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Chapter 8 ONE WEEK ANNIVERSARY

"Good morning boyfriend"

"Good mornin girlfriend. Did you mean what you said last night about loving me? Or did you think that was the only way to get in my pants?"

"You are such a girl. I am a surgeon though, so I like to be efficient.

Work smarter not harder is my motto."

"Did you forget the question, Doc?"

"oh if I love you? Yes, I most definitely do."

The way the words were rolling off of her lips made me want her even more. We laid in bed just looking at the morning sun. It streamed in through the wall of windows castin the most beautiful light on her lightly tanned body. Her hair glistened between my fingers. She scooted closer and threw one leg over top of me.

"Thanks again, for the guitar pick. I forgot to ask what the numbers signify."

"221, that is today's date. February twenty first"

"Oh, our one week anniversary. You are sweet Zoe Hart. Who would have thunk it?"

"That isn't exactly correct" She was biting her lip and looking embarrassed. " "It signifies the first time we made love"

"But you gave this to me before…. oh you little firecracker."

"I wasn't going to let you slip through my hands. I didn't want one of us to screw it up. No matter what, I was going to make love to you today."

"You are pretty clever, Zoe Hart. I want you to know, I wouldn't have made love to you if you didn't say those three huge words. Ya see, I don't believe you can make love without being in love. I knew I was but I was waiting on you."

"I think I knew on our first date at your grandparents land. You make me feel so sensual. I am not sensual Wade. I like cutting people open and stitching them back together"

"Baby, you are sensual, sexy, exhilarating. You took my breath away that very first night on Miller Road. You were in charge and then when you stopped and I moved your hair so I could see the moonlight on your face, I felt like I could not breathe. The little freckles on your nose. You may not have felt it because you were a little tipsy but I was completely sober. I could not blame my feelings on anything else."

"Wade I am sorry for everything I put you through."

"Don't be sorry, if I wasn't man enough to tell you how I felt then I wasn't ready."

"Do you have to close tonight?"

"Yep"

"What can we do today for our one week anniversary?"

"I have seven hours before I have to be at work. You wanna go to Mobile to the amusement park or to the beach?"

"Let's go to the beach. I am feeling some of the effects of drinking last night. I am going to run home and get what I need. Meet me at Lavon's in thirty minutes?"

"It's a plan."

She had a big floppy hat and some large sunglasses and a very sheer cover up over her very skimpy black and pink bikini underneath.

"You look like Greta Garbo, you sexy thing."

"Well being that she is like 100 years old or something, I am not sure that is a compliment."

"She is dead Doc, but she was a knockout. My mom loved watching her movies. She was a woman before her time."

"Well then thanks."

"Looker her up on your cell phone , you'll see."

"Wow. She is va va voom. I am definitely not vava voom material."

"Doc, you have to stop putting yourself down. You are perfect."

"You are very good for my ego."

"Alright now, we are here. I will grab the cooler and chairs, You grab the towels and your bag."

We sat in our chairs digging our toes into the sand. We just enjoyed the weather, the beach wind and the strawberry daquiris. She looked so stinkin cute.

"Alright girl ,lets go boogie boarding."

"What? No. I don't know how to do it."

"Doc, six year olds can do it, I think you will catch on."

I showed her a couple of times. "Whooo, alright baby, your turn."

"Wade, I am scared"

"Just lay the board out straight in front of you. Put your hands at the front of the board, when I tell you to jump on, go, okay. The wave will push you in. I will swim with the wave so I will be close. Read jump"

She screamed. Her adrenaline flowing. Then the wave went over her head and she went under for a second. That would have never bothered me before but I ran to her and her head popped up. She was spitting out sea water.

"Yuck, I am a layout under an umbrella kind of girl."

"Zoe Hart, you had fun. You were screaming and I could see your smile until that wave hit you. Come on we will try and do it together."

We went out farther so we could catch a bigger wave that could support both of us. While we waited for the perfect one. I held her hands and we jumped the smaller waves. The ones that take your legs and give you the deep feeling in your stomach. She ended up in my arms several times. I held her and the boogie board and kissed her wet face.

I really want to tell her I love her again. I love how her hair is in gentle wet waves sticking to her back and chest. Her eyes appear even bigger when there is no hair or make up. If I was to be honest, those weren't the things that made me want her. Everyone knows she is beautiful. It was and is, the feelings she stirs inside of me.

"Wade, here comes one. You want this one?"

"Yeah, 123 Jump"

We rode the wave in together about halfway until we fell off. The boogie board wasn't big enough for two. We laughed and kissed in the five inches of water. We washed as much sand off as we could and took our seats. To my surprise, Zoe had brought our book and we read a few more chapters. This was becoming our thing.

"Wade I am hungry. What are we going to eat?"

"Let's go. There is a little diner down the road, a little off the beaten path. My grandparents used to take me."

