Together Forever

Chapter 19: Hospital.

July 30th, 2023:

Today is this story's one year anniversary! (And mine of publishing on Wattpad too) Golly, hasn't that gone fast- a lot has changed over the past year. First and foremost, I have to thank you all for how much support and patience I've received! I genuinely thought my work would go under the radar so that was a lovely surprise.

On top of this, both my physical and mental health has been on somewhat of a rollercoaster, so writing is a good outlet. I don't know where I'd be without it! I also have to thank my gorgeous friends abbaswife and AnneChiquitita for putting up with me (as well as the ladies from the fabulous groupchat💚)

Here's to many years to come!

Kisses,

K💋

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Frida stared blankly at the ceiling, a hand resting on her stomach. She and Ruzzo would have a baby... and she'd almost lost it: She desperately prayed it would be alright- a close call with a miscarriage wasn't something to joke about. Anni-Frid had always dreamt of having a big family. She and Benny had decided that however many they were blessed with would be a joy. Maybe it was because of how lonely she was growing up? It wasn't just because she was an only child - She knew many well-adjusted only children - but because of how little interaction she had with people her own age.

You see, Frida was rather shy growing up (surprising, I know) and though she had friends, it wasn't enough. It wasn't necessarily a bad childhood, she was very grateful for her Mormor, but just... different.

Her first few pregnancies were ones filled of fear and reclusion, but when she was pregnant with Verity was born she actually quite liked it. It wasn't like the 60s, and she wasn't a teenager either.

Kasper wasn't like that though; he was both planned and not planned, more like the latter. Almost like a last plea to keep her and Benny together, but wishing she wouldn't get pregnant too at the same time. It was odd. Frida couldn't imagine her life without him now though, he was her hope. When they were going through the divorce, the one thing she could focus on was their baby that was developing inside her. And now that baby was five, and she had another on the way.

Hopefully...

It was best to try and stay positive, there was no good in letting negative thoughts set in. How would the children take it? She knew that her younger ones wanted more siblings, but how would they take it when their dream actually became a reality?

Verity said she wanted 7 younger siblings, ha! She'd have this one, or maybe one more, and then she'd shut up shop for good! 6 or 7 biological children were more than enough. Frida had always heard that children coming from big families always resented the idea of a new sibling, but maybe her lot were simply anomalies.

Frida didn't even know why she had so many children, but at least they were all nicely spread out. The perfect mixture of having siblings to grow up with while still being able to spend quality 1 on 1 time with each parent.

The blonde often wondered how her own parents would have thought of her life choices. I mean, she knew Alfred, but not well. And anyway, he wasn't really present in her life, not while she was growing up and certainly not now! She didn't exactly resent the man, but for her it was just too much. The media... they were still relentless even after more than a decade since the news broke that her father was a German soldier. It was just too much to deal with.

Her mother, she didn't remember. Anni-Frid loved her very much indeed, but Synni felt more like a photograph than someone she was related to. She hated to admit it to herself, but that's the way it was.
But what would her Mamma think of her, truly? Would she think it was absolutely ridiculous to have so many children; think being music artist wasn't a real job and think her obsession with love was childish, or would Synni be proud of her only child for coming so far through all the hardships Frida had faced?