Sorry for taking ages to finish and upload the final chapter of this story, but I really hated Hart of Dixie for a while and couldn't get myself to write for it at all.

Wade crushed his lips onto hers to shut her up and pulled her into his arms. They had done more than enough talking for one night and all he wanted to do now is forget everything around him and relish in having her back.

Zoe wanted to give in so badly. Forgetting everything else and go back to her happy place with Wade, but she couldn't. There were certain things in life that she wanted and which Wade could never give her.

"Wade, stop!" Zoe said, pushing him away from her.

"What's wrong?" he asked confused and somewhat hurt.

"I can't do this anymore," Zoe said, hoping that he would understand her.

"What are you talking about?"

"Us, Wade! I can't go back there."

"What? Why? What have I done wrong this time?"

"Nothing!" Zoe said, shocked that he would even think that.

"Is this about George again?" Wade asked softly, voicing his greatest fear, that Zoe and George wanted to give a go now.

"What? No!" Zoe said quickly, "It's not about George, I promise.

But Wade wasn't convinced by that, after all, he had seen them together on a date just a couple of days ago. "The hell it's not. Tell me Zoe, what is it that you love so much about George bleeding Tucker?"

Zoe frowned at him and actually contemplated his question for a moment. What did she see in George Tucker? Why had she been so intrigued by him from the very first moment they had met on the street? Now that she thought about it, she knew why she had been drawn to him back then. Before she came to BlueBell, Zoe hadn't given much thought to what was going to await her here, but she certainly had never expected to meet someone with a college education, least of all a lawyer who knew New York first hand and had even worked there for a while. It was rather prejudiced she knew that now, and she felt ashamed about it, but this was the way she was thinking back then. So for her George definitely had been some kind of lifeline and it hadn't hurt either that he was around her age and not exactly bad-looking.

Zoe also remembered thinking that if anything might happen between them, he might have been willing to go back to New York with her.

"He is safe," Zoe eventually realised, which probably surprised her the most.

"What?" Wade had been waiting with fearful anticipation for her answer, going through all the reasons why George was so much better than he was, or ever could be, and had prepared an argument against every one of those reasons, but this threw him.

"What is that supposed to mean?" he asked, sounding desperate now. He was going to lose her again before he even had the chance to get her back, and this time it would be for good and there seemed to be nothing he could do about it anymore.

"It means that he would never, never be able to hurt me the way you are," Zoe clarified.

"Oh I see! Obviously George Tucker is the eternal Golden Boy who can't do anything wrong, and I'm the giant asshole that can't do anything right and will always hurt you, no matter what I do."

"That's not what I said," Zoe said taken aback.

"Then what did you say?"

"George is predictable and I always know exactly what to expect from him, no surprises, no misunderstandings, or unexpected behaviour that I have a hard time to understand. But more importantly, George could never hurt me like you can, Wade, because I don't feel as much for him as I do for you. Turns out that you alone have the power to do that to me and it scares the hell out of me."

Wade blinked at her surprised, his heart was pounding very fast in his chest while he waited in anticipation if she was really saying what he thought she just did.

"I mean just thinking of you with another woman drives me so crazy, whereas George is in a real relationship with Tansy and it doesn't bother me at all - well, maybe it did bother me a little at first, but not for the reason it should have, I think it was more because of injured pride and some stupid fantasy I was clinging onto than anything else, least of all true love."

Wade still didn't say anything, but simply kept looking at her, not believing what he was hearing. He had wanted her to say these things for so long now, that he wasn't completely sure if this was really happening, or if this was just some weird dream.

"I admit, I wanted it to be the other way round. I wanted to love George, because I thought he is perfect for me, but I was wrong, Wade. I don't think I could ever truly be myself if I'd be with George. I realise that now."

"Well then, come here!" Wade smiled happily, reaching for her hands to pull her towards him.

"Oh no!" she said again, holding her hands up to keep him at bay and even took a few steps away from him. "Don't you see? That's exactly why we have to stop this."

"I don't think I can follow," Wade said confused. "You say you have strong feelings for me, right? Feelings that I reciprocate very much. And you also say you can't stand seeing me with other women, but you don't want to be with me?"

"Uh, yes," Zoe confirmed feeling awful for doing that to him.

Wade was at a loss of words now. Why did he have to fall in love with the most confusing and insane person in the whole world?

"I know you hate hearing this, Wade, but we are just too different," Zoe emphasized. "This here, us, could never work."

"Great!" Wade groaned in exasperation, here they went again. "Then why the hell did you come back here, Zoe, if you don't want to give us another chance?"

