Finally the HoD we know and love is back! Just a little story I thought of, picks up straight after 401. Please let me know what you think, thanks!

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Wade slammed the door shut in frustration, anger coursing through his veins as he paced around in circles not really sure what to do with himself. He hit his fist into his open palm and made his way over to the bed where he began to pull the sheets from the mattress. It had been 8 weeks and he could still get her sweet scent from the bed clothes or at least he thought it could, there was also the strong possibility that she was so lodged in every cavity of his body that any scent passed as hers. His body tensed as he threw them in a pile in the corner. He looked around the gatehouse for any other signs of her and that was when it hit him, she was everywhere. She was in his sheets, in his furniture, in his clothes- he had let her become the biggest part of his life once again and once again he found himself heartbroken and alone. But no more he thought to himself as he pulled the bottle of gin from its resting place on the shelf. If Zoe Hart was going to be permanently in his head then he needed to remove himself from reality, to really numb the pain.

It was close to noon when he finally woke up, his head throbbing and throat dry. He looked down at his body; shirt missing but jeans intact- he also noticed the empty bottle resting on the worn mattress below him... that explained the pounding headache he said to himself as he sat up slowly, feeling more and more queasy the further he moved away from a horizontal position. He searched for his cell phone but it was nowhere to be found. Groaning he made his way to the bathroom when he heard noise behind him. It wasn't her, it couldn't be her.

"Well you're not dead anyway!"

It wasn't her but it was his other woman…

"Lemon…" he whispered, reluctantly turning around to face her "… can you not make so much noise."

Lemon rolled her eyes, once at his desperate tone and a second time at the state of his house "Next time you plan on gettin' wasted and passin' out can you please text or ring someone. When you never showed for work this mornin' Wanda was convinced you were dead."

Wade rubbed his index finger across his brow as he grew irritated "Well I'm not so can you just leave."

Lemon never budged.

"Please."

Lemon shook her head, she navigated closer to him, avoiding the pile of dirty sheets in the corner and various bottles of beer thrown around the place. It took her only 3 seconds of looking him right in the eye to figure out something had happened and it involved Zoe, it always did.

"What happened?" She asked sincerely, being genuinely concerned over her friend's wellbeing.

"I really do not wanna talk about it."

"Wade." She said sternly.

Wade sighed, his chest now burning from the huge amount alcohol resting uneasily in his stomach. He could see the look of concern on Lemon's face and a part of him kinda did want to talk about, but he also knew that if he said out loud then it would be for real, he would have really lost her.

"Zoe and me, we're done."

"Wade-"

Then something in him snapped and he couldn't keep it in much longer "I just- I don't understand. She asked me to give it another try that she wanted more than just casual sex and I know it took me a while to come around but…" He began to feel that frustration building up in him again "… then she just said no and shut the door on me."

Lemon placed a hand on his upper arm "Wade..."

Wade swallowed hard as he struggled to hide his heartache as Lemon soon began to twitch in confusion "Wait a minute... you went to her?"

Wade nodded his head "Last night. I told her that I loved her and that I wanted to try again, but she just shot me down, again."

"That makes no sense, I was talkin' to her a few days ago and it seemed like she definitely wanted to try again too..."

Wade took no notice of what Lemon was saying, he only nodded his hand and walked into the bathroom "Tell Wanda I'll be in later." He closed the door behind him before Lemon had a chance to interject. She bit her teeth together as her mind worked furiously, something didn't add up… now admittedly Lemon's interest in Wade and Zoe's relationship woes was based purely on her love for her friend who was hurting badly once again but she couldn't help but wonder if there was something more to it, if something was being held a secret.

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Zoe held the back of her hand against her lips as her stomach churned. She retched once more into the toilet before flushing it, taking a long look in the mirror. She pulled her index finger under her eye to wipe away the smudged mascara. Feeling confident there was no more of her breakfast left to come up she smoothed down her dress and opened the door, being greeted by a chirpy Annabeth almost immediately.

"Zoe! There you are, I need to speak with you."

