I do not own "Hart of Dixie" or the song "Amen". I do own a little red dress that I bought over the weekend.

Inspired by the song "Amen" by Edens Edge

For once, Zoe Hart was not the talk of the town. She was hardly even a blip on the radar. The big thing was the return of Vivian Rae Wilcox and how she was now dating Wade Kinsella.

Having Vivian and Wade dating was not really a surprise to the good people of Bluebell. Back when the two were in high school, they were sweethearts, planning on marrying after high school. But their plans were thrown out the window when Vivian Rae's father had a job transfer to Des Moines and she had to move up north with her family. It was after she left that Wade became the Casanova that he is known as.

On the other hand, people were kind of expecting Zoe and Wade to get together. Everyone could see there was sparks between the two ever since Zoe showed up to the sleepy little town. And before Vivian Rae showed up in town, it was a common sight to see Zoe and Wade talking at the Rammer Jammer or walking around town. But when Vivian Rae showed up about three weeks earlier, all anyone ever saw is Wade and Vivian Rae. And they could tell that Zoe was not happy about it.

"Ugh! That Vivian Rae! She just drives me absolutely nuts!" Zoe exclaimed as she walked into the kitchen for breakfast.

Lavon glanced up from making scramble eggs. "What she do now?"

"She had the nerve to say that it takes a brave woman to let a man see her without make up on." Zoe spat out.

Lavon raised his eyebrows. "Lots of people say that."

"Yeah, but not to my face! And her tone of voice made it sound like that I NEED make up!"

"Now Zoe, I'm sure she didn't really mean it that way."

Zoe crossed her arms, "I'm telling you, that is what she meant by saying that. I just want to strangle her!" Zoe snapped as she made strangling motions with her hands.

Lavon was about to reply when Wade and Vivian Rae walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Lavon, hey Doc. Nice morning we're havin'." Wade said with a smile on his face.

"Mornin'." Lavon replied and Zoe just gave a little wave.

"Mornin' Mayor Hayes." Vivian Rae said sweetly. So sweet it made Zoe want to gag, but she somehow managed to keep a straight face. Vivian Rae then turned to Zoe. "Oh, I see that you still decided to go without make up. I would never be able to be that brave." She said in a falsely sweet voice.

Zoe plaster on her fake smile that she usually reserved for Lemon, Brick and her mother. "It's only Wade and Lavon. Not like I plan on marrying either of them anytime soon." Zoe pointed out.

Vivian Rae smiled "That's right, cuz Wade's mine." Even though her tone sounded friendly, Zoe could read the subtext in that statement. She was telling Zoe to back off. "And you are welcome to him." Zoe replied.

Wade and Lavon just kind of looked between the two women, not knowing what to do. They both knew something else was being said. After a few moments, Wade spoke up. "Well, as nice as it is to chatting with you two, but Vivian Rae and I have some stuff to do before I head into work." He grabbed Vivian Rae's hand. "See y'all later." And with that they were gone.

"Ok, what was that about?" Lavon asked as soon as the door closed.

"What?"

"That little nonverbal spat you had with Vivian Rae."

"Oh, that. She basically warned me to stay away from Wade."

"She said all of that?"

Zoe shrugged. "Subtext." She said as an explanation.

Lavon shook his head. "You know, you'd probably not be in this mess if you had made your move when I told you to."

Zoe made a face. A couple of weeks before Vivian Rae showed up, Zoe had admitted to Lavon she was interested in Wade. He had encouraged her to tell Wade, but Zoe (being Zoe) decided to hold back and wait for the right moment. Unfortunately, before that moment came, Vivian Rae showed up. "I know. But how I was supposed to know that blonde bimbo was gonna show up?"

Lavon. "Dunno. All I know some things you shouldn't wait to do."

"Yeah, yeah. I have to get going if I want to get to the clinic on time." Zoe said as she got up and left the kitchen towards her place.

Having lunch at the Rammer Jammer was probably not the greatest idea ever, because it forced Zoe watch Vivian Rae flirt shamelessly with Wade as he worked.

