A/N: Some more dialogue-only snippets. Missing conversations from season 1.


1.

"Deacon, it's 3 am, you're alright?"

"Yeah."

"Why are you whispering?"

"I'm in the bathroom."

"You're calling from the bathroom?"

"No, I mean—"

"Oh, there's someone you don't want to wake up."

"Ray, I—"

"Let's forget I asked. You're sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, it's just... You remember Carmen Gonzalez?"

"Mhm."

"She's on the tour, writing an article for Tremolo. We've been talking about the past, about Vince. And... I don't know. It's just this whole tour. Cy's a complete ass. I don't know."

"I only leave in a few days, I can fly wherever you want and we'll talk."

"No, Ray, I'm fine."

"Deacon—"

"I'm fine, really. Scarlett is coming to see the show in Austin next week. I'll be alright."

"You're sure?"

"Yeah, I just... I needed to hear your voice."

"Let's talk some more then."


2.

"You've ruined it for me, Deacon."

"Rayna?"

"Doesn't my name come up on your screen when I call you?"

"Yeah, but—"

"You've ruined it for me, Deacon."

"I got that the first time around."

"No one is ever going to be good enough."

"I—"

"I have a tour starting tomorrow, and a second guitar player just quit."

"You still haven't found a guitar player?"

"No, they were all off doing their own thing, they didn't seem to have any interest in what we're doing here."

"Why don't you ask Liam?"

"Liam?"

"Just for a few shows. He's on the road with you anyway, right?"

"To record, not to play."

"Asking won't hurt."

"I guess I can try."

"You do that."

"I'll do that."

"Oh, and Rayna?"

"Yeah?"

"You've ruined it for me too."


3.

"Happy birthday."

"One minute after midnight. Right on time, as usual."

"Let's not change that."

"You're a creature of habits, Rayna Jaymes."

"Says the guy who watches the same movie every single year."

"Touché."

"You, Deacon, you're a paradox. You're one of the rare people I know who couldn't care less about age and yet, you don't want to celebrate your birthdays."

"I don't like parties."

"Mhm."

"You're alright, Ray?"

"Me?"

"All this crap with the press."

"Can't do much about it. Gonna let it go away. Well, I guess I'll hang up now and let you get back to sleep."

"Thanks, Ray."

"Same time next year."


4.

"What do you know about puppies?"

"Deacon?"

"Doesn't my name come up on your screen when I call you?"

"Smart ass."

"He won't stop whining, he's running everywhere, and he won't sleep. I don't know what's wrong with him."

"Who?"

"The puppy I got for my birthday."

"Someone gave you a puppy? Who does that kind of thing?"

"Juliette Barnes."

"Of course. What made you think I would know anything about puppies?"

"You've got kids."

"You didn't just say that."

"I sang him every damn song I know."

"Juliette's songs too? Because then we've found what's wrong with him."

"Hilarious."

"You should call a vet."

"They don't open until 7."

"Then I guess you're in for another half-hour of Boys & Buses and Love Like Mine."


5.

"Hey."

"Hey, I'm just calling to check on Maddie, see if she got back from the hospital alright."

"She's fine. Thanks again, Deacon, I'm so glad you were there."

"I can't tell you how scared I got when I saw that shelf collapse. I can only imagine what you, parents, go through on a daily basis."

"Mhm."

"Ray, you're still there?"

"Yeah, sorry. You know, I gave her my old guitar, the one I got from Mom."

"You gave her Holly?"

"I forgot you'd named that guitar."

"Poor Holly is a survivor. I'll never know how she's still among us today."

"Shut up."

"In all seriousness, though, it's great."

"Maddie is gonna need an outlet for all she's going through, and I thought she could channel that through her music."

"I have a feeling Holly isn't done writing beautiful songs."


6.

"Scarlett sent me check if you were a stalker."

"Sorry, I was on the phone with Buck when I parked and then the conversation lasted longer than expected. Scarlett is there?"

"I invited her over for dinner since I thought you and I had planned to see each other later tonight?"

"That's what we had planned."

"Couldn't wait?"

"Maybe."

"Come on, get out of this car. You're hungry?"

"Did you cook or did you order?"

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that."


7.

"What about Liam?"

"What about him?"

"You're the one who started this little tell-all game, baby."

"If it's my game, don't I get to make the rules?"

"Nope."

"We got out, we danced, I got drunk, then we came back to his room and... I spent the rest of the night sobbing all over his bathroom floor."

"Seriously?"

"It wasn't pretty."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why were you sobbing all over his bathroom floor?"

"It was the night before I had to go back home and announce the divorce to the girls."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry."

"Thank you."

"Also, I'm sorry I was... an asshole, the next day."

"It's okay."

"Isn't that when you're supposed to say no, Deacon, you weren't that much of an asshole?"

"Only the truth, babe, those are the rules."


8.

"Did you ever get my text?"

"Which text?"

"That night, in Chicago."

"Which night?"

"Do you kiss so many women in elevators that you don't remember?"

"I got the text."

"And you decided not to come up?"

"Teddy was knocking on your door when I arrived."

"Oh."

"Why didn't you send me a second text to warn me Teddy was there?"

"I guess I didn't react quick enough."

"What if I'd knocked when he was there?"

"What if he'd never come?"

"I guess we'll never know."

"I think we do."