Well this is it. The final chapter to Zoe and Wade's Awkward Journey. I want to thank everyone who reviewed every chapter for your support the whole way. Everyone else who reviewed once in awhile I appreciated every single review. You guys are so awesome. I hope you like the final chapter :)
"Merry Christmas Eve, Lavon" Zoe said bringing in a stack of gifts to his living room and placing them under the Christmas tree.
"Merry Christmas Eve Zoe. Have you seen AB?"
"Not today, where is she supposed to be?"
"Not here" he said while pulling out a gift from his desk drawer "I have to put the finishing touches on her gift and I don't want to her to come in."
"Want me to stand guard?" she laughed
"Nah, just one more bow and done." he smiled tying the bow
"What did you get her?" she asked and Lavon just looked at her. "I can keep a secret."
"Debatable" he chuckled placing the gift under the tree
"Whatever. Have you seen Wade?"
"Yeah, he's at home. Why?"
"Well I saw a piece of molding coming apart from the wall and I went to investigate. Turns out, pulling on it makes it worse."
Lavon just rolled his eyes "You always have to make a mess don't ya?"
"I guess" she laughed and left the house. She walked over to Wade's and knocked on his door.
"What can I do for ya Doc?" he asked with a grin
"Uh well I might have maybe made a little bit of a mess at my place with one of the pieces of molding. Can you come put it back on?"
"What did you do?"
"I might have pulled on it a little bit and it ripped from the wall." she said wincing and turning her head waiting for the worst
Wade just laughed "Let me grab some nails and my hammer and I'll be right over."
She breathed a sigh of relief "Thanks. Oh and Merry Christmas Eve." she smiled
He smiled back "Yeah, Merry Christmas Eve Doc."
Zoe turned and walked back to her place and waited for Wade. She tried to clean up most of the mess of dirt and dust she made when pulling the molding from the wall. She was on her hands and knees when Wade walked in.
"Nice" he joked staring at her butt
Zoe quickly stood up "Shut up" she laughed turning a slight shade of red
"Gee Zoe, did you rip the whole wall off?" he asked examining the damage
"No, just that piece and It might and have dragged some wall with it." she pointed to the piece of wall while she sat down on her bed.
Wade shook his head and squatted town in front of the wall. He leaned forward a bit and his shirt pulled away from his jeans showing a small portion of his back. Zoe couldn't help but stare.
"Damn" she thought "Why did I say we had to be friends for a while before we could start a relationship. I forgave him when I came back, I even trust him again now. I think he deserves that second chance now. We almost had sex the other night. Damn Lemon, she's right the poor guy hasn't been with anyone in 7 months. He always said lack of sex made him have trouble sleeping. If he's not sleeping then he's not functioning well enough at work. If he's not 100% alert at work he could get hurt, he does carry large boxes. As his doctor I would recommend he get more sleep, for health reasons of course."
"All done Trouble" he laughed standing up and breaking Zoe of her trance
"Uh, oh thank you" she smiled processing what he called her "Hey" she laughed
Wade smirked "No problem. I'll get going. Will I see you tonight?"
"At Lavon's? Yeah, I'll be there."
"See ya then" he smiled and left her house
That night after the tree lighting in town square Zoe was getting ready for dinner with Lavon, Annabeth and Wade. She was standing in her closet trying to decide on what to wear when she heard a knock on the door. She tightened the robe around herself and walked to the door. Annabeth was standing on her porch holding three dresses in her hand.
"Hey AB, can't decide what to wear? Zoe smiled opening the door for her
"How'd ya guess" she laughed walking into the bedroom
"Because I'm having the same issue" she pointed to the four dresses she had hanging on her dresser
"You trying to impress someone?" Annabeth asked starring at he dresses
"No" she answered very unconvincingly
"Zoe Hart are you finally ready to give Wade another try?" Zoe turned around quickly trying to hide the shade of red her cheeks were turning. "You are. This is so exciting and you chose Christmas again. This is going to be a perfect night."
"Ok relax. I only thought about it a couple hours ago. I'm not even one hundred percent sure I'm going to go through with whatever plan I come up with before the night is over."
"What happened to change your mind?"
"Besides us almost having sex the other night and the other random incidents the past couple months?" she started to continue
"Hold the phone, freeze, stop right there. You two almost had sex the other night?" she squealed
Zoe smiled and nodded her head "After the party when he walked me home, I kissed him, he shoved me up against the wall, it went way too far. Shirts were flying every which way, but he stopped it. Said we made to much progress to just sleep together, plus we were super drunk."
"And you are just telling me this now?"
Zoe laughed "Sorry, How does one even start that sentence. "Hey guess what, Wade and I almost had sex."
"Yes, exactly like that." Annabeth laughed
Zoe shook her head "Anyway, he came over to fix the molding over there and I was watching him fix it and my brain just went crazy. I couldn't think of any reasons keeping us apart any longer."
Annabeth was smiling listening to her friend. "He is going to be so happy."
"Thanks, make me even more nervous."
Annabeth was looking over Zoe's outfit choices and studied them all. "I think you should go with the red one. It's hot and sexy and it will drive him crazy."
"That was my first choice. Now what do you have?"
