BoJamesDuke

"It ain't fair for you to take yer worry out on Daisy...an neither was it fair to treat Jason the way ya did really...he's right, you were just tryin' to get him to squirm...he passed your lil' test of character an' yet ya still looked down at him like he was somethin' stuck to the bottom of yer boot...a lesser man than Jason, an adult, would have run away at the thought of facin' a girls daddy...Jason jumped headlong into it...he's tryin' Luke..." Bo said as gently as he could.

"You don't have a daughter to deal with right now...you need to calm down...or your gonna say things that's gonna end up with both o'them in tears an' you feelin' more guilty about it..." Bo said firmly.

"Maybe not...but at the same time she is her Neice an' you are her brother...she was tryin' to find a way to appease both of ya an' keep the friction down to a minimum...your obviously stressed because of everythin' that's happenin, I am...she's obviously feelin' the strain...the last thing any of us want is fer that to reflect onta Jaime...Jaime was enjoyin' herself tonight, somethin' she ain't done in a while...its hard to be stuck in between the middle of two people ya care about Luke...even harder to try an' find a solution that'll appease both sides...in fact if Jason hadn't insisted on comin' in t'see ya an' apologise, she probably would have gotten away with it too..." Bo pointed out gently,

Bo however had been expecting it and caught it with ease, throwing it right back at him but more gently than Luke had thrown it at him. "She didn't teach her to lie an' she didn't say it was okay...Jaime knows it aint ok to lie....Daisy was tryin' to protect you an' keep you from worryin' anymore than ya clearly already are...Daisy knows Jason..she's met him before...she knows Jason can be trusted and would bring her home."

"To stop ya takin' all that uneccesary anger out on Daisy an' makin' her cry when all she had was everyone's best interests at heart..." He said pointedly, sitting down on his bed opposite Luke.

Daisy flinched hearing the tone and huddled back a little into Bo...she wasn't scared of Luke so much...it was more scared of what he would say to her. Luke was the only one who could bring her to tears with one word, when he got into a temper like he was now, he could be downright mean. Bo sighed a little and rubbed Daisy's back softly as he whispered low. "Go talk with Jaime out in the barn a while...i'll let Luke yell at me instead...I can take him easy..." Daisy looked to him gratefully and hurried out the house, not needing to be told twice. Bo shook his head and watched her go before taking a deep breath and heading inside, saying softly as he came in. "You ain't Uncle Jesse, don't order Daisy around like that."

Jason sighed a little and was about to say something else when Jaime stopped him with a soft hand on his arm and shook her head, smiling up at him a little and begging him without any words to just leave it for now and leave the rest up to her. Nodding a little, Jason exited the room with Jaime, not even seeing Daisy and Bo huddled on the opposite side of the doorway.

Jason met Luke's gaze with his own, not flinching away from the stern one that Luke was giving like he was sure Luke wanted him to. He was sure Luke wanted to see him squirm but he wasn't about to. "Yes Sir...I understand...but I don't just follow my daddy's raisin'...I say the things I say an' do the things I do because I mean them...my daddy taught me to respect women...I know from experience how protective daddies are over their little girls...i'm a brother to my younger sister an' I get protective...I didn't deliberatly bring Jaime home late...an' I'm sorry that you seem to think I have...I know its too early to earn any trust from you an' I know I didn't get off to the best start with this...but i'm not gonna squirm an' beg when I know that i've tried my best to say sorry an' had the decency to come here an' admit that I was wrong...and yes I am sorry for bringin' Jaime home late...but I don't regret one single minute of tonight that i've spent with her...not even these moments..."

Jason nodded gently. "Yes Sir...I really didn't mean to keep her out so late...and like I said...I brought her straight back here as soon as I realised we were late...I didn't try to persuade her to stay or anythin'...in fact I was the one that realised...I didn't have to come in and face you sir but I did...because I love Jaime...an' I want to earn your trust an' your friendship...I know without that...I can't be with Jaime...and I want to be with Jaime...i'll do whatever it takes to be with her..."