Now it was Zoe who was at a loss. Why did she come back? "I don't know," she admitted abashed. "I'm so sorry!" And she instantly bit her lips as she saw the hurt in Wade's face. She had done it again, causing him pain although that was the last thing she wanted to do.

Wade scrutinised her for a moment, then decided to get over this once and for all. "Sit!" he ordered calmly, pointing at his sofa.

Baffled Zoe obeyed him.

"I love you, Zoe, and I want to be with you," Wade started. "And I just know you feel the exact same way even though you are still too stubborn or scared to admit it yet. So what exactly is it that you think won't work between us?

And don't say you don't know it, Zoe, because there is something on your mind right now that makes you say all this nonsense, and after all we've been through tonight I think I at least deserve to know what that is. So tell me, please!"

For a moment Zoe just stared at him, while Wade waited with a wild pounding heart for her answer.

"I delivered a baby today," Zoe finally burst out as if that would explain everything. "Well, yesterday actually."

Wade blinked at her in confusion. "Congratulations? But what has this to do with us?"

Zoe sighed. "The parents looked so happy afterwards and I realised I want that too."

"You want to have a baby?" Wade asked taken aback. Whatever he had thought was bothering her, this definitely wasn't part of it. "If that's what you want, I'm pretty sure I could help you with that, but …"

"No!" Zoe exclaimed hastily. "Yes! Actually I don't know."

"Come on, Doc, it's easy, either you want to have a baby, or you don't," Wade said, hoping for the latter.

"It's not the baby per se I want," Zoe clarified. "I want all of it. I want to settle down, get married, and just be happy. And yes, I guess one day I also want to have a baby."

So this was it, he should have known this was what was holding her back. And it actually should have terrified him out of his mind. Usually just the thought of being serious with a girl made him run in the opposite direction. And now Zoe was talking about getting married and having kids, but for some reason it didn't scare him as much as he had thought it would. He was actually astonishingly calm about it.

"And why do you think this isn't something I want too?" he asked softly.

"You want to get married and have kids?" Zoe asked astounded.

"Well, not right away, no. I'm definitely not ready for that kind of responsibility yet. But one day I might. I mean about a year ago I couldn't even imagine being in a real relationship, but then you happened, so who knows, in a couple of years, if everything is fine between us, I guess we could get married, and then I might want to have kids as well. If you give me, us, a chance that is," he said nervously, looking at her with pleading eyes, and Zoe was sure he had never been more vulnerable than now.

She still couldn't believe it. Never in a million years would she have thought that Wade would be the kind of guy that wanted to settle down, but here he was, talking about spending years with her and possibly future children.

"I just never thought you'd even consider having children one day," Zoe admitted.

"Yeah well," Wade shrugged. "To be honest, I never gave it much of a thought, but I like kids, they are funny little things. Well, except those Meek kids, they are just mean. Anyway, point is, I'm generally not opposed to the idea, but like I said, I'm not ready for this yet. And frankly, neither are you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Zoe exclaimed indignant.

"Do you truly think that you are ready to have kids, Zoe? Because I don't. I know you think you are the grown up among the two of us, but the truth is you are just as immature as I am."

Zoe opened her mouth to protest, but Wade wouldn't let her. "Which is perfectly fine, Zoe. We'll just take the time to grow up together, we'll figure it out, eventually."

"Who are you and what have you done with Wade?" Zoe asked him sceptically.

Wade grinned at her sheepishly. "I don't know, Doc, I guess he eventually evolved a little bit. Although I have to warn you, I'm sure he hasn't gone completely yet."

"Good, because I kind of like him," Zoe smiled.

"So, … so are you going to give us another chance?" Wade asked nervously.

Zoe didn't answer, she simply cupped his face with her hands and drew him towards her to kiss him. "I hate you," she whispered lovingly, when she pulled away after a while, caressing his cheeks with her thumbs, resting her forehead against his'.

"I hate you too, more than you'll ever know!" Wade whispered back at her, before closing the distance between their lips again.

So this was really happening, she and Wade were going to give their relationship another chance, but this time a real one, she promised herself. No holding back anymore because of some stupid fantasy how her life should be, and no fear anymore that this was only temporary and that she would lose Wade anyway one day because he could realise it was too serious for him.

Content, Zoe snuggled up against Wade's chest on the sofa, listening to his soft breathing and his steady heartbeat, she slowly fell asleep.

Wade on the other hand tried to fight sleep a little longer, just in case this wasn't real after all, and if he let go of this perfect picture of Zoe sleeping in his arms, he would wake up all alone and heartbroken again. But it did feel real, and as Zoe's soft snores finally filled the room, Wade allowed himself to drift off as well.

The End!

I really hope you liked it.