BoJamesDuke

"There's nothin' you can do right now...look....let me go out and see what I can find..." Jaime said softly as she helped him to lay back down.

Bo however was already long gone down the ladder and was at the General which was parked a way away from the treehouse, hidden in the bushes so as not to attract attention. He slid into the General, planning to give Luke and Lori some time alone. (See above posts to see what I've been doing with Bo)

Jamie swallowed hard, she had seen the dream too but she didn't think they were hurting Bo..not yet,...they would want to find Luke first and hurt Bo in front of him. "Luke you can barely walk as it is...what use are you going to be to Bo in this state?"

Bo put a hand on her shoulder and whispered gently in her ear. "Calm down...talk with your heart not your head..." Before smiling to them both and heading down the ladder to go to the General and CB Uncle Jesse.

Jaime quickly stood up and supported him. "You shouldn't be moving around...you need to rest..."

Bo nodded with a smile and helped Luke bring all the things up into the treehouse. "Yeah we're fine. I'm just gonna go call Uncle Jesse on the CB, let him know we's all ok."

Bo smiled and looked to Lori, rubbing her arm encouragingly before calling back. "Hey Luke, we're up here. C'mon up."

Bo nodded. "He probably is, but s'long as his big toe ain't achin', he won't be too worried about us. We'll give him a call on the CB once Luke gets back to let him know what's happening."

Bo gasped in mock indignence, putting his hands on his hips. "Now you hang on a minute, we can so. We just choose not to. If we pretend that we can't do any o'them things we get outta doin' them around the house..." He said with a smirk.

Bo smiled, glad he could get away from the topic of who he had his eye on. "Yeah them sure were some good times...we missed you lots to Lori..I know Cooter's missed you a whole bunch too. Daisy's gonna be so happy you're back ya know, she's been moanin recently about how she needs another girl round the house...I think she's sick of bein' the only girl for now" He said with a laugh.

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..."