A/N: George orders a Bourbon neat. Can Wade keep himself in check?
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CHAPTER 4 TUESDAY
"Damn it Zoe."
I marched over to the fuse box. One guess who I see? Yep, her.
"Doc, why do you have to use every appliance you have?"
"Why did you leave?"
"I told you I was leaving when you fell asleep."
"I know but I didn't think you would."
"Listen, I had to get up early this morning so I didn't want to wake you. That is why I didn't stay."
"Okay, what is your plan today?"
"I have work 10-6 today, you"
"10-5"
"How about if I drop you off then you can come to the bar and we can come home together?"
"Sure, sounds good. Can I have a kiss?
"Darlin' you can have anything you want."
"Evidently not."
I kissed her the way that leaves her wanting more, pulling back just an instant before she does. She loves wet kisses too.
The lunch crowd left and Shelly wanted all of the juicy detail about me and Zoe.
"Have you hit that yet?"
"Ew, when you say it makes it sound gross. For your information, no, we are datin'. Wade Kinsella is tryin' to do everything right."
"Wade, that is what you do right."
"You don't know that"
"Well I have heard and am sure Zoe Hart has too. You don't want her to think you aren't into her."
"Believe me she knows I am all in to her."
"Okay, if you say so."
"I do"
"Hey Tucker, what can I get you?"
"Bourbon , neat"
"It is only 2, man"
"Just pour it Wade."
"Sure thing, $6"
"I heard you and Zoe Hart are going out."
"Where did you hear that from?"
"Zoe, but then I saw the blog post too"
I know I should have been glad that Doc told him about us. A little part of me was jealous that he was even talking to her.
"Wade, she deserves a man that will treat her right."
"Like you Tucker, an engaged man?"
"I just don't want you to get what you want and hurt her"
"Wade, you are in the blog again today. " said Shelly.
Tucker and I watched the video of us playing Dance Revolution. He was cracking up. I was fit to be tied, damn that Zoe Hart.
"Who took the video?"
"Zoe, Lavon interrupted our date last night so we invited him to join in."
"You took Dr, Zoe Hart to play video games at Lavons house for your date, really?
He laughed. I wanted to knock his teeth down his throat. I wanted to tell him that Zoe did it for me. But it was better that he didn't know anything about mine and Doc's didn't need to know the real Zoe or at least the other side of Zoe.
"Anyway, so why do you need the Bourbon?"
"Just found out that Lemon has been lying to me for the past couple of months. It seems she found out around christmas time that her mom is married to a man in daphne and she has a young girl. Lemon has tried to keep it in. Why doesn't she feel like she can talk to me? We have been together for 15 years."
"Maybe because she has seen you flirting with Dr. Hart, maybe she has a trust issue or somethin'. Oh and now that I'm dating' Zoe. I would appreciate it if there would be no more flirting on your part.
Got it?"
"We are just friends Wade."
"George, just marry Lemon like we know you have wanted to do since we were fifteen years old. When is the last time you did something spontaneous with Lemon?"
"Can't remember"
"Jesus George, your both bored. That is the problem. I got an idea. How about we play together this weekend. We don't have a band booked. You can sing a song especially for her. Take her to your family's lakehouse, go skinny dippin, do somethin fun."
"Wade you are right. Let's do Friday night. I will call ya tomorrow and we can come up with a set list. You are a really good bartender and friend
"
" We can practice Thursday at my place. So we can keep it a secret."
This is good, If I can get Tucker and Lemon back on track, I won't have to worry about Zoe and Tucker. Plus they are two of my best friends.
Right on time, Zoe arrived at the bar. I was wiping down some tables.
"I have a bone to pick with you mIssy." I gathered her immediately into my arms and pressed my mouth to hers. It was a quick kiss.
"What did I do?"
"You have been bad. There is only one person that could have taken that video."
"What video?" She played dumb.
"You know what video?"
"Who me? Little ol Zoe Hart?" She was waving her imaginary fan acting like a southern bell. I started tickling her until she finally admitted it.
Shelly said "you all are too damn cute!"
"We are , aren't we?"
"You are the cutest thing I have ever seen."
