Jebb watched from behind as Bo and Blake continued to struggle for the lead. He also knew that by now Bo’s concentration had narrowed to the immediate threat to his lead. As they headed into the fourth and final turn, Bo and Blake both took to the inside as their fight continued. Jebb then shot around the two riders on the outside and slipped in front of both his friend and his cousin. He wished that he could have seen Bo’s face when he realized that there was no way that he’d be able to regain the lead before they crossed the finished line. When they pulled their bikes up in the pits Jebb let out a laugh as he walked over to his cousin.

“Got cocky didn’t you? Forgot that I was right behind you.”

“Nah, I just wasn’t figurin’ on you holdin’ back for most of the race is all.”

“Well, maybe next time you’ll remember just who’s the best on TWO wheels. And drivin’ with The General sideways don’t count.” Jebb clapped Bo on the back and steered him to where the prize money was handed out. “Well, let’s go collect our winnings, Cuz.”

“What do you mean? I didn’t win.”

“This race is a lot like the major races. You get paid for each lap you lead. You led most of the laps so you still have quite a bit coming your way.”

Suddenly, it dawned on Bo just why Jebb had held back during the race. He wasn’t about to hand over the win to Bo, but he was well aware of the cash flow issues at home. “One of these days we’re goin’ to have to have a real race.”

“And that just might be sooner than you think Cuz.”

Bo sent a questioning look Jebb’s way as he told Bo what he’d planned for the prize money.




“Okay, just WHY are we here?” Kira was tired and wanted to get back to the room. She hated having to make time for those naps. But seeing as how she hadn’t had one today, she could certainly tell a difference. Kira had bought another pregnancy book, one especially for women giving birth to twins, which let her know that the increased tiredness was normal when having multiples. It had told her that all the pregnancy symptoms tended to be worse than if she was just having one baby. Lucky her. Now after a full day of being out at the race track, all she wanted to was to take a long soak in the tub and relax. Instead, Jebb was grinning like a kid in a candy store after bringing her to a car lot here in Atlanta.

“Well, I’ve been thinking...”

“A dangerous thing for a Duke to do.” Kira sent Jebb a slight grin to let him know she didn’t mean anything by her snappishness.

“After the babies are born, we ain’t goin’ to be able to ride around in the truck since we’ll need room for the car-seats. So I figured that we’d need a car too.”

“And I’m guessin’ that since you brought us out to a car lot, you have one in mind.”

“Well, I figured that I’d take my winnings today and get one, yeh. See if you can look around and guess which one I want.” Jebb took Kira by the arm as they walked the lot and Kira saw a dark blue car that looked eerily familiar.

“You and Bo goin’ to start racin’ around the back roads together, now?”

“Maybe. Of course The General has been supped up, this one hasn’t been.”

“Yet.”

“Yet,” Jebb agreed. “But for right now, that won’t be important. There’s other things that still need to be done out at the farm before there’d be time to tinker with the car.”

“You know, if you had wanted a car, you could have gotten one anytime.” Jebb gave her a look as she spoke. “I know, I know. Bo and Luke aren’t the only ones that are up to their eyeballs in pride.”

“I just wanted to wait until I could buy it myself is all.” Jebb shrugged.

Kira shook her head at her husband but dropped it. “So you’re goin’ to use the kids as your excuse for gettin’ a car that you MIGHT one day challenge The General with. You ain’t plannin’ to paint it orange, too, are you?”

“Nah, though it would be interesting to watch ‘ole Rosco try to keep track of TWO orange Chargers, but the blue will do. So what do you think?”

“Well, I’ll admit. We will need a car. And if this is the one you want...Who am I to say anything?”

“Well, let’s go in and get it.” Jebb and Kira went on in to the small office along with Jebb’s prize money to ask about the blue Charger that was out front.




Kira bailed on the night of celebration. She wouldn’t be much fun tonight anyway. Plus, Jebb would be able to cut-loose more if she wasn’t there (the main reason behind this trip). She was tired, couldn’t drink, couldn’t fight, and couldn’t even ride so it wasn’t like it would be like old times anyway. Without either of the female Dukes around, the men might all be able to relax a bit more from their day of racing. Jebb had insisted that she didn’t have to bail, but Kira knew that he would probably have more fun without his pregnant wife tagging along.

