It had been half an hour after Bo told the doctor to go ahead with surgery and they were almost ready to wheel Luke in to the Operating Room; before they could do that Jesse asked if they could all visit him before he was wheeled in. The doctor said one at a time, five minutes each.
Cooter was the first to go in, "Hey Lukas Dukas. I know you were wanting to apologize to me and instead of me reading I and forgiving you I'd show up and forgive you without an apology, I should've been more understanding; which I wasn't. Get better Buddy-Roo"
Second to Visit was Daisy, "Hey Sugar; don't worry about a thing, you'll get through this surgery and come home to a wonderful family in the process." Despite Daisy's short line, it was all she could say without bursting into tears.
Third to visit was of course Jesse, "Oh Luke, look what you got yourself into this time." Jesse had to laugh at the thought of all the time that Luke had injured himself and had sat beside him at a bed, some were for silly mistakes that could be laughed about; and some will always be the serious kinds. "Boy, I want you to know, even though Daisy told you you'd have a family to come back to, I will help insure that, I won't this family be ripped apart; including Dukes at Heart. Good Luck son."
Next in line to visit was Bo, "Oh Luke, I am so sorry cousin, you and I have been fighting a lot lately and we shouldn't be. We are more than cousins, we are brothers and brothers don't fight because the way we have been; I don't care if you are mad at yourself for hurting Cooter and I, I am not mad at you, and I couldn't possibly ever be mad at you. You saved your life and I laughed about it, I didn't realize how serious things were and my laughter caused you to put yourself into a deeper shell. Once I read that letter explaining why you were doing what you did, I felt like a fool; I hadn't known, or tried hard enough to find out. I told myself to let you blow off steam, but all it was doing was pulling yourself into your own world. I am so sorry Luke. Please forgive me cousin, but for now have a good and safe recovery, I promise to be here when you return; no matter what.
After the family had their chance to wish Luke well they all sat in the waiting room as the doctors and nurses rolled Luke away for surgery.
The entire time Luke was gone into the operating room, Bo was pacing, Daisy was worrying, Jesse had fallen asleep, and Cooter headed out to the garage to get some money made while his good friend was getting surgery. Cooter hadn't wanted to be there, he had a weak stomach and felt like it was partially his fault that Luke had left, which was the whole reason that Luke was in the hospital getting all healed up.
Five or so hours had passed and Cooter had a few calls every now and then, including a few visitors; but no information from Bo, Daisy or Jesse about Luke's recovery. While Cooter was lost in thought about how Luke would turn out in the end, he heard knocking on the garage door.
"Howdy Ma'am; how may I be of service?" Cooter asked, hopefully the beautiful girl with the long dark red curly hair had only wanted directions. "Well, Mr. Davenport; I was hoping I could ask of a huge favor of you. Could you direct me to the Duke farm, I am a friend of Lukas Duke; and I promised I'd stop by and see him if I ever was in Hazzard."
Cooter hadn't expected to hear what he was hearing; how was he supposed to tell the beautiful girl in front of him about what had happened to Luke. "Well ma'am the Dukes are currently at the hospital, might I ask who you might be, if I am to be directing them to you."
"Aydan, Aydan-May Jackson is my name; and do I need to keep calling you Mr. Davenport or do I get the privilege of calling you by your first name?"
"The name's Cooter Davenport, best mechanic in Hazzard County; announced by Bo and Luke that is." Cooter was starting to like this girl as a friend; and was now curious as to how Luke had met Aydan.
Cooter and Aydan had a long talk on the way to the hospital, explaining what had been happening lately. By the look in her eyes, you would've sworn that she was in love with him. Once the arrived, she ran inside and ran straight to the reception desk, "Excuse me, is there any news on Lukas K Duke?" "Ma'am his surgery is almost done, takes a seat with the others who have been waiting here for the past 6 hours."
Bo couldn't help but notice that this girl, seemed particularly curious about Luke; Cooter and Aydan went and sat down with the rest of the Dukes, and Bo got a little curious about a lot of things as well as the rest of the Dukes.
"Howdy, my name is Bo; Bo Duke. I noticed that you were asking about Luke; my cousin? I hope you don't mind me asking; but how do you know him, we ain't seen a pretty lady like you around these parts."
"Well Bo, I am Aydan- May Jackson; also known as Corporal Jackson to Sgt Duke, we were called by ranks in the marines. Luke was captured and rescued and was brought to me, I was his nurse; sort of, while he was healing from being shot. During that time, he and I sort of had a fling, and he promised that he'd propose to me if he and I ever saw each other today."