WARNING: This chapter contains adult situations. Thanks to BL Davenport for helping work out some of the rough spots. She also advised that you should refrain from eating or drinking while reading this chapter!
Note: I see the number of 'hits' this story is getting and I appreciate them, but a review ot five would be be encouraging. Even if you don't like it let me know, however I'll still post the ending because I'm as stuborn as those 'danged Dukes'!!!
Chapter 11
The next voice Luke heard was the familiar voice of the Sheriff, "Ok, boys! Get up."
Luke's mind was so deep into his dream that as he opened his eyes he hand automatically reached for 'his gun' that he'd hung on the bed post of the cabin. Trouble was, there was no bed post, no gun, no Dixie, but there was a very wet mess in his jeans as he set up quickly only to see the modern jail and the modern Rosco looking at him like he'd lost his mind.
Rosco said with a question mark, "Breakfast is here?"
Luke kept his blanket where it was and said hoarsely, "Thanks, Rosco."
Bo sat up in bed, looking like he was about to get shot, and realized that, he, too, had a bit of a mess to clean up. He swore, looking down at himself. This wasn't going to be fun... What exactly was he supposed to wear home?
He gave Luke a helpless look and a shake of the head. What the hell was going on?
Luke read the look on Bo's face and knew without having to ask anything further. He confirmed for his younger cousin that he wasn't alone in his discomfort, "Just a dream huh? Bo I'm telling you when we get out of here, we need to stay away from those girls or Luther and Bryan will kill usIF there's anything left when Jesse gets a hold of us."
Bo nodded. This was just too crazy. He couldn't handle it anymore. The similarities between dream and real life were too difficult, and he knew that if he let himself get too close to Beth, he'd do the same thing he'd done in the dream.
Luke was glad it was still early and Jesse hadn't left to bring the General Lee to town for them yet, "Rosco can I call Jesse to have him bring us a fresh set of clothes for when we get out of here."
Rosco pointed his finger at the Duke boy, grinned an evil grin, then said with that familiar giggle, "That's a naughty naughty! You know there were no phones back in the 1880's and you can't use modern stuff until noon when ya'll are released."
Bo nearly whinned, "Oh, come on Rosco. It's only a few hours from now."
Rosco said with more pride in his job than he'd had in a long while, "You know that would be breaking the agreement and, ......"
Luke hoped on a compromise, "Ok, then can you get a message to Jesse to bring us a change of clothes when he brings the General Lee to town in a little while?"
Rosco thought for a minute. There was nothing wrong with them getting a fresh change of clothes or him using the phone so for a change he agreed cheerfully, "Ok, I'll call from upstairs while I finish my breakfast of blueberry pancakes, maple syrup, and country ham."
Bo looked at his plate of burnt scrambled eggs and day old hard biscuits and frowned as he watched the cheerful sheriff going up the steps.
Luke saw the look and agreed, "He's far too chipper this morning and he sure knows how to hit below the belt without even trying."
Bo added, "I sure look forward to lunch at the farm."
"Me too." said Luke.
Rosco called Jesse as he said he would.
Jesse somehow knew that there was more to this than Rosco was saying, but decided to get to the bottom of it later. He agreed, and hung up the phone. "I sure love those boys," he mused to himself. "But sometimes they really make me wonder why."
Rosco told the boys Jesse had said he'd be there soon, then went to read his paper across the jail.
Luke was still thinking about the dream, finally he said in a low voice, "Bo do you ever remember hearing of it snowing here in August? I've read the family Bible so many times I know the whole Duke history, when they came through Cumberland Gap the markers all of it, but I don't recall anything like that and it surely would have been there IF it happened."
Bo shrugged. "I don't think so, Luke... Sounds about crazy... It's just a dream."
"That's what you keep telling me." Luke sighed.
Jesse arrived with the clothes and the General Lee, "Are you boys coming home when you get out?"
Luke replied, "Likely the safest place for us."
Though Jesse thought the remark was a bit off color he let it go, "I'll see ya'll then."
The boys took a cold shower, dressed and waited, the cell door would be open in less than an hour. Both boys were more than ready to get out of the tight confines of the jail.
Bo paced back and forth in the cell, ready to get as far from town as need be for a while. He sure hoped he didn't run into Bryan or Luther, because Lord only knew he couldn't look them in the face.
The girls were on a bench just outside the courthouse.
Beth looked at Dixie. "You know, I don't know where, but as soon as he walks out that door, me and Bo are going somewhere private." She shivered, her mind going back to the way she'd felt at the jail right before Rosco had ruined everything.
"You know if Luke will have me I'm goin' too." Dixie said.
Both girls turned quickly when the courthouse door opened, and the boys walked out. Unable to contain herself anymore, Beth threw her arms around Bo and kissed him.
Luke saw Dixie in the same outfit that had gotten his attention at the jail. He looked beyond the girls to the garage. The wrecker was out and Cooter was under a car hood. He looked at Bo and Beth, then to Dixie, "Come on." Once in the General Lee that had been dropped off earlier by Daisy and Jesse for them, Luke headed him out of town and right to the trail that lead to the old moonshine still site number three. Even though it was August in Hazzard the skies turned dreadfully dark as the couples reached the small moonshine cabin. They could feel the temperatures dropping and Luke knew that there was dry wood inside. "Come on, we'll get a fire going and warm it up inside." They were thinking that it was surely going to storm like it did a few nights ago. They had a fire going and was just getting ready to take care of their frustrations, when Luke said, "We may want to get some more wood inside for later." Suddenly he felt as if he'd said that before. He opened the door to find at least two foot of snow on the ground and more coming down with no intentions of stopping!
Dixie went to the door behind Luke, she may be in shorts but had to see the snow, "Oh, look how pretty it is!"
Luke nodded a few shades paler than he had been before. This was far to close to the 'dream'. It may be pretty and though he was in no hurry to get home, he certainly planned to have the girls home at a pretty descent hour so their fathers wouldn't wonder where they were. But, at the moment it didn't look as if they were going much of anywhere in a stock car with racing slicks on it!
Beth was getting chilly, and pretty aggravated at having worn shorts and a barely-there tank top... But it wasn't supposed to snow in August in Georgia! She snuggled close to Bo, who was ready for this to all get settled so they could take care of things.
Bo looked at the snow when Luke opened the door, "Luke it just don't snow like that in Hazzard ever, let alone in August!"
"Do you want to tell Frosty the snowman that? Come on, ..... there is no way to get the General off this mountain until this stuff melts so we better go get that wood." Luke cursed to himself. He danged well knew better than to come up here after having a dream like that. Now he knew what was about to happen, or so he thought. He also deeply knew he had no real choice in what was going to happen. He reminded Bo, "Just a dream huh?"
