Double Duke Trouble

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo didn't really want Luke to go, not everything that had happened. But he also wanted to know that everything was alright. HIs breath caught slightly in his throat as it constricted a little in fear as he said the next words.

"Yeah....please...."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke isn't sure if it's just all that's happened lately that's making Bo worry or not but it doesn't matter despite his words of confidence he'd feel better himself checking. Standing and crossing to the door he turns back saying before exiting the house.

"I'm gone, be back in a little while."

Once in the general lee Luke chuckles B.L.'s going to have a fit that rivals any of Daisy's if she thinks he's checking up on her. Pulling out of the driveway he speeds toward the boars nest.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo watched him exit the house and sighed slightly as he heard the roar of the General's powerful engine, imagining the wind in his hair and the thrill of making a jump as he heard it speed away.

He was getting better, there was no doubting it now, but he couldn't help but feel that the recovery just wasn't going quick enough.

[B.L. Davenport]

Uncle Jesse picks up the dirty dishes to put them in the sink hearing Bo's almost silent sigh. Hoping Bo's recovery continues to progress as it has so his youngest most rambuncious charge can get out into the world again and do the things that make him happiest. Sitting the dishes in the sink Jesse turns back to put a hand on Bo's shoulder smiling down at him.

"Bo how 'bout we's go sit on the front porch till Luke gets back?"

Luke screeches into the Boar's Nest parking lot quickly climing out of the general and walking to the door. Stopping just inside the door to let his eyes adjust to the dim lighting. Once Luke's vision starts to adjust he sees B.L. behind the bar pouring drinks and flirting a little too. Making his way to the bar he sits down on a stool.

B.L. spots a new customer but hasn't recognized who it is yet as she smiles and chats amiably with another customer. Finishing the conversation she goes to the new person the smile faltering a little as she realizes it's Luke.

"Hi Luke,what can I getcha?"

Luke is still stunned at seeing B.L. working the bar a totally different picture of what he had when he'd read the note even reassuring Bo that she wasn't doing anything but keeping Daisy company. He stutters

"Uh Soda"

Pouring Luke his drink and sitting it before him B.L. can't imagine what has him so flustered.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo looked up and nodded, pushing himself to his feet using the table and chair, leaning on the wall slightly and then reaching out for Jesse to walk through the door and onto the porch.

Daisy headed over to the bar and gave B.L a few more orders, before spotting Luke.

"Hey Luke! What are you doin' here? I didn't think you'd want ta let Bo outta your sight fer 5 seconds!"

[B.L. Davenport]

Jesse takes Bo's arm guiding him through the livingroom and grabbing a couple of cushions as they pass the couch tucking them under his arm. Once on the porch Jesse places the cushions on the swing so Bo will be more comfortable before helping him get seated without missing the wobbling swing.

Luke shakes his head

"I didn't but I needed to talk to ya and it couldn't wait till ya got home tonight."

B.L. fills the orders listening with one ear to Luke and Daisys' conversation hearing urgency in Luke's voice wondering what's going on.

"I can cover for a few minutes Daisy"

Luke doesn't like the idea of B.L. handling things alone even for a few minutes but he doesn't want her to know his real reason for being there so grabs Daisy by the hand and practically drags her through the kitchen and out the back door of the Boar's Nest. Stopping once out and the door is closed.

"I came to check up on B.L., Bo was worried when he found out she'd come to work with you without us or Cooter and couldn't get it off his mind so I told him I'd come check on her. I told him not ta worry she was porbably just sittin at the bar and drinking soda but low and behold I find her behind the bar pouring drinks."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and sank back lazily onto the swing, feeling the gentle rocking soothing his already worried nerves and the cool breeze calming the tremble he had developed. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back, breathing deep breaths of fresh country air, thankful for each and every one.

Daisy nodded and looked sheepish at Luke's almost angry expression.

"Well she was bored and....well I asked her if she did want to work here and she said yes....it's nice to have someone to work with....she is a big girl you know."

She remembers the red haired guy though and looks even more sheepish.

"WHy is Bo so worried?"

[B.L. Davenport]

Jesse glances over as Bo sighs and tilts his head back seemingly at peace somewhat. Letting him be for a while Jesse keeps the swing gently rocking as he looks out over his land,listening to the gentle country noises around them in the comfortable silence between them.

Luke is dumbfounded as he takes in Daisy's information finally asking

"You asked her what?.... She said what?....I know it's nice to have someone to work with and I know B.L. needs something to do.....*chuckles* I also know she's a big girl, not in pigtails and braces anymore well she never wore braces either. Just don't let her wait tables till me and Bo get a chance to be here like we did when you first started ok?"

Sighs

"I don't know why Bo's so worried but it was bad enough he let me outta his sight to come here. He's gonna wanna know how things are here, I ain't tellin him B.L. was workin or thinkin of makin it permanant that's somethin you two are gonna hafta do."

