BoJamesDuke

Bo smiled a little, chuckling and looking away before looking back to her. He wasn't about to tell her the truth, not now that she was building up confidence to talk to Luke. "Like I said, don't think about what to say, just listen to your heart and you'll be fine. And as for me, there...there ain't no girl in my life at the moment..."

Bo smiled back, glad he had stopped the tears...he had never really been good dealing with crying women...that was more Luke's forte even though Bo was the more emotionally atuned out of the pair of them. "You need to tell him as soon as possible...tell him what's in your heart, that's the best thing to do. Don't try and think about what to say, just let your heart speak for you...he'll appriciate that more..."

Bo swallowed softly and hugged her close, almost protectivly, shaking his head. "Lori don't cry...cryin' ain't gonna get you no where...just because you were never one o'the girls who could deal with a fling with Luke does not mean he's gonna think any the less of ya...he doesn't mind serious relationships..since he came back from the Marines he's been more concerned about his future and how it's gonna pan out..." He pulled out his handkerchief and softly wiped her eyes. "Sittin' her cryin' over how much you wanna be with him ain't gonna make it happen any faster...what you need to do is calm down an' sit an' talk with Luke...you can spill yer guts out to me all you want Lori, i'll always listen...but i'm not the one you should be tellin' it to...Luke should be hearing these things..."

Bo sighed and hugged her close, rocking her softly as he rubbed her back....truth was he liked Lori...but he also knew he was in no way ready to commit to a serious relationship yet...he was too young for that as far as he was concencerned and Lori wanted that... "Lori...If Luke cares for you, he will get into a serious relationship with you....he may be just as big a skirt chaser as I am, but when he finds someone he really cares about he takes it very seriously...take Candy Dix for example, the girl he met in the Marines...he was head over heels for her and it even got to the point where he was prepared to ask for her hand in marriage...that could happen between you and him Lori...but it won't unless you tell him how you feel. The worst thing to do would be not to say anything and have this awkwardness between you continue the rest of your life..." He looked to her softly. "If it doesn't happen between you two, Luke won't let anything change. he's used to friends coming clean about their feelings for him, he had a lot of friends who were girls back in high school who said so but if he didn't love them back he would tell them so...he's a decent guy Lori...but unless you give him the chance to explore how he feels about you, or even let him know you have feelings for him...nothing is ever gonna happen..." He should know...he'd been making that mistake for years with Lori and now look where it had gotten him...he was here telling her how to get together with Luke...

Jaime nodded with a small giggle. "Uh huh..."

Bo smiled as he leant back against the wall of the treehouse and put his hands behind his head, looking to Lori. "Look...Luke's the best plan maker an' 'Get-me-outta-trouble' guy in all o'Hazzard....he's gonna be just fine. He'll come roarin' up in General Lee in no time you'll see. And I can talk to you about 'You-know-what' whenever you need to sweetheart."

Jaime looked him and smiled a bit, biting her bottom lip before going into the livivng room, sitting next to him. "Yeah...s'me...cookie man.."

Bo grinned and nodded. "S'long as you come barin' hot coco, sure..."

Jaime sighed and leant back against her door for a moment before heading downstairs once her mother had gone.

Bo grinned. "Good...we might need blankets as well then, and very warm sleep clothes...."

"Was just a dream is all, nothing important!" She near yelled back, not wanting to share this with her at all.

Bo nodded a little. "How long you think we'll be up there?"

Jaime swallowed a little and shook her head. "Nothin' important..."

Bo shrugged a little, sighing. "I don't know where to go...the storm's knocked out a lot of our options.."

Jaime swallowed and nodded with a small smile and a sigh. "Oh yeah....I wondered where i'd seen him before..."

Bo nodded to Lori, poking Luke again to get his attention instead of him reapeating himself. "Luke...what do you think...the old treehouse..."

Jamie near jumped a mile when she saw and heard her mother, getting quickly to her feet and nodding. "I'm fine..."

Bo sighed and wracked his brains before gasping and looking to Luke, tapping his shoulder. "Luke! Our old treehouse! That thing can withstand anything!"

Jaime was still sitting at the bottom of her bedroom door, trembling a little at what she had seen but slowly calming herself down.

Bo thought for a moment before shrugging a little. "I guess, but again they could be water logged from the storm..."

The mother listened to Luke a moment before she stood up. "I'm going to find Jamie...she ran off somewhere around the house.."

Bo looked back at him, thinking for a moment before clicking his fingers and shaking his head. "No can't, bit hole in the roof from the last storm..."

"Well....about a county and a half away by the ridgerunner's routes..." She said gently

Sighing, she nodded again and looked down at her lap. "There were...changes which meant we had to move away from Hazzard...we moved out here where its quiet and peaceful..."

Bo nodded and ran to the other truck, relieved to find the other guy was out his truck and standing, shakily against it. "He's in shock is all Luke..."