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!

AN: Ok I think I made a mistake, saying Cindy was Daisy’s age, of 15. Back when I first started this story that’s the how I was going to do it, Daisy and Cindy both were going to be 15. But I changed it before I posted it on here, to make Cindy a year younger then Bo, so she’s 12 and Bo’s 13. Sorry if I confused anyone, I was sure I hadn’t said anything saying how Daisy and Cindy were the same age but I guess I missed some things, sorry for the confusion.

Ok this chapter is a piece of crap but this is the end…a very crappy end I think, but thank you guys for reading, thank you.

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Bo was only 13 and Cindy was 12 but they knew that even through Billy Ray was gone, they would do as they through he wanted and they would still be friends and hang out, and Pete could hang with them if he wanted.

After Billy Rays wake Cindy and Bo were friends, best friends as if Cindy had been Bo’s best friend not Billy Ray.

They always talked about him and said they were doing what he and they wanted, Pete did not mind hanging out with Cindy even through she was a year younger then him and Bo.

But a week after Billy Rays wake Pete’s daddy got a call from a person in Atlanta, he had a new job there and they were moving.

So packing and saying good-bye to the people and friends, they had in Hazzard Pete’s family moved away almost as suddenly as they moved there.

Bo missed him after he left, but he and Cindy still hung out at the pond fishing and talking or they started to go with Luke to his friend, Cooter, to his garage to work on cars or whatever they were allowed to help with.

Billy Ray had been gone for almost a month when one day at Cooters Luke told them him and Bo had to get home early, so saying good-bye to Cooter and Cindy Luke dragged Bo out of the garage.

“Ok come on Bo, we gotta git home, Uncle Jesse said dinner was going to be early tonight” Luke said dragging Bo by his arm home at a faster pace then normal.

“Aww why’d we have to have dinner so early?” Bo asked kicking the dirt as they headed home.

“Because” Luke said really wishing he didn’t had to do this.

“Me ’nd Uncle Jesse got something we needs ta tell Daisy and you” Luke said quietly as they headed along the road home.

All the way home Bo kept bugging Luke to tell him, Bo loved surprises but Luke knew after this Bo would hate them for a long time.

“I’ll tell ya after dinner” Luke said for the last time as they reached the farm, Jesse nodded to them and walked in the house, both boys followed and went to wash before walking into the kitchen.

Bo could tell Daisy was just as clueless as he was, but Luke and Jesse knew something and neither of them looked to happy about it.

All the way through dinner Daisy and Bo bugged Jesse and Luke to be told what they had to tell them, but all too soon for Luke dinner was done and being cleared away.

“Luke, you best be telling them” Jesse said looking at his oldest nephew.

“Alright, but ya’ll gotta promise not to run away till I’m totally done” he said looking mostly at Bo.

“Ok we won’t” Daisy and Bo said together, the two of them couldn’t have ever been ready for what Luke told them that night at the table.

Hours after leaving the house both boys were in the loft, Bo was crying and he was mad at Luke but he was also scared for him going.

“Why did ya have to go join the Marines!” Bo said.

“Why do you have to go to war!” Bo said in anger to his older cousin.

“Bo, I was going to git my letter any day now, you know a lot of boys from other areas were called up, it was only a matter of time before I was being called” Luke said trying to reason with him.

“But Luke, you joined! You, yersefl! You got no letter, ya did it yerself!” Bo said mad as the tears rolled down his face.

“Bo, when my letter came I would have to go and I would get paid but not as much as I’ll get paid now, by joining I’m getting more money for Uncle Jesse. You know he needs all he can git what with Boss always trying to do us out of everything if Uncle Jesse doesn’t have money for some thing” Luke said to the young boy.

“But Luke, why’d ya have ta go!” Bo said finally clinging to Luke’s shirt.

“I don’t git why you have to go to ‘Nam in the first place” Bo said shaking his head wildly.

“Bo it’s ‘cause the government told us we have to go, we have ta go to fight in this war because it’s our duty. Anyway Marines git more money, or so I read on a paper I saw in the enlistment office” Luke said trying to get Bo to see why he did it.

A few minutes later Bo looked at Luke “don’t go Luke, please, please Luke don’t go” he said gripping Luke’s shirt harder.

“Bo, I’m sorry I have ta” Luke said wiping his own tears.

“I have ta go Bo, if I don’t I’ll git in a lot of trouble” Luke told him.

“How much trouble?” Bo asked “are you sure you can’t not go?” Bo asked him.

