A/N: This is my first Hart of Dixie fanfic that I have ever wrote, so bare with me if the characters are well a bit out of character. Just a heads up that in this story Lavon and AnnaBeth are still toghether, and so are George and Tansy. Hope you enjoy this chapter and perhaps if you review you could let me know if you enjoyed this and maybe suggest what I could improve on?

Love Is A Laserquest

Chapter One: Sometime Around Midnight

"Joel. Joel! JOEL!" screeched Zoe Hart getting louder and louder as she tried to get her boyfriends attention, who was typing away furiously on his MacBook. She stood glaring at her boyfriend with her right hand resting firmly on her hip when he finally looked up at her.

"What's the matter?" Joel asked with a slight worried edge to his voice as he looked around the carriage house to see what could have caused his girlfriend to shout at him like the house was on fire.

"What's the matter? What's the matter? I'll tell you what's the matter; I've been trying to get your attention for the last 5 minutes. We're going to be late for Lavon's birthday meal." Zoe ranted whilst flinging her hands up in the air for a dramatic effect.

"Is that it?" Joel asked his slightly dramatic girlfriend and laughed when she shot him a death glare.

"We should have been at Fancies 5 minutes ago." Zoe huffed whilst pacing back and forth in her nude coloured louboutin heels.

"Baby, I've finally been able to write something. Something that doesn't suck, I think I've finally overcome my writers block." Joel explained excitedly as he stood up from the desk he was sat at.

"What are you trying to say?" Zoe asked knowing that Joel was about to bail on her.

"I don't think I will be able to go to Fancies." Joel said placing his hands on Zoe's shoulders.

"I understand, you should stay here and continue writing. Even though I am going to be the odd one out, what with everyone else coupled up, and I know Lavon was looking forward to seeing both of us tonight when I gave him his present at breakfast this morning." Zoe muttered with a slight hint of defeat in her voice. Lavon had AnnaBeth, George had Tansy and Wade had Vivian, she shuddered at the thought of sitting through a meal with her ex-boyfriend and her cousin. Not that she was jealous or anything.

"That's why I love you. You understand how important writing is to me. Now go and have a nice time." Joel said kissing her cheek and pushing her towards the front door.

"I know I'm amazing." Zoe smiled at him as she opened the door and picked up her black Chanel flap handbag and put on her black Burberry leather jacket.

"Wish Lavon a Happy Birthday from me." Joel said before he kissed Zoe goodbye.

"Will do, see you later." Zoe waved as she walked down the steps to the carriage house.

"Love You." Joel called as he watched her walking to her car.

"You too!" Zoe smiled at him before getting in to her car.

Five minutes later Zoe was walking across the towns square towards Fancies, she smoothed out her blue skater dress with a silver jewel adorned neckline as her brown wavy hair blew slightly in the winters evening wind. She felt nervous, she didn't know why though. She was going to a meal with her friends after all.

"Zoe finally you're here! We were about to send out a search party!" AnnaBeth screeched as she saw Zoe walk through the restaurant door.

"Hey AnnaBeth!" Zoe smiled waving at her closest female friend as she walked towards the table everyone was gathered at.

"Where's Joel? Lavon asked as Zoe sat down next to Lavon, she was sat opposite Wade who was looking at her with a curious expression on his face.

"He's finally overcame his writers block, so he's at home writing like a mad man, but he told me to wish you Happy Birthday." Zoe replied shrugging slightly as if she didn't care, whilst she took her handbag off her shoulder and placed it on the table.

"And you're okay with him not being here?" Lavon asked his best friend knowingly.

"Yeah I'm fine, so where's George and Tansy?" Zoe asked looking round the table and only seeing Lavon, AnnaBeth, Vivian and Wade.

"George is sick so apparently Tansy is looking after him, but we think it's George's night to get lucky." Wade replied raising his eyes suggestively at Zoe.

"Wade." Vivian hissed hitting her boyfriends arm as if to tell him off.

"What? Oh come on we're all thinking it, plus George was fine this afternoon when he came into the Rammer Jammer for a beer." Wade explained rolling his eyes at his slightly uptight girlfriend.

Zoe smirked to herself at the new couple's slight disagreement; seams her cousin doesn't have a sense of humour she thought to herself.

