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a lot of cars on that show, were turned into JUNK!

NOTE: The names Pauline and John Duke are the names of Jeb Duke’s parents but they are not the characters of the same names created by JadedPhoenixBurning and Dixie Davenport. Bo parked Luke's truck behind the Boar's Nest, he'd never hear the end of it, if there was one little ding or scratch when he returned it to Luke. Going around to the passenger side, opening the door, putting an arm around her shoulders, as they went around to the door. "Why'd you park in back?" BL asked, then continued "plenty parking here in front, it's Sunday." Bo moved his arm, guided BL inside with a hand at the small of her back "one little ding or scratch and Luke would kill me," Bo replied. “Yeah, you are right. I see your point” BL said as they walked into the bar. Daisy had just taken over for her friend when she saw Bo and BL heading toward a back table. Meanwhile, at still site 4, Luke had not been at all expecting Dixie's gift box, its contents nor all it implied. He knew he was going to have to say something, but at the moment, he was trying hard just to breathe. Dixie was still crying, "See, this is all wrong." Luke gently pulled Dixie down to his level. " No, no, it's not. We can head over to Chickamahoney tonight, right now. We’ll surprise everyone in the morning, then in a couple weeks, we can surprise them again." Dixie replied in tears, "I won't trap you, Luke Duke." "It seems to me I asked before you told me." He moved in for a long, deep kiss. Dixie melted against Luke as they kissed passionately. At the Boar’s Nest, Daisy brought Bo and BL a beer, knowing they’d want one, “Where’s Luke and Dixie?” Daisy asked, putting the beers on the table, it was unusual to see one couple without the other. Both BL and Bo shrugged their shoulders, “Luke traded me keys tonight, said Dixie wanted to ‘get lost’ for a while,” Bo said. BL knew why Dixie wanted to ‘get lost’ with Luke but she couldn’t say, that was for Dixie to tell ‘if’ she wanted, her news would show itself in a few months anyway whether Dixie was ready to tell or not. “I better get back to work before Boss catches me,” Daisy said, then went back to the bar. BL sipped her beer wondering how things were going with Dixie and Luke. Luke had pulled Dixie even closer as the kiss intensified. He could feel every part of her melting in his arms. There wasn't anything he wanted right now more than for them to continue this moment, but he knew better. With every ounce of willpower he could muster up, Luke broke the kiss, helped Dixie to her feet, and started off for General Lee. He smiled at the sight of the old car in the moonlight that was so much more than just a car. He was a friend, family even, and yes, Dixie had chosen tonight's transportation perfectly. He helped her through the window, got in and cranked up the General's still powerful engine. Once at the road, Luke looked at Dixie, then turned toward Chickamahoney. Back at the Boar’s Nest, Cooter had just come in and sat down at the table with BL and Bo asking “where’s Luke and Dixie?” Bo told him the same as he’d told Daisy. Daisy came over, “hey, want a beer sugar?”Daisy asked. “Ya’ll want a refill”, she asked Bo and BL, getting three ‘yes’s; she brought the drinks over. The three friends talked awhile, Cooter only having the one beer before getting a wrecker call, “sorry I got to run out on ya’ll like this but old man Rich ran in a ditch.” Cooter said. Left alone again Bo got up, holding out a hand “wanna dance?” BL nodded ‘yes’, taking Bo’s hand, heading to the dance floor. Cooter managed to get old man Rich out of the ditch, but not without getting muddy. By the time Cooter got home he figured everyone would be paired up and heading out by the time he made it back to the Boar's Nest. He picked up the phone and told Bessie Mae who was working the switchboard tonight that he had the wrecker and was home for the night unless he got a call from her or the CB. Luther was still up reading the paper when he heard Cooter's phone conversation. It was a bit early for Cooter to be in. "So, why are you home so early?" "Old man Rich got himself stuck in a ditch." He motioned to his muddy work pants, "I needed to clean up before going back out, but figured it would be too late by then." "Any chance your sister may be thinking of heading here tonight?" Luther asked. Cooter shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. I haven't seen her tonight." Luther gave him a questioning look. Cooter told his father the rest of what he knew. "Bo had Luke's truck tonight. He said Luke told him that Dixie wanted him to take General Lee....." He paused before finishing Bo's statement. A bit lower, he said, "So they could ‘get lost’ awhile." Luther dropped his paper a bit, looking over the top of it. Cooter added, "That's what I was told." Luther mumbled something under his breath. Cooter decided the tub was calling him. Luther had lightened up on Dixie and Luke a couple weeks ago after unknown to anyone but them, he had been approached by Bill McCormick. They had talked a couple of hours one day at the Boar's Nest when it had only been the two of them and the bartender. Bill had asked Luther if they could have a conversation. He had been the father of a young girl who dated Luke on and off for several years. Bill had very much been against the idea, but found Luke grew on him. By the time young love had crashed and burned for the last time, he had to admit that he had missed having the young man around. After his daughter became involved with and then married Luke's high school football rival, Bill had to also admit that he would have much rather had the young Duke as a son in law. He frankly told Luther that Dixie could do far worse for herself. Luther was still looking at the paper but had no idea what it said. He was thinking back years ago when Luke had been so much a part of his garage, wrecker service, and his own family. He had been so set on protecting his daughter that he drove both her and Luke away. Had he been so wrong back then. Was he wrong now, that seeing them together grated on his last nerve? At the Duke Farm, Jesse closed his own paper, went to the kitchen and turned off the stove under the coffee pot, turned on the back porch light and cut off all the other lights except the night light of the kitchen. He took the last cup of coffee to his room where he planned to read his Bible a bit before turning in. At the Boar’s Nest, BL pulled Bo back toward their table, “let’s sit this one out, I’m plumb wore out”, BL said. “Alright”’, Bo said. Someone kept selecting one good song after another on the jukebox. The couple finished their beers while they talked about the fall harvest dance coming up in a couple months. BL looked at her watch seeing that it was getting late “we better go, I got to work tomorrow and Sadie’s going to think I abandoned her,” Bo and BL went out to Luke’s truck, Bo helping her in, then getting in behind the steering wheel. BL then slid across the seat next to him. Bo cranked up, putting his arm around BL as he drove back to the farm so BL could get her car. At the Duke farm, Jesse heard Luke’s F250 pickup but he wouldn’t do more than doze until he heard Daisy come home from work and General Lee, then he would be able to sleep better knowing all his ‘kids’ were home safe. “Looks like Uncle Jesse’s done gone to bed,” BL said, seeing the dark farmhouse. “Yeah, so guess I’ll see you tomorrow after work at the Boar’s Nest.” Bo said. “Don’t know