"We're closed tomorrow, but can you start on Friday?" Wally asked.

"I can," Zoe responded with a smile.

"Great, you can work the morning shift. I assume you go to school like the rest of your peers." Zoe nodded. She wanted to think that getting her GED would have been the better way to go, but she didn't want to miss out on being a normal teenager either. "In that case you can work after school and on the weekends. I'll have a schedule for you tomorrow."

"Thank you for this," Zoe replied, shaking his hand getting up.

"You're welcome, Miss Hart. Be here by 7." Zoe groaned to herself about needing to be up and outta bed at such an ungodly hour. She was a teenager after all and she needed all the sleep she could get.

"Did you get the job?" Wade asked, jumping off the stool he sat at. She had thought it was sweet of him for waiting the way he had.

"Yep, I work Friday morning," she told him in a chipper voice.

"Me too, I'll help teach you the ropes."

"What's there to learn? I take orders and bring people their food. Not all that hard. I can read and write," Zoe told him, slightly annoyed.

"Well, uh, I guess, I'll be there to help you out, if you need it."

"Thanks, I guess," Zoe told him with a shrug. She was finding it hard not be friends with him. He seemed to always be there when she needed someone. Only if he could remember. That would test their friendship and put them on a whole other level. "So have you figured it out yet?" Zoe asked walking into the warm sun. She still wasn't use to the change in weather. She now had no use for the winter coat she had to wear when she left New York.

"I haven't, I know, I've seen you before. It's either that or I'm going crazy and you're playing a joke on me. So which is it?" He asked stuffing his hands in his pockets as they walked.

"You've seen me. If it wasn't you then you must have a twin roaming around Charlotte," Zoe told him in a huff, seeing recognition cross his face.

"The beach," he smirked. That was all he needed. A simple little hint for it to click in his head. "You sure you ain't here because you couldn't get enough of me," he winked making Zoe roll her eyes. She would have found that funny if the circumstance had been different.

"I'm not stalking you! We had sex, in my hotel room, my first time," Zoe hissed so no one else would hear.

"I know, I mean, I was there," he stated. The events playing over in his head.

"Yeah, congrats you're gonna be a father!" Zoe exclaimed softly storming off leaving a shocked Wade behind.

The last thing she wanted to do was spill her secret. He did have a right to know before the rest of the town, but she was still scared that they would be quick to judge her. They won't want to be friends with her, once the shock wears off Wade he won't want anything to do with her. He'll be there for the baby, she hoped he would step up and be there. Their baby deserved to know who its father is.

"Were you going to tell me?" Wade asked catching up to her, once the information had a chance to settle in just a little. Zoe nodded her head.

"I wanted to call you and tell you when I found out, but I thought you would laugh and hang up on me or something. Between getting kicked out of my house and moving here, I haven't had much time for anything. It's hard enough to be a normal 17-year-old. Now, I have the pressure of being a mom on top of it all. I didn't know you lived here, until I saw you yesterday."

"You had plenty of time to tell me yesterday, Zoe."

"I know," she yelled. "But you couldn't remember where you knew me from. I'm not like you Wade."

"What's that mean?" He asked offended by it.

"I don't go around trying to score with guys. I've always been in to commitment. That night in Charlotte, I threw caution to the wind and look what happened," she sighed sitting on the bench nearby.

"So you regret that night? Because I don't."

"I don't regret it for a single second. It was perfect, I would just like to change the outcome of it. How can you not regret if you don't remember shit about it? You couldn't even remember me! I knew who you were the second I saw you," she hissed. He hung his head feeling like the scum on the bottom of his shoes. That night had been something else, he just didn't think he would ever see her again and he wasn't going to dwell on it. He pushed it to the back of his mind and went on with his life. If he hadn't done that, he would have been stuck in a rut, needing to know where she was, what she was doing. He wasn't like that, especially when it was over a girl he would never see again. He didn't expect her to show up in his life two months later, saying she was pregnant with his child.

"How do I know, you're telling the truth? That you're pregnant with my child? It's easy to lie."

"It is easy to lie. But I can honestly say that you were my first and the only guy I've gone that far with. I thought it was special and I didn't wanna ruin that feeling," she confessed bringing a light pink tint to her cheeks. Wade held back his smirk. He felt something for the woman sitting next to him. He just wasn't about ready to figure that out. He wasn't ready for a serious relationship or a relationship period. He wasn't ready for fatherhood either, especially at the age of 17. He didn't know how to be a father.

"This whole thing is a shock," he confessed looking down. He was glad that he was already sitting down, he was certain that his legs would give out if he hadn't been. "I don't know how to be a father, Zoe."

"I know nothing on being a mother, Wade. But I don't get a choice in this. You can walk away or you can try to do your best. Being parents as teens isn't easy. This wont be a walk in the park, Wade. You need to figure out what's best for you," she told him standing up. "Don't take too long because you'll miss out on some pretty amazing things." With that Zoe walked off.

Wade sat on the bench his head spinning. The right thing for him to do was step up and be there for his child, but he couldn't bear the thought of failing his child, that thought freaked him out. He couldn't be one of those dads that never acknowledged they had a kid. He had to be the best father he could be, even if he was only 17.

"Did you find a job?" Harley asked when Zoe walked into the house.

"Waitress at the Rammer Jammer. Wade told me about it. I start on Friday morning," Zoe confirmed.

"Wade is a nice boy."

"Yeah and he's the father," Zoe whispered averting her gaze.

"What was that?" Harley asked.

"Nothing," Zoe replied grabbing a bottle of water. "I'm going to go unpack. I haven't done that yet."

"Your mother called and said the rest of your stuff will be here by the end of next week." Zoe nodded walking upstairs. Her personal belongs weren't her top priority right now. She couldn't help but wonder if Wade was going to man up and be the father their baby deserved.