Bo gently kissed his sister's forehead and pushed the hair out of her eyes. "You feelin' okay, Meg? You up to joinin' us for supper tonight? Uncle Jesse is makin' his famous crawdad bisque," Bo said.
Megan grinned and got out of bed, putting the magazine aside. "Sure. Luke and Daisy are always telling me about Uncle Jesse's crawdad bisque and how good it is," Megan said brightly.
"Do you need some help getting down the stairs?" Bo asked worriedly as she opened her closet door and pulled out some clean clothes that she could wear instead of the wrinkled pajamas that she wore now.
"Bo, I'm fine. You don't have to keep worrying," Megan said a little annoyed.
"Can you blame me? You're my baby sister. I don't want you falling own the steps," Bo said, tugging on her blonde hair gently.
"Bo, I love you, but relax. You're mother hen attitude is getting a little old. I have cancer, but I'm not dead yet," Megan said, shocking Bo slightly.
Bo raised his hands slightly in surrender. "Okay. Big brother can take a hint. This is me backing off," Bo said,
"Thank you," Megan said, opening the door to the room she shared with Daisy.
"Just do me one favor.If you feel bad let me know," Bo said, feeling as if he deserved this small request he was asking her.
"I promise I'll let you know if I feel bad. Now if you'll excuse me, I better go get cleaned up," Megan said, walking out of the room, her clothes and towel in her arms.
Bo watched his sister leave, the love and overprotectiveness he felt towards her as her brother was strong. He won't let the cancer kill her without a fight.
Everyone of them had been right. Uncle Jesse's Crawdad Bisque was the best.It felt good to be around family and to have family meals like this. Back home, Megan's family was nothing like the Duke's. Most of the time her parents worked, and her brother's and sister's stayed gone somewhere. Megan often wounded up fixing meals for herself.
Megan practiced her music while everyone else was outside. When she was feeling well, she loved to sing and to paint with watercolors. And today was one of her good days. She found a piano in the livingroom and set up her music. Megan began to play. At age 8, she learned to play the piano some while in Elementary School. She would go everyday to this Ladie's house and take piano lessons.
Megan began to sing clearly, not knowing that anyone was listening and began to sing in a clear voice:
I found myself today,
Oh I found myself and ran away,
But something pulled me back,
Voice of reason I forgot I had,
All I know is your not here to say,
What you always used to say,
But it's written in the sky tonight
CHORUS
So I won't give up, no,
I won't break down,
sooner than it seems life turns around,
and I will be strong even if it all goes wrong,
when I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe,
someone's watching over me
Seen that ray of light,
and it's shining on my destiny
shining all the time
and I won't be afraid
to follow everywhere it"s taking me
all I know is yesterday is gone
and right now I belong
to this moment, to my dreams
CHORUS
So I won't give up, no,
I wont' break down,
sooner than it seems life turns around,
and I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
when I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
someone's watching over me
BRIDGE
It doesn't matter what people say
and it doesn't matter how long it takes
believe in yourself and you'll fly, high,
and it only matters how true you are
be true to yourself and follow your heart
CHORUS
So I won't give up, no,
I wont' break down,
sooner than it seems life turns around,
and I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
when I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe...
That I won't give up, no,
I wont' break down,
sooner than it seems life turns around,
and I will be strong even when it all goes wrong
when I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe...
that someone's watching over
someone's watching oh
someone's watching over me
yeah yeah oh-OH
Someone's watching over me
The song ended and Megan had no idea that the Dukes was in the doorway listening in awe. Both Bo and Luke Duke had their mouths open in a big O of surprise. None of them had any idea that she could sing this well. Or that she could sing for the matter