Girl Crush
A Nashville Fan-Fiction by imtaylorrrrr
Disclaimer: All Characters except Natalie Sheppard are property of ABC's Nashville. This fan fiction is for entertainment purposes only.
Rayna had always been in love with Deacon since the day she laid eyes on him, but things had changed rapidly over the course of a year. Luke and Rayna had just gotten engaged and Deacon was trying to move on with his life and spending quality time with his daughter, Maddie. That's all that mattered right now, was gaining back all the time lost.
"Dad, go after her" Maddie exclaimed in the middle of their guitar lesson. This wasn't the first time Maddie had decided to throw a tantrum about the situation.
"It's not that easy honey" he reassured her as he went to show her a new cord
"It's easy, your just not trying hard enough" as she moved his hand from the guitar
"She's in love with Luke, I can't compete with that. Not like I used to be able to" he said looking at her "So drop it" he gave her a stern look and she knew to drop it. Though she would reevaluate the conversation at a later time.
After their lesson, Deacon drove to Highway 65's office to drop Maddie off before leaving to head to the Bluebird for his weekly show. He was ready to showcase some new material and the crowd was always receptive of it.
He opened up the back door of his truck and grabbed out his guitar case. He turned around to a cute blonde behind him.
"Hey your Deacon, I'm Natalie." She said with a bright smile as she held out her hand in a welcoming manner.
"I've been watching you the past couple weeks, your songs are moving. Which is part of the reason why I decided to showcase a couple of my own originals tonight" She added
He couldn't help but smile at her, "Well it's a pleasure Natalie I can't wait to hear em" he said as they walked in together.
"Plus it doesn't help that I've been listening to you and Rayna for years. Y'all were an amazing duo, I'm sorry to hear about her and Luke…. He's definitely not the type of person I could see her making a life with"
He winced a little bit when she began to talk about Rayna, "Well I'm just trying to move on from that part of my life, She gave me my daughter Maddie but at this point, I love her but she's made her decision" he managed to say before looking at her "So I write songs to get over the heartache" She shook her head and gave him an encouraging smile "well your not the only one who is trying to get over heartache"
"Yeah? What's your story?" he managed to ask before thinking on what he said, "that's if you don't mind me asking," he reiterated.
"Well long story short, my ex and I were engaged, I was pregnant and then I found out that he was cheating on me with his best friend from college. I was so upset about it that I got real sick and I lost the baby. Now he's married and starting a family with her" she said as she took her guitar from the case and began tuning it
"Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. That's gotta be tough" he said as he too began tuning his guitar "Yeah, it's not a very pretty part of my life" she said managing to give him a brief smile.
"Well I can't wait to hear your stuff" Deacon said smiling back as they continued to do their own thing in preparation for the night ahead.
Natalie walked up to the front of the round in front of a packed crowd and sat down in the chair before picking up her guitar. She smiled as she introduced herself this was her Bluebird debut.
"Hey guys, I'm Natalie Sheppard and I made the crazy decision to play a couple songs for you tonight. Out of the kindness of their heart the Bluebird owners agreed for me to open up for the one and only Deacon Claybourne. Which is an honor in itself. Give a hand for Deacon" she smiled towards him before moving to the mic again "His music not only inspired me to put words to how I was feeling but I'm sure he's done the same for many other musicians out there" she added "Well here's 'A War is Raging'" Her fingers slowly pulling at the strings on her guitar
A war is raging in my soul
I can't seem to let you go
You're the one who made me whole
But to you it was the final blow
You broke it off with little word
It's almost like they were slurred
A war was raging in your soul
But you decided to let me go
Life will go on, but I'm still here
Drinking my life away in this beer
Because everything around me
Smells like you
Sometimes I wish our love were new
A war is raging in my soul
And by now I need to let you go
She ended the song and everyone applauded her, she nodded and smiled before letting Deacon come up and take over and do his own thing.
Natalie began to pack up her things as she heard Deacon come up behind her and hand her a beer,
"You did great tonight, definitely could feel the pain your hiding" he said as he sat down and sipped on his water.
She looked at him and smiled "Yeah, beer is the only thing that keeps me grounded" she said sitting down next to him "and it looks like water keeps you grounded"
He laughed and looked at her "yeah nowadays it's water, or juice" before looking down at his glass. He contemplated the next question but took a leap. "Do you want to get out of here?" he managed to ask without hesitation
"yeah…"she said softly as she took a big swig of her beer before standing up and taking her guitar case and he picked up his own and they walked out and got into his truck.
As they were getting in the truck, Rayna's SUV came pulling in but Deacon didn't notice. But Rayna on the other hand did. She watched as they pulled out of the parking lot and watched as they turned in the direction of his house. She turned off the SUV and sighed as she leaned forward causing her forhead to hit the steering wheel. "I called off the wedding with Luke" she whispered to herself wishing she were telling Deacon instead of herself.
Deacon and Natalie pulled into Deacon's driveway, as Natalie smiled and looked over at Deacon. "You brought me to a house?" she said
"My house" he said smiling over at her, "That's if you want to come in with me," he added
"That would be nice," she whispered before reaching for the handle to open the door. He turned off the truck and moved to the passenger door and took her hand and walked up and into the house. "Would you like something to drink?" he asked
"I'm Good," she said looking around his house as she examined all the music memorabilia attached to the walls. "You have some great taste in music," she said pointing at a couple of vinyl's that were showcased in glass frames. "Thanks, I've been collecting them since I was in high school" she said walking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her.
"What are you doing?" she asked as she smiled melting into his arms "We just met each other" she managed to say before her own arms moved across his.
"I just miss holding someone, I thought maybe we could hold each other," he whispered into her ear before closing his eyes
"Corny, Deacon just corny" she giggled before relaxing a bit "but I have to admit it sounds tempting"
Rayna pulled out of the bluebird and drove back home. She can't believe Deacon left with a girl but then again he could get anybody he wanted. I mean he was Freakin' Deacon Claybourne. He had the good looks, the hair, the eyes and his music put all those to shame.
She walked in the door and sat down her keys before heading up to her music room, locking herself in there as she began to work on a new song.
I got a girl crush
Hate to admit it but,
I got a hard rush
It's slowing down
I got it real bad
Want everything she has
That smile and that midnight laugh
She's giving you now
The ACMs were approaching fast and she had to perform a new song, and this had to be it. She knew Deacon would be watching, plus by then he would know that she called off the wedding with Luke. The only thing standing in her way now was the blonde she watched him walk out and go home with at the Bluebird Café. This would be her next big hit and hopefully a message to Deacon that "He is the one"
Natalie Sheppard's song "A War is Raging" is a song, I'm currently in the progress of writing myself. Girl Crush sang by Rayna is Little Big Town's. Let me know what y'all think about it and please feel free to REVIEW :)