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"So where shall we go first?" Wade asked as they walked off the plantation.

"I don't care." She shrugged. "Where ever you want."

"I've been here for the last 25 years, you haven't. What do you want to see?"

"All of it."

He smiled. "Fine, we'll start here and see where we get."

"Sounds good to me."

They started to walk down the street and he stopped at a house.

"Mine?" she asked

"Yeah, it was."

"Who lives here now?" she asked looking at the dark house.

"No one." He shook his head. "Everyone in Bluebell has a home and no one just decides to move here."

"So it's just empty?" she asked walking up the driveway

"Yep." He followed her. "You want to go in?"

"How? I'm not breaking in." she said

Wade smirked at her and scrunched his eyebrows. "Watch." He walked towards the garden and stopped at the birdbath. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." He counted the cement blocks outlining the garden and pulled one up. "Ah ha." He chuckled and pulled out a key. "Not breaking in."

"How'd you know?" she asked laughing a bit.

"We were buddies." He shrugged. "Come on girl." He waved her into the house as he opened the door. He flicked on the light and it went on.

Zoe stood in the foyer of the empty house. She started to slowly walk as she ran her hands on the wall. Wade followed her as she went into the living room and then the kitchen. She didn't talk she just kept walking. They got back to the foyer and she started up the stairs. When she got to the top she immediately made a left and walked into a room. She sat down on the window seat. Wade stood in the doorway and just watched her.

"This was my room." She whispered

Wade pushed off the wall and nodded. "Yep it was. How'd you know?"

"I'm not sure. I just, know."

He smiled. "He rarely ever came in here. Your bed was still in here for the longest time. I cleaned it out when I was 12."

"You did?" she asked "You said you were buddies. How close were you?"

"Pretty close. After my mama died I was a little lost. He brought me back, took me under his wing."

"I'm so sorry." She said

"About my Mama? It's fine." He chuckled. "It's been 20 years."

"Doesn't make it any easier."

He shrugged. "It is what it is."

She shot him a small smile and stood up. She walked around the rest of the rooms before they made their way back downstairs.

"Where to now?" she asked as he locked up the house and shoved the key in his pocket.

"I guess we keep walking."

"Alright."

"So, this is town square." He waved his hand around. "It's not as big as that park in New York but everyone hangs out here and we have fun."

"You mean Central Park? The most famous park probably ever." She teased

"Oh we have a smart one here. Little snippy are we?" he smiled

"I'm sorry, I was just kidding." She said quickly

Wade looked at her. "Hey, relax." He put his hand on her upper arm and she flinched looking away. "I was just kidding." He put his finger on her chin and tilted her head back towards him. "You tease, I tease back."

"Oh, alright. I don't want to upset anyone."

"You're not upsetting anyone. You sure you're ok? You seem jumpy." He moved his hand to her shoulder and she scrunched her nose. "Sorry" he removed it.

"I'm totally fine. Oh The Butterstick, that looks cute. Can we go in?" she quickly changed the subject.

"Of course. Home of Agnes' famous sweet tea." He decided to roll with it for now. Something was off but he couldn't figure out just what it was.

"This is really really sweet." She said after she took a sip of the tea.

He chuckled. "It's not that bad."

"No, it's not bad. I like it."

"Hey Wade." A tall girl with brown hair waved.

"Annabeth, hi. What's up Tucker?" Wade greeted the two people walking towards them. "How is Bluebell's favorite new couple?"

"We're good." Annabeth gushed

"Oh good. This is Zoe. Zoe this is Annabeth Nass and George Tucker." He told them smiling at her.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you. Where are you from?" Annabeth smiled

"New York."

"Hi Zoe, I lived in New York for a while. What brings you to our tiny little town?" George asked

She smiled. "Just visiting Wade. Where abouts?"

"In Tribeca."

"Oh very nice."

"How long are you here for and I love your shoes." Annabeth said

"Thank you and I'm not sure. Undecided."

"I thought you only had a week off?" Wade asked

Zoe looked at him and shrugged. "We'll see." She told him

"Well it was lovely to meet you Zoe, we should get going. We have lunch with my parents." George told them.

"Enjoy." Wade smirked and they went on their way.

"They were nice." Zoe said once they were out of ear shot.

"Everyone here is nice Zo."

"Seems that way. It's a nice breath of fresh air."

He nodded as the continued their walk through town. "So your Mom? She upset you came down here?"

"Um well she doesn't know." She laughed. "She's off in Europe for a month and she doesn't like phone calls when she is."

He laughed. "Such a rebel."

"You don't even know." She winked at him.

He chuckled "And the fiancé? What's his name?"

"Julian. What about him?"

"I don't know, you don't talk about him. What's he do? He a doctor?"

"No, he owns a financial company in the city. He's very business."

"I see, so boring."

She chuckled. "No, not boring, far from boring."

"Sounds secretive."

"He likes his privacy, yes."

"Alright then, moving on. Tell me more about you. All I remember is that you used to run around and try and catch fireflies and you fell when you were two and have a scar right there." He pointed to a spot on her chin.

"That's how I got that?" she touched the spot. "Where did I fall?"

"Down the gazebo steps." He pointed to the gazebo and she followed his finger.

"I've always wondered."

A couple days later Zoe was sitting at the bar in the Rammer Jammer as Wade worked his shift. She wandered the town in the morning and chatted with the town folks. She was so comfortable and happy there.

"How was your morning? Meet any new folks?"

"Sal, he was uh interesting and Frank offered his PI services. Not sure why I need them though."

"He offers them to everyone. He's not that good." He whispered with a smirk.

"I wouldn't have guessed." She laughed

Lavon came up behind her and put his hand on her shoulder. "I heard you caused quite a ruckus in town square today."

