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.

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 Thirsty, Part Two

"Luke, I'm thirsty." Bo called from his bed. "Luke."

"Be quiet Bo." Luke groaned. Whatever the five year old nuisance wanted it could wait.

"But I'm thirsty Luke." Bo insisted, and he could be really insistent when he wanted.

"Go to the kitchen then."

"I can't go past the clock and the monster."

"Ya too old to be scared of monsters." Luke told him.

"No I ain't cause it's there. An' I'm scared of it." Bo gave him a pleading look. "Please Luke."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please Luke."

"No way Bo."

"Luke, please." Bo was starting to sound desperate.

Luke crawled out of his bed. "Ya have got to stop being scared of some monster ya imagined Bo, I ain't gonna do this ya whole life ya know."

"Don't have to, only till I'm so big the monster won't want me no more and moves away." Bo stated.

"I'm thirsty, Luke." Bo complained as they walked down the road.

Luke sighed as he looked at the six year old boy. "Bo, how do ya think I can get ya anything to drink out here."

"I don't know, can ya?" Bo turned to look at him with hopeful eyes.

"I don't think so."

"Oh." Bo sounded a little disappointed

Luke sighed. "Look Bo, ol' Parsons farm is up ahead, we can go there and ask if they can give us some water."

"Yeah." Bo shone up and hugged Luke. "I knew ya knew what to do Luke." He grinned.

"Uhu." Luke didn't want to admit it, but he was flattered by Bo's faith in him. He headed on down the road that would take them to their farm. They wouldn't mind if they came and asked for a drink of water for Bo, not at all.

"Luke, I'm thirsty." Seven year old Bo looked up at his cousin.

"Drink then." Luke told him.

"I don't have any water." Bo objected.

"I don't either." Luke looked at him.

"But I'm thirsty."

"There is a whole lake here."

"I can't drink that." Bo wrinkled his nose.

"Then stop complaining."

"But I'm thirsty Luke." Bo complained again.

"I don't really care."

"That ain't really nice, Luke."

"Ya complaining ain't nice either."

"But I'm thirsty."

"I know that, now stop complaining."

Bo was silent for a few moments, for as long as ten minutes.

"Luke." He then said softly.

"What?" Luke demanded.

"I'm still thirsty."

"Luke, I'm thirsty." Eight year old Bo said thoughtfully.

"I told ya to bring water." Luke pointed out. "I even filled ya canteen for ya, didn't ya bring it?"

"I brought it." Bo said defensively.

The two boys were out on an exploring tour, and they had planned to be gone for most of the day. They had brought water and some food along. Luke had thought how it would be very funny. He carried the bag with the food, it would be Bo's turn to carry it later in the day when it was just a little lighter.

He studied the path ahead, it was nothing to strenuous for the two of them. It would be fun. Since it was so hot he had however made Bo carry his own canteen with water, so he really didn't see why he was bugging him about being thirsty.

"Luke." Bo spoke up again. "I'm really thirsty."

Luke turned around annoyed. "Ya said ya had ya canteen, then why don't ya drink some."

"I can't." Bo looked up at him, and the look in his eyes was sheer misery.

"And why's that?" Luke demanded to know.

"It's empty." Bo pouted and shook the canteen that was hanging around his neck, there was no sloshing sound coming from it, that much was for sure.

"Bo, what where ya thinking." Luke flared up. "We gonna be away the whole day, and ya already have drunk all off ya water. Do you have any idea how stupid that is."

"I didn't drink it all." Bo objected. "Really I didn't Luke." His eyes were as big as any puppy and he looked really miserable.

"Then where did the water go?" Luke demanded angrily. "I filled it up for ya, I know it was full."

"But there's a hole in it." Bo whined, he looked almost afraid of Luke's anger. "Not my fault really."

"Let me see that." Luke snatched the canteen from him. There was a crack in the bottom, he hadn't seen that when he filled it. "Bo, why didn't ya tell me?" He demanded. It would have been leaking water ever since they left.

"I didn't notice before now." Bo defended himself. "Honest I didn't."

Luke sighed. "I believe ya Bo, we'll just have to make do on what I've got, okay."

Bo nodded, as long as Luke wasn't angry at him.

"I'm thirsty Luke, do ya have anything to drink?" Bo asked as he hoped up to sit on the hood of the car.

"No." Luke shook his head.

"Shame, I'm really thirsty." Bo shifted where he sat. "Imagine a cold milkshake now Luke, wouldn't that be something." He said thoughtfully. "Or a soda, or some cold lemonade, wouldn't that be something, huh Luke?"

Luke crawled out from beneath the car and glared angrily at the nine year old boy. "Bo, ya moron, now ya've done gone and made me thirsty."

"Well, I'm thirsty too." Bo objected.

"Yeah, but if ya hadn't gone done and talked like that, I wouldn't be." Luke glared at him.

Cooter looked up from a carburetor and laughed at them. "There ain't no need to fight like that." He laughed. "Why don't ya all just get something to drink."

"That was what I wanted to do." Bo jumped down from the hood and headed over to Cooter. "But he got angry at me."

"I heard it." Cooter put a hand to Bo's shoulder. "Listen Bo, there's a soda machine outside there, why don't ya go and get some soda for us." He handed the boy a few coins.

"Thanks Cooter." Bo shone up as he hurried outside to the soda machine and Cooter laughed.

TBC

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