Thursday came and Mac and Louise were ready sing some songs for Rayna. They walked in and saw Rayna, Luke, Deacon and Bucky
"Hey" Luke said
"Hi" Mac was smiling and a completely different person. Deacon pulled Louise aside
"Is he okay?" He asked
"Yeah, Mac's fine" she said
"Lou, if there's something going on, you should let your Uncle know"
"Don't worry about it"
"What songs do you have for us?" Rayna asked
"Two of them I wrote and one that Lou wrote" said Mac who took out his guitar. They played their songs and went with Bucky to set some things up. Deacon pulled Rayna aside
"Aren't they great?" She said
"Yeah. Ray, there's something you should know" Just then Luke walked up
"What do you think?" he asked
"The next best thing" Deacon said
"What is it?" Rayna said
"Look, it's not my place to say, but I went over to their house the other day and…Mac was drunk. Like, what I used to be"
"Are you sure we're talking about the same person?" Luke asked
"Yeah, I saw it" Deacon said "Look, talk to Lou about it"
"Do you think it's going to be a problem?" asked Rayna
"Yeah" Deacon said. That night Luke took Louise out for drinks
"You're really great" he said
"Well, clearly I get it from my Uncle"
"Must be. Hey things with you and Mac are good right?"
"yeah, why?" she asked
"Nothing, it's just Deacon mentioned something about him being drunk"
"Mac drinks, I drink, clearly I'm at a bar with my Uncle right now. It's nothing to worry about"
"You sure?"
"Positive"
The next day Louise went over to Deacon's house
"Why would you tell my Uncle about Mac? Did you tell Rayna?"
"Look I was concerned" Deacon said "I've been there"
"Well he's not you. Mac's fine, you just caught him at a bad time"
"Is that it? Why are you getting mad at me? Is there something going on?"
"No, now drop it" Louise left
Juliette and Louise worked on a new song
"I am so glad you move here" said Juliette
"Thanks, me too"
"Rayna said its official, you are part of highway 65. That's exciting"
"It is. She said we'll sing at the Opry, it's pretty scary"
"It is, even I get scared, but once you're on that stage the rush takes over and before you know it, they'll be dragging you off"
"Good". When Louise got home Mac was lying on the couch
"Hey you" he said
"Hi" she walked into the kitchen and he followed her
"Pretty cool huh? Highway 65" Louise looked at the empty whiskey bottle
"Yeah and then the Opry" she said
"What's wrong?" he asked
"Nothing, I'm just-look you have a problem"
"No I don't. I was just in a bad mood that day"
"You seem to be in bad moods a lot" she said wondering how far she could take this
"Seriously?" He opened the fridge and grabbed a beer "Lou, I'm fine" Mac went to the living room and started playing his guitar
"Did you want to work on a song? Maybe write a new one?" she asked
"Are we actually going to write a song or are you going to give me a lecture?" he was getting angry
"Forget it" Louise went to their room later on Mac was knocking on the bed room door.
"Lou, open up. What are you mad at me seriously?" Mac walked in and saw her packing a bag "What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm staying with my Uncle tonight" she said Mac grabbed her bag and threw it across the room
"You're just going to leave me like that? What I hurt your feelings and suddenly you're gone? Here's to a thousand more isn't just a story, it's about us. What's the line? We both wanted out. Do you?"
Juliette was at Deacon's house
"That song we wrote was so good" she said
"Yeah" Just then there was a knock on the door and Juliette went to get it. She opened the door and saw Louise there.
"Deacon" Juliette yelled Deacon walked over and saw Louise standing there with a black eye
"Can I stay here tonight?" she asked
"What the hell happened?" Juliette asked Louise walked in
"I was going to stay with my Uncle, he got mad"
"Luke got mad?" Juliette was confused
"Mac"
"Her boyfriend" Deacon explained "He did this to you?" Louise burst into tears and Deacon comforted her.