if I’ll make it to town before then, that storm we had last night blew some trees on the fences close to the house, got to check the rest, remove trees and start mending the fences tomorrow,” Bo said. BALLADEER: See Uncle Jesse don’t work on Sunday except the daily chores that have to be done because Sunday's a day of rest. “I’ll see ya after work then,” BL replied, Bo leaned in for a long kiss before BL got in her GTO heading home. She had seen Dixie’s Thunderbird still at the Duke farm but just figured her cousin and Luke wasn’t back yet. She hoped Dixie was off tomorrow or her tail would be dragging at work. Several hours ago, Luke had felt each one of the landings he had made and wanted nothing more than to stay home. Now, it was the wee hours of the morning. Dawn was due in about an hour. He now felt about seventeen as he turned the General Lee into the Duke drive and promptly cut the engine at just the right spot to drift into his normal place. Luke got out, checked his truck hood, it was cold, he then helped Dixie out and stopped her as she headed toward the back door and the porch light. Luke held his finger to his lips, took her hand as he led her around the front of the house and to the window of his and Bo's room. Luke peered through the window. Bo was asleep and turned toward the door in his normal sleeping position. Luke eased the window up, stepped inside, checked Bo, and he hadn't moved. He then helped Dixie in the window. Once inside both their hands began to wander as clothes were discarded. Dixie had the forethought to take claim of Luke's discarded T-shirt. Luke pulled his covers back, getting into the twin bed facing away from Bo. For once he was glad that Bo could sleep through a train driving through their room and never wake up. He pulled Dixie in beside him and covered them both. As he figured it, they had about an hour to snuggle before the roof came off the house. Pulling in her driveway BL halfway thought Dixie and Luke might be here but the porch light was off and inside the house was dark too. Going inside BL was greeted by Sadie spinning in circles, tail wagging 90 miles an hour, “Hey girl! Did you miss me?” BL said as she got down on her knees petting the excited dog. After a few minutes, BL went down the hallway to take a shower, Sadie at her heels. After a hot shower, BL left the bathroom light on, so Dixie wouldn’t fall and break her neck when she did come in. Getting ready for bed, BL read her latest book for a bit, to unwind. Putting her book on the nightstand, turning out the lamp and hugging Sadie BL wondered where Dixie was. A few hours later BL got up to go to the bathroom, the light was still on, which meant Dixie still wasn't home.Taking care of business, BL went to the living room, it was too early to get ready for work but she knew there would be nomore sleep for her. Sadie sensed her master’s worry and hopped up on the couch, laying her head in BL’s lap, “Think I should call Luke, see if he knows where Dixie is?” BL received a groan from Sadie as if the dog was saying ‘not your best idea.’ At the Duke farm, Jesse Duke put the coffee on, expecting Luke to be heading out to start the chores. When Luke didn’t appear after 5 minutes, Jesse went to the boys room to check on them. Knocking before opening the door Jesse saw the discarded clothing, some of which was women’s “WHAT IN SAM HILL IS GOING ON HERE?!!” Daisy heard Uncle Jesse's bellow across the hallway. She jumped up, grabbed her robe and opened her door. She saw the door to the boys room open and stepped to the door. Bo was moving on instinct only as he was not fully awake. He had jerked his covers off and nearly jumped out of his own skin. He had set up facing the door and was now scrambling to pick up his jeans, shirt and boots. Why he wasn't sure but felt like he was late for something. Right now Luke rethinking last night's decision to come home. He had expected to be woken up by Jesse and have a lot of explaining to do, but Jesse Duke was awake, his dander was up and he was off on a rant. Luke had also sat up on his side of the twin bed facing Bo's bed. Glad that he had put on pajama bottoms, he also began gathering his clothes while trying to get a word in Jesse's rant. Dixie had thought Luke's plan wasn't a great idea, but she had gone along with it. They both knew everyone would have a good laugh about this later, after Jesse calmed down. She had on Luke's t-shirt that was a bit roomy on her. She took the blanket with her as she slid her jeans on and then turned to watch Luke try to explain things to Jesse. "You all know I don't run no brawdy house here. Ya'll may not have had a curfew in years, but this is still my house, Luke I ought to take you to the barn and I still might! You know I have never held to ya’ll messing around..... After trying to get a word in several times, Luke reached behind him and took Dixie's left hand and held her hand up with his left hand. The new gold bands sparkled across the dimly lit room. Jesse’s rant stopped cold, when Luke held up his and Dixie’s left hands. “You're married!!” Daisy squealed with excitement. Bo couldn’t get out of the room with Uncle Jesse and Daisy standing in the doorway, so when Uncle Jesse hushed, he turned back toward Luke, seeing the new gold rings just as Daisy squealed. BL decided to drive out to Hounddog lake, just as the sky was beginning to lighten “c’mon Sadie let’s go for a ride. Gloria Kravitz had gotten used to the Davenport girls coming and going, she had even learned what both cars sounded like, so hearing BL leave so early she wondered aloud “I wonder where she’s going this early? It ain’t time for the post office to open. BL drove out to Hounddog lake, the sun just beginning to peek over the trees, any other morning she would have taken in the beauty but today she was preoccupied, no sign of General Lee here either. BL didn’t know what to do now as she drove around to a few more places looking for Dixie, she didn’t want to raise the alarm by calling Dixie or Luke on the CB and calling the Duke farm on the telephone would only get the gossip mill going. Bo was still not awake fully. He processed the information just a bit slower than Daisy had but finally said, "Luke? Really? Married?? Really ya'll got married??" Luke knew it would take more than the rings to convince Jesse. He had already reached in his pocket for an unofficial copy of the marriage license that he handed to Jesse as he grinned mischievously at Bo and replied, "Yep. That there is the unofficial copy. Reverend Frawley, said he'd have this one registered today at the courthouse." Jesse looked at the paper in his hand. This was a day he never thought he would see. Here one of his boys had finally at least started to prove him wrong. Jesse had been certain that the chances of any of them settling down and starting a family was about the same chance as hogs producing beef. "Well, now, Lucas we might just forget about that trip to the barn, but we's still gonna have ourself a talk later. Unless ya'll forgot, we still have a farm to run here and don't you two married people have jobs to get to?" "No, Sir, we fixed that last night. After chores and breakfast, we still have another whole side of the family to tell." Luke remembered. Dixie had gathered the rest of her clothes and was trying to make her way to the bathroom, "I'll just step across the hall so these guys can get dressed then I'll come help you and Daisy fix breakfast." Jesse headed for the kitchen, closing the bedroom door behind himself. Daisy hurried back to