[BoJamesDuke]

Eventually Bo opened his eyes again when he felt himself drifiting off to sleep. He was still tired but he was too scared to really rest. He sighed contentedly and looked out over the farm that had been his home since he could remember. He loved it here and the thought that Uncle Jesse may have made him leave had hurt more than any of his illness ever could.

He looked over at his Uncle with a smile, his Uncle Jesse had always been there through everything and he was so grateful he didn't really ever know how to repay him for the lifetime of Love, Happiness and Care he had given not just to him but to Luke and Daisy too. Heck, were it not for Uncle Jesse taking them in, he would be with some strange family and wouldn't have ever got to build up the great relationship he had iwth his cousins. Oh yes, he had so much to be thankful to Uncle Jesse for.

He wrapped his long arms round his Uncle's waist and leant his head on his shoulder.

Daisy sighed, she knew her cousins were protective, especially Luke.

"Luke....B.L's already waited some tables....she got a good scare from the red haired guy in there but she managed to fight him off...she just needs some more confidence is all. She's doing fine."

She frowned quizzically again as Luke explained about Bo.

"Well why would he be so upset about B.L working? I work here it wouldn't be no different...."

[B.L. Davenport]

Uncle Jesse leaned his head over to rest his cheek on the top of Bo's head,supressing a shudder as he thinks once again how close he came to loosing Bo. He doesn't know what he'd do if he ever lost any of his kids. They were the one thing that kept him going when he lost his wife Lavinia. The thought of loosing one of them scares him more than anything else ever could. Sighing his own sigh of contentment.

Luke looks skeptical but then Daisy doesn't know how worried he and Bo were when she first started either. Sitting on a barrel with a sigh of resignation he knows when he's licked.

"Alright if you say so I trust ya judgement. I don't doubt one bit that B.L. can handle herself."

B.L. gathers her courage and slips out from behind the bar to wait on a table while Daisy is talking to Luke. The redhaired guy had left so she wasn't afraid of another encounter with him. Filling the order and quickly cleaning off a few other tables though she returns to behind the bar.

Luke shakes his head at Daisy's question he can't figure it out himself.

"I don't know why B.L. workin here would bother Bo so much but right now I ain't questionin' his thinkin cos it ain't exactly Bo thoughts."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy frowned, slightly, also sitting on a barell opposite.

"What d'ya mean ain't Bo's thoughts? Someone else still controllin' him?"

She quickly looked through the door as a burst of noise rose up and she smiled as she saw her stand in girl taking care of some buisness.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke shakes his head

"No ain't nobody controllin him, he's just worryin too much for Bo. It's always him tellin me that I worry too much."

Luke hears the burst of noise as Daisy looks through the door smiling at whatever she sees. Standing he prepares to go back inside.

"I gotta get back ta the farm before starts to climb the walls cos I've been gone so long. You 'n B.L. don't work to hard ya hear and don't let her get into any trouble."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy nodded and headed back outside with him, smiling at B.L

"She'll be fine, she's goin' ta stick behind the bar until you two can give her some 'confidence' if ya know what I mean...Don't worry about Bo, maybe this scare has just kinda, made him think differently about things is all..."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke grins at Daisy

"Yeah I know, I'm sure she'll be fine just like you after we gave you some 'confidence'. I think ya right about Bo too he'll forget about it all in time I think and be back to normal."

Waves at B.L. as he passes the bar calling

"Don't take any wooden nickles."

B.L. grins waving back as Luke exits the bar. Turning to Daisy she asks worriedly

"Somethin wrong? I didn't think Luke'd be more'n 3 feet away from Bo for a while."

Luke climbs back into the General Lee,heading for home,pulling into the yard smiling as he sees Uncle Jesse and Bo on the porch swing. Climbing out of the car,making his way over to the porch Luke drops down on the top step his back against the porch post.

Uncle Jesse watches him cross the yard then sit down before asking

"Everything ok?"

Nodding Luke looks up at Uncle Jesse and Bo

"Yeah just fine"

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy smiled and waved at Luke as he left, before picking up and tray and saying to B.L.

"Nah, Bo was just worried 'bout us is all. Usually I aint workin very long afore them boys come in and make sure everythin's alright."

Bo lifted his head off Jesse's shoudler as Luke pulled back into the farm yard and smiled back at his older cousin, nodding as he said everything was fine, although he was stll a little worried, sensing Luke wasn't exactly telling the whole truth. Still, he trusted Luke and if it was something he should know about then Luke would tell him.

As Luke sat on the porch, he slowly got to his feet and carefully walked down the steps to sit on the second one down from Luke, sitting in front of him and leaning back against him.

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. shakes her head grinning in wonder as she wipes the bar and then starts wiping water spots off the beer mugs readying them for use.

"Those two are a coupla mother hens sometimes"

Luke props his hands on Bo's shoulders wondering if he should give them anymore information or not. He told Daisy that they'd have to be the ones to tell Bo about the job offer. Sighing he decides he might as well at least let Bo and Uncle Jesse know that B.L. is helping out.