"Ohhhh… I know that look. You have the green eye bug." Shelley said as she gave Zoe her food.

"Wah?" Zoe asked, bringing herself to drag her eyes away from the two stupid love birds.

"You have it bad for Wade, don't you." Shelly said in a conspiring tone.

Zoe made a few noises, but then gave up. "Yeah."

Shelley let out a slight squeal and took a seat across from Zoe. "That is perfect! You can get with Wade and then tell me all about it!"

"In case you haven't noticed, Wade's a little distracted by the blonde bimbo in a tub top over there." Zoe said in a quiet tone. The last thing she wanted was someone over hear the conversation.

Shelley made a dismissive sound. "Please, it won't last. Wade clearly has blocked out the bad parts of their relationship when they were together in high school. She's too controlling and judgmental. They spent at least half of their relationship arguing."

Zoe's brow furrowed. "Really? They seem pretty happy now."

"Honey moon stage. Trust me, in a week or so, they'll be at it like cats and dogs and things will end. His momma called it when they were first together and she would call the same again: Wade and Vivian Rae will not last." She stood up. "Don't lose hope. Wade's a smart guy, he'll figure it out." She gave Zoe an encouraging smile and then went back to work, leaving Zoe to ponder.

It was about a week later when she heard the rumors. She was getting a trim done at the salon when Rose rushed in.

"Zoe! You will never believe what I just heard!"

"What is it?"

"I heard from Lilly Anne, who heard it from Jessie, who heard it from Kelly that Wade and Vivian Rae had a huge fight at the Rammer Jammer! She then threw what looked to be keys at him and stormed off. And I was just out at the plantation, trying to find you and I saw Vivian Rae leave Wade's place with a box and drove out of town!"

Zoe's froze for a moment before speaking. "As interesting as that sounds, why did you think I needed to hear all of that?"

"Because they were arguing about you!"

"What?"

"Apparently Vivian Rae didn't like how Wade looked at you and it seemed that he talked about you all the time. So she gave him an ultimatum- her or you. To which Wade got mad, sayin' she had no right to tell him who he could be friends with and the whole fight broke out and Wade ended it by telling her to get out of his house and to go back to Iowa."

Zoe was quiet for a few moments before standing up. "I gotta go." She said real fast. She left some money on the counter and rushed out of the salon.

"Wade! Wade, open the door!" Zoe yelled as she pounded on his door. She had just spent the last hour trying to find him, which surprised her, considering how small Bluebell is.

Wade wandered to the door. "What do you want?" He asked through the screen door.

"I heard Vivian Rae left."

"Pretty sure that's a record for the busybodies of Bluebell, considering she only left this morning."

"That's besides the point. What I want to know is if it was true you two had been arguing about me."

Wade was quiet for a moment before he replied. "Yeah, it's true. She wanted me to end my friendship with you."

"So why didn't you? As far as I could tell, you were really in love with her."

By this time, Wade was outside with Zoe. "Because I don't like being ordered about like that and you don't have many friends here. I couldn't just leave you hanging like that. And…" He started to say something, but trailed off.

"And what?" Zoe prompted him.

Wade ran his hand through his hair, something he did when he was thinking. "And… we spent a lot of time together before Vivian Rae showed up. And I wasn't really sure, but when Viv told me to choose her or you, it became perfectly clear to me." Wade looked directly into Zoe's eyes. "Zoe Hart, I think I love you."

A grin spread across Zoe's face. "Good thing, because I think I love you too."

Once those words left her mouth, Wade's hands were around her waist, pulling her body against his and his lips on hers.

After a few minutes of kissing, they pulled apart. "I'm glad you chose me." Zoe said.

Wade smiled and said "Me too." Before he kissed her again. One thing was sure, he planned on kissing her good and often for the rest of her life.

I've had "Amen" by Edens Edge stuck in my head all day and I had to do it as a one shot for "Hart of Dixie" (instead of working on my paper). Anyway, if you don't know the song, I suggest you listen to it. It's Awesome.

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