her room thinking about what all was needed for a small reception/get-together for the two families. Dixie came out of the bathroom and went to the kitchen to help with breakfast. Jesse smiled at Dixie “well welcome to the family,” Jesse said. "I told him that wasn't the best way to tell ya'll." Dixie said. "Well, now, I handle that." Jesse said with a bit of a grin. Dixie couldn't help herself, "You know there were times I thought this day would never happen." Jesse handed her a cup of coffee, "Truer words have never been spoken." Once they were alone in their room, Bo was now more awake and trying to catch up. "Luke you really got married? Bo asked, he still couldn’t believe it, even though Luke had shown Uncle Jesse the marriage license. “Yes Bo, I really got married,” Luke replied. “Why all the sudden?” Bo knew Luke liked Dixie, maybe loved her but he didn’t think Luke was ready to settle down yet. You said that day a while back, when me, Daisy, Cooter and BL thought ya’ll went to Chickamahoney hat we’d all be the first to know,” Bo reminded Luke. “We’re telling ya first ain’t we?” Luke replied. “Yeah, ” Bo said but what he’d meant was they all wanted a heads up, so they could go too as the witnesses. “Didn’t want to wait another day, I love her Bo,” Luke answered Bo’s question about ‘why so sudden’ truthfully without telling their other reason just yet. Luke wanted it to look like Dixie got pregnant soon after the wedding. "Come on Bo, let's get at it so we can catch Luther and Cooter before the garage fills up." Luke said. He looked forward to this conversation with his new father-in-law like he would a root canal. BL was still out driving around looking for Dixie and Luke, since it was still a while before she needed to go back to town and open the post office. As she neared the eDuke farm, the General Lee’s one of a kind paint job could be seen from the road. “How about we get some answers, huh girl?" BL said, turning the steering wheel hard, pulling in the driveway and parking beside Uncle Jesse’s pickup truck. “C’mon Sadie,” BL had just opened the back screen door, when Bo and Luke came out the kitchen door. “Mornin Darlin, whatcha doing out this early?” Bo asked giving BL a kiss. The “Looking for our cousins, Dixie still wasn’t home when I went to bed. I wasn’t worried until I got up to go to the bathroom in the wee hours and she still wasn’t home,” BL said. “Bo let’s go back inside a minute,” Luke said as he purposely slid his left hand in his pocket. Bo grinned wild. Chores put off a few minutes and now that he was fully awake, he wouldn't miss this for the world. "Sure. This ought to be great!" BL looked at Bo's unusual reaction, "What should be great?" Luke just guided her toward the kitchen. Sadie followed them back through the screen door but stayed on the screened porch. She didn’t normally go in the house, not because Uncle Jesse said ‘no’ but because BL respected the fact he never had, had other animals inside his house. “Mornin sugar, ain’t it a great day?” Daisy chirped. “Mornin’ Daisy” BL replied wondering why Daisy was so perky, this early. “What’s up? You didn’t come home last night Dix,,,I waited up for a bit, just thought maybe you and Luke lost track of time but when I woke up in the wee hours and you still wasn’t home, I was worried and I been sitting on the couch waiting for it to start getting light, so I could go looking for ya.” BL may not have raised her voice but they all knew she was fussing just the same. "I'm sorry for worrying you. It was really late when we got here." Dixie began as Luke moved around behind her chair. Dixie continued, "I don't think I'm gonna be staying there as much anymore." BL looked confused. Even though she knew Dixie's secret, she was still thinking about losing sleep worrying about Dixie. Dixie smiled up at Luke, then back to BL before she said, "I think this might make things clearer." She handed BL her pretty copy of the marriage certificate and waited..... BL stared at the marriage certificate a full minute without saying a word, smiling big at the newly weds “congratulations! So this is why you didn’t show up at all at the Boar’s Nest? Me, Bo and Cooter thought you might come late, BL said. “Yep that’s why” Dixie replied, “Have you had breakfast?” Jesse asked. “No sir, I was too worried,” BL replied. “Daisy set another place”, Jesse directed, it wasn’t exactly an invite BL could turn down, Jesse Duke had spoken. “Yes sir, Uncle Jesse,” Daisy said, setting another place. Everyone sat down to eat after the three girls got it on the table. Talk centered around the newlyweds, Daisy was only slightly disappointed at not being able to plan a wedding but was content with a family gathering of the two families in the evening “what kind of cake do ya’ll want? I need to get some things from Rheubotttom’s and I can by the bakery and get a cake while I’m in town.” Daisy said a mental list of things she needed from Rhuebottom’s. “Just a yellow cake’s fine Daisy, right Darlin? “ Luke replied. “I have something to ask.” BL said, the Dukes all looked at her. “I know you ain’t got a place of your own yet and livin here will be kind of cramped, so how about my house in town?” BL saw both of the newlyweds getting ready to protest that they couldn’t take her house, so she held up a hand to stop them. “It’d be temporary, I’m sure you want to stay here on Duke land, Luke but as I said this house would be cramped. My house is all furnished and I don’t mind moving back in with Daddy. Both Luke and Dixie knew how much BL's house meant to her. Luke also knew Dixie was waiting for him to answer, so he did. "How about we accept your offer tonight after we go have a conversation with the Davenport half of this family? That will give us all a little time to work out the logistics. And, Daisy, before you go buying up half of Hazzard, can you give me a running start. You go out buying cakes, and the phone lines are gonna melt." Jesse gave him a stern look, "How fast do you think they are gonna melt when Reverend Frawley registers that marriage certificate at the Placid County Courthouse. You know Jeb's mama has spys stay on alert over there for anything involving a Duke. News like this ain't gonna keep long." Luke replied, "Jesse's right ya’ll. Come on Dixie.....Let's get this over with." BALLADEER: Now friends everyone in that room understood Luke's dread at sharing his and Dixie's happy news. “Ok that sounds like a good plan, I’ll go pack a bag at lunchtime and drop it off at Daddy’s when I deliver the mail.” BL said, looking at her watch. “I got to get to work…so I’ll be right behind ya’ll, I can call backup if Luther tries to kill ya,” BL grinned cheekily. “Cute BL,” Luke said. He and Dixie headed out, BL and a not so happy Bo following them outside. “I’ll see ya this evening Darlin;,” Bo kissed BL on the forehead, “See ya later Bo,” BL replied, getting in her car heading toward town as Bo went to the barn to do the chores alone. In town, like most work days, Luther Davenport pulled up to the garage a bit before eight. He unlocked the office, then the bay doors, and then put on a pot of coffee in his automatic coffee maker. It wasn't like perked, but the time it saved him at work was worth it. Cooter had gotten in early last night, so when he pulled in about the time the coffee was done, Luther wasn't surprised. Usually, Cooter was a mite late if he'd had wrecker calls. Luke and Dixie were in his pickup. Luke hoped to get to the garage before it opened, but with BL stopping by, he was a bit later than he wanted to be. As