She sat at the bar, which Shelly was working at now. I noticed they barely gave each other time to respond before the other one was laughing or responding. Maybe Zoe could have a real girl/ friend here.
"Hey Doc, we can get out of here. I just have to make a deposit at the bank on the way back to the plantation"
"Bye Shelly, fun talking to you."
"You too Dr. Hart"
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"Do you wanna go home and change? I think I am gonna take a shower real quick. It will take me 5 minutes so some over whenever you are ready."
Zoe knocked on my door and walked in.
"Wow, it's clean? IS that for me?"
"Well yeah to be honest, I wanted it to look nice for you."
"Fresh flowers?"
"They are from Lavons flower garden out behind the main house"
"Oh I have never noticed."
"I know Doc, my job is to make you stop and smell the roses. Happiness can be found in small things."
"I am grillin' for us tonight. Is that okay I figure you're tired of burgers. How about grilled chicken and roasted veggies on the grill?"
"Yeah that sounds fantastic and healthy but I don't like mushrooms or squash or beets"
"Got it. I bought peppers, zucchini and onions."
"Yum"
"I brought down those white claw drinks , if you want one of them."
"Can we take a walk around the property after we eat? You are right , I need to slow down. That is part of moving here. Slow down, take time to get to know my patients. Plus slowing down with you has been mighty fun." She blushed after she said it.
"Sure, I was planning on taking you to a high school basketball game tonight."
"Really why?"
"Let me fire up this grill so we can fit everything in tonight."
I lit the grill, chopped the veggies and came back out to the porch.
"I know a basketball game doesn't sound very romantic but I think it will be fun. If the team wins tonight then they will play in the state tournament in Birmingham next week. It's a big deal."
"Oh, okay"
"Let me finish Doc, if the town sees you at basketball games supporting their kids and the community and not Brick then, more than likely they will make appointments with you."
"Wade, you are a freakin' genius."
"That is a compliment that I have most certainly not gotten before"
"Quit playing down how smart and intelligent you are. You aren't the only one noticing things."
I watched her cut her chicken, her fingers at the exact angle for optimum slicing, and how strong they were in order to ease the knife through the chicken like that.
"So tell me something about you Doc. Somethin' I don't know."
"Umm, well, my parents shipped me off to summer camp every year for 12 years. From the time I was 5-17. Camp Waziyatah in Maine."
"That sounds fun. I would have given my left arm to be able to get out of here for the summer"
"I liked it and all. It was for rich people. My mom thought I should rub noses with rich people from all over not just NYC.
"What was your favorite thing to do at the camp?"
"I liked horseback riding, swimming of course. Archery was fun too. I always chose that because the girls, you know the ones like Lemon, would never, ever do archery so it helped me escape."
"Why would you say that about Lemon?"
"I just meant, snobbish girls thinks they are better than everyone else"
I ran my fingers over her hand. I was debating whether I should say what I wanted to say.
"Doc, isn't that how you have been since you got here? Lookin' down your nose at us, at me? It wasn't until a couple of days ago that you would have even considered being with someone like me. I mean that is the reason, you are still 6 months later having trouble getting patients. You act like we are beneath you. Our traditions, our food, our dress, ya know all of that. The only two people you liked were ones that seemed sophisticated to you, Lavon and George"
"Wow, is that how you see me?"
"No it's not how I see you. I see the real Zoe Hart but no one else does with the exception of Lavon. I knew, if I could just peel back some of your hurt that I would see you and hopefully you would see me."
She hopped into my lap and buried her head in my neck.
"God, I am such an ass. I have become exactly what I hated. The worst part is I still thought it was everyone else like Lemon and Annabeth, they were the problem.
I kissed her cheeks until she finally rose out of my neck.
"Wade, it has been four days and you have dissected me like a frog in junior year, science class."
"I told you , I always liked science" we laughed and cleaned up the porch, turned off the grill.
"Doc, the game starts at 8:30 so I don't think we have time to walk the property tonight. I am off tomorrow , we could do it then?
"Yeah that would be great. Let's go. I am actually excited. I never attended my high school games. I was more into, you know, studying."
