A/N: OK, I got requests for more, so more there is! Next part is "An Afternoon Encounter".
I still don't own anything.
An Afternoon Encounter
The next few days passed quickly. Everyone was very busy with final preparations for the wedding that would take place in two days time. There were several trips into town for both Maria and the children for their final dress fittings and Georg locked himself away in his study for hours at a time, making all his necessary business arrangements knowing that he and Maria would be away for at least six weeks on their honeymoon.
Maria and Georg barely saw each other for more than a few moments each day and were constantly surrounded by chaperones whenever they did manage to see each other. However after being caught by Sister Berthe a few days before, the older nun had on one or two occasions given them a wink before discreetly exiting the room and returning around five to ten minutes later, allowing Maria and Georg to at least have some privacy.
Despite this, they both felt somewhat frustrated at the lack of time together. Even their secret "encounters" in the middle of the night had been reduced to only a few minutes for not only were they both extremely tired, but each time they met, the passion of their kisses and caresses had escalated to the point that Georg feared that they would not be able to stop.
That afternoon was to be Maria's last at the villa for the following morning, Georg would be driving both Maria and Sister Berthe back to the Abbey where Maria would spend the final night before the wedding. Maria took the opportunity to spent time with the children, knowing how much they were going to miss her while she was away on her honeymoon with Georg.
The afternoon was hot and the children wanted to play outside. Maria took turns with either picking flowers with Gretl and Marta, playing catch with Friedrich and Kurt or playing tip with Louisa and Brigitta. Finally exhausted, she sat down on the grass for a rest and a chat with Liesl. Only a few minutes later, the other children joined them.
"Frauline Maria?" Marta asked. "Do you think Father might join us outside as well this afternoon?"
"I'm not sure Marta," replied Maria, "since he has a lot of business to organise before the wedding, he may be too busy."
"Oh," said Marta, her face looking fallen.
Maria's heart went out to her, knowing how all the children, especially the little ones, loved and would miss their Father.
"You know what?" Maria said getting up off the ground. "How about I go and see whether he can come out for a few minutes?"
Maria went inside the house and made her way to Georg's study. She knocked quietly on the door. She didn't a response straight away so she knocked a little louder.
"Georg?" She called out as she started to open the door.
Georg was sitting at his desk, working away on some documents, head down in deep concentration. Hearing Maria's voice, he looked up.
"Maria? I didn't hear you knock. What a pleasant surprise! What can I do for you?"
Maria entered the room, closing the door behind her and walked up to Georg, giving him a kiss.
"You've been busy today." She said. "Do you think you could take a break soon?"
"Not sure, darling. I still have many things to organise and not a lot of time to do it."
"Oh," Maria looked disappointed. "It's just the children were hoping you could spend some time with them this afternoon, and I confess, I'd like to be able to see you as well!"
Georg moved his chair out away from the desk and pulled Maria to sit on his lap. He gave her a long kiss before replying. "Hmm... I'd like to see you too and of course the children. But I'm sorry Maria; I really just have too many things to do. I'm sure the children will understand."
"Yes, I'm sure they will, but Georg... We will be going away for 6 weeks, and well, they will miss you. Can't you spend just a little time this afternoon with them?" Maria asked.
"I have gone away for that long previously, Maria and they were fine." Georg told her.
"Yes, well that was before." Maria said, reminding him of the time before she came to the villa, of how he used to go away for weeks, sometimes even months at a time leaving them alone with the various governesses.
Georg looked at her for a long moment before responding. "I see your point, my love and you're right. Perhaps this can wait."
He gave her another kiss before they both went outside to spend time with the children. The children were overjoyed to see their Father and immediately engaged him in a game of catch. Maria sat down to continue helping Gretl and Marta arrange the flowers they had picked earlier. Around ten minutes later, Georg joined them and looked quite out of breath as he sat down.
"Really Maria, I don't quite know how you find the energy to do this every day." He commented.
Maria laughed. "I know. It can get quite exhausting! Perhaps we can play something with the children that doesn't require so much energy."
Kurt suggested they play hide and seek. They played two rounds and predictably each time, Georg was found first while Maria was found last as she had developed quite a reputation for finding the best hiding spots, whether it was up a tree or squeezed under a bush somewhere. It was starting to get late so Maria announced that they would have one final round. Louisa would be "it" and the rest of them would have free range of places to hide, whether out in the garden or inside the house.
As Louisa started to count, Maria was about to run off to one of her favourite hiding spots that she knew the children would not find her when Georg grabbed her hand and whispered, "follow me."
Intrigued, Maria followed him into the house where he headed for the back stairs. No one was around as they went up and Maria first thought that Georg was going to lead her back to the linen closet for some time together. She was surprised when they turned down a different corridor and she was a little unsure where he was taking her until they arrived at his bedroom door. Georg got a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door before ushering her inside.
"Georg, is this a good idea?" She asked as he closed the door behind them.
"Relax, Maria. We won't be in here that long. You know I need to get back to my work and the children will also be trying to find us. However, I realised before that you have never seen the master suite and I thought you may like to see it." Georg told her. "Besides, no one will think to look for us in here." He added with a wicked smirk.