Bo glared at Luke. "How'd you expect me to know that a dream like that would come true? The General may be a mountain goat but not in this stuff." Before starting to pick up the wood, Bo checked his wallet and groaned in dispear, "Oh, man this can NOT be happening!"
Luke looked at him and asked, "What is so important in your wallet right now in the middle of a freakin' blizzard?"
"It's what is NOT in my wallet." Bo said, "Luke you got to have an extra?"
Luke frowned, pulled out his wallet and tossed Bo several small silver packets, "When did I take you to raise and what happens if I happen to be out one day? You really need to stock your own supply. I'm just glad we have these now, not like in our dream!"
Bo nodded in agreement but he wasn't listening he wanted to get back inside.
The boys quickly hauled wood up near the outside door, while Beth and Dixie talked quietly inside.
Beth looked at her cousin. "Are we both gonna do this right here in the same room?" she asked, a little nervous at that thought.
Dixie replied, "I'm sure they have gotten it all figured out." Dixie began looking around and found two mason jars of shine, "This should warm us right up while they are gone." She couldn't help being a bit nervous at the thought of being with Luke Duke who could have about any girl he wanted in several states. She hoped the shine would calm her down a bit as she took a few healthy drinks.
Beth, too, helped herself to some shine, and looked at Dixie. "This is it... I can't believe this is about to happen." She could feel her whole body warming up at the thought of having Bo's hands on her again.
Dixie replied as her insides were now on fire, "I sure hope this cures our problems or else we're gonna make the well dry up with as many cold baths and showers as we've been taking!"
They heard the boys putting the wood just outside the door of the cabin.
Beth's eyes widened. She'd never in a million years dreamed that this day would come. The door opened, and Bo and Luke came inside. The cold air rushed in sending visible cold chills down both the half dressed girls.
Luke reached out for Dixie's hand and started around the far side of the chimmey where the girls had not seen the door that looked like part of the wall. Luke opened it and Dixie saw the full sized old bed in the small room.
Bo frowned knowing that Luke had just taken the more private of the rooms but on the other side of the chimmey there was an off set with its own double bed.
Luke heard himself say as he looked at Dixie and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Luke you just don't know how sure I am. I want nothing else right now than to be yours." Dixie's voice nearly begged.
Luke wrapped his arms around Dixie, kissed her passionetly, picked her up and layed her down on the
bed.
Dixie felt like she could barely breath as she watched Luke coming toward her.
Bo, in the meantime, was looking Beth over with a smile. "Honey, are you ready?"
She nodded. "More ready than I've ever been for anything, Bo Duke."
He smiled and took her in his arms, pulling her body flush against him before he leaned in to kiss her. She felt like she was melting in the blonde's arms.
She was glad he wanted to go right back to where they'd left off, as his hands went back up her shirt, and easily rid her of the restraint of her bra. She sighed heavily as his cool hands met her bare skin.
This was one time Luke didn't want to hurry, he wanted to make it special for Dixie but the over powering need to be close to her was something he couldn't help. Even after they both had removed all their clothes they were still not close enough to each other, Dixie was pulling Luke toward her wanting to fulfill her need, Luke only hesitated long enough to get the rubber on before taking her.
Judging from the noises in the other room Bo wasn't far behind Luke.
Once he entered Dixie there was no holding back as they both fulfilled their needs.
Many times later, Bo looked down and nearly fainted, "Beth, ......" he gasped, "We've got a problem, .............."
Beth set up to see the broken rubber in his hand.
Hearing the voices in the other room Luke figured it was safe to check the fire and the snow. He set up to remove the rubber and found it obviously had broken. Sure he'd heard of it happening but never had it happen before. "Oh Lord!" was all he could get out.
Beth couldn't think straight. One moment, she'd been ecstatic from the feeling of Bo inside of her, and the next, she was looking at a broken rubber in his hand. "Dammit," she swore.
Bo tried to calm her down, "Honey, I'm sure it'll be ok." He needed to talk to Luke!
She shook her head, body still tingling in the afterglow of making love, but mind completely on what was happening. "Lord, Bo... I don't know if it will or not." She was trying to calculate the time since her last period in her head to see if the chances were high of her being pregnant.
Bo was trying to think of something to say to make this better but it wasn't working.
Dixie looked up half expecting her father to be standing there with a shot gun on Luke the way he'd said that. She said, "What is it?" Still feeling safe and warm and thoroughly content. The fire inside her was finally satisfied.
Luke took a deep breath and sighed, "We had a little accident."
"What sort of accident?" Dixie asked.
"Look for yourself." Luke said glumly.
Dixie set up and looked at the broken rubber Luke held, then into his eyes.
"I'm sorry." Luke said quietly. "Dix I swear, I've never had that happen before."
Beth sighed. Looking Bo in the eye, she softly said. "I wouldn't mind having your baby if you didn't mind." And it was true. It wouldn't be a horrible thing, would it?
Bo shook his head 'no', but he didn't want to think about that right now. "It's getting cold in here I better check the fire.
Luke had mumbled about the same words as he stepped only into his jeans, and added, "Stay there and warm."
Bo looked up to see a pale Luke coming into the main room, "What?" He knew something was real wrong.
Beth felt sick. Maybe she shouldn't have said that. The idea seemed to bother Bo alot, and the last thing she wanted was to scare him away after the way he'd just taken her.
Luke replied quietly once outside, "You know I had my doubts about making love to Dixie for fear of complicating things, ............. Bo the rubber broke."
"How??? How could that happen?" Bo asked feeling sick his own self as he added, "Ours too!"
Luke exclaimed loud enough for both girls to hear though they were inside.
Beth wrapped the blanket around her, calling into the other room. "Dixie?" she called. "I think I might be stupid..."
Dixie grabbed her own quilt and asked as she came into the main room, "What else is new? What is your problem?" Dixie noticed the fire inside her was no longer so intense.
"The rubber broke, and I said something stupid, and I probably just scared Bo away for good. Beth sighed, shaking her head. How had she messed it up so quickly.
Dixie replied, "Don't ask me how I know, but it will work out." She saw a skeptical look from Beth, but continued. "Can you keep a few secrets from everyone?"
Beth nodded. Of course she could. "Shoot."
"I just know something strange is going on. For the past two weeks since Luke touched me in the Boar's Nest I knew I HAD to be with him......" Dixie saw the look on Beth's face. This wasn't news to her, "Our rubber broke too." She whispered and seeing the look on Beth's face she hurried to cover Beth's mouth before she continued, "I got a feeling I'm NOW carrying Luke's child and that there is nothing either of us could have done to prevent it."
