The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself

Mrs Andersson

This will be a longer chapter! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Happy to read your comments.

Frida woke up finally feeling rested and slowly got up from the bed, careful not to upset her stomach any further. She really wanted a day without morning sickness, but it seemed impossible. Two weeks ago, she had her first antenatal appointment. She was already 16 weeks by then and today was the special day. Today she would have her 20 weeks appointment and she will finally be able to know the gender of her baby. (Let's pretend ultrasounds were used in those times)She was excited and could barely wait.

She made her way down to the kitchen already smelling the strong coffee Benny was making. She walked behind him and hugged him. He turned around and snuggled her to himself. They ate breakfast and got ready for the appointment. The appointment was at 10.30 AM, and they had to hurry a little bit. Frida was able to sleep a bit today and only woke up at 9.00 AM, now it was almost 10.00 AM, and they still had a 20-minute drive to the hospital. They made it just in time and were called in the privet room soon after. Dr. Petersson entered the room and greeted the couple. She told them what will happen and what she planned to test and do. It was Frida's first ultrasound as they were still quite new, she had to wait till birth to find out the genders of Hans and Lotta. Dr. Petersson turned around to her equipment and smiled to herself. Treating two pregnancies of ABBA members was really something. She has been their fan since the very beginning. Following their individual careers to their group work, she was amazed and really surprised by the new development. She didn't expect the pregnancies which surprisingly still haven't been exposed in the papers. She didn't think they'd have more children, especially since they've just won the Eurovision. She got her equipment ready and did the needed tests. All the tests were just fine, and the baby was developing just as it was supposed to. It was now finally time for the ultrasound. The monitor was beeping and soon the picture showed up on the screen. "Do you want to know the gender now or should I write it and leave you to read it at your own time?" Benny and Frida exchanged looks, they just wanted to know already but maybe it would be even more special to find out another way. They opted for the second option and were soon leaving the hospital and into the car.

Benny began driving and Frida relaxed. She looked around a couple minutes later and was confused. This wasn't the right way home. "Where are we going love?" "You'll see baby, soon, very soon." They drove for a little while longer and Benny stopped in front of a familiar house. Frida was confused, it was Christina's house. "I think it's time we work things out about the children," he said as he turned off the car. "I know you've always wanted to have the children home with us, but I never budged, focusing on the career with ABBA instead. I think it's high time we do good on that. We've missed them growing up once and I don't want to do the same mistake twice." Frida looked him deep into his eyes and a couple of tears fell down her cheeks. "You really mean it?" Benny nodded. "But what about Christina and Ragnar? You think they'd let them be with us that easily? And it's going to be hard for the kids to be caught between all of us." "I've talked with Christina about it a long time ago, well we were all older then (he laughed) but not my point. We've talked and she said she'd wished I'd taken them, so she could've built herself a family, it was hard for her with our children around." "And Ragnar... well he's talked to me too... maybe we can work something out after all..." she considered. They walked to the front door and rang the bell. They waited for what seemed like hours, but it's only been couple minutes. All they heard from the inside were the screams of the children and someone (probably Christina) running after the. "I'll be right there, just a minute!" screamed Christina from the inside. Frida and Benny exchanged a look. What was happening, usually wasn't like that, the children were usually behaved. They were snapped from their thoughts by the door opening. A very tired looking Christina appeared in the doorway. "What are you doing here?" "May we come in?" asked Benny. "Sure," signed Christina, letting them enter before closing the door after entering herself. Peter and Heléne came running down the stairs ready to cause more havoc but stopped in their steps after seeing their papa there. "Papa!" screeched Heléne before both kids ran into their father's arms. He took them in his arms turning around giving them a little thrill. They snuggled into him happy to see him after so long. It's been a long time since he'd last seen his kids. He could hardly believe that they will soon turn 9 and 11. Time seemed to fly by so fast. "Kids could you go to your room for a bit I need to talk to your mother for a bit." "No!" screamed Heléne, while Peter just looked said. "Come on little ones, I'll go with you while your parents talk. Your papa will still be here when we come back," said Frida, talking their hands in her own walking up the stairs into their bedroom.