Double Duke Trouble

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke bites his bottom lip it tore his heart out everytime the real Bo came out in a few minutes of play only to be squashed by the dang tiredness. Wrapping one arm around Bo the other holds his hand gently.

"Why don't you go back to sleep for a little while Bo."

B.L. nods sadly,it might not be so bad if they knew what was wrong exactly at least they could fight it but nobody seemed to know and that frustrated her doctor's were supposed to know these things.

Uncle Jesse smiles,giving Daisy's shoulders a slight squeeze before sitting down.

"That's good they both could use a good laugh,it's been almost two weeks now that they've looked like they lost their best friend."

B.L. thinks Luke almost did but she doesn't say it.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head gently, stretching his cramped leg muscles gently. He wasn't really tired, he felt like he had been sleeping for a little over a year and yet his body seemed unwilling to accept that. His mind wasn't tired, but the rest of him seemed to be.

"I ain't tired Luke....just...weak as a newborn kitten...."

Daisy smiled and nodded, thinking the same as B.L. She gently loaded up a plate for Luke to eat and looked over at Jesse.

"I'll take Bo and Luke's to them in their room. I don't think Bo should be gettin' out of bed at the moment and I doubt Luke'd want ta leave him on his own..."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke gives Bo a slight squeeze gently poking him in the ribs again with a chuckle

"Ya weak cos ya ain't hardly got no meat on them bones but Daisy and B.L. will remedy that given half a chance."

Jesse nods,even though usually when one of them is sick the other still has to eat meals with the family he's going to make an exception to keep Bo calm.

B.L. pours them each a glass of milk

"I'll help ya and tote the glasses Daisy.....I don't think Bo'd let Luke leave just as much as Luke wouldn't leave Bo"

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy smiled gratefully at Jesse, knowing that usually Luke would have been made to come and eat with the rest of them, but this time was too important for that to be done.

"We'll be back in a minute."

She picked up the bowl of Jell-O and Luke's plate of food and gently carried it into the room, knocking slightly on the door with her elbow.

"Hey boys...breakfast in bed this mornin'."

Bo, who had been in the process of gently digging the tips of his fingers into Luke's side, looked over at the girls and smiled gently and gratefully at them, noticing that he had his and Luke's all time favourite dessert of Jell-O for breakfast. He didn't know how much of it he could eat...but he knew Luke would get as much of it down him as was humanly possible.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke smiled greatfully knowing one of them had to have asked Jesse if he could stay with Bo instead of coming to the table.

B.L. follows Daisy into the room with the glasses of milk sitting them on the nightstand before taking the bowl of Jello from Daisy so that she could hand Luke his plate.

"You two are gonna get spoiled gettin room service just like one of them big city hotels."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke smiled greatfully knowing one of them had to have asked Jesse if he could stay with Bo instead of coming to the table.

B.L. follows Daisy into the room with the glasses of milk sitting them on the nightstand before taking the bowl of Jello from Daisy so that she could hand Luke his plate.

"You two are gonna get spoiled gettin room service just like one of them big city hotels."

Luke grins develishly before asking

"As long as we've got a couple of maids can we have a bell"

B.L. shoots him a playful glare

"No way buster you two would be ringing it every 5 seconds and running me and Daisy ta death."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy laughed and gently handed Luke his plate and the cutlery, also passing him a small mat for him to rest it on.

"Not me sugar, I got work today. Have to make up for all the time I took of when Bo was in hospital."

She gently took the bowl from B.L and sat next to Bo.

"You want me to do this for ya Bo....or would ya rather you did it yerself...."

Bo swallowed slightly and bit his bottom lip. He didn't want to ask for help but knew he was going to need it. Truth be told though, he was more concerned about Daisy getting her strength up by eating her breakfast before she headed off to work.

"I'll be alright....you just go get yer breakfast..."

Daisy sighed.

"Bo..."

"Don't you...Bo me now, git."

Daisy shook her head and laughed a little.