"You don't think... I mean... Am I pregnant too?" Beth asked, somehow thinking Dixie would know the answer without having to have a real test to prove one way or another.
"I don't know, but when is the last time it snowed in Hazzard?" She pulled Beth to the window, "The snow is up to the cabin windows."
Beth shook her head. This could NOT be happening. Especially not after the stupid comment she'd just made to Bo. "Dix, even if I am pregnant, Bo's never going to want me now."
"Why do you say that?" Dixie asked confused even more.
"Because I told him I wouldn't mind having his baby... You never say something like that to a guy. Especially not Bo Duke!" Beth was tearing up, but fighting hard for control.
Dixie replied, "It's not like your the one that gave him the rubber after intentionally putting a hole in it." Dixie thought for a second, "It was his, .... right? You couldn't have 'set' him up. "
"No, but why would I say something like that? Nothing scares a guy more than commitment, Dixie." She shook her head, furious with herself.
"Maybe you were a bit scared yourself. I know I am." Dixie's hand went down to her flat belly.
Beth couldn't believe this was happening. "Dixie, is this seriously happening the way I think it is?" She put her hand on her stomach, and a light flutter there told her that, though no baby just conceived could be felt yet, she suddenly knew, as if by intuition, that there was a baby there.
"Something is surely going on" Dixie said.
At about the same moment Luke said, "Something is going on here Bo, things have been weird since the centennial and those da--ed dreams started. Whatever it is has to do with them."
Bo nodded. "I got the sneakin' suspicion that you and me is BOTH about to be daddies."
"Bo that's crazy. I may not have ever had a rubber break before but I have been known to not use one and nothing has happened. Let alone the first time I did anything with a girl." Luke thought Bo was just being paranoid. "Come on, there wasn't a lot of fire to keep them warm when we came out." He looked around at the snow as deep as Luke had ever seen it. It was half way up the window and still fallin', "We're gonna be here awhile."
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In Hazzard, town everything closed up and people headed home at the first sight of snow. Luther and Cooter pulled in expecting to see Dixie's car in the yard. It wasn't there and neither were the girls. With phone service now working, Luther began calling Beth's, Daisy's and the Boar's Nest. The girls weren't there. Then a bad feeling hit him, "When do those danged boys get out of jail?"
Cooter shrugged, "Earlier today from what Enos said. Why?"
Luther shook his head. He had last seen the girls in Hazzard Square. He called Jesse Duke back.
Jesse answered, "Duke Farm." Jesse hoped that this call was Bo or Luke calling to let him know where they were. When he heard the voice on the phone he was suprised because he had just talked to Luther Davenport, who was looking for Dixie and Beth.
"Have you seen the boys since they got out of jail?" Luther asked.
Jesse replied as a sudden pain went through his big toe, "No, I ain't. They had us bring the General to town for them as I went to the Post Office early this morning. I just figured they were at the Boar's Nest blowing off some steam. " Jesse then heard the familiar sound of the Jeep pulling in, "Hold on there is Daisy now." He covered the phone and asked as Daisy came through the door fussing about the quickly fallen snow. "Are the boys behind you? Or have you seen Dixie or Beth?"
"No, Uncle Jesse I haven't seen any of them." she replied. "Why?"
Jesse signaled he'd tell her when he was off the phone. "Luther, Daisy hasn't seen any of them either." Jesse heard Luther grumbling as he hung up the phone.
Daisy looked at Jesse as he, too, hung up. "What's going on?" she asked. "Is something wrong with Dixie and Beth?"
"They aren't home, Luther is looking for them." Jesse replied, "Then, he called to see if the boys were here."
Daisy shrugged. "I can't figure where they'd be in this weather."
Jesse replied, "Me either, but I remember my grandfather telling me something about a freak snow storm in the summer way back when but I don't know when it was."
Daisy's eyes lit up with an idea. "Uncle Jesse, I bet we could find it in the family Bible!" and she took off for the living room to find out." She opened the familiar Bible and looked at the various hand writings through out the years. She saw nothing that she hadn't read before.
Jesse didn't have time to look at the Bible but could not ignore the pain in his big toe as the phone rang.
Luther Davenport was on the phone, "Jesse, me and Cooter are taking the 4 wheel drive wreckers out to see if we can find the girls. I'll let you know if we find the boys and you can reach us by radio if any of them show back up there."
Jesse thanked Luther, but part of him was hoping the Davenports didn't find them in the state he was beginning to worry they might be in.
Cooter was out in one wrecker, and Luther in the other. Suddenly, an idea came to Cooter, and he wasn't sure he even wanted to think it. But it was a thought worth having. The old "hunting" cabin on the Duke property would be safe from the elements, and Bo and Luke would probably go there given the cold. He turned the wrecker around, thankful for the 4-wheel drive, and headed toward the farm. He didn't dare drive all the way to the cabin in this mess, knowing that the wrecker was heavy, and liable to slide in that weather. He left it parked at the edge of the woods where the snow covered General Lee sat, and headed off on foot.
Meanwhile, at the cabin, the boys and their respective girls were back at the activity they'd come in for. As cold as it was, they needed something to keep warm, and the fear from the rubbers breaking hadn't been enough to quench their desire.
Beth and Bo were in the bed in the main room, Beth VERY thankful that her words hadn't cooled Bo's emotions toward her. She moaned against Bo's hungry kiss, running her hands through his blonde waves.
He slowly and gently made love to her, and she clung to him, not quite believing that she was lying in Bo Duke's arms.
She cried out his name just as the door to the cabin opened.
"Elizabeth Anne Smith!" Cooter exclaimed.
Bo rolled over off of Beth in complete shock at who was standing in the doorway.
"Bo Duke, you got alotta nerve!" Cooter yelled.
Bo looked very much like a deer in the headlights, as Beth clung to the blanket she pulled over her body. "Cooter, what on earth are you doing here?" she asked.
Cooter shook his head. "Apparently getting here just a few minutes too late."
The sound of the creaking bed from the next room made Beth shut her eyes, knowing that it was going to be bad!
01 ~~~~~~~~~~~ 01
Something had came over Luke who was usually the reasonable Duke boy, but he just could not figure out what Dixie Davenport was doing to him. The wind could blow and if he was near her, his body would react. Once the fire had been restocked, Luke was more than ready for a night of passion. Feeling totally safe with the depth of the snow he was sure no one would come looking for them in this. The earlier accident not forgotten, but pushed it back in hopes that everything would be alright, and if it wasn't then there was nothing he could do to change it now, so he had given Bo a 'why not' grin and took a surprised Dixie back to the back bedroom of the shack.
She said, "Luke?"
He gave her a look of assurance as he pulled another brand of protection out and said, "If it's done it's done. If it ain't we are SURE to have better luck. This is a total different company." he said already having read the packages.
