B.L. Davenport

B.L.'s eyes watered as she watched Daisy make a hasty exit. No idea why any of them were about to fall apart laughing it wasn't funny, Jesse looked really mad and Bo'd probably be in alot of trouble when he got better but that thought didn't stop her funny bone from being tickled. Begging Bo and Luke not to laugh under her breath she made her own hasty retreat going down the hall to the girls restroom hearing Daisy laughing hysterically from outside the door going in B.L. sinks to the floor next to Daisy her own laughter ringing throughout the bathroom. Luke shook his head clearing his throat getting himself under control. Jesse didn't look any happier and he didn't dare leave Bo to face the wrath alone now the girls had ducked out on them.

"Is somethin' wrong Uncle Jesse........Is somethin' wrong? no not at all *sarcastically* this conversation is very enlightening and you four look like a cat that swallowed a canary. " Luke pressed his lips together tightly as Bo snorted it was taking everything in him not to laugh. Looking at B.L. she wasn't fairing much better from the way she was biting her bottom lip if she bit any harder it was going to bleed. A brief smile flitted across his lips none of them could ever look properly contrite when Jesse was scolding one or all of them and they were all four standing before him.

B.L. flicks her eyes up at Bo without raising her head praying he didn't giggle or she was gonna loose it. The fact that Daisy and Luke both looked like they were gonna giggle too didn't help her any either. Jesse just watched them all holding the stern look on his features. What he really wanted to do was laugh too they all looked like a bunch of little kids at the moment.

B.L. grins shaking her head with a snort "never....you can't even make a quiet entrance into a room, especially if ya drunk" Luke shot her a look flicking his eyes to Jesse who was frowning at her and Bo. She gulped and looked at the floor a blush creeping up her face as she tried not to look at any of them she'd not meant to let that out of the bag.

Luke frowned shaking a mock scolding finger at Bo scolding slightly "Now lookit whatcha got started" Sighs giving up the pretense of the scolding positioning Bo in a more upright position so that he could catch his breath easier. Rubbing soothing circles also in an attempt to relieve the coughing. Jesse and Daisy came in with B.L. in tow all of them frowning as they entered the room and saw Luke holding a coughing Bo as he struggled to breathe. Jesse crossed to the bed quickly and picking up a magazine laying on the bedside table began to fan Bo in an attempt to circulate more air around him. "Easy Bo slow deep breaths as deep as ya can" Jesse spoke soothingly as he and Luke worked with the younger man to get his breathing back under control.

Ya not worried about more cousins and daughters coming out of the woodworks are ya?

I loved the story. Bo chaperoning a houseful of teenage girls lol. And how he came to the rescue when the girls were kidnapped all wonderful reading. B.L.

Sitting back down in the chair by the bed that had become Luke's personal seat over the last week he nodded pleased. "That's great!......you'll be up and causin' trouble before long,ya just take it easy till ya can breathe properly without the oxygen ya hear!" He ordered gently so very glad Bo was doing better but still worried about the fact his breathing wasn't upto par.

Luke smiled when he walked back into the room Bo looked so much better than he had just a few days ago. He had been asleep when Luke had stepped out of the room for a few minutes. B.L. and Cooter had continued to drop by the hospital everyday giving Jesse and Daisy both a chance to go home and freshen up and get some decent rest while the Davenport cousins were there at the hospital to keep an eye on Luke and make sure he got some rest and took care of Bo during that time so the eldest Duke cousin could rest more peacefully. "Hey cuz, how ya feelin? ya look lots better."

Luke leaned his head over ontop of Daisy's on his shoulder and leaned into Jesse as he joined them. Feeling comforted as much as he was giving comfort with his family's arms around him and Bo protecting them.

Luke smiled fondly, it was a picture the other Dukes had seen many times over the years, Bo asleep with a death grip on Luke's shirt after a bad dream or some other thing had scared him. Looking up he saw Daisy and Uncle Jesse watching the scene with smiles of their own.

Luke wrapped his arms tighter around Bo as if holding on afraid Bo might disappear if he didn't. Talking soothingly as Bo trembled in the hold. "it's ok Bo I'm here now....it's ok" He kept reassuing over and over again feeling helpless to help Bo in any other way at the moment but he would do what he could to comfort and reassure Bo that he was safe.