Zoe cringed as she tried to make a beeline for her office, the one she had been hiding in the past 4 hours "Is it urgent cause I have-"

"Yes!" Annabeth interrupted as Zoe stopped in her tracks.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Well I may have accidently seen Lemon's test results yesterday…."

Zoe's eyes bulged as AB continued "I know it was wrong and a terrible, terrible thing to do but I had to know if Lemon was dyin' or somethin'…" she examined Zoe's freaked state "Which she isn't, but she also isn't pregnant."

Zoe shivered at the word.

"I looked up all the patients that were here yesterday and Lemon was the only female one so unless Frank is keepin' a really big secret I think we should call the lab and tell them there's been a mistake."

Zoe panicked as she laughed awkwardly "I wouldn't worry, Lemon is alive and kickin' right? So just focus on that. All good."

She turned to walk away as AB continued to talk "Except for the woman who is pregnant but has been told she has a virus…"

Zoe froze, trying to compose herself "Well she's gonna find out eventually right." Laughing awkwardly she walked further away from AB into the safety of her office, letting out a sigh as she shut the door behind her. She took a moment before slowly lowering her hand onto her stomach. She held it there, her throat tightening up. She couldn't help but think about what was inside her, that tiny thing that they created in what was admittedly a night of passion and love but also something completely unplanned and the last thing either of them had ever imagined.

"ZOE HART." Lemon's voice bursting with venom and anger as she banged on the door of the office. Zoe jumped at the loud noise which was not helping her nausea.

"What?!" Zoe asked in a raised voice as AB stood behind Lemon who was now red in the face.

"I tried to stop her Zoe but she is just-"

"Standin' right here." Lemon interjected " I need to speak you to."

Zoe made a face "Lemon I really-"

"I don't care. You hurt him, again Zoe! How many times are you goin' to give him a sliver of hope and then yank it away at the last minute?!"

Zoe bit her bottom lip to stop the waterfall of tears that were rapidly building up as Lemon waited for an answer.

"Well? Can you give me a reason as to why he smells like a bottle of gin this mornin'?!"

Lemon continued to press as AB watched on "Lemon, just relax. This is between her and Wade-"

Lemon looked over at her "I just want an explanation as to why you have left him heartbroken… again!"

Zoe sighed as she walked into her office with the two women in tow. She shut the door behind them so no one else could pick up on their conversation. She slowly took a seat as Lemon shadowed her move. Annabeth looked over at Zoe who had a pained expression on her face. She placed her hand on her stomach once again and took a deep breath "Because they weren't your test results… they were mine."

"Oh my god…. Oh my god… Oh my god." Annabeth said to herself over and over as she and Lemon sat across from Zoe who sat uncomfortably in her office chair.

"I don't understand how my results-"

"After you left I threw out your blood sample, replaced it with mine but kept your name on the form. You're fine by the way, you actually do have a virus."

Lemon rolled her eyes, the virus was the last thing on her mind "Zoe, you have to tell Wade."

"I can't. I can't tell him. He is going to freak out."

"Oh because you are dealin' with it so calmly?"

Zoe scoffed hopelessly "How do I tell him? I don't want him to think I did it to trap him. I don't expect him to want any part of-"

Lemon sat up straight, looking Zoe right in the eye "You hold it right there, do not write Wade Kinsella off on this one. That is his baby and he is a lot of things but abandoning his child is not one of them. "

Annabeth concentrated on the seriousness of Lemon's tone as Zoe clasped her two hands together nervously "Do you realise how bad I look in all of this? I seduced him in an attempt to get him back and now I'm pregnant. He said he didn't trust me. How is he ever going to trust me now?"

Lemon and Annabeth looked over at each other and then back at Zoe, who was desperate for some sort of advice or guidance. Annabeth sat forward, careful with her words "It doesn't matter how it happened, what matters is how you and Wade are going to deal with it."

"And the longer you wait to tell him, the more upset he is going to be." Lemon added as Zoe suddenly started to feel sick again except this time it wasn't morning sickness, it was nerves.

