BoJamesDuke

Jesse sighed and ran a hand down his face, looking up at Lavinia again. He didn't know what to do, he hadn't as yet been able to deal with the kids when they were emotional...that was Lavinia's job...he watched and learned.

Jesse sighed softly and shook his head. "Luke there are some things in this world I can't fix..."

Jesse swallowed softly, stroking a hand soothingly through Luke's hair, looking to Lavinia for some help.

Jesse sighed, looking over the little thing before kneeling down next to Luke. "Luke son...I know...your very attatched t'this little critter...but son...its in a fair amount of pain...the vet things it'll be better...if we help it pass on..."

Jesse swallowed softly, sighing a little. "What's the matter with it..."

Jesse went and stood back behind Luke with Lavinia and watched the vet work and Luke pet the little fawn to keep it calm. Whether or not it was because of Luke or because it was just too weak, the little animal didn't make a sound.

"I know..I know...but LUKE don't know..." Says quietly but with enough emphasis on Luke as he gestured to the little boy, still totally absorbed with the animal, to show how attatched he had already gotten. "I don't think its gonna last much longer...we just need to show Luke we're helping it as best we can..."

Jesse sighed and stepped over to it, patting Luke on the head softly as he went over, opening the door to greet the vet. "Hey there...we got a fawn in need of some attention..."

Fine then, *yanks the rope from her hand* I'll just take it instead.

*sighs as he walked, his anger soon dissapating to sadness. What a birthday...what had started out to be a pretty good day had suddenly turned very sour and all because Luke had a problem with him doing something he didn't want Luke to know about. It wasn't like it was anything against the law, wasn't hurting anyone, just something personal he would rather was kept personal.*

Jesse sighed and stood up, moving away from Luke and crossing to Lavinia, kissing her on the cheek. "I don't know if this little thing's gonna make it Lavinia...Luke's already so attatched..."

*had walked away from the Boar's Nest down the road. That morning in the barn, all he had wanted was to spend just a few minutes away from everyone else to spend some quiet time before he spent the whole day with people. But no, Luke had even intruded on that and now was expected to talk about it. While it was true Bo told a lot of things to Luke, he didn't have to tell Luke everything and was angry and insulted that Luke was acting this way about it.*

Jesse soon had finished cleaning the cut, wrapping the rag around it so the shine would stay cleaning it.

Jesse soon returned, softly unwrapping the handkerchief from the fawn's leg and started washing the cut gently which made the fawn bleat feebly in pain.

"I don't know son...like I said...he might still pass on...you gotta be prepaired fer that when ya take on an injured animal Luke..." Jesse said softly, standing up to get a bowl of hot water, mixing shine in with it and finding a rag.

Jesse carefully put the fawn in the blankets that Luke had laid out, shaking his head a little. "Luke listen, you gotta be quiet son or yer gonna frighten it...Lavinia would ya call the vet please..."

lol *bows* thank you thank you

Jesse soon came through the door, having wrapped the fawn's leg with his handkerchief.

Jesse sighed and nodded a little, bending down to pick the weak little animal up. "Alright son, you run ahead and get me some blankets...tell yer auntie that we need some formula made up too.."

Jesse bit his lip as he looked over the little thing. It was freezing, its mother had to be either dead or had abandoned it, and it looked like it had hurt a lot of blood already. Either way, the chances looked bleak that it would survive much longer, with or without help. "Son...we can try and help it...but...you have t'be aware that it might not survive anyway..."

Jesse sighed and took Luke's hand, following him outside.

Jesse looked up from where he was chopping vegetables as Luke came running in, out of breath and looking a little upset. "What's the matter son?"

"The fa...oooh the fawn...oh that was sweet..." Daisy crooned softly, remembering the little thing.

"Did he ever have a time when he was that innocent?" Daisy asked softly.