TISSUE WARNING!

Luke stood over Bo's bed, shaking the boy's shoulder gently but firmly. "Don't do this to me! I just got you back, Bo! Don't you leave me now! Ya hear me, Bo?" Luke cupped Bo's lifeless hand in both of his own. Chills raced through his spine when he felt how clammy and cold it had become.

"Bo… you can't be… you can't…."

He was shoved aside by a barrage of doctors and nurses who soon surrounded Bo. Luke frantically tried to claw his way back to his cousin.

"Let me see him! Ya gotta let me see him!" shouted Luke hysterically.

"Nurse, call security and get him outta here!" shouted the doctor as he began CPR on Bo and ordered the defibrillator be brought in stat.

"No! Bo… I gotta be with Bo..."

At that moment, two armed security guards escorted a protesting Luke out the door.

"They'll do what they can, son," said the taller of the two guards with a face full of sympathy before leaving the young man alone with his thoughts.

Luke refused to be comforted. He slid down against the wall and leaned his head against Bo's door. Vaguely he heard the sound of the defibrillator sending shocks to Bo's heart… again… and again… and again.

"Bo," uttered Luke with tears streaming from his blue eyes. "My God what are they doin' to ya…"

Suddenly the room became strangely silent. Fear gripped Luke's heart and he raced through the door just in time to hear the doctor say, "Time of death: 10:08am."

I'm hearin' it… but I can't quite believe it…

"No!" screamed Luke desperately, pushing past the nurses to his cousin's bedside. "No! Bo… Bo…" Luke embraced Bo's already stiffening hand and held it to his chest. "Bo… please! This can't be happenin'! Tell me this isn't happenin'!" Hot tears poured from Luke's eyes as he tenderly caressed Bo's cheek.

The nurses had left the room by this time. The doctor put his thin hands on Luke's shaking shoulders. "Son, I did everything I could."

"Then why, Doc? Why?" demanded Luke not turning his eyes from his cousin.

"It was just too much for his heart to handle."

Luke said nothing. He couldn't believe it. Bo was gone.

Luke brushed Bo's hair out of his eyes. Bending over his cousin's lifeless body, Luke kissed Bo's forehead and tenderly brushed his pale cheek with his thumb.

"Why, Bo? Why couldn't ya hang on this time?" Poor Luke gave in and let his tears fall.

"Son, we need to take the body," began the doctor hesitantly, as Luke held his cousin's hand weeping bitterly.

"No!"

"Son, we have to…come on, now…"

"You ain't takin'm from me…"

"Son… I understand, but we have to… now why don't you call your family. They're going to need you."

Luke gave a defeated nod in response. After a last look at Bo's lifeless body, he turned and left the room.

Luke soon found himself on a bridge overlooking the winding Manistee River. The splashing water caused him to smile sadly as he remembered the last time he and Bo went skinny dipping. The two had been splashing around like a couple of ducks when Bo had playfully splashed a handful of water into Luke's face. Bo had busted out laughing upon seeing Luke's face and Luke, caught off guard though he was, couldn't help but laugh right along with him. Bo had a way of making people smile… especially girls.

Luke chuckled to himself. If having girls around were the same as having money, Bo would be the richest man in Hazzard. He had always had something about him that the girls couldn't seem to resist.

Yup, ol' Bo could charm the skin off a rattlesnake.

Hot tears fell from Luke's eyes, disappearing into the depths of the flowing river.

"I can't do this, Bo…" muttered Luke, staring longingly at the river currents far below him. "I need you…Bo, why? Why didn't you stay?" He climbed to the top rail of the bridge and sat, his legs dangling over the edge.

Uh-oh.

"Oh God, Bo… this can't be real… Why Bo? Why?" He felt himself gather his legs beneath him and stand on the top rail. He spread his arms out to his sides. His insides quaked with fear as he stared down at the cold water. He wanted to die- it was as simple as that. Life without Bo was no life at all. He tensed his muscles and was preparing to step off the ledge when he thought of Daisy and Uncle Jesse. No, he couldn't do that to them. Not now. He'd wait a year, maybe two, when they were used to Bo being gone. Maybe by then, Luke could figure out a way to get Uncle Jesse some help to run the farm too.

He bent over to step down when his foot slipped out from under him, tumbling Luke into the rocky riverbed.

Not Luke too! I just can't look…

There ya have it… please R and R. The more replies the sooner I update -Jordyn