here's chapter 7! hope ya'll enjoy it! please R&R at the end!
Bo is 12, Daisy 14, and Luke 16.
A week after Bo's encounter with B.B. at the Boars Nest, Bo was finally well enough to go back to school. Lucky for Bo, it was Friday. The day had started out good, with the exception of Bo falling asleep in math class. He hadn't seen B.B. or any of his thugs all day, and Bo just kept praying that he wouldn't see them. Just as luck would have it, in gym class, which Bo was excused from because of his injuries, B.B. was there.
Every chance B.B. got, he would throw dirty hateful glances towards Bo. One time during the game of dodge ball the class was playing, B.B. purposely threw the ball at Bo, who managed to duck it, but not without sending a dull pain through his body from his still healing ribs. Bo winced at the pain that went through his body. Thinking that he would be less likely to be hit with another ball, Bo layed down on the bench, his good arm holding his side. The gym teacher, Mr. Brown saw Bo lay down and walked over to Bo, who had his eyes closed.
"Everything alright Bo?" Mr. Brown asked in his deep voice. Bo jumped a little at the unexpected sound of his teacher's voice.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm alright just a little bored is all."
"Well I may have something for you to do. I want you to go in my office and on my desk there should be a brown envelope. I want you to take it to the office and give it to Mrs. Budd."
"Okay Mr. Brown."
"Thanks Bo." Mr. Brown said as Bo stood up and made his way to Mr. Brown's office. Bo walked into the small office that had posters of different sports such as hockey and football, hanging on the walls. Bo saw the teacher's desk and the brown envelope sitting on it. Picking it up, Bo walked out of the small room and headed for the office.
B.B. had been watching Bo, and an idea came to him. He walked over to the muscular gym teacher.
Balladeer: Uh oh, I don't like the looks of this one bit.
"Coach, may I use the restroom?" B.B. asked using the name that he used for his gym teacher since Mr. Brown was also his football coach.
"Yeah, but hurry back. Class will be over in ten minutes."
"Thanks coach." B.B. said as he took off at a jog towards the big steel doors that separated the gym from the rest of the school. Spying Bo coming back from the office, B.B. walked up to him. Bo stopped in his tracks as B.B. approached him.
"Duke, come here for a minute." B.B. said almost friendly like. Bo hesitated for a minute, before slowly walking over to B.B.
"Um, yeah B.B.?" Bo asked nervously.
"I'm afraid that I left my lunch money at home, and I don't have anything to eat at lunch. I was just wondering if you could spare me a couple dollars so I can eat." B.B. said in a fake friendly tone.
"I don't have any money, honestly." Bo said truthfully.
"I don't believe ya. Now you'll either hand over yer lunch money, or do I gotta get violent?"
"I'm tellin' ya the truth, I don't got any money. If I did I'd give it to ya."
"You got 'til lunch to give me your money, or else you know what's gonna happen to ya. And trust me, it won't be pretty." B.B. warned. After shoving past Bo, B.B. went into the boy's restroom.
Lunch time seemed to come all too quickly for Bo, but unknown to him, he would be getting a couple surprises during that time. Bo tried his best to keep himself hidden from B.B., but with no luck. B.B. marched over to Bo, his thugs in tow.
"Where's my money at Duke?" B.B. said threatingly. Bo looked at B.B. and then to his gang and back to B.B., the fear starting to show in his dark blue eyes. B.B. was just about to swing his large hand at Bo's face, when someone grabbed his hand from behind.
"Why don't you pick on someone yer own size?" B.B. turned his head only to find himself face to face with none other then Luke Duke.
"I see you have a habit of pickin' on kids who are younger then you. That'll get you nowhere in life." Luke said angrily. B.B. knew that he was outmatched when it came to Luke. In fact Luke was twice as strong as B.B., about three inches taller, and a hell of a lot better fighter then B.B. was. B.B. not being the brightest bulb in the box, decided to try to pick a fight with Luke.
"If you ask me you're the one with the habit of sneakin' up on people when their guard is down." B.B. said.
"Whatever, I'll give 'til the count of three to beat it, or else. 1…2…"
"Fine! C'mon boys." B.B. said as he and his goons walked off. "Oh and you and your cousin better watch out, otherwise there'll be hell to pay." B.B. added over his shoulder. The tone in which B.B. spoke sent chills up and down Bo's spine, causing him to shiver a bit. Once they were out of sight, Luke turned his attention to Bo.
Balladeer: Good ol' Luke comin' to Bo's rescue like that. I tell ya, that boy's timin' is gettin' better everyday.
"Why didn't you tell me that B.B. had been bothering you?" Luke asked disappointed that Bo didn't tell him sooner.
