A/N: Hey all back again! This is a special treat for you as I am co-writing this with Candylovin Fehrian, who is a great writer on her own. We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we enjoyed writing it...I think we had way too much fun writing this lol. I have to say that I am heading to Uni on Saturday and as a result, I may not have internet access. If this becomes the case, then this story will be moved to Candylovin's account and continue to be posted there.

"Sergeant Luke Duke?"

"Jason Dupree?! I can't believe it!"

And causes a rift between two cousins…

"Can't ya see what's happenin?"

"He saved my life, Bo."

"I'll give ya proof!"

An' Dukes apart proves ta be serious trouble…

"Bo!"

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1

Splash!

Daisy watched fascinated as the big clump of mud clung to the freshly washed sheets she had just managed to hang on the old line. Her fascination with the stain, however, soon turned into anger, as she also noticed the orange blur fishtailing by and coming to a standstill a few feet away from her and her laundry. Bringing her hands to her sides in a threatening manner, she sweetly strolled over to the orange stock car.

Folks, if them boys know what's good for em, they'd put the pedal to the metal again, cause when Daisy's lookin' that sweet, ya know trouble is brewin'…

"I told ya the engine just needed a little adjustin' cuz!"

Bo whooped, beaming proudly as Luke smiled a toothy smile, just as proud of their new record. Looking in the rearview mirror though, the smile soon slipped from Luke's face as he noticed his female cousin making her way towards them and he didn't like the look on her pretty face…

"Uhh, Bo?" Luke said softly with a punch to Bo's shoulder for good measure, alerting the still laughing blonde.

"Ow! Luke what was that for?!" Bo quickly protested, about to give his cousin a piece of his mind as he rubbed his throbbing shoulder until he saw the way Luke was gesturing and looked out the back of the General. The smile quickly faded from his face too and fear quickly replaced the joy he had been previously feeling.

"I think she ain't happy bout that flyin' mud huh?" He said softly, glancing to Luke who shook his head with a grim expression on his face.

"She don't look mad ta me…" Cooter replied from his place on the backseat...immediately regretted saying so though, when four very blue and very disbelieving eyes looked back at him.

"Yur kidding right?" Bo asked, not seeing how Cooter could say something like that, "When Daisy looks as sweet as that, you'd better run and hide cause..."

His voice trailed off though as a shadow fell over him. Swallowing, he slowly turned to the window, and was greeted by two long legs and denim shorts standing beside his window. He ducked his head with a small wince as he heard Luke's murmur next to him...

"Too late…"

To Bo...it sounded like a death sentence...

Looking up with (what he hoped were) shame filled puppy-dog eyes, he noticed the way Daisy was standing and immediately wished there was a way out of this.

"We're gonna get it now…" Luke murmured again from his place on the other side, to which Bo replied with a scowl that clearly said 'You're not helping'. He looked back and near jumped out of his skin when he was met with Daisy's still smiling face...a smile that seemed to drip with hidden anger.

"Uhh, sorry?" Bo stuttered, hurriedly climbing out of the car while Daisy took a step back, still not speaking. Luke climbed out too and was soon followed by Cooter, who ended up trying to stand as far away from Daisy as possible. She was growing to look more and more threatening right now the more she laid eyes on the two boys.

Silence followed as both Bo and Luke shuffled their feet in the dirt, looking anywhere but at Daisy. Cooter couldn't hold back a silent chuckle as they reminded him of two little boys who were about to be punished for eating the entire plate of cookies...eventually, the silence was broken as Daisy finally took one deep breath...wiped some imaginary dirt off of her arm and then suddenly grabbed Bo's ear hard. He was so shocked by this, he didn't even resist, just let out a big wail as he was being lead to the laundry basket and the pile of mud next to it.

"Ooowowowowowow!!"

Luke couldn't hide his smile as he watched his youngest cousin dragged to the mud pile then tripped so he landed in the mud...but the grin didn't stay on his face long as Daisy's angry gaze then set on him...he soon realized he would be next...seeing a now muddy and defeated Bo sitting in the mud, rubbing his ear, he knew they had to act fast.

"Uhhhh...Coot, whatta ya say we go for a beer at the Boars Nest?"

"Heck yeah buddyroo…" Cooter agreed as he headed quickly back to General Lee, with Luke following...until...

"Ow, ow, ow, ooow, Daisy!" came the now high-pitched voice of Luke Duke.

Cooter looked back and bit his lip as he saw Luke being led the same way Bo had been, dragged by his ear painfully across the yard. He could now hear Daisy's words, and couldn't help smiling at them...Yeah she was mad, but she also loved them boys, and he knew they would seek retribution for this mud bath. Fascinated he looked on, as the scene before him took place.

"You two always ruin my laundry! How bout you do it next time, huh?" she yelled, as she managed to tackle her oldest cousin in the mud right alongside her blonde haired younger cousin.

