I know you won't believe this, but I'm still alive! I'm sorry for the really long wait- the next one will most likely be just as long. I just have a really busy schedule what with school, homework, gs, etc so i couldn't write, and i'm sorry if i was killing anyone with suspence, but I kinda doubt I was...It's not like I have the talent of imnotacommittee or TheLonelyGoatherd...Plus it wasn't a cliffhanger...Here's the reviews to the one before last as promised...

TSOM fan : Glad you enjoyed it! Sorry it took me so long to update.

megs: Thank you, I'm glad you think I do such a nice job. It's one of the things I work hardest on. I hate it when people write and it sounds fake. I'm sorry it took me so long to update!

The Marauders3: I hope you get to watch it, what I saw of it (my disc skips) was fantastic.Here's what I do: Base it on the truth and add your own touch. That way it has a thread of realism, but isn'ta biography...Like Maria didn't even know herbrother untilshe was much older, and I don't think Hank was hisname... I just had the Man Who Knew Too Muchon my mind...Thank you for reviewing!

The Lonely Goatherd: It was a super movie! There is a point where you think: wow, is this stupid. They don't even have very much Julie in it! How are they going to get out of the mess they just created? But then it turns out to be really good. (except for not enough Julie. Why do they even bother putting in the scenes that she isn't in?) Thank you for your review!

I luv Julie Andrews: Thank you for the review and sorry for the long wait!

jennalynn: Thank you! Now you're making me feel bad that I didn't update sooner...I tried writing it with Maria just telling it, and it was really lame...Then came the idea to put flashbacks in...

edelwyn: I hope you've seen it, cause it's super! There's a cute thing on the audio commentary about Julie's daughter...but I won't spoil it for you. I love Maria's books...

cremated affection: Knight to E5.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Adelaide was standing by the telephone, wringing her hands. She was unexplainably nervous. After all, she was only calling to invite a boy to a New Year's Eve party that about hundred other people would be attending.

The phone stared at her tauntingly. She stared back.

A few seconds passed. Darn! Adelaide blinked first.

The phone was trying to intimidate her, she knew it! She stomped her foot. Was she going to let a phone run her life? Of course n-….She reached for the receiver and….

Yes. Adelaide was going to let a phone run her life.

"Mother!" Adelaide called. "Mother!" Her mother came trotting in gracefully.

"Yes, Pet?"

"What was I supposed to remember about the von Trapps again?" She asked sweetly and politely, with no attitude common of children of today.

Her mother smiled and patiently rattled off which rules of society her daughter needed to remember for this family. "If a man answers, you're to address him as Captain von Trapp, not Baron – although he is a Baron. If a woman answers, make sure it's not an older one, which would be their housekeeper, you should address her as Baroness von Trapp. I doubt a child will answer, so don't worry about that…"

"Thank you, Mother." Adelaide watched as her mother left to go watch to make sure someone was dusting correctly, or something equally as boring. The phone was still taunting her. She picked it up, took a deep breath and dialed.

She wasn't going to let a phone run her life.

Maria was sitting in the parlor, trying to learn how to knit. She knew the basic way of doing it, her technique just needed a little work… Knit one, pearl two, knit one….Ring! Oh, how exciting, the phone! Maria wasn't used to the telephone, as she had never actually had one in her house, and even here there were few calls. She had her hand over the receiver, when it stopped ringing. Darn, Georg must have gotten to it first. He was so lucky. She'd have to go "get mad" at him later.

"Hello, This is the Villa Trapp." Franz had actually gotten the phone.

"Hello, is this Captain von Trapp?" Adelaide asked sweetly.

"No, This is Franz, the butler."

"Oh." Adelaide didn't like this man very much. Something about him gave her the creeps. Maybe it was his lack of expression when he talked. "Well, may I please speak to Friedrich von Trapp?"

"I have to ask the Captain. One moment please." Franz headed off to find the Captain, but ran into Maria instead.

"Oh, Franz, did you answer the phone? Who was it?" Maria asked.

"A young lady for Friedrich. I was about to ask the Captain…"

"Oh, I'm sure it's fine…I'll check…" Maria was excited; she would get to use this mysterious thing called the phone. She picked it up carefully with her index finger and thumb. "Hello?"

Adelaide was beginning to lose her confidence. Why couldn't she just have talked to Friedrich? "Hello, is this Baroness von Trapp?"

"Oh, yes! Who is this, please?" Maria found interesting - it was weird not being able to see the person one was talking to.

"Adelaide Schnecker. I, um, go to school with Friedrich, and I was, um, wondering if I could speak with him…." Adelaide cringed at her jerky, uneven speech. She hated talking on the telephone.

Maria wracked her brain to remember who the Schneckers were. All she could remember was Friedrich talking to a sweet girl named Adelaide at church. Maria smiled, for some reason she liked that girl – she reminded her of someone, but Maria wasn't sure who. "Oh, one moment, I'll go get him." Maria gently placed the receiver on the table next to the cradle and went to go find Friedrich.

"Friedrich, dear!" Maria called.

"Yes?" Friedrich responded.

"A girl named Adelaide's on the phone for you." Maria led him to the phone.

"Oh, thank you." He picked up the receiver. "Hello, Adelaide?"

Adelaide felt her knees weaken slightly at the sound of his voice. "Oh, hi Friedrich! I was wondering if you and your family would like to come to a New Year's Eve party my parent's are throwing at my house…on New Year's Eve…" Adelaide mentally slapped herself: how much lamer could you get? Of course the party was on New Year's Eve!

"Let me ask my parents." If he thought it was lame Friedrich never let on. There was a moment of silence, and then he came back on the phone. "We would be delighted to attend, Adelaide. What time does the party begin?"

"Seven." She replied.

"Excellent, I can't wait to see you there, Adelaide." Friedrich was genuinely excited, and it came out in his tone.

"Bye, Friedrich!" Adelaide hung up, then squealed. This was going to be an awesome party.

It always seems so much longer on Word...

The Lonely Goatherd: Lol, I thought I was rather brilliant for adding that in myself...(jk, I'm not that full of myself. I did get excited to write it in when I thought of it though.) Darling Lili was AWESOME. I love Blake Edward's usage of color. Unfortunately, I missed some of it though, because my dvd skips from being stuck in the player...

megslife: Thank you so much!

fran330: I agree with you. I reread it after I read your review, and you are right...I guess my only excuse is I was tired and it was late when I wrote it, but that isn't much of an excuse...Thank you for the constructive critism, because I'll never learn or improve without it.

The Marauders3: Thank you, I worked hard on outlining her past...I had way too much fun doing it...

jennalynn: O! I feel smart, because I know the answer to your question! In the play, Rogers and Hammerstein changed her last name to Rainer, and the part is billed as Maria Rainer if you look a playbill. In real life, Maria's maiden name was Kutschera. So it really depends on the writers mood (like with me), how obsessed with the SoM the writer is, and if the writer has seen the play. They're both technically right. Thank you for reviewing, and sorry for the long wait!