Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or anything from Hart of Dixie. I own the plot that is it. Oh and the female OC that will be introduced later on. ~ Jessi

Part One

The ringing of the phone had them pulling away from one another and glancing around for the object that was making enough noise, in the small silent house, to wake the dead. Wade grabbed the phone and looked down at it. He sighed.

"What Lemon?"

"I really need you to come in and work. Somethings come up and tonight bartender can't work. Something about a wrist injury. Please Wade, it's getting packed." Wade looked at Zoe and sighed.

"Give me an hour."

"Take less time than that! And Wade Hurry!"

"I should probably..."

"Go to the Rammer Jammer with me tonight?" Wade finished. Zoe's eyes went wide.

"...Is that a good idea?" She stammered. She, Zoe Hart, was not used to being stunned speechless.

"Do you really think that I'm going to leave you here, alone, and come back to find that you left again?"

"So, I'm not allowed to leave this..." she looked around "...house?" She once more moved towards him and this time, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Not without me?" He knew that he was new at being in love with someone, but what the hell else was he supposed to do? She'd taken off on him before.

"You know, I'm supposed to be in New York. If people see me..."

"Then people see you. If I know you're at the practice then I'll know you're not running back to New York."

"You know Wade, you may want to be careful, the town may think that you're going soft." He rolled his eyes and grinned before leaning down and kissing her. He framed her face in his hands and she looked up at him.

"I'm not letting you go again Doc."

Zoe watched as they drove into town, from the plantation. She watched as the town square came into view and smiled. She was happy, and she was truly realizing that it wasn't just Wade, but Bluebell that she needed as well. When he parked at the Rammer Jammer she grinned.

"I'm hungry all of a sudden." Wade glanced at her.

"Well Doc, this is the right place to be hungry at." he bit back what else he was going to say because he was trying his best not to be an ass.

"Lead the way." She said as she slipped out of the car. He walked around the hood of the vehicle and took her hand, lacing their fingers together. She could only smile. She pulled open the door and stepped inside. It felt good. She had eaten in New York at a small cafe and had to leave quickly taking her food to go. She had felt uncomfortable. She glanced around at all the familiar faces. She spotted AnnaBeth and Lavon, Crickett, and talking to Brick, Lemon.

"Zoe?" She groaned when George Tucker, who she haad not seen, said her name. Lemon who was watching carefully raised an eyebrow. She watched as Zoe continued to the bar and slipped onto a bar stool at closest to where Wade was.

"The usual Zoe?" Wanda asked moving quickly over. It made Zoe smile. Yeah, she was home.

"That'd be great Wanda." She said as Wade looked up from what he was doing and grinned at her from the other end of the bar. She however, didn't smile back because George set beside her. She groaned inwardly and ignored him. When Wanda brought out her order in a box and placed car keys on top of it she looked confused.

"Go home Doc. You look exhausted." Thankful for what Wade was doing she took the food and the keys and made a beeline for the door.

Curled up on the couch of the Gatehouse, watching TV, Zoe picked up her phone as it rang. She looked at the name that flashed across the screen and swiped her thumb across the screen to ignore the call. She did that four more times in the next hour, before she finally fell asleep.

Wade walked into his house after Lavon dropped him off and smiled when he saw Zoe stretched across his couch, the TV on, and her phone on the floor. Her arm was hanging off the couch and from the angle of her hand it seemed that she had dropped her phone after falling asleep. When it went off he picked it up. He immediately wandered why George was calling her. He let it ring and when it stopped noticed the words on the screen.

14 missed calls

Briefly he wondered if she had been ignoring his calls all day. He let her sleep and went to get a shower. He was wearing nothing but a towel, digging for something to put on when she woke up. He stopped what he was doing, jeans in hand, and watched her as she shot up on the couch obviously panicked. She stood up looking around, taking calming breaths, talking to herself.

"It's okay. I'm at Wade's. I'm okay."

"If you consider talking to yourself okay, then yeah, you're okay there Doc." She spun around, a witty comeback on the tip of her tongue, until she saw him. She couldn't find anything to say. She could only look at him. Finally she spoke.

"Don't be an ass." He grinned and she felt her knees go weak.

"Something catch you're eye?" He asked and she laughed, moving to him.

"You're soaked." She said laughing when he pulled her against him. He leaned down to kiss her only to be interrupted when they heard someone calling Zoe's name. They pulled away from one another and Zoe moved to the window while Wade got dressed. She peeked out the curtains and her eyes went wide. George was knocking on the door to the carriage house.

"C'mon Zoe, I know you're home, you can't ignore me forever."