B.L. Davenport

Daisy could see the gleam in B.L's eye and decided to change the subject before she could aggrevate Dixie about hers and Jeb's night anymore. Daisy looked at Dixie and said "Want me to fix your hair Dixie? or does Jeb like the pink? Daisy grinned at her last question she felt bad that Lori had dyed Dixie's hair but it was sort of funny she looked like an easter egg. Dixie ignored the teasing she was feeling pretty good this morning except her sore behind. "That'd be great Daisy thanks" B.L followed them to the bathroom to fix Dixie's hair. She looked in the mirror and pulled her fingers through her hair trying a new style she'd seen recently in a magazine. Daisy let down the lid of the toilet. Daisy: "Set down Dixie" Dixie set down and sat still waiting for Daisy to get the stuff ready to put on her hair that would change the color to something that wouldn't make her look like an easter egg. Daisy went to work after she'd mixed the stuff putting it all over Dixie's hair and working it in good, completely saturating Dixie's hair. "Ok Dix in just a little while you'll be a new woman." Twenty minutes or so later Dixie was no longer a brunette it was a light auburn. B.L looked at the new color and smiled saying "Dixie that color looks great on you, ya did a fantastic job Daisy." Dixie looked in the mirror her hair was still wet from being rinsed out but she liked the color wet. Taking out the blow dryer Daisy and B.L went to work blow drying Dixie's hair and then curled it in soft bouncy waves with side swept bangs. When they were done they stood back and admired their work. Daisy grinned and said. "I did a pretty good job if I do say so myself." "It's great Daisy I love it! Thanks!!" Dixie absolutely loved her new look as she turned her head from side to side and then turned around picking up the hand mirror holding it so she could see over her shoulder to check the back. They all cleaned up the mess in the bathroom from dying Dixie's hair and then went out to the kitchen......

Uncle Jesse?

At the Boar's Nest Bo and B.L went in and pulled several tables together for them all to sit together. Everyone had a beer except Dixie who ordered coke but sipped out of whoever's beer was in reach or slid her way occasionally. They listened to some music then Sally Jane came over and rubbed Bo's shouler's whispering in his ear next thing they all knew he'd disappeared. B.L reckoned she'd be riding home with Cooter,Coy and Vance likely Bo wouldn't be going home no time soon.

After court was ajourned the remaining Dukes and the Davenports crowded around Uncle Jesse and the boys giving hugs and all. When B.L got to Jesse he asked "OK what happened? Dixie's got pink hair and it's been cut and Lori's got blonde hair. Ya all got scratches and Lori's got handprints on her neck!" B.L looked straight at Jesse she hadn't done anything wrong so didn't have a reason to be afraid of getting in trouble. "They been fightin' the last two days I got caught in the cross fire tryin' to stop 'em!" Jesse shook his head and gave the other two girls a withering look while B.L smirked at them just out of his sight. They both gave her murderous looks for being a tattle tale. They knew Jesse would have something to say about them all coming to court looking like this. After they all saw the probation officer and the terms of the probation had been explained they went back to the Duke farm to celebrate. Jesse walked in and the frist thing he saw was a knife in the wall he stopped and removed it turning around and showing it to the 'kids' and asked. "HOW did THIS get in the wall?!" Lori and B.L pointed at Dixie simultaneously as the culprit. Dixie gave them an 'i'll get you look' which both ignored. Daisy, B.L, Lori and Dixie fixed some dinner and they all sat down and ate catching up and then the girls did the dishes and they all went to the livingroom. Jesse looked at Lori, and Dixie asking calmly. "WHAT in the name of heaven have ya'll been doing?" Dixie looked at Lori and pointed saying like a 5 year old "SHE started it!" Jesse held up a hand and said "I didn't ask WHO started it I asked what ya'll had been doing. One of you better start explaining!" Daisy not usually one to tattle could see Jesse was getting riled and this was supposed to be a happy homecoming so she explained. "I gave Dixie a shirt to change into and it was Luke's old football jersey from Jr. Highschool. Lori got mad and they started fightin'. Me and B.L tried to break it up but B.L got hit." Jesse...

