Daisy laughed as she pulled him to his feet and he kissed her. They walked back to their table hand in hand, smiles plastered to their faces, several pairs of eyes following them from the
neighbouring tables. Enos pulled out Daisy's chair for her to sit down.
Daisy grinned "I think they wanna know what happened" SHe whispered to Enos.
"Should we tell 'em?" He whispered back
"Let 'em wonder" She replied leaning back in her chair.
The waitress came over "Is everything OK?"
"It's just fine thank you Ma'am" Enos answered.
"You know Enos I ain't really hungry any more" Daisy said looking up from her plate.
"Shall I take these for you?" The waitress asked.
"Thank you Ma'am" Enos smiled nervously at her. He had seen that glint in Daisy's eye before. She was planning something and it was like waiting for a hurricane to hit.
The waitress gathered the plates and left
"Enos, let's get married" She grinned holding his hand.
"Daisy, I thought we just went through all this"
"No, I mean now......tonight........"
"Oh Lordy!" The hurricane had just arrived. "But Daisy we can't. Not just like that. We got to arrange things, invitations and cake and flowers and your dress and..."
"Enos, that's all hearts and flowers. We don't need that. We just need us. "
"And someone to marry us."
"Go get Roscoe. I'll call the boys and have them meet us in town"
"Are you sure?"
"Course I'm sure"
Enos leant across the table and kissed her as a round of applause went around the restaurant. Just at that perfect moment, Enos' phone rang. He pulled it from his pocket and looked at
the screen before turning it off and dropping it in the water jug.
"Enos!" Daisy was surprised. Enos wasn't known for impetuosity.
"We don't want Roz disturbin' our weddin'. Lets' go." He stood up and threw some money on the table to cover the meal and took Daisy's hand, leading her out of the restaurant.
Daisy looked at him puzzled as they walked back to the car "Enos, How come you always answered when I called you?"
He turned to her and smiled "That's easy. It was you Daisy" And he kissed her running his hands round her waist.
"Bo peep to Lost sheep, Bo Peep to Lost Sheep. Come in Lost sheep". Bo came into the kitchen in his pyjamas, rubbing his face. "I'm here Bo Peep. What's up?" He looked round at Luke
who had just come into the kitchen from the yard.
"Nothin's up Bo. Is Luke there?"
Luke took the CB from Bo "I'm here Dais'. "
"Good I wanted to talk to both of you. I need ya to meet me in town in about a half hour"
Bo took the CB "Daisy d'you know what time it is. It's half eleven. Are you ok? Have you broke down?""
"No, I've never been better. Just meet me in the square and hurry. And pick Cooter up on the way"
Bo and Luke looked at each other puzzled. "10-4 Daisy we're rollin' " Luke said taking the CB from Bo again then putting it down, "What in the heck is that all about?"
"I have no idea Cuz." Bo frowned at Luke "How come you were outside this time of night?"
"Couldn't sleep. You'd best go get dressed and you'd better wake Gaby too." Luke said to him.
"Yeah, call Cooter we can pick him up on the way"
Enos hammered on Roscoe's door "Sheriff! Wake up Sheriff"
He could here Roscoe mumbling as he made his way down the hall.
Enos knocked again. "Sheriff! Please open the door. Sheriff!"
Roscoe flung open the door dressed in a stripy nightgown with matching hat and just ducked in time before Enos knocked on his nose. "Good grief! Enos, you dipstick. D'you know what
time it is? The little hand's already way passed the eleven."
"I know that, Sheriff and I'm sorry to be wakin' ya'n'all, but I need ya to get dressed and come with me, Sir" Enos bundled Roscoe back inside as he spoke.
"Enos! Tiddly tuddly, what can be so important this time of night? Enos, would ya get ya hands off me. You're scuffin' my nightgown"
"Sorry Sheriff. It's a real nice nightgown, but it's an emergency. Please hurry"
"Well, if it's an emergency, why didn't you say. Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane is ready for anythin'. Day or night." He went off muttering about how police work was his life.
Enos nervously paced the floor waiting for Roscoe to return. Which he eventually did, dressed in his uniform, but still wearing his nightcap.
