Wade opened his eyes and looked down at Zoe who had her head on his chest and he arms wrapped around his abdomen. He traced patterns on her back and smiled at the thought that she was in his bed, in Bluebell.

"That tickles," she mumbled, her eyes staying shut.

"Sorry, did I wake you?" he asked with a smirk as she opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"Yes," she said, shifting so that she was half on top of him. "But it's ok," she added with a smile and leant up and kissed him quickly. He tried to deepen the kiss but she pulled away, got out of bed and put his shirt on.

"What you gettin' dressed for Doc?"

"I need coffee to wake up properly," she replied.

"I can think of another way to wake you up good and proper," he said with a wink, climbing out of bed and wrapping his arms around her.

"As tempting as that sounds, I want to meet Lavon and have some of those pastries you told me about," she said, hugging him and resting her head on his chest.

"Ok, I'm only agreein' cause you look so damn fine wearin' my shirt."

They walked hand in hand to Lavon's house and Wade opened the door for her, letting her in first. Lavon was standing looking into the fridge and didn't look up when they walked in.

"Wade, I made pancakes so Lavon Hayes thinks today is the perfect day to stop moping around over Zoe. Otherwise no pancakes for you. Sick of you walking around looking like someone killed your puppy," he said as he heard the door open but still had not looked up from the fridge. Zoe looked up at Wade and gave him a knowing look with a smirk and he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. He cleared his throat and Lavon looked up and his eyes widened.

"Oh, you have company. Good for you, it's about time. I'm Lavon Hayes, and you are...?"

"Lavon, this is Zoe," Wade said and Zoe smiled.

"Zoe? As in... Zoe?" Lavon spluttered.

"Yup, that's me," Zoe said with a laugh.

"Well, it is nice to meet you. So how did this happen?" Lavon asked as he motioned for them to sit down. He put pancakes on their plates and waited for one of them to speak.

"That's actually what we wanted to talk to you about. You think Zoe can move into the carriage house?" Wade asked with his mouth full.

"Sure but why? What happened to New York?"

"Oh, I didn't get the fellowship and I missed Wade so I figured I'd give Bluebell a try," Zoe said nonchalantly.

"Well Bluebell is happy to have you. Wade has been so grumpy and whiny. 'Why does she have to be in New York? Life is not fair.'" Lavon mocked. Zoe gave Wade a loving smile.

"Yeah well at least I kicked your butt in video games every time," Wade defended.

"Oh yeah? When was that? When you were too busy texting her or when you were too busy staring at your phone waiting for her reply?" Wade looked down and blushed.

"I wasn' that bad," Wade mumbled. Lavon scoffed.

"I think it's sweet," Zoe stated. "I was pretty much the same back in New York." Wade beamed at her and leaned over his plate to kiss her. Lavon coughed but the couple didn't pull away. He picked up a buttermilk muffin and threw it at them, hitting Wade in the face, who glared at him.

"Getting back to business, you'll share a generator with Wade so if you have your, uh, curling iron going while he's got his AC on it could be trouble."

"We'll just create our own electricity, right Doc?" Wade said with a smirk. Zoe rolled her eyes and Lavon scowled.

"I've been here 5 minutes and I'm already having to apologise for my boyfriend's behaviour!" Zoe complained.

"Lavon's used to it. Right?" Wade responded.

"Unfortunately I am. So boyfriend huh?" Lavon asked, noticing Zoe look down embarrassed at what she said.

"Yup, I'm her boyfriend!" Wade answered for her with a big smile on his face, reaching over and taking her hand. Lavon sat silently and watched the couple interact for the rest of breakfast, noting them glancing at each other and smiling as they looked at each other.

"Thank you for breakfast Lavon," Zoe said putting her plate in the sink.

"You're welcome. I'll check out the carriage house this morning, make sure everything is set."

"Thank you. You sure I'm not putting you out?"

"Definitely not! Besides, I'm just happy I don't have to have Mr Grumpy over here ruining breakfast with his moping anymore!" Zoe laughed and looked at Wade who was frowning.

"Ha ha, very funny Lavon!" Wade said, taking Zoe's hand and leading her out of the kitchen.

"So what are we doing today?" Zoe asked when they got into the gate house.

"I figured we'd get you acquainted with the town and then... come back here and get reacquainted with each other." He smirked at her. "Or you know, vice versa."

"Definitely vice versa," she responded.

"Come here," he said as he kissed her. Their hands started roaming immediately and within a matter of minutes, they were both down to their underwear. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his hips as he walked towards the bed. He climbed on top of her once he lay her down on the bed and kissed her neck. Zoe threw her head back and moaned loudly as he ground his hips against hers. She could feel he wanted more and wrapped her legs around his hips and flipped them so she was on top. She kissed his chest while his hands found the clasp on her bra. Removing her bra, his hands move to her chest. Zoe shifted down and removed Wade's boxers and her own underwear. He reached over into his bedside table and pulled out a condom.

