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Chapter Thirty-One

Wade had taken off a little early tonight but he couldn't pass up a chance for Zoe to cook dinner for him even though he had made sure to eat some cheese fries just in case Zoe burnt the food. She had not mentioned what she was cooking them so Wade thought it would error to be on the safe side and have something in his stomach in case the food wasn't edible.

Lavon had been as good as his word and had picked him up and dropped him off at the Carriage house so here he was standing on the porch getting ready to go inside a little scared because tonight sort of felt like a date which was crazy he had been living with Zoe for two weeks now or had it been longer? It just seemed like it had been forever now because this is what he wanted, he wanted to live his life with Zoe.

Opening the door Wade called out "Honey I'm home for dinner" as he entered the living room he stopped as he looked into the kitchen Zoe was in it looking like she was trying to pour something out into the kitchen sink.

"Welcome Home, dinner is almost ready" Zoe said smiling proud of herself that she actually cooked something that wasn't burnt.

"Where's Jack?" Wade asked the toddler wasn't in the living room or in his high chair waiting for dinner.

"He's already down for the night" Zoe answered the second bath Jack had today had wore the little guy out. After Zoe had allowed him to play with some of his bath toys and she played with him as well. So much so that she had to change her clothes because they had gotten all wet.

"Oh" Wade said this was starting to feel more and more like a date. "I'm going to go wash up"

"That's a good idea I should have everything finished by the time you get back" Zoe announced as she filled both their plates with noodles. Once Wade was out of the room Zoe topped the noodles with a large amount of red sauce she finished off the plates with a piece of bread.

Zoe then grabbed a couple of glasses and some ice tea because they were still on their antibiotics and couldn't drink alcohol, Jack has been good taking his antibiotics which Zoe was glad about and he was up and about but she knew he had to finished his whole course just like Wade and she had too.

Wade had washed up and made his way back to the kitchen laughing as he seen Zoe had set their plates up on the bar next to each other that was all it took for the awkwardness to fade away. This was Zoe Hart the woman he love he had nothing to be scare of here. As he got closer he could see she had made spaghetti and it did not look to be burnt or otherwise inedible so Wade smiled even wider.

"This looks good Doc" Wade proclaimed as he set down next to her at the bar taking a bite from his fork he had to admit it wasn't bad at all the noodle even were cook well not to much bit in them. While it wasn't the best spaghetti he had ever had it did warm his heart to know she had made this for him which was nice.

"Thank You, I hope it taste good" Zoe said watching Wade eat his food he didn't seem to be putting on a show so she took a bite of her own. Surprised that it was indeed pretty good Zoe now could add a simple spaghetti to her list of things she could cook. Maybe if she tried harder she might be able to cook more types of food.

"It's good Doc" Wade replied after having eaten half of his plate those cheese fries did not seem to have stuck with him. "Did you go into Mobile today?" Wade had got to think he hadn't had the supplies to make spaghetti so Zoe must have went somewhere to get them.

"Yes, Jack and I went to Mobile he got a few new toys, and I got some dvds I thought after dinner we could put one in and watch it together" Zoe said not mentioning the name of the store she went to or the swing set at all hoping Wade would not asks about either.

"That's a great idea there Zoe" Wade said liking the idea of setting close on the couch watching a movie together maybe he could use this to get a little more kissing in. Wade shook his head at his thoughts he was acting like a teenager wanting to make out watching a movie.

"So I got a bunch of different movies a few I thought you might like too" Zoe informed Wade before taking a sip of ice tea. "Have you picked out where we are going to be eating tomorrow night?"

"Yes and I am not telling you" Wade answered back laughing this felt normal and nice being able to eat dinner with Zoe and just talk. Wade was realizing just how much he had always been waiting for that phone call about either Zoe being awake or the other one that would shatter his world. Now that was all over he wasn't waiting anymore tonight and tomorrow night he was going to show Zoe just how much he loved and had missed her. He was going to romance her make Zoe see that no one could love her like he did.

"Fine just as long as spaghetti is not what we're ordering I don't care, but I do need to know if I should dress up or just casual?" Zoe asked hoping she would have a reason to dress up. She hadn't gotten a chance to dress up in years it would be fun to get all dressed up.

"I'm going to wear a dress shirt and black slacks if that helps" Wade responded with he never did get the whole black tie thing. He just knew that Zoe should dress up a little but not overly he hoped what he said helped her decide.

Zoe was filing away Wade reply thinking of which of her clothes would do for her date with Wade the next night. Coming up empty she got to thinking perhaps she could asks Lemon if they could go shopping tomorrow if she was free and take Jack with them. That should wear the little guy out for the babysitter.

