A/N : Okay so this is my first fan fiction and I finally understand why you guys like reviews so much. So please let me know what you
think: what's good, what's bad, what would you like to see happen, is it moving too slow, am I okay with dialog, etc. I'm pulling
a lot from the North Carolina moonshine culture; these are the stories I was raised on as a kid.

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"Hey, Luke, did you tell the Gentrys about the cook-out tonight?"

Breakfast was drawing to a close. Daisy, Jesse, Luke and Bo were just sitting around the table enjoying each other's company before getting a start on the day.

"Bo, after the last date you had with LeeAnne," Luke gave his cousin an inquisitive look wondering if he really was stupid, "what do you think?"

"Yeah," pausing briefly to enjoy the memory, "we should still invite them though. That ain't no reason to be rude and heck half of Hazzard will be here tonight."

It was nearing the end of the planting season; the end of hard long hours out in the fields getting the ground ready for seed and then planting it. True, planting was not nearly as much of a chore as harvesting, but at least at harvesting your neighbors all chipped in and helped out. So to mark the end of the beginning, the Dukes were hosting a BBQ cook-out.

"Now you two just stop your bickering. Of course we invited the Gentrys tonight, as well as the rest of Hazzard – even those who aren't farmers."

Sighing loudly, Bo couldn't help but say the first thing he thought at the words 'those who aren't farmers' "Uncle Jesse, you didn't invited Rosco & Boss Hogg did ya?" Already knowing the answer, disbelief saturated Bo's voice.

"Of course we did; we's just being good neighbors."

"But Uncle Jesse, you know there just going to come up here and try to arrest me and Luke for something we didn't do, don't ya?"

You see things in Hazzard didn't change much once the boys were put on parole. In fact things might have been worse for the boys before the end of their shine days. Boss knew that Jesse made the finest shine in the three counties and that he had orders backed up for months, but the people were willing to wait. As you've probably figured out, this took business away from Boss and boy did it make him angry. So he had Rosco hassle the Duke boys for any little thing hoping to make it so difficult for them to exist, let alone run shine, that production would at least slow down. He had sent anonymous tips to the revenuers telling them where to find any number of Jesse's stills, even blow up a few himself, and once had Rosco replace an order of Jesse's finest with pure country stream water. Nothing had worked so far, but that didn't stop Rosco from chasing the boys & giving them a ticket every chance he got.

"Bo, they's our neighbors," his voice raising gradually, "and just cause they don't act neighborly to us, does not mean that we have to bring ourselves down to their level."

"Yes, sir" eyes were suddenly focused on the table and flat, defeated voices were all that could be heard from both Bo and Luke.

"Now don't you boys got some mending to do on old man Red's fence." Shock and awe were in the boys eyes as they looked up from the table. You could tell they hadn't mentioned it and had not intend for Jesse to find out about their latest chase with the Hazzard police. "Yes I heard about your run in with Rosco yesterday. And just because you ran him off the road, don't mean that it weren't your fought. Red needs that field for his cows and yesterday he had a time yesterday rounding them up from where you two boys were off gallivanting around."

"Looks like we got more work to do today thanks to your driving." Luke mouthed off to Bo. Knowing that mouthing off to anyone else would just cause more trouble. Even if he also knew his frustration was a little misdirected.

"Well he was after both of us," came Bo's retort.

Seeing that the two were going to go on like this for quite sometime about one thing or the other, Jesse decided it was best to put a stop to it and get them on their way. "Boys. I told Red you would be there right after breakfast. So git and after your finished there don't forget to go to the store for supplies."

"Yes, sir" Luke gathered up his & Bo's plates, while Bo took care of the glasses. Quickly discarding the dishes into the sink, both boys left the farm for another farm several miles away.

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Now when Uncle Jesse said that Bo & Luke needed to pick up supplies that meant two things – one they needed feed and fertilizer for the family farm, or two they needed sugar & corn meal for the other family business. Since they had enough feed and fertilizer to get them through the summer, that only left sugar & corn meal. In Jesse's truck, the bickering that had started with talk about the Gentrys at breakfast was still going strong as ever.

