Author's Note: This is Bo and Luke's life together, from the first year Bo was with them, until when Luke leaves for the Marines, and one year after he gets back. It is all different events, but they all begin with more or less the same phrase. I thought it might be fun to tell their lives together by something that keeps happening. This follows on the same line as 'It's Cold,' and some of the events are even similar with the ages. There is also an Easter egg in there, if you can spot the line from the Dukes of Hazzard show, but I ain't telling which part it is in...

Big thanks to Earendil Eldar for beta work.

Warning: The warning is placed here for vinsmouse, who wanted a spew warning here, claiming it might be a bad idea to drink while reading the funnier parts. So please keep in mind that drinking any kind of beverage while reading this, might be hazzard'ous to the health of your screen.

Disclaimer: The Duke Boys are not mine, I don't own the Duke boys, nor the General Lee. I promise that once I'm through with them, there will be nothing broken that a trip to Cooter's garage can't fix….

It's Hot, Part Three

"Luke, I'm really hot ya know." Eight year old Bo complained, not whined, but complained. The difference was mainly the state of fact voice he used, the one that made it sound as if he had just observed something that no one else had observed.

"I know." Luke answered, wondering what he was getting at.

"Yeah, I guess it's kinda hard to miss." Bo went on in the same voice, wiping the sweat away from his face before it could drip into his eyes or anything, it didn't taste very good either.

"It is," Luke agreed. "But I'm guessing ya was just telling me in case I had missed it, so I would know, like. If I had missed it."

"Yeah, kinda like that." Bo shrugged. "Ya could've missed it ya know."

Luke shook his head. "No Bo, ain't no way I could've gone and missed it, not when I have ya to point it out to me."

"Was that a compliment?" Bo frowned.

"Ya decide."

"Luke, It's hot." Bo complained.

Luke looked over, and down on his nine year old cousin. Bo might be growing up, and was getting bigger, but he still was just a kid, and not a very big one at that.

"So, what do you expect me to do about it?" He asked a bit annoyed.

"Don't have to get angry." Bo defended himself.

"I ain't angry."

"Ya sound angry. Just cause' I was saying how it's hot." Bo insisted.

"Well, it's not like I can do anything about it, and I don't want to hear ya whining about it." Luke stated.

"I can do something about it." Bo beamed, suddenly there was a mischievous twinkle in his eye as well.

"What?" Luke demanded. That was as much as he was able to say before Bo let out a great big cowboy Yeahaw, and jumped straight out into the creek. Landing with a big splash that just about soaked Luke as well.

Luke shook his head as Bo came back to the surface, he should have seen that one coming, with the way Bo had been looking at the water he should have seen it coming, and Bo was just about crazy enough to leap in with his clothes still on as well.

Sitting beside him, and wiping water from his face, Cooter grinned. "Ya know Luke, I don't know about ya, but I'm kinda thinking of joining him there, it ain't such a bad idea."

"Ya gonna jump in clothes and all?" Luke asked him.

"No," Cooter answered as he was pulling off his boots. "But I am gonna be jumping in."

"Luke, it's to hot, I can't sleep." Bo told his cousin. It was in the middle of the night, and he hadn't as much as slept a wink. It was sweltering hot, and he was lying stretched out on top of his bed, only wearing his under shorts, but it was still so hot he couldn't sleep.

The ten year old boy felt as if he was becoming drenched in sweat as well. Luke however didn't seem to think it was the slightest bothersome. For his only response to Bo's complaint was to snore softly.

Bo snorted and rolled over, but it didn't help at all. He rolled over to his stomach, and then back to his back, but nothing seemed to help the slightest. He had already been up to drink water several times, in fact, after a few times he had to get up for a completely different reason.

"Luke?" There was no chance of getting any sympathy from his cousin either, Luke was still sound asleep. Groaning quietly Bo figured it would just be his luck to get told off in the morning for being tired.

"Luke, It's too hot for this." Eleven year old Bo tugged at his older cousins sleeve, accidentally causing Luke to lose hold of the wrench he had been holding.

"Dang it Bo," he snapped. "I told ya to keep out of the way."

"I was keeping out of the way, but it's so hot here." Bo defended himself.

"Not far enough out of the way." Luke gave him an angry glare as he fished the wrench up from where he had dropped it. "Now shut up and keep good out of the way, got it?"

Bo stuffed his hands into his pockets and moved away from Luke, afraid that he would get even more angry.

