Hello again to every single one of you who again used their time to read this fic. It really means a lot to me, so I'm asking again please leave reviews those really inspire me to continue writing. Actually I have another thing I'd like to say. So today I decided to look up my other story I wrote like four years ago, it's a One Tree Hill fanfic called Wish You Were and I decided to read it after all this time and I sort of had this idea of continuing it. So if there is someone who has read it and would like me to continue writing it, I would be happy to know that.
But back to Hart of Dixie. Here is chapter number four named after a song by Bethany Joy Galeotti. Hope you like it!
Chapter 4. Shiver
"I told you to keep that little monster off my porch!"
"And I told you to clean it so she would stop going through all the crap that's just lying there."
"It's not my fault your cat's addicted to garbage."
"It's not that you idiot, she's chasing all of the rats that are running through your half eaten waffles and empty beer bottles."
"Maybe you should learn to keep it in a leash?"
"She's a cat, they need their space!"
"So do I!"
"Well-", Zoe and Wade had argued for the last ten minutes about Zoe's cat – who still had no name. Apparently she had woken Wade up few times this week with her meowing and breaking things. She had almost made a habit of knocking something down on her semi-regular visits. Whether it was an empty beer bottle or garbage bin, it startled Wade every single time. The two neighbors however had different opinions on who was to blame for this. Lavon had followed the interaction first amused, but now a little hungry since the two were blocking his way to toast, jelly and peanut butter.
"As happy as I am to see that everything seems to have turned back to normal", Lavon gave the duo – who were staring at him like they had just remembered his existence – a pointed look, "could you two maybe take it down a notch, because this is like you two fighting about electricity all over again."
"About that Lavon -", Zoe tried to open up about the newly found subject. After been woken up for third morning in a row Wade had decided to repay the favor so he blew out the power when Zoe was blowing her hair. To say she had been pissed off was the understatement of the year.
"I don't want to hear it", Lavon held up his hands as a sign of surrender, "just deal with it and let me eat my breakfast! Hungry Lavon Hayes is angry Lavon Hayes." As he said that he stepped between the two and finally made himself some breakfast.
Wade pondered his options while Zoe played with the hair that was falling down from her ponytail to her shoulder and tried to avoid eye contact with him.
"Fine, I'll clean my porch and you make sure it stays off it, deal?" Wade suggested and offered his hand.
"Fine", Zoe shook his hand. When their hands touched Zoe felt warm sensation going from her fingertips to the rest of her body. They looked each other in the eye a little longer than necessary. Finally Zoe collected herself and shook her head a little to clear her head.
"Well I should go or I'll be late and you know Brick, he will never let it go", Zoe let go of Wade's hand, "I have to pick up Nancy from the house before I leave."
"Nancy?" Lavon and Wade asked in unison.
"I'm trying on names for my yet-to-be-named-cat. So Nancy is a no?"
"Definitely ", Lavon voiced his opinion.
"How about Mimi", Zoe suggested again.
"Too much like Gigi", Lavon reminded her-
"You are right, how about-"
"While you two ladies talk about this truly fascinating subject, I'm going to head out to Mobile", Wade said and took his shirt from the stool next to him.
"Don't be a hater Wade", Lavon answered back to him.
"How about Joelle?" Zoe suggested and gave Lavon a friendly as the door was closing behind Wade.
"I heard that", Wade yelled just as the door closed behind him.
"Well Mrs. Crowson everything seems to be in order, it's nothing major just a flu that's taking a little longer to go away", Zoe explained to her patient after looking at her test results.
"Well that's good to hear", she answered with a heavy southern accent. Zoe wrote down the results before handing Mrs. Crowson a prescription.
"Here just get these and take two every day until the symptoms stop, and if this continues after a few weeks, come and see me again", Zoe smiled at the woman who got up and gathered her things.
"Thank you again Dr. Hart", Mrs. Crowson thanked her and was just about to step out of the room, "I forgot to ask, how that kitten of yours is doing?"
