Authors note: Okay this idea came to me the other day and it wouldn't go away, I know I'm writing another story but I had to get this one down. It's a two part story and I hope you enjoy it!

The old woman walked through the brown rusty gates hearing them squeak as they opened. She looked at the house remembering the first time she arrived. It had been beautiful once but the years had not been kind to it, leaving it to age and crumble away. The autumn leaves fell around her filling the large drive way, the trees losing the last of their leaves leaving them bare and unwelcoming.

She walked forwards emotions filling her body and overpowering her. Her brown short heels crunched on the gravel but were muffled by the auburn leaves and the wind flew through her now brittle fair hair.

She didn't know why she had returned after so many years. But after hearing that the big house that had once been owned by the brave Austrian naval hero Georg Von Trapp was being demolished in a few months she knew in her heart that she had to come back one more time and put away all the painful and passionate memories that haunted her dreams.

So here she was 40 years later at the ripe old age of 63 standing in front of the house that had changed her life. Taking a deep breath she walked up the steps and pushed open the now mucky white withering doors. It was dark as she walked inside, crispy old leaves and dirt scattered across the floor. Tears filled her eyes but she blinked them back not yet ready to let go of her emotions.

It smelt musky yet the smell that she had defined with this house still lingered faintly calmed by dust and the outdoors. She looked around, the chandelier still hanging but broken and hanging off its hinges. The carpet that had lay in front of the steps was now gone and the wooden poles chipped and mucky. She walked down slowly like she had done all those years ago the memory flooding her as the picture of his face flitted through her mind sending painful jolts through her stomach.

She breathed in and opened her eyes her worn blue irises drifting to the room where his voice had floated around in beautiful notes while he played the guitar looking into her once sparkling blues eyes as he sang. She remembered her stomach flipping and her heart ached excruciatingly as the memory surrounded her.

She walked towards the room the door ajar and pushed it open, carefully she walked in and her heart broke. The room had been obliterated no doubt by the Nazis. The walls had been shot and were covered with dust and dirt. The golden chairs that had been so warming to which she had sat on and sang to the children and talked to Georg for hours on had been broken and the fabric had been shredded and eaten away by termites over the years.

"Oh" she wept in despair as she leant against the dirty wall. She held her hand to her chest and gripped her coat tightly as a wave of nausea passed over her. She breathed in again trying to collect herself but couldn't help the lone tear that rolled down her cheek. She closed her eyes imagining him sitting in front of her and hummed the tune that had captivated her eyes drawing her in.

She swayed against the wall as she sang "Edelweiss, edelweiss every morning you greet me" she whispered off and laughed at her patheticness.

"Why did you stop mom?" the woman next to her asked and Maria jumped.

She shook her head "I am just being silly" she said quickly wiping away the tear.

"No you're not and that was beautiful" she said stepping inside the broken room.

"I thought I told you to stay in the car" Maria said.

Her daughter shrugged "What can I say I was curious to see where my mom shacked off with the guy who made me" she said cheekily.

Maria laughed and shook her head "Mmm you always did have a way with words" she said smiling.

"What can I say, so which room did you do the nasty deed" she said looking around.

"Olivia!" Maria said tapping the 38 year old girl.

"What?" she said laughing "I'm just curious" Olivia said walking around the room "So what happened here?" she asked her mom.

"What do you mean? What happened while I was here or what happened to the furniture" she asked still leaning against the wall too scared to move and accept reality. To accept that 40 years ago she, Maria Rainer fell in love with Georg Von Trapp and committed the most deadly, passionate unforgiveable sin of her life. That she gave in to one night of passionate love making, producing the most beautiful daughter, who loved her and forgave her for not giving her a father.

She looked at her mom's scared eyes but knew she needed to push her they both needed this. Olivia needed to know why she never had a dad and her mom needed to finally put things to rest "Both" she said sitting down on a partly broken chair.

