COLLIDE

What if history repeated itself for Rayna and Deacon? And what's it like for Maddie to look on the sidelines as her mother continues to bet on the safe choice instead of betting on her happiness and Deacon's ability to change. Will they finally get together?

We both have a past, nothing to lose, tonight

Well it cuts like a knife these bad luck blues

We both got scars from the hell we been thru

Somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose

KID ROCK

A/N: So yeah, my first time in the Nashville fanfiction wagon as I once again fell in love with Deacon and Rayna… but theirs is so much going on… and so little time to see them really being parents together, so this is me trying to put my frustrations to rest. Meet Robert James "Robbie" Claybourne the second unplanned but much loved miracle child for Rayna and Deacon. Born in the middle of season 2. (Conceived during eps 1x19 and 1x20) Flashbacks are in italics

Enjoy! I own nothing but Robbie!

Chapter 1:

2012

He'd remembered how it had happened this time. He'd remembered what had happened after he'd found out about Maddie too. And yet neither of them would have imagined history would repeat itself.

"We'd have to do a pregnancy test, just to make sure" he'd heard the nurse tell Tandy as his eyes drifted away from Rayna's face for a split second.

Moments later, he'd gotten the news. The love of his life was carrying his child. God, he glanced over at Maddie and swallowed hard. He didn't even deserve to the there. In that room, holding her hand as he'd been the one to cause all of them that sorrow. He could feel Tandy's eyes drill into the back of his head as he refused to give in to desperation and give her the satisfaction to tell him he'd had once again done it.

He remembered the moment he'd been released from prison and how he had wanted to back there and never leave. How could he? He was yet to face Maddie, they had exchanged words and a few glances when he'd been inside that hideous hospital room, but she was too young to deal with all of this and he was too messed up to even consider himself as someone's father.

He was a father. And if that child had survived that car crash, Lord have mercy, he'd become a father again. No Teddy this time though.

"Maddie?" He'd been trying to get some decent sleep after his stay over the hell hole. He looked like a convict, which was no lie. But the 13 year old girl in front of him only saw him like a coward, a man who'd hurt her mother. "What... what are you doing here?"

"I.. I'm not sure… I just wanted to see if you were okay." She no longer wore glasses. And for the first time he noticed slight similarities between him and that little girl. His little girl. His and Rayna's.

"Does Rayna know you are here?" Maddie waved her head. She seemed anxious. She made the same face he did. It was like staring at a mirror.

It had been the first time he'd been face to face with his child. The child he had once thought was Teddy's and it made him so angry that Rayna had gotten over him so fast and gotten pregnant just to prove a point. She didn't need him. She was done with him.

He'd remembered having driven Maddie back home. Against his better judgment. Not that he had any.

"Maddie." It was Rayna's response as soon as she opened the door and saw her eldest child in front of her eyes, when she was meant to be at school. Then she'd spotted his truck before he'd been able to leave. He wouldn't look at her. How could he? She had almost died. He had almost killed her. "Coleman told me you were doing better" was all she said resting her hand on the side of the window that was rolled down. "I…"

"I thought… Maddie came…to see me..."

"She kept asking me if you were okay. If you were going to be okay."

"Rayna I..."

"I don't know what this means Deacon, even if it means something... I might as well have it the way it's coming and accept my divine punishment for keeping the truth about Maddie all those years ago, but I can't give you an answer as what's going to happen right now, because I honestly don't know.."

She called him a few days after that. She was still pregnant. The baby for some reason had survived the wreck and she was planning on keeping it.

November 2014

"You sure you got everything you need in there?" Rayna asked as she followed Maddie to the front door. "Y'all be better do homework…"

"Yes mom." Maddie said rolling her eyes as she spotted Deacon's truck pulling into the driveway. "I also have all the emergency numbers. We'll be fine." Rayna glanced at her daughter. She was spending the weekend with Deacon. While Daphne was off to DC with Teddy. The long weekend would be even longer for Rayna without her children home.

"Hey." Deacon smiled as soon as he saw his girl all ready to go. "All set?"

"Almost…" Maddie smiled. "I still have one more bag I have to take with me."

"Let's go get it then." Rayna smiled as Deacon followed Maddie back inside the house, sighing as she heard a small voice scream in delight.

"Daddy!" A moment later father and daughter were outside again. Deacon held a small boy in his arms. Rayna watched as Robbie held on to Deacon's shirt for dear life. Her sweet boy was barely one and even for a one year old he was way too small, yet he was energetic and sweet and a carbon copy of Deacon's good looks. "Mama!" her son was a very articulate little boy very early on, and like his daddy, he'd had a way with words and looks that melted her heart. Deacon handed Robbie to his mom as he and Maddie got the rest of the stuff into the truck.

"It's gonna be a very long 3 days" Rayna admitted to herself out loud. She moved back to hand Robbie to Deacon as he opened the back door to get him into the car seat. "Say bye bye mama." Deacon smiled at Rayna.

"Call me when you get there…" She asked him as his back was to her side. "And…"

"I know Ray, this ain't my first time." He leaned to kiss her cheek. She was sure to be looking forward to this. Tandy was on her way so they could relax for a bit before meeting Bucky.

"Y'all have fun."

"It's never all as fun without you…" Deacon said as the car pulled away.

So what did you think? So I figure Robbie was born June 29, 2013. Just so the story works better. Wanna know what happened… this is a little vague, but we'll have more flashbacks soon. Why aren't Deacon and Rayna together you ask? Even after having a second child together? Well it bugs me too but that's a path of the story that will remain similar to the story. And is Luke in this?