Back at the room Kira ran a bath and got ready to relax in the tub when there was a knock on the door. Grabbing a towel, Kira went to the door and asked who it was.

“Room service ma’am.”

“I didn’t order any room service. You have the wrong room.”

“It says room 519 on the ticket.”

“I don’t care what it says. I didn’t order anything. Take it back downstairs. I’m sure that whoever ordered it will call back down in a while.”

“Could you sign the ticket saying that you refused the tray?” Okay, this bellboy was starting to get on Kira’s nerves.

“It’s really not a good time. I’ll tell you what, I’ll call down to the front desk and tell them instead. Will that do?” Kira wasn’t about to open the door to the hall wearing nothing but a towel. This would have to be a good enough compromise.

On the other side of the door, Dan could tell that the mark was just opposite of the door. If he could just get her to open it... But if she calls down stairs, his cover could be blown. He’d toyed with the idea of just shooting blindly though the door but he heard the elevator stopping on this floor and knew that he wouldn’t be able to get away undetected if he did that. He’d just have to wait until she was alone again.

“That won’t be necessary. Sorry to bother you.” Dan headed to the stairs and back to his room. The weekend was quickly coming to an end. He had to find a way to finish this job once and for all.




“I don’t know, I think it would be fun sendin’ the whole Hazzard Police Department in circles if they couldn’t tell the cars apart. Maybe we should see if Cooter has any paint,” Luke grinned as he spoke.

“Nah, considerin’ how some of the time that I’ll be drivin’ around, I’ll have the kids in the back seat, it might not be a good idea to go jumpin’ the pond every time Rosco or Enos is out chasin’ you two.”

“Kids?” Both Luke and Bo asked at the same time.

“You’re the one that said that Kira and I have to have at least six kids to make up for you slackers not having any, Bo. Just plannin’ for the future,” Jebb quickly covered his slip. “Of course, I’ll settle for two.”

“Good luck talkin’ Kira into havin’ anymore. I DON’T think she likes being pregnant.”

“Well see.” Jebb smirked since he knew that Kira won’t HAVE to get pregnant again for them to have TWO kids.

“It’s goin’ to be rough tryin’ to show off your car once it’s all supped up with a car-seat in the back. That just seems to take something away from a muscle car.” Luke eyed the car as he tried to picture it with a car-seat in the backseat. “But you’ll be the only one in Hazzard that’ll have a dad-mobile that can go zero to sixty before Rosco would even know your there,” Luke smirked.

“Oh GREAT! The car’s goin’ to take a full twelve minutes to get up to sixty by the time you’re done helping me?” Jebb looked at his cousin in mock horror. “Gee, thanks.”

“We might can do a little better than that. What do ya think Bo?”

“Humm, make it in ten instead.” He laughed. “That way he still won’t get enough leverage to challenge ME for the title of being the fastest Duke on FOUR wheels.”

“Wouldn’t think of tryin’ Cuz. I’ll keep two wheels, you can keep four.”

“Deal.” The two men shook hands as if they were forming an agreement. “When are we meeting Blake and Charlie?”

“It’s just Charlie. Blake has other plans.” Jebb close the hood to his car. “With Daisy.”

“What?” Luke snapped his head up to confirm that he’d heard his cousin right.

“Relax, he’s a good guy. Doesn’t have HALF the reputation that you or Bo have.”

“He’d better be.” Luke headed over to The General, and climbed up on the window sill and stopped halfway in. “Hey Jebb, I think Hazzard might want to be glad that you ain’t havin’ a girl instead of a boy.”

“Why’s that?”

“Cause in about fifteen to sixteen years, the boys in Hazzard that would be comin’ around would have THREE former Duke Boys watchin’ them like a hawk. No boy would be able to pull something that one of us hadn’t done at least a hundred times.”

Yeh, well, there’s still a chance for that, Jebb thought. He and Kira knew that they had one boy on the way, but had no clue if his twin was a boy or a girl. So Hazzard just might not be avoiding that fate after all.