Maria tried not to blush as Georg led her around the room. There was a large four-poster bed, made out of dark mahogany wood. There were matching bedside tables as a well as a large dresser opposite. Leading off the main room, was an ensuite and walk-in dressing room. In the dressing room, one side of the hanging space contained all of Georg's suits while the other side was empty, presumably cleared out in preparation for her things once they were married. The only thing that did hang on that side was Georg's black navy uniform, complete with his various medals already pinned on it.
Maria wandered over to it to look at it more closely. "Is that what you will be wearing at the wedding?" She asked him.
"Yes, my naval dress uniform." Georg replied. "I do hope the weather won't be as warm on our wedding day as it has been today, as it is a dreadful hot and heavy thing to wear."
"Oh," Maria said, "it is always deathly cold in the Abbey, even in summer. I'm sure you won't be hot. In fact, I'm sure you will look very handsome in your uniform."
Georg nodded, but thinking to himself that on their wedding day, seeing Maria in a wedding dress, and thinking about being alone with her after they are married, well… it would be enough to make any man feel hot!
Maria walked back into the bedroom and couldn't help looking over to the bed, knowing that that was where Georg slept and thinking about what they might be doing in that bed after the wedding. Despite feeling a little awkward being in his room, as she was finding it harder and harder to resist him, she did feel a combination of nerves and excitement thinking about their wedding night to come.
Georg came up behind her, putting his arms around her waist and kissing her neck gently. Maria closed her eyes, enjoying the moment.
"So what are you thinking?" Georg asked her, whispering in her ear.
"You don't really want to know that, do you?" She said, her voice sounding slightly husky from the passion that Georg was stirring inside her.
"Oh, I think I do..." Georg replied, still kissing her neck, sending shivers down her spine and she felt a small jolt deep down in the pit of her stomach.
Deciding to tease him somewhat, Maria pulled herself gently from his arms and as she turned to face him, she asked a little mischievously; "I was actually wondering which side of the bed you sleep on?"
"Which side of the bed?" Georg repeated the question, a slight frown forming on his brow. "Ah, the right."
Before he could ask her why she asked, Maria gave him a cheeky smile before she went over to the bed, almost with a little run and jumped onto the left-hand side.
"What on earth are you doing?" Georg asked her with a chuckle.
"Just trying it out!" Maria laughed as she lay there looking up at him. "Care to join me?"
"That, my dear, would be very dangerous. Very!"
"Yes, I suppose so." Maria replied, sitting up. She patted the bed next to her. "Would it be alright if you just sat next to me?"
"Perhaps," he said sitting down, "although, still a little tempting, my love."
"Well as tempting as things may be, the children are still out searching for us, so I can't imagine it will be long before we have to return downstairs anyway."
"Yes, of course. Maria, you know I made a promise not to compromise you before the wedding but at the same time, we haven't been able to see each other much over the last few days. Maybe we should make, ah... best use of our short time together now."
He leant forward and took her face in his hands before kissing her gently. Maria responded by putting her arms around his neck before running one hand down his back. He deepened the kiss and moved his hands from her face to pull her into his arms. He ran his fingers through her short hair, relishing in its softness. They sat there kissing for the next minute or so before Georg found it too hard to control himself and so pushed her back onto the bed.
As they lay there on the bed kissing, his hands wandered down to her chest and he started caressing her breasts. Maria in turn moved her hand up onto his chest and slipped it in between the buttons of his shirt to feel his body underneath. Georg groaned and instinctively started to undo the top buttons of Maria's dress.
Maria gasped as she felt Georg's hand on her bare skin and tilted her head back to allow Georg more access as he had moved his kisses from her mouth down her neck to her chest. He started kissing her top of her breasts while his hand started to wander down to the hem of her skirt and travel up her leg.
They were hovering dangerously on the point of no return, when suddenly they were interrupted by the sound of a loud whistle.
Georg jumped in surprise and looked up. "What was that?" He asked.
"A whistle." Maria replied simply, catching her breath.
Sitting up, Georg, slightly irritated, said. "Yes, I realise it was a whistle, but whose whistle?"
"Oh surely you can recognise one of your own whistles when you hear them, Captain?" Maria said teasingly as she also sat up and started doing up her buttons.
"My whistle? I don't understand."
"Actually it was my whistle, the one you gave me on my first day here."
Georg still looked confused.
Maria continued. "Well, I gave it to the children earlier. I thought it might be useful for them to blow it before, ah… coming to interrupt us." She raised her eyebrows, giving him a playful look.
Georg laughed as he stood up and pulled Maria to her feet as well.
"Well that was thoughtful of you, and very useful considering the timing. Saved by the whistle it appears! I really don't think we would have wanted the children to find us like we just were." He gave her a wicked smirk.
"Yes, I'm glad I finally found a use for that silly whistle." Maria replied with a giggle.
As they went to walk out of the bedroom to find the children, Georg turned to Maria and gave her another long kiss.
"Well, darling. I do hope you liked the master suite. But next time I bring you up here, I intend for us not to be interrupted."
Maria started to blush. Nodding and giving him a little smile she said. "I'll look forward to that."