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….

I'm Tired, Part Two

"I'm tired Luke, I wanna sleep." Bo crawled up to sit on the couch beside his cousin, who looked down on the five year old boy.

"Bo, I've got to read this before tomorrow." Luke objected, indicating a short text. If Bo started clinging on him he wouldn't be able to read at all.

"Okay." Bo said, even as he leaned against Luke.

"Bo, go away. Go play with ya cars." Luke pushed at him.

"I don't wanna play." Bo rubbed at his face sleepily. "I'm tired."

"Yeah, and I have to do this, so ya just git." Luke tried to sound demanding like their uncle did. Bo always obeyed him.

"Why do ya have to do that?" Bo asked, snuggling close, as if it would help him.

"Because I have to." Luke gave him a glare. "If ya tired, then go somewhere else and sleep."

"But I wanna sleep here." Bo pouted.

"Why?"

"Cause ya are here, and it's nice." Bo smiled at him.

Luke had to admit it was flattering, he chewed his lip, wondering if he should let Bo sleep here with him, or make him go. On the other hand, it was kinda pointless to waste time thinking about it since he was already sound asleep.

"I'm tired Luke, can we please stop now." The six year old boy begged.

"No." Luke told him.

"But I'm tired, an' my feet hurt." Bo whined.

Luke sighed, why did he whine, it never made Luke all that much more sympathetic, just more annoyed.

"Bo, stop whining like a dang child." He told him.

"I am a child." Bo objected with a pout. Luke was forced to admit that he did have a point there, he was a child, but why did he have to whine?

"Well, that don't mean ya have to whine like that." Luke said firmly.

Bo still pouted. "I ain't whining, I'm just saying."

"You were whining."

"Nuh huh." Bo shook his head vigorously, making his blond locks bob around his head.

"Were to, like a baby." Though Luke had to admit he hadn't really done that, when he was a baby he had been screaming.

"Were not."

"Were to."

"Weren't."

"Ya were."

"No, I weren't."

"Were too, and are now."

"Ain't my fault. I'm tired." Bo pouted, and now he looked as if he was close to tears as well. "My feet hurt, Luke. My boots are too small."

"That ain't my fault." He knew Bo had outgrown his boots, but no one seemed to know where Luke's old ones had wound up. So they were still searching for them.

"Luke, can I ride on ya back?" Bo turned hopeful eyes to him.

"Only a little." It was easier to give in than to have a new argument with him, Bo was too stubborn to know when to give up. It was easier to just agree and have it over with.

"Luke, I'm tired." Bo scooted over closer to his cousin.

Luke had been looking out the window, but now he looked at his seven year old cousin who sat beside him in the pick up truck.

"An' to think ya slept all day." He teased him, Bo had been slow to wake in the morning.

"Couldn't sleep last night." Bo mumbled.

"Why?" Luke asked as he draped one arm around his shoulders.

"Was afraid I'd be tired today and fall asleep in class."

"Bo, do ya know how silly that sounds?" Luke asked with a smile, it was the first day of school after the summer, and he knew Bo was nervous about it. Yet this was kind of silly, having been so afraid of being tired he hadn't slept, and was tired because of it.

Now he nodded, sheepishly.

"Don't worry Bo, it'll be okay." Luke grinned. "Ya'll keep awake." He gave him a teasing grin. "Or the teachers will let ya know ya fell asleep."

"I'm tired Luke." Bo said as he tugged on Luke's arm.

Luke came awake with a groan and a glare at his eight year old cousin.

"Why are ya waking me for, go back to sleep." He groaned.

"But I'm tired Luke, an' I can't sleep." Bo tugged at his arm again.

"Why not?" He rubbed at his eyes with his knuckles.

"I had a bad dream." Bo climbed up on Luke's bed, the look on his face letting Luke know he would be begging for a hug. "Really bad."

"Monsters?" Luke asked, pulling Bo down into an embrace.

"No, worse." Bo dug his face into Luke's shoulder, so it had to be really bad.

"Worse than monsters?" Luke asked and felt Bo nodding against his shoulder.

"I dreamt that Uncle Jesse and y'all didn't want me no more." Bo mumbled. "That y'all thought I was a bother and didn't want me around no more, an' I'm really tired, but I've been awake ever since then, an' I'm just to afraid to sleep now."

"It was just a dream Bo." Luke smoothed down his hair gently as he tried to sooth him.

"I know." Bo yawned even as he pressed against Luke. "But it still made me scared. Can I stay here Luke, cause then I know it was only a dream, an' that ya want me, or ya wouldn't let me stay here, please."

"Sure Bo, ya can sleep here." How could he deny him? It would be like telling him the dream had been true, and that no one really wanted him. That was as far from the truth as anything could be, but in the middle of the night, it might be hard to believe. So he spread the cover over his cousin, smiled as Bo snuggled down, and hugged him tight as he slowly fell asleep.

"Luke, I'm tired." Bo rubbed at his eyes with his knuckles.

Luke frowned a little, thinking nine year olds were to old for afternoon naps, on the other hand, it was late morning.

"It's not even lunch yet." He pointed out.

"I know that." Bo yawned. "I'm still tired."

"I would never have guessed." Luke said with a touch of irony as another huge yawn escaped Bo.

"That's why I'm telling ya, so ya'd know." Bo said seriously, and Luke found himself laughing.

TBC

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