"Are you sure he'll be fine with us dropping in like this?" George asked as he and Lemon walked up the stairs to the gate house.

"Of course. He was really upset yesterday and I want to make sure he's ok," Lemon said, reaching the door. George opened the door and they walked in, stopping, eyes wide.

"Oh Wade," the girl who was straddling Wade moaned loudly. Her back was facing them. Wade pulled her down to him and kissed her moaning himself as he ran his hands up her back and into her hair.

"Oh my God," Lemon squealed. Wade sat up with the girl and she buried her face in his neck.

"What the hell Lemon!" Wade yelled, straining to reach his comforter to cover himself and the girl.

"Wade, we are so sorry," George said, blushing. The girl turned slightly to look at them, face still buried in his neck.

"Zoe?" Lemon asked, shocked.

"Hey Lemon. Hey George," Zoe mumbled.

"What are you doing here?"

"What the hell does it look like she's doin'? Now get out!" Wade yelled. They didn't need to be told twice and ran out of the gate house. Zoe climbed off Wade and wrapped herself up in the comforter.

"I have never been so embarrassed in my life," Zoe whined.

"It's fine, they didn't see anythin'," Wade assured her.

"Didn't see anything? They saw me completely naked on top of you!"

"Well... it was just your back cause of the um... position." Zoe glared at him and he gave her an apologetic smile. "Ok, I'm sorry. Next time, I'll be on top," he teased and she smacked his arm.

"Ok, ok, no more jokes. How bout we get ready and I take you into town and we can start crossin' some of that Southern food off your bucket list?" Zoe nodded and headed to the bathroom to get ready.

XXX

Wade and Zoe strolled through Town Square holding hands as Wade pointed out the different stores and told her funny stories about him growing up or about the townspeople.

"I'll be right back, I'm goin' to get some of Agnes' sweet tea. A definite Southern staple," Wade told her when they got to the gazebo. He kissed her quickly and walked off across the square. Zoe sat down on the steps of the gazebo and looked around at the small town, taking everything in.

"Hey Pretty Lady," a man said as he stumbled towards her. He sat down next to her and she noticed how he reeked of gin.

"Hi," she said timidly.

"You new in town?" he questioned. "Haven' seen you around here before."

"Yeah, I arrived last night," Zoe replied with a smile.

"From?"

"I'm from New York. You're obviously a local?"

"What you do?" he said ignoring her question.

"I'm a doctor but at the moment I..."

"My son goes on and on about a doctor from New York," he cut her off.

"Oh, you're..." she started but was once again interrupted.

"Earl!" she heard Wade yell. They both turned to look in his direction to see that he was storming across the grass looking angry.

"There's my boy," Earl stood up and beamed, not noticing Wade's angry demeanour.

"What are you doin' Earl?" Wade said angrily when he reached them. Zoe could tell he was clearly embarrassed.

"We were just talking Wade," Zoe said, putting her hand on his arm. He turned to look at her and she gave him an encouraging smile.

"Oh you know my boy. Are you the doctor he's always talkin' about?"

"That'd be me," she said proudly, taking Wade's hand in hers. "Or well... at least I think it is cause otherwise this is awkward," she added winking at Wade.

"Yeah, uh... this is pretty awkward. See, I was talking about Dr Powell."

"Oh shut up," Zoe said with a laugh, shoving him with the hand that had been holding his.

"So is this your girlfriend?" Earl asked as he watched them flirt with each other.

"Yeah, she is," Wade said, putting his arm around Zoe. She leaned into him and rested her hand on his stomach. "Dad, this is Zoe. Zoe, this is my dad, Earl."

"It's great to finally meet you, I've heard a lot about you," Zoe said sticking out her hand.

"None of that," Earl said, shoeing her hand away. Instead, he took her arm and pulled her into a hug. Wade smiled at their interaction.

"Would you like to join us for some sweet tea?" Zoe offered once he had let her go.

"No no, I've got things to do. You two enjoy yourselves. See you around Pretty Lady, Son," Earl nodded and walked off.

"So uh... that's my dad," Wade said sheepishly.

"He was great," Zoe assured him. "So let's try this stuff then," she said, gesturing to the holder with the sweet teas. Wade sat on the gazebo steps handing her the drink as she sat down. She took a sip and pulled a face.

"Wow, that's sugary."

"It's not that sugary," Wade defended. Zoe looked at him and raised her eyebrow. "Well, not if you compare it to her grape lemonade or... a cup of sugar."

"Not really my cup of tea," Zoe joked.

"Oh you're so funny with the puns," Wade said bumping her shoulder with his. She rested her head on his shoulder and he flung his arm around her, pulling her close.