he pulled into town square, Luke had an idea and stopped short of the garage at the bakery. Dixie looked confused, "Luke, what are you doing?" Luke cracked a smile. "It's been a while since I had donuts and beer for breakfast." Dixie shook her head and ran into the bakery. A few minutes later, she came out with a box of assorted doughnuts and a small bag. Luke knew but had to ask, "What's in the bag?" "These are mine. Holes." Dixie said as she was already opening the bag. Luke pulled in at the garage. Out of the way of customers. When Cooter and Luther saw where Luke parked, they knew he wasn't there as a customer. "Hey there, Luke, Dixie. What are you doing in town?" Cooter asked. Luther had turned his attention back to setting his register up. Luke set the box of doughnuts on the counter by the register, went to the fridge and grabbed three beers. He tossed one to Cooter, then set the other between Luther and the box of doughnuts. He opened his beer and leaned up against the car that was already parked in the bay, much like he would have done on any Saturday morning when he hung out at the garage as a teen. Dixie had taken her spot on a tall stool that had been at the garage since she was little. She just happened to be sitting between Luther and Luke as she was munching on the doughnut holes. Luke took a sip of his beer as he watched Cooter grab his first choice of the doughnuts and open his beer. While the box was open, Luther reached for his choice, knowing if he didn't get his pick now that it wouldn't be there later. Luke now answered Cooter’s question, "We were out pretty late last night, so we both took a day today." Luther frowned a bit at both Luke and Dixie, calling off work for being out late. He'd known Luke to work for him, run moonshine at night, and plow a field the next day before lunch. Cooter also gave him a frown, thinking much like his father, but said, "wait, ya'll didn't come out to the Boar's Nest last night." "No, we didn't." Luke said, keeping his tone light, "Instead, we went for a drive." He paused for a drink of beer. "Ya know, there are still a lot of back roads in this county. We rode around and did a lot of talking. One thing led to another, and the next thing you know, we popped out of the woods right in Chickamahoney. At the post office BL was just unlocking the front door and raising the window shade when she saw Luther arrive at the garage. Flipping over the ‘open’ sign on the door, BL stepped out onto the sidewalk at the same time Luke and Dixie pulled into the garage parking lot and parked out of the way of customers. BL’s attention though was shifted from what was happening at the garage, when the mail truck arrived. “Morning Joe,” BL greeted the driver as he lifted the truck’s rear door, climbing inside, getting the mail bag. “ Good Morning Miss Davenport,” Joe replied. “See you tomorrow Miss,” Joe got back behind the mail truck’s steering wheel, heading to his next stop. Taking the mail back inside BL continued getting everything ready to start the day, while sort of watching for any signs of a commotion over at the garage. Luke took a sip of beer to see if that got any reaction. All he noted was Dixie's eyes widened at the mention of Chickamahoney. Cooter said, "Man, that was a long ride through the woods. Did ya take that old road out across Iron Mountain.?" Luke knew the one. "I know that one, but remember, we was in the General Lee. We took the one out by Hounddog lake." Cooter reached for another doughnut and nodded with his mouth full. Luther was checking his inventory. Luke continued, "While we was over that way. We decided to make a stop." Cooter added, "If yall left after supper, there couldn't have been much open." This slow, easy, seemingly ideal conversation between Luke and her brother was about to drive Dixie nuts, but she figured that Luke knew what he was doing. "This place is open most all the time, Cooter." Luke said, finishing his beer and reaching for Cooter and him a refill. Luther added, "Nothing much over there to be open except a couple of those wedding chapels." Thinking of their past, Dixie held her breath. "Yep, that's a fact. There are a few of them over there." Luke confirmed. Cooter asked, "Yeah, but where did ya'll stop? They ain't got a new all night café open over there, do they?" "Not that I saw Cooter." Luke said. He loved his buddy. Well, his brother-in-law now. “"The fact is, ..." Another sip of beer, "We decided to pay Reverend Bachman a little visit." “REVEREND Bachman!” Luther nearly choked on his doughnut. Dixie could see this spiraling downhill fast but the newlyweds were given a short reprieve as someone pulled up at the pumps and Mr. Peabody drove up to get the tractor part he needed, that Luther had gotten for him. “Thank ya Luther,” Mr. Peabody said, taking the part Luther handed him. Dixie took this time of distraction to get herself a coke out of the fridge, since Luke had forgot to get her a drink before. Luther had nearly choked on his doughnut at the mention of Reverend. Bachman, but he'd had to deal with his customer, so he had a few minutes to think before he got into Luke and Cooter’s conversation. "Luke, why would you and Dixie go see Reverend Bachman late at night?" Luke couldn't help himself. He was enjoying this conversation. He knew Luther may be pissed off, but other than swinging on him, what could he really do about it. Luke had waited a long time to not only prove Jesse wrong about the 'hogs producing beef' and all, but to prove Luther wrong too about how he'd use Dixie and leave her. He was trying to hide his amusement as he replied, "About a wedding, of course." Dixie was certain that if they lived through this, that she may kill Luke herself!" Luther asked, "So, this means that you have asked Dixie to marry you?" Luke replied, "Yes." Cooter was watching the conversation that reminded him of a chess game. "Dixie, I take it that you said yes?" Luther asked. "Yes, Daddy, I said 'yes'." Dixie said. "So, when is the wedding?" Luther was looking at Luke. Luke reached for the marriage certificate that he had shown Jesse as he replied, "Today, well earlier this morning." Luther looked from Luke to Dixie and back, then something toward the ceiling caught his attention for the briefest second before he horsley said, "So, you really want to be this grease monkey's wife?" "Yes, Daddy, more than I've wanted anything in a long while." Dixie replied. Luther nodded, then turned to Luke, "Alright. I've tried to make sure Dixie would not be hurt and would be happy all her life. I guess maybe I tried too hard. It seems that it's your turn now." Luther extended his hand to Luke, then pulled back, "There's one more thing. Remember, this is a family business, and you are officially family now." Luke stepped closer, looked the man in the eye, and firmly met the hand shake with his strong grip. Unbelieving what he'd witnessed, Cooter said, "Well, I think a beer is in order to mark this occasion." He was already heading to the fridge. Cooter got them all a beer,passing them around. Once they all had a beer, Cooter held up his bottle toasting the newly weds simply saying “congratulations!” Over at the Post Office, BL was dying to know what was going on. Mrs. Frawley, her neighbor on the other side, also the wife of the reverend of church there in town, came in “mornin Mrs. Frawley, how can I help you?,” BL greeted the woman who’d been her Sunday school teacher. “Morning BL, I need to send this priority,” Mrs. Frawley handed BL a large manila envelope. Taking the large