Luke swallowed and looked at him, realization dawning that he had seen it all but didn't care enough to come see if he was ok. "Why?"

Bo frowned and looked back to him.

"What? Why is it gonna be ok? Luke your not hurt, an' the General's fine...the deer got away unscathed..."

Lori was listenin but she never said nething, she just got up and walked off into the woods goin to the pond, she figured the futher away she was from them shed bebetter off. she could tell sumthin was about to happen. Lori thought that maybe a nice swim in the pond would relax her and cool her off, gettin her ready to back to face the music. luckily with her guitar case with her she had always packed a towel, incase her guitar needed to be cleaned.Lori was singing to the top of her lungs, she always sung in the shower, but she reckoned this was close enough.

"Why didn't you come...?"

"Come? Come where?"

Bo asked, getting more and more confused and a little more worried as he reached out and pulled Luke's fringe back to check his head.

"Luke you didn't hit yer head did ya...."

"You didn't come," he stated jerking his head away. "Don't act like ya care now."

Lori had took a quick swim and had hurried out and dried off, she hurried along through the woods sos she wouldnt get Luke or Bo out to find her, she was at the bottom of the treehouse she called up,"Hey fellers am i interruptin an important conversation? if sos ill wait fer ye to get done." Lori said lookin a lil nervous and afraid to go up.

"Luke!"

Bo said, jerking his hand back as Luke jerked his head away, swallowing hard.

"Course I care...just Lori got there before me that's all...I didn't think you'd appriciate that many people fussin' over ya. You usually don't..."

Lori had heard what Bo had said, she looked up and went,"well i be danged, Bo Duke...."she started to holler up to him and yell at him she thougtht maybe now wasnt the best time. she still listened in, knowing Bo wasnt tellin her the truth bout when she asked if he had feelings fer him, she sat down and fell back, groanin and goin,"awww man, me comin back has stirrud up so mucha trouble it aint even funny no more.!"

Bo frowned deeper, really not understanding what the heck was goin on here...he knew Luke was shook up but this was going a little too far...then he thought that maybe Luke might have had a bit too much shine.

"Luke...maybe you better get some rest, help clear your head..."

"My head is plenty clear...you like Lori...you love her..."

Lori had heard Luke say that she quietly listened in to see if Bo told the truth, course She really didn't think Bo would tell Luke the truth, she didnt know. but she knew her comin back to Hazzard had now seemed like a bad idea.

Bo swallowed but looked to Luke like he had grown two heads.

"Love Lori?! I don't love Lori! No actually that's a lie...I do love her...I love her like I love Daisy! As a sister!"

Luke shook his head. "Ain't you learned you can't lie to me?"

Bo sighed and shook his head, throwing his blanket off and standing up.

"I don't gotta sit here an' listen to this. If you don't love Lori back, you can quit usin' me as an excuse an' tell her yourself that you don't got feelin's for her. I'm sick o'bein' the middle man."

Lori just shook her head, she screamed out"AHHHHHHHHHHHH, THATS IT!!!!!!!!!!" Lori ran off back into the woods as far away as she could get.Lori,blood red, with looks that could kill, was stompin off in the woods, cussin every breath. she had caused Bo and Luke to fight and she wasnt worth it, they were family she was just an ordinry girl who shouldnt get in the way of nething that those two had.

"Lori?" hearing her scream. "Cmon...we gotta go after her," figuring that they could cntinue the discussion later, but knowing the woods too well and the animals that lurked through them at night.

Bo sighed and followed after Luke as they ran thorugh the woods. He would have to follow Luke because only Luke would be able to hear Lori's footprints through the other sounds of the night - something he had picked up from the Marines.

Lori had ploped down right in the middle of the woods, she started to cry and beat herself, she knew what she had caused was something. and if she tore the boys apart she knew 1.)Uncle Jesse be disappointed,2.) she'd ruin a STRONG family bond, not to mention her love for Luke. she balled her eyes out hoping they would just leave her and let a bear tare into her. Lori: WHY, WHY....*sniffles*....I CANT BELIEVE YOU LORI, YOU'RE STUPID!!!! she tended to talk to herself in situations like this.

Luke pointed in a direction and led Bo over in the direction of Lori talking.

Lori had heard them coming, she figured if she got up running itd be worser on her, so instead she tore into them and screamed at them,"BO, LUKE, JUST GET AWAY AND LEAVE ME LONE!!!!!!!*crying harder*I DONT WANNA CAUSE YA'LL TO START VICKERIN AND FIGHTIN WITH EACH OTHER!!!!!! SO JUST GIT!!!!!"

Bo followed him, sighing inwardly for what felt like the hundredth time that day. He really didn't want to be witness to this next part that he was sure was coming up...maybe he could distract himself with something else...like the next tune up the General needed...

Luke knelt down as he approached Lori. "We ain't bickerin...an if we was it wouldn't be the first time...or the last...an we don't need a pretty girl to get us on each other anyway...we do pretty good by ourselves."

Bo hung back, leaning against a tree as he watched. Like he had thought before, he wasn't good with girls that screamed and cried..in fact he tried to stay away from them as much as possible...even going as far to say he wouldn't touch them with a ten foot barge pole...ten feet was too close.

Lori got up and looked at Luke with looks that could kill, she walked over and walked right passed at Bo givin him the evil eye, she said, with more like a yell really, "Yea, it sure didnt sound like ya'lls vickerin and fussin." she walked on not paying no attention to them, she was a stubborn as a mule and as mad as a disturbed beehive.