I DON'T OWN THE DUKES OF HAZZARD.
THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN 1963. LUKE IS 7, DAISY 6, AND BO 5.
THE WAY I DECIDE THEIR AGES IS THE EPISODE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENERAL LEE" IN THIS EPISODE IS A FLASHBACK TO 1976 WHEN THE DUKE BOYS GOT THE GENERAL LEE. IF YOU WATCH THE EPISODE AND DO THE MATH YOU WILL FIND THAT THE FLASH BACK IS INDEED SET IN 1976. IN THE FLASHBACK, BO IS FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, INDICATING THAT HE IS PROBABLY 18. IF HE WAS 18 IN 1976 THAN HE WAS BORN IN 1958. BUT, MY AGES ON THE OTHER TWO COUSINS ARE SIMPLY GUESS WORK. SINCE IT IS SAID THAT LUKE IS OLDER THAN BO, BUT NOT MUCH, I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY AROUND 2 YEARS. I THREW DAISY INTO THE MIDDLE BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND NO INDICATION OF HER AGE, AND ALL THE OTHER FAN FIC WRITERS SEEM TO HAVE BO AS THE YOUNGEST, SO I STUCK WITH THAT.
Also this is how I think things ended up the way they did: Daisy's father was Jesse's eldest brother. Bo's father was Jesse's youngest brother. Luke's mother was somewhere in the middle of all of Jesse's siblings. I'm not sure how many there are, but enough for Coy and Vance and Jeb Stuart to all have parents. Anyway, the way I see it, the Dukes all lived pretty close by.
Since it was said in the episode 'Mary Kaye's Baby' that Jesse delivered Bo and Luke, I assume that he delivered Daisy as well. When Luke was two years old, Daisy was one year old and Bo was a newborn, all of their parents (don't ask me why) were going to Atlanta and they never made it there. What mode of transportation they used idk, but they never made it to Atlanta. Jesse and his wife Lavinia were watching the three kids at the time.
Then he just raised them like his own kids. Lavinia passed away around 1969 or so maybe 1970 idk, i'll prob write a story about it. Luke went off to the marines right after graduating high school in 1974 and returned in October of 1975. He was gone for 16 months. Bo got asthma when he was five and it remained with him, though doctors had said it might go away. Other than that most of the rules and concepts that I have come from the show.
NOW, ON WITH THE STORY!
Luke and Daisy had just gotten home from school and were headed out to the barn to find their Uncle Jesse, to ask him if they could each go to one of their friend's houses.
"Uncle Jesse?" Luke trotted around the barn calling his uncle's name.
"I'm milking the cow!" Jesse called back. Daisy and Luke ran into the barn and right to Jesse.
"Can I please go over to Cooter's house, Uncle Jesse?" Luke begged.
"Ok, but first you need to do your homework." Jesse replied.
"What about me, can I go to Mary's house?" Daisy jumped up and down, pig tails bouncing.
"Of course, honey, but you need to do your home work, too." Jesse instructed.
"Alright, fine, we'll do our homework." Daisy trudged to the house.
"Can Bo come with me to Cooter's house, Uncle Jesse?" Luke asked.
"Only if you do your homework and make sure he eats something before you go." Jesse replied.
"Where's Aunt Lavinia?" Luke asked.
"She's in town picking up some things." Jesse replied.
Luke trotted off to the house to find Daisy sitting at the kitchen table, stuffing her face with cookies and scribbling all over her homework assignment. He sat next to her and set down his things.
"Why are you drawing all over yer work?" Luke asked, taking a cookie for himself.
"Cause its too hard!" Daisy ripped a page right down the middle.
"You can't do that! You have to learn!" Luke pulled the cookie jar from Daisy, but lost his grip on it and it shattered on the floor.
"I was hungry!" Daisy screamed, throwing her pencil at Luke.
"You have to learn, Daisy! Ripping your work won't help at all." Luke went to get the broom, when he saw little Bo pad into the kitchen.
"I heard yelling." Bo stated.
"Daisy was being a bad girl." Luke smirked at Daisy.
"I was not!" Daisy threw her book on the floor.
"Why's all that stuff on the floor?" Bo asked.
"Cause we accidentally broke the cookie jar." Luke swept up the pieces of glass.
"I am going to Mary's house, now." Daisy picked up her things.
"Uncle Jesse said you have to do your home work first!" Luke complained.
"Well it's ruined, so I can't!" Daisy replied with a smug look on her face.
"Well, I'm gonna do my homework like a good boy." Luke sat at the table and started studying.
"Can you play with me, Luke?" Bo pulled at Luke's arm.
"After I do my home work we are both going over to Cooter's house." Luke replied.
"I wanna play now!" Bo whined.
"Uncle Jesse said that I have to do this first, then I'll play with you, I promise." Luke continued studying. "Could you do me a favor, Bo?"
"Ok, what?" Bo looked up at Luke.
"Go tell Uncle Jesse that Daisy ruined her home work on purpose so that she wouldn't have to do it." Luke pointed out the window to the barn.
"Ok!" Bo took of running until he reached Jesse.
"Uncle Jesse, Daisy was being a naughty girl and she ruined her work so she couldn't do it and then she left to go play with Mary and made Luke clean up her mess and-"
"Calm down, Bo." Jesse laughed a little. "What mess?"
"The cookie jar that broked." Bo smiled.
"The cookie jar that broke?" Jesse gently corrected the five-year-olds language skills.
"Yeah, and now she just up and left!" Bo motioned with his hands. Jesse couldn't help but laugh a little. Bo was the spitting image of his father, Jesse's little brother when he was Bo's age.
