TITLE: The Wagon
SUMMARY: The wagon that is set beside the Duke's home holds a lot of memories. Not only for Daisy, Luke and Bo, but for Uncle Jesse and his own siblings. Witness as the wagon silently sits by as memories are recollected of its existence in the Duke clan.
SEASON BASED ON: Season 2
PAIRINGS:
Daisy/Enos
Luke/OC
Bo/OC
Uncle Jesse/ Aunt Martha
Daisy/OC
AGES:
Luke Duke – 28
Daisy Duke – 24
Bo Duke – 24
Enos Strait – 28
Daisy is only four months older than Bo. Go with me on this people; it will work. We all know how close of friendship John S. and Catharine Bach had on the show; so it just fits that the characters they played should be close and almost twin like.
Also most people say Luke and Enos were in the same class and Enos has been best friends with the Dukes since childhood; so I made Enos; Luke's age.
RATING: T – Due to strong language, sexual situations
CATEGORY: Drama / Romance/ Family / Friendship / Tragedy / Spiritual / Hurt/Comfort/ Angst/ Mystery / Crime
Daisy's POV
I stepped out onto the front porch and turned and stared at the wagon that was sitting at the side of the house. The wagon that my cousins and I had time after time played cowboy and Indians in. The wagon that only I in my adulthood still found comfort in sitting for long stretches of time to day dream in. The wagon that the boys had wanted to blow up in their teenage years when they had began to learn to shoot burning arrows with the bow and arrow. The wagon that the boys had accidentally set fire too when one of their shots got carried away in the wind; but the boys had managed to quickly put the fire out and fix the paint. So only a tiny dent in the seat was the only tell tale sign that any mishap had happened to the wagon.
The wagon that the family had fondly called "Daisy's wagon" when I first came to live here with Uncle Jesse and Aunt Martha when I was four. It was the wagon that I had found comfort in when I had to get out of the house when I missed my parents so bad. When even the loving arms of Uncle Jesse and Aunt Martha weren't enough. It was to the wagon that I went too. It was the wagon that Luke and Bo always found me curled up when no one else could find me. So that was why they had felt so bad the moment they knew the fire arrow was heading towards my wagon. They knew how heart broken I would be if my wagon got burnt. I wouldn't have forgiven them any time soon. So they high tailed it as fast as their teenage legs could carry them and they ripped off their shirts and started to try to put the fire out. Luckily for them Uncle Jesse rushed from the house with a bucket of water and tossed it over the small flames and their hands.
I moved towards my wagon and stopped before it placing my hand on the rough surface. Uncle Jesse told me when I saw the wagon that my father had loved it also when he was a small boy. That out of the Duke siblings my father begged my grandfather not to destroy the wagon when he needed firewood one frozen winter. I have my father to thank for the wagon's safe keeping. I wish he was here with me now; so we could share the enjoyment that the wagon brought us. I felt tears at the end of my lashes as I tried to bring up my father's face; but it was quite impossible. I just couldn't. Not because I was too sad to think of my father; no it's because I don't have a clear memory of him or my mother. They died in a plane crash when I was four years old.
"Hey Daisy!" A voice behind me called out.
I turned around waiting for the person to come up to me. When he didn't; I sighed and patted the wagon's bottom one last time and walked towards him. "Heya Enos." I said with a smile.
"Hello Daisy." Enos said with a wide smile of his own and a touch of pink in his cheeks. Enos was getting better around me; at least he's not turning red as a lobster holding a tomato anymore.
"Luke and Bo are out in the woods trying to get some work done for Uncle Jesse." I said with a wave of my hands.
"I know. I saw them while I was driving here." Enos nodded. "I didn't come to see 'em."
"Oh well Uncle Jesse is taking a nap right now." I said moving my hands behind me and placing them in my back pockets.
"I didn't come here to see Uncle Mr. Jesse either." Enos said with a small tilt of his head.
"Oh." I asked. "Than why did you come all the way out here?" I suddenly frowned. "Boss Hogg's isn't up to causing trouble again is he?"
"No. I'm officially off duty." Enos said looking down at his clothes. I followed his eyes and saw that Enos was actually out of his police uniform. "Sorry, my mind was in another place when you showed up." I was usually more aware of my soundings.
Enos looked into my eyes. "It's not a problem Daisy." He said softly.
"So why did you come all the way out here than?" I asked with a shrug of my shoulders.
"To see ….." Enos blushed once more.
I looked at him in a friendly way waiting just waiting for him to say that he came out here just too especially see me. I knew about his crush on me. Hell I had known about it since we went to school together. I have to admit back in my childhood I myself had a crush on Enos Straight; but time went by and my feelings for him had changed and now I think of him as a very good friend. A goofy friend; but a very good and special friend.
