Author Note:

Firstly thanks for taking the time to read this, secondly this is my first ever fanfic story so please be nice, all advice is welcome.

I hope you enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Hart of Dixie nor its characters etc. I'm just totally hooked on this show.

Chapter One

Zoe arrived in her apartment sometime after 12am. The wedding had dragged out for such a long time, not to mention the constant annoyance that was Jonah Breeland. The whole evening had consisted of Jonah either sitting unbelievably close to her at the 'singles' table or had latched himself onto her arm as she mingled with guests. She had reached her limit when he had asked her to dance for the fifth time that evening and politely excused herself to use the bathroom. She walked into the bathroom thanking some higher power that the extravagant venue had an equally furnished bathroom. She sat on the comforter in the middle of the room, taking out her phone and scrolling to Wade's number in her contact list. The feeling in her stomach made her nauseous, knowing for well the pit in her stomach had nothing to do with the food she had eaten but the thought of Wade telling her he loved her. She had left the wedding shortly after and made a quiet exit avoiding Jonah as she moved through the crowd.

Back in her apartment she flicked on the light, dropping her keys and black clutch on the table, unzipping her dress as she went to her bedroom. Changing out of her black gown and into something more comfortable was all she had in mind. Reaching into her suitcase she pulled out sweatpants and a jumper noticing that the temperature here in New York was so different to Bluebell. She crawled onto her bed and huddled into a ball, thinking about the noise of the streets outside, the lack of crickets, frogs and wind made her restless. She lay there for what seemed like forever, analyzing everything in her head, the thought of breakfast alone without Lavon, she shed a tear thinking about how much she was going to miss her best friend. She switched on the calming sound contraption her mother gave her and drifted off to sleep.

She woke the next morning feeling as if she hadn't slept a wink. "Coffee" she said to herself. She put on her fluffy brown robe and went into the kitchen turning on her coffee machine. A nice cup of crème brulee coffee was just what she needed. She pushed the button and the coffee poured into the cup. That feeling she had had last night came back again, realizing that the lights wouldn't go out, the fuse would not blow and she wouldn't hear Wade yell her name. Suddenly she was crying, and not just a sob but a heartbreaking cry. No matter how much she tried to forget him it was impossible, had she been truthful when she said that she still had strong feelings for Wade or was she to scared to admit she did indeed love him even though he had broke her heart. She snapped out of it slapping herself as she did that morning finding him walking out of her bathroom. She wasn't actually in love with him, was she?

Her first day at work was so uneventful that she began to miss being a GP, dealing with Brick and his annoying mannerisms and curing people with the flu. It had just gone 5pm when she got a page requesting her presence in OR 3. She ran to the elevator and straight to the room, scrubbing in and entering to find an intern there waiting to brief her for an emergency bypass.

She got home late that night thinking how her day had gone from being miserable to happy she was able to save that man's life. She reminded herself to check on him first thing tomorrow morning laughing a little "I'm definitely not the same Zoe I was two years ago". After all the commotion today she hadn't even bothered to check her phone since she woke up that morning. It was flat, of course something else was keeping her from communicating with Lavon Hayes. She made sure to charge it and ring him after dinner.

"Lavon, its Zoe. I miss you already."

"I miss you to Big Z, how's everything going in the Big Apple?"

She hesitated, "Lavon it sucks, the noise at night, the people who you walk past everyday in the hospital who either don't know you or even remember your name, it sucks. Most of all I miss breakfast in the Mayor's house, pancakes and syrup and even Burt Reynolds. What's wrong with me? Dr Zoe Hart is back where she belongs, aren't I?"

She heard Lavon chuckle on the other end. "Zoe, you know that you changed a long time ago, when you decided to stay, when George called off the wedding. Bluebell among other things made you a better person, a better doctor and an even more excellent friend."

Lavon heard her sniffles, "Hmm, you are right Lavon, but I shouldn't quit, Zoe Hart is not a quitter".

"That she is not said" Lavon, finding it funny how she would talk in the third person with him. "Zoe, can I ask you something?",

"Sure"

"Well it's Wade, he came home from the Rammer Jammer last night, quit as all hell considering he and Lemon were able to get Gloriana to play there, I asked if he was alright, all he said was went after Zoe, had a rough day. What happened?"