"That fence looks as good as the day it was first built. I would say our job here is done." Bo climbed behind the wheel and cranked the engine.

"Yep. Another fine fix for the fine mess that your driving managed to get us into to," Luke put special emphasis on the your and clanged his door shut.

"Yeah, but it sure was fun watching old Rosco run right into that fence." Bo made a hand gesture to simulate Rosco's car running off the road. Luke couldn't help but to laugh his cousin's amusement and at the memory of Rosco crashing into the fence. "And we did get away, thanks to my driving."

"And took half the day working on mending a fence when we could have been fishing." Luke couldn't let Bo get too proud of the fact that he had gotten them away from Rosco. "Oh boy. Don't look now cus, we got company."

"Rosco." Bo smiled as he looked in his mirrors and saw the police car trailing them, "When will he ever learn?"

"Probably never, but you can't afford another speeding ticket at the moment and I've already got enough citations to wallpaper our room." Why did it always seem like Rosco & Boss had them over a barrel? "Think you can lose him Bo?"

Laughing with amusement, a twinkle came to Bo's eye as he responded with a definite "sure."

Grim faced, Luke made sure to add, "Good then do it. But Bo don't break anything this time. We ain't got time to fix another fence."

"I'll do what I can cousin." Bo's foot went to the floor of the old pick-up and the chase was on.

"Luke, he's sticking to me like molasses on honey." Puzzlement wove itself through Bo's words & onto his face as he swung Jesse's truck around a sharp curve making sure to accelerate through the curve to get as much speed as possible without running off the road.

"Yeah, those driving lessons Rosco's been taken must be paying off." Luke was more than a little puzzled at the driving skill Rosco was showing today. It was far better then what they had seen on Rosco's best days. "Bo, does Haggins still have that barn out by the old sawmill?"

"I believe so, why?"

"Well he ain't used it in years. If you can shake Rosco in this next curve and put some distance between us, I think we might be able to . . ." Luke was cut off as Bo caught up to his line of reasoning.

"Hide out in the old barn. Say no more cousin, one lost Rosco coming up."

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"Man Luke that was great. To see Rosco just go flying past us like that." Bo opened the door to the Boar's Nest for his cousin. "Well would you look at that."

"Huh." Luke turned around just in time to see Rosco's patrol car pull into the dirt parking lot, but it wasn't Rosco behind the wheel. "No wonder you had such a hard time losing Rosco Bo, that ain't Rosco."

Ignoring his cousin, Bo was already making his way over to Rosco's car, "Hey Enos. You eating lunch or here on business?"

"Hey fellas, I hope you didn't mind that chase earlier. I just love the practice of racing against you two." Enos was still high on the chase from earlier and it took awhile for Bo's question to sink in. "Well shucks Bo, it is time for lunch isn't. Hey I'll join ya fellas in a minute but first I have to report to Boss Hogg and give Rosco his car back."

"Okay buddy, we'll save ya a seat." Luke clapped both of them on the back, ushering them inside and toward a cold beer and lunch.

"See ya in a bit, Enos," Bo wave slightly as he and Luke headed toward the bar and Enos headed toward the backroom.

"Hey Daisy. What can you get for us?"

"Stale peanuts and some watered down beer."

"That'll do. Oh and bring a glass of milk for Enos."

"Okay sugar. You two get finished fixing that fence?"

"Finally. Hey you need anything from the store? We're heading into town to get some supplies after lunch."

"Did I hear you were going to buy supplies?." L.B. Davenport, Billy Haggins, and Bishop Creed walked through the door. "Now what kinda supplies would these be? The kind that put you to work early in the morning or the kind that keep you at work late into the night?"

"Well let's just say it's the kind that will put money in our wallets."

