here's chapter 4, this is basically a chapter just to get them to the point i want them to be, nothing special or anything i just wanted them to get a little bit closer. so this is probably not my best piece but it'll do :)

i know had been a while since i've updated but i was very busy... i had to study for my driving theory test... but i failed it because i was nervous as hell... so i'm going on next thursday again so i have to study some more this week :l but i'll probably try to write some more when i'm on study break :)

and it's my summer break now so i've got plenty of time :)

hope you enjoy it!

"Ok, now uncle max is going to watch you for the day so make sure you behave" Georg told his children "Fraulein maria and i will be back a little after dinner"

"we'll behave father" Liesl told him "now just make sure you two behave" Max said in a whisper to Georg. "Max i'm just driving her to her grandfather and we're going to stay for dinner, what could possibly go wrong?" He whispered back "And beside Fräulein Maria and i know perfectly well how to behave, if you just make sure my children don't do anything rash there will be no trouble at all" This comment made max to chuckle slightly "All set fräulein?" He looked over at Maria "Eh, Yes all set" she said as she made her way to the front door. Georg walked behind her closing the door firmly. Now they were on their way to mondsee.

Luckily for Maria they only had to drive about less than an hour. And she was happy the conversations didn't turn all uncomfortable. Mostly the just talked about the children, what progress they have made. For Maria that was easy, she loved to talk about the children.

"And well for Brigitta, i'm afraid I can't teach her much more" She said giving a small chuckle while rubbing the back of her neck. "Well yes I always knew she was going to be a smart child" He said smiling "It's warm today isn't it?" Maria suddenly stated "Well yes, but the weatherman did say there was going to be some rain later in the evening so I hope the road doesn't get to slippery" "Well here I thought you liked water, being a sea captain and all" She giving him a teasing look. "Well I never said I didn't like water, but sometimes it can be a pain being out on the sea surrounded by nothing but water" "You do need to tell me where to go now, I know the way to Mondsee but I don't know where your grandfather lives" He gave her a sheepish grin "Tell me, do you visit him often? You seem quite close to him" oh why did he have to ask that. she didn't like talking about her childhood. But than this was the moment she had to do it. "Eh, well I eh, I lived with him since I was seven, eh, my parents died when I was seven so my grandfather took care of me" She looked uncomfortably at her lap. "Oh I'm Sorry, I eh" "No it's ok, eh, just take the second road on the left"

Now they drove up to the countryside of Mondsee which basically existed of small farms and dirt roads. "And than the road all the way at the end" He drove up to the road seeing it ended up at a small run down farm. "Eh, this is it" She said looking at her lap again. Georg got out of the car and walked around to open the passenger door to let Maria out. He extended his hand for support and she hesitantly took it. But once out of the car she practically ran up to the house. "Captain you can come in! I'll make you some coffee!" She exclaimed turning around to see the captain slowly walk up to the house. she was extremely happy even though she felt yet uncomfortable taking the captain into her childhood home. What must he think of her now? He owned a villa! and she lived here in this run down little farm. but she was just so exited to see her grandfather that she forgot all about it.

"Opa?"(1) She said as she entered the small hallway. "I'm up here, just a second!" She heard from upstairs "Okay, i'll make some coffee if thats alright?" already knowing the answer walked up to the stove to boil some water. "You can come in Captain" She said knowing the captain would still be in the hall. "my grandfather will be down in a minute just take a seat" She smiled up at him. It amazed Georg just how a change of scenery effected her mood so much. She went from quiet in the car to happy and cheerful when they reached their destination. He always noticed that when she was with the children. she was always happy and cheerful, but when she was with him she always seemed to close up al little. "Maria! meinen engel!"(2) She heard from behind her knowing who it was she turned around and ran into his arms "Opa how are you doing?" She kissed his cheek and turned back getting the pot off of the stove. "Oh i'm just fine dear, And who do we have here?" He looked up at the captain. "Oh i'm sorry i forgot to introduce you two, Opa this is Captain von Trapp i'm his children's governess, he insisted on driving me" Georg stood up and extended his hand for him to take it "Well pleasure to meet you, thank you for taking such good care of my granddaughter!" "You both know I can take care of myself thank you!" She said turing around placing one hand on her hip "Yes you can that's not what I'm saying!" Her grandfather laughed "When she was little and she was angry at me she always picked leaves from the trees saying, I can take care of myself! I don't need dinner from you! and than she would sit outside eating tree leaves just to prove me that she could do without dinner, but then a few minutes later she would come to me saying the leaves didn't tasted good as my soup" Maria's face turned bright red at her grandfather's story "oh come on Maria, we all did silly things in our childhood!" he chuckled at her sudden embarrassment. Did he just call her by her first name? well surely he couldn't keep calling her fräulein... oh well...

