What leads to Home.
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OK, I know that it's kind of sad but keep with me here, it will get better.
2.
There was a heat wave hitting New York and the citizens were doing their best to keep cool as the sun beat down on the city. Air-conditioners were on full blast in every building and when Zoe stepped into a cafe to meet her friends, she felt like she had just stepped into the Arctic.
Catching sight of her friends, Zoe made her way over to them, greeting them with a smile. "Are you two alright?" she asked them in amusement as she sat down on the chair, nearly laughing at the sight of them fanning themselves with the menus.
"Do we look alright?" Gigi exclaimed and Heather answered, "This weather is just too much...even with the air conditioning."
Zoe snorted, "You call this a heat wave? A heat wave in Bluebell is ten times as hot as this."
Her friends raised their perfectly manicured eyebrows and Zoe shrugged, "What? We have some serious weather down in Bluebell. You were lucky when you visited Gigi, because you missed it. People used to do the craziest things and use the weather as an excuse. It was ridiculous but understandable at...some...point..." She trailed off when she saw her friends' faces and shrugged again.
"Honey," Heather said, "Why are you talking about Alabama like you still live there?"
Zoe paused before answering and then replied, "Just habit I guess."
But as the waiter came to take their order, all Zoe could think about was how she actually missed the crazy things that happened in Bluebell during heat waves. Especially since Wade would walk around with no shirt.
-Bluebell-
The Rammer Jammer was packed that night and Wade barely had a minute to pause. He served drink after drink, exchanging pleasantries with the locals until finally Lavon called to him, "Hey Wade! Come here for a second!"
Wade sighed happily and walked over to Lavon's table. Sitting down beside his friend, Wade realised that the people at the surrounding tables were turned towards Lavon's.
"Wade," George asked, catching his friend's attention, "Do you remember about six months after Zoe arrived and she had to climb on top of the post office to check on that teenager who had sprained his leg?"
Wade smiled and replied, "Ya, the kid was jumping from building to building like a frog until he fell and hurt his leg."
A smile came to Lemon's face who was beside George, and she said, "She had to climb up there in those heels of hers. I have to admit that the girl did have good taste in shoes, even if they were impractical."
Lavon snorted and added, "Then Wade stood on the street and yelled up to her that if she hurt her leg, he wasn't going up there to carry her down!"
The people around them laughed and Lemon said, "But then that policeman offered to carry her and Wade scrambled up those steps quicker than I've ever seen him move before!"
Wade could only smile at the memory and he realised that the reason that the Rammer Jammer was so packed was because everyone here was talking about Zoe.
Lavon shook his head and leaned his arms on the table, "I'm telling you, this town may do some crazy things when there's a heat wave but Zoe Hart did crazy things in normal weather!"
"Like leave?" Tom asked and people grew quiet.
Wade glanced over at the empty bar stool where she always sat and vaguely heard George change the subject to when Lemon got her hand stuck in her father's liqueur cabinet when they were teenagers.