Dad's Day Out part 6
Nora: Oh my God! Rachel! What’s wrong with Matthew? (following Rachel across the park)
Rachel: (panting as she runs and talks at the same time) He was….chasing the dog…and he ran towards the edge…of the woods…and then he…
Bo: He what Rachel! Were is he? I don’t see him…
Rachel: He just dropped out of site…I ran to were I last saw him….and he fell…
Nora: My baby!
They reach the spot were Matthew had fallen down an abandoned water pump hole just at the edge of the woods.
Bo peers down the hole, its not too far down, maybe eight, ten feet tops, but it is pitch black and Matthew is crying.
Bo: Matthew! Can you hear me son?
Matthew: I hear you…I’m all wet…don’t tell mommy…
Nora: (covering her mouth, laughing through her tears) Matthew…Mommy’s here sweetie…I’m right here baby…(to Bo) How are we going to get him out? We can’t fit down there…
Bo: Nora…calm down…(to Matt) Matthew…you still hear me?
Matthew: Yes
Bo: Ok, now…are you hurt? Can you move your arms and legs?
Matthew: Yes…I’m aweful muddy. So’s Roy…I’m sorry mommy…I’m scared…
Bo: Ok, now, Matthew, son, I want you to be the bravest boy you can be ok? I want you to be braver than the bravest cop I’ve got at work…
Matthew: Ok…
Bo: (to Rachel and Nora) I’ve got some rope in my truck…I’ll be right back…(kissing Nora on the forehead) He’ll be fine…I’ll get him out…
Bo runs back to his truck and pulls out a length of towing rope and a garrison belt and runs back to the pump hole…
Bo: Ok…now Matthew…I’ve got a belt here…and I am going to send it down to you and I want you to sit in it like a swing and then I am going to pull you up…got it?
Nora: You don’t think he’ll slip out of it do you?
Bo: Matthew…once you are sitting in it…I want you to hold on real tight…ok?
Matthew: Ok…
Bo sends the belt down, Matthew positions it so he can sit in it; he grabs hold of Roy and holds the rope tightly…
Matthew: Ok…Roy and me are ready!
Bo: Hang on buddy…here we go…
Bo slowly pulls the belt up; to Nora it seems an eternity before she sees the top of her son’s small head appear at the top of the hole. Nora and Rachel pull Matthew to safety as Bo recoils the rope.
Nora: Oh Matthew! Sweetie! Are you ok? (she checks his arms and legs, head and neck then hugs him tightly) Why did you run from Rachel?
Matthew: Roy started to run from me and every time I tried to get him, he ran further…
Nora: Roy, huh? (looks at Bo angrily as he puts the collar on Roy and attaches the lead) ok, well, we can’t stay out here with you all muddy…let’s head home…
Matthew: Mom! NO!!! I can play dirty…see? (he hugs her and whispers in Nora’s ear then gives Bo a thumbs up, a wink and a devilish smile) Deal…I love you mommy…
Matthew runs off back toward the play ground with Roy now sporting the collar and a lead chain that Bo put on him.
Bo: What went on (motioning with his finger at Matt and then at Nora) just now…between you two?
Nora: He’s such a sweetheart…And you and your dog are so on my sh*tlist! Honestly Bo! You let a little boy run off with a dog he’s known for what twenty-five minutes? I swear!
Bo: Now Nora…(he tries to catch up with her as she briskly walks back to the blanket) honey…come on! You surely can’t blame me for the dog running around!
Nora: Yes Bo, I can! Because if you didn’t buy the dog (raising her voice) in the first place…there’d be no damn dog for him to chase!
Bo: Fine! That is just fine! Be mad at me, I don’t care!
Bo takes his rope and belt and heads back to his truck. After loading the gear back into the truck box, he climbs in the driver’s seat, reclines it back and puts the radio on…
DJ: And now here’s one from Toby Keith…You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This
Got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time
There’s a different feel about you tonight
It’s got me thinking lots a crazy things
Even thought I saw a flash of light
Felt like electricity
Bo lays back in the seat and covers his eyes with his beat up cowboy hat he keeps in the truck
You shouldn’t kiss me like this
Less you mean it like that
Cuz I’ll just close my eyes
And I won’t know were I’m at
We’ll get lost on this dance floor
Spinning around and around and a-round
They’re all watching us now; they think were falling in love,
They’ll never believe were just friends
When you kiss me like this I think you mean it like that,
If you do, baby kiss me again
Everybody swears, we make the perfect pair,
But dancing is as far as it goes
Girl you never moved me, like you moved me tonight,
I just wanted you to know
Nora: (walking up to the truck and putting her chin on the open window sill) Hey cowboy…
Bo: What? Am I not sitting the right way? Or listening to the right music? Or maybe I didn’t walk back to my truck the right way…maybe it’s not the right kind of truck…tell me Nora…I can’t seem to do anything right as far as your concerned…
Nora: I am humbled Mr. Buchanan…Sorry…that seems like all I am doing is apologizing to you…
Bo: Yeah. Well I guess it does…
Nora: Bo look at me…
Bo: (he removes the hat and turns his head) Yes…
Nora: I’m sorry. I wanted this for so long…for us to be a family, you, me and Matthew, but I’m just not used to some one else having equal shares in parenting or being equally responsible for Matthew…
Bo: What about Sam?
