Garrett Duke

The elder Duke sadly watches Luke and his new friend angrily turn from Daisy to storm out of the kitchen and towards Luke's room. Luke's room that he once shared with Bo before that violent fight that had gotten his youngest child kicked out of the farm and off of Duke property. Luke's room that he now shares with Paul. Chills angrily cross Jesse's exhausted body at the thought of Paul sleeping on Bo's bed, wearing Bo's clothes, and using anything else that Bo had been forced to leave behind. Of all Jesse could see from Paul there isn't anything to be disliked about the guy. He was honest and hard working, he was smart and funny, sympathetic and caring. All at the same time. Yet there was obviously something about the guy that had gotten Bo so upset to have said the things he had said about him. Bo clearly knew something about Paul that no one else knows about, something he feared as dangerous to us or the rest of Hazzard. Bo has never been the type to say something so strong and negative about anyone without a cause or reason. He has never shown jealousy towards another person for missing out on something he wants to be a part of. Yet, when Luke had signed up for the Marines and had went off to war, Bo had been upset and angry at the whole world for taking his cousin away from him. Or as a child when Luke went with friends or did things he wasn't allowed to go with him to, he was upset for missing out and being left behind. So could Luke be right about Bo? Would Bo accuse Paul of such dreadful things in attempt to yank Paul away from Luke? Bo and Luke had been pretty much inseperatable ever since Bo came to live with us as a young baby. Luke had been over protective and had made sure to be there for Bo. Perhaps now that he has cut that bond between them for Paul. . . "Bo wouldn't have accused Paul or have acted so negatively about Paul. . ." Jesse speaks aloud and as Daisy looks confusedly up at him, he realizes he has finished his thoughts aloud. Smiling slightly he finishes his thought aloud, "Bo had gotten upset in the past when something or someone had taken Luke away from him or if Luke decided to go on without him. But Bo never accused that person or whatever it was that tore Luke away from him of anything as dreadful or negative as he has of Paul." Jesse goes silent as dread heavily floods over him, dread in realization that his youngest nephew had to have known something bad about Paul. Something so dangerous and fearful about Paul that he was willing to shatter the strong friendship he had with Luke in order to protect his whole family. For a long moment, Jesse stands paralyzed by fear that his strong realization has installed within him and the numbing imagination of all that it could be about. "I've got to," he hears himself saying as he grabs his keys on his way to the door, "I've got to go find Bo." Daisy sadly eyes him as he stops at the screen door, fear spreading across her pretty face as Jesse's realization seems to be contagious and she has finally caught on. "I'll go with you," she slowly states. "No, I think I better go by myself," Jesse slowly says as he eyes through the empty door way to the living room, fearing for the future or of leaving Daisy behind with Paul. Or leaving Luke alone with Paul, the friend he deeply trusts. "I want you to run into town and alert Cooter." Jesse goes silent, keeping an eye upon the empty living room. "Perhaps go to work early. . ." She nods as a tear runs down her cheek. "OK," she goes silent and whispers, "What about Luke?" Jesse shrugs. "I don't know. Bo warned him and it didn't do anything but seperate the two boys. Luke's tough," Jesse whispers. "But I have to run over to help a friend with his fence and to help out. They're going through a hard time right now. Say hi to Cooter for me, Daisy. Good luck at work." Jesse says it loudly so Luke, if listening, would know they were leaving and wouldn't get suspicious. "Will do," Daisy sniffles on a smile as they walk out the door together.

Thank-you Laura, for your explanation...I have always wondered how and why you got a green square instead of the gray one that I remain stuck with. That makes sense to me.