Jason nodded a little, not talking, just listening. He knew it would be unwise to interrupt but he also didn't want to. His daddy had always raised him to respect his elders and how to treat women and their daddies. Heck he had a sister, he knew how protective dad's could be and what could get a guy slaughtered with them in under two minutes...he didn't say things to keep him out of trouble, he said them because he meant them.

Jason swallowed and looked to him, tearing his eyes away from Jaime's but keeping his hand clenched in hers gently. "I...I did sir?"

Bo bit his lip and closed his eyes, whispering under his breath. "Oh god Jason be careful..." Jason swallowed hard before looking to Jaime, just looking at her for a moment before saying without even thinking about it seriously...just speaking from his heart. "I see...a beautiful...intelligent young woman...whose had it hard in her life...she deserves to be treated like the princess she is...needs to be loved, cared for...and yet needs her independence too...she's strong minded...strong willed...an'...I love her...sir..." He said, without taking his eyes off of Jaime, smiling softly to her. Bo bit his lip and looked to Daisy.

Bo and Daisy were listening in the hallway, Bo already flinching at Luke's tone. He knew that tone...Luke was not happy....if Jason made one wrong move, he would get it full blast for sure. Jason swallowed a little, his arm still around Jaime. "We were just talkin' an'..havin' a lot o'fun...we watched the sunset up at kissin' cliff...but we were safely back from the edge I swear...then we got to talkin' some more an'..we just lost track o'time like Jaime says...I brought her straight back once we realised...an;' I came to tell you because i'm as much to blame for Jaime bein' late as she is...more so because I was supposed to be lookin' after her an' bring her home on time...so I figured that I should be yelled at an' punished too...if you see fit to do so..."

Jason didn't back down at his menacing look though inside he was flinching. "N...No sir...we weren't in the barn...we've...only just got back..."

Jason hesitated once, coughing gently before pushing open the door and leading Jaime inside. "Mr Duke..."

Jason swallowed and took a breath, sighing before knocking on the door respectfully.

Jason nodded, glancing down at Jaime and smiling softly. "C'mon..."

Bo shrugged his shoulders and whispered some more. "So? If he goes through the roof then he's willing to accept the punishment...by runnin' away from this, Luke'll think less of him an' Jason knows that...he knows what risks he's taking here Daisy...an' besides...Luke'll think more of him once he thinks it over for it...and as far as you go, you shouldn't have lied in the first place.." He said with a grin.

Bo put his hand on Daisy's shoulder and pulled her to him a second, whispering in her ear. "Let him go see Luke and explain.."

Jason looked up as Daisy came out onto the porch, knowing about Jaime's family from what she had told him. He stepped forward with Jaime, his arm still protectivly around her. "I'm sorry Miss Duke...we were havin'a great time together an' we just forgot all about the time...soon as I realised it was past curfew I brought her straight back...I'll come in an' apologise to her father too..."

Jason nodded. "And so he should be...he just loves ya is all...but maybe by facing up and apologising for what I's done...he won't go too hard on us...it was an honest mistake an' I don't mind gettin' a butt full o'buckshot if it means ownin' up to what I done...I'm not trying to get into your dad's bad books...I want him to like me...and if this is one way to try, then i'm tryin'.." He said softly, kissing her forehead. "Come on...lets go inside and face the music..." Bo looked out the window when he heard voices and hissed quickly. "Daisy...they're back"

Jason shook his head and put his arm around her. "No...It was partly my fault you were late...i'll come in an' face yer dad..."

Jason quickly started up the car and reversed carefully backwards away from the edge of kissing cliff, turning the car round and heading back for home, getting her there safely in no time and getting out the car, opening her door for her.

Good logic lol, but I doubt it would have happened like that. If they oculdn't have found actors, they would have tried getting JOhn and Tom back sooner. They were making loads of money and they wouldn't have wanted to lose that. Tom say something like 'They're the clones' in that commentary

Jason bit his lip, sliding off the hood and helping her off. "C'mon...i'll get ya home before it gets any worse..."