“That’s for sure,” Bo threw in from the driver’s side. “Of course I ain’t quite sure how they’ll all like havin’ a new generation of Duke Boys around though. Come on, Jebb. Let’s see just what that car can do so we know just how much work it’ll need to be Duke ready.” Bo climbed into his stock car and waited to for Jebb to get into his own car before they started to put it through the paces.

After about an hour of running the cars out around the old abandoned warehouse district, a familiar blue glow lite up the area. Bo was ready to run before Jebb reminded him that they weren’t in Hazzard and the Atlanta Police Department had a lot more than just two cars to use to chase them if they ran. When the officer stepped out of his patrol car, Jebb breathed a silent sigh of relief. Suddenly glad that Kira had made friends with this cop.

“BRENT! How you doin’?”

“Jebb? What are you doin’ out here? Who are these guys?” Brent lifted his flashlight to try to catch a glimpse of the two other men just out of his line of sight.

“These are my cousins, Bo and Luke. We were just out here testing out my new car.” Brent closed the gap between his car and the two Chargers. “Let me guess, someone complained about us being up here.”

“Sorry. There were a couple of calls from people who had driven by. Y’all will just have to move on. No biggie. Kira come with ya?”

“She’s back at the hotel. She ain’t been racin’ lately.”

Brent raised an eyebrow, “Why not?”

“Ain’t you heard?” Luke figured that if Jebb was being so friendly with the cop, he was probably alright. “Jebb here’s gonna be a proud Papa.”

“Heaven help the kid.”

“Gee, thanks.” Jebb replied. “A kid could do worse than havin’ me as a dad.”

“I was just thinkin’ about the first time your kid ends up in the Principal’s office. You’ll be givin’ him a high five on the way out.”

“Depends on why he’s there I suppose.” Jebb laughed then looked at his watch. “Hey guys, it’s time to catch up with Charlie.”

“Just keep it under the speed limit, Jebb. Some of the others on the force wouldn’t like it too much if you go speeding though their beats.”

“Will do.”

After Brent went back to his patrol car, Luke had to kid Jebb a little. “Friend of Kira’s?”

“Yep.”

“How’d you like knowing that her friend there was in the same town as her while you were all the way in Placid?” It had become a favorite past-time to kid Jebb of his jealous streak.

“I didn’t mind.”

“You didn’t? How come?”

“Kira’s not his type. He’s gay.” Jebb got in his car and laughed at his two playboy cousins and the faces that they made.




Jebb had gone over to the bar to get the beers since the place was so busy and he figured that it would be faster than waiting for a waitress. Bo and Luke were at the table with Charlie. The three bachelors each tried to outdo one another when it came to getting the attention of the various women in the bar. As usual, Bo and Luke seemed to be tied for the most popular single man in the bar. Eventually, they noticed that Jebb still hadn’t gotten back with the new pitcher of beer and Bo scowled when he saw him over at the bar. Luke caught a glimpse of what had set Bo off. A blond had stopped their cousin on his way back to the table and it was obvious that she was very interested in him.

“It never fails,” Charlie smirked as he drank the last of his beer in his glass.

“What do you mean?” Luke asked as he kept one eye on Bo.

“Women seem to always be able to home in on married men.” Charlie put his glass down before he continued, “One of my cousin’s friends only date married men.”

“Now why would a woman WANT to get involved with a married man?”

“Some women don’t want to get involved with someone that will pressure them into a serious commitment. If the guy’s already married, then the woman won’t be pushed into a deep relationship.” Luke watched as Bo’s muscles all seemed to be coiled tighter than a spring and wished that Charlie hadn’t just planted the idea in his cousin’s head. “I’ll be right back. Maybe Jebb will be back by then.” Charlie got up and weaved his way through the crowd toward the bathroom.

“Bo, relax. You know Jebb better than that. Besides, we’ve all gone out together lots of times. Why’s tonight any different?”

Bo shrugged, “That was out at the Boar’s Nest where everyone knows everybody else. Plus, I think most of the women in Hazzard are afraid to cross Kira. And if that don’t work, Daisy’s there to keep them in line. Here, I don’t know. It’s just different.”