She hesitated, she had wanted to talk to Lavon about this since she got to New York but hadn't found time to call him yet. "He and Lemon missed their meeting with Gloriana to find me, which he did in a little roadhouse with Jonah, and before you say anything he was on the plane when someone needed a doctor and there he was. We had to hire a car and drive to make our flight to New York" She realized that she was rambling but continued.

"He found me and we talked, well he talked I listened. He told me that since that night, everything he had done was to be a better man, to be a man I would be proud of, he told me he loved me. And.. and I told him I still had strong feelings for him, and that id be back in three months."

There was a long pause before Lavon spoke. "Strong feelings? Zoe, you love him don't you?"

"Yes, I do" she really did love him, but did she trust him, could she learn to again maybe time really would help. They spoke for a while longer before Lavon had to go, a date with AB or something.

She did what she had last night hoped into bed in sweats and a jumper, but this time cradling her phone looking at Wade's number and picture again till she fell asleep.

She woke up in the middle of the night pouring in sweat, tears in her eyes and a feeling in her gut that just wouldn't go away. Jumping on her laptop she searched for the earliest flight to Mobile, finding one at 10am that morning. Perfect she thought, plenty of time to pack, go to the hospital tell them she had made a mistake and was going home and make the flight in time. She wouldn't tell anyone her plan mainly to surprise everyone but also because she wasn't certain she would be welcomed back like she hopped.

The plane ride dragged on for what seemed like forever, but finally she arrived in Mobile thankful that the trip was over. She'd had enough of planes for a very long while. She decided to hire a rental car to drive to Bluebell, she didn't want a repeat of the first time she had travelled there, in a bus that ended with a long walk and a car ride with a man who had made her love life less than smooth sailing.

She hit the rode turning on the radio to ease her thoughts when on came a song Wade and her had listened to many times. Her mind wandered to him and what she would say when she turned up on his door step that night, when he got home from work.

"Wade, that day you came after me and told me you love me, I should have been honest. I should have told you I love you back, because the truth is I have since Christmas eve, ahhh crap.." Her brain was analyzing everything at a speed she couldn't keep up with, she had no idea what to say or where to begin. Just wing it, she thought.

She finally arrived at the Plantation and drove up the drive to the carriage house, luckily Lavon and Wade's cars weren't there and she quickly made her way into the house making sure no one had seen her. Luckily the hire car had dark black tint, and was extremely small so she could conceal it in some trees a little way away. "Perfect" as she admired her handy work.

The carriage house looked the different to how she left it. Her things were neatly arranged in the bathroom, her bed had fresh sheets and she realized someone had tidied after she left. She put her bags on the bed, unpacked and decided to change into something more appropriate, but first a shower. She grabbed her fruity shampoo and made her way to the shower. After her shower she was quick to blowout her hair, making sure by the time Wade was likely to come home all the power was off in her place, and she hadn't blown the fuse. It was part of her plan.

She settled on the shorts she had worn the first time her and Wade found themselves making out in his car. Yeah she thought, "I played Dixie in these shorts". She gave a soft giggle and went about getting everything else ready. She sat on her bed, thinking about things, wondering whether she was doing the right thing, whether she could trust Wade again. She thought back to the conversation at the road house, everything he had done since that night was to be better, he certainly hadn't brought any girl home since that night and she remembered the pain in his eyes when they sat on the park bench knowing how much he'd hurt her.

He had changed she thought and knew that completely trusting him would take a little time, but that he had started to rebuild it over the past few months already. She jumped up realizing that what she wanted most was him and she would do her best to win him back, grand gestures and romance, the whole shebang. Candles were flying out of the cupboard onto the bed as she picked the nicest smelling ones. She hurried placing them in every location she could find. She closed the drawn curtains and blinds making sure no light could be seen from outside.

She heard a car rumble down the drive, and stop outside the gatehouse. She heard the door close and someone walk inside the house. She sat there for a while waiting for the right moment, ready to turn on her coffee machine, straightener and curling iron, TV on mute and some other appliances so she could blow the fuse. She knew Wade to well, he had got home probably grabbed a beer and sat on the couch when she heard his radio turn on, it was time to put her plan to action, running and turning everything on, the appliances powered up and suddenly a loud bang could be heard. "What the hell?" she heard Wade yell. She ran out to the fuse box making sure that he didn't see her as he opened his door and began to walk toward her.

She was hiding in the bushes behind the fuse box waiting he reached it and began to open it.

"Sorry, I was using to many lady things, you weren't in the middle of a game where you?"

She stood there waiting for him to speak, he just spun around to look at her.

"Wade, say something!"