I am sorry for the short delay with this chapter, but I couldn't get it right and this wasn't even what it was I wanted to write for it, it just came out and I didn't have the heart to delete it and start over, so my original idea for this chapter won't be for a few more chapters.

I don't want to mix anyone up but this chapter takes place just a few days after their wedding in A New Beginning.

Thank you for the love on the first chapter, hope you all like this one as well. Enjoy!

~5 years earlier~

Not wanting to leave the kids out of what should have been a very romantic honeymoon, Wade and Zoe talked about it and they didn't feel right leaving the kids behind. They were coming together as a family and as much as this honeymoon was for Wade and Zoe to spend that time together, it only felt right to include the kids as well. This was about the four of them, it wasn't just Wade and Zoe in this marriage but Braxton and Ariel were tossed in officially being brother and sister now. This was for the four of them; Zoe had promised Wade that they would have their chance at being alone and spending time together. Wade wasn't worried about that because they would have plenty of time in the many years to come for it be just them, he wanted lasting memories with his wife and kids, that's what this thing was about.

The town had come together and surprised them with a 5 night stay in Atlantis for their little familymoon. Zoe and Wade were gratuitous of what the town had done for them, the townspeople had played it off like it was no trouble at all and for them it wasn't any trouble to raise the money, though Earl had help quite a lot handing over a few jars filled with money, Jackie had looked at him waiting for an explanation but Earl only shrugged simply saying it was for a rainy day.

It was there second day in the sun, the crystal blue water waiting for them. Braxton was excited today was the day that he would be getting to fed a stingray and taking a walk with the sharks if they let him that was. Tomorrow they would be swimming with the dolphins something he wasn't all that thrilled about but Ariel wanted to see them and swim with them and no matter how much he had protested he had to do it because they were to spend time as a family.

"Are you sure that you're going to be okay?" Wade asked, pressing his lips to Zoe forehead. She had awoken early in the morning beating the sun up rushing to the bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach. Wade was there to hold her hair and now he didn't want to leave her side.

"I'll be fine, enjoy your day with the kids," Zoe told him a smile on her face. She did want to be out there exploring and having fun with her family but her stomach wasn't making that easy for her.

"We'll be back in time to go to lunch, think you'll be up for that?" Wade asked, combing his fingers through her hair.

"Maybe," she replied. Wade nodded pressing his lips against hers for a quick kiss. "Have fun," she called out to her family.

"We will," echoed Braxton and Ariel as they raced out the door Wade held open for them.

"Don't lose my babies," Zoe warned him, sitting up in the bed.

"I make no promises," Wade chuckled. "You rest," he warned heading out.

Zoe sighed, falling back against the fluffy pillows on the bed. If yesterday was any indication of how today was going to go, then soon enough she would be feeling just fine. The wheels in her head started to turn and she was up and out of bed quickly getting dressed and running a brush through her hair. Finding the little shop inside the hotel was easy, finding what it was she needed proved to be a little tricky at first, getting swept away with the thoughts of babies seeing the little things they had in the shop for babies. Finding the test she needed, she bought it giving the young woman a smile paying for her item. With her change and her purchase inside a bag Zoe went straight to the room, making a beeline dash to the bathroom to pee on the white stick.

Waiting 5 minutes was by far worse than any exam she had to take in medical school. Those 5 little minutes seemed to drag on and on as she paced around the whole length of the hotel room they had. Braxton and Ariel had their own room that was off one end of the little living area while she and Wade had a room on the other end, a bathroom attached to both sets of rooms.

Hearing the timer go off on her phone, Zoe raced to the bathroom to see what the white stick had to say about her future. A smile crossed her face as she looked at the results, she looked up at her reflection in the mirror to see her glowing reflection staring back at her, she dropped the test onto the counter top her hands lifting her shirt up to rest on her stomach. Excitement shot through her body at confirming what she had started to suspect not even 20 minutes earlier. She didn't have time to think about Wade's reaction if they were ready to add a child into their lives. She was happy that she was with child; she wasn't even worried about Wade's reaction when she told him.

"Where are the kids?" Zoe asked, sitting on the little balcony looking over the resort. Wade dropped a kiss to her lips as he walked past her, dropping himself into the chair next to him. "I thought I told you not to lose my babies," she told him not able to keep the smile off her face as she tried to be stern with him.

"With this nanny for the next few hours, a play group of sorts for their age, I figured we could use a few minutes to ourselves. Are you feeling any better?" Wade asked, bringing her hand to his lips before placing it in his lap, curling both his hands around her hand.