Maria smiled putting her handbag on the leaf covered floor before looking at her daughter her dark brown hair reminding her so much of her father but her eyes were hers the same sparkling blue irises that she had when she was younger "Well for what happened to the furniture I don't know, I'm guessing that when your father and brothers had to flee from Austria the Nazis came here to search for them and destroyed the place because they loathed him" she said sadly.

"Why?" Olivia asked.

"Well your father was Austrian and proud of it. He had pride and would never admit defeat, something you flourish with" she said and Olivia smiled.

"Anyway your father hated the Nazis and the Nazis thought everyone should be German so when your father protested against them and showed his obvious dislike for them the Nazis turned against him" she said trailing off.

"And what happened here between you and dad" Olivia asked curiously.

Maria smiled "Your father sang to me here, well not necessarily to me but it felt like it, I felt like we were the only two people in the room, the song I was just humming was the song he sang, his voice was beautiful, it was gentle but strong and when he looked at me I felt like I could fly" she said looking back at her daughter a beautiful mixture of them both.

"You look just like him" she said looking over her daughter "When we first met we didn't get along at all. He was angry and sad and shoved his children to the side wanting nothing to do with them" she said shaking her head.

"Why?" Olivia asked confused.

"Well four years before I came, he had a wife called Agathe and unfortunately she died of scarlet fever. His children reminded him of his wife too much so he locked himself away and shoved his children onto governess after governess" she said.

Olivia smiled "And that's where you came in" she said smiling.

"Four years later yes" she said smiling.

"I still can't believe you were a nun! I mean some of the stuff we used to do! Everyone thought you were my crazy sister instead of my mom" she said laughing and Maria laughed too.

She nodded "Mmm I was quite the ugly duckling, I never fitted in anywhere especially the abbey, I was too full of life, climbing trees and singing to my heart's content" she laughed "And then one day the reverend mother sent me to look after seven children, I didn't want to go at all and protested immensely but in the end I agreed. When i arrived I swore I had never seen anything like it, he had his children following orders and marching like soldiers. It was ridiculous but the day after he left for Vienna and I soon got the children to let down their barriers. You would love them, they were kind and sweet and their voices were amazing, much like yours" she said smiling and Olivia smiled back wishing she knew her half-sisters and brothers.

"I remember when he came back with the baroness and max as if it were yesterday. We had been out to the mountains and when we were back we decided to take a boat and row across the lake. By the time we came back the captain was home, in the joy of seeing your father we all jumped up and accidently tipped the boat over. I had never seen a man so cross apart from my uncle. We had a huge fight and he fired me but when he heard the children singing something inside of him changed and the kind man that the older children had talked about came shining through and he asked me to stay" she said gently.

Olivia smiled watching as her mom spoke so passionately about her past life and the family she had never known. Some children would have resented their parents for not having a father or a mother but Olivia knew that if her mom could give her, her father then should would. Her mom had searched for them in the past but had come back with nothing and the pain Olivia had seen when her mom spoke about her dad sometimes, showed her that even if she was united with her family even after all these years, it would be too painful for her mom and she didn't want to put her through that. But maybe it was time she thought vaguely.

Maria sighed and looked around again the sight breaking her heart, how she wished she could go back to that precious year just to see his face and hear his voice. But at the same time she didn't. He had moved on and married Elsa, she couldn't bare the fact that she had probably grown old with him shared more children with him, that he had most likely loved those children but never would he know the child that was conceived on that one special night. Images of the dark candle lit room, shades of orange flickering against his naked chest as he caressed her equally naked body flashing through her mind.

Her cheeks flushed and she cast the memory aside not ready to enter that memory and room yet.

Olivia got up and walked over to her mom "Hey you ok?" she asked carefully.

Maria nodded "Yes darling I'm fine, just a little over whelmed" she said putting on a brave face.

"Do you want to go back outside for a bit?" she asked caringly.

Maria shook her head "No, no I'm fine honestly I just didn't think it would be this hard" she said truthfully "Come on lets go into the other rooms" she said not wanting to see the broken furniture anymore.

