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Chapter Twenty-Nine

Running around Chuck E. Cheese chasing Jack was not what Wade had pictured doing that night, but it had been loads of fun. Zoe had really gotten into it as well they kept taking turns on who got to play with Jack on which games. Wade had played Ski Ball and won lots of tickets for Jack to redeem. But Zoe had won even more playing the Big Wheel where you just had to stop the wheel on a number of tickets she hit the jackpot. The pizza was okay but the fun they had as a family meant they would be coming back again.

Jack had never been to Chuck E. Cheese before so it was his first time and he just loved it. Zoe was so happy she got to experience this first with him. He was a little scared of the big Chuck E Cheese walking around so they kept moving around to make sure Jack didn't see him.

Jack was in his carseat hugging the Chuck E Cheese doll he had picked out with his tickets. He had wanted some cotton candy as well but Zoe had veto that idea saying he had ate enough sweets for the day already. But when Jack had started crying Zoe had relented they would get one bag of cotton candy and share it as a family. So Jack had gotten two handfuls and they had eaten the rest.

Right now Wade was setting behind the driver's wheel of his Suv waiting on Zoe to return from the electronic store with her new laptop she needed for work. Wade just hoped it didn't take her much longer to pick one out they had been waiting for over twenty minutes. So far Jack was still happily playing with his new toy looking like he could fall off to sleep at any time. Hopefully he would so that Zoe might decide to set up front with him instead of in the back with Jack. That was not likely to happen though Zoe was trying to make up for all the missing time with Jack.

Wade had been planning to asks Zoe on a real date just the two of them but he hadn't found the time yet. Between taking care of Jack, running the Rammer Jammer, and things with Candice there had not been time. But hopefully they could go on a day this week. Maybe Wednesday they could get Lavon to watch Jack for the night and go out to dinner.

Not at Fancie's though Wade wanted them to go somewhere they would not be the main attraction for the night. They could drive back in here to Mobile go to one of those nice restaurants he had seen the other day when he was driving around waiting for Zoe's appointment to be done. If they did go on Wednesday it would give Wade time to get a reservation made check the online reviews, something he had never done before but knew it was something Zoe would do so he figure might be a good idea to do. He wanted their first back together date to go good well better then good. This was his chance to do over their first try at a relationship to do things right this time.

Wade was so busy making plans for a date with Zoe he did not see Zoe walking back to the vehicle pushing a cart, she did not want to lift the laptop all the way to the Suv along with the surprise purchase she had brought. Opening the back drivers side door she seen that Jack was sleeping in his carseat hugging his stuffed mouse, Wade had jumped at the noise of the door opening it had startled him.

"I'm back sorry it took me so long" Zoe said as she put the laptop on the floor of the Suv behind Wade's seat. "But once I found the laptop they were having a sale on tablets and I just seen this one they had that would make it easier for me to search online with"

"That's nice Doc, but be sure to keep it out of Jack's reach he's always trying to get to Lavon's" Wade said as Zoe shut the Suv door.

"We would not want Jack to break it"

"No I would not" Zoe agreed then she remember what she had been thinking about this morning "George got me to pick a bank out and the money has been transferred to a bank here in Mobile but also I had him transferred some funds to the bank in BlueBell. So I was thinking that since Jack loves the outside so much maybe I could get him a swing set?"

Wade turned the engine on in the Suv thinking about what Zoe just asked him, he knew Jack would love a swing set. But he was a little scared of putting it to close to the pond behind the Carriage house. Maybe though Lavon would let them put it behind the Plantation house. "I wonder if Lavon will let us put a swing set behind the Plantation house"

"I might have texted Lavon earlier today about that" Zoe simply stated "He was all for it even offered to go looking for swing sets with us"

"I'm all for a swing set then" Wade said thinking of a small swing set with a toddler swing in it, while Zoe in the back was thinking of a nice wooden set with room for Jack to grow into it.

"Maybe we could use that new tablet of yours to look up some swing sets tonight" Wade voiced as he pulled onto the road from the parking lot. Thinking this could be something they could do together a first gift from both of his parents together. "Maybe we could let Jack see some of them pick which one he likes best"

"I wonder if we can get one delivered all put together" Zoe said thinking it would be so much easier if they could, with Wade working at the Rammer Jammer full time and George, and Lavon both working full time as well it would take them forever to get the swing set together. Zoe could just picture all the men of BlueBell trying to put together the wooden swing set it would take them forever. No she needed to make sure it got put together by a professional if not it would take months for the swing set to be put together.

"No need for that Doc, I'm sure we can get it put together on our own in a few hours" Wade said remembering the small swing set Jesse and him had gotten one Christmas. Earl must have put it together so how hard could putting one together be?

"I have no experience in putting anything together" Zoe informed Wade not wanting to get sucked into putting together a swing set that might take them months to get done if ever. Also Zoe wanted it to be put together right she did not want Jack on a swing set that could hurt him because it wasn't assemble correctly. "Besides I'm buying it let me just pay a little extra and have it put together"

"I wanted to buy it with you" Wade mumbled "I thought it could be our first gift we brought together for our boy. Beside he just needs a little swing set for now not a huge monster one"

"But if we get him a wooden set he can grow into it" Zoe stated defending her idea she hadn't even shared yet with Wade.

