Hey people, I decided to have a semi-speedy update. So here's the chapter, and I hope you liked it. It was easy to write for once; I wrote most of it in less than two hours.

Chapter 13: Pain in Every Sense of the Word

Bo's eyes widened at the stunning news Daisy told him. "Jamie miscarried?" he asked softly. Daisy, Jesse, and Enos all nodded solemnly. "Wow." The three nodded again. Suddenly, Lois and Charlie came tearing through the house, screaming like banshees. The fathers of the two children stood up and grabbed them and took them outside, Daisy and Jesse close behind.

"How come we can't go inside?" Lois asked her dad. "And why does everybody look real sad?"

"Real sad," Charlie echoed.

"We'll talk about that later," Daisy said. "So Lois, did you have a good day at school?"

"No, but it don't matter cause I'm never goin' back," the girl answered.

Bo furrowed his brow. "When did you decide this?" he asked.

"Taday," said Lois. "Jason's real mean. I don't want him ta say mean things ta me no more so I ain't goin' ta school anymore."

"Lois, honey, ya can't just run away from yer problems," Bo told her.

"You did." Bo looked at his daughter, confused, so Lois continued. "Yesterday when that real big man was gonna hit you ya took me an' ran an' drove away fast."

Bo looked around at everyone, trying to find a suitable answer. Finding none, he said, "Lois, yer absolutely right. I did run away. But we's gonna stop that right now. We're gonna go ta Jason's house an' make 'em apologize." He took ahold of Lois's hand and led her to the General Lee.

Jesse stopped them. "Now wait, Bo, I'm goin' with ya ta make sure ya don't do nothin' stupid." Bo slowed down and the three of them got in the car.

The Martex homestead was about twenty miles away. Bo got them there in ten minutes, never once being chased by the local law enforcements. Jesse waited in the General, and after Bo crawled out of the driver's seat, he pulled Lois through the backseat. They made their way to the front door of the farmhouse at a leisurely pace. Bo knocked steadily on the door, and after a few minutes, Brad Martex opened the door, with Jason standing meanly next to him.

"Good afternoon, Duke," Brad said, smirking down at his nemasis.

Bo looked up at Brad and said, "Martex."

Just then, years of flashbacks of being beat up by this guy who was taller than anyone in Hazzard. Bo was usually considered tall, but Brad was a good four or five inches taller. Bo could feel sweat welling up in his palms, and he clenched his fists. His mind went completely blank. He couldn't remember why he was there until he looked down at Lois, who was now tugging on his shirt. He caught his bearings and began to speak once more.

"I believe your son owes my daughter an apology," he said, his voice strong.

"Whatever for?" Brad asked sweetly. "My son didn't do anything wrong. It was your daughter who keeps calling him rude names. She should be the one doin' any apologizin'."

"Actually, your son was insultin' my parenting," Bo said, matter-of-factly. "He told my daughter she wouldn't be normal cause she don't got no mom."

Brad smiled. "Ain't there freedom of speech in this country?"

Bo sighed. "Look Martex," he began, his face flushed red with anger. "I don't know what problem you have with my family but I ain't gonna take no more of this. You tell yer son ta leave my daughter alone if ya know what's good for 'im . . . an' you."

"Yeah!" Lois said, before ducking behind her dad. Jason glared at her.

"Duke, I got somethin' ta show ya," Brad said.

Brad's fist was the last thing Bo saw before the lights went out in Georgia.

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The first thing Bo noticed was the bright light shining in his eyes, causing him to moan. The next thing Bo noticed was the dull pounding in his head. He opened his eyes once more, where Daisy was standing over him, grinning.

"Hey cousin, welcome back," she said.

Bo groaned and slowly, with the help of Daisy, sat up. Looking around, he found himself on the couch in his section of the house. The last thing he remembered was talking with Brad Martex, but after that, there was nothing.

"What happened?" Bo asked.

Jesse, who was sitting in a chair nearby, answered. "That Martex fella hit ya pretty good. Ya passed out right away. He just shut the door right in Lois's face, leavin' her right there next to ya on the front steps. I got outta the General Lee an' gotcha an' laid ya down in the backseat with Lois right behind me. We got in and drove home an' Luke helped me getcha on that couch. That's a pretty nasty shiner ya got there."

