Title: Lets Play Space Cowboy

Author: shakeahand55

Summary: What if Bo is shown a new game and tells Uncle Jesse about it? What will happen?

Warning: DO NOT play this game, the choking game, it is dangerous and it could kill you, many kids have died playing this game, so just do not do it. The choking game goes by many different names all over the world and it seems to change name in each school, but Space Cowboy is one of the names.

Disclaimer: I do not own them and I never will, but if I did, John Schneider would be under my bed as I have no closet, and the General Lee would be in my driveway!

Authors Note: Sorry if I have anyone out of character, sorry if I have things wrong about the age difference of Luke, Daisy and Bo I am not sure of their age difference, but really is anyone? However, I am saying this is taking place a month and a bit before Luke left for Vietnam as in this story I am making Luke just 19 for the purpose of him going to Nam, but I don’t really give a timeline, or at least I don’t think I do. Also about the info for the choking game, I found on different sites like Wikipedia so sorry if something is not right I do not actually know anything about the game, but I don’t think.

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“Come on Bo, I got a new game we can play” Billy Ray said as he, Bo and Pete ran from the school house, school was out for the weekend and Bo didn’t have to be right home as Luke was home from school helping Uncle Jesse right now and Daisy would be soon as well.

“Alright” Bo said running along with them to Hazzard Pond, there fishing gear from yesterday still hidden under the bush they tossed them in before running home for supper and night chores.

After reaching the pond Bo looked around and started towards the bush to get there fishing gear when Pete stopped him “Bo, we aren’t gonna fish today” Bo looked confused for a second before nodded and turning back to Billy Ray.

“Ok but can I’ll still get ma’ stuff, I don’t want to lie to Uncle Jesse, I can do both fish and watch” Bo said as Billy Ray and Pete nodded and he ran back to set up his stuff so he could fish.

After setting it all up and being sure he could catch something he mover closer to Billy Ray and Pete but he was still within reach of his pole.

“Ok so what’s this new game? Don’t we need anything?” Bo asked as Billy Ray shook his head “nope we only need our hands or some rope” he said smiling.

“So what’s this fancy new game called Billy Ray?” Pete asked as he and Bo sat down “the game is called Space Cowboy” he said from where he stood.

“My sister heard about it from one of ‘er friends and they were playing it and she taught me so I could play it with my friends,” he said happily.

“Ok, how do we play” Bo asked excited, if Billy Rays sister took to the time to show him then it must be something fun that’s fer sure “ya just gotta hold yer throat like this” he showed Bo and Pete on his neck.

“Then ya gotta squeeze real tight and then, oh but ya gotta be standing, it’s more fun that way, but then ya start to feel like yer flying like yer in space and ya wake up on the floor” he said grinning.

“Ya can do it with someone else, where they can hold yer throat fer ya or they can do it with a rope around your neck, and if yer alone ya can do it with a rope or just yer hands” he said sitting down.

Bo and Pete looked a little scared “Billy Rae, I don’t know if that’s safe, pa told me if you cut off your air you die” Pete said as Bo nodded, he didn’t know if he wanted to play this game anymore if Pete’s pa said you could die.

“Aww come on ya guys, it’s safe, I don’t think my sister would have found out about it, you know her she’s a freak about safe stuff” Billy Ray said, Billy Ray has a point, Bo said to himself as he nodded along with Pete.

“Ok so, show us” Pete said “but go first since it was yer game and yer idea” Pete said, Bo just stayed quite and watched.

Billy Ray stood back up “fine ok” he said before flexing his fingers then placed them on his neck and started to squeeze so he cut off his air supply.

Bo and Pete weren’t sure how long it was before Billy Ray started to sway and twitch before he fell backwards and landed on the grass with a bang, his hands falling away from his neck as he was convulsing and twitching.

“Billy Ray! Billy Ray!” both Bo and Pete quickly crawled over to him and started to shake him to wake him up.

After a few minutes Billy Ray started to wake up and he started to mumble about dancing trees and purple grass.