"In that case, can I go with you two? I'm running low on the main ingredients and was planning to head to the store later this week. This way it will be done and then I can go help you guys prepare that pig for tonight."

"Sounds good, Billy. You two need supplies too?"

"Billy will get it for me." Bishop nodded to Billy in an unspoken communication. "I've actually got to get back to the tree off of highway 18. I'm suppose to be watching for paying customers. I was just giving these two bums a ride here; so I'll see you guys tonight at the Duke farm."

For those of you who don't know, Bishop is rushing off to bird dog a tree that sits off one of the main roads through Hazzard. Thirsty travelers can stop at this tree put some money in old knot hole, take a stroll through the nearby woods, and when they get back a cold drink will await them. The tree changes every so often to make it harder for the revenuers, but the concept is always the same. Now that's making good use of those country smarts.

"We are in the truck."

"Oh now you tell us. After our ride just left. Well you're lucky we don't mind riding in the back."

"Oh yeah. I'm the lucky one." Luke just rolled his eyes. "Enos! Over here, we already got ya some milk." Enos had just emerged from the backroom of the Boar's Nest and was making his way over to the bar to sit with the Duke boys.

"Everything okay buddy?"

"Yeah. I just brought Sheriff Rosco's car back to him. Cooter just got it fixed from where he went into old man Red's cow pasture the other day."

L.B. was walking back into the Boar's Nest. He had left to check out the deer someone had in the back of their truck. "Wow that sure is a huge buck. You should go check it out." Not really referring to anyone in particular but just making small talk. Then he noticed Enos. "Enos I didn't see your car out front, but I did just see Rosco go flying outta here like someone had set him on fire, if you know what I mean."

"Oh Enos, Luke and me will give you a ride."

"You are coming over tonight aren't ya?"

"Sure am. Wouldn't miss Uncle Jesse's cooking for anything in the world. Except maybe you Daisy."

"Well we got to get some supplies and then why don't you just come over the farm with us and help use start cooking the pig? That's what the rest of these jokers are planning on doing."

"You sure fellas? Well gee, I'd like that quite a bit. But I'm still on duty."

"Well did Boss or Rosco tell you anything that you need to be doing?" Bo asked.

"And Rosco did take off leaving you without a way back into town." Luke pointed out, "So they way I see it, they've just given you the day off. Can't write many speeding tickets without a car."

"Well when you put it that way Luke, let's go."

On the way out, Bo, L.B., and Billy pulled Luke to the side and Bo whispered, "Luke you do know what we are buying at the supply store right."

"Sure do cousin." A big old smile spread wide across his face already anticipating the event that had yet taken place. "This should be interesting."

Wouldn't you know it when trouble isn't finding them Dukes, the Dukes go out looking for it. What do you think old Enos will have to say when they load that pick-up truck full of sugar & corn mill?

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With Enos in the middle and L.B & Billy on the back, Jesse's white pick-up truck pulled up right next to the loading dock of the general store. Luke jumped out first, "Come on Enos you can help us get the supplies in the truck."

"Hey fellas, we need the usual amount," Bo informed the workers standing around as Luke went inside to put the order on the Duke tab.

Making a human chain, the five friends quickly began filling the truck with five pound bags of sugar and corn meal. With each bag Enos eyes just kept getting bigger and bigger and his actions were a little more nervous. Bo & Luke were quite amused by this and both were wearing huge grins by the time the order had been filled and everyone was climbing back into the truck.

Once inside the truck, Enos had to say something, "Now boys, you know I'm on duty."

"Yeah, all we did was buy some sugar and corn meal. Is that a crime?"

"Well no, but there ain't but one reason you would buy that much sugar, Luke."

"Oh Enos you know how Daisy likes to make sweet tea and corn bread. We can never keep enough of this stuff around the farm."

Enos broke into one of those nervous little giggles that always follows any mention of Daisy. "Yeah she does make good sweet tea & corn bread, Luke. Did she make any for tonight?"

"What do you think we needed the supplies for good ole buddy?"