BoJamesDuke

He you watch yourself Lukas! *playful scowl*

Daisy saw Luke bite his lip and she knew he was just as worried as she was. Sighing she nodded and stood back up to carry on with what she was doing before.

Daisy sighed and shook her head "Luke I will never be ready to see him do this....but your right...we've got no other choice....I just hope we dont loose Bo completly...."

Daisy looked back to him, swallowing gently. She had seen how rough getting Luke past his own fears had been and she really didn't want to have to watch her youngest brother go through that...but then again she could see what Jesse was saying...that if left as they were, Bo's fears would get out of hand.... Sighing she sat next to him "I don't know either Luke."

Jesse nodded, sighing softly before heading to the door. "I'm going to finish up the last of the chores...." He said as he went out, hugging Daisy a little before he did,

"Believe me Luke...I don't want to do this anymore than you do....but unless we do it, break him out of his fears, he's gonna be like this the rest of his life and we can't let that happen. Like his phobia with needles...we were hesitant about showing him that while they hurt they help, and now look where we are. He can't go near one without shaking and trying to get as far away as possible from it..." Jesse sighed and shook his head, standing up. "If you come up with a better solution Luke i'll be glad to hear it and we'll work on it...but for now...this is what we're gonna have to stick with."

Bo heard Luke calling him over the CB from his spot, looking to the General but making no move to get up. He really didn't want to talk to his older cousin right now, he was still upset and if he did talk to him things would be said that he really didn't mean. He would go back eventually but right now he needed this time to clear his head. If needs be he'd turn the CB off if his cousin kept as persistent as he was.

Jesse sighed, seeing the concern in Luke's eyes and the worry, both of which were mirrored in Daisy's. "Unless you two have a better idea....I just cant see any other way around this...."

Jesse nodded again, trusting Luke's judgement and knowing that if he had any problems, reprecutions, he would come to him. He may not want to, but he would in order to keep himself in line to help Bo. He sat forward again and sighed softly. "Okay...so....what I think we need to do to Bo, is the same thing we did to you....now that's gonna scare him ta death each time we do it...well I dont need to tell you that...you know that...but Bo's a heck of a lot more emotional....he's gonna need more support..."

Jesse listened carefully and nodded, sighing a little when Luke finished, sitting back in the old armchair and stroking his beard thoughtfully. It hadn't been too long ago...well it had been but it was still fresh in Jesse's mind....that he had been helping Luke through this kind of thing. Luke's had been more serious of course, 6 months of being held hostage and being tortured scarred people...but still, he knew that Bo was going to need someone...and he wasn't sure if Luke would be able to handle that so well. "Luke...before I say anything more about Bo....are you gonna feel okay helping him with this?"

Jesse let this continue for a little while, before sighing gently and saying firmly. "Okay what happened?" His tone of voice let the two cousins know that there was no room for umming and ahing and shuck and jiving on this one, they would tell the truth, now.

Bo didn't so much as move a muscle as Luke picked him up and put him to bed, sleeping soundly underneath the covers, but even in sleep he didn't look peaceful. Daisy gently cleared up the mugs, washing them up as she waited for Luke to get back so they could tell Jesse what was going on.

Eventually, when they both felt Bo cease trembling as his body relaxed into a deep sleep, Daisy looked up and signalled Luke to take him to the bedroom.

Daisy nodded gently and said nothing, just continuing to hold the sleeping young man with Luke, rubbing his back gently still and resting her head on his shoulder.

Daisy looked up and sighed softly, looking back to Luke, not knowing whether or not they should tell their Uncle about this.

Soooo....maybe that's insinuating that they didn't all come to the farm at the same time...Bo might have arrived at the farm first for all we know....oh god this is all so confuddling....all I know is Luke is the oldest, Daisy middle, Bo youngest for certain....we need to write to Gy and get him to tell us properly lol

Bo sighed softly and nodded, closing his eyes as Daisy gently rubbed his back and kept one hand held in one of Bo's trembling ones.

To say someone's a tyke just means they were young when they arrived. As I understand it, from what Gy Waldron's been saying and stuff, this is what I get... The Duke cousins parents died in the same car accident...how that works I dont know, dramatic liscencing (it would help if I could spell that word lol) I guess. Luke is the oldest of the cousins, Daisy next and then Bo. Bo was only a baby when he arrived at the farm, Daisy is supposed to be two years older than him, and then Luke two years older than Daisy. This then makes him four years older than Bo. So therefore, if Bo is a baby, Daisy could have been 2 when she arrived and Luke 4. I have kinda always thought of it that way, what do other people think?

Bo swallowed and looked back to Daisy who nodded reassuringly too, giving him a gentle squeeze. Slowly, Bo nodded back and settled into Luke and Daisy's arms again, closing his eyes as he whispered. "Will you help me...help me be able to...to go outside again...."

Jesse sighed softly and pulled up at the farm, stopping the truck and looking out over it before turning back to Luke, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Luke...no one can make this decision for ya...its yours alone...all we can do is try an' point ya in the right direction. Now I ain't sayin' I trust Cassie a whole lot either, an' I can see why Bo would be upset....but at the end of the day son, this is about making you happy....what you want, not what Bo wants. What you have to ask yourself is, you may feel you love her, but most importantly can you truly trust her to remain as loyal to you as you will to her...trust her not to tear the family apart again, hurt them and you all over again....I'll support whatever decision you make Luke an' if you want to go after Cassie, i'll help Bo through it too...but its your life Luke, and if you feel Cassie truly has to be a part of that....then so be it."

Bo looked to Luke, listening and seeing the truth and determination in his older cousins eyes, seeing a protection there that he needed badly. Swallowing, he nodded as tears came to his eyes and he whimpered out. I'm so scared....

Bo stopped as Luke pressed his finger to his lips, looking to him frightened and confused. As he listened, he knew that Luke was making perfect sense, the doc's had told him this might happen too...but still it was scary enough that it was acutally happening to throw him all outta line. "I...they....they'll lock me away if I don't get better won't they....put me in the loony bin..."

Bo closed his eyes, shaking his head and letting Luke hold him, needing to feel the security of both him and Daisy. "That was a month or so ago....I should be over this by now...I should be....it wasn't even that bad! I just got hit by him is all...I shouldn't even be so badly traumatised....I'm not traumatised! And why didn't this happen in the hospital! Shouldn't it have happened directly after the thing actually happened..." He knew he was blabbering, making no sense whatsoever, but he needed to have this out loud reasoning with himself and needed Luke and Daisy to reassure him and hear it as well.

Bo sighed and whispered a thanks and short apology as she hugged him from behind, watching as she left before scrubbing a hand down his face, shaking his head. "Am I goin' crazy....am I really goin' crazy..."

Bo cuddled against his older brother and sisiter when Daisy joined them, putting the hot drink on the table, slowly claming as the shine took effect and his body ceased shaking and his mind became blissfully peaceful.