Daddy Duke (continuation of Why is it)

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo frowned and looked to Jesse

"What d'ya mean?"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Well..you had lots of little ones look up to ya....ain't none got to ya like this one seems t have done."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo raised his eyebrows, looking away.

"Ain't none of them ever asked me to adopt em 'afore."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Uhu.... well what'd ya say when he asked?" asked Jesse gently.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and shook his head.

"I don't remember...but it definitly weren't yes..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse nodded. "You uh...feeling guilty?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head, flopping back down in the hay again.

"No I don't! I just wish he wouldn't rely on me so much...I had to promise to go back there again tomorrow to make him sleep! I'm worried he's gonna run off an' do somethin' stupid if I don't go..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Bo...you didnt have t do that..he aint your responsibility."

[BoJamesDuke]

"I know that but how d'ya look at a kid who ain't only countin' on ya but is also sicker than a baby bird that fell out its nest and say no?!"

Bo exclaimed with a cry.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse sighed. "I dunno son...."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head harder, putting his hands over his eyes.

"I'm in it deep..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse nodded. "Well...what do you wanna do?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shrugged.

"I want him to be happy!"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse looked at him seriously. "And you ...what do you want for you?"

[BoJamesDuke]

"I want to carry on the way I was, to go back to the NASCAR circuit and really try and make it big...I want to be able to live my life without a kid running around after me!"

Bo said a little testily. He was tired after his long day and he was frustrated at how things were turning out with Troy.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"So...what's stoppin ya?"

[BoJamesDuke]

"The fact that that kid is attatched to me now and if I just up an' leave then he's gonna do somethin' stupid like try an' kill himself...he appeals to me cause he's an orphan like me...his mama abandoned him...he ain't got no one else an' I know what its like ta feel that way...plus you an' Luke an' Daisy...I ain't ready ta leave Hazzard yet...I just want to know I got the option of that future...an' I won't have it if I got Troy...but at the same time I can't just up an' leave him!"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse sighed nodding a little.

[BoJamesDuke]

"I already feel trapped and I don't like it Uncle Jesse..."

Bo added miserably, throwing an arm over his eyes.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Just cuz ya feel trapped dont mean ya are...there's aways a choice son.." said jesse taking Bo in his arms and hugging him.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and hugged his Uncle back, shaking his head.

"Yeah but I can't make this choice...I don't want to take Troy on as my own son...I want to be his friend an' I want ta help him...I want ta help him so much...but I can't have him as..as my son..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"You aint gotta son...just beause Luke did it an it was right for him...dont mean its right for you."

[BoJamesDuke]

"So what am I gonna do Uncle Jesse?"

Bo asked desperatly.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jesse sighed. "That there is a decision only you can make son. I'll stand by you...whtever that decision is....and so will Luke an Daisy an jaime."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed heavily and pulled away returning to his laying down position in the grass.