Sorry this update took so long but I think the lack of HoD has kinda dried up my enthusiasm a little but nevertheless I will forge on! This chapter is a little short but the next one is longer I promise. Also I finally got my " button fixed. It had been screwed since before Christmas but now its back so I guess that's a positive lol. Anyway hope you enjoy and thanks to everyone who reviewed (:

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Zoe tossed and turned in the bed slowly but surely pulling the blankets of Wade's body, he lay there wide awake taking in her every move. Her sun kissed legs kicked around as did her arms. Something was bothering her Wade thought as he looked down at her. He didn't want to wake her so instead he gently placed his hand on her shoulder and stroked it softly.

His soft touch was enough to wake Zoe who jumped slightly before turning to face him.

"Bit jumpy there Doc…" Wade said sweetly as he propped himself up in the bed.

"Sorry… I didn't hit your chest did I?"

"Nah, I just can't sleep."

"Are you hurting? Because I can get you some- " She shot up in the bed, switching on the light and began searching through his medicine box only to be interrupted by Wade's long arm coming across her body.

"Baby…just stop alright? Why are you so jumpy? You've been actin' weird since you came home…"

Zoe cleared her throat "No reason, I'm just worrying about you."

"Well don't be…" he pulled her back into him and flicked off the light "I am fine, well I would be if my girlfriend would just stop squirmin' around and let me sleep."

"Sorry…"

Wade dropped a kiss on the top of her head as his eyes slowly began to close but Zoe's never blinked. She gripped at his warm skin and listened to him breath, it was light and calm unlike hers, heavy and tense riddled with guilt and lies.

"I worry about you because I love you…" she whispered.

Wade looked down at her and smiled, there was something unusual about her tonight he didn't know if something had happened at work with Brick or if George had given her an update on Roger but it was bothering him. He didn't want to ask her what was wrong because he knew from experience that it could potentially lead to a conversation he didn't want to have. However he also didn't want her to think he didn't care so he squeezed her body gently and sighed.

"I'm worryin' about you too you know…"

Zoe sighed, he knew her too well. She didn't want to lie to him but she also didn't want to talk to him about the particular issue on her mind no matter how awful she felt about lying to him, she just couldn't do it.

"I'm fine; I just have a lot on my mind." She said bluntly.

"Anythin' I can help you with?"

Zoe smiled; he was so cute when he was trying to cheer her up. She nuzzled her face into his arm "You just being here helps me so much, you have no idea."

"That's good to know, at least I ament doin' a completely sucky job so…"

Zoe laughed a little "You are doing a far from 'sucky' job Mister. You've been amazing…you took a bullet for me."

"And I'd do it again in a heartbeat don't think I wouldn't" He said calmly as he stroked her arm up and down in soothing patterns.

Zoe breathed hard as her brain went into overdrive, would he really be saying all those things if he knew the secret she was hiding from him? She could think of nothing but her conversation with Jonah and it was killing her.

"Wade I just want you to know that I forgive you for everything that happened with Lemon and Roger…"

Wade looked down at her, as she scratched at his bare chest. He wasn't expecting to be let off the hook so easily and in a way he didn't want to be. "Why would you do that?" he questioned nonchalantly.

Zoe sighed, what she really wanted to say was that it was because they had both lied and that if she let Wade off for lying then her conscious would be somehow cleaner but she didn't. Instead she lied…again.

"It was stupid and I overreacted because seeing you lie in that hospital bed was heart wrenching and I'm just grateful that you're here. The past few weeks have made me realise life is short and I just want to move past it." She tugged at his warm body although aware of the wound on the other side of his chest, taking in every second of this moment because she knew it was on a timer.

"I'm sorry I scared ya so much Doc. Next time I'll just let the bullet go through you…"

Zoe's eyes widened as they both laughed a little "See there we were having this nice moment and then you go and say something like that!" she said laughing as she turned to face him. Wade only shrugged but still had a smile plastered across his face.

"You know me Doc, charmin' as ever."

"Uh huh" she said as she reached up and kissed him. It felt good to have his lips against hers, it was like a release, from everything and for a split second she felt like everything was going to be okay.

Soon after Wade drifted off to sleep Zoe pulled back the covers, climbed out of bed and crept out of the room closing the door gently behind her. Once she was out in the fresh air she let out a big long sigh, the sound of the bugs kept her company as she made her way towards Lavon's house. The lights were on meaning he was up, not that it would be an issue if he was asleep because Zoe had no problem bursting into his bedroom and waking him up.

Lavon sat the counter with a bowl of cereal in front of him when Zoe appeared at the kitchen door. Her hair was messy and her eyes heavy. Straight away Lavon knew something had happened or was about to happen because he hadn't seen her enter the kitchen looking that sad since her break-up with Wade.

"Let me guess, Wade did somethin', he hid it from you, you got kidnapped he got shot?"

