The soon to be family of nine Von Trapps got settled into their hotel rooms late Sunday night, as Georg had promised. Too exhausted to do anything they all fell fast asleep in their three rooms: Georg, Friedrich, and Kurt in one. Maria, Liesl, and Brigitta were in another. And finally Louisa, Marta, and Gretl shared the last one. The wedding was set to take place at noon on Tuesday so the group figured they all would spend Monday revisiting Austria.
Monday night came and the nine were just as tired as they were the night before. Everyone was excited, Maria was nervous above anything else. Realizing that she couldn't sleep, she decided to take a walk while everyone else was in bed. As she walked down the hall, she bumped into Georg.
"Good evening, Frauline." Georg said with a mischievous smile.
"The same to you, Captain. I see that you were having problems sleeping too?" She walked over to her fiancée and gave him a tender kiss on the cheek. Georg then proceeded to wrap Maria in his arms and kissed her passionately on the lips. They stayed that way for perhaps five minutes or so, getting lost in their emotions.
Finally, it was Maria who broke away first. "Come let's go for a walk on our last night as single adults." She took Georg's hand in hers and led him outside of the hotel.
They walked in silence for a good portion, just loving each other's company. Somehow they ended up at their old villa. When they came to the gate they both just stared at the giant house in even greater silence.
"I wonder who lives there now." Georg took his free hand and placed it on the bars of the gate. Maria could see how much he had missed his house. Austria had been such an enormous part of Georg's heart. She knew how much he was hurting now that he was back in his homeland, but even more so now that he was standing in front of his home.
"Georg it's getting a bit chilly why don't we start to head back." Maria took one last long glance at the house she had grown to love seven years ago. If we could only revisit the inside once more. She thought to herself.
The walk back to the hotel was a quiet one. "What are you thinking of?" Georg's question brought Maria back to reality and from her thoughts. "What am I thinking of? Hhmmm….well obviously about tomorrow." She looked at Georg and smiled. "I'm very excited about our wedding, Georg, but so nervous at the same time."
"You? Nervous? Maria you are without a doubt the most confident and self-assured person I have ever met in my life. What could you possible be nervous about?"
"Well, there's the whole being a good wife thing that's gotten me scared out of my mind….Georg, what if I'm a horrible wife and an even worse mother to your children?"
Georg could actually sense her uneasiness and did his best to calm her nerves. "First of all they are your children too. They have been since you came into our home seven years ago. And secondly…" He stopped walking and took her other hand in his and faced her. "You could never be a horrible anything. Maria you are the love of my life and I would have never fallen for you in I did not believe you to be an extraordinary person."
"Oh, Georg. I love you too." She took her hands and cupped his face and gave him another passionate kiss. "You make me feel so wonderful inside. You are the only person I have ever met that can make my heart beat so fast and stop at the same time." With that being said she took his hands and placed them over her heart. Georg looked at her and smiled.
"I am so proud and lucky that I get to become your husband tomorrow. I don't know what I would have ever done if you hadn't come back to me." He pulled his beloved Maria into a long embrace and then they continued on their walk back to the hotel.
Meanwhile while Maria and Georg were taking a walk…..
Kurt was busy making phone calls from his hotel bedroom, careful not to wake up his older brother.
"Yes that's correct," He said into the receiver. "Two limousines for the afternoon and I'll be sure to give the drivers the instructions. My father and mother are to know nothing of these plans…..Yes that's settled then. Thank you very much." And with that he hung up the phone as a triumphant smile crept over his face.
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