The Reunion 2015

~Chapter 2~

Benny walked tired into the kitchen where he found Mona sitting at the table reading the paper. "Morning darling" he said. "Morning" Mona said and gave him a smile. Suddenly the telephone rang, and Benny picked it up. "Hi? This is Benny."
"Eh, hi. It's Frida."
"Hi! It was a while ago" Benny exclaimed. Frida laughed. "Yeah... Eh, can I meet you later? I'm in Sweden for a while now, and I miss you all so much."
"Of course. Today is perfect. Mona will not be home so I don't have to take care of her."
"What?" Mona said from the table. "Nothing darling... It's Frida" Benny laughed.
"Oh."

Around lunch time Benny heard the door bell. He went open and there was Frida. "Hi!" he said and they hugged each other. "Hi, Benny. Are you ready?"
"Yup." Benny took his jacket and they went out. They would go to a restaurant somewhere here in Djurgården where Benny lived.
"Shall we take a little trip to the museum after lunch? And just say hi" Benny asked. "Sure. But wouldn't people get crazy?" Frida laughed and thought about how the fans could be when they saw them.
"It's workday, so I don't think that there are too many people."
"Okay" Frida said with a smile.
"I've missed you" Frida said then.
"I have missed you too" Benny said. Then it became quiet between them. But not because it was awkward. It was something both was very happy about, that they could be together as friends without get in awkward situations. At least now...

"So what do you want have? I pay" Benny said. "No, it's okay. I can pay for myself."
"No, I want to. As a thank you for coming to see me. Frida smiled. "Okay then..." When the girl behind the desk realised that she took orders from Frida and Benny from ABBA, she just looked a bit surprised. It was nothing. That was good, because sometimes it was impossible to order food at restaurants because the workes got so excided.

They sat down around the two seats table in the corner. They wanted to be a bit away from the other visitors. Even if they could see just three. It was actually a bit early for lunch.

"I were at Agnetha's place yesterday" Frida said and started to eat her sallad.
"Oh, is she doing well? I haven't meet her for quite a while" Benny said. "Yeah, she seems to have a good time out there on the island. She seems calm. And that's really good, tough she wasn't so very calm during those years." And with "those years" she meant the ABBA years of course.
"No... I actually feel a bit sorry for her that she got so stressed about the whole thing" Benny said. "Yeah... Will you be at the meeting at the museum tomorrow?"
"Yes, Björn forced me!" Benny said and laughed silent so the other visitors wouldn't hear. Frida laughed too. "God... He forced me and Agnetha too..."
"Oh, so Agnetha will be there?"
"Yes. Is that wrong?"
"No, it's just... It's a bit weird when we're together all four..."
"Oh, come on! Agnetha said the same thing! We're like twenty years older now than we tried it last time."
Benny smiled, and then the smile turned into laughter. "Okay, you're right..."
"I think it will be fun! I've missed you all incredible much, and it's just wonderful to meet you all at the same time. I promise, I will start to cry..."
Benny laughed. "No, please don't Frida." Frida laughed.

The restaurant began to be filled with a lot of people. So they got out. "It's really nice weather today" Frida said and looked at the shining ice crystals on the trees. "Agree. I love it when it's cold, but the sun is shining." Frida nodded. "What did you do during Christmas and New Year?" she wondered then. "I just celebrated with Mona, Peter and Heléne and Ludvig and their children. And on 1 January I sat and was completely amazed by the really good singer who sang 1865..." Benny gave Frida a teasing smile, and she smiled back.
"So, you've heard it?"
"Yes, and I'm so surprised that you dared, and could sing like that after this many years."
"I must admit that I was a bit nervous that it wouldn't work. But it did! So I was very happy... And so was Dan."
"I understand that... It's a really nice song."

"Oh my god!" the girl in the shop of the ABBA museum exclaimed when Benny and Frida entered the door. She ran towards them and hugged them. "This is so cool! I love you!!" Frida and Benny smiled. "What's your name darling?" Feida asked. "Oh, I'm Elsa. I'm new here at the ABBA museum."
"I could understand that" Benny said and pat her shoulder. "Welcome" he said. "Thank you so much!"

Frida and Benny continued to the office. They knocked the door. And soon Ray opened. "Hi!" he said when he saw them. "Hi Ray!"
"Come in." Benny and Frida walked in. It wasn't that many people, because this was just a part of the office. They had an office outside the museum too some meters away, which was much bigger. But the ones who were there gave them a big applauce. Frida and Benny smiled.
"Thank you" Frida said with a laugh. They could see Görel in front of the whiteboard, she was writing something for a meeting about a new attraction at the museum. But both Frida and Benny knew that it all must have been Björn's idea. He really took care of the museum.

"Hi" Görel said and Benny and Frida sat down around the quite empty table. "Hi."
"Do you want something? Coffee?" another girl who used to work at the office, Lena, asked. "Yes, please" Frida said, and Lena started to make them coffee. "Any sugar or milk?"
"Milk please and one sugarcube" Frida said thankful. "No milk and four sugarcubes..."
Frida looked at Benny. "Are you serious?!"
"Yup... I mean, it's too late for me anyway..." He pat his stomach and made everyone laugh. Frida sighed, but you could see the smile...

"So, Görel. Why do we all four have to be here tomorrow?" Benny asked.
"Björn and I have an idea. He suddenly changed his mind completely!"
"What is it then?" Frida asked.
"You get to hear that tomorrow..." Görel said secretly. Benny and Frida sighed. "Okay..."

"Thank you for today" Benny said and hugged Frida tightly. Frida smiled against him. "Thank you. See you tomorrow then?" "Well, if I don't come both Görel and Björn will kill me so..."
Frida laughed. "True... See you!" she waved and walked into the city again. Benny waved back and watched her go away. He missed her so much. Sometimes he even thought if he did the right choice when they got divorced... If the relationship had last, it maybe would have been different today. Probably it would.

Frida knocked on the door of her hotel room. Henry opened. "Hi" he said and kissed her. "Hi darling."
"Has it been a good day?"
"Yeah, thank you for asking."

It was time to go to bed, but Frida was as awake as she could be. She sat in the armchair and listened to music. She had her special playlist, with songs that have been meaning so much for her. Right now she had Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock in her ears. And soon she heard Dancing Queen. Her eyes got filled with tears. She missed it... She missed the wonderful years she had together with her four best friends. With a sigh she changed song. The Wall of Pink Floyd. She loved Pink Floyd. It was one of her favorite bands of all time.
(IT ACTUALLY IS)

Soon she started to feel tired. She looked at her mobile. Three o'clock! Immediately she took of her headphones and laid down next to Henry. She closed her eyes, and fell asleep. She dreamed. Dreamed about Benny, Agnetha, Björn, ABBA... It was like a big fusion of different memories that fought in her head...