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Tandy asked, "what do y'all wanna eat? I could go for some Chinese food." They all agreed and they called to order what they each wanted. Tandy said she would pick it up and asked Daphne, "do you want to come and help me?" "Does Maddie have to come too?" Maddie shook her head, "I don't wanna go." Daphne said, "it's not fair, I'm not coming either." Tandy whispered in Daphne's ear, "I'll let you watch an extra thirty minutes of TV every night for a week." Daphne's eyes lit up and she walked to the door.
Maddie turned to Rayna and Deacon, "can y'all tell me what happened now?" Rayna looked at Deacon for support and to back her up on this and he nodded reassuringly. Rayna said, "mhm. After Deacon asked me to marry him and I agreed I found out I was pregnant with you and I decided to tell Tandy." Rayna felt like she was going to cry at this next part, "I wanted to tell Deacon, I really did. Tandy and I went to the house and I saw that he had fallen off the wagon again," Rayna's voice broke, "Tandy didn't think he could handle having a child and I was too emotional to think straight so we walked away. It hurt me to walk away, it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done and I'm sorry that you two couldn't form a relationship." A tear rolled down her cheek. Deacon ran his hand up and down her back to soothe her. Maddie understood why she hadn't told Deacon and she wished she had known that he was her father sooner. "I didn't know she was pregnant till after I got out of rehab and she was already married to Teddy so I never thought that I was the father." Rayna was drying her tears. Maddie nodded, "do you think you could have handled a child?" Deacon shook his head, "I don't think I could have at the time but I want to try from now on." Maddie smiled at him, "I would like that." Rayna put a strand of hair behind Maddie's ear, "now you will have a great guitar teacher. He is the best of the best." Rayna looked up at Deacon and grinned, he wanted to kiss her but held back because of Maddie so he just kissed her cheek. Maddie looked at Deacon and smiled, he smiled back.

Tandy then opened the door and Maddie got up to help her get the food and Deacon lent towards Rayna and kissed her quickly. Rayna smiled against his lips and then pushed him away when she heard the girls walk in, Tandy right behind them. Everyone got their food and sat around the island in the kitchen and ate. The girls talked to them about school and then Rayna said, "you know how I told y'all that you could come on tour for the weekend? Tomorrow is Friday and I completely forgot about it." The girls nodded and Tandy looked at her skeptically. Rayna went on, "well, I'de rather stay here with y'all and work on Highway 65. What do y'all think?" The girls shrugged and Tandy said, "don't you want to ask Bucky about this? What are you going to tell Luke and Scarlet?" Deacon moved his hand closer to Rayna's under the table to support her decision and she smiled at him and replied to Tandy, "well I'll call Bucky right now and you said you would help me with the business right?" Tandy nodded and Rayna looked at the girls, "do y'all mind watching TV for a little bit? This will bore you." Maddie got up and threw hers and Daphne's containers of food out, "let's go Daph, they'll join us when they're done." The girls went to the other room and Rayna looked back at Tandy and held Deacon's hand for this next part, "I think Luke just wanted me there cuz he wanted to get in my pants." Deacon's eyes widened and Tandy tried to hold back from laughing. He said, "what?" Rayna looked back at him, "yeah he kissed me and said he'd loveee to see me on tour." She could see that he was jealous about that and she smiled at him reassuringly and leaned in to whisper in his ear, "I never did this to him." She pulled back and trailed her hand up his thigh and rubbed him lightly and then pulled back. His eyes darkened and he wanted to kiss her and take her away. She smiled at him innocently and then Tandy fake coughed. "Can y'all keep this in the bedroom please?" Rayna shrugged at her sister, "sorry." Deacon chuckled. Tandy shook her head and rolled her eyes, "what about your agree-" Rayna