"To see y …. The new little of piglets." Enos said with a smile.
I balanced. He came out of his way to see a bunch of pigs? Did I miss something here! What the hell. Something is wrong with this picture. "Oh." I softly said as I felt my face heat up. Come on Daisy Duke; admit it. You expected Enos to say that he came out here just to see you.
Enos's POV
Enos Strait you are such a yellow bellow chicken. God you should be shot or hung, or something that would allow you to have a quick exist from this world. PIGLETS!!!! You actually said you came to see a bunch of pigs instead of just admitting that you came just to see Daisy. Shit now Daisy is going to think more less of me than she had before. "Well you know how piglets always thrilled me." I said quickly.
Daisy's eyes lit up. "I remember your report in school. I remember how soft your face looked and how your eyes lit up when you were talking about the small baby pigs." Her hands moved to her side as she started to walk towards the barn. I fell into step beside her. I might be stuck looking at the new piglets; but at least I'll have Daisy by my side. So all in all I made out pretty good.
"So what are you going to do with your day off?" After several silent minutes of looking over the piglets. I turned and leaned against the fence and folded my arms across my chest.
Daisy sighed and leaned against the fence herself. She probably didn't realize how close she was standing to me. All I wanted to do at the moment was too wrap my arms around her and pull her to me and kiss her. I never wanted to let Daisy Duke go; but I kept my arms tightly clasped across my chest. I felt my heart beat race as I just looked down into Daisy's open face. Oh how I love this woman. I always had and always will.
I just wished Daisy returned my feelings for me. I almost thought she did back in junior high; but sadly she never told me. I never told her either; not until after college. But I just knew that Daisy knew that I liked her; no that I loved her. I had loved Daisy Duke since the first moment I met her when she was a sad four year old girl who had just lost her parents. I remember walking up to her and placing my arms around her and pulling her into a tight but tender hug when I first met her. I promised her that I would always be there for her and I have had kept that promise.
"I don't have any plans for today." Daisy was saying. "How about you?"
"I was thinking of going fishing. Would you care to join me?" I asked quickly before I lost my nerve.
"I would love to." Daisy said with a smile. "Our usual spot?"
I simply nodded.
Daisy's POV
"So are you ready to go?" I asked standing straight one more. I watched as Enos straightened up himself. I don't know what made me do it; but I held out my hand for him to take it and once his hand was in mine I laughed gleefully and started to run where my car was parked. "Come on you, I bet I can catch more fish than you, sugar."
"Oh yeah, Wanna bet?" Enos laughed as he jogged beside me; his hand warm in mine.
"The usual?" I asked as I stopped beside the driver's door of my car. I turned and kept my hand in Enos's. I raised my eyebrows up and down. I leaned forward slightly and saw Enos's face heat up. I could actually feel his body heat from where I was standing; just mere inches away from him. The only part of me that was touching Enos Straight was my hand; and I can still feel his body heat up. I knew that I was the cause of his body heating up; and I loved it. Enos is the only man that I feel safe around and so I don't let go of his hand when I know what affect I'm having on him. Enos is actually the only man I feel comfortable with flirting with. He's like a big brother to me.
"The usual." Enos nodded. "I am going to expect payment on the spot, Daisy." He winked and tweaked my nose before letting go of my hand and walking around the car to the passenger side.
"Got your pole?" I asked as I realized that I didn't have my pole with me. I let go of the handle and nodded towards the house. "You can borrow Uncle Jesse's if you need too."
"Thanks." Enos started too moved towards the house.
"You wait here sugar; I'll just run in and get the poles." I laughed as I jogged to the front porch and past my wagon. I heard Enos get into the car. I rushed into the house and grabbed my and Uncle Jesse's fishing poles and rushed back out to where my car was sitting with Enos sitting waiting ever so patiently in the passenger side. I grinned as I jogged down the stairs and over to my car. I moved over to the driver's side and opened the door and put the poles into the back seat before I got in.
"Ready." I turned and grinned at Enos.
Enos's POV
I gulped because I could smell Daisy's reapplying of her perfume. "Daisy's perfume". I have smelt the smell before; but it only suited Daisy Duke the best. But I also gulped because when Daisy was getting into the car I could see how tight her jeans truly were on her. Daisy had the tiniest of all waist; Scarlett O'Hara waist; since she was sixteen years old. Daisy didn't even have to go on any diets at all, she knew how to take care of herself and keep the extra weight off. I personally knew that Daisy never actually thought about her appearance all that much; that if she did gain weight it wouldn't brother her; not one bit. She got that quality from her Aunt Martha. "Ready as I'm ever going to be." I said with a smile as she was buckling her seatbelt.