"Coffee captain?" She asked as she put the pot from the stove "Please" He nodded at her. She poured both men some coffee before taking a seat herself. "I hope you managed without me opa?" she said as she grabbed a kookie from the plate on the table. "Oh yes dear, you shouldn't worry so much!" He chuckled "'of course I miss your lovely cooking, but no i'm fine really" he smiled as he patted Maria's cheek

"You bought a chicken?" She suddenly asked when she saw the chicken marinading in a bowl on the countertop. As soon as she said is she felt her cheeks redden. of course, for the captain it was very normal to have a chicken for dinner... "Well when my granddaughter comes for a visit it's quite a celebration" He squeezed Maria's hand when he saw her get slight uncomfortable. He knew she didn't like it when people would go through all kinds of trouble 'just' for her. and with money being short, she wasn't even sure if they could afford it. "no, it was just one of our own chickens, she didn't lay eggs anymore so it was kind of a coincidence that you said you wanted to come" He smiled when he saw her face soften again.

The captain just watched the scene before him. That's why she refused him to drive her. she probably didn't want him to go through all that trouble for her. and she seemed quite uncomfortable letting him in her childhood home. maybe he had pushed her to much into taking her? well there wasn't much he could do now since they were already here. he was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Maria get up tending to the chicken. she put it on the plate as she slowly slid it in the oven. she set the time before she took her seat again. She was finally able to let her nerves cool down a bit as the captain and her grandfather were already talking about politics and other manly subjects. she slowly let out a breath listening to the conversation.

Dinner was nearing to an end, and luckily it went without any trouble. Maria's mood already turned a bit gloomy to the fact that she had to say goodbye to her grandfather soon. she hated leaving him behind, but she had to make some money, the farm not being enough to pay the bills. And her grandfather had always told her to go make a life of her own. but after all he did for her she just couldn't. so she would sent him some money every month. but still, leaving him was hard on her. As she stood up to get the plates she got stopped by her grandfather. "Dear i'll do it, You should get back before the bad weather, the wireless said it could get quite-" "But opa i ca-" "No buts!" He looked stern but Maria knew he was teasing when he couldn't hide his smile anymore "Come here and give you old grandfather a hug" without protest Maria ran into his arms giving him a tight hug. She couldn't help but let a few silent tears roll over her cheeks. Her grandfather was getting older. So every visit she would hug him one extra time 'just in case'. It felt good to see him again. "Opa, i'll mis you" She looked him in the eyes with a sad expression "oh mein schatzi(3), there will be enough times to visit me again, i'll be fine!" He softly dried her eyes with his thumbs. Just as they let go, the captain came from the bathroom. "Captain, it was a pleasure meeting you" He extended his hand for him to take "Thank you sir, the pleasure was all mine" George gave his hand a firm manly shake. "oh enough with the sir, call me Hans!" he gave Georg a generous smile "Well, if you insist, but then you must call me Georg!" Georg smiled back at him even as generously. Now he knew why Maria was so fond of her grandfather. He was kind, loving, and a great optimist. always finding little things to make it a little bit better. "Well we'd better get going if we want to avoid any bad weather" He said scratching the back of his neck. He knew Maria probably didn't want to say goodbye just jet, but he also didn't want to get stuck in the rain. "Eh, yes is suppose so, goodbye opa, i'll write you soon" Maria gave him one last kiss on his cheek before she and the captain made their way to the door.

The evening got a little bit later than they expected and the sun went down as it made place for a bright shining moon. It wasn't very noticeable by the fact that the rain was already pouring in buckets. Well Georg knew one thing, Maria's grandfather probably shouldn't become a weatherman. As a man in the navy one had to know a bit about weather forecasting, so Georg knew that if they were to be home before the bad weather they should have left at least an hour ago. But of course he didn't want to take any from the time Maria and her grandfather had together, so he decided to say nothing about it. He looked beside him when he noticed that Maria had already fallen into a peaceful slumber. even though you could barely see her in the dark shades of the night, but you could still see her silhouette vaguely as the little bit of light from the moon shined upon her. Over the past time they had spent together he had grown quite fond of her.

