Author's Note: This about Kit and Pamela Duke growing up, this is before Daisy's daughters, Lizzie, and her twins, B.J., and Lorraine are born, and Anita and Gabby are alive, and so is Jesse for awhile, and then die, and leaving the girls to their fathers for them to take care of, See how the boys do in this little story of mine, Y'all!
Songs used in this story: "Sunshine, My Only Sunshine", and "Let it be"
Cousins and Sisters: 1985: Prologue:
Life is good in Hazzard County, Georgia, and the Dukes were happy with what the way their lives are going, and there is always plenty of love, and Pamela and Kit Duke are close like sisters, even though they are cousins, and they lived together on Jesse's farm, that had been in their generation for many years, Let's take a visit, Shall we?
Luke and Bo Duke were the most handsome men in Hazzard County, Luke has Brown Hair, Blue Eyes, and an lean build, and a tan courtesy of working on the farm for so many years, and he has the girls come his way, and some break his heart, and he loved the single life until he met Anita Blackwell, a famous singer, who has Blond Hair, and Brown Eyes, and they met when Luke was a Senior Smoke Jumper for the Montana Forest Service, and they dated for awhile, until Anita hit the big time, and they broke up, Anita got married, but her husband died, and they met again when Luke and the gang were trying to raise money for the hospital they were building, and they met again in L.A., and ever since then Anita semi-retired, married Luke, and they returned to Hazzard to settle down, and they have a Brown Haired, Sapphire Blue Eyed Beauty of a daughter, they named her Pamela Katherine Duke, who was 8 years old.
Bo Duke is taller than his older cousin, he has the same build as Luke, but a darker tan, from working on the farm too, and he has Blond Hair, and Baby Blue Eyes, he met his beautiful wife, Gabriella, "Gabby" for short in L.A. too, she is a beautiful Dark Haired, Brown Eyed woman with a tan, she and her brothers, her, and their friends helped them recovered their tapes, and money and came to Hazzard for the Annual Ho Down for the new hospital, and they got married, and her family loves Bo, and wished them well, and they got married, and returned to Hazzard, where he retired as a Racecar Driver, and Luke retired from the Smoke Jumpers, but it doesn't mean that they got driving out their blood, they drive around in their famous Orange Red Racing Stock Car, the "General Lee", and raising some hell, Bo and Gabby have a beautiful Blond Haired, Baby Blue Eyed beauty, who looks like more her father named, Kit Marie Duke, who is 4 years old.
One morning Jesse, and the boys were working on the fields, and Daisy and the women were doing some lunch for everyone, and Kit and Pamela were playing, and running around outside, and Daisy said with her Blue Eyes sparkling, "Your girls are so sweet, I can't wait until Me and Enos have a family of our own", and Anita said with a smile, "You will make a wonderful mother, Cousin", and Daisy said raising an eyebrow, "You think?", and Gabby said, "Yes, you will, you spoil Kit and Pamela all the time", and everyone laughed, and Daisy said, "I can't help it, I am the Aunt, I am suppose to do it", and they went back to their cooking.
Jesse Duke pushed some of his White Hair out of his eyes, and he said with a smile, and his Blue Eyes full of excitement, to his nephews, "We are gonna have a great crop this year", as he put some of the supplies away, and then he looked at his nephews, and said, "We don't have to worry about money for awhile", and Luke and Bo put the rest of the supplies away, and put their Shirts on, buttoned them up, and tucked them into their Jeans, and Luke said, "That's great, Uncle Jesse", and Bo said exclaiming, "For once, We can be ahead this year!", and the two other Duke men agreed, and Jesse said, "Let's get on home for lunch", and Luke and Bo nodded, and they got into Jesse's old Pickup Truck, and went on home to their farm.
The Men came home, showered and changed and everyone had a nice lunch, and then Daisy had to get home to make sure that dinner was on time for Enos, and since Enos couldn't make it to lunch, Jesse said, "Here is some of my Strawberry Rhubarb Pie for Enos, Baby, Give him our best, and tell him to be careful during his shift", and Daisy thanked him, and said, "Yes, Sir", and she kissed, and hugged her family "goodbye", she gave her "nieces" one more kiss, and ruffled their hair a bit, and pinched their cheeks, she left in "Dixie" to go home to be with her husband for awhile.
Pamela asked her mother and aunt, "Mama, Aunt Gabby, Can Me and Kit play outside until dinner?" and Gabby said, "Stay in the yard where we can see you", and Anita said, "Be ready for supper, Girls, when we call you", and Pamela said nodding, "Yes, Ma'am", and she said to her young cousin with a smile holding out a hand to her, "Come on, Kit", and the little girl took it, and they walked out hand, and hand, which made Anita and Gabby very happy.
Jesse went to lie down for awhile until dinner, and Luke and Bo were sitting around talking in the Living Room, and Anita and Gabby joined them after doing the dishes, and they wrapped their arms around their husbands' waists, and they received a kiss from them as response, and Anita said with a smile, "It's great to see Kit and Pamela get along so well", and Gabby said agreeing, "Yeah, they act like more like sisters, than cousins", and Luke said, "Well, Me and Bo were like that", Bo gave him a look, and he caught himself, and said correcting himself, "Actually, Me, Bo, and Daisy were like that, we thought of each other more as siblings, then cousins", and Bo nodded in agreement, "Yeah, we had some good times, Uncle Jesse taught us that nothing is important than family", and the girls nodded, and then they all heard two screams, and Jesse came running out his bedroom, and said, "What was that?", and the Duke adults ran outside to see what was going on.