"Doc if you get a big wooden set don't you think snakes and other things might crawl in there?" Wade shot back not wanting his little boy to get bite by any creeper thing. He could still remember when Zoe had been bitten by a snake when she first got to BlueBell.

"I hadn't thought of that" Zoe uttered "something hiding in Jack's swing set" Wade had lived in BlueBell all his life so he would know if things like that actually could happen. She had been bitten that time in the old abandon house so Wade's fear had merit.

"Doc this is the south of course creeping crawling things could be anywhere?" Wade stated shaking his head as he drove towards a big box store thinking maybe they could make a short stop to see if they had any swing sets in stock right now. If not they might have to order it online and have it shipped to them.

Zoe started laughing as Wade pulled in the big box store "I'm just going to check and see if they have swing sets in stock right now if not we can order one online"

"Wade if you do find one I don't think it will fit in the Suv" Zoe declared as she looked at a sleeping Jack.

"This is just for recon we can borrow George's truck if we find one" Wade supplied as a answer "then come back and buy it later"

"Okay" Zoe said laughing "go see if they have some, but remember we can't buy it until we have George's truck" Wade had gotten out of the Suv and was about to close the driver's door when Zoe shouted out "take pictures of them if they have any"

"Will do Doc" Wade agreed to then took off for the entrance.

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"Well he's out for the night" Zoe said having just put Jack in his crib for the night, Wade was setting on the couch in the living room he was looking at the pictures he had taken of the two different swing sets he had found. Trying to decide which one he thought Jack would like better and which one would be safest for Jack.

Zoe grabbed her new tablet she had been charging it since she had set it up, which had been a struggle with Jack wanting to play with it the whole time. She hated having to tell him 'No' because it wasn't ready to be played on yet. Zoe typed in wooden swing sets and a bunch of pictures come up but she could not find one that wasn't as Wade had labeled them a monster set. They all looked really nice but too big for Jack and they would take forever to get built.

So Zoe decided to look for other swing sets safer ones for Jack's age group. But they all seemed like he would out grow the toddlers ones to soon or was sold out online. Hoping that Wade had better luck in the store then she did online Zoe asked "Can I see the pictures you took of the swing sets?"

"Sure Zoe but I'm not sure if you will like them or not" Wade said thinking one was just to simply of a set and the other might be a little to big for Jack at the moment. Handing his phone over to her, Zoe looked at the pictures then back at her tablet looking a few things up. It took her about ten minutes but she had a plan smiling she turned to Wade saying.

"I think will should get the simply swing set that just has the two swings and the glider, we don't put up the glider and switch out one of the swings for a bucket swing and buy a toddler slide to go with it."

"That's really detailed" Wade said in awe of Zoe's commitment to finding the best swing set for their son. Zoe though was always detailed when she done something now that he thought of it. The People of BlueBell used to say that as a Doctor she was very thorough maybe a little too thorough because she always thought the worst before what was common. So it would make sense that Zoe would be thorough looking for a swing set for their little boy.

"So you don't like my idea?" Zoe ask handing Wade his phone back getting ready to start her search again.

"No Doc I like that idea" Wade assured her "it should be a good swing set for him for a few years, we should see if the store has all the extra things we need if not we should order them online."

"Okay" Zoe said with a smile happy they were agreeing on which swing set to get "let's look on my tablet see which slides we like best"

"Yes we should see which they also have in stock" Wade said as he was getting up the nerve to ask Zoe a question "I was thinking on Wednesday night we could go to Mobile just the two of us get something to eat" Wade felt like banging his head against the wall he used to be a ladies man now he could not even ask Zoe out properly, oh how the mighty have fallen.

"We should asks George for his truck Wednesday and pick up Jack's swing set" Zoe avoided commenting on Wade's awful attempt at asking her out on a date. "After that we could grab a bite to eat"

"No Doc listen, I meant would you Zoe Hart go out with me Wednesday night on a date?" Wade invited Zoe giving her one of his famous grins "We can pick up the swing set for Jack this weekend maybe George can even come help with lifting it"

"A date huh?" Zoe ask "where we dress up go to a restaurant and have a set down dinner without Jack being there date?"

"Yes that kind of date" Wade proclaimed "I'll asks Lavon if he can babysit Jack Wednesday night. He hasn't gotten a chance to keep him lately so I'm sure he would jump at the chance"

"If Lavon can babysit then Yes I would love to go on a date with you" Zoe replied back thrilled at the idea also a little scared by the idea. But Zoe knew she wanted a relationship with Wade and for that to work they would have to go out on dates. So far things between them were going good she just hoped when the romantic part of their relationship started back up it did not derail them.

"I'll asks Lavon at breakfast tomorrow" Wade told Zoe making plans of asking Lavon if he knew which restaurant in Mobile would be good for a second first date well really a first, first date with Zoe. Last time they started dating it hadn't started with dates. This time they would do it right and start things off slow well as slow as having a child together and living as roommates could go slow.

"I hope Lavon can if not maybe we can go next week sometime" Zoe noted with a little sadness in her voice.

"Don't worry if Lavon can't babysit I will find someone who can" Wade proclaimed he was going to make this Wednesday night date happen even if he had to go through all his babysitters until he found one who was available that night. "Now let's look at those swing sets"