by: i1976

Uncle Jesse knocked softly at Daisy’s door, the he opened it slowly.

His niece was lying down on her bed, her back turned to the door.

The Duke patriarch called her, almost with a whisper, “Daisy….”.

Only her light jerk made him understand she wasn’t sleeping, but she was looking at the pouring  rain outside the window.

Daisy didn’t answer to her uncle, so he sat down on her bed, “How do you feel?”.

She sighed, “I’m feeling bad. Obviously. I’m feeling like if my bones are breaking”.

Daisy’s rough answer didn’t discourage him, “Did you sleep a bit?”

The young woman shook her head, “Not at all. My head is exploding, and I’m feel sick”.

Uncle Jesse sighed, touching her forehead, “Yeah. You’ve got again a temperature”.

“Yeah”, she repeated.

Bo and Luke came in Daisy’s room, “How is our sick little cousin goin’?”

Daisy’s answer was a bit sour, “Your cousin is goin’ bad, and all because of this rain and because of Enos. And now, you two, get out of here!”

Uncle Jesse pretended to reproach her with his crusty voice, “And now why are you blaming that poor boy? He didn’t have a good time lately”

Daisy was more and more bad-tempered, “Yeah, indeed it’s all his fault if I’ve caught the flu. I’ve caught it from Enos”.

Bo poked Luke, with a knowing smile, “You’ve caught the flu from him ‘cause you stayed glued to him, playing nurse….. or  playing his wife?”

Daisy threw him a pillow, “GET OUT OF HERE!!!!”

Uncle Jesse stood up, “Come on guys. Let Daisy rest a bit. I’m going to cook chicken broth; it’s the best thing in a rainy day like that”

Finally Daisy was alone in her room; she closed her eyes and she tried to sleep, but it wasn’t easy with that pounding headache.

“Playing her wife….”, she sighed, “Bo doesn’t know he hit it”, then she covered her face with her bed’s sheets, even if she was alone in her room and nobody could see her blushing.