The next day Louise woke up to someone knocking on the door. Who could it possibly be? Mac has his key, Luke would call. She got up and opened the door
"Whoa" Deacon said looking at Louise who looked like she wanted to kill him "your Uncle said you would be a sleep"
"He was correct" she said
"I brought coffee" Deacon smiled and she couldn't help, but smile too
"Who would have thought I would open my door and find you there? Mac will be jealous, I mean I told him not to go to work"
"I know it's early, well it's 9 O'clock"
"In my land 9 O'clock is early. Let me go get dressed hold on" Louise went to her room and threw on a dress and deodorant and came out
"That was fast" he said
"People think girls wear dresses to look fancy, reality is we didn't want to put that much effort in to what we wear. So what's up?"
"Your song was really good, I was wondering if I could see some more. Rayna kept going on about you two after we left"
"Yeah? Wow, I just came here to hopefully sell a song. You know, I was really proud of Juliette Barnes, when she sang Don't put Dirt On My Grave, I wish I was there, that was great"
"She got in a lot of trouble with that" Deacon said "But it certainly takes a special kind of girl to do that"
"I would love to write a song for her or with her or whatever"
"You know I can make that happen if you want, well at the very least have you meet her"
"Really? That would be great. Would you like something to eat? I can get you my book and you can read some lyrics while I make breakfast"
"Sure, that would be great" Louise got her book and handed it to Deacon and started to get out stuff to make breakfast.
"Eggs and Bacon okay? I can fry up some potatoes too?!" she asked
"perfect" Deacon looked through the book and found a song "hey what's this one about? Here's to a thousand more"
"Just a story that came to mind"
"It was hit and miss with us, we would scream and we would cuss, arguing just for old time sake" Deacon read out "You sure this isn't from personal experience?"
"Yes" she started to cook the bacon Deacon looked up at her and then back at the song. Later that day Mac came home drunk
"Lou? Hey, Lou?" he yelled and Louise walked in "Can you get me a beer?"
"It seems like you've had enough" she said
"Don't tell me what to do" He walked past her and opened the fridge
"Rayna called and she wants to meet up with us on Thursday. Deacon, he came by this morning and said I could meet Juliette" Mac was struggling to twist open the beer bottle
"God, what is this? They child proofed this thing" Mac cut his finger on the bottle
"That's not a twist off. Mac, I think you've had enough though" Mac put down the bottle and picked up the whiskey bottle and went into the living room. Just then Louise's phone rang "Hell-hello?"
"Hey Darling, is everything okay?" Luke said on the other side
"Yeah, great."
"Maddie and Daphne were wondering if you would like to hang out with them tomorrow, I said I would ask. We have to go out, so if you could stay with them. Not like baby sitting or anything"
"Yeah, sure"
"Alright, love you" he said
"Love you too"
The next day Louise met up with Juliette
"It is an honour to meet you" Louise said
"You too, Deacon said you write amazing songs"
"Well I wouldn't say amazing, but I would really like to write something for you or with you"
"Well let's see what you got. So your Uncle is Luke wheeler"
"Yep, pretty great. I was happy when he and Rayna started going out." Louise handed Juliette her book and she looked through it
"Louise, these are really great"
"You can call me Lou if you want. Everyone does. Do you think Rayna would actually sign us? I mean, Mac is really the one who does all the singing"
"Well I haven't heard y'all sing" Juliette stopped on one song "Here's to a thousand more, this is the one Deacon mentioned. Sounds like someone hurt you"
"No. Just something that popped in my head" Juliette flipped to another song
"I don't think it would be this hard, if you didn't have your charm, you must have known it would cause some harm" Juliette Read "These are good, are you sure they're not about a certain someone?" Juliette went back to reading them. Later on Louise went home
"Mac? Hey, you home?" Mac walked out
"Where the hell have you been?" he asked
"I was with Juliette I told you that, now I have to get ready and go over to Rayna's" Louise could tell he'd been drinking
"Well that was Lou, she can't come over" said Luke who put away his phone
"Oh no" said Rayna
"Why?" asked Daphne
"Something came up"
"Well, Maddie, you girls will be okay alone right?" Rayna asked
"Yeah" she said
"If you need anything don't hesitate to call, or call dad or Deacon" Rayna said and she and Luke left.
Lou opened the door and saw Deacon standing there
"Deacon, what? Why are you here?"
"WHO IS IT?" Mac Yelled just then there was a crash
"What's going on here?" Deacon asked concerned
"Nothing" Louise said just then Mac walked out drunk
"What is he doing here? Did you call him? He's a drunk too, or he was. You can't help me, I don't want you to help me, I don't need your help" Mac said
"Please go" said Louise
"Does your Uncle know about this?" Deacon asked
"No, please, I need you to go" Louise made Deacon leave