Nora: We parented separately…I hated being around him…I hated the things he did with Matthew, the things he let Matthew do…so we just kind of did our own thing
Bo: And am I supposed to expect the same? I mean…separate parenting?
Nora: No…(reaches into the truck and touches his arm) I will have to try harder to remember you’re in on this with me…both have a vested interest.
Bo: Honey, you have to calm down. He’s a boy…he’s going to adventure..hell, I can’t begin to tell you how many times me and Clint would get ourselves in a jam! But its part of the fun…Nora, I swear, I will never let him hurt himself…I love him…He is my life now…
Nora: He said you’re his hero; you saved him from the evil cave of mud…
Bo: He said that?
Nora: Yeah. I just thought you’d like to know that I think you went beyond the highest rating on the dad-o-meter…(stares at him a minute) I love you, Bo.
Bo: I love you too, Red. (he reaches through the open window and kisses her) Let’s go find our son…
Nora: And Roy…
Bo: (climbing out of the truck, putting his arm around Nora) And Roy…
They walk back to the blanket where Rachel is trying in vain to teach Roy how to sit. Matthew is cracking up at the fact that Roy keeps jumping on Rachel and licking her face, which Rachel is obviously not liking!
Bo: Here Rach, like this (Bo takes the lead, pulls up on it and pushes Roy’s hiny down) You say it sternly…”SIT!”
To everyone’s amazement, Roy sits. Bo does it over
and over til little Roy is a champ at sitting.
Matthew is elated, he claps each time Roy accomplishes the feat.
Nora smiles approvingly at her son’s joy, and notices how
Matthew is staring at Bo, not so much with contempt, but with
admiration. The sun begins to set; Bo is leaning against the tree,
Nora sitting in front of him, her back to his chest, holding Matthew,
who is holding Roy. Rachel is laying at the edge of the blanket
reading a book. Bo looks around the blanket, at Rachel, quietly
reading, sipping water from a water bottle, how she’s grown
up, he thinks to himself. He looks at Nora as she plays with Matthew’s
hair. Bo kisses the back of her head and runs his hands down her
arms, and then he looks at Matthew. He feels a tear in his eye
when he thinks of how he is now a part of this little boy’s
life. A permanent part.
Nora: Well, guys, I think its getting kinds dark…I think we should start heading for home…maybe get some tacos on the way?
Matthew: Tacos? I want chicken…(he turns and kneels between Nora’s legs, so he is looking over her shoulder, eye to eye with Bo) Dad, can’t we have chicken?
Bo is speechless. Dad. Matthew called him Dad. Nora had tears in her eyes.
Nora: Yeah Dad…what’s it gonna be? Tacos or chicken?
Now they were both staring at him, Matthew directly, and Nora with her head turned as far around as possible, smiling with tears in her eyes…this is the moment he had been waiting weeks for!
Bo: Um…I guess…well, why can’t we have both?
Matthew: YEAH!!!!!
After a couple stops at different fast food places, the family heads home. They sit and eat while happily talking about the day’s events. After dinner Nora decides Matthew needs a bath, while Matthew decides Roy needs a bath.
Matthew: But Mommy! Look at Roy! (holding the dry mud caked animal under his chin) He’s so sad to be dirty! Pleeeeeze! Let Roy take a bath with me. Pleeeeeze!
Bo: Aw…honey…he’s begging…
Matthew: Mommy! I’m begging!
Nora: Stop! All three of you….
Rachel: I didn’t say anything!
Nora: Not you! Matthew and Bo and good ol’ Roy! No! You are not taking a bath with a dog. It’s…it’s…well it’s just unsanitary!
Rachel: You do know that a dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human being’s, statistically speaking.
Nora: Thank you Ms. Grolier 2001. Be quiet! (looking at Matthew’s pleading eyes…and Bo’s smirky face, she makes a decision) OK…if good ol’ Roy needs a bath, than I say Daddy takes Roy into the laundry room and washes him in the tubs…and I will take you mister and wash you and you and Roy can say good night and go to your beds. You in your room and Roy in the laundry room. Deal?
Matthew: Say goodnight? Roy’s sleeping with me!
Nora: Oh no! Roy is not even house broken…he is not sleeping with you…now, give him to Bo…and you…march upstairs!
Matthew: (under his breath) If I was little like that would you make me sleep all alone in a laundry room? Hmmph!
Nora: One more word and Daddy will take Roy home with him tonight!
Bo: I will? I mean…that’s right…listen to your mother..now git!
Matthew heads up the stairs as Nora walks over to Bo.
Bo: (putting his arm around her waist and nuzzling into her neck, he speaks in a low suggestive tone) I didn’t think Daddy was going home tonight…(kissing her neck)
Nora: (gently shoving Roy into Bo’s stomach) Daddy is going to wash this happy little pup…who by the way has not been out this hour…
As if on cue, Roy begins to relieve himself on Bo.