“Aww come on Billy Ray, tell us what ya saw!” Pete said excited by the fact the he saw dancing trees.

It took 5 minutes for Billy Ray to calm down and his breathing to go back to normal before he spoke about what he saw.

“It was wicked Bo, the grass was purple, the trees were dancing, I saw these really bright lights all around me and I really felt like I was in space, I felt like I was weightless and that I was flying, but I also felt like I was on a horse because it was bumpy” Billy Ray said before he just leaned back on the tree Bo and Pete helped him to.

“So ya guys have to try it, and like I said ya could try it at home alone to, just like I did it or with a rope or something” he said nodding, Pete looked scared Bo noticed.

“What’s wrong Pete?” Bo asked his friend “aww Bo I git that it’s fun in all but I don’t know if I could do it, what if my pa catches me?” Pete asked “he’d switch me from here to Chickasaw and back again” Pete said worried.

“Yea so would Uncle Jesse” Bo said shaking his head “I don’t need anymore switching, I git it enough already” Bo said, both he and Luke were always getting in trouble for something and Uncle Jesse would take them out to the woodshed to switch them.

“Yea I know what ya mean Bo” Pete said shaking his head “how come your pa don’t switch you” Pete asked Billy Ray, Bo already knew because he and Billy Ray have been friends since they were 9 but they met Pete this year when they started school.

Billy Ray shrugged “pa is to drunk on his shine to switch me or me sister, and when ma’s home she does it, but that’s not often” Billy Ray said.

“Your Cindy gets the switch?” Bo asked “yea, she’s 12 but momma says that don’t mater if she’s been bad then she’s needing the switch” Billy Ray said about his sister and ma.

“What about Daisy, does she get it?” Pete asked Bo, Pete didn’t have any siblings so he wasn’t asked, Bo nodded “sometimes, but she’s real good. But ya when she does git it he tells her ‘ya may be 15 Daisy Mae Duke but ya ain’t to old ta get the switch from me, he tells her and Luke gets it too even through he will be 19 in July Uncle Jesse will switch him as well” Bo said yawning and getting up to check his line, nothing was there.

“Come on we should best be gitn’ home” Pete said as Bo nodded and put his pole back behind the bush and started to walk away with Pete.

Billy Ray shouted back to them “alright, tomorrow it’s one of yer turns” Billy Ray said to the two, they nodded and headed there different ways.

After parting from Pete Bo ran towards the Duke farm, he was planning on going with Uncle Jesse to the Johnson farm after supper to see if Fred Johnson would let him ride one of his many horses.

“Uncle Jesse! Daisy! Luke” Bo called out as he ran up the dirt road, he could see the house, the barn, Jesse’s pick up and some chickens walking around out front.

“Come on git, git outta my way” Bo said as a bunch of them made there way to him the closer he got to the house and they started to walk in his way.

“Yer just a pain, all you do is git in ma’ way” Bo said shooing the chickens away by kicking his foot, they ran away from him.

“Boy I can’t wait till Luke ‘nd me git yer house fence fixed, then ya won’t be gitin’ in my way ta get stepped on” he said as he nearly stepped on Rodney, one of his favourite chickens.

“I’m home” he yelled as he saw Luke come out of the barn with Uncle Jesse on his tail “Uncle Jesse after supper can I come with you to the Johnson farm?” Bo asked huffing and puffing as he finally stopped after running for so long.

“That depends, do ya have any homework?” he asked the young blonde as he shock his head “nope, me, Pete and Billy Ray finished it before Mary Ann even” Bo said happily for beating her for once.

“See I knew ya had some smarts, even if ya’ll are a blonde I know that head of yers wasn’t just full of dust” Luke said laughing as Bo glared at him.

“At least I didn’t have to come right home after school to help in the barn,” Bo said before laughing and running quickly to the house as Luke went to whack him on the head.

Jesse laughed as they fooled around, ah to be young, he said to himself as he followed them into the house, where the wonderful smell of crawdad bisque invaded in senses.