With trembling hands and shaking legs Frida walked from side to side in the bathroom, barely breathing, barely thinking, her heart racing inside her chest. There, on the sink, lay an upside down pregnancy test. Frida did not dare to approach and turn it over, she very hardly dared to get tested, she was terrified to see the result. A baby. Benny and she both wanted one, he was the most enthusiastic when talking about children and she was excited. But why now? When Benny arrived drunk in the morning, when they argued more than ever, when there were so many broken promises and crying.
Frida stopped with her back to the sink and checked her slim black wristwatch. It had been a long time, the answer was already there. She took a deep breath, not once but twice, then she turned and with trembling steps walked over to where the thin piece of evidence lay. She took it and turned it over...
"Are you kidding me?!" Benny exclaimed holding the phone to his ear. He was on the balcony of the main bedroom looking towards the garden, it was a cold afternoon and the sun was about to disappear completely. Clearly winter was already here. "Why I didn't know?"
"Well, now you know it. So let's go. First to the hockey game and then to a bar, it will be a boys' night," said Björn from the other end of the line.
Benny liked the sound of that. He loved going out with the boys and having fun. Luckily they were all single, only Björn was engaged and Benny married. "Done. How soon will I see you?"
"In an hour. I'll see you at my house, everyone will come here and we'll leave as a group."
"Okay, see you in a bit." The call ended and Benny came into the room. He would take a quick shower and go to his friend's house. He threw the cell phone in the middle of the bed along with his shirt and pants, went into the bathroom in his underwear and there he finished undressing to take a shower. He had to be fast.
Five minutes later Benny turned off the shower, stepped out of the shower stall and grabbed a towel to dry off. His beard needed a bit of a shave but he decided to do it later more calmly. Once dried, he tied the towel around his waist and left the bathroom, just as Frida entered the room. "Hey, where were you?"
Frida felt a tingling in her stomach at the sight of him, it was instantaneous. She loved this man, she just wanted to throw herself into his arms and stay there forever. With him, with the father of her child. When she saw the test result her chest filled with happiness like she never imagined. She was a bit scared, but being pregnant with the man she loved was the most precious thing. She should have run to tell him, but didn't know how. She half smiled at him. "Picking up some things downstairs," she replied.
Benny pulled a pair of briefs out of his drawer and put them on, then he ran that towel through his damp hair. "Oh, I didn't hear you." He went into the walking closet to pick out his clothes.
Frida noticed that he was in a bit of a hurry, she took his dirty clothes from the bed and put them in the laundry basket that was in the corner of the room. She would later take it down to wash all the clothes stored there. She sat on the bed to wait for Benny to come out. Should I tell him now? she asked herself. Or maybe she could prepare a surprise for him, a dinner tonight or maybe show him the test in a gift box, maybe she could buy some baby clothes and...
"Which one is better?" Benny snapped her out of her thoughts when he stepped in front of her showing two shirts.
"Uh, I think the white one." She suddenly realized that he was getting ready to go out. "Will you go out?" she asked confused.
"Yes, Björn just called me to invite me to the first hockey game of the season. I can't believe I didn't know, you know how much I like hockey," he explained as he pulled on his shirt.