envelope, stamping ‘PRIORITY’ in red she put it in a wire tray below the counter. “Is there anything else ma’am?,” BL asked, smiling. “No that’s all today, hope we’ll see you Sunday,” Mrs. Frawley said. “I know it's been awhile since I came to church, just got busy, that’s not a good excuse I know,” BL replied. Luke watched Dixie as she took the beer from Cooter, opened it, and took a drink for the toast. Dixie had been to Luke's right, so he held his beer in his left hand as he took a drink. Cooter looked totally shocked and said, "Now that's gonna take some getting used to seeing. It looks just plumb strange." Luke replied, "I don't know. I kinda like it." Dixie added, "Well I know I love mine." BL couldn’t take another minute of not knowing what was going on over at the garage and she knew exactly how to find out, gathering up the garage mail for ‘special’ delivery she swore under her breath as Enos Strate parked in front of the Post Office, he’d been off work with a broken arm “mornin’ BL, how’s it going? Enos greeted with his usual chipper way. “Mornin’ Enos, everything’s good. How’s your arm? I see you got the cast off,” BL said. “It’s good as new, Doc Applby took the cast off last week but he wanted to check it one more time before releasing me for duty. Thought I might as well pick up my mail on the way out.” Enos replied. Giving Enos his mail and wishing him well with his doctor’s appointment, BL clipped Sadie’s leash on and picked up the garage mail again. “C’mon Sadie, let’s take the garage mail over,” At the garage BL waved the mail then laid it on the desk “Hey…I brought the mail Luther.” Luke had turned some of his attention to the car that Cooter was working on. Luther replied, "Thanks BL." Dixie could see the questions written all over BLs face. Dixie quickly handed her beer to Luke as she walked out front with BL. Dixie smiled at her cousin's comment. "Well, it went better than I imagined, but I think that's what worries me." The girls had a good laugh before Dixie asked, "Hey, do you think we should try to beat all the busy bodies and put an announcement in the paper or just let Hazzard gossip take its course?" "You know no matter what you do, some will still gossip but an announcement in the paper might be nice for those that actually would be happy for ya’ll but may not hear it from the busybodies,” BL replied. Daisy had held off going to town just as long as she could. There was Duke news to spread, a reception to plan, cake to order. Her mind was racing nearly as fast as she was driving coming into town. Jesse had been a bit concerned about how Luther would take Luke and Dixie's news, so he was also headed to town a mite slower than Daisy. On the way to the bakery, Daisy saw Luke's truck still at the garage and Dixie and BL outside. She pulled into the garage instead. "Hey, ya'll. Am I clear? How did it go?" Dixie replied. "Better than I expected, which concerns me." Luke heard Daisy pull up. He'd been thinking on the way to town. "Excuse me, fellas." Outside, Luke put his arm around Dixie and Daisy, "I've been thinking, with tomorrow a work day and all...." He never got the thought out before Daisy read his mind. "Oh, no, you don't, Lucas Duke. You can not have news this big and not let me plan a party!" Luke found himself now putting his hands in front of him defensively, "I wasn't trying to stop you, Daisy. I swear. Just hear me out." "Ok." Daisy sulked. "Why don't you just get or make a small cake tonight. Have everyone over for supper and cake tonight. Then, this weekend, after you've had more time to plan, do it up big then?" Luke explained. "Well. Alright." Daisy agreed since she now had 2 parties to plan for. Dixie said, "Hey, that could work with what we were talking about. I was thinking of going over and putting an announcement in tomorrow's paper. We could invite everyone to the reception in the announcement." Luke replied, "That's fine by me. That is all y’all though." Dixie replied, "You just got to be there." Luke smiled mischievously and showed her his pager. "Maybe." He called as he headed back in the garage to tell Luther and Cooter about supper tonight. “Just let me see if Sadie can stay here and I’ll go over to the Gazette with ya’ll, I ain’t seen nobody go in the Post Office so I got time for a quick stop,” BL said, turning back to the garage. At the ‘Hazzard County Gazette’, Luke’s newspaper friend Norm was there helping out, like he did sometimes he asked “what can I do for you ladies?” “We want to put a couple announcements in tomorrow’s paper,” Daisy said. “Just put down what you want them to say, Norm handed Daisy a pen and a couple forms that said ‘please print’, Daisy gave Dixie the forms and pen. On the first Dixie wrote: On August 5th Lucas K Duke and Dixie L Davenport were wed in a small ceremony in Chickamahoney. Giving Daisy the other form and pen, Daisy wrote: There will be a wedding reception at 6:00 pm Friday at the Boar’s Nest, to celebrate the marriage of Luke Duke and Dixie Davenport. Out of habit, Norm took the first form from Daisy to read over to make sure all the needed information was included. Getting to the names of people who had been married, Norm let out a long, low whistle. "You two are serious?" Dixie was still writing all the information to make the announcement a nice one. She and Daisy looked at each other, then back at Norm before replying that yes, they were very serious. Norm was reaching for his camera and going into full reporter mode. "This is great! Where is Luke?" "At the garage." Daisy replied. "Well, come on, ladies. I need to go congratulate him." Norm said. He was thinking that this was going to be the biggest story he had ever written in Hazzard! BL had to go back to the garage to get Sadie and asked before Norm could get into full reporter mode or anything, afterall a Duke boy getting married was big news, “Daddy’s meeting me at the cafe for lunch, can I tell ya’lls big news or do you want me to let him read it in tomorrow’s paper?” Luke looked at Dixie, Clyde was her Uncle, so Luke thought it should be her call. Dixie replied, "I've been waiting since I was 15 to tell this to the world. Go for it." Luke couldn't help but cringe just a bit at Dixie's choice of words as he looked over at Luther. BL laughed at her cousin’s reply, her Uncle didn’t look amused at his daughter’s words although he didn’t say anything you could see his jaw muscles working. “Invite him and LB for supper and cake, the more the merrier,” Dixie added. You better hurry and get that cake ordered Daisy, before you need a big one instead of just a normal size cake. Tell Betty Lynn that I’ll pick it up after work, so you ain’t gotta come to town twice.” BL said “Will do, thanks BL,” Daisy replied, hopping in her car heading to the bakery. “I better get back to work,see ya’ll later,” BL said, then headed back across the street to the post office. At the Busy Bee, BL got a booth for herself and Clyde, a couple minutes later he came in,sitting across the table in the booth. Jenny, one of the waitresses, took their drink order and brought some menus, when she brought the drinks back. “What are you having Daddy,” BL wanted to get their food before she shared Dixie and Luke’s news, so she wouldn’t be overheard and inadvertently start gossip. “I think I’ll have the catfish platter,how about you? Clyde replied. “I had breakfast out at the Duke farm this morning, so think I’ll just have a burger and fries.” BL saw the questions in her Daddy’s eyes. Clyde wondered why BL went all the way out to the Duke farm for breakfast