Pamela was busying comforting her little cousin, as she applied pressure to her wound on her knee, Kit wailed out loud in pain, and Pamela said, "I am sorry, Cousin, I have to do it", and she saw Jesse, and everyone coming towards them, she yelled frantically to her family members, "Kit fell down, while we were playing tag!", and Bo easily scooped up his daughter, and Luke got Pamela too, and they all went inside.
They got inside, and Jesse said, "We got to wash out the dirt and rocks out of the wound, or it will get infected", and Kit wailed, and yelled, "NO!" and Bo said, "Baby, We have to do it, Will you let someone do it?" and then she said between sobs, "Can you, and Grandpa Jesse do it?" and Bo smiled, and said, "Sure, Sugar, Anything you want", and she composed herself, and she looked at Luke, "Uncle Luke, Can I have a Big Bird Band-Aid?" and Luke smiled, and said, "Sure, Honey, You can have one", and then she looked at her mother, and aunt, and said, "Mama, Can you and Aunt Anita sing me my favorite song?", and they both smiled, and nodded, and Jesse said with a smile, "Ready?", and she nodded, and then Jesse, and Bo began to wash the wound.
Anita and Gabby were singing "Sunshine, My Only Sunshine", Kit's favorite song, to her, and then when Bo and Jesse were done, Jesse said with a smile, "You did great, Sweetheart", and Bo said agreeing exclaiming, "You sure did, Sugar!" and Kit thanked them, and Luke put a Big Bird Band-Aid on her knee, and kissed it, and asked with a smile, "All better?" and Kit smiled, and nodded, and while the adults were making Kit feel better, Pamela went into her and Kit's Bedroom, that belonged to their fathers, and came out with something.
Pamela said, "Kit, I have something for you, cause you were so brave", and she handed Kit her old Teddy Bear, named, Colton, and Kit was shocked, and said, "I can't take Colton, Pam", and she stuck her thumb in her mouth, and Pamela said, "I want you to have it, Kit, cause it will take away the monsters", and she gave it to her, and Kit said with a smile and hugged her cousin, "Thanks, Pam", and Pamela said, "Let's go play in our room", and Bo lifted Kit off of the table, and kissed her the top of her head as he did this, and the adults smiled, as the little girls walked to their room with hands around each others' waists.
The dinner was completed, and Luke went to get the girls, and they all sat down at the large table, Jesse did the blessing, and everyone ate. Everyone was enjoying each other's company, and having a nice time, and then Pamela said after dinner, "Can me and Kit have a cookie?" and Bo said, "One each", and Luke said, "Then it's off to bed, Girls, OK?" and they both said in unison exclaiming, "Yes, Sir!" and then Pamela went to the Cookie Jar, and then found only one cookie left, and Pamela said to Kit, "There is only one cookie left", and Kit knew what that meant, but Pamela did something that the little girl totally didn't expect, Pamela broke the cookie into two equal halves, and handed one to Kit, and hugged her, and then Kit said to no one in particular, "Can we have some Milk, please?", and Jesse said, "I will get it", and he poured them each a glass, and they finished their snack, and drink, and Anita, and Gabby got the girls ready for bed, and then the Duke Men came into say "goodnight" with the ladies.
Jesse said, "Goodnight, My Angels", and he hugged, and kissed them, and he left the room, he had some errands to do the next morning, and Luke said, "Goodnight, My Pumpkins, Sweet Dreams", he hugged and kissed them and went to the door, and wait for others, Anita and Gabby kissed their daughters, and hugged them, "Goodnight Sugars", Gabby said, and Anita said, "Goodnight, My Babies, I love you", and Bo said to them, "Goodnight, Darlings", and he kissed and hugged them both, and then Pamela said, "Daddy? Uncle Bo? Can you tell us another "General Lee" story? Please?", and the boys looked over at their wives, and then at their daughters, and Luke said to his cousin, "How can we say "no" to that, Cousin?", and Bo shook his head, and chuckled, and said, "We can't, Luke", and Gabby and Anita left them alone.
Kit and Pamela made room on their bed for their fathers to sit down, and the boys proceeded to tell them about the time that Rosco got stuck in a tree, while they were doing a race, and the girls laughed hard, and then Luke and Bo continued to tell the tale, and then they gave their daughters one more kiss, and then left, and Pamela gave her cousin a kiss on the forehead, and said, "Goodnight, Kiddo", and Kit said, "Night-Night, Pammy", and she fell asleep, except Pamela, she moved some hair out of Kit's eyes, and fell asleep after awhile.
End of: Cousins and Sisters: 1985: Prologue:
Balladeer: It's clear that Pamela and Kit are best friends, and it appears that they could get through anything? But can they get through the next part of their lives? Please stay tuned for the next chapter of: Pamela and Kit: The Early Years, You better bring a tissue, it is sure a sad one, y'all!