Before any of the boys could help Daisy and B.L break up the fight B.L got caught in the cross fire and was hit in the chin so hard it made her teeth rattle by Dixie. Well that was all it took she waded up her fist and knocked the living daylights out of Dixie. "That was ME you hit cousin." The boys kept looking at each other then back at the three girls rolling around on the floor throwing punches. One minute Lori was on top of Dixie then the next Dixie was on top of Lori or B.L. Then B.L'd be on top of one of them it was a fight that could just about rival any barroom brawl at the Boars Nest.....

The others came down the stairs it was obvious the girls had all been crying. Coy and Vance and Cooter looked like three whipped pups though they tried to smile a little for the sakes of the incarcerated. They all pulled up chairs ignoring Rosco's little painted line. Everyone began to talk quietly at first about wednesday but as the visit continued talk turned to more lighthearted banter and teasing until the jail was filled with laughter and sounded like a bunch of mocking birds was there.....

B.L replied as she sat up leaning against the headboard. "Dixie don't do anything you don't wanna do with a guy EVER if he can't respect that then he's not what he should be. Jeb is a Duke and he's been raised right he won't force you into doing anything you don't want to do." Dixie listened and nodded she knew B.L was right Uncle Jesse had raised all his 'kids' proper. Including the four Davenports who hung around the Duke farm almost as much as they had their own home over the years. But Dixie felt better hearing B.L say what she already knew. Dixie said "thanks B I guess I just needed to hear what I already knew." B.L smiled and said "No problem Dix, anytime you wanna talk I'm here ta listen." Dixie nodded and got off the bed heading for the door looking back over her shoulder smirking she said "you can go back to sleep now." BL threw a pillow at Dixie everybody knew once they woke her up she couldn't go back to sleep. So climbing out of bed...

She saw BL and the look on her face said 'that's what ya get fer lyin' to everybody'. Although for once B.L was holding her tongue and not actually saying what she was thinking.

Before Jeb could open his mouth the reply, it was his older cousin who answered first. Bo beat Luke speaking by half a second and said. "Luke and Lori were uh 'helping' each other feel better if ya get my drift and THEY got CAUGHT! So Rosco painted that there line to keep 'em out of trouble." Dixie had the same reaction Cooter had she fell over laughing Lori couldn't even stay out of trouble inside the jail. Luke glared at Bo for telling his business Bo didn't pay it no mind he just snickered. Once Dixie and Bo got themselves back under control they visited a while longer and then it was time for Dixie to go. She took Jeb's hand again and squeezed it lightly told them all she'd see them later then disappeared back up the stairs. Cooter and Lori......

Meanwhile at the garage B.L was helping out Luther while Cooter went to Alabama again. She was pumping some gas for someone when she saw Cooter's vehicle coming down the street. He pulled in at the garage and got out just as B.L took the customer's money and they left she headed Cooters direction to welcome him home and to see how his trip was saying "Well well well the prodigal son returns." Cooter grinned and hugged her picking her up off the ground then setting her back on her feet. "I couldn't stay gone too long YOU'D get into trouble!" B.L pouted and looked offended "ME get into trouble? Cousin I'M about the only one that AIN'T been in any sort of mischief since you left on yer little 'vacation.' How's Beverly and the baby?" Cooter took out his wallet getting out the pictures Beverly had given him showing them to B.L "Nancy Lou and Beverly are doing ok" sounding a little choked up he said "I just wish it didn't hafta be this way I don't want to watch my baby grow up in pictures I wanna be with her." B.L didn't know what to say so she just hugged Cooter tightly. Luther heard them talking and came out of the garage asking. "How's that granddaughter of mine?" Cooter smiled showed Luther the pictures and said "She's fine, beautiful like her mama." After they all talked about the trip B.L dragged Cooter inside the garage and hopped up on the desk telling him all the 'news' he'd missed around here. She'd got wind of Dixie and Lori's little 'contest' and Bo's encounter with the pretty lady officer and she told Cooter about it ALL he was dying laughing by the time she finished. Cooter got up and headed over to the jailhouse still laughing he had to go see about this first hand.....'blabbermouth' had struck again and would probably pay for blabbing all this but she just couldn't help herself it was too good a stuff not to tell.

