Wade made his way home in a very glum mood, you see he tried to get a hold of Zoe but he got her answering machine when he called her land line and when he tried her cell it went straight to voicemail and he really just wanted to talk to her before he went to bed considering that he wasn't going to be anywhere with a signal to talk to her tomorrow, though he could always sneak off during his party at some point, he didn't want to her to think that he was blowing her off. Ever since returning to Bluebell he had stayed away from the old him, finding it easy to be this new Wade that he had found that he liked to be when he was around Zoe. He wasn't even going to deny that he really liked Zoe more than a friend, he needed her to see that they could work out and that they needed to let things fall as they may. No need to stress over the future they couldn't control.

Just thinking back on the time he spent with Zoe made a smile cross his lips, he felt something different for her, he felt lust for a lot of the women he had hooked up with, thought he was in love once, but that had turned out to be a huge disaster and that love turned out to be hate, because he couldn't stand his ex and he was more than relieved that was in the past a few years back and he hadn't seen her since. He could feel his anger building up inside of him at just the thought of her. Sitting on his porch, he scrolled down to Zoe's name to send her text.

'Night Princess, busy day tomorrow, sorry.' He sent, placing his phone on the table next to him, a hand running down his face. He frowned seeing the lights were on at the carriage house. Lavon hadn't told him about anyone staying over there, he was curious to know who was over there and he had every intention to be the good neighbor he should be and go over there, but before he could get off his porch the lights across the pond went off. Shaking his head he walked inside his place, grabbing a beer and his guitar, he needed to figure out a few new songs.

Wade woke up to a deep laughter, pushing his guitar off to the side he got up, glaring at his friend going to the bathroom to get ready for his day out on the lake. Tossing a shirt over his head walking from the bathroom, he made sure he had what he needed, steeping into his boots, ushering his friend out the door.

"Rough night?" George asked, driving out to the lake.

"What makes you think that?" Wade asked, bringing his foot up on the dash to lace his boot up and tie it, repeating the movement with his other foot.

"Guitar on your lap, beer on the coffee table," he pointed out. Wade shot him a look.

"Dude, you're like a girl needing gossip to survive," he mumbled with a slight chuckle. "Just trying to figure out a few new songs." There was no way that he was going to say that he was just trying to bid his time to see if Zoe was going to text him back. And glancing at his phone he saw that she hadn't, he couldn't figure out what he had done to make her mad at him, the last he knew they were on good terms. He knew that she had a crazy busy schedule with work but he also remembered her telling him that she's got the weekend off. It was still early yet and maybe she's catching up on all the sleep she's missed out on over the week. He didn't even want to think that she could be out on a date with some doctor.

"And you're glued to your damn phone, when did that happen?" George questioned, he of course knew the answer to that one, he's seen Wade since he's came back from New York, his friend had changed before them and it was in the good way, like he was trying to prove to everyone and to a certain New York Doctor that he could be the guy she could fall for, but he wasn't going to say any of that and deal with the repercussions that were to come with being stuck on the lake with him. After all it was just his own observation.

"Just shut up and get us to the lake," Wade snapped, shoving his phone into his pocket. Wade wasn't stupid he knew how most the town watched him, like he was the one that had grown an extra head or something. It was time for him to grow up and that had nothing to do with Zoe, he did want to settle down and have his own family and this was the first step in that and he wasn't even going to think about the failed relationship that would have led there, because that was due to alcohol making him think hate was really love and that they would be perfect together. Forget that. "How are things with AB?" He asked, getting the heat off of him.

"You see," George started to say parking the truck. Wade softly groaned afraid of the next few words that were going to come from his friend's mouth. "We're trying to figure out when we want to have our engagement party…" he trailed off hoping that Wade got what he was hinting at.

"And you want to know when the best weekend is for Zoe so you can invite her because you guys just have to meet her, right?" He grumbled, getting out of the truck, using a little more force to shut the door behind him. Going to the back of the truck he pulled the cooler out.

"It's not just that, Wade," George sighed, grabbing the poles and tackle box from the bed of the truck.

"Then what is it?" Wade yelled, turning to face his friend. "Your need to embarrass me or some stupid shit like that?"

