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Bo nodded and gently helped him up. "Can I have my shirt back?"

"I'll come with ya Luke, your not going alone...I want you to come down to Lori's room with me an' listen to her..."

Bo swallowed, it killing him to hear Luke like this. "I know Luke...but you gotta hear this..you have to...and Lori cant get outta her bed.."

Bo smiled a little, looking to Luke. "Luke you need to come and talk to Lori..."

Bo sighed, rubbing Luke's shoulder gently. "Luke please...I need you to come and see Lori, she's got something real important that ya need ta hear brother...please..."

Bo nodded, not sharing her chuckle at the intended joke and standing up. "Alright...i'll bring Luke in as soon as I can wake him up..." He headed back down to the waiting room and knelt in front of Luke, gently stroking his cheek and saying softly. "Luke...buddy....can ya wake up for me brother...please...its important..."

Bo nodded gently, making her look to him again. "And you gotta promise not to yell...Luke's kinda senstive right now and he don't need to be yelled at..."

Bo looked down at himself with a slight grimace before looking back to her. "Luke's kind of clinging to mine...if I take it away from him he panicks..." He said softly, his heart aching at Luke being so needy and vulnerable. He frowned though and sat on the edge of the bed. "But look...I don't wanna know what Candy said to you, but Luke will...if I bring him in here do you promise to tell him everything...not the stuff he already knows that Candy admitted to him when he confronted her...but about what she said in the cabin..."

Bo closed his eyes against all the noise, shaking his head. He didn't care what the heck was going on, but he needed to get to the bottom of it and fast...but to do that he needed to disentagle himself from Luke. He saw Daisy go past and quickly called her in, unsnapping his shirt and slipping it off before moving from the seat, suppoting Luke so Daisy could go in his place. His shirt was still held tight in Luke's hands but was pressed against Daisy so Luke didn't even know the switch. Sighing he went to Lori's room, shirtless, and entered, saying quietly, not sounding angry or accusing, just asking gently. "Lori would you please keep it down...Luke is sleeping and the last thing I need for him right now is to be waking up..."

Bo sighed and kept wiping them away as softly as he could, rocking him gently.

Bo jumped as he heard Lori's voice and what she was saying and an instant surge of dislike again. Lori was now being a hypocrite...she had hurt Luke too and yet there she was yelling and ranting like it was the worst thing in the world to do.

Bo sighed softly and smiled to Daisy supportivly as she headed out to see Lori before sitting back in the seat a little more, still holding onto Luke...he had to find a way to get the truth about how Candy felt...Luke couldn't go on like this...

Bo bit his lip a little, looking down at Luke. "I dunno Cooter....Luke's still asleep and I dont know if we're the first people she'd want to see at the moment...well not me an' Luke anyways...Daisy could go in I guess and i'll see if Luke wakes up a little later..."

Bo looked up from where he was holding Luke still, unable to let go because if he did Luke would move and hug into him harder. He was fast asleep of course, having worn himself out crying but still maintained a death grip on Bo's shirt...it was unsettling for Bo who was used to seeing his older cousin strong and supporting other people...he wasn't used to it being this way round, but he didn't mind it at all. He just wished Luke would think the way he used to...that everyone was innocent until proven guilty...it may have been proved that Candy's original intentions were hurtful...but they had yet to prove that Candy didn't really love Luke... He smiled at the news about Lori in relief, watching as Cooter teared up also in relief. He didn't want to wake Luke yet, his older cousin needed all the sleep he could get it seemed. He would tell Luke when he saw fit to wake up himself.

Bo closed his eyes a little and shook his head, not wanting to talk about it anymore and upset Luke.

Bo continued to hold him, waiting for news and waiting for Daisy and Cooter to come back.

Bo shook his head, keeping Luke close. "I'm not gonna..."

Bo shook his head "She never lied about how she feels about you Luke...and i'm gonna prove it to you..."

Bo sighed hard "Luke...you can claim that and tell yourself that as much as you want...but I can see she's a part of ya...and if making you happy is what she does...I aint got no right to stand in the way....but I got an obligation to help out my brother..."

"Now I ain't gonna sit by and watch ya mope over all this....either i'm gonna prove that she still loves ya and get you two back together....despite how i'm feelin' about her...or i'm gonna find out the truth an look after ya...because I know how happy she makes you and I don't want you to lost that..."

Bo hugged him back, rubbing his back through the blue plaid and resting his head on top of Luke's....boy did it feel wierd to be doing that....he never did this....mainly because Luke never let him before. "Now Luke...you gotta think...if Cooter knew about Candy...that means Lori had to as well...now she could have left Candy behind in that shack, seein' as she means so much to ya an all...something had to have happened between them girls for them to help each other out...Lori would never let Candy near ya if she knew she was still gonna hurt ya...."

Bo sighed and got out his handkerchief, gently wiping Luke's cheeks. "I can wear my heart on my sleeve....because I know if it gets trampled on I got my big brother to tell me everythin' gonna be ok again...I got him to tell me that no matter how much your heart gets trampled on by girls, you can't let it put ya down...because you'll sink into a place you don't wanna be..."

Bo sighed and shook his head. "Luke it just don't make no sense...if you really set out to hurt someone...how do you suddenly go from hating them to loving them again in a second...I ain't forgiven Lori yet for hurting you and I sure ain't forgiving Candy for it neither..."

Bo swallowed hard, an instant dislike springing up now for Candy too....but still something felt wrong.. "But...Luke....if she really intended to do that even now...why would she admit it to you...and why would she save Lori's life?"

Bo swallowed softly, sitting Luke down. "Luke we can't...we gotta stay here an' make sure Lori's ok remember...we gotta...what happened.."