Random idea, once again. I was going to have them younger but I went against that. I will have flashbacks of their childhood throughout the story. I wasn't going to post this yet, but what the hell? I hope you guys like it.

Zoe finished her chores for the night and headed up to her room. Her parents were out for the night, leaving her the house to herself. It wasn't as if she could have a party. They were only going to be gone for a couple of hours. Zoe had went out and spent some time with her friends. When she returned home she had to finish her chores before bed.

Zoe had born and raised in Bluebell, Alabama. She loved the centric little town. All the events. Candice had to make a huge choice in her life. She wanted her daughter to have her father in her life. Not one pretending but her real father. It was a hard choice but finally love had rung supreme in the end.

"Is he at it again?" Zoe asked pushing her window open. Wade climbed off the tree brunch shutting the window behind him.

"All day, I need to be away. Again, I'll be gone before your parents wake up, Zo." It wasn't nothing new for Wade to climb through her window in the middle of the night. He had been doing it for the last 6 years now. Every morning he would be gone before anyone woke. On occasion he had remained sleeping in her bed, the nights that her parents were out of town.

"No need, they know and they don't mind, at least I don't think so," Zoe told him climbing back into her bed. "They haven't exactly told me how they feel about it, but they can't stop me from letting you crash the night." Wade sat on the bed to take his shoes and socks off. He tossed his shirt on the floor. He got up to let his pants fall to the floor. He slipped under the covers, thankful to have a friend like Zoe.

"Thanks for this, Zo. For every night I come knocking at your window. I'll still be gone before they wake," Wade whispered. Zoe smiled cuddling into him. She wouldn't admit it to anyone but she enjoyed the nights Wade showed up at her window. It gave her a chance to have Wade all to herself without having to share.

"You're welcome, Wade. But you don't have to thank me, we're friends and I'm going to be here for you, always." Wade smiled kissing the top of her head as they snuggled together drifting off to sleep.

It was nothing new for the best friends to share a bed. In every aspect of the word friend, Zoe had always been there for him. They grew up together. They had first met when his mom brought him in for a check up at the age of 2, ever since they had been each other's security blanket. They had shared a lot of firsts together. At the age of 12 they shared their first kiss. They had came to the conclusion that it would be best if they shared something like that together. For the first few seconds it felt awkward, but once they stopped thinking they were kissing their best friend, things had got more intense than they would have liked at the age. They didn't do anything more than make out, but the feelings behind the kiss were something they both wanted to ignore.

Zoe had a few relationships but they never lasted longer than 6 months, they always made Zoe choose between them and Wade. She hated being forced to choose. Wade was her best friend and she wasn't going to put any guy above him. If they were going to date her, they needed to understand that Wade was her best friend and it would stay that way. Wade didn't exactly date, he'd have fun with a few girls every now and again, but he wouldn't cross a certain line. He wouldn't have sex with them. They'd do dinner and a movie or something, make-out a little but that was all.

Zoe had been there for Wade when his mom had passed away. Zoe wouldn't leave his side unless she was forced to do so. That's when he started to climb through her bedroom window. He needed the comfort. Zoe never asked questions. He would always tell her when he was ready to. He was always gone when she woke in the morning. The first few times she had thought it was a dream but soon enough she knew it was true. Wade had never said that he was going to stop climbing through her window, he couldn't do that. He needed the escape from his drunken father, but he needed the comfort he got from Zoe, more.

"Zoe, you asleep?" Wade asked staring off into the dark.

"No, why?" Zoe asked keeping her head on his chest.

"No reason, really," Wade replied.

"Wade," Zoe said turning to sit up slightly. It was hard to make his face out to see what emotions were going through his eyes. "Talk to me, please?"

"Do you ever wonder what else is out there?" He asked after a few minutes of silence.

"All the time, but Bluebell is home, I can't imagine living anywhere else."

"I suppose. But don't you wanna travel the states. See if somewhere else seems more like home than it does here?"

"I guess, where's all this coming from?" She was starting to get scared that he was going to leave, just like Jesse had done. She wasn't good friends with Jesse, but she saw what it had done to Wade. It had tore him apart.

"The fact I have my life wrote for me. I'm stuck here to take care of my dad. He needs someone."

"Wade, just because he needs someone doesn't mean you can't live your life. Go have that big adventure you want. See the states. Don't worry about your dad," Zoe told him seriously. She didn't want him to feel like he was stuck here because of his father.

"You'd come with right? We've talked about road trips before. After we graduate high school."

"Of course I'd come with you, I couldn't have you out there alone. But we have plenty of time to figure it out, we're only Sophomore's." She really would feel better going with Wade than staying home, to worry about him.

"Yeah, but we have to plan and save money for it. This isn't some little thing, Zo."

"I know it's not and we'll be fine and everything will work out. We'll go on this road trip after more planning is done and when we come back to Bluebell, you'll see that everything you ever need in life is right here."

"Maybe," Wade replied. "It's late, you should get some sleep."

"Everything is fine and you have nothing else to talk about?" Zoe asked sliding back down the bed.

"I'm fine, Zo," Wade told her with a yawn. Zoe let it go. She could never force Wade to talk to her. All she could do was wait for him to come to her. "Night."

"Night, Wade," Zoe replied. As many times as she had been there for him. Wade always had her back. He would drop anything and everything for her. The second she needed him, he was there. They both owed each other so much. All they could do to pay the other back was stick by the others side through everything else that was to come their way.