Okay I know this is very short but it seemed a good place to end this chapter. At any rate I hope you liked it. Let me know if you would. Thanks! Jordyn

Bo wiped his eyes and idly flipped through the pages stopping at the last one. He couldn't help choking as he started to read. This wasn't a song or a poem. It wasn't even a letter. It was a prayer- a heart-felt plea punctuated by tears that blotted the ink and discolored the white paper.

Dear God

I know I ain't been on the best of terms with ya lately…fact is…I aint been on the best of terms with nobody… ain't tried t' be. When I thought ya took Bo from me…well I just wanted to die too…I ain't read my Bible since Auntie died…ain't been t church since the last time Bo an' I went… which by the way, I'm sorry we got the giggles when Lulu asked for seconds on the communion bread. We shouldna done that…an' I shouldna avoided ya…I'm sorry.

I never thought I'd be one of them that comes t' ya only when I need somethin'. But fact is…I really need your help.

See I'm just so scared God...I don't think I've ever been this scared, not even in Nam. I'm scared you're gonna take Bo for real…an' there won't be a damn thing I can do about it.

He's so much more than a cousin to me…he's my buddy… my best friend…. my brother. When I thought you took him, I felt alone…empty. I don't wanna feel that again.

I love him so much God…just help him…help him to remember…help him to heal…keep him safe…please…help him…

The pen trailed off there as if the writer, overcome with exhaustion and sorrow had succumbed to the sleep his body demanded.

It was a short lived sleep however as he woke upon hearing a pitiful sob escape Bo's lips.

Luke glanced to him, his forehead wrinkled with worry. "Bo…Bo what's wrong?!"

Bo's lips quivered as, staring at his cousin's anxious face, memories started flowing back to him in waves.

-taking turns swinging on a rope from the rafters of the barn onto a pile of hay on the floor

- skinny-dipping after a hot day of chores, having to steal clothes from a scarecrow when their own were taken

making the Leap for Life together at the Carnival of Thrills

fighting at the Boar's Nest for Daisy's honor

Jumping the General over one of many construction sites

Singing together when they went on picnics

"Luke…" sobbed Bo with tears flowing from his eyes.

"What is it Bo? You in pain again?" asked Luke an undertone of fear in his voice that Bo could easily detect now.

Bo shook his head and, reaching out a hand to Luke's face which hovered worriedly near his pillow, let his hand rest on Luke's tan cheek. "I remember you…I remember you…."

Poor Luke almost lost control of his carefully guarded emotions. Instead he took his own hand, holding Bo's hand to his face. Silent tears trickled from his eyes as Luke started to say something, but found himself at a loss for words. He just stared at Bo, bright blue eyes meeting dark blue ones.

Bo finally let go of Luke's cheek, only long enough to reach over and hug his cousin close, clinging to Luke as tight as he could in fear that, at any moment, Luke, along with the only memories Bo had left, would slip away again.

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