I wasn't going to put this up yet but feedback is not only appreciated but needed as well. I hope you all like this one. The POV might change, I'm not sure about that yet. That's everything from me so please enjoy and let me know what you think.

At the young age of 6 the lives of one Zoe Hart and one Wade Kinsella would be changed forever. Not that either one of them knew it, not yet anyways. Their life's would cross paths on that first day of first grade. It was the day Wade noticed the girl with Lemon Breeland. To him she was just another girl with cooties. Cooties or not he watched her and made sure to bug her. His life was complex and his little brain couldn't understand what it was his family was going through. All he knew was that his ma was sick making frequent trips to the hospital. The trips were far and few between each other, but to Wade he didn't know that his ma was sick with cancer. That she was fighting for her life. That most days were struggles. To him his life was good. He could play in the mud, go out to the woods with Jesse to the swamps catching tadpoles. Getting into fights with Jesse proving he was tougher then his big brother. He was making the most of his childhood.

For Zoe it was a complete change. Her life forever changing. She didn't understand why she had to move in with a stranger or why it was all the way in Alabama. She was told that she was going to live with her daddy. It was a lot for her 6-year-old brain to understand. Harley was nothing but nice, letting Zoe settle in. He wanted nothing more than to spoil her, but he knew it would do neither one of them any good if he did. It took only seconds for her and Lemon to become the best of friends. Spending there last few weeks of summer together. Then their was Annabeth, who was a good friend. Together the three of them were very much like the 3 musketeers. But it was that first day that Zoe remembered so well. The day she met Wade Kinsella. He found it funny to steal her snack at snack time, pull her brown pigtails as Wade sat right by her throughout the day. Not only was that all, he would also take her markers leaving the caps off. Bump into her laughing when he made her mess up. Zoe hated him. Wade thought it was fun and kept on doing it as they went through school. Over the years Zoe started to joke around with Wade and they fell into an easy-going friendship. It was as they grew older they understand everything so clear.

Zoe who loved her father, finally understood that her mother couldn't live with Zoe knowing how much she screwed up with sleeping with Harley Wilkes and letting Ethan think for even a moment that Zoe was his. But Zoe loved her life in Bluebell and she couldn't imagine her life in New York. Harley gave her the option of changing her last name but Zoe wanted to keep Hart as her last name for now anyways.

Through Junior high Wade and Zoe grew closer if possible. She was still best friends with Lemon and Annabeth. But they were busy with cheerleading. Zoe was a cheerleader too, but not the captain like Lemon was. Along with pageants they were just busy and Zoe wanted nothing to do with pageants. She'd rather go out and pull pranks with Wade when she wasn't cheering him on.

It was the day of Zoe's sweet 16th that she shared an amazing kiss with Wade. The first time they shared a kiss was the day Wade found out that his mother had beat the cancer fully and was now in the clear. He was 12 and Zoe was 11. Wade was Zoe's first kiss, and Zoe was Wade's first kiss. It was unexpected but they both enjoyed it. Zoe was shocked when Wade was on his best behavior at her party. She came to understand that he was the perfect gentleman in front of his mother.

"You ever wonder about life Z?" Wade asked her. It was well into the night after Zoe's party. Harley was ok with her staying out as long as it wasn't a school night. And he trusted Wade.

"Wade I think about a lot of things. Wanna be more specific there?" Zoe asked sitting in the grass across from him. They sat out by the pond, the only light coming from the full moon.

"I don't know like if your ma' woulda kept ya and never told ya about your dad. Things like that." It took Zoe a minute to answer. She thought about it almost every night before bed. She use to blame herself for her mother not wanting her. Harley had heard her crying one night and explained to her that it wasn't her fault. It wasn't anyone's fault. He explained that things happen in life we don't understand, we just gotta go with the flow of it all.

"I wouldn't be here and that would be a shame all in its self. I do wonder what it would be like to be raised in New York. I'm sure I'd hate it." Zoe scrunched her face up at the thought. All she knew was the quiet life of living in a small town. The noise from the city driving her crazy. "Do you think about if your ma' never survived the cancer?" Zoe knew the question was a hard subject for him but he asked about her mother and she wondered if he thought about it.

"All the time and it scares me Zoe. I'd be lost without her helping me along the way. I'd be different that's for sure." Zoe laughed thinking how Wade would be.

