Cousins by Blood, Brothers by Choice.

[LoriDavenport]

Cooter nodded a little looking at Lori who was ringing out her shirt by twisting it, growling at it.

"It was your idea dummy..."

Cooter said, shaking his head. Lori, glaring at him shook water on him like a dog would.

"Yea and you was the idiot who followed me..."

[James Duke]

Jesse shook his head at the two, then headed inside to start setting the table.

[LoriDavenport]

Lori and Cooter hopped back up on the porch and sat down on the porch swing, swinging a little, their clothes was drying rather quickly from how hot it had gotten outside. Lori clasped her hands in her lap and looked down, thinking.

Daisy sighed a little, rubbing her eyes as she moved to get up from where she sat next to Luke. Going inside she went to the bathroom to clean up like Jesse had told them to do.

[James Duke]

Luke watched her go, then got up and followed. He waited his turn outside the bathroom door, going inside when Daisy came out.

After he was cleaned up, Luke headed to the kitchen and sat at the table.

[LoriDavenport]

Cooter and Luke sat on one side, Lori at the end, Daisy on her side where she usually sat at beside of Boo, then Jesse down on his end at the head of the table. Sighing a little, Daisy looked at the seat beside her and pouted sadly, it just wasn't the same without Bo's tiny hand reaching across to grab a roll, Jesse gently smacking it scolding him lightly.

[James Duke]

When the kids were all seated, Jesse said grace, adding in a bit extra, hoping to find Bo soon. Afterwards, he sat down and started to put food on the kids plates.

[LoriDavenport]

Daisy looked at the food, it immediatley causing her to get sick. Sighing a little though, when Jesse had his plate, she slowly started to eat, the food turning to sawdust as she swallowed, doing the same for the other children.

[James Duke]

Jesse wasn't all that hungry himself, but knew if he let the kids see exactly how worried he was, they would worry even more.

Besides that, he knew they needed to keep up their strength for finding Bo.

[LoriDavenport]

Once supper was over, Daisy and Lori helped Jesse with the dishes and helped him clean the kitchen up a little. Once they finished, Lori went to the red recliner and climbed up in it crossing her legs in under her, watching Luke and Cooter talk about things to keep themselves occupied. Daisy walked in and climbed up slowly on the couch stretching out.

[James Duke]

"Be sure you kids don't stay up to late." Jesse said. "I'm going on to bed now."

[LoriDavenport]

Everyone nodded at Jesse then turned to look at one another. Saying their good nights, Lori climbed down and got in the middle of the living room floor and laid flat on her back looking straight up. it was her way of thinking.

[James Duke]

Cooter took up residence on the couch, soon sound asleep. Luke went to his own room, but took a little longer to go to sleep.

[LoriDavenport]

Lori fell asleep right smack dab in the middle of the living room floor, Daisy having moved to the recliner since Cooter took her spot on the couch. Soon, all children in the house at one point, was alseep.

As all was supposedly going well in Hazzard, young Bo was almost to the hills of Tennesse, near a huge horse ranch where an old married couple had lived, and had never had a child to call their own before.

[James Duke]

During his journey, Bo had ended up hitting his head when he fell down an embankment, causing him to get amnesia.

Walking up to the house, Bo looked around, then sat on the porch, curling up and going to sleep.

[LoriDavenport]

When morning arrived, the old man, Nick Larson, was awakening from his night's slumber. His wife, Karen, was already awake and in the kitchen fixing up their breakfast before they headed out to do the morning chores, neither of them aware of the small child curled up asleep outside on their front porch.

[James Duke]

Having been completely worn out from the day before and from his injury, Bo remained sound asleep, not even aware anyone was awake. Even the sun shining on him, didn't wake him.

[LoriDavenport]

Nick yawning and stretching, walked through the house puling his over alls traps over his shoulders.Smiling to his wife, Nick gave her a quick kiss then went outside stopping dead in his tracks seeing the young blonde boy.

"Karen..I think you might want to come out here.."

He called into the house. Hearing him, Karen went outside to see what was wrong, and seeing the small boy, she smiled and walked over to him, picking him up gently.

"Poor thing...has a nasty lump on the side of his head."

She whispered a little. Carrying him inside, Karen took him to the couch and laid him down, then went about getting wet cloths and things to clean him up.

[James Duke]

Feeling himself being moved, Bo acutally woke up. Blinking, he looked around, then yawned.

[LoriDavenport]

Karen looked down at him and smiled a little, cleaning his wounds up from the scratches he recieved running through the woods. Lightly, she wiped away the blood smudges from the lump on his head.

"Hello there little one..."

She spoke softly.

[James Duke]

Bo looked up at Karen, not sre who she was. He blinked a couple of times before speaking. "Hi..."

[LoriDavenport]

Giving him a soft caring smile, Karen put a bandage over the lump then got up to get him a glass of orange juice. Bringing it back in to him, she sat down on the edge of the sofa and sat the glass on the table.

"What's your name sweetie?"

Karen questioned gently.

[James Duke]

Bo gave her a questioning look, realizing he didn't know. "I dunno." He said softly.

[LoriDavenport]

Karen gave him a puzzling concerned look as she examined the lump a little more.

"You poor dear, you must have lost your memory... You don't remember anything do you?"

She asked him once more.

[James Duke]

Bo tried to remember, but couldn't. He shook his head in response.

[LoriDavenport]

Karen sighed lightly, placing her chin in the palm of her hand in a contemplative manner. Getting up from her spot, Karen went outside to find Nick who was out in the barn. Walking out there at a quick pace, Karen poked her head around the barn doors, and hollered at her husband.

"Nick!"

Nick nearly jumped a whole 10 feet when he turned around, looking at her with a bewildered look.

"What?!"

Karen had the good graces to blush a little as she stepped inside the doorway.

"The boy doesn't know who he is or where he came from or anything...he has a nasty lump on the side of his head..."