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 allare tied together bymore 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. This time it is the ending phrase taht is the same, not the beginning.

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've Missed You, Part Two

It was funny how so little time could feel like so long time, Bo thought. He wasn't sure just how long time it really had been though. He didn't have a watch. Jesse had told him that if he waited outside, then Luke would be there really soon.

It just felt like much longer to the five year old boy who was doing the waiting.

He didn't know why, he just felt a little lonely. It wasn't easy to always try and be as big as his cousin. Luke was big, everyone thought so. He was tall for his age, while Bo himself wasn't really. He wasn't short, he just wasn't very tall either. His uncle said he was average, but he wished that his marks on the door jamb would be more like Luke's.

Bo was really proud of his cousin, and maybe that was why he felt lonely while he waited. Or it could be because all the kids in this part of the school were all bigger than him, and he didn't really know any of them.

Still, if his uncle told him to wait outside there for Luke, then he would do that. He had climbed up to sit on the fence while he waited, that way Luke would see him he hoped.

When he heard some kids coming over he climbed up to stand on the fence instead, keeping his balance as he scanned the kids.

Catching sight of Luke he leapt down from the fence and started running towards him.

"Hey, kiddo." Luke greeted him as Bo skidded to a stop in front of him, completely breathless. "Why's the big hurry."

Bo smiled at him. "I've missed ya."

Bo tried to keep himself occupied on his own. Normally the six year old boy would have either been doing his chores, or played with Luke, but Luke was on a school trip. He had been gone for the entire weekend.

It was lonely on the farm without him. Nothing seemed to be as much fun. He had been trying to find something fun to do the entire time.

He had tried to play every game he could on his own, but he needed Luke to really have a good time. He could come up with the best games.

Besides, it was rather hard to play ball when you only had yourself to play with. At least if you wanted practice passing the ball.

No, he couldn't wait to have Luke back again. Then they could go to the pond, or to the Indian Caves, they could go on a picnic all by themselves. If Luke was there, Bo could think of hundreds of things they could do, but if it was just himself, then he couldn't really think of anything.

He had even offered to do some extra chores just because he wanted something to do so badly.

After supper his uncle had given him a cookie and told him not to look so glum, because that wouldn't make Luke come back home any faster. That might be so, but Bo couldn't wait for him to get home anyway.

He had his ball and he was out on the yard, looking down the rode every other minute. Then suddenly he found himself hoisted high into the air.

"Now, where should I put this thing." He heard Luke say.

"Put me down Luke." Bo shrieked, there were thistles nearby, and it wouldn't be the first time Luke had dropped him downin those.

"Of course I will, I just need to find a good spot first." Luke grinned, pulling Bo over his shoulder. "The thistles or the dung heap. What do ya say Bo?"

"Put me down here." Bo tried to squirm out of his hold, but it was no use.

"Make me." Luke grinned, he loved teasing his cousin.

"Please Luke." Bo begged.

"Not until ya say ya missed me, and sound like ya mean it."

"I had no one to play with." Bo burst out. "Of course I missed ya."

Bo sped down the dirt road as fast as a seven year old can go on an old beaten up bike. He had been trying to pass the time until Luke would be getting back home from a scout camp. It had been so boring, and he had been so lonely, so he really couldn't wait for Luke to come back time.

When he had asked his Uncle how much longer it would be before Luke got back one time to many Jesse had told him to take himself away from the farm a bit. Saying that if he took a short trip, then he would get back just about before Luke did.

Thinking that it would make the time go faster Bo had decided that it was a good idea. He had taken his bike to go to the pond, and it had been more fun that just sitting on the fence waiting.

He knew about how much time he had to spend, and he planned to make sure he would be back before Luke was. He didn't go very far, he just went around for a bit, and stopped whenever he saw something funny.

Then he started home again satisfied that his uncle wouldn't mind him asking just a few more times before Luke finally got back.

That was when the dang chain went of the bike, it had to happen when he was going down hill to. Luckily for him not a very steep hill, but enough. When he pushed down on the pedal, and all resistance disappeared, he became unbalanced and went straight into the ditch of the side of the road. Crashing down there with the bike coming down on top of him Bo lost his breath for a moment, then he started to untangle himself from the bike.

He was bruised and scraped, and his knees and palms hurt where he had cut them on the small stone. For a moment he just sat down to catch his breath, it was always a little scary to just fall over with the bike. It was one thing if he was doing something where he knew it could happen, but when it just happened while he was doing nothing, he didn't like that.