"No," George huffed, placing the things in the boat. Wade sat the cooler down, standing up to look at his friend, waiting to hear what else he was going to say. "We want to make sure that she's good for you, is that so wrong?" George asked, untying the boat from the dock.

"No," Wade sighed, losing the fight in him. "I get it, I guess, but the thing is Zoe is good for me, I'm not so sure if I'm that good for her," he explained, the one thing that had been on his mind that he's been overlooking since the very first night he spent with Zoe.

"Don't be like that man; of course you're good enough for her. She even knows that if she's willing to be friends with you, Wade. She must have a good head on her shoulders," George stated.

"Yeah well are we going to stand around and talk about our damn feelings or are we going to go catch some damn fish?" Wade asked, jumping into the boat. He couldn't even ask one damn question without it getting turned on him and Zoe. George gave the boat a push and jumped in pushing the boat out far enough for them to start the motor up. "I'll talk to her about it," he answered. Just the idea of being able to have her come down for a weekend getaway was exciting, he had watched how her face lit up at the idea of her showing him around New York and he wanted to be able to repay the favor and he wasn't kidding about her liking Bluebell. What wasn't there to like? Other than the townsfolk that had to be in your business but they only cared about you in their own little way, so really even that wasn't so bad.

"Just hurry up about it, AB isn't very happy that she has to hold off on picking a date for the engagement party because I want to make sure that you're able to get Zoe down here as your date," George smiled.

"Don't tell me you're going to do the same for the wedding?" Wade smirked, steering the boat to the right spot, miles from shore.

"No, you'll just have plenty of time to invite her as your date that she'll be able to get the time off from work no questions asked," George replied. Wade shook his head a smile on his lips as he thought about Zoe being there with him as his date. Pushing the thoughts from his mind, he cut the motor and tossed the anchor over.

"Just fish," Wade responded, getting his pole set up and his line in the water, as he sat back and relaxed waiting for the first bite.

After breakfast Zoe had showered and put on shorts and tank top helping Lavon get things set up for the party. Lavon had left her alone for a few hours going into the town to get the things that he needed, feeling bad for leaving Zoe alone, but she assured him that she was okay with that and she just wanted to help in anyway that she could.

Lavon had offered to show Zoe around Bluebell, but she had politely declined saying that she was waiting for Wade, because it had been an unspoken rule that when she made the trip to Bluebell that he would be the one to show her around and she wasn't going to take that away from him. Lavon only laughed, and handed her things that needed to be put up for the party that was going to be on in a few more hours.

"Guests and the birthday boy are going to be here shortly. Thanks for all your help Zoe, but I can do the final touches if you want to head back to the carriage house and get ready for the night." Zoe nodded and headed out, looking forward to being able to see Wade in just a few short minutes.

She laid a purple dress out on the bed before she took a shower. She had yet to wear to the dress; she had bought it just minutes before Lavon had called her. Finishing with her hair which she left down and her make up that she left to very minimal, she headed out the door, surprised to see that in the short time she was gone that most of the town had showed up. She was able to sneak in and get a drink before she was stopped by a very pretty blonde and an equal pretty brunette.

"Hi," Zoe smiled up at them.

"Hello, I'm Annabeth and this is Lemon, you are?" AB asked, holding her hand out to Zoe.

"Zoe," she smiled shaking AB's hand.

"Don't tell me that you're like stalking Wade or something," Lemon grimaced. "Because trust me you don't have to go that low."

"I'm not stalking Wade," Zoe replied laughter dying on her lips seeing Jesse walking up to them.

"Ya know Doctor we have to stop meeting like this," Jesse smiled. Zoe rolled her eyes.

"We are not meeting like anything, just happen to be in the same place at the same time," Zoe replied downing her drink. Lemon and AB shared quizzical looks before they walked off. They had heard very little about Zoe just what Lavon had been willing to tell George who turned around and told AB who had to gossip about it with Lemon.

"Ouch that actually hurt," Jesse replied with a small frown, covering his heart. Zoe rolled her eyes at him, she went to walk around him to get another drink but he stepped in front of her. "Mind telling me how you know any of these people?"

"You see that's none of your business Jesse, other than what you told me on the flight here I don't know you and you know nothing about me," she told him, successfully walking around him.