"When ya started stirin' I sent Jamie ta get ya some ice," Daisy said. "She's done a real nice job handlin' Lois this whole time. Ya've been out fer a couple hours, an' Jamie did a real good job makin' her feel better. She was pretty upset about the whole thing."

Jamie came back in with a baggie full of ice. "Here Bo, that looks like it hurts somethin' fierce," she said softly. She handed him the ice and he stuck it right on his right eye.

"Yeah it does," Bo admitted. "Can barely see outta that eye. Where's Luke?"

"He an' Enos took Lois out fer some ice cream," Jamie answered. "They thought it might cheer 'er up. If it works, maybe I'll have 'em take me out fer some ice cream."

Bo gave his cousin-in-law a small smile."Yeah, I heard about yer baby, an' I was real sorry ta hear that." He winced as the pressure from the ice sent more pain through his head.

"Thanks," Jamie said. She didn't say anything after that, instead, she left the room and went back to the main section of the house.

"Here, Bo, lemme take a look at yer eye," Daisy said. Slowly, Bo pulled the ice pack off his eye. Daisy grimaced. "Uncle Jesse's right. That is a pretty nasty one there."

He attempted to pull his eye open, but it hurt too bad, so he gave up. By now the pounding in his head had gotten so bad, he could barely think through it. Instead, he lay back down and Daisy replaced the ice pack on it. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to fall into a deep sleep.

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The next time Bo awoke, he was staring into the face of his daughter who was sitting with her legs straddled across him. He smiled at her. "Hey honey," he greeted.

"Daddy, you got the worst black eye I've ever seen," Lois commented. Bo couldn't help but smile wider at his daughter's innocence. "It looks like it hurts worse than that time last year when I hit my elbow on Charlie's head."

Bo laughed, and he heard Luke's laugh from behind him. He looked over to see his older cousin sitting in the chair reading a car magazine. He turned back to Lois. "Yeah, it hurts a little bit," he told her.

"Can I touch it?" Lois asked, sticking her finger out towards Bo's eye.

"Uh, sorry honey, that'd make it hurt worse," Bo answered. "Did you have fun gettin' ice cream with Luke 'n' Enos?"

"Yeah," Lois said nodding. "I got a really big ice cream cone. It was oreo ice cream. It was huge, huh, Luke?"

Luke smiled, almost sadly, Bo noted. "Yeah, it was very big, Lois," he told her. "I ain't sure how ya ate the whole thing by yerself."

"I'm like Daddy," Lois answered. "I got a real big tummy." Luke let out a hearty laugh, but Bo smiled.

"Yeah, yer dad can sure eat a lot," Luke joked. "Hey why don't you go help Jamie and Daisy with dinner?"

"Okay!" Lois said eagerly. She hopped off her father's lap and ran out of the room towards the kitchen.

Luke moved to sit down on the couch next to Bo. "How ya doin', cousin?" he asked.

Bo smiled again. "I got a headache, but it'll pass. The only thing that's really busted is my pride. I've been beat up by that guy more times than I care ta remember, but never as an adult before."

"Want me ta go down there an' beat 'im up fer ya again?" Luke quipped, grinning.

Bo's eyes widened. "I don't think you could take 'im on either. I didn't have a chance an' I'm bigger 'n' you are now. Back then it was different cause ya were bigger than him. But he grew. Ya ain't gotta prayer either!"

"Me? Not have a prayer?" Luke scoffed. "Remember who yer talkin' to, little cuz."

"Right," Bo said. "Well now that we got me outta the way, how're you doin'?"

Luke sighed and looked down on his hands. "I've been better," he admitted. "I never saw this comin', Bo. I thought we was doin' everythin' right. Guess I was wrong, huh?"

"Now Luke, if there's one thing I've learned with Lois bein' born it's that these things ain't necessarily yer fault," Bo told him. "Believe me, I lost someone ta that pregnancy, too. But it ain't somethin' I did or didn't do. It just happened that way. I don't know why, an' I ain't happy with it neither, but I didn't do anything to make it happen. So that baby that you don't got no more, that ain't yer fault neither."

"Yer right, Bo," Luke said. "This is kinda backwards, ain't it? Usually I'm the one makin' you feel better, but now yer makin' me feel better. What happened?"

"I guess I growed up, Luke," Bo pointed out. Luke just shrugged, and Bo threw an arm around his shoulders.

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