A story of Love, Loss and Adventure

Synopsis – This story is set just after Georg and Maria's blissful wedding. It travels through their honeymoon period where they travel to France. Whilst away the state of their home town is worsening without them knowing. They return only to find there is no choice but to move. Not without a tragedy and a struggle - will they find happiness somewhere new?

Chapter 1 – Mr & Mrs. Von Trapp

The sun slowly pierced through the tall window of the apartment building urging Georg to awaken from his deep slumber. He mumbled as the light beamed through onto his face. Bringing his arms over his head, he slowly turned to his sleeping wife. Not wanting to disturb her – he laid there admiring her silky smooth skin running his fingers along her feminine frame. He watched as she inhaled and murmured to herself. He let out a slight giggle as he observed her movements whilst still caressing her arm. Georg, in deep thought reflected upon the actions that led to this glorious moment…

Dearest Maria, how could I have not pursued you sooner? Your beautiful face, sparkling eyes, and untamed beauty - I almost let you go. I say almost, how lucky I am to be laid next to you, with you as my wife. I will always protect you, and the children will too. You have made such a difference in my life since Agathe passed away. I never thought I would ever come close to loving someone as dearly as I loved her… then I found you. It was my deepest heartache and you saw past it and helped me overcome the pain I was feeling. I did not know it was grief until you helped me through it. I am so blessed to have found you, and to have you now I will never let you go… I love you my darling Maria.

Returning from his trail of thought he was still holding Maria close to his body, radiating his warmth to her, keeping her comfortable. She seemed at ease with her new surroundings. Georg knew she had been through a lot, wanting to discover more about his wife than ever before, he knew the time would come. Maria trusted him and she would share her thoughts, pains, and memories when she was ready. He noticed she was content and kept maneuvering closer to him as if she wanted a response. Georg submitted to the temptation and planted a kiss on her forehead. Not alarmed but comforted by his actions, Maria stirred and turned towards her husband.

"Good morning my darling, how did you sleep?" he questioned with a grin plastered across his face. Maria lifted her hand from under the sheets and caressed his cheek.

"Perfectly…" she replied with a yawn to follow.

Maria burrowed into Georg's side whilst he kissed the top of her head embracing her small frame tightly.

"I love you Maria, I do love you." He whispered.

Their eyes met for a moment before Georg approached Maria's lips with his own. Maria was not taken aback by his actions; she embraced them and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"And I love you…" she whispered in response.

They lay together in each other's arms for a while whilst admiring one another's features. Georg had chosen Paris for their honeymoon destination as he knew Maria had not travelled much and would want to see all of the sights before returning home. Maria was enlightened by the idea when Georg could no longer keep the destination a secret. They had promised each other to visit sites, and enjoy their time together before returning to the chaos that was 'home'. Maria knew this would be a constant thought on his mind so she tried everything to comfort him. She wanted this part of her life to be 'normal' if it ever could be. There was a war and both accepted that, they wanted to make these couple of weeks they had special.

Georg reached over to his bed side table to recover his watch to notice it was 12:10 in the afternoon.

"So how about lunch my sweet?"

Maria looked up at him with a stunned expression.

"We haven't had breakfast yet." Georg caressed her cheek then touched the tip of nose.

"That is because it is after 12pm, we have slept in…"

Maria seemed surprised, back in the villa she never slept in, and was always awake preparing the children, but there were no distractions, no children and no noise.

After a brief silence, "Late lunch?" she queried with a small smirk beginning to form.

Georg knew what this meant and he was just waiting for Maria to give him the consent he needed before they lovingly entered into a sweet embrace. Time passed and they both awoke from their sleep, limbs entwined and flesh on show. They had consummated their marriage after Maria consented. Georg lovingly kissed his wife on the head and she replied with a peck on the cheek - both were blissfully happy and content with their love for each other.

An hour passed they were both up and ready to conquer the day. Maria wore the blue chiffon dress that once attracted the captain's eyes. The captain, smart as always wore a suede jacket with a white button up shirt and beige trousers coupled with boots. He did nothing but admire his wife's beauty, and she was the same, they glanced back and forth to each other passing compliments and blowing faint kisses as they finished preparing for their day of exploring.