"Ugh!" Luke exclaimed, spitting out some of the foul mud which had entered his mouth, protesting "Daisy girl, we's sorry!"

"Sorry?!" Daisy exclaimed "Sorry?! I'll make ya see sorry!"

A clump of mud hit Luke straight in the face, dripping down his head so slow, it made Bo start to giggle uncontrollably.

Luke slowly wiped the mud out of his eyes and once again spat out the mud that has entered his mouth, wiping a hand down his face to get rid of as much mud as he could...unfortunatly, his hands were muddy too and oso only succeeded in making his face muddier...which made Bo laugh harder.

Turning twinkling blue eyes at his other cousin, Luke tried to look angry...tried...luckily Bo wasn't looking at him.

"Ow, so you think this is funny huh?" he asked, before throwing a hand full of the brown stuff at the blonde mud-monster.

Bo however had obviously been paying more attention than Luke had anticipated because he ducked, and the flying ball of squishy mud landed on Daisy's shoulder, leaving a large stain, which now made its way down her blouse.

Bo and Luke seemed to freeze as Daisy slowly looked down at the stain...and for a few moments...nothing...then her head suddenly shot up, a war-cry escaped her lips and within seconds, three Dukes were rolling around in the mud, with a laughing mechanic looking on.

When Jesse Duke came out of the barn, he immediately noticed the laughter and the screams coming from the back of the house. With a sigh and a shake of his head, he headed back there and took up a safe, clean position next to Cooter, watching the scène before them.

"What they do this time?" he asked, a small smile playing around his lips as he watched Luke pull Bo down again as the younger boy tried to escape the battle, while Daisy threw herself on top of both of them, rubbing hands full of mud in their necks. Laughter escaped both men when they sat up, throwing Daisy off, causing her to land backwards in the soft mud. Her scream was filled with surprise and the promise of revenge, and caused the boys to charge her simultaneously, in the meantime also grabbing each others collars… Soon the two bystanders could only see a pile of limbs moving and grappling while cries of surprise and fun were heard. Cooter turned from the scene and watched Jesse's loving gaze as he watched the wrestling match.

"They kinda splashed mud on some clean sheets…" Scratching his head, Cooter seemed to think of something, "She won't be mad at me, will she uncle Jesse? Cause I sure as heck don't wanna have a mud bath. My skin's already perfect…" he grinned.

This got him an incredulous look from uncle Jesse, who just shook his head, and noticing the mud fight was far from over, offered Cooter a ride home.

"Much obliged uncle Jesse," he said, turning towards the pickup after giving the three figures in the mud one more glance. Shaking his head he just smiled.

"I ain't yur uncle Jesse…" came the grumbled reply from the grey-haired man walking after him.

When the pick-up roared off, three mudcovered heads shot up, and the mud fight was temporarily forgotten. That is until Bo, ever the oppertunitist, sat on top of Luke leaving him lying face down, struggling to get the heavyweight off of him. Daisy quickly came to his aid though, throwing herself at Bo, who toppled off, landing on his own butt in the mud. This went on for several minutes, until all three where spent, heavily breathing, and limping away from the mud-hole they had wrestled in.

"Well, I hope yur happy now," Luke joked, wiping most of the mud from his eyes and eyebrows, trying to make out Daisy and Bo through the layers of brown mud covering them.

Suddenly he couldn't hold it in anymore, and he started laughing. Just a chuckle at first, but after seeing the look on his cousins faces, he laughed so hard, his eyes started tearing up and his stomach hurt. Bo and Daisy looked at each other, a little startled by their usually reserved cousin bursting into fits of hysterical laughter...until the ridiculousness of the situation hit them like a ton of bricks and they both doubled over laughing too. The three of them stayed like that for a while, standing in the mud, covered from head to toe, all of them leaning on each other and hiccupping from laughter.

Bo was bending over, struggling to breath normal again, when the low rumble of an approaching car made him stand straight again. He didn't recognise the car nor the driver, so he bumped Luke and Daisy, who were still trying to get their laughter under control. Looking themselves over, the three chuckled again.

"Oh my gosh, I'm gonna clean up!" Daisy exclaimed, before fleeing into the house to try and fix herself up, before someone saw her. That left Bo and Luke to welcome the stranger, and the both looked a little self-conscious.

A pair of black cowboy boots were the first thing they saw as the strange man stepped out of the car.

Bo noticed the man was pretty tall, and had dark hair, matching Luke's. As the man's eyes went over the both of them, they rested on a mudcovered Luke.

"Sergeant Luke Duke?" he asked, trying to see what was under the mud covering the man.

"Jason Dupree?" Luke seemed incredulous.

To Bo, there seemed to be a click as their eyes met, and suddenly the two men were hugging each other, while the stranger didn't seem to mind the other was covered in mud.

Stepping away from each other, Luke turned to Bo, one arm still around Dupree's shoulder.

"Bo, I want ya ta meet the man who saved my life…"