All Luke had to do was touch Dixie and she wouldn't have told him 'no' IF she could have. She dropped the blanket she had wrapped around her. Her body immediately reacted to the sudden cold and Luke's touch.
After their first session Luke was glad to see the rubber had held. With Dixie's prompting he was soon ready again and slid on another rubber from the second brand.
Much later Luke was seconds past ecstasy and trying to breath again when he heard Cooter exclaim, "Elizabeth Anne Smith!" followed by, "Bo Duke, you got alotta nerve!" in a deep angry voice that could only belong to his best friend in the world and Dixie's older brother. Luke's heart stopped as he froze for a moment.
Dixie gasped, "OH, My God! That's Cooter!!!"
Luke replied, "Yeah, I heard!!!"
Then, it was too late, as Cooter had burst through their door, Luke looked at him, not quite sure what to say. "Um... Cooter... I can explain..."
Cooter knew good and well that Luke couldn't explain this away, and the sight of his little sister there with his best friend got his goat.
"There ain't gonna be no explainin', Luke," he said, pure anger coursing through his veins. "You get your pants on and meet me outside."
Cooter stormed out of the cabin, and heard in the distance, the sound of Daisy's Jeep.
Suddenly, a sick feeling took hold in the pit of Cooter's stomach. Bo and Luke were no worse than he was. They'd just gotten caught.
Seeing Cooter storm out Luke quickly with drew his manhood and grabbed his pants. Looking down he swore loudly enough to get Bo's attention in the next room, "I'll a XOXOOXOXOXOXOXOX!! There is NO way THAT can happen TWICE!"
Dixie looked at Luke afraid of what she'd see. She followed his eyes and seen yet another broken rubber. She gasped, "Oh, God. That can't JUST happen TWICE!! and be any where near 'normal'!!"
Bo couldn't believe that had happened again to Luke, but as Beth moved to get out from under the blankets, she peeked under, and shook her head. "Oh, no... Not again!" Bo felt really sick, right about then, as he and Luke already talked about doubling the rubbers and he had indeed done so. How could they still break? He wasn't sure what to be more worried about this or Cooter who had just went outside after calling Luke out.
Daisy spotted Cooter's wrecker on the side of the road, and pulled the Jeep off the road. As she got out she seen enough orange through all the snow to know the boys were close by. She was barely able to see Cooter's footprints in the snow, but was able just to see enough to know where he was going, and her heart started sinking as she started walking. This was liable to be bad.
Daisy made it up the hill just in time to hear her cousins and Cooter yelling at each other. It didn't take long for the smart brunette to figure out what the problem was.
Luke had stormed out behind Cooter. He yelled at Cooter loudly, "Now Cooter, I swear, ........"
Cooter said, "Swear what, Luke? That you didn't touch my sister, cuz I saw enough to know better than that."
Bo was out the door behind his older cousin. "Cooter, you know we wouldn't do nothing with a girl who wasn't interested... We ain't that kinda fellas."
Cooter knew this, but it didn't calm him down at all.
Daisy was running toward the cabin at this point, despite the snow. "Cooter! Boys!" she yelled, trying to get everything stopped long enough to talk good sense.
Cooter turned and saw Daisy standing there, and the hair on the back of his neck stood up. Nobody could make him feel like that but Daisy. "Daisy, this ain't something you need to see. I'd appreciate it if you'd go back to the house and stay with Uncle Mr. Jesse."
"He's NOT your Uncle!" All three Dukes replied at the same time.
Cooter glared at the boys before looking back at Daisy, who's pretty eyes were pleading with him not to do something he'd regret. She whispered his name, and he sighed. How on earth was he supposed to stay mad at Bo and Luke when he was no better than they were, and had taken their cousin, unprotected, in a moment of weakness. Cooter froze, took a deep breath and looked up to see his best friends, his buddies, and the men that had just made his baby sister and cousin women. He knew Luther and Bryan would not have backed down so easily but he also seen the pleading in Daisy's eyes. Deep down he KNEW he was no better than the Duke boys, they didn't know that yet and he had no intention of telling them, but if he didn't cool down REAL fast Daisy might! Cooter took another look at the boys and for the first time caught the messed appearances of Dixie and Beth standing in the doorway of the cabin. he closed his eyes to the sight and took a full minute before saying very calmly, too calmly, "You have 5 mintues to get to the truck or I go straight to dad and uncle Bryan."
Beth and Dixie looked at each other, then back to Cooter. With an apologetic look to the boys, the girls headed to Cooter's truck. He said nothing to Bo and Luke, but turned to face Daisy, who mouthed, "Thank you."
He nodded to her, then walked back toward the road, fighting the urge to kill somebody.
Bo and Luke walked over to Daisy, knowing better than to try talking to Cooter at this moment in time.
"I don't think I need to ask what happened," Daisy said softly.
Both boys shook their heads. "Nope."
And they headed back toward the road, careful to give Cooter and the girls time to get out of there.
Luke returned to the cabin, put out the now small fire, and lanterns, then walked with Bo and Daisy. The three cousins walked in silence past the snow covered General Lee, they were relieved that the cabin had collected a snow drift and the snow on the flat land for the most part was a lot less than what the boys had seen. At Daisy's Jeep, Luke saw that Cooter still had not pulled out.
Cooter may have known he'd been in the wrong, and had given Bo and Luke a partial break. He said to Bo and Luke, "I won't tell Dad a thing today, but if I can get to you tomorrow, then you better get to him and tell him about this or I swear I will and won't leave a thing to his imagination.'
Bo looked at a very scared Beth in the passenger's seat. He felt just terrible about this whole thing. But there sure was something about that girl, and it wasn't just physical. He sighed, looking at Daisy and said, "You know, I think I might just love her."
In the truck, Beth looked at Cooter, who said, "Same goes for Uncle Bryan, Beth. Don't think I'm kidding."
Daisy answered Bo without looking away from Cooter. "You just better," she said. "What you and Luke do with some girls is one thing. But those two are like family."
Luke rolled his eyes at Bo, he wouldn't know 'love' for one girl if it bit him on the nose. Luke said, "I know Daisy, that's why I was concerned even before, .........." He stopped in mid sentence and thought, Daisy didn't need to know 'everything'.
"Before what, Luke?" Daisy asked, giving Luke a look that, even though she was younger and smaller, wasn't one to be messed with. Especially considering she controlled how much starch went into his shorts.
Luke and Bo glanced at each other before Luke ..... pointed to the cabin and said, "THAT happened. You know." He hoped Daisy would let details slide, but he KNEW Jesse would leave no shell 'unturned'. He added, "I knew this was gonna get complicated even at the centennial."