Bo: Ah…geez…(holding the dog out from his body and calling out to Nora as she walks out the kitchen door) Nor-a! Nora!! (talking to the dog) Thanks Roy…(the dog looks up at him as if he knows what Bo is saying) you’re really cementing your position in this family…(sigh) Lets get us cleaned up…and no more accidents!
Bo heads off to give Roy his bath…and wash himself off. Meanwhile up in the bathroom…
Nora: So…You are one spoiled little boy! All those nice gifts your Dad bought you…
Matthew: He didn’t have to buy all that stuff…he likes all that stuff too…(sounding pretty sure of himself)
Nora: Oh he does? (supporting Matt’s head under the faucet to rinse his hair) Hold you nose….that a boy…sit up…how do you know he likes all that stuff too?
Matthew: Cuz he kept saying, “don’t tell mommy, but I can’t wait to play with this too!” he’s neat! Like having a big kid for a friend!
Nora: Yeah…well…I guess he is just a great big kid…(helps Matthew stand up and wrap in a towel) so…should we let Dad try out that scooter tomorrow?
Matthew: Oh no! He can’t use mine!
Nora: Matthew! (drying him off and helping him get his PJ’s on) that’s not very kind! After all, he did buy you all those nice new things…
Matthew: But Mommy…Dad bought his own scooter…not as neat as mine…
Nora: Oh he did…well, all the more reason to go out tomorrow! (opening the bathroom door) Now, hit the sack, big guy!
She sends him down the hall as she straightens up the bathroom…
Matthew: ALL RIGHT!!!! Mommy! Hurry!!!
Nora: (hurrying down the hall) What? (looking at Bo, who is setting up Roy’s comfy little dog bed in the corner of Matt’s room) Aaaah…no….no…no…Bo! He can’t have the dog in here toni…(she doesn’t get to finish her sentence before Matthew starts crying)
Matthew: But Mommy (crying softly) Roy will be all alone…and…and…so will I…please Mommy…please….
Bo looks up at her with a pathetic pout on his face.
Nora: This is not fair! I don’t like this ganging up! (putting her hand on her forehead) Fine. But he stays on the floor. I do not want him to have an accident in the bed!
She tucks Matthew in bed and kisses him good night. Bo walks over to Matt’s bed.
Bo: Well Champ…pretty good day huh?
Matthew: Mmmm hmmm…(hesitating) can Roy sleep with me?
Bo: (gritting his teeth) Matthew…your mom said no…I don’t think we should push it…lets hold off…
Matthew: What if he jumps up while I’m asleep and I don’t know he’s in here with me?
Bo: That’s a different story…(whispering) just don’t let your mom know…(he lifts Roy into bed) night buddy…
Matthew: Night…will you be here tomorrow?
Bo: If it’s ok with you…
Matthew: It is…night Daddy
Bo: Night Matthew
Bo shuts off the light and walks out of the room. He stands outside the room. He leans against the wall, closes his eyes and listens as Matthew says his prayers…
Matthew: God…its me Matthew…I guess it wasn’t too bad today with my new dad. He’s not the bad guy, you know…he kinda is like prince Lotor…sept he bought me the Black Diamond! He’s cool. Thank you God for making me a Buchanan I guess…night.
Bo walks over to Nora’s room where she is changing out of her clothes. He walks up behind her and hugs her.
Bo: I am floating on air…he thanked God for making him a Buchanan…I love you.
Nora: I love you too…what did you do with Roy’s training shirt?
Bo: In the washing machine…
Nora: I’m really tired…how bout you?
Bo: Well, I think I am to excited about today to be tired…(kisses her shoulder) how bout if you wear me out…
Nora: what did you have in mind?
Bo: I don’t know…maybe a little of this (he turns her in his arms and kisses her deeply)
Nora: (catching her breath) I think we should (Bo scoops her up and carries her the few steps to the bed) you read my mind...
Bo: (he takes off his tee shirt and falls on top of her on the bed) now where were we?
He puts his hand under her neck and kisses her so intensely, she felt as if she would faint. He lets his kisses trail down her neck as she holds his head in her hands.
Nora: Oh Bo…Bo…(turning her head to the side) Roy? (trying to sit up) Roy! Shoo!…Bo! The dog is watching us!
Bo: (still kissing her neck) he’s just a dog…shh
Nora: Bo! I cannot make love to you with an audience…
Bo: Fine! (rolls off her and scoops up Roy) Welcome to the family Roy…by all means! Waste absolutely no time becoming an interruption…(talking to himself) might as well learn the way of the Buchanan household…anytime I am alone with my wife…a phone…a knock…a kid and now a dog!
He tosses Roy back into Matthew’s room and after making sure Roy curls up next to Matt; he closes the door and hustles back down the hall. He crawls back into bed and starts to kiss Nora on the neck…
Bo: Now…(kissing her) honey…(lightly rustling her) Red? (to himself) guess you were tired…
He kisses her on the forehead, rolls over turns off the light and falls asleep…
To be continued…
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