and sadness clear in his voice as it mixed with anger. "What do you want me to say? You want me to say i'm glad your leaving? Want me to promise you i'll be alright, that I wont miss ya so much, that I dont care?!"

Bo turned more away from Luke as the older boy sat next to him, wiping the tears away angrily from his cheeks even though he knew Luke had seen them, not answering.

Bo didn't answer, turning away from the ladder as he heard Luke coming up. "Go away...its obviously what you want to do..."

Bo was huddled in the hayloft in his favourite hidden corner, tears falling as he sobbed quietly.

Jesse nodded gently before pulling Luke into a hug, rubbing his back a little. "Jus' don't get upset with him...its gonna be hard on him...harder than for any of us..."

Jesse took a deep breath, nodding a little before stepping forwards and putting his hands on Luke's shoulders, squeezing them gently. "Luke...as much as I hate the thought of one of my youngin's goin' through what your gonna...I'm very proud of you son..."

Bo turned and ran furiously out the house, slamming the door behind him as he did, tears streaking down his young cheeks as he walked straight to the barn.

Bo swallowed and softly wrapped his hand around Luke's thumb, not quite such an easy feat as when he was a kid and his little hands could do it no problem. "It did...to a degree but...it wasn't the same.."

Bo shook his head softly, blonde curls shining in the fading sunlight.

Bo nodded, closing his eyes a little as he did "I know ya did...I understand..."

Bo didn't move for sometime, swallowing gently before he leant back again a little while later.

Bo shook his head, looking down at his boots. "Ain't fun...ain't no fun at all.."

Bo shook his head softly. "I know what its like without you..." He said softly

Bo nodded, glad that Luke hadn;t taken that the wrong way. He had always hated what had happened to their parents, but at the same time he couldn't help but wonder sometimes what would have happened if they had survived. Would he and Luke have been as close? Would they have seen each other frequently or only at family reunions. He couldn't imagine a life without Luke and sometimes was kinda glad that that hadn't come to pass.

Bo looked back at Luke, getting more and more used to Luke's random outbursts as the conversation went along, smiling and nodding. "I'm glad your my cousin too...and...even though it cost us our parents an' everything...i'm kinda...glad that it brought us together..."

Bo nodded again, sipping on the rest of his lemonade.

Bo nodded with a chuckle. "S'long overdue cousin...if it ain't the chores, the General, or a race keepin' us busy its Boss and Rosco...gotta take these oppertunites when they arise for some peace an' quiet..."

Bo nodded his agreement as he took a long drink from his glass too, drinking half of it before he stopped, sitting down by the fence and stretching his long legs out in front of him as he unsnapped his shirt. It felt to claustaphobic to be buttoned into a shirt in summer when there was a nice summer breeze blowing.

Bo got down two glasses and poured out the lemonade, before retuning the jug to the fridge. Carefully he walked back outside to Luke and handed him one. "Here ya go.."

Bo nodded with a smile and headed inside the house, opening the fridge door and getting out the jug of lemonade that he knew Daisy had put in there earlier.

Bo smiled, ruffling Luke's hair with a chuckle. "I'm gonna get a drink...you want one?"

kl sounds good...come on people all you lot have got to have ideas too!!

"You know Luke its a bit pathetic you learn things off yer younger sibling..." Bo replied back.

"S'only because I's been hangin' round with you...your smell rubs off on me..." replies with a smirk of his own.

Bo shrugged, ruffling a hair through his blonde curls. "That did me a favour, got me out of mucking out Maudine's stall for years."