In Bluebell

Wade was working hard to make the Rammer Jammer a success, but mostly he was working hard to make the 3 months go as quickly as possible. 3 long months in Bluebell without the short brunette that had made his life so hard for so long, the girl who got him gritting his teeth, the girl he loves.

This is the first time he admits it, that he loves Zoe and it is only to himself that he had admitted it so far.

Mayor Lavon Hayes has made a few efforts to talk to him about Z, but he would just change the subject and talk about the Rammer Jammer, football or fishing.

In New York

Zoe had just finished of a night shift when Jonah came by and asked:

- Do you like to grab a coffee?

- I just go off and it's been a long week, so I better go home and have some time for myself.

- Okay, see you around!

As Zoe came inside the door at her flat she started to feel nauseous. She ran to the bathroom and hurled in the toilet. Exhausted she dragged herself to bed thinking she had worked to hard. Afterall she had worked 3 weeks in a row with only 2 days off altogether.

Zoe enjoyed the surgeries at work but it needed so much concentration and had wore her out, just as she reached the bed she passed out.

Zoe woke up with a raging headache and a pain in her back. She had this weekend off but the pain was to great so she went to the hospital for a checkup and gets some painkillers for her back pain.

As the doctor came in with the results for dr. Hart he look very relieved.

- The results are just fine, but you shouldn't work that long hours when you are pregnant.

I suggest that you go home and….

- pregnant, PREGNANT…no, no, no, no, no I can't be pregnant, I haven't been with anyone since…

With panic in her eyes she stormed out of the examining room.

Lavon Hayes reached for his cellphone and saw it was Zoe, they talk over the phone almost everyday so this was just another call from Z.

- Hey dr. Z.

The only sound on the other end is a hyperventilating sound.

- Zoe is that you? Can you hear me?

- I'm pregnant Lavon, pregnant.

- Zoe, this is a little late for April fools.

- I am pregnant Lavon.

- So you are pregnant for real?

- Yes, that's what I've been saying, so yes I'm pregnant. I am freaking out here Lavon, I can't be pregnant. I haven't been with anyone in New York and the last person I was with was Wade.

- Okay, Okay…Okay.

- Is that all you've got to say? Lavon!

- I think I'm not the one you should be talking to.

- I was afraid of that. You know I still have feelings for Wade, we've talked about this many times and, Yes I think I love him but that is not the same thing as getting a child with him.

- I know Zoe, I know. But You and I know that the one you should be talking to right now is…..Wade.

- Wade, hey there friend, buddy, friend…..did I say buddy.

Wade comes in the front door as Lavon is Talking to Zoe.

- Who're you talking to Hayes?

- Mayorin' business Wade, mayorin' business….boring stuff, I talk to you later.

Wade walks to the kitchen to get a beer and just as he reached the kitchen Lavon pushes the speakerphone button by mistake and he hears Zoe's voice for the first time in 6 weeks.

- Lavon what should I do? Lavon? Lavon?

- Hey Doc, Wade here. How's New York? Wade shouts from the other side of the room

- Good, Good, everything is perfect Wadester, shhh….kraatchhh….this…..krasch….is a bad…..shhhraa…..connection….. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP

The phone call is ended and there is only a dial tone left.

2 weeks passes and Lavon tries to reach Zoe a couple a times a day without success.

Wade has just got out of bed and is heading for breakfast with Lavon. It's very early but when you are a self-employed you have to work hard. He puts on a shirt and a pair of jeans, still very tired he heads for his front door. On the porch is dr. Hart sitting in a chair waiting.

- Hey Zoe, you' re supposed to be in New York, right?

- Hey

- It's good to see you again, you look well.

- I came to Bluebell because I have big news and I couldn't tell you over the phone. So just hear me out would you.

- Okay, I won't interrupt.

- I am pregnant. And you are the father. At first I was really scared, mad, happy, all at the same time. I was still very mad because you hurt me so much, but I still had feelings for you. And the more I thought about it I started to realize that the happiest moments of my life has been with you, you Wade. I am still insecure about this but I wanted to talk to you face to face.

Wade dries a tear from Zoe's face and chooses his word wisely.

- I started to doubt that you were coming back from New York at all, and here you are. That crazy brunette that drove me crazy at first. These weeks we've been away from each other has made me realize that I loved you since the first day you blew the fuse box. I know I hurt you real bad, and I have apologized for that a thousand times and more. But I'm a better man now and I will try to prove that every day from now on if you let me.

Mayor Hayes looks out his window and sees Zoe and Wade in each other arms knowing that it's the beginning of something great.