then drove back to town for work but Jenny brought the food so he couldn’t ask. Not wanting to go through the whole, Dixie being MIA all night she simply said, “Dixie and Luke got married and the Duke’s are having a small celebration, they want for the two families and you, LB, and me to come for supper and cake.” Clyde smiled nodding ‘yes’ as he chewed, swallowing he replied “I’ll call LB later and tell him.” BL told him about the big reception/party everybody was welcome at because it was announced in the next day's Gazette. “Can I stay with you tonight? Luke and Dixie are staying at the house, sort of a wedding night alone they didn’t get, it’s my wedding gift," BL said smiling. “Of course you are always welcome, you don’t even have to ask,” Clyde replied. After lunch, with neither having dessert, BL went back to the post office, while Clyde paid their bill and went back to work himself. After talking to Norm, Luke figured to get back to the farm and help Bo some today since he left him to do the morning chores alone. Dixie had scooted off toward the emporium and asked Luke to pick her up there. Her normal nightwear consisted of long night shirts with shorts or joggers. Inside Dixie found a nice silky lavender long gown trimmed in white lace and robe. It may not have been her choice if a wider selection was available, but from what was there, it was the best choice. Dixie had helped Jesse and Daisy with the extra large supper. Then, she slipped off to get cleaned up and changed before the guys came into clean up. Luke had caught up to Bo, and they had been working on mending a fence section. This particular job left lots of time for thought and discussion. Bo finally got around to asking Luke, "Luke, how long were ya'll planning to get married? I'd have thought you would have at least talked to me about the possibility of you asking Dixie." Luke kicked the post hole digger into the ground and leaned on it, looked heavenward, and said, "Bo, I not only thought about it but had asked Dixie years ago. You and the people who matter to us knew that. We were driving and talking, and when we ended up in Chickamahoney, we felt it was just time." “Uh huh, ok.” Bo didn’t exactly buy Luke’s reasoning, well completely. Bo asked, "Does it feel strange? Ya know, knowing you can't chase women anymore?" Luke laughed, "Strangely, it feels good knowing I don't have to chase women anymore. I just have to go home “Why ain’t you chasing a new woman every week?” Luke asked turning the tables on Bo.. “You ain’t been with nobody but BL for a couple months now,” Luke added. Bo set a post in the hole Luke had just dug, kicking dirt around it, then packing it down with his boot. In town BL locked the Post Office door, turned the sign to closed, pulling out of the alley and across the street, hanging a left at the church, BL pulled up in her driveway, leaving Sadie in the fenced in yard,” be right back girl, just going to pack a bag,” BL went to her room, packing black jeans and a blue top with a ruff on the shoulders, underwear and socks. In her makeup bag she tossed in her usual makeup, hairbrush and ponytail holder, deodorant and body mist. In the bathroom she got her shampoo and conditioner. Grabbing a thing of wet dog food and putting it with her stuff, she went back out to her car and headed for the bakery. Luke had noticed that Bo had become pretty quiet the rest of the afternoon, it was ok by him since he was doing a lot of thinking his own self. After telling Luther that they were finally married, things pretty much seemed like old times at the garage. Even though he knew not to totally let his guard down and be too relaxed too soon, Luke almost felt comfortable again in the same room with Dixie and Luther. That was a feeling he hadn't expected to ever return. Instead of washing up, Luke decided to shower, put on his newest blue jeans, and was giving his boots a fresh polish when Bo came into their room. BL entered the bakery, a bell above the door jangling, to announce her presence. A woman with salt and pepper hair, wearing a bib apron came out of the back with a friendly smile for her customer “what can I do for you sugar?” Becky Lynn asked. BL returned the smile replying “I need to pick up a cake for Daisy Duke”. Becky Lynn looked at the notebook by the register, going over to the cooler, taking out a cake with blue and purple flowers Congratulations Luke and Dixie written on it. How much Miss Becky Lynn?” BL asked. “Daisy paid this morning. Tell Luke and Dixie congratulations,for me,” Becky Lynn said. “Yes ma’am, I will,” BL replied. BL left town, going way slower than normal, so she wouldn’t damage the cake on the seat beside her, when out of nowhere a 15 mph speed sign popped up and then she heard a siren. “Gjit,gjit, I got her now, hang on Flash Darlin” Rosco said to his faithful companion. BL picked up her CB mic “Rosco what do you want? I ain’t speeding, heck I ain’t even goin 20,'' BL said, not even speeding up a little bit. “The sign said 15 and I clocked you at 17, so pull on over,” Rosco ordered. “Rosco there ain’t no speed limit signs on a dirt road. The frosting on this cake will melt, if I stop. You don’t want to explain to Daisy and Jesse you’re the reason Luke and Dixie’s cake, celebratin their marriage, got ruined, now do ya? BL said. “N..no I don’t……married?” Rosco replied weakly, dumbfounded by the news. Turning back toward town, he had to tell Boss. BL brought the cake in, sitting it on the dining table. They would be eating outside at picnic tables so there’d be plenty of room for everybody. Dixie was just coming out of Daisy's room, where she had changed and fixed her hair. Usually, she wore it pulled back in a ponytail around the house, and tied the ponytail up above her collar while at work, but tonight she had left it loose hanging around her shoulders and down her back. In the kitchen, Dixie volunteered herself and BL, "What do ya'll need us to do?" Uncle Jesse made a mental note of where supper was, "Get the table cloths out of the drawer over there, and ya'll can put them on the picnic tables and set the tables. Dixie reached for the table cloths and BL did a count; four Dukes, three from Luther's and 3 from her house. She then counted out ten plates, silverware and glasses. Once outside, while putting the checkered table cloths on the tables . BL was glad they were alone, the rest of the Davenports wouldn’t be there for a little while still and she had something privately to discuss with Dixie “hey Dix, I think I know a way to keep the gossips somewhat at bay, when they find out you're pregnant,” BL said. Dixie looked around quickly, ensuring they were alone, "Shhhh. How?" She asked just above a whisper. BL lowered her voice, even though she didn't think she was being loud. "You need to see a doctor asap, for a checkup, the doc will tell you how far along you are and a due date. So you just have to hide it a few weeks, then be vague about details," BL smiled "simple". Dixie looked up to see Daisy coming out with the rest of the items to set the table, "Simple. Right. Have you forgot who my cousin in law is?" “You ain’t planning to tell the family soon are ya?” BL asked once Daisy went back inside. When Dixie didn’t say anything right away, she nodded once saying “Didn’t think so because Luther would go into orbit…Just be careful what you do, like putting your hand on your belly because actions sometimes speak louder than words.” BL replied. Dixie shot BL a look. "That's silly. I mean, yeah, later on maybe, but I've only known a couple of