We've All Got To Grow Up Sometime

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke stepped between him in the bag taking his gloved hand in his shaking his head. "What's wrong Bo?" he asked softly as he took off the gloves able to see that he likely damaged his hands the way he had been wearing them.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo jumped a little as Luke suddenly appeared in his line of vision instead of the bag, hissing a little as Luke took of the gloves. Shaking his head a little, he sighed.

"Nothing you need t'worry bout..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Cmon...we need t get some ice for yer hands...you should know better Bo," he added softly with a fatherly tone in his voice. He led him back to the kitchen and fixed a towel of ice handing it to Bo, and sitting him down carefully looked over his hands, talking softly as if he were addressing Abi. "You don't pummel the bag for no reason. And where's Cassie? " he asked, as always quickly putting 2+2 together.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed as he was led inside, just letting Luke do what he did best because he knew that Luke wanted to do things as normal as possible. Usually he would have put up a bit of protestation about the treatment but today he just didnt have the energy to fight anymore.

"Decided not t'come after all is all..."

He flinched a little as Luke inspected his hands, not having really realized how hard he had been hitting the bag.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke nodded though a slight sigh of relief escaped his lips. "I don't think they's broke, but hold this ice for a spell...it should take the swelling down...you can move em right?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo nodded a little, clenching his fists and moving his wrists around to show him but with a grimace before picking up the ice and holding it some.

"I can but it hurts..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Well, we'll get the swelling down some...than wrap em sp the muscles have a chance to calm down..." said Luke knowingly, with the experience of a former boxer. He sat down beside him helping him adjust the ice. "So why you mad?"

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head again, not wanting to get into that territory and certainly not wanting to repeat what Cassie had said to Luke at all. He couldn't lie to Luke so he wasn't even about to try, instead he just said.

"I dont wanna talk about it...."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Well, we'll get the swelling down some...than wrap em sp the muscles have a chance to calm down..." said Luke knowingly, with the experience of a former boxer. He sat down beside him helping him adjust the ice. "So why you mad?"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

(ignore the prior post=-dunno what happened there)

Luke sighed but nodded a little. He could certainly understand not wanting to talk about a subject. At the same time though he silently reasoned out what he did know:

A) For Bo to be attacking the bag with such danger to his hands, something had upset him, to the point he hadn't even bothered putting gloves on properly.

Bo didn't want to talk about it. Bo was usually pretty open with Luke about things that went on, the death of Sara having brought them closer than ever before. He didn't want to talk though which led Luke to believe one of two things: either it was so fresh in his mind it was still paining him, or whatever the trouble was had something to do with Luke. Maybe even both. He wasn't sure which, so he would wait and see.

C) He had been fine at the square, so something must have happened after Luke had gone and Bo had driven home...

It was here Luke's jaw dropped realizing he had left Bo to walk all the way home.

"Bo I know why you're upset." He pulled at his hair. "God Bo, I'm sorry. I wasn't even thinking 'bout anythin' 'sides gettin' Abi home. You walked all the way didn'tcha?"

He shook his head as he held the ice on Bo with a hand that was starting to tremble with anger at himself and fear that Bo would be so mad he would leave. "I'm sorry brother."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo shook his head with a small smile.

"Nah dont worry bout it, I aint mad about that. S'been a while since I took a walk back home from the square, was kinda nice..."

He would have patted Luke's shoulder reassuringly but as it was Luke had practically pinned them down to the table with the ice.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke frowned, not having any idea now why he was mad, but a feeling in his heart that it had something to do with Cassie. "You...you want a cup of cocoa? I was gonna make me some..." he added daring to hope a cup of cocoa would make things better as it used to do when he was little.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo nodded a little, though he wasn't sure how great that would feel on his hands.

"Sure...s'been a while since I had some..."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke nodded and set about making it soon returning with two mugs and a straw in Bo,s so he wouldn't have to hold it. "Try that..."

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo leant down with a small smile and sucked some cocoa through the straw into his mouth, sighing a little afterwards.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke sat down beside him sipping his own. It definately wasn't like Auntie used to make...or his uncle...but it was warm and soothing.

[BoJamesDuke]

Soon enough, Sammy came through the door into the kitchen with a smile.

"Hey, I thought I heard voices in...here..."

She soon trailed off as she saw Bo's hands though, shaking her head with her hands on her hips.

"What in tarnation did you do this time?"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"The punching bag decided to hit back..." said Luke softly.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo looked up at her apologetically.

"M'sorry...I was angry so just needed t'take it out on something."

Sammy nodded gently, going over an kissing the top of his head before wrapping her arms around his shoulders gently.

"Is it bad?"

[DaisyMaeDuke]

"Well, he ain't gonna wanna enter no boxin' match for a few weeks...but I don't think he broke nothin...cept some blood vessels maybe from the looks of the bruises startin..." answered Luke.

[BoJamesDuke]

Sammy shook her head with a small smile, leaning down and kissing Bo's cheek again before going to look to see what they had to make for dinner.

"Alright, I'll leave him in your capable hands...lord knows you're better at getting him t'take injuries more serious than I can.."

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke gave her a small smirk, removing the towel and gently touching his hands to see if the swelling had gone down any.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo of course wasn't paying attention and was instead focused on trying to think up a decent enough comeback to Sammy's comment. As he was about to speak however, a yelp was forced from his throat as Luke touched his hands.

[DaisyMaeDuke]

Luke hissed. "Sorry...guess we best leave that ice on a might longer." He carefully put it back in place. "If the swellin ain't gone by tomorrow we best have Doc take a look." In the back of his mind he really wanted to rush Bo to the doc. Now. Just in case, but he said nothing of his fears.

[BoJamesDuke]

Bo sighed and nodded, he actually hadn't been able to feel his hands for the ice had numbed it until Luke had touched them again. He hoped there weren't nothing serious wrong...the last thing he needed was to be stuck in hospital in case Sammy needed something...