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Diana's POV

"Have any of you seen Moritz Stiefel?" the choir teacher asks us. We're preparing for our Michaelmas chorale. Moritz has been missing all day. I'm worried. I hope that Moritz wouldn't do anything bad to himself. The thought gives me gooseflesh all along my arms.

"No, ma'am." We reply.

She nods and waddles away.

"She's ugly." Thea says.

We giggle and I feel a little better. I see Wendla about to slip out of the Church. I follow her. "Wendla!"

She looks at me. "Yes, Diana?"

"Where are you going?"

"Well," she holds up a black leather journal. "I have Melchior Gabor's journal and I want to return it to him."

"Why do you have his journal?"

"Do you remember when Martha told us about her father? Well, I saw Melchior in the woods and asked him to hit me with a branch I found. He didn't want to but I made him. Something happened and he hurt me very badly. He left his journal behind. I want to return it and apologize." Wendla explained.

"Wendla, why do you want to be beaten? My father beats both of my brothers and my mother and sometimes Hanschen strikes me. No one wants to feel that." I stare at her.

"But I had to know! Diana, no one has ever hit me. I had to know what it was like for Martha and for anyone else." Wendla sighs. "I suppose you're going to look for Moritz?"

I nod. "I am. Good luck finding Melchior."

"You too."


"Moritz!"

Moritz is in the woods again. He's curled up again and he looks up at me like a pathetic, kicked puppy. He pulls me into his arms and tearfully explains his situation. He also tells me about Frau Gabor's letter. He looks up at me. "I'm all alone, Di."

I wipe away one of his tears. "Don't cry, my love. I'm right here."

He buries his face in the crook of my neck again. I kiss the top of his head. He gently places his hand over my breast again.

My breath hitches. "Moritz, wait."

Ernst's POV

"Well," I say to Hanschen shyly. "It seems Moritz Stiefel, Wendla Bergman, and your sister have all deserted choir."

Hanschen scowls. "I hope wherever Diana is she isn't with him."

"I don't think they'd do anything wrong together." I say.

He gives me an appraising look. "You are so very innocent, Ernst."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, slightly offended.

He merely shakes his head. "It's nothing. Do you need me to help you with anything?"

"Yes, I need to maintain my lessons better. Because Moritz failed I'm being promoted but I can't take any chances." I replied.

He nods simply. "After practice we'll go to vineyard and study, like always." He looks out on of the Church windows. "Or perhaps not since it looks ready to rain."

"It does, doesn't it?" I murmur.

Moritz's POV

I'm not sure how I ended up laying on top of Diana, but I am. The front of her dress is unbuttoned revealing the white shift dress underneath. My shirt is discarded and she's lying on it. Her hair is fanned out behind her. Diana is a goddess. She's my goddess.

I lean down to kiss her soft lips. I feel her hands rubbing my back. There's an ache between my legs, but I try to ignore it. I pull her closer and she squeaks into my mouth suddenly. She pushes me away slightly and looks at me with fear-filled eyes.

"Moritz, this isn't right. We aren't married!" she protests. "It's not right! It's sinful!"

"When have you cared about sin?" I ask. "We love each other!"

"I know we do, but now is not the time for this." She looks up at me. "You're upset. You could regret this later."

"But I won't." I tell her. I kiss her and my fingers fumble to unbutton the buttons of her shift. The buttons pop open and reveal her pale, milky skin and small girlish breasts. She doesn't look embarrassed as she meets my gaze.

As I kiss her I can feel myself undoing my pants. As I touch her, I try to remember Melchior's essay and where her body is most sensitive. But the essay escapes my mind as she begins to tell me how heavenly this makes her feel. It feels like an instinct as I lower my pants and penetrate her. Her cry rings through the air.

"Moritz!" she gasps. "I love you! Oh!"

"There is love in heaven, all will be forgiven. I believe."

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