Hey ya'll, Bo here. Sorry it took so long for an update, but I've been more busy then usual. I've been watching three dogs for a friend, and trust me, four dogs, (the fourth one being my own) are not easy to take care of.

A/N: I decided to change the title, I didn't like the old one.

Anywho, here's the next chapter. Hope ya enjoy it :)

Friends 'Til the End

Chapter 7: Another Tragedy

A week passed since Bo had been found. Luke had started seeing Katie again, a few days later. Even though they were seeing each other, Luke had wanted to stay at the farm on their dates, mainly because he was worried about Bo, and wanted to make sure he didn't get hurt again. Bo was glad Luke had decided that at first, but after two days of it, Bo was starting to get a little tired of Luke staying home to watch him. He wanted his older cousin to have a good time on his dates, not babysit him the whole time.

One day Luke was home with Katie and Bo was reading a car magazine on the floor. Bo hadn't really been reading the magazine; instead he'd been trying to think of a way to get Luke to leave so he could have fun. After nearly an hour of listening to Luke and Katie talking to each other, Bo decided to tell Luke. Sitting up, Bo turned to his cousin and his girlfriend.

"Luke, can I tell ya somethin'?" Bo asked after a minute. Luke looked at Bo.

"Sure, what'cha need to tell me?" Luke asked. Bo took a deep breath before he began.

"I've been thinking, maybe you and Katie should go some place else for yer dates." Bo said. What he'd said hadn't come out like he'd planned and now he was hoping Luke wouldn't take it the wrong way.

"What're you sayin' Bo? That I can't have my girlfriend over 'cause you're here?"

"No, what I mean is, you should be out having fun, not here watching me. I'll be fine; the thing with the river was just an accident."

"No way Bo. I almost lost you once; I ain't takin' that chance again."

"But Luke, I'm not a kid anymore; I can take care of myself."

"I know that, Bo, but I'm not taking any chances. What if somethin' happens to you when I'm not here?"

"Look, I appreciate all this, but I'm tired of being babysat all the time. I can't even go outside to feed the animals or collect the eggs without being followed."

"Bo, I'm not babysittin' ya. I'm just lookin' out for ya."

"I know that, but dang it Luke, I'm twenty-three years old, I can take care of myself."

"If you could then you wouldn't have damn near drowned yerself!" Luke snapped.

"You think I purposely drove into the river and fell in?" Bo asked, his temper rising.

"Well, with the way you drive, I wouldn't doubt it." Luke said, his own temper rising as well.

"Oh yeah, like I wanted to drive myself into a ragin' river and drown."

"Hey, you just said you did."

"I did not!"

"You did too!"

While Bo and Luke were arguing, Katie was watching with a smile. However, the smile didn't go unnoticed by the youngest Duke.

"What the heck're you smilin' about?" Bo said looking at her.

"What? I'm not smiling." Katie said defensively.

"You were too, I saw ya!" Bo said.

"You leave her outta this!" Luke yelled standing up. Bo stood up as well.

"Why? She was smiling like she enjoyed us arguin'. That girl is trouble if ya ask me." Bo said.

"You take that back." Luke growled.

"Take what back? The fact that I'm right and yer wrong?" Luke lost it right there. He balled up his fist and swung it around and connected square with the right side of Bo's face, knocking the young man to the floor. Katie, who'd stepped out of the way, was grinning. Bo picked himself up off the floor. He turned to Luke, and glared at him.

"Cousin, you just made a big mistake." Bo said as he tackled Luke. Both of them landed on the couch, tipping it over. Both boys tumbled over the overturned couch, one of them knocking a lamp off a stand that was next to the couch, and shattering it. Both of them started wrestling and rolling around on the floor, trading punches with each other. They were so into their fight that they didn't even notice at first that they were both rolling around on the large pieces of broken glass. It wasn't until both of them wore themselves out did they notice how cut up and bloody they both were. Luke was the first one to get up. He looked at himself and saw his clothes were torn and had blood on them.

"Oh, smooth move Bo! Look what you did to my clothes!" Luke yelled. Bo slowly stood up and moved away from Luke.

"I didn't do it! You was the one who threw the first punch!" Bo said as he shook his head to get the bits of glass out of his hair.

"Oh yeah, after you started the argument!" Luke yelled.

Bo snorted and limped to the front door, grabbing his set of car keys off the key ring by the door.

"I'm outta here." Bo said angrily.

"Good, I hope you don't come back!" Luke yelled.

Bo limped painfully out of the house and over to the General. He slowly climbed in the window, wincing when he bumped the still bleeding cuts on the door. Bo put the key into the ignition and started the General. He was glad that Cooter had been able to fix 'em, otherwise he'd be walking instead of driving. Luke watched out the kitchen window as Bo drove down the road. When the General was out of sight, Luke turned to see if Katie was still there. He was glad when she was. He walked over to her and stood in front of her.

"God Katie. I'm so sorry about that. I don't know what got into him. I promise you it won't happen again. Do you forgive me?" Luke asked. Katie thought about it for a second before she smiled.

"Of course I forgive you, Luke." She said with a smile. Luke smiled back and without thinking about it, both of them were soon locked in a passionate kiss.

Meanwhile, Bo was tearing through the back roads of the county. Bo took each curve at a dangerous speed, not really caring if he had trouble keeping control of the General. By that time however, he was more hurt then angry. The hurt being from what Luke had said.

"If he don't want me to come back, then fine, I won't." Bo said to himself. He turned the General down a road that led out of Hazzard.

Bo was half way out of Hazzard when he came to a fairly busy intersection. Since Bo had the right away, he didn't slow down. He was unaware that a drunk driver was approaching the same intersection. Bo had just made it to the center of the intersection when the drunk driver ran the stop sign, running smack dab in the middle of the driver's side door.

The last thing Bo was aware of before darkness consumed him was an excruciating pain going through his entire body. The drunk driver wasn't even aware of the accident, nor the fact that his car had hit another, making the victim car flip over onto its roof. Because neither Bo nor the driver of the other car were wearing seatbelts, both of them were thrown out of their cars and onto the road.

Several people, who'd witnessed the accident, stopped as quickly as they could so they wouldn't be involved in it. Three of the several people who stopped, got out of their cars and ran over to the injured men. One person checked the drunken man, and another checked Bo, while the third went to call for two ambulances. The man who'd checked the drunk driver, checked for a pulse, and slowly stepped away when he didn't find one.

The man, who went over to Bo, also checked for a pulse and was relieved to find one. It was faint and weak, but still there. It wasn't long before the ambulances arrived. One team of paramedics tended to Bo while the other team tended to the man. As the medics were tending to Bo and the man, a news chopper was flying over head, getting scene of the accident on film for the evening news.

It didn't take long for the medics to get Bo ready for transport to Tri County General. Once he was ready, they loaded him into the back of the ambulance and sped away, while the other took the other man's body, since he was pronounced dead at the scene.

I sure hope ol' Bo makes it outta this mess alive. Stick around, ya hear?

Ok, now then I got a new pet (which really isn't new) and he's hungry. Please feed the Iggy, he likes reviews :)