A/N: Hello, dears! I am so sorry that this took forever to post. I've been really busy with school and life, but hopefully things will slow down a bit so I can update more often. Again, I'm sorry that this took so long to get to! Please review, follow, and favorite as always. Those really do keep me happy!
The week that followed was full of laughter and annoyance between Zoe and Wade. He was trying everything in the world to get her back, even if she didn't remember him. Sometimes he tried to recreate conversations or dates and he'd see a glimpse of deja vu in her eyes, but she never made a comment on it. On the other side, Zoe was still unsure as to why Wade suddenly had a change of heart and decided to like her anyway. The man was more complicated than those like George and Levon, that was for sure. Every time she had a patient come in, she'd go on and on about Wade and how confusing the entire situation was to her. They didn't dare say what they were thinking in order to avoid any conflict and confusion, so instead they listened anyway and prayed like hell to get out of her grips before they slipped up and said something they'd regret. How was someone like Shula supposed to explain that the man she might've been falling for broke her heart into a million pieces and she had to erase him because of that? It just wouldn't work.
During Zoe's lunch break, she wandered down to the Rammer Jammer for a lunch date with Lavon and Annabeth. Obviously, they already knew what the topic of the day was for Zoe and weren't looking forward to hear all of this Wade talk again, but they had to put up with it every now and then.
The doctor walked in and smiled to Wade behind the bar who was anxiously watching as this weeks liquor rolled in. He waved back at her, but only took his eyes off of the delivery guys for a split second before returning his attention to them.
"You look like you're falling," Annabeth mentioned. There was a hint of anxiety in her voice, but a smile was pinned to her lips as she spoke the words. It was obvious to most people that she wasn't too happy about the situation, but luckily Zoe was too dazed by Wade to even see that.
Zoe knit her brow together. "Huh?"
"Wade," she clarified and nodded her head towards the blond man behind the bar.
"Oh, no," Zoe laughed and shook her head. "There's nothing going on between us at all," she lied through her teeth. For a moment, Levon believed her, but then he remembered how this all went down the last time the two had gotten together. It was sad, indeed, after she had gone ahead and erased him. The last thing he wanted was to see his best friend getting hurt once more. And as much as he loved Wade, he could've killed him for cheating. It was just one thing after another and Zoe broke more and more each time. He practically ruined her and made her hard, but luckily having her memory wiped clean seemed to do the trick until he started to work his charm on her like old times. Only now she didn't even know that this had happened before.
"Z," Levon shook his head and took a sip of his drink, "you have to be careful with Wade."
The girl looked at her friend with confusion. She didn't understand what he meant by those words. "Why? He seems like a nice guy... For the most part, I guess."
Levon and Annabeth exchanged a look of concern for a split second before returning their eyes back to their confused friend. "Just trust me, alright?" With those four words, the subject of Wade and anything that was happening between them was dropped.
Zoe thought long and hard about what Levon told her. It almost spoiled her lunch and the rest of her work day. As usual, she tried to make a therapy session out of her patients. She talked to them about it all, but they all kept their mouth shut. In a town like Bluebell, every single person knew what was going on and none of them were about to blab and ruin the whole thing. Poor Zoe wouldn't even know what to do with herself if someone had slipped up and told her. Instead of realizing that they weren't too talkative, she kept carrying on and letting out all of her feelings and confused thoughts. She didn't know what else to do at this point, anyway. Even when Brick told her to stop scaring away their patients, she tried to talk to him about it all. Of course, it was like talking to a wall. As much as the two doctors didn't get along sometimes, he secretly cared about his associate and didn't want to see her upset or sad any longer about Wade. He knew Wade could be a good kid, but the way Zoe was afterwards made him want to coddle her and he never felt that way towards anyone.
As she sun set, Zoe started making her way back to the plantation to crash in her bed. Wade was positioned on his porch with his feet up. It was one of his nights off and the second he saw the pretty doctor walk by, he couldn't help by stand up and go after her. He had been thinking about her since the lunch hour, after all.
"Zoe," Wade called out and ran up after her.
"Wade," Zoe greeted him with a cold and unopened tone.
For a moment, Wade thought of all the worst possible scenarios, like someone broke down and told her everything. He didn't want to lose Zoe, not like this. But he knew her well enough to know that she would be furious. It would be a catastrophe if she would've found out. It wouldn't be a simple coldness, but it would be an all out war.
The man softened and crossed his arms. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," Zoe lied for what felt like the thousandth time that day.
He shrugged. "I don't believe you, but if you don't want to tell me then I understand. I'm just some strange guy that lives across the way from you." He smirked at the end of his sentence, making Zoe's heart race more than she thought it could.
"You don't have to believe me. I'm telling the truth." She nodded and pursed her lips together, forming a straight line across her face. He knew it wasn't true, but he wasn't going to pry. "Do you wanna come in for a bit?" She asked. "I have beer and Netflix."
"You had me at beer," Wade laughed and started walking towards her place.
Everything was so familiar to Zoe, yet so strange. She didn't understand. If the memories weren't coming to her, she hoped that they would one day soon. She wanted to understand... She just didn't know how to explain it, even to herself.