Zoe was literally taken aback at the size of the gymnasium and the banners hanging. For a town the size of Bluebell they must have had every jock in the state. She saw a picture, "Is that you?"
"Yeah, don't look at the hair."
"You played basketball and you were 'All State' and Alabama Mr. Basketball in 1999?"
I just nodded.
"Wade doesn't that mean you were the best in the state?"
Luckily people started coming up to them, admiring, Bluebells newest and probably best looking couple ever. We finally found seats by a high school friend Matt and his wife. I introduced Zoe. Matt and his wife worked in Mobile so they didn't know that Zoe was Harley's daughter. I filled them in between baskets. CLJJ high school was up by 8 at halftime. Zoe and Allison were instant friends. We actually traded seats during halftime so we weren't talking over each other. Matt and Allison's nephew played on varsity. Matt gave me the low down on his stats. Allison showed Zoe a pic of their 9 year old daughter who was at a sleepover tonight.
The game tightened during the second half and was all tied up with 37 seconds left to go. The ref called a foul on our best player, to my surprise, Zoe was the one who jumped up and told the ref he needed glasses and she would be happy to crowd roared.
"That's my girl" as I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
We went on to win by 2 and were going to the state championship tournament! Everyone was jumping up and down, high fiving. Zoe high fived me.
We bought some cotton candy on the way out and some bottled water.
"Wade that was incredible. I can see why people love sports so much. I mean I knew about Lavon because at Johns Hopkins, everyone loved the Panthers for some reason. ALot of people vacation in South Carolina I guess."
She stuffed my face with the cotton candy as I was driving and then would lick the sugar off my face.
"Hey , you're distracting me. I am going to pull over."
"Well we were at a high school ballgame. Don't people go parking here?"
"Alright, if you want to."
I pulled over in Old Man Johnson's driveway. His house sat way up and it was off a country road. I knew Zoe had probably never been parking , except for maybe our five minutes on Miller Rd. I thought I would give her the full high school experience.
"Is this good?" She nodded. I scooted toward the middle to keep the steering wheel out of my way. I pulled her on top of me, making her straddle me. I loved her wavy hair in the loose ponytail and those tight jeans and tshirt.
"Doc, you sure do know how to drive me crazy." She was kissing me hard and fast. She was sucking my neck. I twisted my fingers through her ponytail and pulled it back so I could have a turn at her neck. She was letting out little noises of happiness. I put my hands under shirt and pulled it over her head. 'Wade'
"Zoe you are extraordinary." I felt up her back and up her stomach and over her black and red polka dot bra that pushed her up. I ran my finger in between the cleavage and kissed the same spot. I reached around and unhooked the bra, she folded it off her and laid it between us. I placed my hands on her chest, rolling my thumbs over her beautiful brown spots. She raised and stretched as much as she could so I wouldn't have to bend down. She wanted her breasts in my mouth. I couldn't resist. My plan may be falling apart right here in a car.
I analyzed and memorized every time she moaned or giggled. She loved it when I grabbed her hair and pulled her head back so she would arch enough for her breast to go deeper into my mouth.
She began to grind and quiver on me. "Zoe, I can't wait."
She feverishly unbuttoned my pants and I slid them down just a little.
Her hand encircled me. Her hand was so warm. It was over rather quickly. I ran my hands between her legs and over the jeans. They were soaked.
We put back on what we had taken off.
"You wanna sleep over tonight? We can take that walk in the morning?"
"Wade, I will follow you anywhere." She nestled up against me for the ride home. We stopped at her house , she grabbed a small bag and we went to the gatehouse.
"I really enjoyed myself tonight. The dinner, the game, the parking. I don't think I have ever truly enjoyed myself until this week."
"Does that mean I am doing something right?"
"You Wade Kinsella are doing everything, and I do mean everything right."
"So are you Doc"
I grabbed some bottled waters and sat one on each nightstand.
We laid in bed talking for an hour about the night, about her getting patients, how we should double date with Matt and Allison. I am sure she didn't mean to fall asleep as she was trying to break me of my take things slow idea. I think all of her orgasms in the last few days had left her really relaxed. I loved that she fell asleep on my chest.
She said all the right things to make me believe that she wanted a future with me, at least in the short term.