Then he realized he didn't have time to be upset about it all if he wanted to get home before Luke did, so he wiped the blood traces on his palms onto his jeans and straightened the bike up again.

He couldn't tell if it had gotten any more scratches, there was to many old ones for that. It was just the chain, and that was a problem. He knelt down beside it and tried to work the chain back on where it was supposed to be, but it was really tricky. The last time it slipped of, Luke had gotten it back on for him. Now he had to try and do it for himself, and it was not easy.

Struggling with it he wiped some sweat away from his forehead, obvious to the fact that he left dirty and greasy smudges there, the grease from the chain stung in the cuts on his hands, but he didn't really care. Luke would be coming soon.

He only paused when the chain pinched his finger, but he guessed that it was worth it, because that was when the thing finally slipped into the place where it was supposed to be. Putting his finger in his mouth to ease the pain he made a disgusted face, grease and dirt tasted awful.

Once more wiping his hands on his jeans he took of down the road, and a soon as he came up on the farm he could see that Luke was already there.

Jesse frowned as Bo came tearing in on the bike, seeing the dirt smudges, a torn knee on his jeans, and that was all he needed to see to know Bo had gotten side tracked into a ditch.

Upon seeing Luke, Bo came crashing to a stop, literally crashing to a stop as he jumped off the bike before he even hit the breaks. Before Luke knew it he had his cousin around his neck, and Luke spun him around just to keep his balance after the impact.

As if it wasn't obvious, Bo stated the fact. "I've missed ya."

Bo kicked at a pebble, angrily, very angrily. He was angry, or more like furious. Just because he was only eight no one believed him. It wasn't his fault, not the slightest.

They had been playing baseball with some of Luke's friends, and it wasn't Bo's fault that they had lost, but Luke got angry and said it was. Some of the others had gotten angry as well, they said it was his fault because he was to little, and they shouldn't have let him play.

As if they would have won if he hadn't been playing.

They wouldn't, he knew that, but they were still angry at him. So Bo got angry as well, and when he yelled back because they were yelling at him, they got really angry and told him he was just a small kid, and to small to play with them.

Like if it was his fault he wasn't any bigger than he was.

He knew better than to take it out on anyone else though, no matter how angry he was, so when his uncle asked him what was wrong he didn't get angry at him. He just kicked another pebble out of the way, and told him how they had gotten all angry at him.

"It's not always easy being the littlest one." Jesse said to comfort him. "But you won't always be that Bo, and when ya older, there's other thing won't be easy either."

"I know that." Bo leaned in for a hug. "But I'm still mad at Luke going and blaming it all on me. It wasn't my fault."

"I know it wasn't." Jesse said as he hugged him.

"But Luke don't." Bo pouted. "Uncle Jesse, I don't wanna be with Luke right now, can I runaway, just a little. I could sleep in the barn. An' then he'd know I'm really angry at him for blaming me, an' if he wants me back, he can go an' tell me so."

Jesse had to struggle not to smile, the boy was asking for permission to run away, and he wanted to run away just a little. Well, he could see how the boy had been hurt by Luke's outburst. Running away would take his mind off it, and might teach Luke a lesson as well. Besides, it wasn't as if anything could happen to him out in the barn.

"Okay," he nodded. "I'll tell ya what Bo. Ya can run away as far as to the barn, and then we'll see what Luke says. Now, if ya gonna be gone for so long, we need to pack some things for ya."

He smiled at how eager the boy was. He helped him to carry out his sleeping bag and a blanket, and filled a small basket with some food for him. Bo made himself comfortable in the hayloft. It would show Luke that just because he was little that didn't mean he could be mean to him.

Luke took the point, especially after Jesse had a talk with him. So he went out to the hayloft to talk Bo into coming inside again. Only Bo thought it was so much fun that he didn't want to. He had a cozy corner there, and he wanted to sleep there.

Luke nodded. "You come inside if you get scared, okay Bo?" He asked, and Bo nodded.

"But I won't be scared." Bo told him confidently.

Then Luke went back inside, he didn't really like being alone in the room, but he fell asleep anyway.

He woke up when he heard the door open and watched as the small form of his cousin came into the room.

"Did you get scared?" Luke asked.

Bo shook his head. "No, I wasn't scared at all, but I missed ya."

TBC

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