Do, Re, Mi

" Louisa, do you think the baby will be a boy or a girl? " asked Marta.

" I want it to be a girl so we have another sister to play with. " said Gretl.

" So do I. Now that Lisel is married and doesn't live here anymore. " said Brigitta.

" But that doesn't mean she still isn't our sister. " retorted Louisa.

" I never said anything about Lisel not being our sister anymore. Gretl, were are you going? " said Brigitta.

" To find Mother and Father. I don't want to be in here when all we're doing is fighting. " cried Gretl.

" Great, now look what you did. " said Kurt.

" Me? I didn't do anything. " answered back Louisa.

" This is exactly why Gretl left here crying. " said Marta.

" We're going to be in trouble. " said Friedrich.

" Sometimes, I wish there wasn't another baby coming. Then we wouldn't be fighting all the time. " said Brigitta.

" Hush your mouth, Brigitta. Mother won't like what you just said at all. " said Louisa.

" It's all alright darlings, Brigitta was just expressing her feelings about having a new sibling in the house. " said Maria, with tears in her eyes, as she appeared in the door frame outside the nursery.

" Mother, we didn't see you standing there. " said Kurt.

" I know you didn't., Kurt. Gretl said you were arguing? About what may I ask? " said Maria.

" It was nothing Mother. " said Marta.

" Come, you know I won't believe that. Not after all the noise I heard going on up here. " said Maria.

" It was nothing, really. " hesitated Friedrich.

" It was about the baby, wasn't? " said Maria.

"No. " quickly said all six children.

" It's okay. My feelings won't be hurt. " said Maria, as she left the nursery and headed for the stairs but may a short stop and derailed and headed for the master bedroom and cried herself to sleep for a short rest.

~ Back downstairs ~

( about an Hour later)

" Father, where's mother? I thought she went to check on the other 6 and was coming back down? " said Lisel.

" It's been an hour, Georg. " said Max.

" I'll go find her, father. " said Lisel as she started to get up from the couch but was stopped suddenly by Elsa.

" Why don't you stay here and keep your father in check and I'll go find Maria. " said Elsa as she headed upstairs.

" Father, I'm worried about Mother. " said Lisel.

" Lisel, I'm sure your mother's okay. " said Georg.

" But it's not like mother not to come back down like she said she would. " said Lisel.

~ Upstairs ~

(In the master bedroom)

" Maria, dear, are you alright? " said Elsa, quietly.

" What? Elsa, what are you doing up here? " said Maria.

" Checking on you, my dear. And by the looks of it, you look like you have been crying. " said Elsa.

" I'm sorry, I must look like a wreck to you. " said Maria.

" Don't worry about it, Maria. What's wrong? " said Elsa.

" Nothing. " said Maria.

" Would you prefer, I got Georg for you ? " said Elsa.

" Actually, would you mind? " said Maria.

" Not at all my dear. " said Elsa she descended down the stairs.