cut her off, "okayyyy we don't need to talk about this." Deacon let his hand slide up Rayna's thigh and squeezed her upper thigh. Rayna looked at him with a warning tone and decided to embarrass him a little, "don't start anythin' we can't finish." Tandy's eyes widened, "oh my gosh, y'all need to stop." Deacon was embarrassed and looked down but kept his hand where it was. Rayna chuckled and kissed his cheek, "yeah, listen to Tandy." Deacon looked up at Rayna and chuckled, "maybe you should practice what you preach. You started it." Rayna blushed a little and looked at Tandy. Tandy was almost speechless, "y'all are worse than teenagers, I swear. You put them to shame. Haven't you ever heard keep your hands to yourselves?" Rayna and Deacon laughed and Tandy joined them. Deacon looked at Tandy, "I don't think your sister has." Rayna slapped his arm but they all kept laughing. Maddie walked in, "what's so funny?" Deacon and Rayna pulled their hands away and Deacon looked at Rayna, "yeah what's so funny Ray?" Rayna was at a loss of words and tried to take the safe route and change the subject, "nothing honey, it's grown up stuff. Did you want some popcorn?" Maddie nodded, "yeah that's what I came to get." Rayna sighed, happy that she hadn't asked more questions. Tandy said, "I'll make you some and bring it in there." Maddie nodded and as soon as she walked away Deacon and Tandy started laughing. Rayna looked at them, "that's not funny." Tandy said, "it was kind of funny. Good one Deacon!" She held her hand up and he high fived it; they were both still laughing. Rayna got up and got her phone to call Bucky. Deacon said, "we're only joking babe." Rayna said, "uhu, I'll just keep the agreement on longer." Tandy continued laughing but Deacon stopped. Tandy said, "you can always bribe a man with sex." Rayna laughed now but Deacon remained serious. Deacon looked Rayna up and down and said, "I think it goes both ways." Rayna felt his eyes on her and flushed a little, "I guess you'll have to try it some time." Deacon chuckled and kept that in mind. Tandy said, "when neither of the girls are home please." Rayna and Deacon chuckled at that and then Rayna called Bucky.

She told him that she didn't want to go on the tour but rather work at buying herself out of Edgehill. She said that she was only supposed to be on the tour for a few shows anyway and Bucky knew that. He was a little hesitant in the beginning but agreed when she kept talking to him about it. He told her she had to tell Scarlet and Luke and she agreed.
She turned her attention back to Tandy and Deacon and said, "I'm staying here." They smiled both happy. Rayna then called Luke and put him on loud speaker.
Luke drawled: hey darlin.
Rayna covered the mic and mouthed 'told you' to Deacon and Tandy. They nodded and Deacon wasn't pleased.
Rayna: hey, I need to talk to you. Do you have five minutes?
Luke: of course I do, what do you wanna talk about?
Rayna rolled her eyes wishing that he could be professional: I want to let you know that I won't be going on your tour I have talked to Bucky and he agrees.
Luke's voice got cold: I think you're missing your shot after the accident and all.
Rayna: I know exactly what I'm doing. It was nice singin on your tour but I'de rather be the big star.
Luke: sorry I out shined you.
Rayna: I don't think you did, but thank you and good night.
Luke replied bitterly: good night and good luck.
The three in the room knew that the luck he sent was not sincere. Deacon did not like how Luke talked to Rayna at all but he was relieved that he would never lay a hand on her again. Deacon said, "you were definitely the star. You closed the show!" Rayna smiled and pecked him, "thank babe." Tandy had made the popcorn in the time that Rayna was talking to Bucky and Luke and went to bring it to the girls, leaving Rayna and Deacon alone.
Deacon kissed her again now that they were alone and she rapped her arms around his neck and he said agains her lips, between kisses, "I was thinking that after the girls go to bed, we could go to see the house. You know before we bring them there." Rayna just kept kissing him and he knew she agreed. She pulled back and smiled at him then took his hand and led him to the living room.