She picked up her bag and they walked out together.

"Where to next?" Olivia asked.

Maria shrugged "You pick" she said not bothered.

Olivia smiled and looked around before spotting the big double doors that Maria had peered through on her first day "How about that room?" she said smiling as she pointed to the big double mucky doors.

Maria chuckled "Now how did I know you would say there" she said.

"We are phycic" she said linking arms with her mom.

Maria smiled "Alright let's go" she said feeling slightly sick. It wasn't that this room had any particularly special memories to it but what lay just outside of it did. And the sudden memory of them dancing floated through her mind, the touch of his hand in hers the heat of his body. She shook her head as they opened the door. Unlike the other room this one had been left untouched; there were no leaves on the ground only years of dust.

Olivia stepped inside as Maria stood there watching her as she looked around the large ballroom "Whoa" Olivia said and Maria smiled.

"This is where your father I and first met. I walked in and pretended bowing when your father stormed in and I ran out" she said remembering how he had stood there not saying a word but his body speaking a thousand.

"And just beyond those doors there's a small court yard, we danced our first and last dance out there to an Austrian folk dance called the leandler. It was then that I realised I had fallen in love with him" she said smiling.

Olivia smiled and looked around again "I can't believe you lived here" she said astonished.

"Me either" she said sadly and walked in cautiously "It breaks my heart seeing it so broken" she said quietly.

Olivia walked over to the dusty doors that lead to the court yard and opened them letting in the autumn light "Small court yard?" she said sarcastically to her mom.

Maria chuckled and nodded "Small for this house I assure you" she said walking up to her. The courtyard looked the same apart from a few differences, leaves covered it and the statues that had stood clean and proud were now chipped and dirty.

The wind blew strongly as the leaves whirled around viciously as if they could sense her presence. Her breath caught in her throat and her breaths got heavier and she tried to hold the tears back.

Maria stepped back and shook her head "I don't remember anymore" she said quietly unable to look away from the captain's face. Both of them just stood there looking into each other's eyes, trying to find an explanation, an answer to what they were feeling.

"Your face is all red" Brigitta said observant as ever.

Maria's hands went to her cheeks in a flash trying to cover blush that emanated from them "Is it? I don't suppose I'm used to dancing" she smiled gently and the captain smiled back.

Maria opened her eyes and everything came back and those few precious moments faded back into reality. She looked to Olivia who was looking at the dull statues and walked over to her.

Olivia looked at her and smiled "I bet these were beautiful back in the day?" she said looking at the hard statue. She had always liked statues something about them captivated her. Most people thought they were ugly looking things but not Olivia. The thought that the statues had seen years of events and no one would ever know, if they could tell a tale she thought.

Maria nodded "They were, oh how I wish you could have seen everything, the house your father your sisters and brothers" her tears coming back "I'm so sorry" she said her voice breaking as the tears finally fell pouring down her face to no end.

Olivia had never seen her mom cry, she had heard her late at night but never had her mom cried in front of her. So seeing her now showed Olivia the impact that this house, and everyone in it had had on her mom. She walked forwards and held her mom rubbing her back in comfort. "Ssh its ok, you didn't do anything wrong, you gave me everything I could want and more, I don't need a dad when I've got you and two sons and a little girl on the way and one adoring husband" she said placing her hand on her little bump and then looking back at her mom.

Maria smiled through her tears and touched her daughters cheek "You truly are the best daughter anyone could have" she said kindly.

Olivia smiled "You aren't too bad yourself" she said and they both chuckled.

Maria wiped away her tears and looked around the court yard one last time closing up the memory and laying it to rest in the corner of her mind. They walked back through the doors and into the ballroom closing the door after them. They walked back through to the entrance and Maria looked around briefly.

"So where are we going now?" Olivia asked her mom.

Maria sighed no longer able to avoid the inevitable "Upstairs I suppose" she said her voice shaken and weak.

