A/N: Where had everyone gone? 8 reveiws again last chapter...as well, I'm really pleased that people are still sticking with me. You sure got the star wars fans rilled up because i'm kinda accidentally neglecting the story I got on there for this one...whoops...lol ah its worth it cause you guys are so brilliant at revewing. 4 more reviews and you beat the highest number of reveiws I've ever got. :-)

I also keep forgetting to mention 2 things. 1, thanks to whoever it was that has put me in thier C2, its an honour and 2. Do any of you want to actually rp Dukes of Hazzard? Cause if you look on my profile, there is a link to a great rp site where I rp (role play incase you didnt know what rp stood for) as Bo. We have Luke, Daisy, Cooter and Enos, but we really need the other characters for it to work out. Come join us? Just look on my profile for the link.

Well thats it for me for today, update in roughly 3 days if the reveiws keep comin' in. Keep it 'tween the ditches you hear:-)

Luke jerked awake as the sound of a door opening reached his ears. His eyes instantly traveled over his wounded cousin, watching his muscular chest rise up and down underneath the sheets in time with the gentle beeping of several monitors. He sighed softly, it had been two days since the accident, and since then he hadn't even felt Bo twitch. A warm, soft hand lay itself gently on his shoulder and he turned slightly to smile sadly at Daisy, who handed him his cup of coffee before settling back into the chair next to him.

"Sorry I took so long…"

"I was wonderin' if you'd decided to go back to the farm after all."

"Not on your life Luke. I got side-tracked by some doctors."

He rolled his eyes playfully and sipped his coffee. Daisy always managed to get hit on at least twice in the space of abouta minute, no matter what kind of situation she was in. Uncle Jesse, as much as it pained him to have to do it, had returned to Hazzard that morning to start sorting out all the legalities on the farm. If Boss Hogg's plan was to be foiled early on, the Dukes knew that they couldn't let anything put them on hold.

Daisy had tried to make Luke go with him, noticing the depletion in his usual lively, 'look-on-the-bright-side' attitude and the constant jerk he adopted as he kept himself from falling asleep every couple of minutes. However, no matter how much she argued with him, Luke's decision to stick by his cousin never wavered. She watched him now, as his unrelenting gaze stood steadfast on Bo and she noticed the slight pang of guilt flare behind his eyes. She tenderly rubbed his back in small circles, resting her head on his shoulder until she felt his shoulder's slump and his free hand rubbed over his face.

"Luke…y'all really need to get some rest Sugar. You need to change your clothes and you look so beat, I can watch Bo."

"I can't…Daisy I can't go while he ain't awake. I need to be here if…when he wakes up."

"He ain't gonna be goin' nowhere…"

"I know that but…it makes me feel better…"

"What do you mean?"

Daisy didn't know if Luke would even answer her, so transfixed was he by his youngest cousin that he barley even blinked. When he did respond however, his voice was so quiet it was a struggle to hear him.

"I…I never should've left him Daisy….he wasn't well and I still went and left him. If I'd have stayed like I should've done, then I would have been there to help him and he wouldn't have got hurt. It's…it's my fault Daisy…"

It was all Daisy could do to keep herself from grabbing Luke by the shoulders and shaking him hard to try and get some sense into him. How in the world could he even think such a thing like that? She could understand his wanting to be with Bo, they had been inseparable since they were brought together as children…but Luke blaming himselffor hurtingBo! She had never heard him talk like that before and it scared her.

"Luke…I can't believe you would say that. This isn't and in no way could be your fault! You didn't know the barn was goin' to be attacked and it looks like Bo held out pretty well against the thugs if he managed to actually get away from the farm house…"

"But if I'd been there he wouldn't have had to run to the General and go and…"

"Please…Luke please just stop. There ain't no use you beatin' yourself up 'bout this now, y'all know Bo wouldn't want ya to. We need to be here for him when he comes round and we need to help him get back on his feet."

Slowly nodding, he reached over and took Bo's cold hand in his warm one, his eyes strangely void of any emotion. Daisy recognized it as an old marine trick, something about cutting yourself off from emotion so that it didn't interfere with his duty…and it didn't make her feel any better. She sighed and slipped her arm round his waist again, squeezing slightly, allowing the warmth of his body to soothe her shivering nerves, a warmth that she would have preferred to get from peaceful words and reassuring embraces.

Now didn't I say that Luke was gonna be needin' somethin' to keep him goin' too? I sure hope ol' Bo wakes up soon or we may haveboth of our favourite boys in hospital beds instead of the one.

Jesse stepped confidently into the Boars Nest, greeting everyone who greeted him, trying to ignore some shouted questions as to the whereabouts of Bo, Luke and Daisy. Cooter, who had been sitting at the bar, was quick to stand by Jesse and sit with him at a table, ordering a couple of beers.

Cooter could tell from the forced expression on Jesse's face that he would rather be doing other, more important things, than be sitting there acting like nothing was wrong, and he put a hand gently on his shoulder, leaning in low as he sipped his beer to whisper.

"Uncle Jesse…how's Bo doin'?"

"He's holdin' on for us Cooter…he ain't with us in the real world yet, but he's hangin'."

Jesse watched Cooter as the gifted mechanic slowly nodded and took a longer swig of his beer, before asking more questions that Jesse didn't want to have to face, but knew he had to because it had been the whole reason he had torn himself away from Bo's bedside in the first place.

"What's goin' to happen with the farm?"

"I just don't know Cooter. Without the boys I cant even begin to repair it, and without the barn I ain't got no way to store my crops and the like which leaves us with no money either."

"Well there's gotta be a way… what 'bout the insurance money…."

"Cooter, listen and you listen good. What I'm 'bout to say must not be repeated to anyone ya hear. J.D set up the attack on the farm…he hired two thugs from Atlanta to do it, and theys were the ones who ran Bo off the road. The barn was blown by the thugs usin' Luke's dynamite arrows, and so we have no way of provin' that it was them two that done it, which means no insurance money."

Cooter could do nothing but sit in silent outrage and disbelief at Jesse's words…Boss Hogg…he was in on the whole thing. Now, he wasn't surprised about the whole attack on the barn…but to actually try and kill Bo in the process? His oil clad hands balled into fists and he hissed under his breath.

"Uncle Jesse…if y'all want me to go and sort Boss out for ya I got no problem…"

"No Cooter…we don't want no fuss right now. We's just got to get on and continue to pay our mortgage for as long as we can…we'll figure out somethin'. Meanwhile, we gotta get Bo back to his feet."

"But Uncle Jesse, I can't just sit around and do nothin' while my best buddies are sufferin'."

But Jesse just stubbornly shook his head.

"Cooter, just keep workin' on the General for the boys. That's what they'd want ya to do. Now I's got to get to that Bank 'afore it shuts to pay the mortgage."

And with that, he rose from the table, leaving no room to argue the subject further with Cooter. He crossed over to the doorway, again ignoring shouted questions and heading out the door, before quickly snapping his head back round the frame and calling.

"And Cooter..."

"Yes Uncle Jesse?"

"I ain't your Uncle Jesse."

Cooter laughed as the stubborn old man walked out the door smiling slightly, the tension that could be seen in his shoulders decreasing slowly. But as soon as he had disappeared, Cooter's grin slipped off his face and he darted over to the bar, standing on it and whistling loudly to the crowd.

"Alright y'all, listen to me a sec. This is real important…"

Now what do y'all suppose he's up to? This looks like it's gonna turn real interesting…