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Austin nodded, feeling better already. "Yessir!" he said, trying to smile, but failing, because it kinda hurt. Doc told Jesse that he'd settle with him later on the bill, and the brothers stepped outside, just in time to see Madison coming around the corner, and Bo driving Black Tilly way too fast. Jesse shook his head. "Them dang cars is gonna be the death of this family!" Madison walked over to them and said, "Austin, Dan, you two OK?" Austin nodded, feeling much better since Doc had told him he'd heal up OK. Dan also nodded. His burns weren't that bad, but they were going to make working the farm difficult. He put his arm around Austin and said, "Come on, y'all. Let's go home."

lol! Going to join, methinks... But should Austin be played by John Schneider or someone else... I don't know...

"Da--it," Bo moaned as Luke straightened up. "What's goin' on here?" Rosco asked, holding his pistol on them. "Uh... Nothin', Rosco," Luke said. "Ralph and me was just havin' us a little... discussion of sorts..." Rosco turned to Ralph, "Is that what it is?" Ralph was in no hurry to spend a night in jail, but he wasn't ready to let Luke off so easy either. After a moment of indecision, he said, "........ Cue Dixie

Ralph replied by punching Luke right in the jaw. "Is THAT cute enough for ya, Duke?" Ralph yelled. Luke tossed his beer bottle aside, saying, "Listen, Ralph... I don't wanna fight... Not here and now especially." "Why, you scared to have your @$$ kicked in front of your newest little challenge?" he sneered, gesturing toward Dixie. That was enough of that. Luke hauled off and punched Ralph, the other man's nose spurting blood. "That's enough, Ralph," he said, trying to calm down. Ralph still wasn't ready to quit. "I'll say when it's enough," he said. When he came back at Luke, the dark haired man was waiting for him. Cue Dixie

"Domestic, Light, and Cold" by Dierks Bentley The dang Dierks Bentley CDs are like DOH soundtracks in and of themselves at times... lol.

Jesse had arrived at Doc's with Dan and Austin. He'd made sure to hurry Austin past the mirror so he couldn't see his face. It was burned pretty badly. Jesse hoped the Doc could fix it. Austin knew that it was bad. He couldn't stand it either. "Jesse," he said, trying to sound strong, but failing due to the quivering of his voice. "Jesse, I'm grown... I don't need you to protect me." Jesse looked at his younger brother for a moment. "Austin... don't you worry about a thing. We'll get you fixed right up. And Dan too." Dan was more worried about his brother than himself. His hands were burned, but not as badly as Austin was burned. Austin sat in the waiting room chair, flipping through some mail-order catalogue, and wishing that he knew that he'd be OK. That was when the Doc came in.

No. I don't have 4th season. I watched it with my cousins...

ROTFL! I'd be forced to agree with that... I wanna marry him. lol. Not that THAT'll ever happen. lol. But I'll go on knowing that I can see his sexxy hands or him without a shirt whenever I want!

You may just have yourself an Austin if you do that... No promises, though...

*nods* Indeed!

lol! *hugs Austin* Poor thing! It's OK, Austin! If Katie doesn't marry you, I will! That is if I don't marry your son! Or grandson...

Cletus: Where's the dipstick, Bo? Bo: You're under the hood, Cletus.

Meanwhile, Jesse was driving the truck to Doc's. Austin was sitting in the middle seat. He knew his brothers had put him there to keep him from looking in the outside mirror and seeing his face. It burned really bad, and he was scared. Of course, he'd never admit it, being a mostly-grown Duke boy. But he was really scared. There was this pretty girl named Katie Anderson who'd moved to Hazzard a year or so ago, and Austin had known from the moment he'd seen her that he wanted to marry her. But he figured his face looked bad. And what if she didn't want him now. Tears filled the blue eyes, but refused to fall. He would let them see him cry. He ran his hands through his blonde hair and sighed. He wouldn't cry. He couldn't. Not in front of his older brothers.

Luke took an early lead, leaving Ralph way behind. But the other man would not be put off so easily. He upshifted, and closed in on Luke a little. Dixie was yelling like crazy. "Go, Luke! Come on, Luke, don't let 'im getcha!" Bo was standing at her side yelling for his cousin. Ralph kept closing in on Luke, but he didn't know just how much power the General Lee had. Luke put it in high gear, and by the time they'd gotten to the "turn around," he was flying. Ralph didn't have a chance for anything but watching Luke slide across the finish line. Luke climbed out of the General's window, and smiled at Dixie. "Can I have my beer back?" he asked. "Sure," she handed it to him and smiled. "Great race, Luke." "No kiddin'," Bo added, patting his cousin on the back. Unfortunately, Ralph didn't seem to think it was such a good race.................... Cue Dixie

I'm in love with the whole man, thank you! lol.

