Hopeless Night: Day 2

Word Count: 12,010

Summary of Events:
Chapter 3:
Emma got up to have breakfast and was unsettled by the fact that her mother didn't participate, but she found out that her mother was near to giving birth. Magnus worked with his father for a day and was puzzled by the irritability of his his older brother Georg.
Chapter 4:
Emma got some time to talk to her parents and found that the baby's due date was quite close, and that Herr Reiter was a widower. Magnus helped his grandfather in ploughing the fields under and decided that he was going to aspire to be a farmer. Emma was helping her mother make a salad when her mother's water broke and Emma went to get her father to get the doctor.

Excerpt of the Day:
"As soon as Magnus was done he was allowed to be excused and took his dishes to the wash basin. Magnus then headed out to the workshop to start clearing things up for the evening.
He'd just started sweeping when Georg briskly strode past Magnus and disappeared into the house. Magnus turned and looked over at the door for a few moments, then he sighed and resumed sweeping.
Steffen came out after awhile and tidied up his things. He said nothing to Magnus — not that Magnus asked any questions. As soon as Steffen was done he returned into the house.
Heinrich zweite came out and cleaned up the rest of the things — letting Father get more rest in, being as he'd been working at wainwrighting for years more than any of them had been.
"I'm going to visit Wieland and Engelbert once I'm done," Magnus said.
Heinrich nodded and continued cleaning things up. They both finished at about the same time and Magnus pushed the doors closed from outside. Heinrich bolted them on the inside and Magnus set off to meet Wieland and Engelbert as they'd planned.
Wieland was already waiting when Magnus arrived, but Engelbert wasn't there. Magnus sat down beside Wieland and sighed.
"Hard work in the shop?" Wieland asked.
"No," Magnus replied. "Georg was off today."
"What do you mean?" Wieland asked.
"I've seen some of his work on Father's wagons and it's been incredibly fine, I thought he was going to be a wainwright with Father and Heinrich zweite, but today his work was atrocious and he even nearly ruined a spoke at the end of the day and left in a huff," Magnus replied. "He didn't come back until after I was finished eating."
"That does sound odd," Wieland said. "But nothing was different."
"Not outwardly anyways," Magnus replied.
"I know probably not to you, but isn't Georg pretty open to your parents?" Wieland asked.
"I don't know," Magnus replied. "Probably somewhat."
"Did they have a clue?" Wieland asked.
"No," Magnus replied.
"What do you think was the reason?" Magnus asked.
"Me," Magnus replied.
"What do you mean you?" Wieland asked.
"I almost feel like Georg was off because I was there," Magnus replied.
"How could you possibly have upset things?" Wieland asked.
"I don't know," Magnus replied. "But I just feel kind of like I was responsible."
"Wow, Georg is pretty sensitive to alterations," Wieland said.
"I don't know that it was the fact that I was there in the workshop working," Magnus said. "I don't think it would've upset him that much if there was a fourth person aside from himself working in the workshop."
"The fact that it was you you think is what upset him," Wieland said.
"I do," Magnus replied, nodding.
"What does Georg have against you, though?" Wieland asked.
"I don't know," Magnus replied. And it bothered him that he didn't know, but had that inclination. Why would Georg be mad at him?"

Georg: gayorgh
Zweite: z'white