A/N: Ok so this is more of a chapter to glue things together. It's kinda all over the place but this is just sort of a bridge to the 3rd chapter where I have something planned for them. I'm not entirely sure about this chapter but I wanted to have something up for you guys. To be honest I'm still torn over the election and I'm still mourning (yes I just said mourning. Because that's what I feel like mourning. We lost Hillary and it's a shame. A total utter shame. I'm not a US citizen but it still managed to affect me deeply and I'm very sorry for all the Hillary supporters living in the US. Together we'll get through this, we just need to have faith that Mister Trump will do the white house and America justice. Not that I agree with him but that's what we're getting and that's what America will have to to it with the next 4 years.
So again, this is more of a chapter connecting everything together. I'm already busy writing next chapters and I hope to get them up very soon!
Oh and I made the captain a kind father in this story not the cold man the movie makes him out to be.
Happy reading!
Ps: I've started listening to Christmas songs so I'll probably start writing a Christmas one-shot soon because I've never written one before so I'm determent to do one this year!
Once all the customers had gone and the tavern was empty, Maria begun to clean the tables and gather up any lost items. It seemed that this night everybody took good care of their belongings for there was only one hat found on the hat stand. Maria picked it up to put it in the lost and found box. Could it be his? She wondered…
"Another hat?" Jacob asked looking up from behind the bar.
Jacob, an elderly man with salt and pepper hair – or what's left of it- was the owner of the bar and had been for years, and when a girl came into his tavern one day claiming to wait tables faster than anyone he'd ever seen, he hired her on the spot. Not because she was such a good waitress mind you, but he could clearly see the girl was in some kind of trouble and needed a fresh start. In the year Maria has worked at the tavern she came to see Jacob and Josephine almost like the parents or grandparents she never had – or fairly much alike to the once she used to have a long time ago.
"Yes," She looked at the label inside the hat. The label read G.V.T embroidered on it "I believe it's from that Captain von Trapp who was here" Walking over to put it in a box standing at the end of the bar she added "I
put it in the box with other lost and found items" Maria replied clearing the last table.
"Oh, wasn't that the man who was ogling you for at least an hour?" Anna the other waitress said raising an amused eyebrow at Maria
"He wasn't ogling me… for at least an hour… he probably was only here for half of it" Maria replied continuing her task of wiping the bar clean.
Anna's amusing grin reappeared on her face "ah, so you noticed him too did you? Are you watching all customers that close or just the ones who look good?"
"Who looks good?" Jacob asked as he reentered from the kitchen
"Captain von Trapp." Anna said with a sly smile
"Oh, yes Captain von Trapp, hasn't been here in years, he used to come in here with his wife, lovely dear she was." Cleaning up the few glasses he added "He must have been ogling you for at least an hour"
"argh…" Maria let out an annoyed groan rolling her eyes "Is Josephine almost done with the dishes? I can go help her out?" she asked hoping it would be a way out of this conversation
"No! Maria dear I don't need help!" She heard Josephine's muffled voice coming from inside the kitchen
"Alright, if you say so…"
"I bet he'll come looking for you when he comes to pick up his hat…" Anna said
"Of course he wont!" Maria added with a huff making the hair in front of her face lift up "and besides, tomorrow is my night off, so even if he will be looking for me, I won't be in"
"a shame isn't it?" Anna sighed "didn't you talk to Jacob about wanting to make more hours? Maybe he could schedule you in tomorrow night?"
"No thank you Anna, frankly I'm quite tired and I'm very much looking forward to my night off"
"Well alright I guess, if you're looking forward to spending the evening all alone in your room reading…"
"I happen to like reading, are we all finished?" She looked around the room seeing that everything was nicely cleaned op "Then I'd suggest we all get a good night's sleep, Goodnight"
Maria went over to behind the bar and made her way to the back hallway. In exchange for working at the tavern she would receive a monthly salary and boarding in a small room above the tavern. Getting to her room she laid down on her bed with a sigh. She couldn't seem to get the captain out of her head the whole night. Little did she know the captain was also having trouble getting her out of her head…
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"Alright, I have one portion of schnitzel with noodles, if you heat it up for me I might even share it with you" The captain said to his children who were siting in front of the fire patiently awaiting their father's arrival.
They all hurried to the kitchen. Except for his two youngest daughters.
"And you," He pointed at his two youngest daughters "Are coming with me for a bedtime story because you girls are downstairs way past your bedtime!" He picked Marta up which earned him a loud squeal "Let's go let's go"
Once the girls were tucked in Gretl tugged at her father's dinner jacket
"Father?"
"Yes sweetheart?" Georg sat down on his youngest daughter's bed again
"I think uncle Max should take us to dinner with you sometimes!" She said
"Oh and why is that?" He asked with an amused chuckle
"Well… well if… If the… if the lady meets us first maybe she will change her mind about you?"
"Change her mind about me?" Georg asked
"Well, you go out to dinner with uncle max quite often to meet new lady friends," Gretl started "But I don't think they want to be your friend…"
"Oh and why would that be?" Georg asked amusement showing on his face. It was more likely the other way around, that Georg didn't want to be "friends" with them.
"Well, if you were getting along with that person, wouldn't we have gotten too meet her?"
"Yes father, maybe we should pick out a friend for you!" Marta added "I don't think you're very good at it"
"If I meet someone whom I like and who likes me I'll be sure to bring her home for approval," He combed his hand through Gretl's hair "now you girls better get some sleep"
"Yes father!" Both girls said before Georg switched the light off
"Sweet dreams Father!" Gretl added before the door closed
His daughters were asleep pretty quickly but for him sleep wouldn't come so easily. He tossed and turned all night thinking about her. Images of her in that blue dress shifted through his mind. Even imaginary pictures where she was wearing nothing at all shifted through his mind. His dreams were all but sweet and innocent as his daughters wished for him.