"Much," she told him, moving her gaze to him. "This sickness, it's going to continue and there isn't really much we can do to stop it, Wade," she told him, drinking in his confused look for a second before a smile split his face into two.

"You mean it?" He asked happiness shining brighter in his eyes than the sun above them in the clear blue sky. It had taken a moment to sink in, but putting together how she's been the last few days it clicked in his head and there wasn't any other kind of sickness he knew about that would make her glow and be all giddy.

"Mean what?" Zoe asked in a playfully manner. He said nothing his eyes moving to her stomach, he got out of the chair dropping his knees in front of Zoe, his hands going to her stomach.

"I'm going to be a father, again?" He asked, looking up at her. Zoe smiled nodding her head. Wade's smile grew wider as he moved Zoe's shirt out of his way. His lips pressed against her stomach. Zoe smiled running her hands through his hair. She was relieved to know that Wade felt the same way as she had. He looked up at her with a glint in his eyes.

"What?" She giggled, lightly pulling her bottom lip between her teeth.

"We need to celebrate," he smirked, getting to his feet. Zoe took his hand in hers and let him lead her over to the bed where they celebrated bringing themselves closer than ever.

They were dressed ready for a late lunch cuddled on the couch, Wade's hand resting on her flat stomach, a look of pure joy in his eyes. Zoe rested her hand over his. That's how they were sitting when the kids burst into the room going on and on about what they had done with the other kids. Wade and Zoe smiled listening to the stories as they got up and made their way to a little place to have some lunch and decide on what they wanted to do for the rest of the day.

The water park had won out. Wade looked at the waterslides and looked at Zoe shaking his head. Zoe laughed rolling her eyes telling him that it was fine and that she was going to take it easy lying in the sun for a bit anyways. Wade once again shook his head. "Make sure you lay in the shade," he said pressing his lips against hers. Zoe smiled into the kiss, pulling away.

"I will," she remarked, taking the things the kids wouldn't need as they went on ahead of Wade. They decided to hold off on telling the kids that they would be getting a little sibling until they were certain for sure and they weren't sure how the kids were going to take the news so holding off on telling them until they were home sounded like the best idea to them, they didn't want to ruin this family vacation.

The days they had spent in Atlantis when Zoe wasn't forced to bringing everything up she had eaten, they had fun and explored everything they had wanted to do. Braxton was able to feed the stingrays and see the sharks close up. Ariel had been able to play and swim with the dolphins, but most importantly they had fun and they didn't want to return home to where school was waiting them. They did however want to return home to see their families they had missed their Grandpa Earl, Grandpa Harley, Grandma Jackie and even Norma, she was a grandma to them. They really couldn't wait to see Uncle Jesse either.

Their plane ride home was spent in chatter on all the things they had done and wanting to go back to do. Talk had quickly turned into what they were going to do once they got home. After that the kids had zoned out leaving Wade and Zoe to talk about how they planned on breaking the news of her pregnancy first to their kids then to their family and slowly the rest of the town was going to find out, but they weren't worried about telling the whole town just the friends that they had grown close to, the ones that really mattered.

The car ride from the airport in Mobile to Bluebell was spent in silence as the kids watched the world in front of them pass by them, their smiles growing bigger the closer they got to Bluebell. Wade had to agree that it was good to be home. He had fun the past week with his family but being home and getting back to work to provide for his family and soon to be the newest member he couldn't wait.

Pulling up to their house he was half expecting to see the town out front ready to bombard them with questions, but their front yard was empty. Walking inside he was relieved to see that the place was empty and the way they had left it. Tomorrow he decided he would make a stop at the post office to get their mail, but until then he wanted nothing more than to climb into bed and cuddle with his pregnant wife, traveling took a lot out of a guy, took even more out of a pregnant woman.

"We're going to go see everybody," Braxton called running down the stairs. Wade was going to mention they needed to unpack first but like the mail unpacking could wait.

"Okay, just be home before dinner time," Wade told them, bringing in the last of the luggage.

"We will," Ariel answered running out the door after Braxton. Wade shook his head, shutting the door. Leaving the luggage by the door, Wade walked through the house to the bedroom to see Zoe sound asleep in the middle of the bed. It didn't take him very long to discard his clothing down to his boxers walking the short distance from the bedroom door to the bed, where he joined his wife, his hands resting on her stomach to protect his unborn child.