"OK, I'll go get Daisy and have her do her home work." Jesse ruffed Bo's curly blonde hair as he walked out of the barn and down the dirt road after Daisy. Bo ran back to the house and sat down on the floor at Luke's feet.
"Can we go now?" Bo asked.
"As soon as I'm done. About 10 more minutes." Luke looked down at Bo and smiled.
"I'll go play with my cars until you're done." Bo ran into the boy's bedroom.
Meanwhile, Jesse had caught up with Daisy.
"Why did you rip up your homework?" Jesse asked calmly, putting his arm around his niece.
"Because it was too hard." Daisy looked down at her feet.
"You could have just asked me for help with it." Jesse comforted.
"Sorry." Daisy kicked at the dirt.
"Let's go home and we'll see what we can do about your homework." Jesse turned around and took Daisy's hand.
At the farmhouse, Luke had finished his work and was buttering a piece of bread to feed to Bo before they left.
"Bo, come here!" Luke called. Bo ran into the room and smiled widely.
"Can we go now?" Bo begged.
"If you eat this." Luke handed Bo the bread.
"Sure, ok." Bo crammed the bread in his mouth and swallowed hard. "Lets go!" Bo ran out the door.
Bo and Luke ran all the way to the Davenport farm. Cooter Davenport was older than the Duke boys, but he was their best friend. A little short for his age, the 16-year-old loved having the young Dukes around, since some of the boys his age wouldn't hang out with him because he was kind of short. Eventually Cooter proved the bullies wrong and grew to be one of the tallest in class before he graduated high school.
When the Duke boys arrived at the Davenport farm, Cooter was working on a bicycle with Tom Barlowe, one of Cooters class mates who only hung out with him when he needed something, today, it was bike repair.
"If it ain't the pee wee Dukes!" Tom put his wrench down and took his hat off.
"You be nice to them, Tom!" Cooter stomped his foot down.
"Stay out of this, shorty!" Tom snapped.
"Aw, heck its Tom." Bo hid behind Luke.
"Is widdle baby Bo afraid of me?" Tom stepped towards them.
"No, I ain't!" Bo stepped forward.
"Oh, so you want some action, huh?" Tom replied.
"Just leave my cousin alone!" Luke shoved Tom.
"No can do!" Tom shoved Luke back and then kicked Bo in the stomach.
"HEY!" Cooter ran over and punched Tom. Tom hit Cooter back, but Luke grabbed Tom's legs and pulled him down. This enraged the muscular thirteen-year-old. He shoved all of them off of him and grabbed the one who he knew was the most helpless: five-year-old Bo Duke. He picked him up under his arms and them dropped him harshly on his back.
"Leave him alone!" Cooter and Luke tackled the larger boy.
"Why can't I have a little fun?" Tom laughed, shoving Cooter and Luke down once again. Bo got up and kicked Tom with all that he had, right in the pit of his back. Tom yelled in pain and turned around to the source of it. He punched Bo in the face, rendering him unconscious.
"You see to Bo, I'll take care of Tom!" Cooter was furious, he picked up a wrench and brandished it, threatening Tom.
"Alright, alright. Just one more thing..." Tom kicked Bo in the ribs and took off running, Cooter hot on his trail.
"Are you ok, Bo?" Luke knelt next to his cousin.
"Can't breathe." Bo wheezed, as he came around.
"What!?" Luke was so angry with Tom.
"What's wrong with me, I can't breathe!" Bo wheezed out. Luke could see the fear in Bo's eyes.
"I don't know!" Luke picked up Bo and carried him into Cooter's house.
"Mrs. Davenport!" Luke called out, putting Bo on the couch.
What's wrong, dear?" She called from the kitchen.
"My cousin is hurt and he can't breathe!" Luke was sobbing now. Mrs. Davenport ran into the room.
"What happened?" She asked, taking Bo's pulse.
"Tom Barlowe beat him up!" Luke sobbed.
"I'm going to call for an ambulance. You run home and tell your Uncle Jesse."
"No! Don't leave me!" Bo wheezed, tears pouring from his eyes.
"I can't leave him alone!" Luke grasped Bo's hand.
"I'll call the ambulance." Mrs Davenport went to the phone.
"It's ok, Bo. Try to breathe." Luke stroked the small child's messy hair. Cooter came running into the house.
"Is Bo okay?" He asked.
"No. Your mom is calling an ambulance." Luke was still crying.
"I'll go run and tell your Uncle!" Cooter ran down the road to the Duke farm.
"Uncle Jesse?" Cooter yelled when he arrived. Daisy had finally finished her work and was playing at Mary's house, Lavinia had come back from shopping, and Jesse was in the barn with the chickens. "Aunt Lavinia?" Cooter called.
"Cooter?" She came outside.
"Come quick! Bo is real hurt, my mom is calling the hospital." Cooter took of running, Lavinia following after shouting for her husband to come as well.
COOTER, LAVINIA, AND JESSE ARRIVED AT THE DAVENPORT FARM JUST AS THE EMTS WERE LOADING BO INTO THE AMBULANCE. LUKE CLIMBED UP TO RIDE WITH HIM, FOLLOWED BY LAVINIA. COOTER WENT INTO THE HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER TO CLEAN UP THE BLACK EYE HE HAD GOTTEN FROM FIGHTING WITH TOM AFTER HE HAD CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, AND JESSE BORROWED ONE OF THE DAVENPORTS CARS TO FOLLOW THE AMBULANCE.
