Well I'm back and I'm finally going to write a story I have been wanting to for a while now. This story is back right before Luke Duke joined the marines and all the Duke cousins all lived on the farm with their Uncle Jessie (and when I said all I mean ALL since they all talk about how they grew up together on that farm) I hope you like it and I don't own Dukes of Hazzard, but you already knew that. I hope you like it!

Jesse Duke finished setting the table and walked over to the door. "Time to eat!" he yelled out as he opened the door, then he went back to finishing the last few additions to their meal. The farm was full of joy, but underneath it all was a strong worry. Jesse's oldest nephew Luke Duke had been gone for almost four years now in the marines. He was good about sending the family letters to let them know that he was doing fine, but for the last two months he hadn't send them any. It gave an eerie feel to the family, all fearing the worst but praying for the best. The door opened and Vance, Coy, and Jeb all came in. Jesse smiled to himself. Vance was his next oldest, at twenty one years old with dark hair and a yellow button up shirt. He wore blue jeans with a knife case at his hip and boots. In fact, all his kids wore jeans and knives. Coy was younger at age nineteen with blonde curly hair and a blue button up shirt. Jeb was twenty with blonde hair and wore a blue button up too. When Luke was home it wasn't uncommon to find all five boys together. Vance and Jesse's youngest nephew Bo both looked up to Luke. They would follow him around, intent on being like him. Jesse felt that it was because Vance finally had a person to look up to since he was an only child and Bo found that Luke was the one he could relate to the most. Bo, Luke, and Jesse's niece Daisy came to live on the farm with him when they were young after their parents had died. Jesse was keeping and eye on Vance, Coy, and Jeb so it wasn't a problem, especially with Martha around to help. After she had died though, it was Luke and Vance who picked up the slack. Coy had already been close to Vance to begin with and admired him, so it wasn't a surprise that he would usually keep to Vance's side. Jeb was adored by all of his cousins and really didn't have one that he favored over any other. The three boys went to the sink and began to wash up. As they finished the door opened again and Bo and Daisy came in. Bo was eighteen and still in school, with blonde hair and a red button up plaid shirt with a yellow hat on his head that he removed upon entry to the house. Daisy was a pretty twenty year old with brown hair in a ponytail and wore a yellow shirt with blue jeans. Bo and Daisy had grown closer in Luke's absence. They washed up too and the entire Duke family sat at the table so Jesse could say grace. "Lord, for this table, we are thankful. Amen." Jesse said.

"Amen!" the kids echoed before serving themselves. Jesse sat at the head and decided to start a conversation.

"So kids, how'd yer day go?" he asked.

"Well, Rosco ran into the fence." Vance said. Vance, Coy, and Jeb ran moonshine for Jesse once a week, every Friday. Bo had wanted to help but Jesse wouldn't hear of it until he graduated high school, which was just a week away. Daisy usually went up with Jesse to help make the shine, but since today was the run day he wasn't making any. Vance and Coy were usually a team and Jeb went on a motorcycle; but every once in a while Daisy would decide to go along and they would use her roadrunner.

"So who's gonna fix it?" Jesse asked. Bo looked down at his plate. Usually when the boys were working with Jesse, tasks around the farm fell to him.

"We'll do it." Coy said with a sigh. Jesse nodded to show they would indeed fix the fence. Then there came a sound of tires on gravel. Bo, who was the closest to the window, got up and looked outside.

"It's Cooter! Uncle Jesse can I be excused?!" Bo asked, excitement lacing his voice. Jesse nodded and Bo tore off threw the door, grabbing his hat as he went out. Daisy smiled as she stood up and watched Cooter Davenport climb out of his tow truck and threw Bo his keys, getting in the passenger seat and Bo jumping in and driving off. Cooter was actually a friend of Luke's who moved to Hazzard County a few years before Luke had left for the marines. Despite the fact that he was a little older than Luke, the two hit it off immediately. After Luke had left Cooter managed to get together enough money from his farm to open a garage in town. Since Bo seemed pretty lost without Luke around, Cooter tock it upon himself to help out the young teen. He started to pick Bo up every Friday night to come and hang out at the garage and work on cars with him. That started about two years ago, and Bo looked forward to it every week. Not only was it fun for Bo, but it was the main time that he got to leave the farm. Besides Jesse's 1973 F100, Daisy's 1974 Plymouth Road Runner, Jeb's motorcycle, and Coy and Vance's running dodge there was no vehicles. Jesse and the other's always needed their vehicles to go out to the still and run so Bo only got to go out on his own when they didn't need their vehicles.

"It's good he's getting to go out, he's been cooped up for so long I thought he was gonna sprout roots." Daisy said.

"You know Jesse, Bo's got his license, we should probably see about getting him his own vehicle. Especially since he graduates next week and can help us run." Vance pointed out. Jesse thought about it for a minute.

"Well, your right about that one, but I just don't think we got the money right now." Jesse said. The others looked down in though.

"Well, we'll think of something. He's been so down lately." Jeb said.

"Yeah, well as soon as we hear from Luke he'll be his normal self again." Coy noted.

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Bo and Cooter pulled into the garage. Bo grinned. He loved to drive and he wished he could do it more. Cooter laughed at the younger man's antics. It made him happy to see Bo smiling. Bo had been growing on him a lot and he thought of Bo like he was one of his own cousins, just like how he felt about Luke. "So, what are we doing today?" Bo wondered. Cooter thought for a second.

"Actually Buddy-roe, I don't have anything to do today, just hang out I guess. Thought it would be better then sitting at the farm all night though." Cooter said. Bo grinned and nodded. Cooter pulled up a chair for him and sat on his desk, where he already had put a soda can and a beer. Tossing the soda to Bo, he opened the beer and had a drink. "So how'd school go today?" Cooter asked. Bo just shrugged.

"Alright I guess, not much happened, just getting ready for graduation." Bo said. Cooter nodded.

"Well that's good." he said. Bo nodded.

"Then I get to help Uncle Jesse and the others out." Bo added as an afterthought. Cooter grinned. Bo had really been wanting to help out his family and now with him graduating High School, he could. The two hit their cans together and tock a long drink.