I walked out the carriage and towards the gatehouse to meet Wade for our date. My stomach was literally in knots. This was the most important date of my entire existence on this planet. It had taken me two hours and the help of Annabeth to come up with the perfect outfit. However it was tad hard seeing Wade was being so secretive and only told me to wear casual. I opted to wear my ankle grazer jeans with my converse.

I sauntered up to where he was sitting on the porch. "I believe these are for you," Wade said standing up and handing me a gorgeous bunch of lilies.

"They're beautiful Wade," I replied, relishing the scent. "Shall we make a move?" I asked heading towards his car.

"Yep, just let me get something," Wade ran inside the house and emerged with a spray bottle.

I frowned, a date with a spray bottle? "What's up with the spray?"

"Bug Spray, don't want to get bitten," he smirked, as he grabbed my hand.

I gave him a questioning look before following him. We were walking to the back of the plantation, a place I had yet to explore, mainly because I was positive Burt Reynolds spent his time back here with other alligator friends. We came to a stand-still in front of a row of gorgeous black willow trees.

"Put this on," Wade said handing me a blindfold; I carefully put it over my eyes as he tied it up.

I squealed in excitement. Nobody had ever made me wear a blindfold to a date before. This was a fairy tale and for once I was the princess.

"Am I going to hit anything?" I asked waving my hands in front of me.

"Calm down, I got ya Doc!" Wade replied.

I felt his arms wrap around my waist, as we slowly walked to our mysterious destination. "Alright, you ready?" He asked.

"More than ever!" I said excitedly. The darkness was replaced by a magical setting in front of me. A pier was decorated in fairy lights that lit a path to a small table overlooking the river. I walked down the pier; taking in every inch of this beautiful place, Wade had gone to so much trouble.

I turned around to him and smiled. "This is amazing!" I whispered and placed a quick kiss on his lips.

"I'm glad you like it," he smiled back at me. "We better eat dinner before it gets cold," He said as he pulled my chair out for me.

"Who knew Wade Kinsella was a closet romantic," I giggled.

"Only for you," he replied.

The date was going amazing, although I had a feeling Wade wasn't into as much as I was.

"What's wrong Wade?" I asked.

"Nothing, just taking in the beautiful scenery, I've missed it a bit too much," he said, his gaze stuck on me.

"Seriously Wade, I think after a good two years I know you, well more than you think I do, so please just talk to me…"

"Why?" He asked, diverting his gaze.

"Why what?" I questioned even though I was positive it was about my prolonged stay in New York.

"Why you left, why you weren't going to come back?"

I stared out at the calm water. "Jonah suggested that I should take a break from my soap opera and stay in New York for three months and I thought that would be a sensible idea, I was ruining people's lives and I wasn't truly happy. And New York makes me happy well so I thought…" I finally looked at Wade; he was processing the information in his head.

He nodded. "Why weren't you going to come back, even though I told you I loved you?"

"My plan from the moment I stepped in New York was to come back to you, to build a life with you and about a month into my rotation, I was late, like really late and my worst fear was becoming a reality, I was so distraught because I didn't know how you'd react or even if your feelings were the same anymore. I took to the test and it came back negative, I was so relieved that I went out to a little bar and that's where I met Joel. Once Joel and I started seeing more of each other, good things were happening to me and I thought it was a sign."

"Wow!" he said as he played with the spoon.

"It's a lot to take in but I want you to know one thing Wade. No matter how perfect I thought Joel was for me, I was compared him to you, he couldn't live up to you, and when I came back Lavon made me realise that…"

He looked directly into my eyes. "For a doctor you can be pretty stupid sometimes," he laughed.

"Hey!" I said hitting his arm. "But now I have you back I intend to never let you go,"

"Doc, it's our first date, don't you think it's a little early in the game for a marriage proposal?" His charm had returned.

We had just stopped outside the carriage house. I turned around to him and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Thankyou for this amazing date, I have had the best time in my life."

"I'm glad you liked it Zoe," he replied closing the gap between our lips. The warmth of his lips against mine sent electric waves through my body. Only Wade Kinsella could make me feel on fire from a kiss. The kiss became more demanding. I started walking back towards the carriage house not breaking the kiss. Who needed to take things slow?

He pulled away. "As much as I'd love to take you inside and well you know," he said as he raised his eyebrows. "We have to take it slow, you even said so yourself,"

I sighed. "Always the gentleman," I laughed. "But you are right, so I'll see you in the morning and we can both go check on Earl," I place a kiss on his lips before heading inside.


Next:

- Wade and Zoe are in a 'HONEYMOON' phase.

-Annabeth and Zoe have more in common than they realize.