"Just fine thanks for asking." Zoe still found it a little odd how in Bluebell people who she didn't even know that well would come and ask things like that and it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Still going through that Kinsella boy's trash?"
"Yeah, but we are working on that", Zoe answered.
"Well, bye now!"
Zoe had been feeling a little dizzy for a few hours now. She thought it would go away after she ate something, but no. And the fact that it was a flu season and she was around sick people all day didn't really help the matter.
She got up from her chair and went to the door to ask the next patient to step in. She felt a cold shiver go through her body but decided to fight through the last three hours of work.
"Mr. Beck, what seems to be the problem?" Zoe asked when man who was in his forties walked in to her room
"You see, I have this rash-"
Next day
First time in a long time Wade woke up before his alarm clock and he wasn't tired. He was just lying in his bed and enjoying the silence and the fact that Zoe's cat was not having a party on his porch. Wade was wiped out. Last night at work had been one of the busiest since there was an important football game and most of Bluebell decided to watch the game in Rammer Jammer.
He was just about to get up when he felt something in his left hand. He turned around slowly. And there it was. Zoe's cat curled up in next to him licking his fingers. She noticed that Wade had woken up and she bent her head a little and looked at Wade straight to the eyes. He just stared at the animal for a full minute before it meowed and snapped him out of his thought.
"Damn it Zoe!" Wade exclaimed and picked up the cat with one swift move before rushing out of the gatehouse.
On the other side of the pond Zoe was having hard time standing on her feet. She was about to leave for work, but she couldn't before she found her cat and some clothes and her briefcase.
"Come here you little… kitty kitty cat", Zoe was trying to persuade her cat to come out of her hide completely oblivious to the fact that she was not in the house. Zoe felt her forehead, it was burning hot. She felt another moment of dizziness come along and she gripped on to her kitchens counter for support. Maybe I should just stay home today.
"I'm just going to call her", Zoe mumbled to herself and took her phone from the counter. "What am I doing? Trying to call my cat?" Zoe tried to put her phone back, but she missed the counter and her phone flew on the floor and its back peel came off.
"Great."
Zoe was just about to get down on the floor to pick up the pieces of her phone when Wade walked in and he was holding her cat.
"Ooh, my kitty-cat you found her!" Zoe exclaimed happily and she tried to take the cat from Wade's hands.
"Yeah she ran away from your house again and you wanna know where I found it?"
"Her"
"Whatever, she was in my house"
"Well I told you to clean your porch", Zoe rubbed her temples she could feel a headache coming. Wade put the little kitten down and she went straight to her owners feet before running behind the sofa. "No, she's going to run away again!"
"It wasn't on my porch, it was inside my house", Wade told her sternly. He wasn't feeling as angry as he had when he left his house. Something was wrong with Zoe, her eyes were glossy, hair was in a messy bun, her talking was kind of stammering.
"Her", Zoe corrected him yet again, "I've got to get to work."
Wade stopped her after she almost fell trying to get to her front door.
"You might not want to go, you're burning up", Wade was a little worried now.
"I'm fine, besides Brick will have my – well something - if I don't show up."
"Doc. you don't make any sense", Wade said and looked what she was wearing. She had some sort of nightgown on, but it was upside down and backwards. Yeah, she's definitely not going anywhere.
Wade had no problem picking her up; she was small and sick. Zoe tried to fight back a little, but her resistance wasn't that hard since she could barely lift a finger. She rested her head against Wade's shoulder and said one final thing before passing out.
"Why are you not wearing a shirt?"
When Zoe woke up it was afternoon and it was starting to get dark. She looked up from her pillow and the first thing she noticed was a glass of water and a bottle of aspirin on her night stand. Thank god, I have never felt sick in my whole life. She took a pill and drank the whole glass of water. She took her mirror from the night stand. Don't I look delightful? She tried to remember what had happened. I was looking for kitty-cat, and then Wade came in. Hold on, Wade?
Zoe got up from her bed and let out a groan, her head was killing her, but she needed to get up. She took a look at the full length mirror.