“Ya Bo, if I don’t go I’ll go ta jail, jail Bo that’s bad” Luke told, he knew that possibly scared Bo just as much.

“Bo, if I go to jail then I’ll be there fer a long time, but if I go to ‘Nam then I’ll only be gone for 2 years, maybe 4. But if I go to jail I may be gone for 6 or more years” he told Bo, who started to cry again.

Ok maybe I don’t think I would be in jail for that long but I don’t know and if Bo thinks it’s that long it will help him see why I have to go now that I’ve joined, Luke said to himself as Bo sniffled.

“Billy Ray’s only been gone a month, and now I’m losing you too” he said pulling Luke’s shirt, his tears wetting Luke.

“You can’t leave me Luke, please Luke please don’t leave me to” Bo said, his sobs were killing Luke.

As they sat in the barn, Bo’s pleas echoing off the old wooden walls, Luke knew Bo was hurting and he also knew there was nothing he could do or say to try and help him this time, unlike when they found out Billy Ray was dead.

After finding out about Billy Ray Luke talked with Bo a lot and helped him get over the loss of his best friend, but he knew now no matter how much he sat talking with Bo he wouldn’t get over it, neither of them would for a long time.

“Bo, Bo look at me Bo,” he told his younger cousin, his blonde mop flaring all over as he shook his head as he cried telling Luke not to go.

It took Luke a few minutes of telling Bo to look at him but when he finally did Luke started to cry as well.

“Bo I’ll make you a promise” Luke said, his voice cracking as he spoke through his own sobs.

“You know us Dukes Bo, we don’t break our promises” Bo nodded.

“I know” he said still moving to grip Luke’s arm, he didn’t want Luke going anywhere right now.

“Ok Bo, I’m going to promise you this, Bo I am going to come back to you, ok?” Luke said hoping this promise would help Bo.

“Bo I am not going to git hurt in ‘Nam, I am going to come home, I’m not going to leave you, I’m not going to git killed” Luke told his little cousin.

“You promise me that Luke, you promise me that now but what about in a year Luke? You’ll leave me and you won’t come back Luke I know you won’t” Bo said before getting up off the floor and heading to the ladder to climb down, he still had tears running down his face.

“You can make me promises all you won’t Luke, but” Bo froze before getting on the ladder and starting to climb down.

“But if you break this one, I will hate you. I will hate you for a long, long time” Bo said before climbing down the rest of the way and reaching the ground, then he ran out of the barn.

Luke stayed where he sat up in the loft on the hay-covered floor, his tears mixing with the ones Bo left on his shirt.

“I promise you this Bo I will come back to you and Uncle Jesse and Daisy, because I’m a Duke and I’m just as scared as you are Bo” Luke said before letting out a loud cry.

He was scared, he didn’t want to go either but he had to, he was going to get drafted anyway and now he had more money to send home to Jesse to help with the farm and with raising Daisy and Bo.

“I’m so scared” Luke said bowing his head.

“I’m asking you please God, even if you make this the only thing you give to me, please let me come home” Luke said closing his eyes.

“I have to come home to Uncle Jesse and Daisy and Bo, I’m a Duke. Please God please, give me this one thing and I will ask nothing else of you” he said, his eyes shut tight but tears still falling.

“Please give me this one thing God, Bo needs me and I need Bo. Bo could have been killed earlier this month, he lost his best friend by the same thing that could have killed him. Billy Ray, I’m sure you know him now” Luke said scratching his arm.

“He played a game and he accidentally killed himself, and Bo or even Daisy could have died playing it. So see God, you can’t take me away from Bo and my family, we’ve all lost so much already” Luke said pausing to gather his thoughts.

“Uncle Jesse lost Aunt Kate, he lost 3 of his brothers, Daisy, Bo and I lost our parents, they Uncle Jesse’s brothers, and Bo lost his best friend. So see God, we have lost so much, I don’t think they could take much more. Please, please don’t take me away from Bo” Luke said before ending his prayer and slowly getting up.

He stretched, wiped the hay from his pants, shirt and he wiped his face, and made sure to stop him self from crying before he headed down the ladder from the loft and headed out of the barn.

As he headed to the house, he could not get Bo’s cries and his plea out of his head, he knew the next few weeks he had with Bo were going to be hard.

But he would treasure them and he knew Bo would just in case something did happen to him in Nam, Luke wiped the last traces of his tears away before he walked in the house, the smell of Daisy’s fresh baked pie greeted him.

The End

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