Hey ya'll, here's a little story that me and Elenhin are working on together, i also wanna thank her for the beta work. So THANK YOU!

Bo is about 3 1/2, Luke is 8. please enjoy and please R&R!

Past:

15 years ago

Jesse duke dropped his nephews Bo and Luke off at the neighbor's house, about three miles down the road from the Duke farm. Jesse had to go to a funeral, and wasn't able to take the boys along with him. Timothy Taylor had his nephew, Bobby staying the weekend with his big ol' rottwieler, Cartman with him as well. Jesse walked the boys to the door. Jesse knocked on the door and waited for timothy to open the door. Jesse greeted Timothy when the door opened.

"Hello there Timothy. How have you been?" Jesse greeted his old friend.

"Well I've been doing pretty good m'self. Got an unexpected visitor yesterday. Lil' Bobby is here all weekend. His parents had to go out of town for a business meeting. Well c'mon in. Ya'll don't gotta stay out there." Timothy invited.

"Thank ya Tim, but I gotta get goin', it's a long ways to Minnesota."

"Ahh, I see. I'm sorry about yer brother and sister-in law, terrible loss. They was good folk. Now you take care Jesse, and we'll see ya in three weeks."

"Alright Tim. Now you two mind what Timothy here tells ya to. And if'n ya'll are good, I may bring ya somethin' back from up north." Jesse said as he bent down and gave each of his nephews a hug. Jesse shook Timothy's hand again and started back for his old black sedan.

Luke had gone inside right after Jesse got into his car, and went to look for Bobby. Bo on the other hand, stayed on the porch until Jesse's car was out of sight. Timothy walked Bo inside and carried his and Luke's suitcases to the guest room. Bo stood in the living room not really knowing what he could do to keep himself out of trouble. He was only three, or three and a half, the half year being very important to him. Almost more so than the first three and he was just a tiny bit scared since he had never really been away from his uncle before.

Once he had been urged inside by Timothy, Bo looked around the room and saw a large dog laying on the floor gnawing on a big bone. He walked over and squatted down in front of the dog. The dog didn't even acknowledge his presence. Bo wanted to play with the dog, since Luke was playing somewhere with Bobby. He reached out and grabbed the dogs bone away from him, just to try and get his attention.

The dog growled at Bo, which caused Bo to drop the bone. The dog reached out and took the bone again, but not before Bo grabbed the opposite end. He and the dog started a 'game' of tug-o-war. To Bo who was really too young to understand that the dog might not like it, it was a fun game, but the dog didn't quite agree since he had been enjoying his bone far too much to give it up to some kid. The dog easily out matched Bo in strength and size and lifted Bo off the ground a little.

"Hey! Put me down!" Bo yelled at the dog. The dog gently sat Bo back on the ground and walked off towards the yard where Luke and Bobby was getting ready to ride bikes. Bo followed the dog outside and over to an old maple tree. Bobby saw Bo trying to play with the dog and went to say something to him. Thinking that maybe Bo didn't know how to play with a dog.

"Hey Bo, you shouldn't bother Cartman. He don't really like kids taking his bone and bothering him."

"Oh, how come?"

"I dunno, he just don't." Bobby said as he walked back over to his bike. Bo being as young as he was didn't really pay attention to what Bobby said, nor did he fully understand it. He kept pulling on Cartman's tail, ears, and fur, and even taking his bone again. All he really wanted was for the dog to pay some attention to him, and his fur was so soft Bo wanted to touch it. Cartman knew that he wasn't allowed to bite little kids, so he just put up with Bo bothering him all day long. He had encountered puppies before, and knew how bothersome they were.

Night time came and Bo was still trying to play with Cartman despite how many times Bobby, Luke, Timothy told him the dog might not appreciate it. He really tried not to bother the dog, but he couldn't really keep from trying to play with him either.

It was about nine at night when Timothy made the boys go to bed, Bo who had been starting to nod off a bit, still didn't want to go to bed, and started to bug poor Cartman once again. He didn't mean to be a bother, but sleeping in another house was kind of scary, and so he preferred to stay with the dog. Timothy picked Bo up, who still had a hold of Cartman's ear from trying to pet him, and forced him to let go. He then carried Bo into the room that he would be sharing with Luke until they went home.

Within seconds of being layed down, Bo was out like a light. Luke went in and layed down in the bed set up for him and feel asleep a few minutes later. Cartman was glad that Bo had gone to bed, but was definitely not looking forward to the next day. In his opinion two legged puppies was worse than four legged, though he wasn't sure if this one counted as two legged. As small as Bo was he kept crawling around on all four when he came to play. Always trying to get his hands in his fur and he didn't even know how to scratch properly. Instead he grasped a handful of fur and pressed his face into it giggling as it tickled.

Timothy too was aware that Bo wasn't being bad on purpose, the boy just wasn't used to being away from his uncle. Since Luke and Bobby kept playing, Bo went to the dog instead. He really didn't understand what he did when he took Cartman's bone, he knew that if he did, the boy would never do it. He was polite enough for being so small, and a good kid. He was just used to being around animals who didn't mind him being a bit overeager in his affection, and Cartman did.

However there wasn't much to do about it, Cartman as most animals put up with it even if he hated it, and Bo was too young to understand it. The last thing Timothy wanted to do was make the boy think he had done something bad, since he really hadn't, and it wasn't as if Cartman would come to any harm. Besides the boy would only be there a short time, and then he guessed the dog would forget all about it. He decided to just keep an eye on things.

Well that's the end of chapter 1. hope ya'll enjoyed it and plaes R&R! and me and Elenhin will try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible.