"How's your Dad doing?" Zoe asked, glancing over at a sleeping Braxton. He had been home a few days now and he really liked to sleep. Ariel was quietly coloring on the floor. Other than Braxton complaining about his throat the first night being out there Earl had caught a cold so they had ended their little camping trip with just one night under way.

"It was just a cold, Zo," Wade commented, handing her water. "He's fine. Unlike your Father's car," he chuckled, nudging Zoe. She rolled her eyes. She was finding it hard to refer to Harley as her father but she was finding it that Wade had no problem when they where joking around. Though she was slowly warming up to the idea of Wade calling Harley her father, it was the truth and maybe with a little more time she would be able to call him dad.

"It's that bad huh?" Zoe asked, laying her head on his shoulder, moving his arm to lie around her.

"It'll cost him less to buy a new one than fix his old one," he retorted, placing a kiss to the top of her head. Zoe closed her eyes, relishing in how wonderful it felt to be in his arms.

"Have you heard anything from Lavon?" She asked, surpassing a yawn.

"Just that he'll be back bright and early in the morning, didn't say what was wrong or where he was," Wade stated, dropping a kiss to her head. He was worried about his friend, but he knew that Lavon could take care of himself and once he got back that everything would make sense on why he had yet to inform anyone on his whereabouts.

"Do you think anything bad happened to him? You don't think that he's actually sitting in jail right now do you?" She pondered, hearing Wade chuckle at that.

"If Lavon Hayes was in locked up we'd all know about it," he said with a few laughs slipping out. Zoe rolled her eyes, jabbing him with her elbow.

"It's not funny," she pouted. "I just don't know what else it could be."

Wade shook his head, resting his chin on top of her head. The last thing to ever enter his mind about Lavon was him sitting in jail. He was positive that if Lavon ever did anything crazy and reckless enough to land himself behind bars that he would call and have someone bail him out of jail. There is no way that Lavon would just sit willing in jail for who knows what reason. He let his eyes shut, listening to the soft hum that was coming from Ariel on the floor as she colored.

"I should really get her home." It was Zoe's voice that had him coming to from the slumber that he had found himself in. Looking out the window he saw just how dark it was outside. Glancing to the floor he saw that Ariel was passed out, feeling Zoe's weight against him, he could tell that she was having trouble staying awake.

Without saying a word, Wade picked Zoe up smiling when she cuddled into him. He gently placed her on the bed, pulling the blanket around her. He moved to where Ariel was at, carefully picking her up, smiling yet again when she had snuggled into him, mumbling things under her breath that he couldn't make out, but it was cute. He placed her on the couch, getting her a blanket and a pillow, tucking her in. Dropping a kiss to her forehead he turned the remaining lights off and got into bed, pulling Zoe into him. "I should really get home with Ariel," she mumbled, making herself comfortable on top of Wade. Rubbing her back and kissing her head he chuckled softly.

"Shh baby, go to sleep," he cooed softly in her ear. It was a few seconds later when her breathing evened out. With a smile on his face and a comfort deep within himself, a comfort he hasn't felt in ever, he drifted off to sleep holding his girl close to him.

Zoe woke up to the smell of coffee; she smiled slowly opening her eyes to see that she was still at Wade's in his bed. Wiping the remaining sleep from her eyes and stretching she looked around to see that Ariel was eating breakfast at the little table Wade had sitting next to Braxton who was working on eating some applesauce. Her smile brightened seeing Wade walk over to her way with a cup of steaming hot coffee.

"Mornin' baby," Wade spoke softly, dropping a quick kiss to her soft lips.

"Morning," she smiled, taking the cup from him and gently blowing on the black liquid inside.

"There's food on the table for ya," he informed her, "I'm just gonna hop in the shower really quick." Zoe nodded, pulling him down for one more kiss letting him go shower. Careful not to spill her coffee, she pushed the blankets off of herself and got out of bed. She kissed the top of Ariel heads and played with Braxton's hair, sitting at the table seeing that Wade had already made her a plate of food. She smiled taking a bite. There was no denying that she was lucky that Wade was all hers.

"You feeling okay, Brax?" She asked. He nodded his head. The worst part was that he hardly ever talked anymore, and she was missing the sound of his voice. Ariel had been the same way, she just didn't like it.

Ariel and Braxton had finished way before Zoe and they headed over to the TV to play video games. Zoe slowly ate her food watching the two of them play. She let herself think about how this whole thing seemed to feel just right. Waking up with Wade being there, eating with both the kids while Wade was in the shower, it seemed more real than anything else ever had. She had grew use to the four of them living together when Wade and Braxton had moved into the carriage house when she came home from the hospital, but that was different, they were there because they wanted to take care of her, they wanted to be there but waking up in his place today it was something totally different. Maybe they were getting closer to where they could discuss the possibility of living together with the kids, but for now spending nights at each others place was enough.

"Mom, Braxton cheated!" Ariel yelled, glaring at the boy in question. He was shaking his head, his hand up in surrender. Zoe knew nothing about the game they were playing as she wasn't into video games at all, board games was a different story though, so she was happy to see that Wade was finished in the bathroom and taking care of the problem. With both kids happy once again, Wade walked the short distance to where Zoe was, bending down to kiss her.

"You sure you got them under control?" Zoe asked, finishing off her now luke warm coffee.

"They won't be any trouble," Wade stated, glancing over at them, before settling his full attention on his girlfriend, placing his hand on top of hers. "It's not like they can really fight."

"I just don't want to leave Ariel here with Braxton feeling a little under the weather," she confirmed a little worried about heading to work leaving Ariel under Wade's care while Braxton wasn't feeling all that well to begin with. She trusted Wade and she wouldn't be questioning him on this if Braxton was 100 percent.

"I've got this, you just go home and get ready for work," he responded, squeezing her hand.

"Okay," she stated. Getting up she kissed Ariel giving her the run down on being good while she was at work. She kissed Braxton's head wishing him well. Walking over to Wade she wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him. "I'll be back at one so you can go into work at three," she informed him, gazing into his eyes.

"I know this Zoe," he chuckled lightly, softly grazing his lips on her forehead. "Have a good day at work and I'll see you at one for a quick lunch before I have to go in," he responded, walking Zoe to the door. Kissing him one final time, Zoe headed over to the carriage house.

After quickly showering and getting ready for work, she took one final glance at the gate house and headed off to work. She smiled coming across Lavon. "Care to explain where you've been?" Zoe asked, coming up behind him.

"Family trouble," he stated.

"You will fill me in at dinner tonight," she stated, earning a deep chuckle from Lavon. He nodded and headed on his way as Zoe entered the practice. Saying her hellos to Brick and Harley, she made her way to her office to start on the paper work that was waiting for her. They still were taking it easy on her, not wanting her to over do it, keeping her hours down to minimum and she was finding that the hours she was being given was working out in her favor.

Hours later, with more paper work and patients then she's seen in days, she was free to go. She stopped off to grab food on the way back to Wade's. Walking into the gate house, she smiled seeing Wade and Ariel playing video games. Braxton was playing on the floor with his cars. Dropping the food on the table, she moved to the floor to play cars with Braxton.

Hearing the laughter coming from behind him, Wade turned around to see what was going on. "When did you get here?" Wade asked, turning the game off, earning a pout from Ariel.

"A few minutes ago, I didn't want to interrupt your guys' video game so I just started to play with Brax," she explained with a shrug, getting to her feet. Wade pulled her into a hug kissing her temple. "I brought food," she stated, squeezing his hand walking over to the table, she had made sure to get something that Braxton would be able to eat as well. She really didn't like eating food that he couldn't eat in front of him, it made her feel bad.

They chatted while they ate, Ariel filling her in on what they had been up to since she had left for work earlier in the day. Many laughs later it was time for Wade to head into work. "Are you sure that you can handle them?" Wade asked in a mocking tone, a smirk on his face, as he pulled Zoe on his lap. She rolled her eyes.

"I have it easy," she smirked, placing her forehead on his. "You wore them out, they look like they are ready to crash for a few hours," she stated, looking at the two kids that were on the couch watching a movie. Wade shook his head, pulling her face to his.

"Of course," he remarked, drawing her bottom lip into his mouth, gently biting on it. Zoe giggled, pushing him away.

"Can't have you being late now," she stated holding her laughter back seeing the pout on his face. "Oh we're having dinner at Lavon's tonight, he's going to fully explain what family trouble really means," she stated, fixing his shirt. Dropping a kiss to her forehead, Wade said his goodbyes to the kids and checking that Braxton was still okay, he turned to look at Zoe. "I know often he needs his medicine Wade, I've got it all under control," she told him.

"He just had some 20 minutes before you showed up."

"Okay," Zoe told him, gently shoving him out the door, a smile playing on her lips. Wade rolled his eyes and headed off to work in a good mood. He was going to be worried about Braxton but his son was sick and he hated that he had to leave him like this, but he knew that he was in good hands with Zoe. Part of him was screaming at him that this felt more right then anything ever had before. As much as he wanted to ignore that feeling, he couldn't and it actually put him in a good mood.