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 a kind of an Easter egg in there, if you can spot the reference to 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 Bored, Part Three

"Luke, I'm bored." Eight year old Bo kicked at a pebble on the road and watched as it flew into the ditch.

"I don't care." Luke told him where he walked in front of Bo.

"I know that." Bo kicked at another pebble, there was a lot of them on the dirt road.

"Then what are ya telling me for?" Luke demanded.

"Well, in case ya didn't know," Bo said thoughtfully. "An' then it gives me something to do."

"How can telling me ya bored give ya something to do?" Luke demanded. ¨

"Well, it made ya talk with me, didn't it." Bo looked up at him.

"I'm bored Luke." Bo came up to stand beside his cousin. "What are ya doing?"

Luke ignored the nine year old boy, some would say that was mean, but that was all the people who didn't have to deal with Bo on an every day basis. He liked his cousin, but he didn't want to spend every minute of every day with him, at least not every week.

"Luke?" Bo squatted down to peer in under the tractor Luke was working on. "I'm bored, what are ya doing?"

When there was no response from Luke, Bo leaned back against the tractor wheel and did some thinking. Luke wasn't asleep under there, because he was working, and Bo could see that he were. If Luke knew that he could, then he knew that Bo knew he just wasn't answering.

"Luke, are ya ignoring me again?" He asked thoughtfully. "What did I do?" He asked then when there was still no response. Thinking that maybe Luke was angry at him, but why? He hadn't done anything.

Shaking his head he got up and went to find his uncle. He'd ask if he could take a cookie each for him and Luke, if he had a cookie, then surely Luke wouldn't ignore him.

"Luke, I'm bored."

Luke glanced at the ten year old he had dragged along with him, Bo had his hands thrust down into the pockets of his jeans.

"Ya wanted to come along, ain't my fault." He told him sternly.

"I know, but ya don't have to go and get angry at me." Bo shrugged.

"Ya don't have to go an be so dang annoying." Luke told him. "Be quiet now Bo." He looked down the street.

Bo was silent for a moment. "Can we go and get some ice cream?" He asked then.

"No." Luke glared at him. "Be quiet.

Bo looked around, there was really nothing for him to do while Luke talked with his friends. "Are we gonna be here long?"

"Bo, shut up." Luke glared at him, and so did Luke's friends.

Bo sighed, standing around there was really boring, and Luke was really getting annoyed with him. None of them seemed to care about what he did, so he started to stroll down the street, maybe he could find something more interesting to do.

"I'm bored Luke." Bo climbed up to sit on a barrel. He had to stretch a bit because even at eleven he wasn't as tall as some other kids his own age was.

"Be quiet Bo," Luke muttered from beneath the car.

Bo sighed, when Luke talked like that only because he said something, then he would just tell him to shut up no matter what he said. It really was no fun then. He jumped down from the barrel and walked over to the car, squatting down so that he could peer under the car.

"Bo, get out of the way." Luke snapped from under the car.

"Sorry." Bo sighed and moved away again.

Cooter looked up from where he had been working on the engine. "Come here Bo." He grinned.

At the prospect of not being snapped at, Bo hurried over to him. "What are ya doing Cooter?" He asked eagerly.

"Tell ya what, how would ya like me to teach ya some of the necessary skills of a mechanic?" Cooter asked.

"Long as ya don't snap at me like Luke does, I'll learn anything." Bo told him.

"Don't worry, I won't." Cooter grinned and ruffled his hair. "Now ya just ignore ol' grumpy there, and I'll teach ya how to be the second best mechanic in town. See, I'm gonna be the best one, so ya gonna have to settle for second best.

Bo took the wrench that Cooter handed him, and did what he was told, and it was a lot more fun than just sitting on the barrel to watch.

"Luke, I'm bored." Bo leaned against the barn, and earned himself an annoyed look from his older cousin who seemed to think the twelve year old shouldn't bother him.

"Don't pester me right now Bo." Luke told him.

"I ain't pestering ya, I'm just saying that I'm bored is all." Bo clarified.

"Well, I say that ya are pestering me about it." Luke gave him a look that he hoped conveyed how annoyed he was.

"Can ya think of something to do, Luke?" Bo asked, so apparently it didn't work.

"Go ask Jesse."

"Can't do that, he'll just give me some really nasty work if I do."

Luke looked up, so Bo had finally learned that. He had been put to cleaning out chicken coops and such plenty of times before he seemed to realize that asking Jesse for something to do was to ask him for work.

"Then go and be bored somewhere else." He told him.

"Luke, I'm bored."

Bo didn't even bother to look at his cousin as he told him that, Luke had a girl at the farm, and when he had a girl, he had no time for his thirteen year old cousin. That much he had learnt, the hard way.

He would have to find something to entertain himself with, and maybe he knew just what that would be. Luke never wanted him to read his car magazines, but seeing as how there would be no way to get any attention from him while the girl was still there, then maybe he could get away with peeking into one of them.

Luke had left his newest one on the table in the living room, and not even Uncle Jesse would say anything about Bo looking in a magazine that was rightfully Luke's if he had left it there. Being sure to listen if Luke should suddenly come inside, Bo started turning the pages carefully as he looked at the pictures.

"I'm bored, Luke." Bo thought that in all reality it had been a kind of stupid question of Luke to ask. Seeing as how the seventeen year old lad had been stuck in bed for some few days now, and there wasn't much to do there. So asking how he was feeling besides the fever, well, what did Luke expect.

Bo was really grateful to his older cousin though, he had just gotten back from the Marines, and had he wanted to hang around in town, he would have been swarmed over with both girls and old friends. Instead he stayed at the farm and took care of Bo.

One thing was for sure, he hated the flue, if he wasn't shivering cold, he was so hot he thought he would perish, or it was both of those feeling at the same time. That left him so confused he cold hardly tell what was up or down, luckily that didn't matter when he was shaking so bad he couldn't get out of bed anyway.

No, he really hated being sick, and it wasn't just because he felt sick, but two days in bed was more than enough to make him go stir crazy, and he had passed that now. He sneaked one arm out from beneath the cover to rub at his eyes.

"Do ya want me to get ya a magazine?" Luke asked, but Bo shook his head. He had been trying to entertain himself with the magazines before. It didn't work very well, reading the print made his eyes hurt, and just looking at the pictures weren't very much fun.

"Okay, how about I go and fetch uncle Jesse's board, and we can play a game of checkers?" Luke offered instead.

"Okay." Bo nodded and rubbed at his eyes again. He wasn't sure if he would be able to play a very good game, or even able to keep his mind on it for any stretch of time. It would be better than just lying and looking at the wall though. He pulled himself up to sit leaning against the head board, and tried to pull the cover up as well, he was cold even if the weather wasn't.

Luke returned smiling, he had not only gotten the checker board, but a pitcher of lemonade and glasses. He poured Bo a glass of the cold drink before placing the board on the cover. "That should sooth ya throat a bit," he told his cousin.

Bo nodded again as he sipped it, it really did feel good. He watched as Luke set up all the pieces and then took a seat on the chair beside him.

"Ya wanna make the first move?" Luke asked softly.

"Yeah," Bo reached forward and made his move, then he leaned back against the pillow. It was really great to have Luke back again, he had missed those games with his cousin.

The End

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