As Maria closed the door of the study, she felt her heart beating fastly inside. She'd been in Austria for all her life, it was her home, yet she was willing to flee it right away for him... She had never been so in love. She was sure he no longer felt the same, but she knew they shared a spark. A spark she wanted to light into a massive bonfire.
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At dinner time their was a certain resiliance of silence at the table. The children all sitting quietly eating their dinner sensing that something was up, Georg and Maria giving knowing glances to each other.
"Father?" Brigittal asked breaking this uncomfortable silence.
"Yes Brigitta." He answered almost showing a sigh of relief of the broken silence.
"Where is the Baroness?" She asked getting a nudge from Kurt.
Georg placed his fork down on his plate as though he had rehersed this moment earlier. Maria glanced up at him from her dinner.
"It's okay Father. Brigitta needs to learn how to mind her own business!" Kurt said sensing that something really was up by the glances that Georg and Maria were exchanging.
Georg grinned as he picked up his wine glass. "No no, there is something that I need to tell all of you." He said as he took a longing sip of wine before he began.
All of the children looked at their father putting their forks on their plates.
"Me and the Baroness have been talking." He said as he placed his wine glass on the table and tried to gain a relaxed posture by leaning a little back on his chair. "We decided that we should go our seperate ways."
The children all tried to compose their faces in a sorrowful nature but underneath they were happy.
"I'm sorry Father." Fredrick said almost as if he was on auto-pilot. The other children nodded their heads accordingly.
"It was for the best." Georg smiled before glancing once more at Maria remembering wat Elsa had said about Maria.
The children smiled. Louisa glanced at Maria who was still entwined in Georg's smile.
"Father?" Liesl asked.
He broke away from the longing stare of Maria and looked at his oldest daughter. "Hmm?"
"May we leave the table?" She asked.
"Oh yes." He said sipping the last of his wine as the children arose and exited the room.
Maria finished the last of her meal and stood up from the table.
"Oh, Maria?" Georg asked as she caught his eye sight once again.
"Yes?" She responded looking into the blue of his eyes.
He signalled for her to sit down on the chair next to him. He had an air in his eyes of pain. Pain of strugling to fight for what he wanted. He wanted so much to tell her she was the reason he called off the engagement. That ever since she had graced the house with music he had been in love with her.
She sat down ready wondering what he was going to say next....
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At dinner time their was a certain resiliance of silence at the table. The children all sitting quietly eating their dinner sensing that something was up, Georg and Maria giving knowing glances to each other.
"Father?" Brigittal asked breaking this uncomfortable silence.
"Yes Brigitta." He answered almost showing a sigh of relief of the broken silence.
"Where is the Baroness?" She asked getting a nudge from Kurt.
Georg placed his fork down on his plate as though he had rehersed this moment earlier. Maria glanced up at him from her dinner.
"It's okay Father. Brigitta needs to learn how to mind her own business!" Kurt said sensing that something really was up by the glances that Georg and Maria were exchanging.
Georg grinned as he picked up his wine glass. "No no, there is something that I need to tell all of you." He said as he took a longing sip of wine before he began.
All of the children looked at their father putting their forks on their plates.
"Me and the Baroness have been talking." He said as he placed his wine glass on the table and tried to gain a relaxed posture by leaning a little back on his chair. "We decided that we should go our seperate ways."
The children all tried to compose their faces in a sorrowful nature but underneath they were happy.
"I'm sorry Father." Fredrick said almost as if he was on auto-pilot. The other children nodded their heads accordingly.
"It was for the best." Georg smiled before glancing once more at Maria remembering wat Elsa had said about Maria.
The children smiled. Louisa glanced at Maria who was still entwined in Georg's smile.
"Father?" Liesl asked.
He broke away from the longing stare of Maria and looked at his oldest daughter. "Hmm?"
"May we leave the table?" She asked.
"Oh yes." He said sipping the last of his wine as the children arose and exited the room.
Maria finished the last of her meal and stood up from the table.
"Oh, Maria?" Georg asked as she caught his eye sight once again.
"Yes?" She responded looking into the blue of his eyes.
He signalled for her to sit down on the chair next to him. He had an air in his eyes of pain. Pain of strugling to fight for what he wanted. He wanted so much to tell her she was the reason he called off the engagement. That ever since she had graced the house with music he had been in love with her.
She sat down ready wondering what he was going to say next....