He moved his eyes back on the road when he heard her beginning to wake up again slowly movin in her seat. He chuckled when he heard her let out a soft yawn. "Oh I eh, must have dozed off a bit..." Although it was too dark to see he knew her cheeks were probably a red by now. Over the past weeks he also noticed that she blushed very often which probably made him like her even more. "Oh no problem fräu-" he stopped when he heard her gasp of the sound of a loud thunder "the weather is getting quite loud this ev-" before she could answer Georg had to make a swift turn to the right when the road was blocked by a huge tree laying across it. He drove into the side of the road when he heard his make funny noises and before he knew it the engine stopped. What Georg didn't know was that by his quick turn to the right Maria hit the side of the door. He looked to see if she was ok when he found her shaking and sniffling almost like as if she was trying to hold back her tears. He immediately reached out for her asking if she was alright. "Maria are you?" Oh to hell with formalities. He pulled her into a tight embrace moving his hand soothingly over her back in a circular motion. For Maria, who had almost never driven in a car before even an accident as small as this one was quite a shock for her, and now being in Georg's soothing arms she allowed her tears to roll down her cheeks. She didn't even care that he was her employee, she just wanted someone to hold on to. And it felt so good to be in his- in the arms of someone she could hold on to.

"Maria i'm sorry, are you hurt?" He got the answer as she looked up at him showing a small wound on her cheekbone. "oh, I'm sor-" "No it's ok, i'm fine, thank you, it could have turned out differently if you hadn't reacted so fast" She smiled up at him, her bright blue eyes shining with adoration for the man in front of her. Or would there perhaps be hiding other feelings behind those eyes? Was it just her or was he moving closer? Was it just him or was she moving closer? Maria slowly closed her eyes as she let her lips touch with his. First soft and sweet but before she could even get a hold of it all she slightly opened her mouth for him to enter. The moment broke when Georg heard her gasp in pain when he accidentally moved his hand to rest upon her wounded cheek. "Oh i'm sorry I-" he awkwardly cleared his throat looking at his lap. "no eh, its eh" She did the same smoothing the invisible creases in her skirt. The weather only getting worse Georg suggested, "eh, we probably best turn back and look for shelter and get that eh wound fixed" She nodded in agreement. But only when he tried to start the car, it made all kinds of noises but not the sound he was looking for. He went outside to take a look at the engine but it was a hopeless case. What was he supposed to do now? He was totally drenched,and totally lost, or? He desperately looked around to look for something familiar when he saw the a little red bench. A red bench? That was the bench he and his late wife put there so they would remember which way to turn! He knew exactly where to go.

He went back into the car to a clueless Maria taking her hand telling him he knows exactly where the could go for shelter. He pulled her close under his coat hoping she would at least stay dry a little as they ran into the dark rainy night.

"So where were the going?" Georg Asked Maria Curiously. "Well that would reveal the story wouldn't it?" She laughed at him "Oh well it's such a lovely story, almost as if i heard it somewhere before..." Georg said trying hard to remember where he heard it. Maria just got a little bit of hope left, but it fell when she heard him answer "Well probably was just a movie or something" He smiled "Yes it probably was..." She answered back. she quickly looked at the clock when she saw the nurse come in with Georg's dinner. "Time for dinner Mr. Von Trapp" She smiled at him as she placed the plate in front of him "Oh well then i really must get going, look at the time!" she rapidly stood up from her seat. "Oh but you can stay if you would like m'am?" He looked at her with an almost sad look in his eye "I'll be back tomorrow if thats all right?" He probably wouldn't remember her in the morning but it was worth a shot anyway "That would be nice!" He said before he tried to get some dinner on his fork. "Enjoy your dinner!" She said as she walked out making her way to her car driving back home.

So this was chapter three!

1. Opa is a German/Dutch name for grandpa (or they use Größfater which is (i think) the more 'nicer' way like when you say grandfather, i think thats more polite... but i don't know.. i guess its what you prefer but I thought opa was a bit more 'playful'

2. Meinen engel means my angel which is a german term of endearment

3. Mein Schatzi means my darling which is also a german term of endearment

So please review! and i promise, the next chapter i will let all the 'magic' happen :P