"Your sounding more like Uncle Jesse everyday."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke takes his plate realizing for the first time since waking up that he's hungry at the aroma makes his stomach growl slightly. Looking back at Daisy smiling,she'd need to eat skipping meals before doing all the work she does at the Boar's Nest wouldn't be a good thing making a shooing motion with his free hand

"Do as Bo says and scoot we'll manage.....I can take care of helpin' 'im"

B.L. shakes her head smiling at the three cousins she has to work too but the boys don't know she's actually took the job yet it'd been so hectic she'd forgotten to tell them. She'd just grab a biscuit and bacon on the way out the door.

"How about lettin me help then Bo? So Luke can eat"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head gently.

"You's helped so much already....take a load off for a while..."

The truth behind those words was, really, that he was still a little insecure with having his friend helping him so much. His family he could just about cope with, but knowing that B.L had been doing all that they had and possibly more kinda made him feel a little bit guilty.

Daisy smiled and shook her head gently, pulling B.L out the room.

"When Bo's being like that, just let Luke handle him."

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. sighs but follows Daisy out of the room anyway,back down the hall to the kitchen both of them sitting and eating their breakfast.

"I get the feelin' Bo's a little daunted with me takin' care of him I mean it's one thing ta goof and play around but I don't know if I'd know how ta handle it if it were me this sick and him takin care of me."

Luke had eaten several bites of his breakfast while the girls tried to convince Bo to let them help but now that they have left the room he sits his plate on the bed beside him,exchanging it for Bo's bowl of jello. Giving Bo a no nonsense look.

"I ain't gonna be as easily put off as Daisy and B.L.,and I want you to try and eat at least half of this. I know ya probably don't want to but ya gotta start drinkin' more so's ya don't dehydrate and ya gotta eat and get your strength back."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy nodded and started eating her breakfast.

"Yeah, I can understand how he's feelin'....he's close to ya....but havin' you help him in his head is just like havin'...I dunno....Cooter helpin' him so much or somethin'.

Bo groaned and rolled his eyes.

"Luke yer...worse than Daisy when she's bein' a mother hen sometimes...

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. nods taking a sip of her milk

"Yeah I guess it is a little like having Cooter helpin 'im" *grins* " 'cept I'm better lookin' "

Uncle Jesse looks up from his breakfast having been listening to the girls

"Bo givin' trouble?"

Shaking her head B.L. answers with a grin

"No not really he's just bein' bossy told Daisy she was to eat her own breakfast instead of feeding him cos she has ta work today. Told me to take a load off for a while so's we left him at the mercy of Luke who ain't in no mood to take no for an answer this mornin'."

Luke just holds the spoon full of jello out to Bo the no nonsense look still on his face.

"eat!........."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy laughed

"You got that right. Luke's startin' ta be a bit more like the ol' Luke we know and love, not lettin' Bo get away with anything."

Bo groaned again but opened his mouth and took in the Jello anyway, knowing in the mood Luke was in he was more than likely to pinch his nose and force it down his throat, which he had remembered both him and Uncle Jesse doing before now.

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. nods before thinking out loud

"I think that's partly what's wrong with Bo's attitude he knows right now we'll all give in to him but I don't think Luke's going to this particular morning with him feeling like he has a hangover.....and Luke with a hangover is not a nice person."

Satisfied after Bo takes several bites of the jello Luke puts the bowl next to his own plate not wanting to make Bo sick by eating too much too fast,nor make his throat hurt from too much swallowing he picks up his own plate and eats a little more the hard look leaving his face as Bo ate.

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy nodded

"Yeah maybe....the thing is though....sometimes we just have to give in to him....otherwise it just makes him worse and its hard to tell when it makes him worse and when it doesn't."

Bo actually felt surprised that swallowing the Jello wasn't half as hard as swallowing the water, and it didn't feel too bad on his stomach. He still warned Luke though.

"Luke if you make me throw up....your cleanin' it up."

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. nods as she takes her plate to the sink picking up Uncle Jesse's empty one along the way.

Jesse nods too that's something he's going to have to remember is when not giving in makes Bo worse and when it doesn't.

Luke wrinkles his nose in disgust at the thought. Putting his plate back down and picking up the bowl again.