"I, I didn't want you to get hurt because of me." Luke just sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose between his eyes.
"We'll talk about this later." Luke said as he sat down next to his cousin. Luke sat and ate his lunch quietly while Bo just stared off into space.
"Ain't ya gonna ask why I'm here instead of at the high school?" Luke asked. Bo looked over at his cousin. The look on his face told Luke that e didn't hear a thing he had said.
"Judging by the look on your face, you didn't hear a thing I said did you?"
"No, sorry, I was just, thinking."
"Okay, well you wonderin' why I'm here instead of over at the high school?"
"Never really crossed my mind."
"Oh, well I'll tell you anyways. I got the rest of the day off from school for some reason or other, so I decided to stop by and pay ya a visit. And looks like I got here in just the nick of time too." Luke said.
"Oh okay." Was all that Bo said. He just sat and continued to stare off into space.
"The principle said I could stay here the rest of the school day. I guess he only said I could since there's only two periods left in the day. Don't worry none, I'll stand outside of the classrooms and wait, I'm sure I can find something to keep myself entertained." Luke said. Bo just nodded his head letting Luke know he had heard him. Luke just sighed and continued eating his lunch. Three hours passed slowly and finally school was out for the weekend. Bo and Luke walked silently to the bus, and got on. Neither one of them saying a word to the other the whole trip. Once they finally got off at their stop, Luke tuned to Bo, who was starting to walk away.
"Bo, we need to talk."
"Well I don't wanna talk."
"Your gonna tell me why you didn't tell me that B.B. was bothering you."
"I told you I don't wanna talk." Bo said starting to become annoyed.
"Bo, will you please tell me why you didn't say anything before?"
"I said no!" Bo yelled.
"Beauregard Duke! Don't you dare raise yer voice to me!"
"Why what are you gonna do about it? You can't punish me, you ain't my boss." Bo said. Luke grabbed Bo by the shoulder and turned him around so that they were both face to face.
"Bo, yer gonna tell me one way or another. So how's it gonna be? The easy way, or the hard way?" Luke said. Bo didn't answer, he only looked away. After a minute Bo looked back at Luke.
"I don't gotta tell you anything." Bo said angrily. Bo then started to try to push Luke. Luke pushed Bo, causing him to fall and hitting his injured arm on the ground real hard. Bo cried out as a wave of pain swept through his arm. Luke instantly felt a wave of guilt sweep over him. Bo looked up at Luke with pain and fear filled eyes.
"Oh God Bo, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to push you that hard." Luke apologized. Bo could feel tears building up in his eyes that would soon be threating to fall. Bo stood up and slowly backed away from Luke. Bo turned around and took off running towards the farm. Luke took off after him in an attempt to catch him and apologize to him.
"Bo! C'mon Bo, I didn't mean to push you down! I'm sorry!" Luke said as he ran. Bo slowed down some and at first Luke thought he was going to stop, but instead bent down to pick up a fairly good sized stone. Luke knew right away what Bo was planning to do with it, but that didn't make Luke stop, even when the rather large stone hit him in the head.
Balladeer: Boy, i sure didn't see that comin', did any of ya'll? First luke pushin' Bo, then Bo going and throwing a rock at Luke's head.
"Bo! That hurt dang ya!" Luke yelled while rubbing his head while still trying to catch up with his younger, but faster cousin. They reached the farm house in record time. Bo ran inside and into his and Luke's room, and just flopped himself down on his bed. He layed there for a minute trying to catch his breath. Jesse had seen Bo come running inside, but before he had had a chance to say anything to him he had locked himself in the room. Luke came jogging inside a minute or two later, panting real hard.
"What in the world are you two doing?" Jesse asked.
"Hold…on…" Luke said between breaths. "I…gotta go apologize to…him real fast…" Luke said again. Jesse looked at Luke confused as to why he would need to be apologizing to Bo for. Luke stood up straight and walked to his and Bo's room. He knocked on the door, but got no answer. Luke could hear what sounded like crying coming from the other side of the door. Luke knocked again, but got no answer. Luke then tried the door knob and found it to be unlocked. Slowly opening the door, Luke walked in. The sight he saw of his young cousin laying on his bed crying seemed to rip a hole in Luke's heart.
"Bo, c'mon I mean it, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to shove you like that. I'm just upset that you didn't tell anyone that B.B. was bothering you. You wanna talk about it?" Luke said as he put a reassuring hand on Bo's shoulder.
Balladeer: Boy I sure hate them cliff hangers. Hope ol' Bo decides to talk to Luke. Ya'll stick around now ya hear?
