Temporary home:
"Doc, you have so much crap. We're gonna have to build you a closet bigger than the house," Wade commented carrying the millionth box to Lavon's. Zoe had spent every spare second she had to sort through her and Emma's things. Emma would only make a bigger mess taking things from the boxes Zoe had already taped shut. Emma had got on Zoe's nerves more than once but Zoe let it slide. Wade had helped out as much as he could. Lavon tried to keep Emma out-of-the-way when he had the time. Even with Emma making a bigger mess of things, Zoe was still able to have everything packed away and ready too be moved either to Lavon's or Wade's.
"Oh sweet naïve, Wade, can't you read?" Zoe asked carrying the final box that would go to Lavon's.
"I went to school!" Wade yelled. "I'm not stupid!" He growled annoyed that she would think that of him.
"I didn't say that, Wade. But that box is our daughter's stuff. The last of, I don't know how many boxes were hers," Zoe told him, making him feel small, very small.
"Oh," Wade muttered. "I wasn't looking at the box for a name, Zoe," Wade snapped back. Zoe rolled her eyes putting the box down. She grabbed Wade's arm and spun him around. He raised an eyebrow looking at her. Before he had a chance to say anything he found her lips on his. He placed his hands on her hips pulling her close to his body.
"I know moving into a tight space is going to be hard and we're going to bump heads a lot about everything, but the faster you get building and remodeling the carriage house the sooner we can move into a bigger space," Zoe told him keeping her hands locked on his neck. Wade smiled kissing her nose.
"It's going to be hard for a while but we can get through this. Only a few months. We'll be fine, right?" Wade asked a slight panic in his voice.
"We'll be fine," Zoe assured him, hers hand moving down to his shoulders to rest on his upper arms.
"Mommy, Daddy," Emma yelled running into the room they were in.
"What's up sweet pea?" Zoe asked bending down to her daughters level.
"Boo-boo." She turned her arm to show her mom the small scrape on her elbow. Zoe looked at the scrape thoroughly to make sure it didn't need to be cleaned out. Seeing that it was ok, Zoe kissed it.
"Feel better?" Zoe asked. Emma nodded her head running out of the room.
"Oh to be a kid again," Wade joked shaking his head.
"When things were easy and you could be carefree," Zoe smiled turning around to face him. "As fun as it would be to be a kid again, there is a lot of things I don't wanna go through ever again in my life. Speaking of which we still need to get Emma's bed put together and the final boxes brought over to the gate house."
"How is that speaking of which?" Wade asked earning a shrug for a reply. "Our temporary home," Wade smirked kissing her.
"Not uh, Lavon Hayes, does not need to see that or need the two of you doing that in his house," Lavon demanded covering his eyes. Both Wade and Zoe burst out in laughter.
"We were kissing Lavon, nothing else was gonna happen. Zoe says no, not until we're moved into our new place," Wade smirked. Zoe gasped lightly hitting him.
"I said no such thing. But it does make sense, though. Remember it was your idea not mine," Zoe smirked walking out.
"She gotta ya good, man," Lavon chuckled walking out of the room. He already figured it would be better that way any how. He wasn't about ready to get it on when his daughter was in the same room as him. That just wasn't right. He'd have to hurry and get all the remodeling done on the carriage house.
"The last time I saw this place this clean was the day I moved in," Wade remarked seeing the gate house cleaned up. "I made some room in the dresser for a few things. Emma's dresser is over there, for everything else you'll have to put it where it'll be out-of-the-way," Wade told her sitting on the bed. They had to rearranged the TV and the couch in order to get Emma's bed in. Her bed sat at the foot of Wade's bed.
"I know," Zoe told him getting a few things put away. Zoe smiled seeing that Emma was trying to make her own bed. Zoe sat on the bed next to Wade leaning back against him.
"What are we going to do with an extra bed?" Wade asked running his fingers through her hair.
"Make sure there's a guest room so when you get in trouble you have a bed to sleep in and not sleeping on the couch," Zoe told him.
"Me? Ha, I wont ever make you mad. I'm man enough to fix my mistakes before bed," Wade smirked making Zoe roll her eyes.
"We will see about that," she replied. "Speaking of the couch, we're gonna need a new one, a bigger one, along with some chairs, end tables, a coffee table, kitchen table and chairs, among other things," she told him.
"We got some time, Zo," Wade replied. She smiled resting her head against his chest. She was happy about the change in her relationship with Wade, but more importantly she was happy with where her life has taken her.
"Help, Daddy," Emma whined. Zoe sat up letting Wade go help Emma.
"By the time we figure it out we might need Mommy's help to untie the knot we made in the sheets," Wade joked.
"Daddy, no! Mommy, help!" Emma begged in a demanding tone. Zoe laughed getting off the bed.
"That hurts," Wade pouted.
"Cry river, Daddy, get over," Emma rolled her eyes. Zoe bit back her laughter. Wade sat on the bed shocked his daughter said that to him.
"It might help if Daddy, builds a bridge first," Zoe added in earning a giggle from the little girl in the room.
"Don't you start," Wade warned.
"Or what?" Zoe asked. Wade shrugged his shoulders laying back on the bed. Zoe shook her head getting Emma's bed made. Emma ran over to the box that held a few of her toys and she pulled out her dolls to play with. Zoe laid on the bed next to Wade looking at him. "Sorry," Zoe said kissing his cheek. "I couldn't help it."
"Nah, it's ok. Things like that are bound to happen to one of us. This time it was me. It happens," Wade replied kissing her forehead. Lately he had been having a lot of moments that were prefect and this was another moment he could add to that list.
