Hiya! Hiya! Me again! Thanks for all the reviews, It made me all warm and fuzzy inside to know my story was liked. I know I told a couple of you that I would have it posted this weekend, and sorry for not doing so. Spap got busy with other stuff, so sorry, and heres the next chapter. Is it a pop 'n roll? Enjoy!
Luke let out a grunt as he raised his axe above his head and brought its blade down on a poor defenseless log. With one swift stroke, the log had become a couple of pieces of firewood. Beside him, Bo was attempting to do the same thing, but his attempts only got his axe stuck halfway in the log.
"Dangit Bo! Aint you ever learned to do that right?" Luke groaned. Bo grinned sheepishly and shrugged his shoulders. Luke chuckled as he helped his cousin pull his axe out of the log. It took some effort, but the two boys eventually wedged the blade from it wooden captor. The screen door creaked behind them and Daisy walked out of the house. Bo and Luke turned to her, and said their good mornings.
"Off to work?" Luke asked, wiping sweat from his brow. He took his shirt from a nearby fence post and walked over towards Daisy. Bo did the same, and was beside Luke in a flash. Daisy nodded.
"Yea. Boss wants me in early today. Uncle Jesse is in the back forty if you need him." She informed the boys, then eyed the firewood and mutilated logs.
"I take it Bos still loosing the fights with the logs?" She raised an eyebrow and looked at her youngest cousin. Luke broke into laughter as he lightly elbowed his younger cousin in the ribs. Daisy rarely had a good crack in the family, but when she did, it was mostly at one of her cousins. Mostly Bo.
"Cute," Bo mumbled and mock-frowned at his older cousin, "Don't you have some place to be?" Daisy shrugged her shoulders and gave her baby cousin's shoulder a pat before climbing into her jeep and starting the engine. Bo and Luke waved as they watched her vehicle disappear down the dirt road. Bo shook his head and turned to Luke, who in turn placed and arm on his younger cousins shoulder.
"Back to the wood, cuz. Try not to damage the axe. We can't afford a new one." Luke said, smiling as he teased Bo a little more. The blond shook his head and took the handle of the tool up in his hands. Looking up at Luke, he smirked some. Knowing what that grin and that twinkle in Bo's eyes meant, Luke did the same and turned to a nearby piece of log.
"I take it we're racing? Whoever finishes their half of the wood first wins, right?" The dark haired Duke said. Bo only nodded, always finding competition the way to make chores go by faster.
Daisy shook her head and tried her best not to laugh as she drove through the roads like and expert. Those boys either made her laugh nonstop, worry to the point of exhaustion, or ran her rage into overdrive. It really depended on the day. She would've sat in that jeep and daydreamed all day, but the Boars Nest was fast approaching, and Boss Hogg docked her pay if she was late. Pressing the brake to pull into the gravel driveway, Daisy's smile faded when she came to a shocking realization. Dixie wasn't slowing.
Daisy's eyes widened and she pressed the pedal over and over, but the jeep continued at a fast pace. Fumbling with her radio, she grabbed the CB mircophone and started to scream in a panicked voice.
"Bo! Luke! My brakes-" Poor Daisy couldn't say anymore. The sound of a horn had brought her attention back to the road, and she was in the way of a large blue pickup truck a little to late. The jeep collided with the side of the truck and swerved off the road. Daisy raised her arms over her head to protect her face from the windshield's glass. As Dixie tumbled further into the ditch, its driver struck her head on the steering wheel. Daisy didn't feel when Dixie came to a halt against a tree, she was out like a light.
In the waiting room of Tri-County Emergency, Luke paced the floor, Bo fidgeted in his seat, and Jesse just sat in silence. The aged man heaved a sigh as he stared at the faded red cap in his hands. It was a Christmas present from Daisy when she was fifteen, and now everytime he looked down at it, he was remined of the phone call that the boys had given him, telling him that his girl was in an accident.
"Now boys. What exactly happened?" Jesse asked the boys in a soft tone, knowing they were feeling the same way he was. Nervous and upset. Luke stopped wearing a hole in the hospital floor and took a seat on the other side of his uncle. Bo looked up at the grey haired Duke and sighed as well. He was the one who started the story of the accident.