The girls were sitting on the floor with a blanket covering them and eating popcorn. The lights were off. Tandy sat in the armchair again and Rayna and Deacon took the couch. The girls were watching Tangled. Even though Maddie was thirteen it was still one of her favorites and it was the same for Daphne. It was something they both agreed on, fairy tails never got old. Rayna pulled a blanket over Deacon and herself and scooted close to him their sides touched. Deacon put his hand on her inner thigh and started making slow circles slowly inching upward. She didn't want to stop him so she bent her knees and lifted her feet so that they were on the couch. It was a way of shielding themselves in case one of the girls or Tandy turned around. Rayna placed her hand on his thigh but didn't do anything. He kept inching upward till he got to his desired destination. Rayna squeezed his thigh lightly, the fabric of her jeans was pressing into her and it felt so good. She shivered not able to hide what she was feeling anymore and her cheeks flushed as her temperature rose a little. Deacon was acting as if nothing was going on and continued to watch the movie. Rayna squeezed his thigh a little harder and sighed because she couldn't moan. She knew that the girls wouldn't look away from the movie and Tandy got up to go to the bathroom. Rayna rested her mouth on his shoulder and bit over the fabric softly as her breath hitched. His movements became quicker and he kept rubbing over her jeans, he was driving her crazy and she could feel the blood rushing to her abdomen and legs. Deacon felt her teeth scrape against his shirt and shoulder and stopped what he was doing. He knew that when she did that she was very turned on and he wanted her to feel good but his conscience stopped him because the girls were sitting right there and he knew that if they asked her something her voice would sound different and he didn't want them to wonder why. Rayna shivered again, this time from the lack of contact but she was glad that he was that considerate of the girls. He kept his hand on her upper inner thigh. Her hand loosened her hold on his thigh and she kissed his shoulder and smiled up at him. He looked down at her and smiled but mouthed 'sorry'. She whispered in his ear, "you are so considerate of the girls, thank you. I would have stopped you though." He was right her voice had changed even though she was just whispering it sounded like she was purring. She pulled back and sat up straight and saw Tandy come back and sit down. He lent over to Rayna and whispered in her ear, "I beg to differ, you wouldn't have stopped me. You were pretty close." Rayna whispered in his ear again, "I still am." He was the one to sigh this time because he too couldn't moan. She crossed her legs and his hand was in between her legs almost touching her there. He could feel the heat radiating from her skin through her jeans and he kept his hand there just to tease her. Rayna rested her head against the back of the couch and closed her eyes, taking deep breaths. She knew he was keeping his hand there, not touching her, on purpose but she wasn't going to move it. Her breathing became normal again. Before he removed his hand, he brushed her lightly and then rested his hand on her hand that was on his thigh. She shivered when he touched her again and he squeezed her hand, intertwining their fingers.

They all watched the movie and by the end Daphne had fallen asleep and Maddie was about to. It was a school night. Rayna got up and walked over to the girls she helped Maddie up and took her to her room. Maddie got in bed and fell asleep. Rayna walked in the hall and closed the door behind her. She stopped when she saw Deacon carrying Daphne to her room and humming softly. He seemed so captivated by the little girl and she was sleeping peacefully. This was the way she had always pictured him in her dreams. Rayna followed him silently and watched as he tucked Daphne in and kissed her on the forehead. He turned around and saw Rayna was smiling at the door. He walked up to her and rubbed his hands up and down her arms. She stepped back and closed Daphne's door too. She hugged Deacon, "you're great at this family and kid thing." Deacon chuckled and kissed her head, "thank you." She looked up at him and kissed him and then they walked to the kitchen again.
Tandy was drinking wine, forgetting that Deacon shouldn't be near alcohol, and asked Rayna if she wanted some. Rayna looked towards Deacon and then back at Tandy, "no thank you. We were heading out to see the house actually." Tandy realized and looked at Deacon, "I-I'm sorry." Rayna saw that Deacon was pretty calm but she was never 100% sure. Deacon said, "it's okay." He didn't feel the urge to drink, probably because Rayna was there, but he was glad that she seemed confident that he wouldn't. It put pressure on him everyday knowing about his problem but he was working hard for Rayna and Maddie. Rayna said, "I'll be right back I need to grab something." She went to her room and got the old key she had kept of the house, put it in her back pocket, and walked back into the kitchen. She slipped her hand in Deacon's, "ready?" He looked down at her, "mhm." Rayna turned to Tandy, "I'll be back in a bit. Call me if something happens." Tandy nodded, "ok, be good!" Rayna and Deacon chuckled and walked to Deacon's new car.