days, so what would make you think I'd do that already?" “You wouldn’t if you were thinking about it.” BL shrugged. “We better get back to helping before anybody suspects something’s up,” BL said, going back inside,picking up the plastic bowl Jesse put water in For Sadie, when he dog sat for BL. Bo looked at Luke. He knew Luke liked his boots polished and cleaned, but to be giving them a good polishing like he was just for supper wasn't normal. "Getting a bit overdressed, aren't you?" " I don't think so. In fact, it wouldn't hurt you to dress up a bit." Luke replied as he put his shoe shine kit back in his closet. He had already tossed a change of clothes in a bag that was sitting on the foot of his bed. Bo looked down at himself “what’s wrong with the way I’m dressed?” Bo asked. “You ain’t going jukin’” Luke answered somewhat exasperated. He wanted everything perfect. “I ain’t going to church neither,” Bo replied. Luke shook his head, Bo just didn’t get it. "Well, just hurry up. Alight." Luke instructed as he left the room in a huff. He heard the wrecker turn down the driveway. He wasn’t sure if it was Cooter, Luther, or both. Bo didn’t know what Luke’s problem was, he didn’t see why the Davenports coming to supper was such a big deal, they had been coming for Sunday lunch on occasion for a long time. Taking one more look in the mirror to make sure his cowlick was laying down, he followed in Luke’s path. Hearing the wrecker, BL whispered as she passed by Dixie “ready or not here they come.” It wasn’t long after, Sadie barked happily in greeting as Clyde and LB’s pickups came down the driveway. "Thanks, BL." Dixie said. Just then, she felt more than heard Luke step up behind her. "Are you good?" Luke asked Dixie. "As long as Dad is the same man you talked to this morning, I'm great." She replied. Luke said for only her to hear, "Tell me about that." Jesse eyed the private conversation before declaring, "We's got company. Lets all get out there and greet them. Where's Bo?" Bo was tucking his shirt in as he replied, "Right here, Uncle Jesse." Outside LB came over as Luke and Dixie came out the door. Grinning wide LB said “congratulations Luke,rugrat.”. BL jumped at her brother on Dixie’s behalf ”LB, Dixie’s a married woman not a kid and it’s time you figured out she’s all grown up!” BL scolded. Cooter was about to bust a gut laughing “that’s tellin’ him squirt” Bo stood behind BL trying not to laugh out loud. She might be little but she was a little spitfire when riled. Jesse figured with the two Davenport elders there that he would let them handle their own. It was Clyde who spoke up first, "Kids! Enough." BALLADEER: Like the Dukes, the Davenport 'kids' knew when to cool it, well most of the time. Daisy said, "Ya'll sit down and get some iced tea. We'll have supper out here in a few minutes. Uncle Jesse, you can visit. BL will help me." Dixie said, "I'll help ya'll." "Oh, no, you won't. Now that company's here. You just stay out here with Luke. We've got this." Supper went smoothly, much to the relief of Luke and Dixie. After the leftovers and plates were cleared, Daisy brought out the cake. She had thought about asking Uncle Jesse about serving ‘shine with it but decided that could wait for the big reception at the Boar’s Nest, Friday. After cake, while Daisy and BL cleaned up, Bo, Cooter and LB were making plans of their own for Friday’s festivities. Luke was not looking forward to a man to man talk with Luther so he took Dixie by the hand saying, “let’s take a walk.” “Ok,” Dixie replied, the couple headed toward the back forty. The three elders went to the front porch to visit, Jesse sat in the rocking chair, the Davenport brothers made themselves comfortable at opposite ends of the swing. Jesse took a drink of coffee and said, "It's been good having you both over tonight. It's been a while. But now that we are officially family, I hope you'll come by more often." Luther knew, as did the other men, that you could likely count on one hand the number of times he'd been out to the farm since Dixie had left town. "It has been awhile, and I'm sorry for that, Jesse." "Well, we's family now. I hope we can all put the past behind us and move on." Jesse said. Clyde gave Luther a sideways look, trying to gauge how he’d answer. Luther took a drink of his own coffee, he was doing his best to put the past behind but it wasn’t easy sometimes. “No reason not to, kids are ALL grown now,” Clyde said, stressing the word ‘all’, mainly for Luther’s benefit. "I hear you both. I'm trying. Actually, I had been seeing the writing on the wall, so to speak, for some time since Dixie's been back. I even had a conversation with someone who wasn't happy at all to see Luke calling on his daughter, but told me that by the time his daughter and Luke stopped seeing each other that he sort of missed having him around. But, then I see them together and I can't help it, it rubs me the wrong way." Luther said, then added, "Before, it was the age difference and all. Now, their ages don't matter. I can reason that, but still...." Clyde nodded, "Luther I can understand how you feel and I bet Jesse can too, to a degree,” Jesse nodded ‘yes’. Dixie’s your ‘baby girl’, same as BL’s mine and we don’t want to see them get hurt,” Clyde continued “but we can’t always protect them, we got to let go and just let them know we’re there if they need us.” Luther nodded in agreement. Jesse added, "I know exactly how ya'll feel. None of us want to see Daisy hurt, but when she sets her mind to something, I just have to let her be, even if I know she’s going to get hurt,” After getting the kitchen cleaned up and the dishes washed Daisy and BL went to Daisy’s room to do their own planning for the reception Friday. “What do you think the cake should look like,” Daisy asked her blonde partner in crime. “Nothing real fancy, maybe just two or three layers, maybe just a few blue flowers around the base of the top layer and a bride and groom cake topper for a keepsake,” BL replied. “I bet Lulu will get the ladies club to help with more refreshments, if I ask,” Daisy said. “We should get Dixie a small bouquet to toss and a garter, so Luke can toss it,” BL said, adding “I just have to convince Dixie to wear a dress, so she can wear it.” Daisy giggled “yeah, I don’t think wearing it over her jeans leg would look right. BL shook her head ‘no’. Not wanting to be in the older men's conversation, Bo, Cooter, and LB had wandered off and were checking out General Lee's engine. Bo looked up and then around, " Say, where did everybody get off to?" Cooter looked around, "The girls are cleaning up and Dad's still on the porch." Bo frowned. It hadn't been what he meant. "Where's Luke?" LB replied, "Beats me." With an evil grin, Bo said, "Let's go find out." "Alright." LB said as the three men headed toward the back forty. About halfway to the wooded area behind the barn, Cooter pulled up short, "Hold it! Hold up a second." Bo said, "What? We're just gonna give Luke some grief." LB added, "Yeah, thatir newlyweds. We can't leave them alone too long." Cooter put his hands in his pockets, looked at his boots and said, "Yeah, but the bride in question is my sister. I don't even want to think thoughts like that." He shook a mental image out of his mind. Bo and LB looked at each other putting themselves in Cooter’s place thinking how it would be if BL or Daisy was off with her groom. They both looked at Cooter and said together, "Right." "I think we need to look at the General's distributor cap." "Distributor cap." Bo said, "Good idea." They