"Yeah I know.........then Daisy'll be on my case for forcin ya to eat so much. So you tell me when it's enough buut ya gotta eat a decent amount I won't have no bein stubborn just cos ya don't wanna."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo turned his head away as Luke lifted the bowl. He didn't actually know at this point when it would be enough to eat and when it wouldn't because at the moment his stomach seemed to decide that for him. He didn't get any say over whether or not it was enough, he just went along for the ride.

"Luke...don't...."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke sits the bowl back down beside his plate

That ain't enough Bo it's hardly enough to keep a bird alive.......ya gotta promise to try and eat more a little later ok."

B.L. looks at the clock on the wall as she puts the rest of her and Jesse's dishes in the sink intending to wash them. But seeing how late it is realizes there's not enough time.

"Daisy we gotta get ready for work or we'll be late"

Jesse stands up at the sink turning on the water to fill it

"You two get ready for work I'll take care of these and get the boys dishes."

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke sits the bowl back down beside his plate

That ain't enough Bo it's hardly enough to keep a bird alive.......ya gotta promise to try and eat more a little later ok."

B.L. looks at the clock on the wall as she puts the rest of her and Jesse's dishes in the sink intending to wash them. But seeing how late it is realizes there's not enough time.

"Daisy we gotta get ready for work or we'll be late"

Jesse stands up at the sink turning on the water to fill it

"You two get ready for work I'll take care of these and get the boys dishes."

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy nodded and smiled at her Uncle, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind and kissing his cheek.

"You take care Uncle Jesse, if ya need help with the boys or there's any drastic change you give us a call after ya call the Doc alright?"

Bo sighed and nodded gently, not sure how much he would be able to eat, but it did taste nice and he had missed eating for a long time. He swallowed slightly, and looked over at Luke.

"Could ya...help me get some...some water?"

[B.L. Davenport]

Jesse turns slightly kissing Daisy gently on the cheek

"You know I will baby"

"You bet Bo.........ya need to drink as much as possible too. I don't want ya in the hospital from dehydration and I don't think you wanna be there either so ya gotta do all you can here at home ta prevent it even if ya don't feel like it."

Sitting the empty plate on the nightstand and the bowl of jello beside it, Luke reaches for the glass of water,helping support Bo with one hand as he holds the glass to Bo's lips with the other.

[BoJamesDuke]

Daisy smiled

"Good....see ya tonight Uncle Jesse, bye."

She waved as she went out the door and called back slightly to B.L.

"You comin' in Dixie or goin' in Ol' Red?"

Bo gently sipped the water, taking in more than he had done previously as he felt Luke gently coaxing him to swallow, using his thumb to gently massage his throat.

[B.L. Davenport]

B.L. calls back as she walks across the barnyard

"Think I'll ride with you in Dixie if that's ok"

Not waiting for Daisy to agree or disagree knowing that she won't disagree B.L. climbs in the passenger seat.

Luke pulls the glass of water back after several sips not wanting Bo to get sick from drinking too much too fast like someone who'd been without water for too long and then when they do get it they don't give their stomachs time to take it in without making themselves sick.

"That's alot better this time buddy,I need to take my plate out to the kitchen so Uncle Jesse don't have to come get it ok?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shivered a little but nodded as he slipped back down to lie down again.

"Yeah Luke....could you....shut the window as well....feelin' kinda cold now...."

Daisy smiled and started up the engine, making her way to the Boar's Nest.

[B.L. Davenport]

Luke automatically reaches to feel Bo's forehead for fever when he says he's cold. Getting out of bed he closes the window before picking up the empty plate and milk glasses. Leaving the bowl of jello for Bo to eat more as he feels like it. In the kitchen Luke sits the plate and glasses at Uncle Jesse's elbow as the old man glances up asking

"How's Bo doin"

Luke sighs leaning against the counter

"He's having chills.........I wished the doc would let us know what's wrong maybe this will all be over soon then."

Jesse nods smiling at the worried young man beside him

"He'll call as soon as he knows Luke"

Pushing away from the counter and heading back to Bo, Luke calls back over his shoulder

"I know"

Back in their room Luke snatches the thermometer off seeing Bo rolled up in the covers rolled on his side.

"Here Bo put this under ya tounge I wanna see what your temperature is."