As Dixie arrived back at the Davenport farm B.L was on her way out she had to work. Calling as she made her way to her car waving at Dixie. "Gotta work, be home late Uncle Luther and Cooter ain't here neither so behave!" Dixie rolled her eyes at B.L she hated it when they still treated her like a kid that can't be trusted. She went on in the house and to her room putting on her pj's laying down on the bed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the garage Luther was working on trying to get a stuck lugnut loose on a car but it just wouldn't come loose. Cooter was in the bathroom cleaning up he was leaving in a few minutes on his way to Alabama to see his daughter, Nancy Lou. He and Beverly had come to a visitation agreement out of court of course so her parents wouldn't know about it when he'd went to Alabama when Beverly had called and told Luther about Nancy Lou and he'd radioed Cooter. They met at a motel a half hour or so away so Beverly's parents wouldn't find out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the Boar's Nest everything was quiet so far the rowdy crowd wasn't there tonight.....

Dixie thanked Daisy for listening to her when Cooter and B.L wouldn't and Lori couldn't because it involved her husband. She suspected Lori wouldn't have listened to her anyway the way they'd been fighting lately. She heard Lori ride out on her horse and decided now was a good time to leave before Lori got back and found her still there. Daisy invited "Why don't ya stay for supper Dixie." Dixie smiled and shook her head replying "I really can't Daisy, but thanks for the invite." Daisy nodded she suspected she knew the reason for Dixie declining the offer she'd seen the looks that had passed between the two cousins. Dixie was probably just trying not to bring their family squabble into the Duke's home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lori meantime had rode.......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Things at the jail and Davenport farm were....

Cooter looked to BL and grinned B.L grinned back, she was so drunk he'd been there and so had B.L and Lori but they weren't about to push the issue with Dixie. B.L said "Alright Dixie if yer not hungover then what's wrong? A sips not a crime but YOU had more than a sip!" Dixie...

At the Duke farm B.L and Daisy was cooking breakfast. Lori was still asleep and they had no idea what time she'd come home from her errand. Once breakfast was done they all sat down to eat and it didn't go unnoticed that Jesse wasn't at the table this morning either. After breakfast the girls cleaned the table up and washed the dishes putting Lori a plate in the oven to keep warm until she woke up. After the kitchen was clean they all started on the rest of the chores. Lori emerged from the bedroom about 9am. She found her breakfast in the stove but wasn't very hungry still worried about what Jesse and the boys was being faced with and what could happen to her and hers and Luke's unborn child if she got caught running moonshine for Boss Hogg. After the chores were done Cooter and B.L decided to go home and do the chores there as well as check on Dixie. When they got home they went upstairs and both noticed Dixie's door closed they knocked and heard a groan from inside. Dixie had a killer hangover hearing the groan they twisted the door knob but it wouldn't turn putting his shoulder to the door Cooter backed up to the other side of the wall and took a running go busting in the room. B.L followed finding Dixie hanging out the window throwing up. "Dix you alright?" B.L asked concerned as she came over to Dixie and put her hand on the younger girls back. Cooter found the jar of shine and knew right away just exactly what his little sister had come down with. He held up the jar of shine for B.L to see. Dixie groaned again she wished they'd be quiet her head was splitting. Cooter left the room and got her a bucket while B.L put her to bed they were gonna leave her to tough it out having both suffered hangovers themselves it would be a good lesson to her. "She'll be fine in a few hours B.L she's just hungover"

Jesse went back to bed once he knew Lori was home safe and sound. Cooter never even twitched on his place on the couch when she came in the door. A bulldozer coming through the livingroom wouldn't have woke him up. Lori sat down in the recliner to think taking advantage of the silent house to mull all this over in her own mind.....