Sitting upon the Dukes front porch, Paul silently watches and listens into the conversation Luke is having with Cooter. Seeing the emotions twitch across the Duke's face causes anger and frustration to ripple through him with a sense of defeat. Defeat of shedding completely of the younger blond Duke, the only that had questioned everything he had done and suspected him. Luckily for him, he was able to win over the older Duke's trust before the blond was able convince him of anything. Though now after two weeks of creating fights between the two, the older Duke still seems to hold some strong feelings towards his cousin. From what he can hear from him and see, a small sense of regret and pain crosses Luke produced by the fight last night, by kicking Bo out of their lives. Despite the small defeat, he senses victory in knowledge that he had won the first couple tasks he had been sent to Hazzard to do. Gain trust from the Dukes and had gotten the bad seed kicked out before any real damage had been done to their plan. The plan. A small smile flickers across his handsome face as he silently goes through the well designed plan that him and his friends had worked so hard to gain perfection on. Now that they had long gone through the plan and found little to no room for any error, the plan is slowly revealed. Two weeks into the plan and everything has so far has gone as planned. With that, his small cell phone begins to annoyingly beep in his phone pouch as if on cue and Paul slowly takes it out, looks at the ID before answering. "Hey Rayes," he grins at hearing the familiar voice he had grown accostumed to ever since his initiation within the small group of dangerous men. "Everything as planned." "Great," Rayes slowly responds as a couple of voices is heard in the back ground from the other members, "we're depending on you, Paul. You mess up, you have me to deal with." "Hey, I ain't the one that's gonna mess up," Paul begins to state, resentment building deeply within him at the boss' implications, "I've done everything as planned so far and will continue to do so. By the time we are through, we'll have Hazzard begging us to stop." Silence filters through the phone for a short moment before he hears more voices in the background. "Fine," Rayes finally comes back, "I just want to make sure you're not forgetting what you are there for." "Give me a little trust here," Paul harshly snaps at him, "I've done everything you have asked, I am here, and I know why I am here - " "Damn it Luke!" the mechanic's angry voice abruptly interrupts him and Paul jumps slightly before looking up to find the mechanic stepping toward Luke, fire of anger in his eyes, "You've known Bo for most of your life, you've protected him, been there for him. And now that, that scum bag has entered Hazzard you throw him away as if he's yesterday's news!" the mechanic eyes me wildly, pointing at me before he walks back to the driver's door of his tow truck. "Bo's family, Luke. You hear me? Family." He pauses to open the door before starting back, "You know Bo better than this. He has never said anything out of jealousy or do anything of what you just told me unless he had a reason to do so!" "I'll call you back, Rayes," Paul says as Cooter goes silent, stepping back around his open door, closer to Luke. Nervously, Paul closes the phone and stands up while placing the phone back into it's case. "Yet when some stranger you hardly knows," Cooter begins, his voice quieter to force Paul to really have to concentrate to hear him, "walks in and says a whole bunch of fancy things, who you believe? The damn stranger from whom all you know about is from what he has told you! For someone so smart, Luke, you are being dumb and ignorant to trust a stranger over a family member that you would have done anything to do in order to protect only a few weeks ago!" "You think that was easy, huh? Because it wasn't or isn't," Luke states to cause more nervousness to ripple through Paul as he steps off of the porch, "I love him like a brother, but something has gotten into him, Cooter. He's been different. Ask Jesse or Daisy. It ain't just me, Cooter." Luke's voice is almost pleading Cooter to understand him, "I had to do something. He's caused havoc in this family, he is the one that tore it apart. Not me, and not Paul. It ain't Paul's fault he's jealous or saying those accusations." "You ever stop and listen to his accusations, Luke?" Cooter shoots back, "Maybe there is something to what he is saying. Think about it Luke, you don't want to throw Bo out of your life. You have no idea what you are doing to him or what you are doing to you and the rest of your family. Bo wouldn't accuse anyone of anything unless he knew of something or thought he was trying to stop them from harming someone or something. Just stop, Luke, and think of Bo and who he really is." "I know who Bo is, Cooter! I only share the room with him! But I tell you, he's changed!" Luke continues to fight for Paul, blind to any reason, "I'm not kicking Paul out just to satisfy your friend, Cooter. He's on his own and he did this to his own sorry self. . .not me or Paul. I am just sorry it came to this. I really am. Tell your friend that perhaps if he is ready to accept Paul as a friend and a part of this family and ready to apologize to him, just maybe we will accept him back. That is a huge maybe, though." Paul slowly steps forward to stop a foot apart from the two men who eye eachother angrily, both refusing to give the other any ground. "Hey Luke," he slowly states, "can I help out? I'm sorry, I couldn't help but to over hear." "Nah Paul, it's over," Luke smiles broadly, confident now with Paul at his side, "isn't Cooter? You were just about to leave." Cooter eyes Paul angrily, clenching his fists as he fights the strong urge to attack the dreadful man that has done so much damage to his closest friends. Looking back at Luke, he slowly realizes that now that he has crossed over, he is now to decide on who's side to take. Bo's or Luke's. Take Bo's side you lose Daisy and Jesse as well who seemingly to silently agree with Luke despite the pain it causes them. They too have grown to trust and to like Paul, refusing to see how Bo could turn on them as he seemingly has. How could they be so blind? "Yeah, I'm done," he eyes Luke angrily before eyeing Paul angrily before he steps back to his truck, stepping into his truck, he calls out, "I really hope you reconcider your decision Luke, because your decision will affect a whole lot more than just you. For Jesse's, Daisy's and your sake, I hope you are right. Because if Bo is right. . ." Cooter shakes his head in disgust and frustration as he slams the door close and restarts the truck. Sticking his head out, he calls out as he begins to back up, "I'll let y'all think of all that could happen if Bo is right." Paul silently watches as Cooter backs his dirty tow truck out of the drive way, his mind richocheting from what he had just heard to his phone conversation with his true friend. If he loses Luke to the mechanic and his idiot cousin, he'll have to face Rayes and the rest to deal with his failures. Without Luke and the Dukes, he lacks the trust of the town that he'll need to execute the plan correctly if you are to believe all that Rayes has said. Though deep down questions plague him of how one family could affect the whole town. How could you gain a whole town's trust and friendship with just the trust of a family of hillbillies? "I'm sorry, Luke," Paul forces a sad smile as he puts an arm around Luke's tense shoulders, "I didn't mean to create any problems between you and -" "As I said, Paul, " Luke slowly turns to Paul, "Bo did this to himself and now has Cooter. They are the ignorant ones to do this to you. I am the one sorry for their behavior. . .as I said, I don't know what had gotten into Bo or Cooter. I'm sorry, Paul." Paul shakes his head as they walk back to the porch together. "There is nothing you can do," he slowly shrugs, "you can't predict how people will react or have much control over them." "Very true," Luke forces a small smile as they walk back into the kitchen where Daisy and Jesse look up at them, tears staining their cheeks. Tears signifying that they had overheard Cooter's angry words and perhaps his own feedback towards Cooter. (CUE LORI)

You know what they say...great minds think alike.

Nothing like going around in circles, huh?

Well if you are set out to do a job, you might as well as do it right! Anyway...forget it. I really didn't mean to make it confusing, but I did. LOL. Go figure! I guess in other words, if you didn't teach me to lie and I don't lie, then who did? LOL Make any more sense?