Daisy wasn't sure what Luke meant by that, but looked at Bo. Somehow, she kind of believed her cousin about Beth. She wondered what Luke thought about Dixie. "And you, big man," she said, her meanest of glares still on Luke. "Do you care about Dixie, or did Big Luke Duke just put another notch in his belt?"
Luke closed his eyes, dropped his head and Daisy was just about to think the worst when Luke looked her in the eyes and said seriously, "I'm not sure you, ....... or anyone else would believe me at this point, ......... but I'd marry that girl right now, ......... and never regret a thing I've done OR thought in the past few weeks."
Daisy looked at Bo and tried to read the look on his face, but at the moment she saw shock, then Bo smiled ever so slightly. "Well," he said, running a hand through his messy hair. "I reckon we gotta tell them girls before they have to tell their daddies."
Daisy looked at the boys, a little shocked. It had been the strangest few days.
She looked to Luke, always the leader of the pack, to see what he'd do. He gave Bo a look, then said, "First, we need to get home out of the weather." Luke wasn't sure why Cooter had done what he said but he did, "Cooter is 'givin' us today'. We best talk to Jesse before we walk on to any guillotine."
Bo grimaced at the thought and rubbed his neck, Bo guessed Luke was right. He sure hoped Cooter wouldn't make the girls talk to their daddies without him and Luke there.
Daisy figured the boys were right. She wondered what they would think if they knew why Cooter had given in this time. It probably wouldn't be good, but then again, at this point, there was not much they could say about it. She sighed, making her way over to the Jeep, which for the only time she could remember, had the top on.
Cooter pulled out only after Luke eased Daisy's Jeep onto the road. It wasn't long before he pulled into the deep snow in the yard of his uncle Bryan's. Cooter said even before he parked. "Tell him what you want, today. By tomorrow I'll make sure its the truth."
Beth knew she could tell the truth and her father would kill her or she could live another day and he'd kill her tomorrow, she decided not to say anything. She walked into the house, and her parents were sitting by the phone. "Beth, baby, are you alright?" her dad asked, walking over to her and hugging her. "We were worried sick."
She hugged her father back, feeling horrible at knowing how close they were, and how bad this was going to be once he knew the truth.
She hugged her mom next, and neither parent knew quite what to think when her mom pulled away, and there were tears in Beth's eyes.
Beth replied, "Sorry I worried ya'll. We saw the snow and tried to get home but it came too fast. Luckily Cooter found us and brought me home in the 4 wheel drive."
Dixie opted to stay in the truck and wait for Cooter to get Beth inside. She frowned as he took the keys and couldn't help being a 'wise guy', "Think I'm gonna steal it BROTHER? If that was the case I'd have it hot wired before you got to the porch!" Cooter glared at his sister as he put the keys in his pocket, then followed Beth inside.
"Thanks for getting her home, Cooter," Bryan said, looking gratefully at his nephew.
"No problem, Uncle Bryan," Cooter said, giving his cousin a look that meant business, but wasn't noticed by her parents.
Beth went upstairs. "I need a shower," she said, shivering against the cold.
Cooter headed back outside to take care of his sister.
Cooter had mostly ignored Dixie's smart remark as he'd gotten out with Beth but not anymore. He started the truck and pulled out. He couldn't keep his mouth shut any longer when he asked, "Dixie, you are my sister and I'd kill anyone who hurt you. One thing I give Luke, is that if you so much as acted like you weren't 'willing' he wouldn't have done anything. SO that tells me you were willing, but WHY?"
Dixie was silent so long that Cooter almost thought she was refusing to answer him when she finally said so lowly that Cooter almost didn't hear her, "I love him Cooter. I have since I came back....."
Cooter blew his stack and released the clutch on the wrecker a bit too fast in all the snow causing it to fishtail as he said loudly, "And YOU are a FOOL! Luke is out to see how many girls he can get and how fast. You are no more than a notch in his belt and there were plenty more before you got there."
Dixie looked up with tears threatening to fall from her eyes, "Cooter finally a man looked at me like I wasn't three, ......... and had he wanted me in the town square he could have had me right there, ......... in front of all of Hazzard, God and everyone else."
Cooter didn't know what to say to that. He felt the same way about Daisy. But surely Dixie knew Luke... knew that he was a "dog" for lack of a better term. "Dixie, I just don't wanna see you hurt... The Dukes is family... And if Luke hurt you, it'd be like splitting up our family."
"Cooter I know Luke and I know he could be here today and gone five minutes later, but my point is, ......... I may not be able to change things, but if I never am with him again, .... I was,....." she smiled a bit of an evil grin, "Many times, more than once, .... before you found us!"
Cooter coughed and sputtered swerving off the road, hearing this almost causing them to crash into a snow bank. Pulling the wrecker back on the road he glared at Dixie. "You know something, I didn't need to know that. But..." He paused, a sick feeling coming over him. If they'd been together more than once... How much "protection" did Luke keep on him at a given time? "Well, for Pete's sake, Dixie, at least tell me you used protection."
Dixie said honestly as she rolled her eyes, "Luke HAD plenty of protection."
Something about the way she'd said that didn't sit quite right with Cooter. "He HAD protection? And he used it, right?
Dixie glared at him before answering truthfully, "Of COURSE!!! Do you really think we want to have a kid now?"
Cooter looked at Dixie. "Good. I was worried... Can you imagine what Dad would do if you were pregnant?"
"Wouldn't even want to think about it." Dixie smiled innocently and said honestly, "Cooter, look I'm NOT going to be another Enos, but I'm not stupid either." she said saying a silent prayer not to have to worry about this later.
Cooter was breathing a bit easier. "Good..." He sighed. "Shoot, Dixie, I know you're grown and all, but... it's hard for me to think of you as being old enough to do that."
Dixie said, "Most people think I'm still just your little sis."
Cooter nodded. "So do I," he said. "It's hard to let go of that idea, especially because YOU ARE my little sister!"
Dixie gave him a nice smile, "I can drive a car, I'm over 18 and all I'm not three." she said as they finally pulled in the driveway.
Cooter smiled back at his sister. "I reckon that's true." He paused, then added, "Sure hope Uncle Bryan and Aunt Barbara don't kill Beth." He was nervous upon spotting the other wrecker in the drive.
"Hope not too." Was all Dixie could say as Luther stepped to the porch. "He could have been in bed by now!"
"I don't reckon you'd be that lucky," he said. "I'll run blocker for ya if you want me to."
"Really? After all this, .... you'd do that for me?" Dixie asked almost looking like she was the three year old she was trying so hard not to be. "God, he looks mad. What did you tell him before?" She knew Cooter had radioed that he had found the girls.