"I know it hurts.....try not ta think about it ok. Ya can't go home as long as they's givin' ya pain medicine which is why you's feel sick. Doc says ya can go home in a couple o' days as soon as ya can be took off the pain medication." Luke explained as he rubbed a hand up and down Bo's arm praying desperately Bo wouldn't be sick again that would only aggrevate his ribs more. Jesse watched the two boys giving thanks that Bo was as well as he was but praying he would soon be well enough to come home. He knew that with Bo in the state he was in there would be no getting Luke home to rest and they both so desperately needed it.

Jesse moved out of the way allowing Luke to take his place with Bo, holding Bo comfortingly in his arms rocking gently. Luke used his free hand to wipe the beads of sweat from Bo's forehead that had appeared when he shifted in their Uncle's arms causing pain to his ribs Luke suspected. "It's alright now Bo I'm here. Just take it easy and rest I ain't gonna leave ya, m'gonna be right here till ya get to go back home. Ya just need to lay still so's ya don't pull them ribs and get yer strength back." Luke spoke softly into Bo's hair as the younger man clung to him as if his life depended on that touch.

"We're not going anywhere Bo, we's gonna stay right here with ya so don't you worry 'bout it." Luke reassured deciding that even when it was Cooter's and B.L.'s turn to stay with Bo he wasn't going home again. Bo needed at least one of them to stay with him at all times and it would be ok as long as he (Luke) wasn't left on his own with Bo he could still get some rest. Jesse frowned as he saw something pass over Luke's face he knew he was going to be in for an argument next time he tried to get Luke to go home with himself and Daisy.

Jesse held Bo rocking gently while he cried himself out. Looking over at Daisy and Luke Jesse smiled reassuringly seeing the worry on both their faces for their youngest cousin. Luke ran his fingers through the back of Bo's hair as Jesse held him and rocked while Daisy rubbed the younger cousin's back all of them giving comfort in anyway they could. It looked as if it was going to be some time before Bo was over his ordeal but they'd work through it as a family just like they always had. B.L. pulled Cooter from the room letting the family be alone for a while, the two of them walking down the hall arms around each other.

Jesse wrapped his arms tighter around Bo rocking gently stroking the distraught young man's hair soothingly. "Easy Bo....calm down ya gonna do yerself more harm gettin' all upset like ya are."

"s'alright boy ya safe now and we's here....shhh s'alright" Jesse soothed as Luke stood on the other side of the bed with a hand on Bo's shoulder.

" S'ok Bo" B.L. frowned worriedly as she played with Bo's hair as they waited for the rest of the Duke family to arrive.

B.L. picks up the phone dialing the number to the Duke farm. Speaking briefly she hands up looking at Bo shaking her head. "No he's not back yet but he's on his way darlin'. I just called th' farm and talked ta Uncle Jesse they'll be here before ya can say jimminy cricket."

Cooter gives Bo's hand a sympathetic squeeze. Ruffling his hair with a deep sigh. "I know Bo,ya gonna feel rough for a day or two but ya gonna be ok. So don't you worry 'bout a thing ya just relax best ya can."

"How ya feelin' buddyroe?" Cooter asked as he made Bo more comfortable on the pillows while B.L. wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I'm gonna call Uncle Jesse,Luke and Daisy now tell 'em yer awake." B.L. said as she wiped Bo's forehead and face wishing there was more she could do to erase the bruises that stood out against the start paleness of his face.

B.L. leans over rubbing circles on Bo's back as he's sick, doing the only thing she can to comfort him. Cooter continued to support Bo as he got sick looking to B.L. with a helpless expression wishing there was more they could do to ease Bo's discomfort. "Coot we gotta call Uncle Jesse we told him we would" Cooter nodded not speaking, neither one of them could stop tending to Bo at the moment to make the call.

Cooter picks up the trashcan next to the bed while supporting Bo with the other arm. "Just get it out ya'll feel better then Bo." B.L. watched worriedly as Bo became ill from the pain medication. She had forgotten just how sick the stuff made the youngest Duke cousin.

B.L. and Cooter jump slightly as Bo speaks not having expected to hear anything in the silent room. B.L. crosses over to the bed looking down at Bo smiling as she pushed hair from his forehead. "Uncle Jesse took 'em home to rest for a spell, Luke was plumb wore out with all the excitement. So yer stuck with my pretty face and his ugly mugg for now *points at Cooter with a sassy grin as he's giving her a playful scowl* How ya feelin'?" Cooter steps up the other side of the bed speaking softly. "Hey buddyroe"