A huge thank you to everyone that is reading and reviewing. I want to give a huge shout out to my friend who proof reads these for me even though she doesn't watch Nashville, I LOVE YOU! This week's episode was adorable! It was definitely one of my favorites, but I have a feeling it won't be long lived, unfortunately. Anywayyyy….

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Chapter 3:

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Rayna was so surprised to see him but very happy at the same time. He looked really good she thought to herself. He was wearing the usual flannel shirt and jeans and his hair was damp from the shower and he hadn't shaven. If I could just kiss him right now I would, she thought. Then she caught herself staring and looked down at her feet.

Deacon smiled knowing that she had been staring because she had missed the answer. He thought she was cute when she wanted to be unnoticed. "I needed some fresh air, why are you here?" he repeated and chuckled.

She was blushing when she looked up knowing that she had been caught. "I needed to sort through my thoughts." She paused, "everyone is talking about the tour to me and all I can think about is that we just got out of the accident and that maybe I need to be here for my girls instead of singing to sold out arenas."

Deacon gave her a reassuring smile, "the girls will be fine and you will be fine. You have done this before and you shouldn't give up this opportunity because of the accident." Rayna was looking at him and she believed him, he always made her feel sure of herself but now she couldn't act on it, he was with Megan.

"Thank you for saying that. How is Megan?" she decided to change the subject not wanting to talk about herself anymore.

"She's good, she has been helping me." That shot a dagger through Rayna's heart. She wanted to be the one to help him and she needed him to help her.

"I'm glad," she faked a smile and Deacon could see right through it but decided to act as if he hadn't. "Have you been playing any guitar?"

"I was playing right before I got here actually." Rayna's phone rang then and she answered.

"Hey Tandy…. yes, I'm fine….. ok I'm coming back home." "Sorry about that," Rayna apologized to Deacon. "I need to go um finish the meeting, I kind of just escaped." She laughed.

Deacon smiled, "that's fine, it was nice to see you."

"Yeah, nice to see you too." They smiled at each other realizing how nice it was to talk again. Then she passed him and her hand brushed his by accident and she stopped moving for a second and they looked in each other's eyes, both feeling the shock from that simple touch. Rayna looked down, walked towards her car, stopped, looked back and smiled. "I'll see you soon."

Deacon smiled, "yeah see you."

While Rayna was in the car she realized how much that touch had affected her, and their hands had only brushed. She really missed him and seeing him had made her happy. When she got home she opened the door and walked into the kitchen where her sister, Bucky, and Luke were still standing. "Hey, sorry about that, I feel better now. I guess everything just hit me at once but there isn't a doubt in my mind anymore." No one caught the double meaning. She had realized that Deacon missed her too and that had given her so much hope.

Bucky smiled at her, "I'm glad to hear that. So we are just going to have the same set for you and I think the same wardrobe. I'll try to make this as easy as possible for you."

"Thanks, Bucky. I don't know what I would do without you." Then Bucky and Luke got up to leave. Rayna hugged both of them and Luke kissed her cheek, she barely noticed. When they left she walked back into the room and Tandy gave her a skeptical look.

"When you left you were all jumpy, and you come back and your calm and happy; so I'm guessing you saw Deacon?"

Rayna hid her face with her hands, "yes I did see him and yes I am happy and calm."

"Ha! I told you, you loved him!" Tandy said triumphantly.

"Yeah, I do love him and talking to him opened the box I have been trying to keep closed. There is no way to do that anymore, especially because he knows about our daughter."

"So what are you going to do?" "I don't know Tandy. I can't just run up to his porch and tell him I love him again. I'm just going to see what happens." Tandy smiled and decided not to push it any further. She just wanted Rayna to realize that she needed Deacon.

Later that afternoon:

Rayna opened the door to Maddie's room.

"Hey, are you okay? You seem kind of out of it."

"Yeah, I am. Dad is getting married again and I'm happy for him but at the same time I don't want to be left out."

"Oh honey, you won't be left out. Daddy loves you and will always love you don't worry about that." Rayna hugged her daughter.

"Something else is on my mind too." "What is it?" "I want to have a relationship with Deacon. I want to talk to him about the music and I want him to want me in his life." Rayna smiled because it made her happy, she just had to make sure Deacon wanted that too. "I'll talk to Deacon about it. You are right you two should definitely have a relationship, I'm sure he wants one too." Maddie smiled at her mom satisfied with the answer. "When did Deacon kiss you the first time?" Rayna laughed and felt all warm because she thought about Deacon's kisses. Then she stopped herself because her daughter was in the room and it was inappropriate to feel that way when she was here. "The first time he kissed me was about a week after he wrote A Life That's Good. He asked me to go to dinner with him and I agreed. Deacon's definition of dinner was in the middle of a field on a blanket. He had made lasagna and brought it with him. While we were eating it started raining and so I was rushing to pack everything up and I saw that he wasn't doing anything, just looking at me and laughing. Deacon likes the rain. I laughed with him and sat down and then he grabbed my wrist and kissed me." Maddie smiled and noticed the far away look Rayna got and how happy talking about Deacon made her. "That is really cute." "Yeah, it was." Rayna smiled back at her daughter and then they both laughed. "Okay, I'm going to leave you so you can do your homework. I'm glad you asked me that." "Thank you for opening up to me and telling me." They smiled at each other and Rayna walked out.

She went to her room and lay down on her bed, reliving the memory again. When Deacon kissed her the first time it was like a million butterflies erupted in her stomach and she felt every inch of her body buzzing. She had kissed him back and put her arms around his neck and his hands found a comfortable place around her waist. They had stayed like that for what felt like hours. It had felt so right to kiss him and neither wanted to let the other go. Deacon finally pulled back for air and they both smiled at each other, knowing exactly what the other one was feeling. When Rayna came back to reality she found herself smiling and daydreaming about how his kisses made her feel. How they could just make her happy, how a simple touch could drive her crazy and set her skin ablaze. She wanted to feel that again she wanted Deacon and the need for him was driving her crazy, especially after their talk today. As all daydreams begin, they end too and reality hit her. The reality that he didn't want that right now hit her. The reality that he wasn't thinking about her right now hit her and a tear rolled down her cheek. She had no idea how Deacon had done this for all the years she was married and just the thought of him being in pain killed her. She definitely needed to do something, she just had to wait for the right time.

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