Cooter looked up from where he had his hands buried in the engine on the other side. "Bo, look in the cabin, there's a cap there, keep the sun out of ya eyes." He had seen how the boy was trying to shield his eyes from the glare of the sun. "Think there is a soda there as well."

Bo lit up at the prospect of something to drink, even if it was a lukewarm soda. He ducked back out of the cab, wearing the cap and opening the soda. Cooter reached for the can to take a long draught. "Now, Luke don't get any if he don't behave." He grinned at Bo. "Should teach him to control his temper."

Bo giggled as Luke glared at them, but he did apologize so that he would get some of the soda.

"Luke, it's hot."

Luke considered ignoring the twelve year old kid that was also his cousin. It was just that Bo tended to be hard to ignore for any longer stretches of time. He had a way of getting very persisting when he wanted to. Bo wanting attention got attention. If not so when Luke lost his patience with him.

"Bo, if ya look up at the sky, what do ya see?" He asked.

"Can't really see anything, sun's so bright it's impossible to see anything else." Bo complained.

"Uhu, and ya know Bo, when the sun there is shining like that, it gets hot. And the more it shines, the hotter it gets." Luke informed him a bit scornfully.

"Don't have to get nasty about it." Bo said defensively.

"Don't have to point out the obvious." Luke retorted.

"But if I don't, ya might miss it." Bo ducked and decided it was best to flee while he still could.

"Luke, it's to hot to stay out here any longer." Bo stated.

Luke looked over at his thirteen year old cousin, and then at the girl he was making out with. He wanted to snuggle with the second, and not have to bother about the first.

"Be quiet Bo." He said even as he moved to kiss her, she sure was pretty, and more than willing to be kissed.

"But it's so dang hot." Bo objected, in truth, he was also becoming bored.

"Just a second." Luke excused himself with a deep kiss, then he moved over to Bo.

Since Bo still hadn't really hit a growth spurt he wasn't the biggest kid, and Luke easily lifted him, hefted him, and threw him a fair bit out into the pond. Bo shrieked as he sailed through the air, and landed with a loud splash, after impact his scream was more of a gurgling sound anyway.

He resurfaced coughing and spluttering.

"That should cool ya all off." Luke grinned as he regarded the sopping wet head of his cousin as he treaded water.

"No fair." Bo objected.

Luke turned back to the girl. "There, now where were we?" He asked as he leaned in to kiss her again.

"Luke, I'm hot."

The hoarse groan was really quiet, but Luke was wide awake instantly. Years in the Marines had taught him how to be a very light sleeper, and since he got back, just about every sound from his sick cousin had woken him up. The seventeen boy had tried his hardest not to be a bother, but a few times he had called on Luke in the night.

So now Luke had swung his feet over the side of his bed even before Bo's second groan. The poor kid, the flu had really done gone and knocked him out.

Luke was just glad he was back, or their uncle Jesse would have been hard pressed in caring for both Bo and the farm at the same time. As it was Luke took care of Bo, and Jesse of the farm.

"I'm so hot." Bo shifted restlessly on the bed and Luke touched his forehead. His fever had gone up again, which wasn't good, but only to be expected, it had happened a few times already.

"It's okay Bo, don't worry. I'm here." He assured his cousin.

"So, hot Luke. I'm to hot." Bo groaned as he twisted around again.

"I know." Luke nodded, all he was wearing was his pajama bottoms, and he was still sweating with the fever. "I'll take care of ya."

He grabbed the pitcher of cool water that stood on the small table and filled a glass. Several ice cubes in it kept it cold during the night. Then he sat down on the edge of the bed and helped Bo sit up a little so that he could drink. He had seemed better the day before when he even was hungry and ate some soup, but the flu was persistent. Doc Appleby had told them not to worry about it though. He had checked Bo over and said that as annoying as it were, it wasn't serious and that he should be better in no time. He also thought that Bo's anxiousness over Luke's homecoming had served to set it off.

Jesse who had seen how nervous Bo had been was inclined to think he might be right.

"Is that better?" Luke asked softly as Bo had drained the glass.

"A little, can I have more, please?" Bo looked up at Luke with fever hazy eyes and Luke smiled. "Of course ya can." He refilled the glass and helped him to drink it once more. Then he eased him down again. "Now ya sleep some, and get better, okay."

"'Kay." Bo nodded as sleep overcame him and he nodded off again.

The End.

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