"Good god, what am I wearing", she looked at her ensemble and decided to change, besides the nightgown wasn't really comfortable especially when the back was in the front. She put on grey sweatpants and a light green hoodie. She went through her closet and found woolen socks. Next thing she removed her contacts that felt more like pieces of wood in her eyes, since they had dried. She put her hair in a messy bun and put on her glasses. "Much better"
She went to her living room and found Wade sitting on the sofa watching tv and her cat was sitting next to him and tried to climb up to his lap.
"You stay away from me, seriously what are you in heat", Wade muttered under his breath as he tried to keep her off of him. Zoe smiled at him and walked up closer. Wade must have heard her since he turned around and got up from the couch.
"Sorry, did I wake you?" He questioned with a hint of worry in his voice.
"I'm fine, well at least I'm better than before", she gave him a little smile which he returned.
"Come and sit, you shouldn't strain yourself", Wade took hold of her arm and guided her to couch.
"I just have a little fever and a cold, I'm not elderly", Zoe was little amused by Wade's concern. They continued watching tv.
"Are you hungry? 'Cause I could fix up something for you"
"Well good luck with that 'cause I don't really have anything in the kitchen, do I need to remind you of my cooking skills?" Zoe referred to her failed Gumbo.
"Oh right the cleanser", Wade laughed at her.
"Oh shut up", Zoe whacked him, but couldn't help but let out a little laugh, which wasn't such a good thing since it only made her cough.
"Well I'm getting you some tea"
"Thanks", Zoe looked after Wade as he disappeared in to the kitchen. She picked up her kitten and stroked its orange fur.
"Hey, are you actually wearing my t-shirt?" Zoe questioned when Wade came back holding two cups in his hands.
"Oh yeah, I saw it on the floor and I noticed it was very big so I tried it on, it's okay right? I didn't want to go and get my own in case you needed something", Wade offered her the cup which she thankfully accepted
"Well that's what you get from hanging around half naked all the time", Zoe tried to joke and she took a sip. "And it's totally fine, it actually is men's shirt so you don't even have to be embarrassed." She had originally bought the shirt for her ex-boyfriend but he never really used it and it was left in the back of her closet. She hadn't thrown it away since she used it as a pajama. Some people might think it was weird she hadn't thrown it away after all it was a gift for her ex-boyfriend who broke up with her, but in the end she wasn't too broken up about their break-up – so why waste a good shirt.
"Just so you know I was only 'runnin' around half-naked' 'cause your crazy cat woke me up", Wade defended himself. "When are you going to name it."
"I'm going to name her once I come up with good enough name."
"Well you do that", they stayed silent for a long time and just watched television. Zoe had finished her tea and she was having hard time keeping her eyes open. She rested her head on Wade's shoulder. He had made an attempt to leave but she didn't want to alone so he caved in and stayed. She was somewhere between sleep an reality when something hit her.
"Oh my god, I didn't call in sick, what about my patients, what about Brick, he is going to kill me and what about you? I bet you had work today and-"
"Hold on you crazy pants, I called Addie for you and Shelly covered my sift, so no harm done", he tried to calm her down. She was really something, always thinking about her work.
"Oh, well thank you for everything, but I'm going to go to bed", Zoe got up from the couch and yawned. She really needed her sleep.
"Yeah it's getting kind of late", Wade said and got up too. "But if you need anything, just call."
"Thanks Wade", Zoe thanked him again. They just stood there in silence for a minute.
"Well, I'll be going, good night Doc." Wade said and closed the tv before heading to the door. When he reached the door he turned around and smirked, "you want your shirt back?"
Zoe rolled her eyes before answering.
"Nah, you can return it later, after all you have hung out half naked around here long enough." Wade just laughed. "By the way, I think I came up with a good name for this little one." Zoe said and petted her cat.
"Really, what's that?"
"Meredith", she got the idea tonight while they were watching Grey's Anatomy. She really liked Meredith's character and that had inspired her.
"Well, it's better than callin' it a kitten or cat or monster", Zoe rolled her eyes before turning off the lights.
"Goodnight Wade!"
A/N: So please review :)