Wade sighed as they stopped at George's place so he could get ready for going out tonight. Wade had never really made a big deal about his birthday and he wasn't going to start now. With George ready to go they headed back to the gate house so that Wade could wash the smell of fish off of himself. He had glanced at his phone while he had been waiting for George and he felt anger, disappointment and sorrow when he noticed that he had yet to hear back from Zoe. He roughly tossed his phone onto the table in his place, he wasn't going to be bringing his phone with him, he was going to let her wonder where he was when he didn't return any of her texts or calls and see how well she liked it.

"You hear about anyone coming down and staying at the carriage house?" Wade asked, seeing that once again the lights were on. George looked across the pawn out the window. He shrugged.

"Lavon didn't mention anything, maybe he's doing something over there or something," George suggested he really had no idea what was going on. Wade didn't want to agree with that, because he watched last night and he didn't see anyone leave when the lights flicked off last night. But he would deal with that later, right now he had plans on going out and getting totally wasted.

"Why are we going to Lavon's for?" Wade asked the second George drove up to Lavon's house. He could easily see that Lavon was having some kind of a party and tonight of all nights he wanted nothing to do with the gathering taking place inside the mayor's place.

"I need to ask him a quick question, won't take long," he informed him. Wade nodded, getting out of the truck. He leaned against the side looking at the people that were mulling around. He could see Tom and Wanda laughing and flirting off in the distant. He watched as a short brunette one that looked oddly familiar storm out of the house, turning to bitch some guy out. Upon a closer look he could see that the guy was his brother. Frowning he stalked over to the couple. The last thing he really wanted to do was deal with his brother sober.

"What the hell are you doing here Jesse?" Wade snapped, not even bothering to look at the short brunette that reminded him of a certain New Yorker.

"I came here to make peace with my brother," Jesse snapped right back.

"Damn it Jesse, you can't expect to waltz right back into my life, not after you decided that this town and your family wasn't worth it. You were my best friend and you left, not even caring enough that you were leaving me behind with no explanation that you were taking off, just woke up one morning and you were nowhere to be seen, in fact this is the first time I've seen your sorry excuse of an ass of a brother since that night nearly ten years ago now. So what in the Sam hell makes you think that I want to make peace with you?" Wade asked, his anger rising with every word he spoke.

"Shit, Wade. I was messed up and I didn't know what else to do. It wasn't because I didn't care about you or that I didn't love you, I left because I did. I needed to be better then what this town could offer me; I didn't want to be Dad, spending years mourning over our Mother. I did what I had to do and if I would have taken the time to tell you to say goodbye I wouldn't have left and hell that may have been easier and I may not have screwed this family up anymore than it all ready is, but I wasn't going to stay and let myself drowned because of it, so hell Wade, I'm sorry for being a crappy brother to you over the years, but I just want a chance to make it up to you, be the brothers we once were," Jesse asked, his voice raising and lower as he made his speech.

"I don't know if that's possible Jesse," Wade sighed feeling defeated. "I don't know," he repeated, looking down, a hand going through his hair.

"I get it," Jesse responded. "I'll let you have a few days to think it over, I'll be in touch in a few days before I leave," Jesse told him softly, walking off.

"You okay Wade?" Zoe asked, witnessing the whole ordeal. She wanted to walk away and not be a witness to what had went down, but she couldn't walk away from Wade.

"Zoe?" Wade questioned, shock and happiness replacing the anger he felt for his brother hearing her voice and seeing her standing next to him, her hand on his arm. "What are you doing here?"

"Lavon," Zoe told him simply. "He informed that he was throwing a party for you, thought I should come down and surprise you," she explained further, smiling up at him. Wade sighed a sigh of relief, pulling Zoe in for hug. He couldn't believe that she was actually here for him and it was one hell of a surprise, had to be the best birthday present that he had ever gotten. Those reason for her not answering or replying back to him, they were good ones as long as he got to hold her in his arms. "Happy Birthday, Wade," she whispered in his ear. He grinned, placing a soft kiss to her temple, he was ready to show Bluebell who Zoe Hart was and enjoy his night with Zoe right next to him, there was no way that he was letting her go to far without him, not after missing her the second he had left New York. They had plenty of time to talk about them tomorrow.