"Well, We were working on the wood, kinda having a race, and then Daisy comes on the CB. She said somthin' about her brakes, and then the CB goes dead." Bo looked at the floor and swallowed a lump in his throat. He didn't think he would be able to continue, and so Luke picked up where he left off. "So, of course, we jumped in the General and took off, but when we go there, they were already loading Daisy in the back of the Ambulance."
"She said something about her brakes, but didn't Cooter fix them yesterday?" Jesse said. Scratching his fuzzy chin, he closed his eyes in thought. He stayed like that for a few minutes, not saying a word to anyone. Bo and Luke looked at each other, both feeling like they had just swallowed a rattlesnake headfirst. It was almost as if they were reading each others thoughts, the way one would shake his head or raise his eyebrows as they stared. Luke was the one who broke the mental argument.
"But you know Cooter would've triple checked them things before he even let Daisy have her keys!" He said, standing up and starting to pace once more. Jesse and Bo nodded their head in agreement. Luke turned to his family for a moment. It was his turn to sigh.
"We know that, now what?"
"Uncle Jesse!" Another voice cried from the other side of the hospital waiting room. The Dukes turned towards the double doors to see Enos coming closer to them, Cooter wasn't too far behind. The deputy stood behind Jesse and looked at Bo and Luke, while Cooter took Luke's abandoned seat and leaned closer to the others.
"Uncle Jesse! What happened? Is Daisy okay?" Enos nearly shouted, earning a glare from the receptionist.
Jesse shook his head, "We don't know about Daisy. They aint tellin' us anything. As for what happened..." Jesse looked over at Cooter and swallowed a lump in his throat. Although Bo, Luke, and Daisy were his blood; he felt as if he had raised half of Hazzard County. "Something to do with her brakes."
Cooter looked as if someone had just killed his dog right in front of him. He stood there with his head lowered, shaking from head to toe. Everyone stayed quiet; watching the mechanic as she slowly raised his head and started to speak.
"Uh..Jesse..I really don't..I'm sorry." He muttered, suddenly finding the hospital exit rather tempting. Jesse could see it coming and rose from his seat. He stood in front of Cooter, blocking the younger mans view of the double doors.
"Now, Cooter, nobodies pointing any fingers at ya and-"
"Look Mr. Duke. I'm real sorry about all this, but could I be alone for a while?" Cooter asked. Jesse flinched some. The way Cooter said 'Mr. Duke' just didn't sound well in his ears. Usually it was 'Uncle Jesse' or 'Jesse', anything but that. Hell, the mechanic didn't even look at him when he asked to be alone.
"Well, alright." Jesse said as he reached out to place a hand on Cooter's shoulder, but he shied away, turned tail and left the hospital without so much as a 'See y'all around.' Enos, Bo and Luke, who had watched the whole scene unfold, were concerned. After Jesse sat back down, Luke turned his attention to Enos and Bo.
"Its just like that time with Petey Willis." He said, earning dark nods and frowns from the others. They remembered how they almost lost Cooter for good that time, and now it looked as if history was about to repeat itself.
"Duke?" Came a strong males voice came from near the receptionists desk. All Dukes, and Enos, looked up to see a dark haired, aging doctor with a clipboard in his hand. As the doctor came closer, all four men held their breath.
Broncz stood in Boss Hoggs Boars Nest office, nearly drooling over blueprints of his new shopping center. Boss, who was sitting in a chair nearby, raised a grey eyebrow as he chewed on a leg of chicken.
"Has Jesse Duke really forfeited his land?" Boss asked, licking the grease from his fingertips.
"Not yet, Mr. Hogg, but I will have that property soon, and you are still guaranteed thirty percent of all deals."
Boss Hogg nodded, glad to know he was still in the money making. Broncz nodded as well and stopped leaning over his blueprints. He walked over to the hat rack, took his fedora from the hook and placed it on his head.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a farm to purchase." With that, he turned and walked out of the office. Boss Hogg frowned some and grabbed another piece of fried chicken.
"Confident cuss, ain't he?"
Chapter two is done. Reviews keep Spap alive!
