Two years later: Luke is now 18 and Gabby is 12.
Luke was graduating high school in a few weeks and he still didn't know where or what he was going to do after. Cooter had offered him a job at the garage when Luke suggested he wanted to go into car racing. But now he had changed his mind. Seeing what became of Bo after the racing, he decided he wanted to go to college.
But where he had no idea. There were a few ones close by but he decided against those. If he went there, then he most likely wouldn't have to leave home. Nope, he was going to go to one away, one out of the state. So he kept it a secret from his parents until he knew for sure where it was he would be going to.
"Mom, dad….I have something to say," Luke said one night at dinner.
"What is it son?" Bo asked.
"Well I know I have been keeping it a secret but that's cause I wanted to make sure I knew where I was going first. And well first of all I have decided to go to college. The second thing is, I'm going to one in New York."
"What? You wanna move away?" Christine said.
"Yes mom. I mean sure I'm gonna miss it here, but I just feel like there's more for me out there you know." Christine understood completely. After all she did move from New York herself to be with Bo after she met him.
And in September, the Dukes were ready to send off their first child to college. "You make sure you call and visit," Christine said.
"I will mom. Thanks. Bye mom, bye dad," he said hugging them and taking off.