"The Sunset Bay Diner. Straight out of the movie Grease. It's cute.

I am starving. We didn't get breakfast at Lavons."

"Well Doc, you gotta choose which would rather have mornings with me or a buttermilk biscuit?"

"Haha, I can fit both into my schedule."

"What do you remember being good?"

"They are famous for their biscuits with chocolate gravy. It has sprinkles of bacon on top. I also love the fried chicken and fried green tomatoes."

"Ok you get whatever, except okra. I am allergic to okra."

"Really, allergic to anything else?"

She went on to tell me she was allergic to normal things like mold, ragweed, pollen. I told her about being allergic to pumpkins, rabbits and birch beer.

"Oh good, I hate pumpkin. What is the fascination? Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin lattes , pumpkin spice freakin' everything."

My goal was to learn something new about her on every date. I felt like she knew a lot more about me because she knew all of my friends and my dad.

The fried green tomatoes came first. Zoe was apprehensive.

"Come on Doc, you probably eat escargot which is a snail. I think you can eat a tomato with some breading on it."

"Yeah it is pretty good. Not what I thought. You can have them. I think it is a texture thing."

I dug in and then fried chicken and mashed potatoes were served. We split a 3pc plate. Zoe loved it. She had never had fried chicken.

"Oh my God Wade, this is the best thing I have ever put in my mouth. It is crunchy, but not greasy."

"Here, have another piece. It is hard to cook fried chicken right. So there are only a few places I will order it. My dad can make it."

"What day can you have dinner this week at his house?

"I have Monday night free for sure. Do you want to go to the State Championship basketball tourney in Birmingham?"

"Yes! I would love to."

We would have to leave Tuesday evening, so you would have to take off on Wednesday and Thursday for sure. Hopefully we make it to the championship on Friday. I need to see if Shelley will cover for me on Thursday and Friday. Do you think you can put up with me for three days in a row?"

"Our first overnight trip, this is going to be so much fun."

"Yeah Doc, it will." I couldn't get over her giddiness. She was a thirty year old woman with the experiences of a sixteen year old girl. I hope to give her everything she has missed.

"Ooh look at this Wade, this looks divine. "

She immediately went in for biscuits and chocolate gravy. She had chocolate smudges on the corners of her mouth and her chin. Then she took a spoonful and fed it to me across the table.

"Lord why doesn't New York have food like this?"

"They have those bagels. You know just bread"

"I love the bagels but this is orgasmic."

"Really Dr, Hart?"

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Wade went to work. I told him I would stop by later. A day in the sun and eating all of that fattening food meant that I needed a nap and a run. I slept for a couple of hours. I put on my running shorts and shoes and my racerback tank. Put the earphones in and decided to run to the Rammer Jammer.

"Well hey, don't you look all kinds of cute."

"No make up, sweaty and ponytail, yeah right?"

"Doc, you are a natural beauty. I wish you could see what I see. What's on your playlist?"

"Pink, Adele, Gloriana, Robin Thicke. I think I have about two hundred songs on here. But those are what have come up so far."

"Umm, alright." He was thinking because he looked around and not at me. I wish I knew but he was busy so I let it go. "Are you going to run back or do you want me to take you on my break?"

"No, I will run back. I will shower and then come back for a little while. Probably won't stay until closing though."

"Here drink this water before you run back. It's easy to get dehydrated after a day out in the sun"

"Who is the doctor here?" He gave me his crooked grin then leaned down and kissed me. He let this kiss really linger. Keeping our lips in place and then a short second kiss.

"See ya tonight?"

I nodded, finished the water and ran home.

It was eleven pm when I got a text from Wade.

W- thought you were coming back

Z- Sorry fell asleep

W- No worries. Get your beauty sleep

Z- come by when you get off?

W- no it will be two in the morning. I will come by and we can walk to breakfast at lavons together tomorrow. 9am?

I was wondering if I should beg. I really wanted to sleep with him. I know he is thinking of me but what about what I want?

Maybe I should get up and go to the bar? But why? Maybe I will just wait up til I hear his car.

Z- Okay, frowny face

At 12:30 I couldn't go back to sleep so i texted Wade back

Z- I can't sleep now. Please come

W- Doc, I have to have a shower when I get home so it will be at least 2:15.

Z- If am still awake, will you?

W- Yeah if I can shower at your place but try to go to sleep

Z- I will

Z- It's 2am and I am still awake,

W- On my way Doc

He walked into the carriage house. He came to the bed and kissed me like he had done it a hundred times before, except that he hadn't.

"I am going to take a quick shower ok?"

I nodded. A few minutes went by and he snuck into bed with me. He pulled me into a spoon.

"Thank you for coming Wade. When you aren't with me , I can't stop thinking about you"

"I know the feelin. You can thank me in the mornin"