The promise of the future
Summary:
A story about their new life in America
Disclaimer: I own nothing, wish i did but i don't :\
A/N: English is NOT my native language (proud to be Dutch!)
All the italic's are flashbacks
Maria leaned onto the railing of the ship lost in her thoughts. They were safe, the children were safe. Suddenly a rush of emotions washed over her and she slowly let the tears fall softly onto the railing. All the time she kept herself strong for the children, but she finally let everything out thinking back to their journey.
"I see them!" a young soldier called out
"run! I'll distract them" Georg called out to his family. Maria shot Georg a worried glance.
"I'll be ok, just make sure you're safe!" he said and he saw is family run into the dark woods
"I'm scared" Gretl said as she held her mother's hand.
"I see a farm maybe we can hide there!" Friedrich called out
When the almost reached the farm they heard a gunshot. They all stopped to see if they saw something but Georg was nowhere to be seen.
"We have to find father!" Friedrich said "We can't leave him!" Kurt called out
Maria stood there still in shock with Gretl clung to her leg.
"No we need to get safe! That's what father told us to do!" Brigitta said so they walked to the farm.
Then the owner of the farm came out obviously concerned for the fact that there was a gunshot fired at this time of night.
"sir!" Friedrich said when he walked up to the man.
"what are you lot doing here at this time of night" the man said
"we.. we fled the country… my husband.. he didn't exactly shared the same believes…" Maria said hesitantly "he was forced to join the… third reich…" Maria said not sure how the man would react. The man stayed silent for a while processing what he just heard.
Then he said "Well come in I'll ask my wife to make some tea and you can stay the night.. it's nothing big but it'll do"
"Oh thank you!" Maria said when she made a small bow
Then she ushered all of the children inside.
When they were all seated with a cup of tea the couple introduced themselves
"I'm Hans and this is my wife Sophia" The children all introduced themselves and thanked them for letting them stay at their house, they also told them about what happened to Georg. "Mother?" Martha asked when she saw her mother being lost in thoughts.
"Oh, excuse me." She said getting up walking outside.
"I'll go check on her" Sophia said sending a apologetic look towards the children
"I'm sorry I… I…" she said barely getting out the words "I Don't… I don't know… what I'll do without him" she said through her sobs
"It's going to be ok Maria" Sophia said putting her hand on her shoulder
" I keep thinking he's the one being shot…"
"you just need to have faith in him" Sophia said
"I guess you're right..," Maria said drying her tears and walking back inside
"I'm sorry, I just needed some air" Maria said to her children
"I'll go make the beds you must be tired" Sophia said smiling to the children
"you can help me if you want" She said to the children
they looked at Maria "You can go help her, and then off to bed!" She said laughing at the children's begging faces.
When they were gone Hans saw Maria looking at the clock, her face covered with worry
" It has been an hour" She said "I hoped he would be back by now"
"I know," Hans said " I have to go look for him!" she said as she grabbed her coat
"Oh no! you're not going out there this time of night!"
"But I have to!" She said "I'll go look for him" You stay here"
"what does he look like, and what's his name?"
"Georg Von Trapp, he has dark brown hair, blue eyes, probably about 5' 10""
"ok I'll go look for him"
"Georg!" "Georg Von Trapp!" "Georg!" He kept shouting
Georg stirred slightly, analyzing his surroundings when he suddenly felt a rush of pain in his upper arm. He touched it when he felt a stinging pain.
Then he heard his name being called again. He got up and tried to make out where the sound came from when he saw a figure walking towards.
"What do you want" He said
"I'm Hans Färber, you're wife and children are very worried you know" He said
"They are safe?" He asked in disbelief
"yes, they came to my farm looking for shelter, they are with my wife now" He said " your wife wanted to look for you but I told her not to go out this time of night"
"thank you, my wife can be quite stubborn" He said
"You got a nasty shot in the arm there" Hans said pointing at his arm
"Yes they shot me… They must have thought I was dead" He said sarcastically
"Well better that than taking you to Bremerhaven I suppose" Hans said
"You have a lovely family" "I'll let my wife look at your wound and I will call the doctor for you in the moring"
"Thank you"
When they reached the house Georg's heart started beat in his throat, how he wanted to see his family again.
When Hans opened the door Maria shot up immediately "Have you found him?"
He stepped aside to let her see it herself. Georg stood there with that smile on his face that made her feel like she was falling in love all over again.
"Oh Georg!" She said when she ran into his arms and hugged him.
"Ouch!" Georg Said " Oh I'm sorry darling!" "It's ok" He said " I'm glad to see you safe" He said kissing her "I'm glad that you're safe too" She said kissing him back
"Father!" You're safe!" he heard his children say when they all hugged him
Then he walked over to Hans and Sophia and held out his hand
"Thank you for keeping my family safe" He said shaking both their hands
"no problem, you can stay as long as you need"
"Thank you but we'll be leaving again tomorrow we've got a long way to go before we get to America" He said
"Well let me look at your arm first, it looks pretty…
Maria smiled thinking back at that moment, Georg looked just like a schoolboy being looked after his w pound wincing at the stinging of the liquid. She was pulled out of her thoughts by Georg coming up from behind putting his arm protectively around her.
"oh! you scared me to death!" she said
"I'm sorry darling" He said kissing her neck. When he tasted something wet and salt he turned her around to study her face and saw she had been crying.
"Are you alright?" He asked concerned
"Yes I'm fine" She said "Well you have been crying so obviously you're not fine at all" Georg said "You know you can tell me everything right?"
She gave a soft nod when she laid her head upon his shoulder and softly started to sob
"I … I was so… So scared" She said trough her sobs "I… I thought… I would… Would never see you… again"
"And… and… the children were so heartbroken"
"shhh" He said rubbing soothingly over her back "we're safe now"
He lifted her chin and he slowly wiped a tear away with his thumb. He leaned in to give her a soft kiss.
"thank you" He said softly "What for" Maria asked him
"for believing in me" He said smiling
He leaned in so their heads touched "I love you" They said both at the same time. They started to laugh.
"I think we should head to bed" Maria said
When she saw the mischievous look in his eyes she added "To sleep!"
"Oh that's too bad I had an other plan in mind" He said picking her up and carrying her over his shoulder to their room.
"Oh no Georg von Trapp don't you dare!" Maria squealed "Watch me!" He said laughing
"Put me down!" She yelled when he tried to unlock the door to their small room.
Finally inside he laid her on the bed trying to open the buttons on her blouse. Soon their clothes lay spread across the floor and I it all became obvious that they wouldn't get much sleep that night.
Hi, so i'm not sure if i should continue this or leave it as a one-shot...
Please let me know what you think they don't have that review button for nothing! :D
and i thought that the flashback was kinda long but yeah i jus couldn't stop writing :D
love
M