"Just that y'all were safe, and I'd get you both home." He looked at his little sister, who wasn't so little anymore. "Go on upstairs. I'll tell Dad you're half froze and need a warm shower."
Dixie was for the first time near tears, "You didn't tell them we were with the guys?"
Cooter nodded, 'no'.
Dixie lunged at him and hugged her big brother, "Really? Thank you!!"
Cooter reminded, "Only until tomorrow I'll cover for ya'll.
But he still returned Dixie's hug. He couldn't bear the thought of losing her in anger.
01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 01
Back at the Duke farm Jesse was waiting for the boys and was furious at Daisy for going looking for them.
Daisy knew he was angry as they came in the back door, but said, "Uncle Jesse, you know the Jeep was our best bet. We had no other way of going out in this."
Jesse looked at his oldest, "Where were you and who were you with?"
Luke knew lying wasn't an option as he looked at Bo and shrugged his shoulders. It was bound to come out and Jesse would be all the madder later. He said, "We were taking Dixie and Beth home when the snow started, with the racing slicks on the General Lee we got as far as still site # 3. They were in short shorts and couldn't walk in the snow and cold weather. The CB wouldn't get out so we built a fire and, ................ then Cooter showed up about when Daisy found us."
Bo nodded, agreeing with Luke. "Uncle Jesse, you know we didn't aim to go worryin' you or..."
But Jesse cut him off. "What in TARNATION possessed you to take Beth and Dixie to the still site cabin?" Jesse knew good and well what went on there.
Luke innocently answered, "We had no other choice but to get the General Lee off the road and them out of the weather."
Jesse wasn't sure about this and then saw 'A look' from Daisy to Luke.
He raised his eyebrows, knowing good and well what that look meant. "Luke, you tell me right now what went on. And I want to know the truth!"
Luke looked at Bo, then back at Jesse. He may leave out a fact or two on occasion but not lie to the man who raised him as his own. He finally looked up from the floor and said so low Jesse nearly didn't hear him, but, ....... he heard him loud and clear, "I don't know what I was thinking. I'm sorry Uncle Jesse."
Bo's eyes went WIDE. Luke had said enough for Jesse to KNOW what happened between him and Dixie, but hadn't said a word about him and Beth.
Jesse noticed Bo's expression. "And you, Beauregard, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Bo looked at his shoes. "Guilty, Uncle Jesse. Just as guilty as sin."
"WHAT?" Jesse yelled, "The Dukes and the Davenports go back years and you TWO know that. You would RISK what we have with them, and risk loosing there help with the cars for a FEW MINUTES of pleasure?"
Luke knew he'd dang well had more than a few minutes pleasure, in fact it was several hours! but he kept quiet about that.
Bo, too, knew that a few minutes didn't do justice to what had happened between him and Beth. He looked up at his Uncle, and in true Bo form, opened his big mouth. "Uncle Jesse, it was more than just a few minutes, and I wasn't plannin' on that bein' the last time!" He meant, of course, a relationship with Beth, but it sure hadn't sounded that way.
Luke frowned, shook his head and closed his eyes, he wasn't real sure what Bo meant, BUT it didn't sound good at this point!
Jesse stepped toward him, "Just exactly what was you a plannin' son?"
Bo realized how stupid he'd sounded. "I meant... I meant I was INTERESTED in Beth, not just as a fling, Uncle Jesse..." He shook his head.
"Well I sure hope you live to finish telling THAT to Bryan! He don't take to kindly to any boy even looking at his Beth!" Jesse had used the word boy to let Bo know he had a lot of growin' to do to be a man, and there was no better time than now!
Bo nodded. "I know that, Uncle Jesse. Her and her daddy are close, and that's important to her. But I like her alot, Uncle Jesse. I really do."
Daisy sure hoped that liking Beth was enough to help Bo out of this situation, but she had a bad feeling about it.
Jesse had always taught the boys to be men and only 'trust their protection'. "Tell me ya'll were protected?"
Luke affirmed, "We used protection. Each time."
Bo slipped, "Yeah! A lot of GOOD it did!"
Luke clinched his teeth to keep from cursing as Jesse glanced from one boy to the other. "Now what exactly do you mean by that?" he asked, his words supposedly directed at the mouth of the house, but his eyes locked firmly on Luke.
Luke looked at Bo like he had three heads and glared a look that said. 'Suppose you fry up that can of worms ya just opened there cuz?'
Bo shook his head, not believing how big his mouth was. "We both used protection, Uncle Jesse... And they both broke... Not once, but twice."
Jesse still looked at Luke, "You two fools had the 'good sense' not to tempt faith once but TWICE,............"
Bo corrected before Luke could reach his mouth. "No, ...... we didn't just do it TWICE, but had 2 'accidents'!"
Luke would have like to have crawled under the couch! He turned to glare at Bo as Jesse said, "If you two aren't the biggest FOOLS on earth!" He could have turned 'em both over his knee. "The first protection fails, on both of you, and you try again? Why not just jump off a building once? If that don't work, you can try it again!"
Luke swore wisely to himself, then replied, "What are the chances they break to begin with? Let alone two different ones and then 2 different companies??"
Jesse glared, "OBVIOUSLY enough to happen to you two fools!"
Bo nodded. "I don't know, Uncle Jesse. I can't believe it happened twice."'
Jesse replied, "Well now that it did, what are ya'll going to do about it?"
Luke jumped in, "Jesse there is something really weird going on here! We've been having the same dream, well a continuation of it for nights now, then the weather and 4 rubbers breaking the same night by 2 different companies with 2 users? Come on it's not All our faults!" Jesse again felt a pain in his big toe. Something just was not right. Luke paused. "Think about it? You ever heard of a snow like this in the summer time?"
Jesse replied, "I've heard something about it when I was a youngster but Daisy didn't find anything in the family Bible and I don't recall reading anything myself."
Luke walked over to the coffee table and picked up the Bible. He flipped open the big family Bible to the first pages, that contained all the history of the Duke family and ran his finger down the lists of information, and went to turn the page, surprised when it skipped from 1845 to Jesse's daddy's birth in 1898. "Uncle Jesse the dates are off. There isn't any entries from 1845 to 1898 when your father was born." Luke picked at the pages, realizing that there were three pages stuck together. Finally, he got them apart, and looked at Uncle Jesse. "I've never seen this part before," he said. It contained a news article dated 1850, about U.S. Marshalls Bo and Luke Duke. What caught his eye was another article about a Miss Daisy Mae Duke, who was to be married to Cooter Davenport, the son of the town blacksmith, after he rescued her from a stagecoach accident.
"Mr. Davenport and Miss Duke will be married on...."