"Is Lavon watching Jack tomorrow night?" Zoe asked realizing she had not asked Wade who was watching Jack yet.

"Nope he was busy, don't worry though I got us a sitter who will be here and knows how to handle Jack" Wade said then shoved the last piece of his bread into his mouth not wanting to talk about how many people he went through until he found a sitter for the next night.

"Well seeing as you know just who are the best babysitters in the whole of BlueBell I am trusting you with this" Zoe carefully said. Knowing Wade would not just let anyone watch their son.

"Thank you for that trust Zoe I will not let you down" Wade proclaimed he wasn't just meaning about this matter Zoe knew, he meant he was never going to let her down again.

"So which dvd do you want to watch tonight?" Wade questioned as he got up from his bar stool and headed back to the kitchen to get a second helping of spaghetti.

"Well I did see one I was thinking looked good The Great Gatsby have you seen it?" Zoe asked happy that Wade liked her food enough to want seconds.

"No I haven't seen it, what's it about?" Wade asked knowing the last year he hadn't seen a lot of movies he had been to busy taking care of his baby son.

"It's based off of a book, about a young man who moves to New York and gets caught up with his rich neighbor" Zoe said leaving out that Leonardo DiCaprio started in it.

"New York huh?" Wade stated as he set down again next to her at the kitchen bar. "Are you missing the city?"

"What no" Zoe answered she had not missed New York City once since she had left it "I do not miss New York City at all, like I told my Mother my home is here in BlueBell with Jack and you"

"You sure about that Doc?" Wade ask not wanting to just take for granted that Zoe was happy here, just because she had told her Mother that. She might have just been angry at Mrs. Hart and said what she knew would hurt her the most.

"Yes Wade I'm sure" Zoe replied as she leaned over and kissed Wade's sauce stained lips as the sweet slow kiss ended Wade smiled all the doubts he was feeling fading away. He had no doubt he did not deserve one Zoe Hart but he did know that she loved him for some unknown reason and he was not going to blow it this time.

They did the clean up of the dishes together and then Wade went to check up on Jack make sure the toddler was still sleeping peacefully before they put the dvd in. Jack was sleeping and Wade kissed his little boy on the head and made sure the night light in Jack's room was on so if he woke up he would not be in the dark.

Zoe had the dvd in and had a bag of microwave popcorn in her hands she was pouring it into a bowl for them to share. Wade took a seat next to her on the couch and once she had the popcorn bowl in her lap pulled her into his arms. He laughed out loud when he seen Leonardo DiCaprio come on the screen as he was watching the movie so far he wasn't enjoying it that much Zoe seemed to be into the movie though at least he thought she was until she put the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table and turned to face him. She bite her bottom lip then smiled at Wade as her eyes went to his lips. The next second Wade wasn't sure if it had been him or her that moved but they were making out like teenagers. It was fun just to be careful not wanting it to go any further then kissing.

After their make out session ended they turned the movie off and Wade went upstairs to grab some pj's so he could dress for bed while Zoe went to check on Jack herself. When he had gotten out of the bathroom Zoe was in her room she was waiting her turn for the bathroom. Walking up to Wade when she seen him out of the bathroom she pulled him into a kiss them walked into the bathroom shutting the door. Leaving Wade wishing for more knowing though they needed to take things slow. How he wished he could take a cold shower about now though.

Getting up the stairs he checked on Jack in his crib he was still sleeping which was good but Wade wished he was awake so he would have someone to take his mind off Zoe in the bathroom right now getting changed into night clothes. That was not somewhere his mind needed to be if he they were going to take things slow in their relationship which they were. No matter what Lavon or Meatball thought Zoe and he could do slow.

The little boy sleeping in front of him needed his parents to do things right and not rush into a relationship without having a foundation to stand on. This was the time to build that foundation not on passion but on love and honesty, they needed to know they had a relationship that wasn't just built on passion. That they could live together as a family and not have to worry about trust something Wade knew Zoe was giving to him but that he had also to earn all the way back because of what he had done.

Yes it had been over two years ago but Zoe had been in a coma for much of that time so to her it hadn't really been that long. Wade knew he had to not push her with trusting him completely yet although she seemed to be on the road to if not there already. But he kept waiting for Zoe to doubt him to not trust him on where he had been or something like that. But that had not happened. Maybe it was because she knew he did not have time to be doing anything other then being a Father and Bar owner. There were just not enough hours in the day for Wade to be doing anything other then taking care of his son or restaurant. Every spare minute Wade was finding he tried to spend with Zoe.

Leaning down Wade kissed Jack on top of his head "Night son" he whispered then left Jack's room it was time for him to follow his son into dream land.