BoJamesDuke

Bo pulled out of the parking space and sped out of Hazzard Square, putting the end of the inhaler in his mouth and squeezing the medicine in a couple of times before putting it back in his pocket as he drove. "I've always had asthma Luke you know that. It came back more after I got shot and worsened on the track,...probably from the exhaust fumes..."

Bo ran up past Luke and didn't answer his question, running across the square and to a flashy sports car, opening the door and getting in, starting up the car as he fished his inhaler out his pocket.

"Th...Sawyer...he...something...Luke...blood..." Bo stuttered out, making his hands tremble as he looked to Enos as though in shock, falling against the wall.

Bo didn't answer as he headed up the stairs, taking a deep breath before running the rest of the way. "Enos! Enos! You gotta....gotta come down here...please..."

"No, I don't drive the General no more. He's in storage. I've borrowed a car from the track" Bo answered robotically as he headed up the stairs.

Bo paid no attention to the try at some banter, going to the stairs and glancing up before looking back and saying. "Enos is up there, Boss is in his office and I think Rosco's with him."

Bo clenched his jaw, looking back at Luke with eyes that still shone with the tears that were dripping down his cheeks steadily. Shaking his head, he grabbed the keys off the wall and unlocked the door before hanging them back up. Before Luke could step out the cell though, he stood in front of the man and punched him square on the jaw before hissing at him. "That's for being a stupid, inconsiderate Jackass. We're not alright, don't call me cousin and the only reason i'm helping you is because I want Sawyer completly out of my life so I dont gotta worry bout him anymore."

Bo span round and yelled at Luke as he walked forwards, reaching through the bars and gripping Luke's shirt in his hands, pulling Luke more into the bars. "I did it because I have my own personal reasons for throwing that scum inta the state pen for life! In case you forgot, he shot me! You didn't see me recording Sawyer at all, you can see the outline of the tape in my pocket! The only reason you even care about getting out of here now is because of what I said about Cassie!" With that, Bo pushed Luke hard through the bars, making the older man stumble backwards into the cell, outstretching his palm to show the blood brothers scar running down it. "When we did this I thought it actually stood for something! I thought that there would be nothing strong enough that could stand between us but obviously I was wrong wasn't I! Just stupid ol' Bo getting too emotionally attatched to everything that he ever thought meant something...don't you get it Luke?! Your the one that's hurting me...not Cassie, not Sawyer...YOU. Your the one that's pushed me and everyone else away and let Cassie take over every single thought you've got!"

"Well you obviously ain't ben thinking clearly have ya...I've been gone for months...earning money on the race track for a farm that you abandoned because of some girl...Uncle Jesse raised you to see the good in people but we always promised to each other that we would never let anyone - especially not a girl - come between us." Bo said back, stepping a little more into the room, shaking his head as the tears dripped down his cheeks and his voice raised an octave. "You ain't the guy I grew up with...because the guy I grew up with would never let the man who put me in hospital...who near killed me and near killed the girl you supposedly love so much....get away with putting you behind bars for life when you dont even know what his hidden agenda is....your trying to protect Cassie...but what happens if she gets out but your not around..huh? Sawyer's walking free...i'm gonna be looking over my shoulder the rest of my life because of it...Cassie's gonna be forced to be with him and your gonna be in the State Pen...that's not my brother...for all I care...you can rot in hell..." Bo said before turning away and heading out the room.

Bo shook his head at Luke's words, staying right where he was, not moving any closer to the stranger who stood before him. The man behind the bars looked vaguely like his older cousin, but then again the man speaking to him sounded completly different. The word cousin coming from this man's mouth seemed alien to him after everything he had just heard. "Don't call me that...your not my cousin...I don't know who the hell you are or what you've done with him...but I came back hoping to find the guy I grew up with...instead I find this..." Bo manged to grind out as tears filled his eyes and the lump rose in his throat that he had to swallow down. Truth was, he missed Luke something fierce and had done every since Cassie had come along and taken him away. He always knew that someday they would grow up and find other people, but he never ever thought that it would change them so dramatically. When they had made their promise to each other as blood brothers so many years back, Bo had taken it seriously...it was becoming more and more apparant to him, that none of that mattered to Luke anymore and it was killing him.

Hey Its doubtful DaisyMae will be answering Duke or Dupe tonight as she's not very well and is in the hospital please all your thoughts go with her.

Bo didn't tear his eyes away from her the whole time that Luke was forcing him to back away, smiling to himself. It wasn't until he felt Luke's hands on his shoulders, shaking him that he looked to Luke. Luke sighed and shook his head once he had Bo's attention. "Bo...stop this...stop this right now.." Bo frowned a little, shaking his head. "Stop what..." Luke sighed and hung his head, rubbing the back of his neck before looking back to his baby brother...so naive and innocent... "You have to stop falling in love with her...she's Judge Drutton's daughter Bo..."