turned around and went back to give the General a little more tender loving care. With their plans made Daisy told BL “there’s a ladies club meeting tomorrow afternoon, I’ll go see Lulu in the morning and tell her our plans and get her to ask the ladies for their help making refreshments, then on my way to work, I’ll go by the bakery and order the cake.” “Great. I’ll go to the flower shop and order a simple bouquet for Dixie to toss,” BL replied. “I think we better go check on the three bachelors, before they find trouble, “Daisy said with a big grin. Nodding ‘yes’ BL grinned back, so the two went through to the kitchen. Just as the girls got outside, they saw the three guys coming back toward General Lee. BL said, "Now don't they just look like walking trouble?" "Yes," Daisy agreed, "What did ya’ll do?" Cooter and LB looked at Bo, silently electing him spokesman. Bo didn’t say anything for several minutes “Uh, what were we doing? Cooter thought he saw a bobcat,” Bo said. “With ya’ll out here? Sadie would have been raising cane,” BL said, looking over at Sadie laying in the shade, not a care in the world, certainly not the presence of a bobcat or any other varmint. "A bobcat? On Duke land! Come on, Bo!" Daisy scoffed. Cooter had shot Bo a look when his name had been used in the tail. LB had even got wide eyed. The girls were waiting. Daisy was even tapping the toe of her heel waiting. "Alright." Bo gave in. "We were gonna have some fun with Luke." "Bo!" Daisy exclaimed. He was holding his hand up to hush her and also in self-defense if needed. "We didn't even get near them ...." Cooter again shook his head, trying to get a mental image to leave his mind, "I suddenly got to thinking and decided whatever is going on I don't want to know, see or hear the details." Another half hour and everybody was leaving to get home and get to bed, they had work the next day and there were still things to do at home before dark. “I’m just going to go back for my bag, then I’ll be along,” BL told Clyde. BL got in her car, then called to Dixie and Luke “I’ll meet you at the house.” Luke waved, ‘Mrs Hravitz is going to get a vapor lock, when BL leaves the house but we stay,’ Dixie thought as she pulled out in behind Luke’s pickup grinning wickedly. In town Gloria Kravitz was clipping her roses when BL parked behind Dixie instead of her usual spot, where Luke’s truck was now parked. Gloria wasn’t paying enough attention to what she was doing and cut off 3 of her roses. “Darn it!, Gloria fumed, seeing what had happened. When Luke got his bag from the truck at the sametime BL was putting hers in her GTO, Both giving Mrs. Kavitz a little wave, Gloria went toward her own front porch calling her husband, “Abner,ABNER!” Abner had been dozing in his chair. He crumpled his newspaper as he jumped at his wife's outburst. "What? For Pete's sake. What?" Gloria exclaimed, "One of the Davenport girls took a bag and left. The other is with a Duke boy, who carried a bag in with him!" If what his wife saw was what she really saw, this was upsetting even to Abner. "Surely you are wrong. Jesse Duke wouldn't let his boys do something like that here in town. It's still daylight outside. “You must have seen wrong dear, Jesse Duke wouldn’t stand for no such goings on,” Abner said, trying to reason with his wife. “I know what I saw Abner!” Gloria flounced right back out the door in a huff. Out on the porch she saw that the young couple had moved out onto the porch swing, they were really looking for somewhere cool but Gloria thought they were just flaunting their shameful behavior as she saw Dixie Davenport more than entwined in the Duke boy's arms. , August heat in Hazzard was stifling, but to be in love and newly married in a house with only fans it was downright unbearable. Dixie was sitting in Luke's lap as they kissed deeply. Luke's hands were rightfully moving over his bride's body. The temperature was rising even as the sun set. Getting even more worked up at the disgraceful display, Gloria went back inside to call Rosco, he’d put a stop to it, picking up the phone, she had Gussie, who was filling in while Maybelle was on vacation to get her the sheriff’s office. Enos was on duty, Doc Applby still wanted him to take it easy with his arm that had been broken and evening/night duty was usually uneventful “Hazzard Police Department, deputy Enos Straite speaking.” Enos said. “Deputy this is Gloria Kravitz, I want to report some deplorable behavior” Gloria replied. “Where’s this at ma’am? Enos asked, jotting down the address he promised to check it out then hung up. Hurrying out to his patrol car, Enos looked at the address he’d written down, he saw that it was close by, so he headed that way. Pulling up out front he saw Dixie Davenport sitting on Luke Duke's lap. They were both fully dressed. They were kissing until they heard his car stop. Luke likely knew most cars in Hazzard by the sound of their engines. He knew before he looked up that it was Enos's patrol car that stopped. He looked up to see Enos walking up the walkway to the porch steps. "Evening Luke, Miss Dixie." Enos said with his hat in his hands, turning it nervously. Luke greeted, "Evening Enos. It's good to see you back on duty." "Hey Enos." Dixie added. Enos shifted from one foot to the other, "It's good to be back, but I'm afraid this is an official call." "Official call?" Luke inquired. His mind was going several different places with this limited information. "I'm afraid so." Enos said. "Luke were ya'll doing anything else out here before I pulled up?" Luke wasn't following Enos' question, "Like what?" "Ummmm, .... anything that could be described as 'deplorable behavior'?" Luke thought back to what they had been doing and frowned. "Enos, the only thing we been doing is talking and a little kissing. Bo and I have had heavier petting sessions in the middle of the Boar's Nest on any given Friday or Saturday night." Now Luke was getting just a bit peeved and a little louder, "You know if I can't sit out here on the porch and kiss my wife, then there is something wrong here." Enos replied, "Well, no, Luke. There's nothing wrong with sitting on the porch kissing your wife." Enos paused now hearing what he had said, "Wife? ..... But, Luke, you got to get married to have a wife." "Oh, for crying out loud." Luke reached for the marriage certificate in his wallet. Thrusting the paper at Enos “see married” Luke growled. ”Married, possum on a gumbush. Congratulations buddyroe, Miss Dixie.” Enos gave a bit of a laugh. “Thanks Enos,”Luke and Dixie said together. “I better get back to the police station. Bye ya’ll and congratulations again,” Enos said, heading back to his patrol car. “Well why didn’t you arrest them?” Gloria demanded, arms folded over her chest, she’d wandered to the edge of the sidewalk pretending to be a concerned citizen. “I can’t arrest a married couple for kissing on the porch,” Enos said getting in his car. Gloria huffed, turning to go back inside as the deputy drove away. Luke watched the exchange. "Come on, Dixie." He took his bride by the hand, and they went inside. Upstairs, Luke turned BL's fan to pull the hot air out while turning Dixie's to pull the cool air into the house. With the doors locked, the law gone, each made calls to their respective workplaces that they were taking long deserved holidays the next day. Finally, it was time to shed way too many clothes and head to bed to do what newly married couples do.

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I enjoy both! Books are normally better though.