I'm happy that you all have been enjoying the quick updates over the last week, but sadly after this update I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to post again. Tomorrow is the last day of school so starting Wednesday instead of one kid to watch I'll have three and it's going to be a bit harder to write and focus, but I do promise that I won't keep you waiting long. Enjoy!
Two weeks later found Zoe with a day off, she had convinced the whole town to help her out with a little surprise for Wade and they had kept their promise on not telling Wade what it was. Jackie had Eliza, she couldn't pass up a moment to help when Zoe had explained things to her, she knew just how much you needed to make time for each other and how hard it could be at times. They had days off together and when they would make plans to do something one of them had to go into work and the rest of the time they were sharing a kiss at the door as one would be coming home and the other one was heading out to work and Zoe had enough and came up with a plan.
She had still felt bad that she had been so busy with work and the kids that doing anything nice for Wade had been pushed away. She was part of their marriage and she couldn't leave it up to Wade to do everything, she could plan a perfect date that Wade would love, he had been picking things that she would like and it was time to turn the table in favor of Wade.
"What are you doing here?" Wade asked looking up from where he was wiping some table downs. He knew how ridiculous the question sounded once he had said it. She often came into the Rammer Jammer just not so early in the day.
"Can't I come in and see my husband for no reason?" She questioned with a smile, kissing his cheek lightly.
"Don't you always?" He asked with a smirk. "I just thought that you were going to be busy with our youngest one today, speaking of which where is she?"
"Your mom has her; do you know hard it is to keep her away from Eliza?" She asked with a small laugh.
"You were told that when you first met her that she always wanted a daughter, she loves Ariel like her own but there's just something special about Eliza," Wade told her.
"I know and I don't mind, it's nice to be able to clean the house without working around Eliza," Zoe told him softly. "Think you can get away now?" She asked hiding her smirk.
"I don't know," he sighed. He wanted to go off with Zoe but he couldn't just leave work no matter how much he wanted to do such a thing. The place wasn't that busy and he figured it won't hurt for an hour but he couldn't stay out later than that.
"We got everything covered here," Wanda told him. "Now go enjoy the day with your wife and we'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning." He went to protest but with one look from the redhead; Wade smiled and walked out of the Rammer Jammer with his wife.
"What are you up too?" Wade asked, his arm going around her shoulders to pull her close to his side as they walked.
"I'm not up to anything," Zoe replied, her arms wrapping around his waist.
"Let's see here, you pulled me from work, Eliza is with her grandmother, something that doesn't happen when you have the day off, you have this little smile that wants to come out that tells me other wise, so again I ask what are you up too, Zo?" He asked giving her arm a gentle squeeze.
"For you to find out when we get there, but until then don't ask again because I won't say a word," she smirked at him.
"You do know that it's not going to bug me as much as it bugs you right?" He asked with a chuckle, lightly kissing the top of her head. She pouted making Wade laugh even more. "I can always pretend if that makes it better," he suggested quietly.
"Thanks for offering but you don't have to do that," she assured him. "Just get into the car," she told him, when they had made it back home.
"Out of curiosity how long have you had this planned?" He asked getting into the car. It felt weird not to be the one behind the wheel. Whenever they went somewhere that involved taking the car he was the one to drive, so to be on the passenger side of the car had him feeling like he was out of place.
"A week at the most," she told him, getting in behind the wheel. She could've had Wade drive and tell him where they were going without giving anything away but she really didn't mind driving and today was about making the day about Wade since he made most days about her. The second she had seen the event being advertised she knew that Wade would like it, but it wasn't until a week ago that she had started to plan things because when she first saw it a month ago she didn't know how hectic their schedules were going to be.
"That makes me feel very special and loved," he told her with a smile, reaching over to place his hand on her knee, without needing his hands on the steering wheel he was lost on what he should be doing with his hands. "Would you mind if I drive on the way home?" He asked then.
"Do you really feel that weird and awkward over there?" She asked with a laugh.
"You could say that," he mumbled. "It's very rare for me not to be in the drivers seat when I'm in a vehicle, I feel weird sitting over here."
"The driver's seat is all yours on the way home," she told him with a smile. "I was thinking that we could take a summer trip this year after the kids come back from summer camp," she informed him. It was the kids last week of school and then they would be headed off to summer camp like they wanted to go to once again.
"I think that's a good idea, we'll have to discuss things with the kids and figure out the one place we can all agree on that isn't going to make us go broke." Zoe nodded her head in agreement.
