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Author's Note: Sorry this wasn't up sooner. It was due to me having writer's block and me trying to put together ideas for an original story of my own. So yeah, here it is chapter three! Uh, by the way, the school the children go to is a fairly small school and has all grades, so, uh, yeah. Enjoy!
Chapter Three
The Captain sat in a chair in the sitting room in the early morning. Taking a sip of his coffee Georg folded his paper and set it down along with the cup, letting out a prolonged sigh. As he sat straight again his eyes found the spot near the fire place were Maria had stood listening to his sing, Edelweiss, for the first time. He remembered how the soft light of the room made her look perfect: her golden hair shining, her rosy cheeks seeming even redder, and her blues eyes sparkling they had never sparkled before. It was as if she was standing there again, right now. He almost found himself reaching out to her, but was able to stop himself.
Smiling the Captain didn't even realize that his feet started to move and were taking his to a new location. Surprised at his new location the Captain couldn't believe that his feet had carried him to the ballroom door that led outside. Leaning against the wall he looked at the spot where he and Maria had stopped dancing. The Captain watched on as once again this scene played itself in his mind, a never ending video clip that was a vivid as day light.
They had been so close. He remembered the look in her eyes. Something was there that he had never seen before, and yet it seemed so familiar. It was then that he become well aware that the way he acted, and felt towards her was not something that an employer usually felt for his employer.
The clock in the hall snapped Georg out of his dream. With one last look outside the Captain turned to go wake the children.
"Are you excited, darling?" the Captain asked little Gretl as he handed her a small bag with a lunch in it.
"Y-yes Father…" Gretl said taking her lunch and looking down.
The Captain made himself level with his youngest daughter and took her chin in his hand so she looked at him. There was nothing but fear visible in the five year olds eyes. "Gretl, it will be ok, I promise."
"B-but-"
"Don't worry Gretl," Leisl said. "Schools a lot of fun, and you'll make a whole bunch of friends. And the rest of us will be there, if you need anything you find one of us."
"Do you really think it will be ok?"
"Of course it will. I'll come and get you on one of the breaks if you want, how does that sound?" Leisl said, also bending down to her sister's level.
"Perfect!" Gretl said with a smile.
"Well then, let's go!" the Captain said, tapping Gretl on the nose and rising, as the rest of the children gave a small grown.
Taking her Father's hand, Gretl and her siblings went off to their first day of school.
Maria placed the last book on the small shelf. She smacked her hands together to clean them as she looked around the room. Sixteen little chairs sat around to equally small tables all awaiting their occupants. In the corner away from the door was a shelf with different art supplies on it. In the corner behind her desk that sat to the right when you walked into the room stood Maria's guitar, leaning against the wall. And the small closet that was next to the door eagerly waited to be filled with the students bags and lunches.
Taking a glance at her watch Maria put her hand on the top of her head and let out a sigh of apprehension. Quickly she grabbed the sign up sheet for the choir and left the room.
"Good bye Father!" the von Trapp children said as Georg dropped them off at school.
"Well, why don't we go by Gretl's room first since hers is closest and then we'll work our way around the school" Brigitta said, smartly.
"Good idea." Leisl said, taking Gretl's hand while Gretl nodded her head.
"Gretl, what's your teacher's name?" Frederick asked as the children made their way to room 21.
"Fraulein Rainer." Gretl said proud that she remembered her teachers name.
"She doesn't sound familiar. Do you think she is new?" he asked.
"I suppose so," came Leisl's reply. Rainer? Strangely the name was almost familiar.
Maria pinned up the piece of paper and made sure it was straight. "-what's you teacher's name?" Maria paused, surely that could not be-
"Fraulein Rainer." Now she was definitely hearing things. Shaking her head Maria told herself that she was just longing to be with the von Trapp children and headed back to her classroom, knowing that at least one of her students would be arriving at the room shortly after she got there.
"Look!" Louisa said, stopping in her step as they passed the announcement board.
"What is it Louisa?" Kurt asked.
"There's a paper for a choir, let's sign up."
"But Father said he doesn't want us to sing in public." Marta said, innocently.
"Oh this hardly counts, there will be other people singing with us. What do you think Leisl?"
Leisl thought of the person who had taught them to sing and needed no further pleas, "I thinks it's a wonderful idea."
Louisa quickly took a pen out of her bag and put all seven of their names on the list. "It says that we are to go to Fraulein Rainer's room. Didn't you say that that was your teacher Gretl?"
Grelt only nodded her head. Giving shrugs to one another the von Trapp children continued on their way.
"Well here we are." Brigitta said as she was the first to reach room twenty-one.
"Ready Gretl?" Leisl asked, giving her youngest sister's small hand a comforting squeeze. Taking a deep breathe Gretl nodded.
Brigitta knocked on the door. "Come in." they all froze, could that really be her voice? Slowly Brigitta opened the door, wishing with all her might that it really was.
Maria looked at the list of names of her students her eyes were almost at the bottom of the paper when a knock came from the door. "Come in." she said quickly glancing up before returning her attention to the paper.
Her heart froze as she read the last name on the paper: Gretl von Trapp. No sooner did her eyes read the name did she here a group f gasps coming from the door way.
"Fraulein Maria?"
Author's Note: Well there it is, still not that long. I'm finding this difficult to write. I don't know why, but still, I love challenge. I'll try and get the chapters a bit longer in the later chapters. By the by: the part in the chapter where Maria looks at her watch and then puts her hand on her head and "sighed in apprehension" was supposed to look like Julie Andrews just after singing The Sound of Music when she heard the bells in the distance. I tried to describe it, but it was hard. Anywho!
megandkatherine: Thanks for the great compliment and review!
hepburn-monroe: I capitalized she one purpose. I wanted to exactly what you suggested, it shows Maria's importance in the Captain's (and rest on the family's) life. Thanks for the review!
lindainsweden, MaryAnne741, and bluesparkle123: Thanks for wonderful reviews!
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