Annabeth held up her choices to Zoe. Zoe did the same thing that Annabeth just did and then pointed to one. "The blue one without a doubt. You look so good in that one."
"Yeah? Alright, thanks. Lavon is finishing up dinner, mind if I get ready here and we can go over together?"
"That will be fun"
"You can run ideas by me." she suggested
"Ideas for what?"
"Winning Wade back. I mean I'm pretty sure all you have to do is say "I'm ready" and he will agree"
Zoe laughed "That is true. I honestly haven't thought of anything."
"Well starting thinking and go get dressed" she laughed shoving Zoe out of the closet
"All right, all right" Zoe laughed
A half hour later both girls were dressed and started walking to the main house.
"Are you nervous?" Annabeth asked
"I'm not sure. I still have no plan, those ideas all sucked. I always over think everything and Wade always complained about it so I'm going with the flow and see what happens."
Annabeth nodded and smiled at her friend as they walked through the door. Wade and Lavon were sitting at the kitchen island and turned towards the door. Both their jaws hit the floor when they saw the girls.
"Annabeth, you look amazing" Lavon smiled wrapping her in a hug and giving her a kiss on the cheek. He then turned to Zoe "Big Z you look amazing as well. That dress is hot" he commented
Zoe smiled "Thanks Lavon, you look very handsome as well." she turned to Wade and smiled "So do you Wade"
Wade smiled "Thanks, you are just...Wow" was all he could come up with that was appropriate for their current friendship
"Thanks" she blushed "Is dinner ready?" she asked Lavon
"Yeah, it's staying warm in the oven but everything is ready. You ladies go sit in the dining room and we will be in with the food."
The girls smiled and went into the dining room.
"Is the Doc trying to kill me?" Wade asked grabbing a platter out of the oven
"What do ya mean?" Lavon asked
"Are you kidding me? You commented on how amazing she looks yourself. She knows how I feel about her and she comes here dressed like that. Especially after the other night."
"What happened the other night?"
"Oh, we almost slept together." He shrugged. He was trying to keep cool but he couldn't hide the smirk on his face.
"You what? Why does nobody tell Lavon Hayes anything?"
"Maybe cause Lavon Hayes makes a big deal out of everything."
Lavon thought for a moment and then smiled "You think she's going to give you your second chance tonight?"
Wade looked at him "I doubt it. It's only been 4 months. She just loves to torture me" he laughed and led Lavon into the dining room with the food.
Dinner was pretty uneventful. They made small talk and discussed plans for Christmas Day.
"What are you guys doing tomorrow?" Wade asked
"We are headed to ABs parents' house for a big family day. Which will be full of all Auburn football fans. Wish me luck" Lavon laughed
"Good luck, if you need rescuing you can call me. I will be here, watching movies on your big scream and eating your leftovers." Wade told them
"What about you Big Z?"
Zoe laughed "What would I possibly be doing? I have no family here, so like Wade, I will be in my house watching TV."
"You can come with us if you want?" Annabeth offered
"That's sweet but no thank you."
"Well there will be plenty of leftovers so feel free to come join me over here." Wade told her
"I just might do that" she smiled. Annabeth caught her eye and winked at her, Zoe gave her a "shut-up" look but couldn't help but smile a little bit.
After dinner they put away all the leftovers and cleaned up the dishes. Then they started to exchange presents. Lavon was so excited about his gift to Annabeth he handed it to her right away. Wade and Zoe watched as she opened the pink box to reveal a pink diamond heart necklace. They started kissing and talking about how much they loved each other and Zoe excused herself to use the bathroom. When she came back she was standing in the doorway to the living room and watching Lavon open his gift from Annabeth. Wade came up from behind her and stopped next to her.
"They really work huh?" he asked
Zoe looked up at him and smiled "Yeah, they do" Her eyes moved up a little further and something above Wade's head caught her eye.
Wade noticed Zoe start to smile as she looked above his head. He followed her eyes with his own and he saw what she was looking at.
"Mistletoe" she whispered
"I see" he whispered back and started to walk away uncomfortably
Zoe quickly grabbed his shirt and pulled him down to her. "It's a rule." she smiled before crashing her lips to his.
He cupped her face with one hand while his other arm wrapped around her waist pulling her closer to him. She rested one hand on his bicep and the other on his neck pulling him down to her.
"Lavon" Annabeth whispered and pointed to their friends
Lavon looked up and smiled "I knew it" he let them make out for a little longer and then cleared his throat. By that time, Wade had Zoe up against the door frame, the two pulled apart and smiled at their friends.
"Was that your plan?" Annabeth smiled as they walked back into the living room
Zoe smiled "I guess" she shrugged
"You planned this?" Wade asked
"No, well kind of. I wanted to tell you somehow that I wanted that second chance but I had no idea how. "That" she pointed to the mistletoe "was not planned. It just worked out that way" Wade smiled at her, he didn't know what to say but she did "I love you Wade"
Wade's smile grew wider "I love you too Zoe" he said and kissed her again
"Well now we know what they'll be doing tomorrow, just stay out of my house" Lavon laughed
"Shut up" Zoe laughed and leaned her head on Wade's shoulder.
He kissed the top of her head. "Merry Christmas Doc." he said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder
"Merry Christmas" she smiled and rested her hand on his knee