After the girls had cleaned up, Luke and Cooter took Bo, Daisy, Beth, and Dixie aside. Luke said, "Y'all get dressed up tonight. We're gonna go to the Boar's Nest and have a little fun." "Yeeehaaa!" Bo exclaimed, hugging Beth to him. Beth smiled weakly. She was really tired from painting the nursery, but she wanted to go. "Honey, are you OK?" Bo asked, looking at her with concern in his eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine." "Maybe we should stay home tonight," he suggested. "No!" Beth said. "I wanna go!" "Well, all that smokin' can't be good for the baby OR you, and you..." "Bo..." she interrupted. "It'll be OK... I'm going!" She pulled his head down and kissed him. Cooter, always the one with a comment, said, "................ Cue Dixie

Was it also John's sexxy hands in "Ten Million Dollar Sheriff" when Boss was supposed to be shuffling the cards... They sure weren't Boss's "little fat fingers." lol.

Do you mind if I pitch in for a few chaps... I'd like to work with Austin a little.... BTW, are you doing this like a round robin, or like an RPG?

"Uncle Jesse, I'm sorry... I went in there, trying to get her to come with me away from there. I'm standin' there, tellin' her how much I care for her, and trying to show her. Lord, I kissed her, begged her to come with me, told her I'd take care of her. And she starts screamin' at me, callin' me stupid, tellin' me that 'takin' care of her' ain't nearly what it'd cost me. I just kept beggin' and pleadin', and she slaps me in the face. Next thing I know, the barkeep's on me, and I'm tryin' like all he-- to keep my teeth in my gums. Then, the owner calls the cops on me, and Bo and Luke show up, and it's lucky for me, 'cause they kept me from spendin' the night in jail. The owner told 'em not to bring me back." He sighed. Jesse looked at the boy for a moment. "Jeb... I'm glad you were honest. It sure couldn'ta been easy." Jeb replied, "No sir." Jesse shook his head, and said, "We need to check site 3." ~*~*~*~*~ Meanwhile, Dixie had returned to the girls... Cue Dixie

If I ain't mistaken, Luke's "Keith" and Bo's "Jackson" came from Dixie and me... I know I made up Jackson...

Wow... that's weird that he was never mentioned again... OK... Random post there...

I actually made up the middle name Jackson for Bo... I don't recall ever really hearing it, so I just gave him one... Sorry if I confused anyone... But you can all call him Beauregard Jackson Duke if you want to.

Dixie said, "Sure... We can sit over there under that tree." Luke grinned. "Couldn't have picked a better spot myself, Dixie." Dixie noticed that he'd called her "Dixie" instead of "kiddo." She smiled as she sat down, being as graceful as possible. Luke plopped down beside her with a "Hmmph..." making Dixie gasp, quite sure that he was going to spill his lemonade. Somehow, he didn't, though, and Dixie looked at him in disbelief. He just grinned and winked at her. "Years of experience at ploppin' down with a glass of... somethin'..." he said, grinning a goofy grin. She half-smiled as she thought about the fact that what he was speaking of probably consisted of plopping down in the hay with a girl and a glass of beer or some such thing. He leaned against the tree and said, "Y'know, Dix, I never really asked you all that much about things... Like, what made you decide to come back to Hazzard?" Dixie sighed as she answered, "............ Cue Dixie

Beth was going crazy worrying about Bo. She loved him, and wished that he and his twin could get along better. She just wished that he was with her, holding her, so she could make him feel better. Tell him the things he needed to hear. Remind him that he was her everything, and that was one thing he never had to worry about Garrett taking over. God knew how much she loved him. And God knew how much she wanted him to love his brother. She shook her head as she left the window to sit back down on the bed and worry some more. (cue Garrett!)

At the still site, after breakfast, Jeb and Jesse were hard at work, making sure that everything was in order to keep the best shine in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi flowing... Balladeer: Not to mention North Carolina, South Carolina, AND Tennesee. Jesse spoke softly to Jeb, who was checking a copper pipe. "Now, Jeb... I was just wonderin' what made you decide to run away last night..." "I'm a jack@$$, Uncle Jesse, to put it quite bluntly," Jeb said. Even old Jesse had to fight laughter on that one, but he firmly said, "Jeb, tell me what's goin' on." "Uncle Jesse... Can I just say I thought I was in love with the wrong woman, and I caused a little trouble and leave it at that?" Jesse looked at his young nephew. "No, we can't. I need to know what happened." "OK..." Jeb hung his head. "I'm sorry, Uncle Jesse." "Why don't we establish what's bein' apologized for before we apologize?" Jesse said in that tone of his that made it hard for Jeb to decide whether to smile or cry. "Uncle Jesse, I made a big mistake," Jeb said. "There was this girl, and... well... I thought she liked me, but it turned out that she was just a 'working girl,' and she really didn't care about me at all. But, unfortunately, I didn't figure that out until I had gone to make a fool of myself tellin' her that I cared about her... and I got in alot of trouble, and the owner said for me not to comeback on the next run." Jesse sighed. "Jeb, ........................." Cue Dixie