Bo couldn't take his eyes off her....she was beautiful...a long, shining waterfall of hair was cascading down her back and catching the sunlight. Her eyes were captivating and her frame was neither too thin or too big...she was...perfect... Luke sighed as he saw the two connect again and smiled to Rebecca. "Ma'am, we'll get Cooter here right away...c'mon Bo.." With that he turned and forcefully moved Bo back to the General.

Bo stepped a little closer, putting his hands in his front pockets. "I'm Bo Duke...this...this is my cousin...uh...cousin..." Luke sighed and stood up, standing in front of Bo to seperate the two. "I'm Luke Duke...if you like we can CB Cooter and ask him to come out here and get your car..."

Bo jerked a little, blinking. "Yeah...yeah sorry I...I guess I zoned out..." He said softly. Luke swallowed hard as he saw the look in Bo's eyes, having seen it only a couple of times before in all the time that he knew Bo...one of those had been when he had seen Diane...Bo was in love...and not the usual love a different girl a day either...proper love...she could break your heart so eaisly kinda love...and that was sure to cause nothing but trouble...Luke could feel it.

Luke nodded, moving past her and kneeling down to look at the bumper closer. "Yeah we're fine....and don't worry so much about this bumper. Cooter Davenport can have this knocked back into place in a couple of seconds, he'll fix your headlight too and then put a splash of paint over the orange and everything'll be great again won't it Bo...Bo...Bo?" Bo however was not paying attention to Luke but, as Luke had moved away, had properly seen Rebecca and now was transfixed.

Bo shut off the engine and glanced to Luke before both boys slid out the car and headed over to Rebecca, Bo standing behind Luke as for some reason it made him feel more protected. Luke sighed and finally reached Rebecca with a smile. "Hey there Miss...we're really sorry about this, are you ok?"

Bo felt the jerk and swallowed, slamming on the General's brakes and looking to Luke. "What the heck was that?!" Luke shook his head, turning and looking out the rear view mirror and swallowing hard. "Oh no..." Bo paled a little as Luke muttered those words, thinking maybe he had hit a person, or an animal or something. "Wh...Luke what...what's happened?!" He asked, too afraid to look back. Luke swallowed and shook his head. "Bo...you clipped a car..." Bo frowned a little, a great deal of weight being lifted off his shoulders at the fact it wasn't serious, but not understanding why Luke was looking so worried. "So...why so worried..." Luke sighed, looking to him "Because it was Judge Drutton's Daughter's car you clipped..." Bo's eyes widened before he looked back quickly and saw for himself what Luke was saying. Closing his eyes he groaned and leant his head on the steering wheel. "I'm in trouble..." Luke sighed "C'mon we can't leave her here like this...we'll be in even more trouble..back him up..." Bo swallowed and nodded, throwing the General into reverse and backing up slowly back to where Rebecca was.

Bo sat back in the seat as he drove, taking the roads a little slower so that they wouldn't get back to work so fast. He loved Jesse and he loved the farm but there were times he just wanted to get away and do things for himself with Luke more. He glanced over at his older cousin, the responsible one, who too looked relieved that they had just gotten off work too. Recently they had been working harder than usual and both boys were getting kinda sick of the same sight every day.

Bo however had been on his way down the stairs at the same time that Sawyer had been talking, hearing everything that had been said between the two. Upon Sawyer's proposal, Bo had run back up the stairs and grabbed the tape recorder off Rosco's table, switching it on to record everything that was being said with a smirk. At the point he heard Luke's answer, Bo very nearly turned off the tape, turned around and walked out the door. His cousin hadn't changed at all, not one bit since he had been gone. He had been off working on the track to earn money for the farm that Jesse could no longer get because of Luke's foolish actions. However, that talking he had had with Jesse when he had delievered the money to them kept ringing through his head. Sighing, he heard Sawyer coming down the stairs and slipped the tape into his pocket, letting Sawyer walk past him. He was ready to talk to Luke...but to save his sorry, pathetic butt he wasn't yet. He stepped down the stairs and stood in the doorway, folding his arms and just watching the figure that was supposed to be his cousin...but was really just a guy he didn't even know anymore.

Jesse softly took his handkerchief and wiped the boy's eyes for him tenderly. "Just dont go rushin' off because your so upset...you'll regret it if you do..."

"Maybe ya are son...it just takes time for other people to see it..." Jesse said softly.

"It's gonna be hard no matter what you do Luke...but entering it in this frame of mind is gonna make it worse son..." Jesse countered gently

Jesse wished that Luke would cry like he would when he was much younger...he knew from experience what you needed to go into a war zone and bottled up emotions was not one of them. "Son...if you need to cry then let it out now...because there won't be time for it in training..."

Jesse sighed softly, keeping the man that really was no more than a frightened little boy on the inside close. "You'll learn son...we'll write all the time to tell ya what's going on..."