"Actually I don't think you would be any different Wade." Zoe teased some truth behind it. Wade was a caring a person to the ones he was closet to. But he liked to pretend he was the bad boy. Only if it was for show. But he has been in his fair share of fights over the years.

"Oh yea?" Wade asked, Zoe giving him a nod. "How so? There are things a boy learns from his ma."

"Well she hasn't taught you yet." Wade mocked a hurt expression. "Seriously Wade, you thought it would be fun to steal my snacks, pull my hair, bump my arm. What's changed between a 6-year-old Wade and a 16-year-old Wade?" Zoe asked giving him a serious look. They always sat by each other, the teachers learning quick that Zoe and Wade needed to be by each other or they would never make it through class without some form of an interruption. If one had detention it was very likely the other would be there as well. It was still to this day that when Wade get bored he would start messing with Zoe's hair. He would take food from her lunch. Not that she minded as she would do the same as him. If no one knew that Zoe and Wade were just friends they would think how cute of a couple they made. There was talk around town when Wade would finally ask Zoe out.

"Lots like now I have my own car."

"No you got a license but that's your daddy's truck you drive." Zoe corrected cutting him off.

"Yea well if it wasn't for a certain brown-eyed, brown-haired hooligan that drove my car into a post." Wade smirked at a gasping Zoe.

"That's all on you Wade Kinsella. I was doing just fine and you had to yell and scream about the non-existent turtle in the road. I couldn't run the turtle over." Zoe defended herself thinking about the day she had got her permit and Wade had let her drive his car on an ol' dirt road outside of Bluebell.

"But there wasn't a turtle Zoe." Wade smirked.

"Yea well you yelled there was. So it's still your fault." Zoe huffed sticking her tongue out at him.

"Why don't you come over and put that tongue to use." Wade joked pulling her closer by the hand.

"Eeewww no. You're so sick Wade." Zoe spat in complete and utter disgust. Wade burst out in laughter falling backwards. Zoe didn't find it amusing one bit.

"Come on Z don't think like that." Wade cooed a tint of humor to his voice.

"Don't say things like that Wade." Zoe pouted. Wade smiled taking in the way the moon light hit Zoe making her look like the angel she was. Wade was trying to fight the urge he had deep down to kiss her. Luckily he didn't have to fight it for too long. "I should get home." It was common for the two of them to sneak off to the pond at some point during the day. The place was special to them. The first chance at freedom at the age of 11 during the summer they had stumbled upon the pond. It was so calm and relaxing giving them the perfect place to hang out without Lemon, George, Annabeth or Lavon interrupting them.

"Yea I'll get ya home before Harley starts to worry about his baby." Wade mocked in a baby voice helping Zoe up. As a reply Zoe smacked his arm, both of them laughing. Zoe was wiped out falling asleep within seconds. Her head falling against Wade's shoulder. Zoe sat in the middle close to Wade not wanting her head to hit the window. Wade smiled picturing what life could be with Zoe Hart. He didn't feel foolish thinking about it. She was his best friend. It only made sense for him to picture his life with her. He may have thought about her at the age 6 of only having cooties. But he was a boy and the only way for him to show his affection was to pick on her. And Zoe was the only girl he had ever picked on. As far he was concerned their was no other girl like Zoe. And as for Zoe, Wade was the pest that wouldn't leave her alone but after the years she found it comforting. It was something she looked forward to every day. She'd be lying if she said that she never saw Wade in her future, because she did.

Wade stopped outside her house. He found that she looked too cute asleep, he couldn't bring himself to wake her. So he got out carefully getting Zoe out carrying her up to the door. He knew Harley left his door unlocked when Zoe was out. Wade made his way through the house in the dark. It wasn't the first time he ever had to carry a sleeping Zoe up to her room. Wade got her situated in bed letting her sneakers fall to the floor. He pulled the pink blanket up over her body. Wade smiled pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"Night Zoe. Happy birthday." Wade whispered. He walked out thinking how Zoe would yell at him that it was no longer her birthday now that it was 2 in the morning. But he didn't care. He would rather have Zoe yelling at him then not talking to him for days on end. He could take the yelling but he couldn't take the silence. The silence scared him, he never knew what would be coming after the silence.