Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! Y'all are so sweet; I love ya. I'll try to update as often as I can, but I don't know how that'll go. Any suggestions for improvement would be joyfully received. Strange I didn't get any offers on that property, though…if you close your eyes, strain real hard, and have a real good imagination, you can almost hear the ocean. Oh well, maybe Boss will have some news for me later. (The Dukes of Hazzard is still not mine, by the way) Continuing on…

"Ya did what?" an irate male voice pierced the stillness surrounding the old farmhouse, startling the livestock outside.

Well, what do ya know? He took it better than I thought.

"Now, Uncle Jesse, boys, please don't get upset," Daisy pleaded with her red-faced uncle and two distressed cousins.

"Daisy, how can we not get upset?" Bo steamed. "Ya signed us up without even askin'! How's we supposed to feel?"

"Bo, just settle down," their uncle, calmed down somewhat from his own initial outburst, interjected. Bo automatically answered, "Yes, sir," and sank back down in his seat next to Luke.

"Daisy." Uncle Jesse turned to look his niece square in the eye. Daisy wanted to turn away but could not pry her gaze from her uncle's weathered features. "Ya want to explain how come ya signed us all up for this?" he asked quietly, but in a tone meant to be answered.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Jesse, if I knew y'all would take it so bad I wouldn't have, but it sounded like it'd be a lot of fun, an' nobody was signin' up to be a part, an' I didn't want Miss Lulu to be disappointed--"

"An' so you got us involved," Luke finished with a sigh. "Well, at least it ain't Boss Hogg's event."

"If ya really don't want to, I can erase y'all's names," Daisy added in a subdued tone.

"No, ya can't," Uncle Jesse said firmly, surprising the entire family. "Like it or not—and I ain't sayin' I do or I don't, now—my name is a' signed to a paper promisin' that I'd take part in something an' to me that's as binding as if I'd spit and shook with Lulu Hogg herself. It wouldn't be right to make a promise and then take it back, even if it wasn't me that said it." He looked around at each member of his family, making sure they were listening. "That there's a contract, far as I'm concerned, and it's my name on the line if I ever backed out of a contract." Now Jesse Duke sighed in resignation. "Guess I'd better get my good clothes out and ready."

"Oh, thank you, Uncle Jesse!" Daisy threw her arms around his neck. Jesse allowed himself a small smile and hugged her back, unable to be really angry with her anymore. "Yer welcome, girl." He pulled away and held up a cautioning finger, catching her attention once more. "Jest next time ya volunteer us, see that we want to be volunteered first, ok?"

Daisy smiled, "Ok."

Now I knew all along he wouldn't really be mad at Daisy, didn't you?

Bo and Luke looked at each other for a long, uncomfortable moment, then Luke said, "Look, Daisy, if it means this much to you, I guess we're in, too." Bo nodded in reluctant agreement.

Now Daisy gave each of her cousins a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek. "Thanks, fellas, I love ya! This really does mean a lot. I tell ya what, how about as thanks, I wash and wax the General Lee so he's all cleaned up for the dance, too?"

"Daisy, you don't hafta do that," Luke began, but she interrupted, "Boys, I was gonna wax Dixie since Cooter was done fixing her anyhow, so what do ya say? I want to do this for you, ok?"

"Well, all right then," the boys agreed.

"Just wait till they get all their errands in town done first," Jesse told her with a twinkle in his eye. "Like as not the General would need another bath once they got back!"

Now I'm glad the Dukes took the news so good. But I sorta had a feeling they would. Ain't nobody can stay mad at Daisy, no matter how hard they try.

A/N: I really hope I don't bore anybody, but I love the family interaction. I'm hoping to get a little action in later, once Boss starts plotting. I want this story to be a little of everything, since that's what the show is. But right now, nothing is written.