The article was incomplete due to age the date was worn off.
Jesse said, "What? Let me see that." He looked at the dates in the Bible where all the marriages and births were entered in various hand writings. Jesse went back to 1850 and sure enough there in black and white, "Daisy Mae Duke married a Cooter Davenport October 10th, 1850. I knew us Dukes and Davenports went back a ways but I didn't realize we had any Davenports in our family." Jesse pondered a minute and said, "Guess he sure must have impressed her with that rescue, cause it didn't take him long to talk her into marriage."
Daisy suddenly had a terrible wave of worry wash over her and felt herself go very pale. She was actually glad she wasn't standing up or she knew she would have passed out. Daisy looked at Uncle Jesse. "Um... Uncle Jesse, I don't know if it was breakfast or what, but I got a bit of indigestion. I think I'm gonna go to the bathroom and get a cool cloth."
Jesse kept looking at the worn pages. "Here we go. This is strange, " he said as Daisy came back into the room and began to read, "August 1850, ......."
Daisy was very glad Jesse was studying the Bible and didn't see her shaky legs as she sat back down.
"Hazzard is having the worst snow storm ever recorded for the state of Georgia. Snowfall reached three feet in one day. It took a week for the roads and trails to become useable. Two men took advantage of this storm having been caught unsupervised with two young maidens. The girls Father had sent the Sheriff with a posse to find his underage daughters after towns folk had seen the four leave town. They men had already been jailed for being unattended with the girls at a local swimming hole. By the time the snow had dissipated, the young men had managed to rescue the girls from ill fitting chastity belts, also fashioned by their father to punish them for going against his orders to not even talk to men until they were of age. The men thought this very cruel and unreasonable. When the Sheriff located the four, the girls had been out of their belts sometime. Their father, who had been adamant against his daughters marrying until they were of age, quickly arranged a double shot gun wedding complete with two shot guns, one held on one groom by Luther Davenport the other held on the other groom by Cooter Davenport, brother of the brides. Congratulations to get THIS!!! ............" Jesse said, "There were lawmen in the family too!" he continued, "Marshall Lukas Duke and Dixie Davenport, and Marshall Beauregard Duke and Beth Davenport."
"You know," Daisy said. "That'd be right strange if Beth were a Davenport but..." She paused. "Oh, Lord. Beth's half-Davenport." She was suddenly fighting shock. "Uncle Jesse, you don't think..."
Luke felt himself go ghost white as Jesse was reading from the Bible. There was far to many similarities between his and Bo's dream and what the family Bible revealed.
Bo looked at Luke almost as white as Luke.
Returning to the kitchen after reading the information from the Duke family Bible, Jesse asked, "Now tell me about those dreams. What sort of dreams are they Luke?" After reading the information from the family Bible.
This was going to be interesting and Bo figured he'd done more than his share of talking, and sat down in his chair quietly.
Luke found it hard to talk after hearing what the Bible said, "Dreams from the past and in them I KNOW not to do something and no matter how I try not to do it, I do it anyway. And I bet if you ask Bo he'll describe the same dream basically the same way."
Bo nodded. "In the dream, we mess around with Beth and Dixie knowin' good and well that it's a bad idea."
Luke added, "What man in his right mind a hundred years ago would follow girls out of town to a swimming hole and go skinny dip with them?"
Bo finished the scene, "Only to have the Sheriff show up and arrest us!"
Luke said, "While their father locked them up in CHASTITY BELTS to keep us out."
Bo said, "But we're got by them alright didn't we Luke?"
At this point Luke was sure there was going to be a grave out back before the day was over. Either his after Jesse killed him or Bo's should he, himself live, he'd make sure he killed Bo.
Jesse was silent as he listened to the boys fill in far more details than the Bible or article told, then looked from one to the other, while Daisy suddenly left the room.
Luke looked after Daisy. "What in the world was going on?"
Bo looked at Jesse. "What's got into her?" he asked.
Luke said through the door of the bathroom, "Daisy what is wrong?"
Daisy refused to throw up as she answered, "Nothing I'm fine." The Bible had given her far too much information for her not to be worried about her present circumstances. "I'll be right out."
Luke returned to Bo and Jesse and asked a bit puzzled, "Bo do you know anything about us being Marshalls in the dream?"
Bo replied, "No."
Luke said, "Ya know, we never did look in those saddle bags."
Bo agreed, "No, we didn't."
Jesse was fit to be tied with the boys and how they were acting about a dream, "It IS, NO more than a blamed DREAM! You two best worry about Luther and Bryan more than a dream!"
Bo knew that Uncle Jesse had to be right, but things just didn't feel right. "Uncle Jesse, I know we ought not to worry about that, but danged if it just don't feel weird."
Luke sighed, "Bo's right, I just keep getting a bad feeling that there is more than a coincidence between the dream and what is going on here.
Daisy hadn't had dream one, but from what the boys were saying and what she had allowed herself to do with Cooter, along with what they had already read, she knew she had to get a look a bit further back in that Bible, but she wouldn't do it with everyone there and quiet frankly she wasn't at all sure she wanted to see what it said.
Luke and Bo stood there looking extremely uncomfortable. Both of them wondered what exactly was going on, but neither wanted to truly admit that this could be more than they were thinking. A look passed between the two of them, and they decided to try and ignore the bad feelings for now, and think rationally. But then again, rationality had never been Bo's strong point.
That's when Jesse as well as Bo knew how out of sorts Luke really was, "We got chores to do, though we can't do alot in this weather." Luke may have been responsible, but he never offered to do chores.
Jesse just said, "See to the animals and get out of the weather."
Bo followed Luke out the door. "You think Beth and Dixie are pregnant?" he asked. It was certainly what he was thinking.
Luke looked at Bo and tiredly rubbed his neck, "I really hope you are referring to the dream." Luke didn't even want to think about the real possibility of Dixie being pregnant and what that could mean.
Bo shook his head. He knew that Luke knew what he meant, but now was hardly the time to push. He turned to the horses and stroked one's nose, strangely feeling de ja vu. "Luke," he said. "I don't know about you, but I sure hope them girls don't really have to tell their parents like Cooter said."
"Oh, but, cousin, ....... you missed Cooter's point, ...... they ain't the ones to be telling. ....... It's our funeral!" Luke informed. He had heard Cooter loud and clear on that matter.
Bo hung his head. This was going to be a hell of week... or month... or year.
The weather didn't improve throughout the day or the next one, but come Monday morning, Court day, there wasn't a sign of snow ever falling in Hazzard, only wet streets remained.
