So I love the Rayna/Juliette pairing, and I'm surprised that I can't find any fics about the pairing. So I figured I'd have a shot at writing one myself. If you haven't seen Nashville 2x13, this contains spoilers.

Slight AU, no Luke/Rayna and no Juliette/Avery. Ever since 1x07 Rayna and Juliette have been really close, but only the Daphne and Maddie know this, everyone thinks they still hate each other because of how much they still argue.

As she walked down the hall, it was so quiet all you could hear were her footsteps. All eyes where on her, it was her own fault of course, but that didn't stop her from wanting to crawl in to a hole. She's just gone against her label, sung a song in retaliation against all the people that were hatin' on her, which would probably cause more hate, and all she wanted to do was cry. She wouldn't change her choice though, Maddie was a smart girl, and if Maddie believed in her, she would too.

Just after she finished that thought she heard two of her favourite voices calling her name, "Juliette!". She turned around only to almost be knocked over by two bodies that ploughed into her. "Hey guys", she laughed. She kissed the top of Maddie's head and let her go before bending down and picking up Daphne, hoisting her over her shoulder, getting a scream out of the girl. "Oh calm down, I won't drop ya, that only happened once", she chuckled before turning around and following Maddie to her own dressing room.

She didn't notice the shocked looks on everyone's face as she walked thought the hallway, after all her bad publicity, they didn't think Juliette could be so nice. No one noticed the shady looking guy with a hidden camera that recorded the whole thing.

Entering her dressing room she was met with Emily, Glenn, Avery, Luke and Deacon who were all waiting for her. She playfully flung the squealing girl on the couch and kissed her forehead before going to Glenn to give him a hug. She needed it, and he was the closest thing she had to a father. "Good Song", he whispered in her ear, "I'm proud of you".

She let go and hugged everyone else in the room. She heard the door open and close, turnin' round she locked eyes with Rayna."Well that weren't very smart, but it sure was brave." She smiled, sitting on the couch next to her girls. "Good for you". Juliette opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by her door being slammed open with force.

"From day one I have ALWAYS had your best interests at heart, but you have fought me." Jeff's raised voice, which was only getting louder, had caught the attention of most of the people in the hall, including the guy with a hidden camera who was filming everything. "I said to myself 'hey, she's and a artists, it's all part of her process'. But NOW I know the truth. You're just plain STUPID. I told you to GROVEL, not put me in an even worse situation. You're NOTHING. You're trailer trash. Worthless. We're dropping you. As of THIS moment, you are NO longer and Edge hill artist!"

Whilst he was screaming at Juliette, Rayna has stood and placed herself protectively beside her. She knew Juliette was hurt by the speech, she could see her shaking slightly, fists clenched with tears in her eyes. Maddie and Daphne had also come to Juliette's aid hating the fact that everyone was being so horrible. Maddie put a hand on Juliette's arm, and Daphne stood in front of her, grabbing her hands and wrapping them round her shoulder.

Everyone was shocked. No one could even speak. This guy who was suppose to be supporting his artist, was tearing her apart. If that hadn't shocked them, the fact that Rayna's girls had barely flinch and stood protectively by Juliette while the guy screamed, most definitely had. The guy with the hidden camera knew he was getting gold.

This made the corners of Juliette's mouth twitch upward slightly. With her new found courage from this display of support she responded as calmly as she could. "Just for the record. Just plain stupid is losing two of your top grossing artists in less than six months on the job. Not to mention pinning all your hopes and dreams on a karaoke singer who came in second place at a talent show." Jeff looked pissed, which caused Juliette to finish with the most devilish smirk on her face. "I may have just burned the house down. But I made damn sure you were in it when I lit the match."

With a grunt Jeff turned around and stormed out, shoving through the people that where crowded at the door. Juliette kissed the top of Daphne's head before tapping her shoulder asking her to move, which she did. Turning to face Rayna, she received a kiss on the forehead before being pulled into a hug. Wrapping her arms around her waist Juliette tucked her face into the woman's neck and let her tears fall.

This caused people to start blinking, all of them even more shocked by the display. After a minute the girls joined the hug. When Juliette calmed, she kissed Rayna's neck gently in thanks, not missing the fact that it caused the woman's breath to hitch.

They all separated, most of the people by the door had cleared. Wiping her eyes she let out a deep breath. "Well, I don't know 'bout y'all but I need some ice cream" she said, pulling a chuckle out everybody instantly easing whatever tension that was still in the room.

Daphne, who was dancing with excitement, grabbed Juliette's hand and promptly pulled her from the room, leaving everyone else laughing, and left to follow.

I hope that was okay. I have no idea were I'm really going with this, but I do plan to hopefully write more. Let me know what you think, I'd really appriciate it :D