Olivia smiled "Ooo, upstairs! I finally get to see where my mom and dad created the, oh so lovely me!" she said laughing and Maria shook her head but couldn't help the smile that graced her lips.

"Calm down, honestly your 38 not a child and we aren't going to visit that room yet" she said as they walked up the stairs.

Olivia pouted "Oh come on you know you want to" she prompted.

Maria shook her head "No, not yet" she said quietly and Olivia knew she shouldn't push her, that even entering this house had been a huge step.

"Okay, so which room?" she asked as they stood on the landing.

Maria looked towards the children's rooms and the sudden memory of her and the children rushing down the stairs as she quickly tied up Gretl's hair because she had woken up late again hit her.

Maria ran into the older girl's room and looked at the sleeping girls. Walking over to them she shook them awake "Come on up up up!" she said quickly.

"Fraulein Maria, five more minutes" Louisa whined.

Maria smiled and rolled her eyes "All of you get your butts out of this bed this instant, it is 5 to 8 we are supposed to be down stairs in 5 minutes and if you want to keep me here and save my head from your father then you will get up" she said pushing the blankets off Brigitta.

All of them shot up quickly and started running around trying to find their dresses and shoes. Maria smiled and walked out of the room quickly and into the boy's room to find the two tired boys staggering out of bed.

She laughed as Kurt tripped over his bedding landing on the floor with a thud "Okay you have 5 minutes, I'm going to go into Gretl and Marta's room and help them, are you boys going to be ok?" she asked gently.

Fredrich nodded and Maria heard Kurt's muffled "Yes Fraulein Maria" through the blankets.

She smiled and walked into Gretl and Marta's room smiling as the two slept soundly and felt bad for a moment for having to wake them but the thought disappeared at the thought of being fired again. Walking over to Marta she shook her awake smiling as Marta's eyes opened and beamed with delight at seeing her governess "Come on out of bed, do you think you can dress yourself as I help Gretl?" she asked and Marta nodded climbing out of bed. Maria kissed her on the head and Marta ran off to find her clothes.

Finally she woke Gretl who shot up awake as soon as she saw her "Fraulein Maria!" she said happily jumping out of the covers.

Maria laughed "Good morning" she said kindly and went to fetch Gretl's dress and underwear. Coming back, Gretl took off her nighty and nickers. Maria quickly slipped on the clean underwear and socks and finally slid her dress on her. "Alright come on lets go wash your face and do your hair" she said taking her to the bathroom where she found Marta washing her face.

Washing Gretl's face they went back into the bedroom and she quickly did Marta's hair.

"Come on hurry up!" they heard the captain shout from down stairs and Maria cringed.

"Um Gretl I will do your hair as we go down the stairs" she said ushering out of the room, the older children running past her.

Maria chuckled coming out of her reverie. She would never forget the way she and Gretl had walked down the stairs as fast as they could while Maria platted the little girl's hair. The captain had looked at her with utter amusement as they finally reached the bottom, Maria and Gretl's face struck with utter concentration.

Olivia who had walked further along the banister looked back when her mom didn't follow her "Mom?" she said.

Maria looked up "Sorry, I was just remembering something" she replied walking towards her daughter.

Olivia smiled "Its ok, what were you remembering?" she asked as they walked towards Maria's old room, the corridor dark and dusty a few leaves scattered across the floor from the wind.

"Just a morning we were late for breakfast due to me, I had to plat Gretl's hair as we rushed down the stairs, we were quite the sight" she laughed and Olivia smiled back.

They stopped and Maria held her breath looking through the slightly open door. A sudden wave of nausea washed over her, she was feeling sick and this wasn't even the most memorable room in the house what would she do when it came time to enter Georg's room she thought.

Olivia looked at her mom watching the fright and sadness engulf her mom and she took her hand giving her support. "Is this the room?" she asked hesitantly.

"No, this was my room. It silly I know to be so scared of a room" she said quietly.