Daisy looked up from buckling her seatbelt with the most beautiful of all smiles. The smile that she only gave me. I had watched her smile at other men, women, and even her own family and the smile that she just gave me was just my smile. "So do you want to go fast or slow?" She asked still looking at me with her hands still on her seat buckler.
"What ever you want to do Dais, I'm easy." I said. All I wanted to do was lean forward and wrap my arms around her and pull her to me and kiss her. But I still had self control and I stayed where I was as she sat forward and placed her hand on the steeling wheel while her free hand turned the key in the engine.
I just watched her as she peeled out of the driveway. She was in a fast mood. I didn't mind one bit; because the faster we get to our fishing hole the faster I would be out on the ground sitting next to my Daisy.
Daisy's POV
I quickly slammed the car into third gear as I raced down the empty pavement. I had to do something to settle my nerves down. I don't know what had come over me but when I climbed into the car and was bucking my seat belt; I looked up into Enos's smiling face which was a few inches from me. My breath had been stolen from me as I watched as he checked me out. I mean he checked me all the way out. I was quite used to it. I expected it. But this time it was different. Like it was different the year before when I was locked up because of the whole high jacking the truck from Boss Hogg's. When I brought my leg up to be all in Enos's face as Luke and I had planned it; I felt Enos's desire for me that day more than I had ever before. I had to admit myself that I felt desire for Enos's myself and that if Luke hadn't been standing there; I would have jumped on Enos's and never let the man go. Ever. But Luke was there so I was able to get my thoughts and feelings under control and quickly fought the desire down. I thought that I had rid myself of the unwanted desire; that it was just a passing feeling because of some lack of sleep; and not enough sunlight or air in the jail cell.
But these feelings that I had felt for Enos Straight had returned full force when I looked up from buckling my seat belt. I felt shaken with what I was feeling but I couldn't tear my eyes off of Enos's face. I just prayed that he couldn't read me at the moment. I didn't want to give him false hope; because if he even thought that I liked him that way than he would be hopeful in thinking that there may be a future for us. And there is no hope for a future for us ever. I personally never planned on falling in love and getting married.
Luke and Bo have clearly stated that they weren't ready for marriage for quite a while yet; they wanted to sow their wild oats before they settled down to the little wife and the children that would come. I told them that I agreed fully with them and that I wasn't ready to settle down myself. But they thought that I would settle down before they did; and start the cousin ship with my children. But I wasn't planning on falling in love with anyone or having children. No that dream died when my parents died.
When I finally managed to tear my eyes away from Enos's I turned quickly to my driver wheel and grabbed it while I turned the key and listened as the engine came to life. I placed my hand on the stick shift and shifted it into the speed that I was currently in and I heard my tires squeal as I peeled out of the driveway. Usually I loved watching the dry dirt fly up past the back window; I would usually yell "Yee ahhhhh" and laugh in delight. But today all I wanted to do was drive and fast. I had to try to outrun; sorry out drive; these quite unwanted feelings that I am experiencing.
"You know I'm not chasing you right; Dais?" Enos's softly said to me. I almost jumped because I forgot that he was still sitting next to me.
"I thought you like it fast, sugar." I said turning my head to smile wide before I looked back at the road ahead of us. I added more pressure to the gas pedal. I needed speed; I still had the feeling bottled inside me. I had to out drive these feelings before they over whelmed me and than I would be hopelessly lost. I couldn't allow that.
Enos's POV
"I like fast, I'm used to Luke and Bo's driving the General Lee after all; but Daisy I never thought of you for a speed demon." I said wearily keeping an eye on the speed as Daisy kept adding more and more pressure to the gas pedal.
"You chased me plenty of times, Enos's, you know I live for speed." Daisy said not turning to look at me but tighten her hands on the steeling wheel.
"Yea but I never clocked you at over 180 before." I pointed out in a weak voice. I couldn't help it but I was gripping the door and the arm rest as Daisy took the turn at a wild angle. "Would you ummmm mind slowing down Daisy."
"Sorry." Daisy said softly as she slowed down, way down. I breathed easier as she brought the speed down to the actual speed limit. "I didn't mean for you to slow way down Dais," I said softly.
"It's all right, we are almost to the hole any way." Daisy said in a slightly shaky voice. She turned to drive down the road to our own personal fishing hole. Luke and Bo didn't even know about the hole. Other than Daisy and I the only other person to know about it is Uncle Jesse.