"Well, come on then. Take me to this emergency. I radioed Cletus to meet us there. "
Enos stopped dead and looked at him.
"Enos! What is it now, ya dipstick?"
"Ya might wanna change your hat Sherriff."
Roscoe put his hand to his head and pulled off the nightcap. He giggled "I nearly went out in the wrong hat. That woulda been embarassin'." He took his sheriff's hat from the rack in the
hallway and left with Enos.
"Enos, what is goin' on?" Bo asked when they all reached the square
"And where's Daisy?" Luke added "I thought she was with you"
Enos looked flustered " She was but she had to go do somethin'. I'm sorry, fellas. I can't say anythin' till Daisy gets here."
Luke puffed and waved a hand dismissively at Enos. He wasn't going to get any sense from Enos. That was obvious. So he walked back over to the General where Cooter was laying on
the hood trying to sleep and Cletus was trying to explain to the small crowd that had gathered, having heard something was happening over the CB, that he didn't know what was
happening either. Luke pushed Cooter's feet to one side as he sat on the bonnet. He shrugged at Gaby as she stood next to them, watching what was going on. They both watched as Bo
tried to get Enos to talk. Luke huffed again. Didn't his cousin ever learn when to give up. Daisy said meet them here. So they just had to wait.
"Enos!" Bo badgered him some more getting more concerned "Where is Daisy?"
At that moment Daisy roared into the square on her motorbike and slid to a halt beside them. She grinned as she pulled off her crash helmet.
"You ok?" Enos asked her.
SHe smiled at him as she stroked his cheek with her thumb. "I'm fine Honey"
"Daisy what is all this about?" Bo blurted out "and where've you been?"
Daisy glanced at Luke rapidly closing the distance between them and she quickly pulled Bo to one side and whispered "To see Uncle Jesse"
Bo looked at her in shock and was about to speak as Luke reached them.
"I'll explain later." she added as she kissed his cheek.
Bo knew that since Uncle Jesse had died, Daisy always went to the cemetery when she was back in Hazzard, especially when she had a problem. The two of them had spent hours there
together, laughing and crying or just talking.
"Daisy. you call us all out here in the middle of the night" Luke started. "And then you go disappear on us"
Daisy hugged him. Under Luke's gruff exterior she knew he was worrying about her. "You wouldn't wanna miss our weddin' would ya?"
Everyone looked at each other in shock and surprise.
"What!?" Bo exclaimed "Who's weddin'?"
Luke watched as Daisy took Enos' arm "Theirs, Bo" He said patting Bo's chest with the back of his hand and indicating to Daisy and Enos.
They all hugged Daisy and Enos excitedly "You sure about this?" Luke asked her quietly as they made their way to the bandstand in the centre of the square.
"I'm sure. I shoulda done this years ago, Luke......." She looked down as she hesitated "I just wish Uncle Jesse was here" She looked up at him as a single tear ran down her cheek.
Luke faced her and wiped it away with his thumb. "He's here, Honey. He's always here." He clenched his jaw tight as he hugged her. "Go on, Enos is waitin' " He smiled at her and gave
her a wink.
The wedding party gathered on the raised area with the ever increasing crowd surrounding them and Roscoe began the ceremony.
It came to the part about the rings and when Roscoe asked for them, Daisy gasped in horror. "Oh no, we ain't got one. There wasn't time."
"We can't get married without one" Enos added.
"Not if ya want it to be all legal and proper" Roscoe tutted.
Luke quickly pulled off the ring he had always worn on his little finger. "Here, use this" He said handing it to Daisy.
"Luke, I can't take that. It's real important to you" she said.
"And it's gonna be real important to you. It's somethin' old and somethin' borrowed" He closed her fingers around it. "Take it"
"Thank you" She whispered and hugged him. "She turned to Roscoe holding out the ring her voice cracking "We have a ring Roscoe"
And without another hitch, after more than thirty years, under a sky bright lit by the moon and stars, Daisy Duke and Enos Strate were finally married, surrounded by family and friends.