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Wade stared at the bottle of ice cold beer that sat in front of him. His stomach churned at the sight of it as Lavon watched on.

"You alright there buddy?"

Wade snapped back to reality and put on a fake smile to put Lavon's worries at ease "Yeah I'm fine just a long day."

"Well at least you ain't dead."

Wade scoffed "You heard about that?"

Lavon nodded as he walked over and took a seat beside Wade "I did. I also had to talk Wanda out of callin' in the National Guard to look for you."

Wade smiled to himself "Ever occurred to them to check my house before takin' any drastic steps?"

Lavon sighed "She was worried about you, so am I. You wanna tell me what's goin' on with you? And don't tell me it's nothin' and don't tell me it has nothin' to do with Zoe because it does, doesn't it?"

Wade ran his hand across his face "I just don't understand what is goin' on with her. I went to her and told her I loved her and wanted to be with her and she just shut the door on face. She just- I give up, Zoe and I are done, forever."

As Lavon examined the resigned look on his friend's face the kitchen door swung open and revealed a very nervous looking Zoe standing there. Immediately Wade froze, there was no avoiding her. Zoe thought about backing away but then she remembered her conversation with Lemon and Annabeth, now was the perfect opportunity to tell Wade. She shut the door behind her and slowly moved closer to where the two men were sitting. Lavon suddenly felt very uncomfortable as the atmosphere in the kitchen turned to awkward and angst-filled.

"Lavon, can you give us a minute please."

"Yeah sure-"

"No, Lavon don't bother. I'm leavin' anyway." Wade said bluntly, trying his best to avoid eye contact with her. Lavon saw the disappointment in Zoe's eyes as Wade stood up and felt it was time to step in.

"No Wade you guys should talk."

Wade dropped his head "Lavon."

"My kitchen, my rules. Now talk." He stood up and pushed past Wade who was defeated, it hurt to look at Zoe knowing that just yesterday he was knocking on her door telling her he loved her and wanted to be with her and now they felt so far away and the worst part was that he didn't know why and was in no mood to hear her explanation. Zoe waited until Lavon had shut the door before she dared to move closer to Wade.

She took a deep breath as he looked at her, in anticipation "I owe you an explanation-"

"Save it, I don't want to hear it."

"But Wade-"

"No Zoe, you can't keep doin' this to me. I did what you asked me to do, I came to your door and I told you I loved you and you slammed it in my face, literally. I just- there is nothin' you can say anymore to fix this. We're over."

"Wade. I need you to hear me out." She persisted with him as his fists began to clench.

"Did you listen to a word I just said?!" His angry tone shot through her like a bullet "I don't want to talk. I just want to get on with my life, without you." It killed him to say that, he didn't mean it of course he didn't but seeing her just reminded him of how much he loved her and how for some unknown reason he could no longer have her. Zoe bit her tongue; she didn't want him to find out this way. She didn't want to tell him he was going to be a father during a moment of rage but the more he went on about being over her and wanting to live his life without her, the more she wanted to stun him, catch him off guard and scare him. Wade walked past her, making his way to the door but stopped and slowly turned to face her, the anger in his voice quenched slightly "This is why we don't work Zoe…"

Zoe slammed her eyes shut and inhaled slowly "It's not about us anymore Wade and whether or not we work."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zoe panicked as she walked past him and through the open door "You've made it perfectly clear that you don't want to spend another minute with me and I get that, you don't trust me…"

"Zoe…" Wade said softly, slowly starting to calm down.

Her eyes filled with tears and her throat tightened "You can't plan these things, they just happen…"

Wade shook his head as he sensed she was pulling further and further away from him "What are you talkin' about?"

"Wade I'm- I'm… I gotta go." With that she turned her back on him and made her way to the carriage house leaving Wade confused and frustrated. He contemplated following her but he knew that whatever it was that was bothering her would not be given up easily and he honestly didn't know if he wanted to discover what it was. So he pulled the door behind him and headed home, feeling dejected and frustrated.

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