Olivia shook her head "No its not, a lot of stuff happened in this house, these are your memories they are bound to be painful" she said squeezing her mom's hand "We can stay here as long as you like when you're ready we can go in" she said smiling.

Maria nodded thanking god that she had such a caring daughter. She had been through hell and back but not for one second did she regret that beautiful night. Georg may not have cared for her enough but she thanked him every day for giving her their amazing daughter. The only regret she did have was that he would never know her, never know what they made out of their love.

Taking a deep breath she stepped forward and pushed open the door stepping inside. Like the room down stairs it was in ruin and Maria couldn't bare it as she covered her mouth to stop the sobs from leaving her mouth. Olivia stepped forward and hugged her mom. Maria looked around, the bed was a mess and the dresser was covered with dust, the mirror was smashed bits of it laying on the floor and the wardrobe was chipped one door broken on the floor.

"Those damn Nazis!" she shouted and Olivia flinched and held her mom tighter.

"It's ok calm down, they're gone now, ssh" she said as she lowered them to the ground as her mom cried into her shoulder.

Maria cried for what seemed like forever "I'm sorry" she said trying to cease her cries.

Olivia kissed her mom's head "It's ok" she said soothingly. They sat there for a while, Maria just looking around the room tears in her eyes as her daughter held her.

The reverend mother had finally convinced her to go back to the villa and now as she walked through the moonlight she had desperately wished she hadn't. He was to be married to the baroness in a few months and that was that.

Her heart had shattered as the children had told her and just to make things worse he had appeared at the top of the steps watching her, his eyes not leaving hers taunting her to no end. She sighed and sat on the stone bench near the gazebo until the cold became too much to bare. She walked back into the house and checked on the children one last time before she would retire. But as she came out of Leisl's room the captain stood before her.

She jumped as she turned around "Captain! I didn't see you, I'm sorry i…" she didn't get to finish her sentence as his lips crushed to hers, Pushing her against the door his hands holding her waist. At first Maria didn't respond, too shocked, but as his tongue stroked her lips she gave in and opened her mouth to his. His tongue devilled inside stroking the roof of her mouth and tongue making her gasp.

Her stomach did summersaults as her arms entwined themselves around his neck. Finally they broke apart gasping for air. His mouth went to her neck trailing kisses down it making her moan "Captain stop, you have to… stop" she said half-heartedly.

Georg crushed his body against hers more until she could feel his hard member against her abdomen and she moaned "I want you Maria" he whispered as he kissed her lips again.

Maria had never felt anything like this. The need to feel him everywhere was indescribable and a heat was building in her lower stomach that she couldn't deny. Everything was so overwhelming that she couldn't say no, she nodded and whispered "Yes" as his hand came to her breast stroking her nipple through the fabric making her whimper.

He kissed her lips passionately and lifted her off the ground, her legs wrapping around his waist as his bulge rubbed her through her panties.

Maria sighed shaking her head. She knew it was now or never, it would be dark soon and they would have to leave. She sat up and nodded to Olivia who smiled weakly and helped her up.

They walked along the corridor. Marias stomach filled with butterflies and the feeling of sickness overwhelmed her. Every step they took brought them closer. The big double doors at the end were shaded in darkness and Maria remembered the night he had lead her into them.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Olivia asked half way there.

Maria nodded "I'm sure, I have to do this" she said as they came to stand in front of it.

Maria stood there unable to move, unable to do anything except stare at the door.

Seeing her mom's hesitation Olivia spoke up "Do you want me to come with you?" she asked.

"No you stay here I need to do this alone, give me 5 minutes or so okay" she said smiling back at her daughter "Then you can come and see where your parents did the dirty" she said and Olivia laughed.

"Okay" she said smiling.

Maria looked back at the door and turned the handle carefully. Breathing in she plucked up her courage and stepped inside.

Authors note: So what do you think? You find out what happened to Maria and Georg in the next chapter and Olivia has a secret to tell her mom. Please please review!