“Can’t you just be his cousin for the night, not his brother-in-law? He ain’t about to step out of line, especially with you right here. He can’t help it if women still talk to him; he is still a Duke after all.” Across the room, Jebb was finally able to disengage from the conversation with the petite blond and began to once again work his way over to the table.

“You’re right. I just wish Charlie hadn’t mentioned it is all.”

Luke gave his cousin a smile but didn’t say anything since Jebb was almost at the table. He didn’t think that his other cousin needed to know just what Charlie’s comments had led Bo to worry about; even briefly. Soon, all of the Dukes had once again relaxed and had begun to have fun as they drank and enjoyed themselves. Though Luke did notice that Bo seemed to keep one eye on Jebb each time he left the table.




When Jebb got back to the room he felt certain that Kira would be asleep. After all, it was nearly two in the morning. Instead, he found her awake, lying across the bed watching T.V. Stripping down for bed; he crawled up behind her and spooned her.

“Waited up for me?”

“You wish.” Kira tilted her head back to accept a kiss. Jebb’s hand rested on her stomach and pulled it back slightly when it twitched. “They’ve been at it for the last twenty minutes. One of them has the hiccups and is keeping the other awake.”

“Can they get the hiccups?” Jebb asked as he moved his hand back. He’d not been able to feel the babies move yet so he was a little in awe as he felt the kids move for the first time. He had tried to feel them before but they’d either would stop moving or weren’t moving enough for him to tell a difference.

“According to everything I’ve read, it helps their lungs get stronger.” Kira moved Jebb’s hand over to where she knew the more active baby was at. So far, Jebb had only felt the one hiccupping. “I told you the movements should be strong enough for you to feel now. You should have felt how much they jumped when the races started today. I think we got a couple of true Dukes on our hands.”

“Would you expect anything less?” Jebb fell silent as he felt the babies move around. After a while, he spoke up again. “Kira, I know that we don’t know what the second baby is, but I was thinking. Maybe we should settle on a name for our son that we know about.”

“I guess we should. We can’t just keep referring to him as HIM. Got any suggestions?” Kira shifted a bit trying to get comfortable. Well as comfortable as she could get while one of the kids were hopping around while the other was using her insides as a punching bag.

“I have a couple ideas. But they’ll wait ‘til morning.”

“I’m awake now, go ahead.” Kira pulled the blanket up and snuggled back against Jebb as his hand tried to decide if it wanted to stay where the stronger kicks were or if it wanted to wander back to where the slight jumps were felt just moments before, instead.

“Well I was thinking that he should have the name that honored people that have meant a lot to us.” Kira nodded, agreeing with his thinking so far. “Well there’s two men that come to mind pretty quick. One being my dad. He figured out about you and me before anyone else and pulled for us from the start, along with Uncle Jesse.”

“Not an easy thing considering that he had your mom to deal with.” Kira was starting to sound a little tired now.

“Hey they stopped.” Jebb didn’t feel the flutters anymore.

“Give them time. They’re just waiting for me to drift off before they start the second act of their performance.” Jebb smiled at the description.

“Maybe they’ll let you sleep.” Jebb paused to see if Kira had drifted off. “Well, there’s one other person that keeps comin’ to mind too.”

“Who?”

“Ben.” Kira twisted around to look at her husband. “If it weren’t for him, well, we never would have gotten a chance to meet.” A good way of putting the fact that she wouldn’t have survived long enough to have met Jebb. Kira settled back down as she thought about what Jebb was suggesting. Jebb was almost certain that Kira was nearly asleep by now. After a few minutes, he spoke up again. “I was wonderin’ what you’d think about Jonathan Kyle Duke.”

“Uhm,” She mumbled some more but Jebb couldn’t make out what she was saying.

“Get some sleep. We’ll talk more in the morning.” Jebb grabbed the remote from beside Kira and flipped the T.V. off. Just as he started to drift off himself, he felt movement under his hand once more. Kira was right. Those two were just waiting for her to fall asleep to start moving around again.

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