She And I

I Tried

It was Christmas eve. Husband and I were enjoying the night. We were away for a while. Away from the busy streets...away from work...away from her...

"Merry Christmas, my queen." Benny approached me. He hugged me, then gave me a kiss.

I hugged him tighter. "Merry Christmas, my king." I looked at him.  I stroked his hair. "Merry Christmas, dear husband."

"Awww... wifey... You're just so sweet."

"I learned it from my very sweet husband."

"Now...now... We're getting too cheesy now." He tried to drift the conversation to something different. He wanted to make it a physical celebration.

As we were about to kiss, we were interrupted by a phone call.

"I'll take it from here, my lady." He answered the phone. "Merry Christmas. King of the Teddy Bears speaking. Nah. It's Benny. How can I help you?"

"Hey brother. I don't know how am I gonna be happy this Christmas. Anna and the kids just left. But I really tried."

"Hey Björn!" I noticed Benny's face changed. His eyebrows were meeting. "Are you kidding me? You didn't? You didn't make it?"

"I guess it's too late. It was my fault anyway. Don't tell your wife about this. Please don't. She might attack me."

"Okay. Let's talk about this in the studio." Benny's tone was just sad. "I'll see you at work. Just have a break for now. Bye." He dropped the phone.

"What happened? I heard it was Björn. Is he alright?" I asked.

"He just couldn't write properly this time."

"Why? Don't tell me he's still working at this moment? It's the holidays. He's supposed to be spending it with his family." Oh goodness! I stopped. I just remembered what Anna told me before about leaving if things didn't work out. "Tell me, baby. Did something happen? Is there something wrong? Because you sounded stunned and angry earlier."

"It was just that. I was stunned that he was not able to finish the lyrics." He was not looking at me. "Frida, can we continue with what we've been doing?" He tried to draw me away from those thoughts as he hugged me and kissed me from behind.

"We won't continue unless you tell me the truth." I tried to negotiate with him.

"I have to keep it a secret for now, honey. It's for the next album."

"You're still lying."

"What do you know about what is happening?"

I let him unwrap his arms around me. I took his hand, and led him to our bedroom. We sat on the bed. I told him of what I have known. "As Anna was leaving our wedding party, she told me that she and Björn were no longer working. I mean their relationship was slowly breaking. I noticed them already apart when I was walking down the aisle. Anna went home alone. Then you told me they were in a shaky phase. I just remembered that they only have until Christmas to fix their relationship; otherwise, she would leave."

"So you have a slight idea... You're getting there."

"What do you mean I'm almost there?" I raised an eyebrow.

"What you said just happened. Anna left with the kids. Björn was blaming himself."

What? He hurt her!? I cannot believe this! Benny noticed my face. He noticed that I was mad. "I want you to chill, darling. It was still their decision to make this happen."

"But Ben, he hurt her! He promised me that he won't hurt her. He's gonna be so..."

"You're getting carried away by the situation. I told you, they agreed to do it."