"B.L.'s not just sittin down tha Boars Nest drinkin soda...she's uh workin behind the bar pourin drinks. It's real crowded everbody's glad ta have Daisy back I guess."

Jesse watches seeing something in Luke that says there's more he isn't prepared to tell. He'd been worried when Daisy'd first went to work there but the boys had went to watch out for her and somehow it'd become their routine to do so.

Jesse can't help but smile as he thinks of what Rose Davenport would have to say about her daughter working in a bar even if it was just for one night. She'd always been a little stricter about some things than he had with Daisy despite them both being god fearing people.

[BoJamesDuke]

She nodded, laughing.

"Yeah they can be....but they mean well sugar..."

She soon gets a call from the other side of the room and is put back to work.

Bo's shoulder's tensed underneath Luke's hands when he heard what B.L was doing. He breathed gently in an effort to stop the worry flooding his emotions and taking over his actions.

This scared him....this was not lke him at all....what was happening to him, why was such normal things hitting him so hard all of a sudden?

"Well its good that she...uh....has found somethin' ta do....and she's with Daisy so....she'll be alright...."

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. nods she knows that the boys only mean well in worrying,that's part of their charm is their protectiveness.

Luke feels Bo's shoulders tense under his hands,tilting Bo's head back to look up.

"Bo look at me"

Luke gives Bo a reassuring smile his eyes saying trust me.

"She'll be fine as Daisy pointed out quite frankly B.L.'s a big girl."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo looked up at his older cousin, amazed at just how much Luke could express with just his eyes alone. Luke had never been a man to express his feelings, but Bo had come to recognise the subtle qualities that changed in his eyes when certain emotions were playing with his head.

Now, they shone with trust and love, promises that everything would be alright, just like he always promised. He smiled back at his older cousin and gripped his hand, wriggling in between Luke's legs to lean against him properly, feeling safer there.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke draped his arms around Bo as the younger man settled against him, seeing the trust shining in the blue eyes staring up at him. Starting to truly believe his own words that everything would be ok.

Bo'd always been the most demonstrative of the two when it came to showing his feelings. Bo'd always been the first one to seek out a hug when he needed and cried more freely than he himself (Luke) had. The recent events though had made those characteristics more prominant but that was ok with Luke he was more than willing to give Bo that extra tight hold or a hug if it made his youngest cousin feel more secure.

Jesse looked lovingly at his two nephews as they sat together on the porch steps. Luke the protector holding onto Bo as he leaned against his older cousin totally trusting as he'd always done.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo felt like he could sit there forever in Luke's embrace. It was so warm, loving and comforting. It always had been and always would be.....always there to provide that little bit of extra support when he needed it, always there to comfort him when he was afraid.

He squeezed Luke's hand a little tighter as he pulled away slightly.

"I need my antibiotics..."

He hated to ruin the moment with the illusion that he was almost completly better, but he had to take them....the doctor never told him what could happen if he didn't...

[B.L. Davenport]

"Stay put I'll get 'em"

Before Bo can protest or agree Luke is on his feet entering the screen door. Going directly to the kitchen retrieving the pill bottle from the table and filling a glass with water,returning in just a few moments to stand behind Bo holding the glass and pill down closer to Bo's reach before positioning himself back behind Bo on the porch steps. Not admitting it out loud but he'd been enjoying the quiet peacefulness of the farm with his younger cousin wrapped safely in his arms. Just being outside on the porch to Luke was yet another sign that Bo was on the mend.

[BoJamesDuke]

Sighing as Luke went inside he looked helplessly to Uncle Jesse, hating being waited on so much. There were some things he just wanted to do for himself, somethings he just needed to do for himself.

But he smiled his thanks back up at Luke as he handed him the pills and a glass of water, quickly swallowing both down and resting the empty glass by his foot, leaning back against Luke again.

[B.L. Davenport]

Uncle Jesse just looked back sympathetically at Bo. Luke had always been protective over his younger cousins but it got more so if they were hurt or sick.

Luke rested his chin back on the top of Bo's head chuckling

"Ya gonna get spoiled to all this waitin on ya hand and foot that I'm doin"

Truth be told right now he wouldn't mind one bit if Bo did get spoiled to it. He couldn't help Bo when he needed it most because of the men controlling Bo with fear. Now he could though and he'd do everything he could to help Bo get back to normal so they could go out racing in the General or to the Boar's Nest for a beer.

[BoJamesDuke]

At least Uncle Jesse knew how Bo was feeling....maybe he would even talk to Luke a little about it later on when he wasn't around...

He chuckled a little at Luke's comment, under any normal circumstances, he would love to be waited on hand and foot...but this was hardly normal circumstance.

He quickly glanced at Luke's watch and read the time, frowning slightly as he looked out over the yard...looking at the 4th member of his family that was gleaming in the sunshine....looking at the other protector in his life who had always kept him out of as much trouble as a car could and sometimes even more...

His breath caught in his throat as he realised what the implications of his actions could be....but he went ahead and said it anyway.

"Luke....let's go for a ride...."