Lavon caught Zoe smirking to herself he looked at her with a stop it look, Zoe looked back at him smiling innocently.

"Anyway I think it's time we ordered, otherwise we might not eat till midnight." AnnaBeth announced as she tried to change the subject.

The group had finished their meals half an hour ago, and were waiting for their desserts to arrive.

"I'm gonna just check on Zoe, she's been gone a while." Wade announced standing up and putting his napkin on the table; causing everyone to look at him.

"Why baby? Zoe is a big girl." Vivian said looking at her boyfriend of three months with a slight jealous tone to her voice.

"Well she's been gone a while, and you saw how she was knocking back the wine." Wade said slightly annoyed at his over baring girlfriend. He was worried about Zoe even though he knows he has no right to be anymore. He didn't wait for Vivian to reply as he walked off in the direction that Zoe had walked away in ten minutes ago, when she has said she needed to get some fresh air because she was full from her grilled Salmon.

Wade opened the restaurant door and could see the back of Zoe; sat on a bench in the towns square. He walked over to her with his hands in the pockets of his black jeans. Zoe heard someone walking behind her and turned round and saw Wade coming to sit next to her. She sighed to herself, why did he have to look so good tonight? With his black jeans and wearing her favourite white shirt on him? Heck why did he have to look so good all of the time?

"You okay Doc?" Wade asked looking at Zoe who was looking at her shoes with pretend interest.

"I'm fine." Zoe whispered still looking at her feet. Why did he still have to care? Why did he still have an affect on her?

"I know when you're lying." Wade said still watching her.

Zoe looked up at him and sighed, her head was feeling slightly fuzzy from the amount of alcohol she had drunk.

"I fee lost." She confessed playing with the chain strap of her handbag.

"Whatcha mean?" Wade asked confused with his southern drawl more present in his voice.

"I feel lost, my life, everything why am I such a mess?" Zoe muttered a lump was starting to form in the back of her throat.

"You're not a mess, you're beautiful. You're the most beautiful girl I have ever met." Wade said lifting her head up softly to look at him with his right hand.

Zoe felt butterflies in the pit of her stomach; she always felt like this around Wade, even though he had broken her heart nine months ago.

"What am I suppose to do with that?" Zoe whispered blushing slightly at Wade's compliment; knowing Wade shouldn't be saying this to her seeing as he had a girlfriend; her cousin for heaven's sake.

"You're supposed to accept the compliment." Wade replied as if it was that simple, as if they both were not in relationships with other people, as if they hadn't caused each other past heartbreak.

"I sometimes wonder how life would be if we were still together." Zoe confessed, feeling slightly vulnerable as she admitted what she had never told anybody else before.

Wade looked at her the girl he once loved; the girl who deep down he still loved even now to this day, and probably would for the rest of his life. " So do I." he replied sombrely; he hated how he hurt and treated Zoe; it was the biggest mistake of his life cheating on her.

"You do?" Zoe asked looking up at him.

"Of course I do, but I then think of how much better you deserve than me. And Joel is what you deserve Zoe, I mean he is a man worthy of you. Unlike me." Wade replied honestly; it was true, deep down he knew he never really deserved Zoe Hart.

"That's not true Wade, you deserve someone better than me. You deserve someone who accepts you for who you are. Not someone who tries to change you; like I did. You need to want to change for them, and I'm glad it's Vivian you want to change for. Even though, if I am being honest it does hurt seeing you with my cousin, but I know it's how it should be." Zoe explained her eyes welled up slightly as she explained to Wade how she felt.

Wade looked at Zoe and was about to say something before they both heard "There you two are! C'mon back inside dessert is here." AnnaBeth's peppy voice could be heard from behind them, ending their heart felt conversation. They both smiled at each other sadly; as if saying time to go back to reality.

"What were you two talking about?" Lavon asked as his two best friends came back inside and sat at the table.

"Zoe was just asking about Earl, checking if he had been taking his medications." Wade lied to Lavon as he took a swig of his beer, Lavon looked at him as of to say bull crap.

"Awh Zoe you are always caring about people." Vivian said smiling at her cousin lovingly.