Rapaho County Rev. J.P. Frawley Hogg's Heavenly Buffet

Lori sighed and climbed in Midnight, heading to town. She saw just how many law men were around and she began to tensen up in her seat. She pulled up to the courthouse and climbed out going in to see Boss.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Jesse had asked their opinons everyone had agreed with Lori that he should take the deal and plead guilty to making moonshine if it would keep the Bo, Luke and Jeb out of jail. Now though with supper over and Lori had went somewhere but none of them new where she'd just said she had to do something and she'd be back in a little while. Now the rest of the 'kids' set on the porch discussing what Jesse had told them. Vance: "I don't want the fellas and Uncle Jesse to go to jail but Uncle Jesse's gonna hafta give up a part of his family traditions of 200 years if he makes that deal." B.L: "Vance that ain't what's important you know Uncle Jesse will do whatever it takes to keep ya'll out of trouble." Cooter: "B.L's right" Daisy and Coy nodded their agreement. The group of young people continued to sit on the porch and talk until it was really late. B.L and Cooter not in the mood to go home wanting to be there for their friends decided to stay the night B.L would sleep in Daisy's room on a pallet in the floor since she now had a twin bed instead of the big bed. Cooter would sleep on the couch, soon the house was bathed in darkness and silence as they all slept. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the jail and courthouse......

B.L had him chasing him, Cooter heard her and kept right on running calling back over his shoulder "NUH UH CUZ I AIN'T FALLIN' FER THAT....I STOP AND YOU TWO'S GONNA KILL MEEEE!!!!" B.L was almost on him swinging that club hammer more like an axe than a hammer and replied "Don't matter if you stop I'M GONNA KILL YA ANYWAY!!!!!" Well Lori seen he wasn't gonna stop so she.....

Cooter got brave though and looked to his two cousins saying "What's ya'lls problem ya ain't never acted this way before when you wasn't gettin' any action." The two glared at Cooter with killer looks the demon that he was sure was their souls shining in their eyes. He gulped briefly but continued with his bravery or it might be thought of more as stupidity once he'd finished. "Well ladies I'm sorry about ya'll but I am gettin' it got me a date tonight as a matter of fact." The instant the words 'i am gettin' it' left his mouth Lori was out from under the car she was working on just as B.L took a threatening step toward him. Cooter for once having the sense god gave a goose turned tail and ran for all he was worth. Both B.L and Lori hot on his heels, Lori brandishing the wrench she'd been using to work on the car but B.L had been a little more drastic and was brandishing a club hammer and both were running after him at top speed screaming threats of "I'M GONNA KILL YOU COOTER DAVENPORT". "JUST YOU WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU GONNA KNOCK YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD WITH THIS CLUB HAMMER!" Cooter looked back over his shoulder to see how close they were on his tail and almost tripped but only stumbled briefly and kept right on running!

When Lori got the garage what she saw shocked her Cooter and Luther..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dixie finally made it out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom she needed a hot bath for her aching muscles but needed a cold shower for other things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the jail Luke and Jeb were dying almost literally Bo on the other hand was a happy camper the lady officer had done him wonders..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B.L pulled up at the garage shortly after Lori and stepped in seeing the same thing Lori was seeing but didn't pay it much mind she looked at Lori dressed in a summer dress even though it was only 50 degrees outside and the temperature was dropping. Smirking she asked indicating the fact it was a summer dress. "A little hot and bothered are we cousin?" Lori shot B.L and dirty look and said "Shut up Brandy Lou afore I knock yer teeth out!" B.L folded her arms and leant to the side a little with attitude "ooh I'm shakin' in my boots NOT" Lori took a swing at B.L but missed when B.L ducked, now ordinarily the fight would be on and the two would go rolling around the garage punching and cussing a blue streak but B.L didn't want to risk hurting the unborn child Lori was carrying so just held her ground but Lori was 'frustrated' and wasn't gonna back down. "What's a matter cousin you chicken?" Lori taunted taking another swing at B.L connecting with her lip this time. B.L stared a whole right through Lori and said lethally "do that again and I'm gonna slap you silly!" Well Lori took the challenge and went to do it again only to have her hand grabbed in a vice like grip by B.L and her jaws rang good for her. Cooter and Luther saw a fight coming on and quickly seperated the two. B.L jerked free of Luther and stomped off around the side of the garage leaning her forehead on the wall breathing hard she was mad along with being 'frustrated' and hot. Looking over at the jail house she could see Luke looking out the window and thought him and Bo and Jeb must be about to die over there without 'company' of the female persuasion little did she know Bo was happy as a clam at the moment. This only made her own perdicament seem worse and she turned back to the wall banging her head on it repeatedly whimpering in frustration and pain of her own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the Duke Farm.....