Zoe stared at him blankly as Lavon smiled awkwardly "Too soon to joke about it?"

"Just a bit."

Lavon nodded, accepting his mistake and watched as she took a seat beside him, folded her arms on the counter and placed her head down.

"Lavon…" she muttered "…is there something wrong with me?"

Of all the things Zoe had ever asked his opinion on, this was definitely the weirdest and most unexpected. He wasn't quite sure how to answer her as he didn't know if she actually wanted him to answer it or to tell her she was perfect or if it was a rhetorical question.

Zoe lifted her head in anticipation of an answer and figured since it took him so long to answer then there was in fact something wrong with her. She threw her head back down on the counter and groaned.

"Z, what happened?"

"Seen as you couldn't answer the question there is clearly something wrong with me. Oh great one more thing to add to the ever growing list of Zoe Hart's flaws!"

"Okay whoa cool it on the whole self-destruction thing there. Why would you think there is somethin' wrong with you?"

"I don't like screw with good things, like relationships do I?"

Before he knew it Lavon had answered and the sudden look of disgust on her face told him he shouldn't have said yes.

"Lavon!" she cried.

Lavon threw his hands up by his side in aid of his defence "I'm sorry Z but when it comes to relationships you have a tendency to… get involved… just the slightest."

Zoe rolled her eyes "give me one example of this so called 'involvement' Lavon?"

" Going after George while he was engaged, Going to New Orleans with George, professing your love for George in his man of the year speech, going out with Wade's brother who he hates, interfering with me and Ruby's relationship, telling George you love him while he was with Tansy-"

"Yeah okay Lavon I only asked for one! And the one with Wade's brother was weak, I didn't know they were brothers."

Lavon chuckled "Zoe, why you askin' me all this stuff?"

Zoe sighed "I just, things are going really well with Wade." Lavon raised his brow at that statement given the events that had just happened, Zoe looked at him and nodded "Okay if you leave out all that, we are doing really great but I… well I-"

"Oh lord Zoe Hart what have you done now?"

"It's more something that I did some time ago Lavon. More specifically, summer."

It suddenly hit Lavon and his jaw dropped "Zoe. Please don't tell me…" he shuddered "…you and-"

Zoe slammed her hands against her ears "No Lavon don't say it"

"Jonah!" he squealed as Zoe shook her head violently hoping somehow that by shaking her head the event would be erased from history.

"Jonah" he repeated "Jonah…Oh Zoe"

"No Lavon do not speak in that tone, it is not fair."

"What tone?"

Zoe waved her hand in front of this face and spluttered awkwardly "That tone of, of judgment and… general shame."

"Alright, I'll hold back on the judgment for now. How did it happen?"

Zoe sighed as she recalled the awful events of the summer. It meant nothing to her and she regretted it the minute it was over but it still happened and she lied to Wade, she looked him in the eye and said nothing happened with Jonah. Of course she wasn't completely naïve she knew this was Bluebell and that Jonah would be back on occasion but she was so wrapped up in getting back together with Wade it just sort of slipped her mind.

Lavon waited for an answer as he witnessed Zoe slip into another world, her long empty stares left her removed from the room as she thought back.

"It just happened. I had just gotten off an 18 hour shift and I was really emotional and lonely and he just would not go away and well you know…"

Lavon nodded, he could tell from the sound of her voice that it meant nothing and she regretted it but he also knew Jonah and his ability to ruffle an endless amount of feathers until he was satisfied. He didn't want to scold Zoe for what she did, it wasn't like her and Wade were together but he also felt for Wade, he knew how much this would crush him.

"And I'm guessin' Wade doesn't know."

Zoe shook her head "No he doesn't, he thinks that nothing happened between Jonah and I because that is what I told him when I first came back to town."

"But why?"

"Because he was standing there, hurt and he was slipping Lavon, I was losing him I could feel it so I thought that if I lied then eventually I could tell him but only once we were back together but now Jonah is back and he is going to tell Wade and Wade is going to be so mad that I lied Lavon especially after the fact I made a huge deal about him lying to me about Roger! Oh god we're going fight then we're going to break up and then I'm going to be forever alone."

"Okay alright you need to calm down" Lavon said as he rubbed her back in clock-wise circles "I'm not gonna lie to ya Zoe, Wade will be upset, but he'll just need time but hey, you don't know anythin' until you talk to him right?"

"Right…" Zoe said trying to convince herself that Lavon was right, she wanted to believe it so badly.

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Wade pushed his clenched fists into the mattress and pushed himself up off the bed, he winced as the pain darted through his chest despite the number of painkillers he was on. He powered through though as the need to get out of bed was eating away at him. Once on his feet Wade took a moment to find his balance before venturing across the room with the couch being his final destination. As he was shuffling across he heard someone in the hall way.

"Hey man…" Wade said as Lavon appeared in the doorway, he was too focused on walking to notice the solemn look on Lavon's face.

