^^^Two weeks later Bo and Luke were helping Cooter out at his garage.^^^
"Hey Luke." Luke walked over to where Cooter was fixing a car.
"Yeah, Cooter?"
"You want to run over to the Deli and get some lunch?" Cooter took some money from his pocket and held it out. When he noticed Luke was hesitant to take the money and leave he added. "Bo will be fine." Luke reluctantly took the money.
"If Bo wakes up I'll tell him where you went." Luke nodded than practically ran from the garage to get back faster.
When Cooter went back into his office he noticed that Bo was still asleep on the couch. He tried to be quiet but he ended up hitting the chair leg as he reached for an envelope on the desk. Bo was jerked awake, he looked around confused at first.
"Ah, sorry man. Didn't mean to wake ya."
"Where's Luke?"
"Went to get some lunch. Man, you two worry on each other like you was dating." When he saw the expression on Bo's face he added. "You are, ain't ya?" Cooter smiled. Bo got off the couch and backed away from Cooter.
"Bo?" Cooter reached over to take his arm; so Bo wouldn't run away.
"Don't touch me!" Bo yelled as he backed away from Cooter in fear. Cooter put up his hands to show Bo he was no threat.
"Bo, it's alright. I'm not gonna hurt ya."
"No! Don't!" Bo whispered. Bo backed away from Cooter and ran from the garage; just as Luke walked in with a bag of sandwiches.
"Bo? Bo!" Luke dropped the bag and ran after him. Luke tackled him to the ground right in the middle of Hazzard square. Luke was relieved when he saw that no one was around. Bo scrambled to get away.
"Bo, stop! Stop please!" Luke begged. When Bo flipped over, all Luke could see was fear in Bo's eyes.
"Don't, please. Don't hurt me, don't hurt me." Bo whispered. Luke ran his fingers through Bo's hair in order to comfort him.
"I ain't gonna hurt ya." Luke said calmly to him. "It's gonna be alright."
"No. No, it's not." Bo was crying so hard that his asthma started to act up.
"Bo, calm down now!" Luke took Bo's inhaler out of his shirt pocket. "Bo here, take this." Bo wasn't listening, he was shaking his head and repeating. "Let me go. Let me go."
"Bo, let me help you. Come on." Luke waited until Bo opened his eyes and looked at him.
"Let me help you." Luke helped Bo to a sitting position and Bo finally took his inhaler.
Cooter stood by the garage door just watching. "Shit!" He took his cap off and pushed back his hair. Bo just sat there with Luke by his side.
"I can't do this anymore, Luke." Luke pulled Bo into a hug. To his surprised Bo didn't pull away. This was the first time in the two weeks that Bo got home, that he let anyone touch him. Bo held Luke tight and cried in his arms.
"I love you. I would never hurt you, Bo." Bo nodded. There were several people coming out of the various shops in town. Since everyone in Hazzard knew what Jonah had done to Bo and how in self defence Luke took Jonah's life; no one bothered the two as they sat on the grass. Luke wasn't sure what happened at the garage but he wasn't going to ask Bo about it now. He would let Bo decide when to tell him.
"Can I take you over to the Police Station? We can wait for Rosco there."
"He said to wait at Cooter's. I can't go back there."
"Why not? What happened? Why are you so afraid of Cooter?"
"Cooter asked me..."
"Cooter asked you what?"
"If we was dating. He can't find out about us Luke. He might hurt me." Bo started crying more.
"I ain't about to hurt ya Bo." Cooter said as he stood in front of them. Bo tried to get away but Luke had too much of a grip on him.
"It's ok. I promise I won't hurt you. I don't care if you two are together."
"Why did you ask him if we were?"
"I don't know. You've been so overprotective of him lately, more than usual. It just seemed strange to me is all. Now it makes sense." Cooter knelt down in front of them.
"I'm sorry I upset you Bo. I really am. I should never had asked."
"Please don't tell anyone. Please?" Bo begged him as he cried.
"Bo, I ain't tellin' anyone. You need to calm down before you end up at Doc's."
"Luke? Where's my inhaler?"
"Here, Bo. Should I take you to Doc's?"
"Just give me a minute." Bo took his inhaler several more times.
"You ok?" Cooter asked him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." He replied as he wiped his eyes.
"Where do you want to go?"
"Rosco said to stay at the garage until he got back."
"Listen Bo, why don't you lay down on the couch in the office? Until Rosco picks you two up."
Bo nodded and Luke helped Bo to his feet. Together they walked to the garage with Cooter next to Luke. Cooter didn't want to upset Bo by standing too close to him.
They went into the office and Luke sat down on the couch with Bo. Bo put his head on Luke's shoulder. It didn't take long for Bo to fall asleep.
"I'm sorry Luke. I didn't mean to upset him."
"It's ok Cooter. He's just scared is all. Both Jonah and George found out about us and we both know how that ended."
"Yeah. I was wondering why George did that to Bo. That's terrible, why would anyone do that to another person?"
"Thought it was his job to save Bo."
"Yeah, save him." Cooter replied sarcastically. "Has he been sleeping at all lately?"
"He hasn't had a decent night's sleep in months. About a week ago, he was so desparate for sleep that he overdosed on sleeping pills."
"Luke, I'm sorry. Did he do it on purpose?"
"I don't think he meant to. He was just so desparate for sleep that he just took too many." As they were talking Bo shifted alittle and laid down with his head on Luke's lap. Luke put his hand on Bo's back just lightly rubbing it.
About an hour later Rosco came in and saw that Bo was sleeping.
"How long?"
"About an hour and a half."
"I got to finish some paperwork at the station. Let him sleep. I'll be back later." Rosco left the garage and went to the police station to finish his reports for the day. Since Hazzard was a small town not much went on. Just the occasional farm animal blocking traffic or someone speeding on the back roads.
Life went on for the boys in Hazzard. In one month the boys will be going back to school. In the mean time they continued to help Cooter on his farm. For payment for the boy's help, Cooter was fixing up an old 1969 Charger.
