Daddy Duke (continuation of Why is it)

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke near choked, unable to say anything.

"Troy!" cried Jaime hugging the youngster impetuously.

[BoJamesDuke]

Troy grinned and hugged Jaime back as Bo came more into the room, sitting on his bed.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke swallowed, not understanding what was going on, and not saying anything still not sure of Bo.

[BoJamesDuke]

Troy hopped up carefully onto the bed beside Jaime, grinning to Luke.

"Daddy and the doctors said I can come home.."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"They did, huh?" asked Luke quietly looking at Troy.

[BoJamesDuke]

Troy looked back to him, nodding enthusiastically.

"Yeah! No more needles sticking me!"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke smiled a little. "That's good Troy." He still wasn't sure if all this meant what he thought it did.

[BoJamesDuke]

Troy nodded again, unable to wipe the little childish grin from his face as he turned to Jaime.

"You's gonna be my big sister!"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jaime looked to Luke in surprise. "I am?!"

Luke was just as surprised...maybe the adoption papers went through...maybe Bo knew and that was why he hadn't spoken to him...maybe he was furious... "She is?!" asked Luke of Troy..

[BoJamesDuke]

Troy was near bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Yeah!"

Bo chuckled and shook his head.

"Troy now that ain't what I said..."

Troy frowned and looked to him.

"Huh?"

Bo smiled a little.

"I said that she would be like your big sister...like Uncle Luke is like a brother to me...yer gonna be cousins..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke looked at Bo. "Y- you...."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo glanced to Luke before looking to Jaime.

"Hey Jaime...why dont you go show Troy the farm huh..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Jaime swallowed and nodded. "Come on Troy," she said taking his hand and leading him out the room. "Ya can take a ride on Maudne."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo watched them go, listening with a small smile as Troy chatter constantly to Jaime on the way before looking back to Luke.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke looked at him uneasily. "So...you...you changed your mind I take it?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and nodded a little, looking down at his hands.

"Had a few words with Jesse..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke nodded a little, still looking at him.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo bit his lip a little, swallowing.

"Luke I'm sorry about yesterday...was just...everything was getting me an' knowin' that...you didn't tell me about Jesse...it just...kinda made me snap.."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke looked down nodding a little. Bo taking off as he did had hurt his feelings more than he cared to admit.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed a little, wringing his hands a little in his lap.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke frowned. "Did you think it was any easier on me...keepin it from ya? Dealin' with it all on my own?"

[BoJamesDuke]

"No..but that was yer own choice...you didn't have to keep it from me...you didn't have to keep it to yourself..."

He muttered.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"No...I didn't..." he started to name his reasons for doing so but he realized that it didn't really matter. Jesse was sick, Bo was angry...there didn't seem to be anything he could do about either. "You didn't hafta run off...ya coulda heard me out...stead ya just leave..."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and looked to Luke.

"I was upset...angry...I thought that moving away would be better than gettin in a punch up with you...which is what would have happened if I had stayed because I was upset...You always taught me to control my anger and stop throwing the first punch...I was trying it..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke sighed. Leave it to Bo to use his own words against him.