Chapter 2:
Friedrich nervously put his hands by his sides and as he and Emily were walking alongside the lake, he tried to inch closer to her. He felt like a child again, but he reached his hand over and hesitantly grabbed hers. She just smiled and kept walking, so his nervousness soon flew away. Inside she was giggling; she knew what he was trying to do all along. He and Emily had met in town one day a few months ago, and they have been seeing each other in secret. Although he was 17, she was 15, so they both lived at home. Not quite sure of where they were with each other, they both hadn't said anything to their parents. Friedrich had confided in Rolf, though, and no one else. He had told him that he really liked a girl, and that he met her sometimes, but not much more. They kept walking, in awkward silence, when finally Emily spoke.
"We have been out for hours."
"What?" Friedrich said smiling. Looking out to the red sky, the sun slightly peeking out from the mountains, he realized she was right, and laughed. "Should we head back?"
"Not yet," She replied softly, looking away, but squeezing his hand tighter. She repeated, softer, almost to herself, "Not yet," He smiled and squeezed her hand tighter. He liked the feeling of her hand in his, he had never been this close to a girl before. He looked over at her beautiful face, cascading blonde hair, and clear blue eyes. She was beautiful. Yet, her eyes that always shone when she was around him, seemed sad.
"Is anything the matter?" He asked, holding both her hands as he turned and faced her.
"No I just..." She looked down. "I don't want to go home. I want to stay in this moment here, with you. Away from..well, just away from everything."
"Let's sit down." There was a tree a few feet away, and he sat down and leaned against it. She quietly followed and sat next to him, cuddled up against him and closed her eyes. The red sky followed the sun behind the mountains, and the moon and stars became clear in the sky. They sat up suddenly, startled and awakened by thunder, but no rain had fallen.
"Will you be in trouble for returning home so late?" He asked, feeling guilty.
"Father won't even notice. He will be--–" She interrupted herself. "He won't notice," She repeated.
Friedrich opened his mouth to inquire what she meant, or was going to say, when he felt a raindrop kiss his hand. Slowly but surely, another fell upon his arm, and his face, and one fell right on Emily's nose. She giggled, and somehow anything that was on Friedrich's mind besides her beauty and loving way about her disappeared.
"Goodbye, Friedrich," Emily said, cupping his face in her hand, and turning to walk away. But she felt him grab her hand to stop her. She turned around and unexpectedly felt a quick, gentle, and sweet kiss upon her lips. A few seconds later, but all as suddenly, he pulled away.
"Goodbye," He said, with a grin, ear to ear, and turned and ran home. But Emily stood there, not noticing the rain falling hard now or anything around her, just the kiss that remained on her lips. The pounding thunder snapped her attention, and she turned and ran home.
Friedrich, not sure exactly how late it was, opened the door as quietly as possible, but was very embarrassed to see the Captain, Maria, Rolf, and Liesl standing just below the steps. It wasn't quite as late as he assumed, because Liesl and Rolf were just leaving after dinner. Liesl and Maria smirked at each other, because they both knew that Liesl had been the one sneaking into the house dripping wet after being caught in the rainstorm, 3 years previous. Liesl rolled her eyes as she and Rolf walked past them, as Rolf patted him on the shoulder, smiling and shaking his head.
"Nice try, little man," He said, much to the further embarrassment of Friedrich, who had still yet to mutter a word of explanation. In fact, he was still trying to think of one.
"Good Evening, Captain," Rolf said with a nod. Changing his glance towards Maria, he smiled, "Baroness," Once outside of the still open door, he then said, "Goodnight darling," and kissed Liesl, and whispered in her ear, "Just one more month!" and kissed her ear right where his breath had landed.
"See you tomorrow, love," she said with an excited smile at the thought of being his husband, and they both went home.
Friedrich had hoped they would stay longer, to keep him from having to explain anything, but he held his breath and just said, "Goodnight Mother, Father," and started walking up the stairs, hoping that somehow they hadn't noticed that he was dripping wet and had been missing all day.
"Son?" Georg started.
Maria smiled and went into the other room where the other children were talking.
"What's her name?" He asked, knowing exactly what his son's been up to.
"Emily. Her name is Emily." Friedrich smiled ran upstairs to get dried off, and Georg went into the kitchen with his wife and children.
There it is, Chapter 2!
Kyp() pointed out that I had accidentally made Friedrich 17 in the first chapter, then 19 in the second. I had originally made this story 5 years following the movie, and later changed to 3 years, and I missed that particular comment. Thank you for pointing that out!