She smiled up at him. "Haha." She mocked. "We don't have ticks in New York City. How was I supposed to know it was tick paralysis?"

"Well Brick telling you would be the first clue." He joked

Wade was laughing. "Nice going Doc."

"Oh shut up." She chucked a fry at him. "Leave me alone." She started laughing with him and Lavon.

"Well I have to go, I just wanted to come and thank you for helping my townspeople to freak out on a Tuesday afternoon." Lavon shoved her a little and instead of wincing she just laughed.

"You all are just so funny. Just make fun of the innocent city girl." She called to him as he left the bar. She turned around and saw Wade was still laughing. She picked up another fry and threw it. "It's not that funny."

"It's pretty funny."

She shook her head. "I love this town. Everyone is so friendly and happy. I feel like I missed so much. There was always something missing, I knew that all growing up. But I have found it."

Wade smiled. "I'm so glad. You do seem really happy. You think we can tell people who you are yet?"

"No, not yet."

"Your weeks almost over Zo. Only two days left?"

"I think I'm going to extend my vacation."

"Can you do that?"

"Yeah, I have the time." She shrugged

"What about Julian?"

"He's always busy with work anyway, won't even know I'm gone any longer."

"He seems very attentive."

She shrugged. "It's fine."

"Oh Wade." Zoe heard come from the other side of the bar and looked down. A tall blonde was leaning over the bar and waving him over.

Wade walked down to her. "Hey Joelle." He leaned into her and kissed her cheek. "What brings you into town?"

"Oh ya know, figured I'd come visit my favorite bartender."

"How sweet." He filled a glass and pushed it towards her.

Zoe watched as this interaction went down a few feet away from her and her hands clenched around the bar. Her phone started to buzz for the tenth time that day and she pushed the power button, ignoring the call, again. Every time she did that her heart raced and her palms would get sweaty. She looked back towards Wade.

"So, what time do you get off tonight?" she asked

Zoe rolled her eyes. "Ugh." She sighed in the few days she's been here she has officially lost count of all the girls that have hit on Wade.

"Uh well, in about two hours but I'm a little busy." He said

"I can wait." She said

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh no, after. I'm busy."

"Oh, well then." She rolled her eyes and pushed off the stool. "Guess I came down here for nothing." She walked out of the bar.

He shrugged and made his way back to Zoe.

"Is that one of your many friends?" she asked

He chuckled nervously. "I guess you can say that."

"Why'd you tell her you have plans?"

"Cause we were going to watch a movie."

"Well I don't want to stop you from, whatever it is she wanted you for."

He shook his head. "No, I'd rather hang with you." He smiled

"Well thanks."

That night they got a movie from The Dixie Stop and Wade made popcorn as she got comfortable on his couch. He walked over towards the TV after placing the popcorn on the table.

"Transformers or Sweet Home Alabama? Really?" He whined

"Yes, I've never seen it and it seems fitting." He rolled his eyes. "Fine, I'll watch that one in my own."

"Sounds good." He snickered and put Transformers in the DVD player.

They watched silently except for a few remarks from Zoe about how violent it was.

"Zo, they're robots! I don't think they feel the pain."

"You'd be surprised." She said back and stuck her hand in the popcorn bowl. "Sorry." She said when she touched Wade's hand and immediately pulled hers away.

"It's fine. I don't bite." He laughed

"I would hope not." She smirked at him.

"Well unless that's your thing." He smirked back with a wink.

Zoe just glared at him and laughed a little to herself.

After the movie was over Wade looked over at Zoe. Her head was bobbing and her eyes were closed. He gently moved a piece of hair out of her face and her eyes opened slowly.

"Sorry." She whispered. His hand was still behind her ear and she moved into him.

"Don't apologize." He whispered back and stroked her cheek with his thumb, licking his lips.

Zoe's eyes immediately fell to his lips and then she leaned forward capturing them with her own. She ran her hands through his hair and he moaned.

She sat up ripping her lips from his and looked at him. "I'm sorry." She pushed off of him and stood up.

"No it's my fault." He stood up.

She shook her head and walked towards the door. "This never happened."

"My lips are sealed Doc."

She just nodded as she ran out of the house and across the plantation. She was so flustered that she didn't even look to see who was calling when her phone started vibrating that she just answered.

"It's about freaking time you answer. Where the hell are you?" Julian screamed over the phone.

"Shit." She cursed under her breath. "I decided I needed to get away for a little bit." She said innocently.

"Oh you decided you needed to get away? Without saying anything to anyone. Just leaving? How did you think that was gonna go for you?"

"I didn't think." She said quietly.

"Well there's a surprise. You never do that." He spat. "I expect you home by tomorrow afternoon."

"I can't just get home by tomorrow afternoon."

"Oh you're going to or I'm going to come to where ever you are and drag you back myself."

"But you don't know where I am." She said immediately regretting it.

"Oh, that's cute. You think I can't find you? Do you know the amount of people I know in this city that can find someone. You're just lucky I haven't started the search yet. And whoever you are hiding out with, will be sorry they kept you for so long."

"I'm not with anyone." She said weakly.

"Yeah ok Zoe. Just get home and maybe you won't get everything you deserve."

A tear fell down her cheek. "Fine, I'll be home tomorrow."

"Good idea." He said and hung up the phone without another word.

She started hysterical crying and sat down on her bed. She called the cab company and told them to pick her up in town square. After she hung up she chucked her phone across the room, knocking a picture off the wall. She just yelled as she started throwing clothes in her suitcases. Once she was packed she went over to the shoebox Wade gave her a few days back and took a few pictures, shoving them in her purse. She then left the carriage house, taking one last look over at the gatehouse across the pond and walked into town.