"This is ridiculous!" Georg got up up to his en suite bathroom. Splashing some water on his face he convinced himself "I'll pick up my dammed hat tomorrow and this will all be over"
hoping that by seeing her again it would be confirmed that these dreams were just a little infatuation he headed back to bed hoping to get some proper rest for the remainder of the evening.
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The following evening Georg put on his coat he noticed that he didn't bring his hat home with him. I could've sworn I…?
"Lost something Georg?" Max asked coming down the stairs
"Hmm? Yes, I seem to have lost my hat" Georg turned around to look at his friend. Who had a smug grin plastered on his face.
"Care to explain your facial expression to me Max?" Georg asked clearly not amused
"Oh as if you don't know where it is, it's a very handy trick to go see a certain waitress again…"
"Now that you say it, I might have left it in the tavern, but I don't know what you mean about that waitress nonsense."
"Of course you don't… that's why you are going to pick up your hat this evening… When she could be working perhaps?" Max grinned widely "I mean you could have just called Jacob to ask him if you could pick it up this morning…"
"I honestly hadn't thought of that option Max," Georg replied making Max's grin even wider. Of course he hadn't… his friend mused.
"well, if you're done with your little joke, I'm going to see if my hat is still there" with that Georg was out the door.
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"Georg!" Jacob called from his spot from behind the bar. The tavern was fairly empty only two tables were occupied.
"Ah, Jacob, how are you?" Georg asked walking over to Jacob. Leaning on the edge of the bar he added: "I'm sorry I haven't been around much these past few years," He showed a slightly crooked smile scratching the back of his head.
"Georg," He looked at him "Don't fret it! I've been doing fine while you were dining elsewhere, you aren't my only customer you know!" he said which earned him a laugh from Georg.
"So you aren't totally out of money then?" Georg joked "Say, have you by any chance found a hat last night?" Georg asked looking around the room hoping he'd see it
"Oh I'll ask one of my waitresses to look in the lost and found box" Georg looked up hoping to see the blonde waitress appear. But instead it was a brunette waitress about the same age as the blonde waitress her hair put in a braid hanging loosely over her shoulder.
"Here you go sir, you left it on the hat stand last night" she said sticking her hands out for him to take his hat back.
"Thank you…" He said absentmindedly still looking around hoping to spot the waitress from the night before.
"She's not in today." The brunette said
"I-I'm sorry?" Georg asked
"The blonde waitress, you obviously couldn't keep your eyes off her the whole night" She grinned at him "If you leave your hat here, I'm sure she will be willing to look in the lost and found box for you tomorrow" She added winking at him.
"Ahem…" He scraped his throat "Err… I think I'd rather take it with me now…" Was he turning red? Was the normally so composed captain von Trapp was blushing?
"Well, if you say so…" She shrugged her shoulders "If you happen to be in the neighborhood again, please come again." Anna's plan to make them meet again had officially failed. Maybe he didn't want to see her after all? Well… back to the drawing board I guess…
But to the contrary, Georg wished nothing but to see her again. Or even just hear her voice, because he couldn't seem to stop thinking about her beautiful voice. When she talked, when she sang, imagine what it would sound like when she moa- Oh god. He quickly pushed that thought out of his mind. He quickly walked outside hiding his ever growing blush.
"And I'll sing once more…"
There was that voice again! He turned around seeing the blonde waitress sitting on a window pane above the tavern absentmindedly looking out the window.
Clap… clap… clap…
She jumped up at the sound of clapping hands coming from below
"No, no, please don't stop" Georg pleaded "you have a lovely voice"
"Thank you sir," She blushed slightly coloring her cheeks a soft pink "I see you've found you hat" she said after a short silence
"Hmm? oh yes…" He said absent mindedly mesmerized by her silhouette lit by just the moon light. "Yes… found it…" He couldn't seem to get any word out straight
"Sir," She started concerned "Are you alright?"
"Oh, yes I'm alright." He said being pulled out of his thoughts again.
There came a somewhat awkward silence. Everything he told himself last night was thrown out the window by just looking at her. This was definitely not just some infatuation.
"Would you ehm…" He started, slightly shifting on his heels "Would you perhaps care to err… take a walk with me?" He looked up at the window again.
"Sir I'm terribly sorry but you see I'm already in my nightgown an- OH!" Realizing she was talking to a man in only her night gown she left the window.
Georg was about to leave when her voice came within earshot again. Turning around the girl was back at the window again now modestly covered with a robe looking slightly flustered
"L-like I said, I'm already in my night clothes… maybe some other time sir"
"Georg, you must call me Georg" He insisted
"well, maybe some other time then… Georg"
She was about to turn away from the window again when the man, Georg, asked
"And what do you suggest I call you?" He raised an amused eyebrow
"Oh of c-course," She slightly stuttered. All of the sudden Maria felt herself getting nervous and started rambling as she was known for when getting nervous. "You may call me Maria, my full name is Maria Rainer, well actually my full name is Maria Augusta Rainer, but I mean nobody really uses all of that when addressing me so Maria would be fine, yes that would work…!"
"Are you nervous?" Georg asked her
"Pfff! no- I'm not- I- well maybe just a little, I mean you are standing there looking quite… handsome, and I'm here sitting in my nightclothes looking a total mess, and I mean-" She stopped talking when she heard Georg chuckle
"I'm sorry, I tend to talk a lot when I'm nervous…" she said biting her lip afterwards
"I'll come by for that walk some other time then?" He asked
She nodded "Yes that would be quite nice…"
"until next time then… Maria" He tipped his hat and walked away.
Sticking his hands in his pockets he walked to where his car was parked. Maria… like an angel… He mused.