"That's me doctor Hart." Zoe laughed ironically whilst lifting her wine glass up in a mock toast, the table laughed and Wade winked at her knowingly.

It was eleven thirty and everyone was putting their coats and jackets on as they made their way out of Fancies.

"How'd you get here Doc?" Wade asked as Lavon and AnnaBeth walked off in the direction back to AnnaBeth's house.

"I drove." Zoe slurred slightly, perhaps she shouldn't of had that extra glass of wine she thought to herself.

"Well I'm not letting you drive home in this state, I'll drop Vivian off home first and then I'll drive us both back to the plantation." Wade told both Zoe and Vivian.

"What about my car?" Zoe protested, she didn't fancy being Wade and Vivian's third wheel.

"Can't Joel collect her?" Suggested Vivian she was going to invite her boyfriend back to her house for their own private dessert.

"Me and Joel only have one car." Zoe muttered; knowing she was going to have to endure a journey home with Wade and Vivian.

"Well it's decided then." Wade said walking towards his car.

Zoe watched out of the car window as Vivian said goodbye to Wade at her doorstep. For god sakes they'll see each other tomorrow; it's not as if Wade is going to war Zoe thought to herself as she watched them kissing. She hated seeing them kiss; she hated them being together.

"Next stop the carriage house." Zoe heard Wade saying as he slammed the car door and revved the engine causing her to snap out of what she was thinking.

Zoe had her head rested against the window watching the stars in the night's sky as they drove home.

"Here you are Doc." Wade announced as they pulled up outside off her house; the lights were off, indicating that Joel must be asleep.

"What were you going to say before AnnaBeth interrupted you?" Zoe asked speaking for the first time since leaving Vivian's house.

"It doesn't matter." Wade muttered looking away from Zoe.

"Yes it does." Zoe persisted looking at Wade.

"Go inside Zoe, go and be with Joel." Wade said looking at her sadly.

"Wade, don't act like this." Zoe hissed at him, getting annoyed at how his was putting up walls and not wanting to be honest with her like he was earlier.

"Go home Zoe. Don't bring it up, obviously I wasn't meant to say what I was going to say. Otherwise AnnaBeth wouldn't have interrupted us." Wade said; truthly before he was inturepted by AnnaBeth he was going to tell Zoe that he had changed for her; and how one day he wanted to win her back; how he was working on himself; and how he wanted to be the man that Zoe Hart deserved.

"Since when did Wade Kinsella start believing in fate?" Zoe asked him raising her eyebrows; he was starting to annoy her.

"Since I had to convince myself that was the reason why I lost you." Wade said bitterly.

"No the reason why you lost me Wade was because you cheated on me; it wasn't because of fate." Zoe hissed at him, Wade looked at her with hurt and pain evident in his eyes. As soon as she saw the reaction on his face she knew she shouldn't have said what she just said. She knew Wade had punished himself enough over what he had done to her, she shouldn't have reminded him.

"Wade I shouldn't have said that." Zoe tried to apologize to him.

"Go home Zoe." Wade said sadly, he needed her away from him.

"Wade." Zoe tried again to apologize.

"Zoe." Wade replied in a monotone voice.

"Please Wade, I didn't mean that." Zoe apologized a tear falling from her right eye.

"You did." Wade replied looking at her with hurt in his voice.

Zoe leaned forward and captured Wade's lips with hers, she placed her hand on his cheek and depend the kiss. Wade responded to the kiss and ran his hand through her hair as he pulled her closer to her.

"Get out." Wade said pushing her off of him.

"What?" Zoe asked looking at him; he wanted her as much as she wanted him.

"Get out Zoe please, otherwise I am going to do something that you will regret in the morning. Please you've been drinking and you'll regret this, if you try and kiss me one more time I won't be able to stop myself. Get out of the car Zoe." Wade said pleading with his eyes for her to go home.

"I want you Wade." Zoe insisted looking at him stubbornly.

"No, home. Get home, you have Joel. Go home Zoe." Wade said hitting his head against the steering wheel in frustration.

Zoe opened the car door and got out, Wade drove away to his house that was opposite hers. Zoe watched as he got out of his car and walked into his house; all without looking in her direction.

She started to cry as she opened the door to the carriage house; she was such a mess; such a fucking mess.