They had made small talk the rest of the way to Fairhope. Zoe had parked the car a few blocks from where they would be spending their afternoon, first she was treating him to lunch at a little retro style diner that had just opened up three months before hand and Wade had wanted to come check it out, she figured it would be the perfect place to stop at.
"Are you trying to spoil me?" Wade asked with a small smirk, pulling the diner door open and holding it for Zoe to enter first.
"That is the plan," she responded, taking his hand in hers, smiling at him.
"I think I'm okay with that," he replied, leaning down to let his lips slid against hers in a brief kiss.
They sat at a booth rather than at a table or the counter. They sat across from each other, their feet playing underneath the table. They took their sweet time talking about work, the town, their kids and everything else that came to mind, nothing was off limits. Laughs were on short supply as they sat there enjoying their afternoon date.
"What else do you have planned for the day?" Wade asked, holding the door open for his wife once more as they walked out of the cool air-conditioned diner into the hot afternoon sun. He knew better than to protest Zoe on buying their food, he didn't want to start a fight with her after she had went through so much trouble to get today worked out for them. After all it was their money and he had no problem with Zoe buying lunch for them.
"Just one final stop, but it's going to take us hours because I really don't think that I'm going to be getting you out of there until we're the only people left," she told him, lacing her fingers with his, pulling him along to the next thing that she had planned.
Wade went to question her on what she was talking about until he saw the sign for the car show. A grin took over his face. It was something he wanted to come too, the last time he had gone to a car show was before he was with Zoe when he had taken Braxton for some father/son bonding time. He had always planned on coming back but he never had the time to do such a thing. "You really put a lot of thought into this didn't you?" He asked his wife, his eyes scanning over what car he wanted to start with.
"Very little thought went into this," she told him. "I just know my husband," she added on not liking the way the first part had sounded when she said it out loud. "A lot of work went into making this day happen, the whole town knows."
"Why the whole town?" He asked bewildered on that one little fact.
"You know those people. I needed your mom to watch Eliza since everyone else had to work. I needed Brick and my dad to let me have the day off and I need the people you worked with okay with letting you leave today and that was more trouble than it should have been, I swear everyone needs a favor," she sighed shaking her head. "Just know that I love you and the next time I want to get you out of work, I'm calling in with a fake problem," she informed him, it would be easier that way. Wade laughed, pulling her in for a hard but yet a very tender kiss rolled into one. Zoe smiled, gently pushing him to go on.
"That might be the better option of the two," he stated, pulling her behind him.
She only shook her head, letting her husband pull her off. She didn't know anything about the cars other than some looked pretty and some were just plain ugly, not that she would say that out loud. She didn't say much when Wade would stop by a car and drool over it. She would be polite and nodded her head with whatever Wade was going on about. More than once they had stood talking to the owners of each car.
"Thank you for today, even though you didn't have to do it," Wade told his wife on the drive back to Bluebell in the dark.
"You're welcome and I did," she told him, resting her hand on his knee. "You do so much to make me happy and plan dates that I'm going to like, at the very least I can plan a date where we do something you like and seeing you geek out over the cars, it was rather cute," she told him with a smile.
"It was nice to do something that wasn't girly," he smirked, wrapping his fingers around hers on his lap. He'd keep doing the girly dates for his wife, because he loves making her smile and surprising her.
"Don't get too use it," she warned with a smirk. She'd have to find something else to do for him at a later date, because she really enjoyed watching him turn into a little boy around the cars and get so excited over something that didn't relate to family.
"I'll be able to persuade you later tonight," he smirked, bringing their joined hands up to his lips, his teeth lightly grazing over the back of her hand.
"Persuade away," she giggled.
The last of the car ride home was filled with flirting as they teased each other on what they were going to do. Wade was going to head over to his parents house tomorrow morning when he got up to get Eliza, time had been lost on him as he went from one car to another and he didn't want to disturb his youngest daughter. Since it was a Friday night, Braxton and Ariel were going to be spending the nights at friend's houses since they were no longer grounded, so for the first time since in a long time they were going to have the house to themselves. Or so they thought.
"What's going on?" Wade asked seeing Sheriff Bill pull in before they even had the front door unlocked. Walking to the squad car he could see his two oldest kids in the backseat. "What did they do?" He asked a hint of disappoint in his kids seeping out. Some of things he had done when he was younger flashed before his eyes and he didn't like it one bit that they could've done any of those things.