"You're walkin'? I thought the Doctor said no walkin' for the first week?"

Wade sighed as he finally sat down on the couch, he didn't have the strength to switch on the X-box so instead he decided to milk Lavon for all the company he was worth.

"Yeah Zoe kinda re-wrote the rehab plan the Doctor had done up, she had me walkin' round that hospital the minute they pulled the tubes from my throat."

Lavon laughed, that was such a Zoe thing to do.

"I don't mind though, I know that if I was to stay in bed all week I'd just forget how to walk completely plus I like havin' Zoe as my nurse, she gets so serious and professional. It's so hot!"

Lavon scoffed "Well it's good to see this whole thing hasn't affected your sense of humour"

"Uh huh" Wade said flicking his head in agreement. "So what's up?"

"Nothin' much, just thought I'd come by and see how your doin'. Zoe isn't around is she?"

"She was gone when I woke up this mornin'. Hasn't even checked up on me which is a surprise, she's probably busy though."

Lavon let out a fake laugh as he knew Zoe Hart was not busy. She was holed up in her office thinking of the worst possible scenarios all while dining on glazed donuts and multiple cups of coffee and scrolling through the internet looking for solutions to her problems on forums and blogs.

He watched as Wade tried his best to force open the bottle of water but it was proving difficult so he decided to help him out and also sniff around to see if Zoe had spoken to him yet.

"Oh yeah busy, you're probably right you know with Brick bein' gone on that cruise or whatever."

"Cruise? That man must have a money tree in his back yard, he is always gone somewhere."

Lavon nodded, Wade was right, Brick was always gone somewhere and always left Zoe to pick up the slack, something Zoe always moaned about which made perfect sense for Jonah to come into town for a while.

"So listen man-"

"Oh yeah…" Wade said cutting him off " Zoe told me last night that she forgives me for the whole Roger thing and that she just wants to move on from it."

Lavons jaw nearly dropped but still tried to act like he knew no better "Seriously?"

"Yeah, it was totally unexpected but hey I ain't gonna complain. Now we can finally move on, past all the lyin' and all that and just be together."

"Yeah…" Lavon said half-heartedly, he didn't want to rat Zoe out but he also didn't want to keep something from Wade.

Wade however noticed something was wrong and was in no mood to beat around the bush with him. "Lavon, what's goin' on?"

"Look Wade-"

"Well well well…" a voice said interrupting Lavon and stunning Wade. Both men looked up to see Jonah standing in the doorway with a case of beer in one hand and a grin on his face. Lavon's face dropped, a huge eruption was about to occur and as much as he wanted to stay and delay Jonah's soul crushing plan as much as possible he had things to do and he was already late to a meeting. He quickly excused himself to Wade as Jonah entered the room. Lavon, who was meant to be none the wiser of what went on between Jonah and Zoe tried his best to avoid conversation with the young Breeland but made sure to give a deathly stare as he brushed past.

"It will crush him…" Lavon whispered into Jonah's ear as he walked by but Jonah only chuckled.

Lavon decided if he couldn't do anything about it then Zoe sure as hell would and he decided to call her to inform her of the little man-date going on in her house.

"Hey Lavon I am super swamped right now-"

"You don't gotta act like your workin'…I ain't with Wade."

Zoe let out an innocent giggle, Lavon knew he all too well.

"Oh okay well-"

"Big Z, I ain't with Wade….Jonah is."

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Zoe never ran so fast in her life. The minute Lavon uttered the words she had been dreading to hear she was up and out of her office chair faster than the speed of light. Just her luck that she had decided to walk to work that morning, taking the healthy option and all that so it was taking her extra-long to get back to the plantation in order to stop Jonah from potentially ruining the best relationship she had ever been in.

As she ran through the town, with her handbag swinging wildly she thought about how she could explain herself to Wade. Was she to lie and say Jonah was making it all up? Was she to use the kidnapping as a way out or worse, bring up his infidelity? Her mind was in overdrive as she approached the plantation. She could already feel Wade's hurt and anger coming at her through the bushes. Lucky for her he was only able to walk 10 steps before feeling dizzy so any chance of him storming out and getting steamed in a bar was out of the question. She just needed to see him, to explain to him that being with Jonah was a stupid, immature spur-of-the-moment thing that meant absolutely nothing to her but a part of her knew that wasn't going to be the issue. The issue would be that she lied, she lied right to his face and that was something she hated herself for.

Once she approached the house she found the door half open but strangely enough there was no screams or smashing of glasses going on inside. She took a moment before going up the porch steps, taking in the final moments of being in a happy relationship before bursting through the door with a red face.

"Wade please you have you have to know it was a stupid mistake that I regret. I love you and I want to be with you" she shouted as she came across Wade and Jonah sitting on the couch with the X-box controllers in their hands.

Wade looked up at her, his happy mood good suddenly "Doc, what are you talkin' about?"

Zoe could only stand there. It was all she could do.

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