Daisy had tried to get the Bible in her room to continue reading but either fell asleep or found someone else up when she was going to get it. It had been a strange few days and nothing had came along to assure her that there would not be a price to pay for the other night with Cooter, but she just couldn't think of that right now. They were on there way to the Courthouse for the hearing where Bo, Luke and Cooter had been charged with violating some sort of Moral Decency Code during the centennial. Though they had waived the means of transport to court, it was made perfectly clear to all the boys that they were to dress, be sentenced, and serve time IF found guilty the way they would have in 1800's Hazzard. Bo and Luke were more moody than usual going to court as they had just spent 15 days in jail under the same circumstances. Steel unpadded bunks, lantern lights, no air conditioning or even fans, not to mention the strange dreams that had plagued them since the centennial.
Luke saw Cooter the minute he got out of the General Lee.
Cooter said, "You got lucky, ....... but after court I expect you to make a visit to Dad and Bo to Uncle Bryan."
Luke nodded. He only wished he were as certain as walking out of court today as Cooter seemed to be.
The three went inside followed by Jesse and Daisy, neither of who had heard Cooter's words to Luke.
The court was called to order, Judge Hardcastle had read the complaint, the old statues and knew what he had to do, he also knew it would be very unpopular with the boys. "I know the laws have come along way from the 1800's but the point of the centennial and the terms you all agreed to was to teach you to appreciate what you have today. So let's get on with it. You have all been charged with the same offense of the Moral Decency Code of 1880, the complaint shows you were sexually aroused in in a public place being the Boar's Nest. How do you plead?"
The three thought for several minutes, promptly dropped their heads in embarrassment, then each replied almost in unison, "Guilty."
Daisy could not believe it. Not only did she know Cooter's state that night BUT he had actually plead guilty to it in a court of law.
Judge Hardcastle quoted, "It states plainly here, 'It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public.' The punishment is also clearly stated. I have no other choice but to sentence you to 60 days in the Hazzard jail."
It was more Bo's style to open mouth insert foot, but this time it was Luke, "WHAT??!!!" he knew he'd been in fights, been caught racing, technically caught driving under the influence (and talked his way out of being charged that way) even been caught running moonshine and NEVER served 60 days in the Hazzard jail. "No way!"
Jesse shook his head. He knew Luke was making a mistake.
Hardcastle had known this wouldn't be a popular decision and had called in some help for Rosco. It was then that Sheriff Big Ed Little and two of his best and biggest deputies came in door hearing the Duke boys' outburst.
Little said as he held his pump shot gun, "You boys can go down stairs real easy or real hard!"
Jesse was standing behind the boys and a close enough to be heard by them when he warned they were about to bite off more trouble than it was worth, "BOYS!" He said sternly.
Luke heard the no nonsense tone of his uncle, thought of the 'choices' -- jail or Luther and Bryan -- he held his hands up in surrender, and said, "Fine. I'm sorry Your Honor."
Hardcastle watched as the boys walked out of the courtroom with Rosco, Little and the deputies. He then made his way to Jesse Duke, "I really didn't want to do that and I knew it wouldn't go over well with them, but I'm glad you made them reconsider."
Jesse replied, "Figured they were about to dig themselves in a might deeper, but Milt? SIXTY days?"
Hardcastle replied, "It was a mandatory sentence. No room for disgression."
"Well, then ya did what you had to do and those three should have had more control of themselves no matter what year or law it was. Thanks Milt, I know you've been as good to them as you could have been since they turned 18." Jesse went back to Daisy who was feeling a whole lot strange watching her cousins and Cooter leaving to be locked up for the next two months. She knew they would be in cells side by side and she couldn't visit any of them without seeing the others, which normally would have been ok, but not now.
01~~~~~~~~~~~~01
Even though it was daylight outside downstairs of the jail with it few windows was still dark enough that a lantern was burning on the desk across from the cells. Enos was in front of the bunch going down the stairs and opened both cell doors. Bo and Luke entered the cell to the far right of the stairs and Cooter the one closest the steps. Once the cell doors were locked, Little turned to Boss Hogg, "That was easy money, Hogg. Just call us anytime your boys can't handle this bunch!"
Rosco grumbled.
Boss Hogg took long look at the boys behind bars. They were safely, legally and certainly locked away for the next sixty days. Two months of 'peace' without them tearing through the county in the orange cluncker car, breaking up his bar, and fighting the costumers. The price he was paying Little would be more than worth the 'vacation' Hazzard County would have. Boss Hogg lit a cigar and smiled all too nicely at the boys, "Enjoy your stay, boys. Come along Sheriff Little I have your money waiting for you."
Bo shook his head watching Little and Boss Hogg walk away. "Luke, they can't really do this, can they? It's a joke, right? Just a little scare?"
Luke gave Bo a look and said, "It looks like they did."
Cooter added, "They got those danged contracts we all signed agreeing to, ......" He motioned around them, "This to make it legal too."
Rosco added, "That's right!" He giggled, "My little fat buddy thinks of everything like that."
Bo glared at Rosco. It had been a set up of course... Boss and Rosco had known the boys were liable to break some sort of decency law at some point. "Would you just get lost, Rosco? You know we ain't in the mood for you right now."
"Tsk Tsk Tsk" Rosco said as he locked the gate coming down the stairs into the cell area of the jail. "We are actually putting on another Deputy for ya'll little stay. So while Enos and Cletus are making rounds I'll be here to make sure ya'll stay RIGHT there."
Luke told Bo, "They likely knew or hoped we'd do something to break the laws of the past, but it was our own selves that got us in here."
Bo shook his head. "Now, I don't know about you, cousin, but I had no control over what happened... It sure ain't my fault."
Cooter glared at him, "If you didn't have NO control over it then why did I catch with her the night you all got out of here?"
Luke was hoping to avoid this conversation for as long as possible.
Bo shook his head. "Cooter, I can't tell you what's going on here... I wish I knew..." He looked at his friend. "I can't explain it. But I love your cousin." He sighed. It was true, he did. And he sure didn't say stuff like that to other guys unless he meant it. He sighed, and settled down on the bunk. "We best get settled, fellas. It's gonna be a long stay."
Luke saw Cooter give him a dead serious look and a look like that from Cooter left no doubt in Luke's mind that he would back up everything he said.
Cooter said, "Let me tell you both something right here and now. I know how you all are about family and all, but them two are MY FAMILY. You are both lucky, because any other time I'd have put you both in your places. Don't hurt them! not in anyway or deal with me!" He held the look as he let this sink in then he turned and set on the hard cold bunk.
Luke couldn't help but wonder WHY exactly Cooter didn't do more the other night at the cabin. He had him and Bo dead to rights and backed off. Why? But, he wasn't going to ask right now.
Bo sighed and settled in on the bunk. Not much else to do here but sleep. Closing his eyes, he dozed off...