B.L was sitting on the couch talking to Luther, after Lori had gone to bed and Cooter was out on a wrecker call. "Uncle Luther we gotta do somethin' about Dixie she's driving us all nuts with her cleanin" Luther nodded the garage had been the last straw. He liked to come home to a clean house but a man's garage was his castle. "I agree darlin' I just don't know what to do, she's not herself after the Duke boys got arrested." B.L thought 'if you only knew the half of it' yawning and stretching she got up and said... "Think I'll go to bed..g'nite Uncle Luther" She kissed his cheek and went upstairs crawling in bed wondering what Dixie would find to clean tomorrow. A few hours later after Cooter had returned from the wrecker call he and Luther went to bed for the night too.

At the garage Luther pulled up and saw the dumster piled high with stuff. He went into the garage and found just what he thought he'd find Dixie CLEANING she was down on the floor now scrubbing it with a toothbrush! B.L was sitting on the desk her feet in the chair staying cler out of Dixie's way but watching her like she was supposed to. Luther tapped his foot and folded his arms staring at her perched on the desk not bothering to stop Dixie. "YOU were supposed to KEEP her out of here!" B.L looked up and leaned away from Luther replying "I let her come to the jail to see Jeb....then uh she and Lori apparently were both there and got into it.When she didn't come home after an hour or so I came to see if she was still at the jail. Cooter was there and he turned on me and started ranting about her being over here destroying everything so I came to get her but she wasn't doing any harm looks kinda nice so I been settin' here watchin' her." Luther glared at B.L then looked at Dixie who looked up and..........

Mary Lou Pringle Hazzard Lane Green River Mary Lou Pringle is the only one I'm absolutely sure about

Milo Beaudry

Jeb on the other hand could reach him and proceeded to strangle Bo then and there despite Rosco being present. Bo's head was rattling you could almost hear his brain moving in it, Luke just watched smirking as Jeb taught Bo a lesson he'd probably stop Jeb just short of actually killing Bo but for now he'd leave them alone Bo deserved it! Finally Luke decided Bo'd had enough and called Jeb off. "Jeb that's enough don't kill him!" Jeb let go of Bo and went over to the bunk flopping down on it, killing Bo had been just what he had in mind but Luke's authoritative tone as the oldest had compelled him to stop from years of listening to it. Rosco was still muttering and babbling trying to find out more about the CRAZY person over at the garage but he was being ignored by all the boys..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile the CRAZY person known better as Dixie Davenport, was still over at the garage cleaning. Everything that didn't look important was being thrown in the trash the tools were being scrubbed free of grease and motor oil. Old part magazines were being tossed out along with some other stuff that wasn't bolted down.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the Davenport farm B.L was wondering why Dixie wasn't back yet then it hit her like a ton of bricks that she was supposed to keep her from cleaning the garage. B.L ran out the door jumping in the Judge heading for town she hoped Dixie wasn't at the garage but still at the jail. Pulling up at the courthouse she ran inside and downstairs to see if Dixie was there, Cooter turned as did the others hearing the pounding footsteps on the stairs when he saw B.L he turned blue in the face and yelled "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WATCH HER!!!!!" Gulping B.L backed up as Cooter came threateningly closer she turned tail and ran back up the stairs calling as she went. "Hi GUYS....BYE GUYS GOTTA GET DIXIE" Running out of the courthouse at top speed she crossed the street almost getting hit by Mr. Peters not watching where she was going. "Sorry Mr. Peters" B.L apologized and continued to make a mad dash for the garage when she got there Dixie was........