We drove on in silence and Daisy parked the car next to the tall oak tree. We got out and I reached into the back seats and pulled out the fishing poles. I walked around the car after I slammed shut the passenger door and stopped next to Daisy; she was just leaning against the car with her face tilted looking out at the water. "Ready?" I asked putting my hand out for her to take it.
"Daisy?" I asked concerned when she didn't respond. She was still staring out at the scene before us; so I did the only thing I could think of. I moved closer to Daisy and set the poles against the car; and I just wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to my chest.
Daisy's POV
I was drawn to the first time when Enos and I had stumbled onto this little peaceful spot. He was twelve and I was eight, Luke and Bo were being boys and didn't want me around them. But Enos had taken pity on me and he said he wanted to play tag out in the fields. Well one thing led to another and we were soon romping deep in the woods. We weren't scared because we knew ever inch of the woods between his home and Uncle Jesse's. Sides we knew if we were lost than someone would find us. So when we stopped running to catch our breath and saw that we weren't any where near the house; we decided to make an adventure of it and discover new and hidden treasures that the woods had to offer.
"Daisy …." I heard Enos saying. But I didn't respond. I couldn't respond. I was too wrap up in my memories. I saw the twelve year old Enos hold out his hand for the eight year old Daisy to take as he led her down the dirt path past the trees towards the water. I heard the childish laughter and felt the childish thrills of finding something that no other human being or adult had ever found in their lives. I listened as eight year old Daisy said that this would be her own special spot that not even Luke and Bo were be allowed to come. Enos asked if he would be allowed back. Eight year old Daisy laughed up into his face and said of course Enos would be back; it was his place also.
I smiled as I watched as twelve year old Enos and eight year old Daisy made a pack not to tell anyone else, expect of course Uncle Jesse and Aunt Martha about their fishing hole. Young Daisy leaned forward and wrapped her arms around young Enos waist and moved closer so that she could rest her head against her chest. "You are the greatest of all big brothers, Enos." She softly said.
I blinked as I finally saw young Enos's face. I could tell that although he returned young Daisy's hug and told her that he was happy that she thought of him as a brother; that he wasn't her brother after all. I knew what young Daisy would say to that; so I didn't have to pay any attention to her; no what drew me is young Enos's face. I saw the love shinning out of his eyes as he held young Daisy even closer. I saw how much he longed to lean down and kiss young Daisy; not on the lips; no young Daisy was still too little to receive her first kiss; but no young Enos wanted to kiss the top of young Daisy's head. But he wouldn't dare; he couldn't dare. So he fought his loving feelings down and put on a friendly face before young Daisy looked up into his face once more.
"Daisy …." I felt arms around me and I felt a board chest against my hot check. I just closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around the waist and allowed my hands to lift skyward to rest on the man's back. I pulled myself even closer to this safe place that was my haven. That had always been my haven; ever since I was four years old and he was eight.
Enos's POV
I just tighten my arms around the love of my life; my soul mate. I felt the confusion coursing through her body; confusion over her feelings for me; I do not know. Perhaps it's confusion over something else that is going on in her life. But it was confusion all right. Confusion, fear and sadness. I just wish Daisy would confide in me like she had always done so in the past; and allow me to be the listening ear and the loving heart that she needed. But I very well knew Daisy Duke and you can't force her confidences out of her. She was open and friendly to every one; but when it came down to confiding her inner most secrets; she had problems with that. Even with Jesse and the boys; whom she was the most closets too. I understood that; I just wish that Daisy didn't feel the need to hold so much inside her before she allowed herself to open up to another human being.
After several minutes of silently holding Daisy; she pulled away from me and lifted a huge smiling face up at me. "So are we going fishing or what?" She asked leaning forward and grabbing her pole.
I had no choice but to grab Jesse's pole and nod my head. "Of course we are going fishing." I held out my hand for her to take it; but she just turned and started jogging down towards the water. I simply stood there beside the car and watched Daisy Duke run away from what ever was troubling her. I knew that no matter how fast she ran; or drove that she couldn't out pace her problems. She was going to break one of these days; and I sure hoped to God that I would be around to catch her when she fell.
"Come on Enos; you'll lose the bet if you don't get down here." Daisy turned around at the water edge and called at me.
I nodded and started to walk down to the water edge and towards my soul mate. The woman whom I would never be lucky enough to win. I knew that. I was just happy to be in her life as her friend; her best friend; her brother.
End Chapter One
Author's Note: This is going to be a Daisy/Enos centric story. All the old stories about the Wagon will be told by Jesse, Luke, Bo, Daisy, and Enos. But everything that is going to be going on with Daisy and Enos will be currently set.
