Hey guys! I know my updating skills are rubbish. I was just so stuck on this chapter, and that irritated me. Anyway, here is the latest chapter of My Maria!

If you are curious as to how I am doing during this Corona Virus pandemic, feel free to shoot me a PM. Also, you can ask me for my Snapchat, Instagrams (I have a personal, and one I use to post fandom stuff), and even my Facebook Messenger. I am here for each and everyone of you (regardless of this pandemic). This crisis is wearing all of us down, or at least some of us. I am praying for y'all!

Side Note: In this story, there will be only two chaperones. The ever-so-vigilant Max, and Hede, Georg's sister. This story might be a little ah... out of character in terms of Maria's maturity and the fact that their chaperones are sub-par at best. You'll see what I mean. Maybe. Anyway...

"Georg, where are we going?" she asked.

"I have somewhere I want to show you."

There was a place that I wanted to show her, a hideaway that I have never shown to anyone. I would have shown Agathe, but she was either with child, or I was at sea.

I led Maria outside and down the stairs and into my study. Shutting and locking the door behind me, I looked at Maria and noticed she looked confused. "I know you've been in my study once before, but let me show you this."

I walked across the room and behind my desk, where a bookcase stood, with all of my military books and things I used when I was working. When I reached the bookcase, I put my hand on a model of a submarine and pushed down on it. Then, the bookcase shifted and split in two, sliding open.

I led Maria down the small flight of stairs, that were in front of us- but not before making sure the bookcase was put back into place.

"Georg, darling, where are we?"

Pulling her down the last three stairs and around a corner, I explained, "Welcome to my hideout."

"Hideout?"

I smiled, "Yes, my hide out. It something that only I, and now you know about. When my father built the villa, he insisted on having a hide out built into it," I paused a minute to look around the room and then sat in a plush, oversized armchair. "My mother knew nothing about it, as she and my father were staying with her parents while this was being built. He used it as a sanctuary, just as I do."

As she sat in my lap, she asked, "Did Agathe know about this place?"

I shook my head. "No, she didn't. Every time I went to show her, she was either with a child or I would be getting deployed to sea. Then she got sick and well... I haven't shown anyone except for you."

Maria smiled and gave me a kiss on my cheek, "I'm honored."

After a few minutes, I asked, "Since it's an exact replica of the study, want to redecorate it? Make it updated and more of our own, instead of how it is now?"

"Mmm... Possibly, yes. We should think it over though, plan it out a bit."

"Sounds like a plan."

My apologies for a short chapter. I got stuck and decided to end the chapter right here. I would love feedback! I promise the next chapter will be more exciting. Once again, apologies for the short chapter.

Much Love xx