Bora Bora Baby

Short Temper

Frida woke up to an empty bed. She looked around a little bit sad. She sat up and looked at the clock. She was surprised to see that it was 10:00 am. She was wearing one of Benny's oversized t shirts and her hair was a mess. Frida walked to her dresser and picked a up a hairbrush and softly brushed her hair. She tied it back in a hair tie and went downstairs. She came down to Benny smoking a cigarette on the couch and she shook her head. Oh boy, not today, she thought to herself. "Benny Andersson." She said in a stern voice and had her hands on her hips. Benny looked up and smiled at her.

"Good morning sunshine," he said acting like he didn't do anything. Frida was looking especially pregnant today, she must have grew overnight which seemed impossible to her but apparently not. Frida marched over to Benny, took his cigarette and aggressively put it out in the ashtray. She then took his hand and pulled him across the living room, and outside on the front porch.

"Benny," she said looking into his eyes and holding his hands. "Let me show you something." She said as she took his hands and rubbed them over her small but much noticeable baby bump. Benny smiled widely at his girlfriend. "Do you love your girlfriend, and her babies that she is carrying of yours, Benny?"

"Yes, they are my life, and so are you," He smiled.

"Do you know what you did wrong?" Frida asked Benny, being as calm as she could.

Benny got a little scared and shy. He swallowed hard. "No," he said quietly.

"What did you say?" Frida asked, her voice raising a little bit.

"No," Benny repeated quietly.

"Let me tell you," Frida said in a firm voice. "I am carrying your two precious babies and I come downstairs to you smoking. You say you love your babies but one of the main causes of birth defects and unhealthy babies is smoking, you do know that Mr. Andersson?"

Benny just looked at her kind of scared. He was taller than her, but Benny knew not to get on her bad side. She then took his hands that were still on her stomach and started rubbing them on her stomach. "So I want you to tell me what you're going to do next time you decide to have a cigarette," Frida said to him.

"Go outside," Benny said shyly and like he was asking a question.

"Who is asking the question here?" Frida asked.

"You," Benny answered.

"Exactly. Now I don't want you to sound like you are the one asking the questions."

"Go outside," Benny answered a little more confident.

"Okay, What did we learn here?" Frida asked.

Benny got a sour face and then said, "Go outside to have a cigarette," he said with the slightest bit of attitude.

"You know Benny it's not just about me and you. It is about our children and the health of them. Just like I quit smoking when I found out I was pregnant. I don't understand you Benny. You know you can go back in that house, you could smoke a whole pack,  as long as it was on the porch. And if you ever do that again you're sleeping on the couch for a long long time."

"Okay," he said.

—Later that day, around 2–

Frida just got back from grocery shopping with Agnetha, and got home. "Benny, will you come help me with these bags?" Frida called to the house.

Benny walked outside. "Sure baby one second," he said as he walked out the door. They unloaded the groceries and Frida sat down in the couch to relax a little bit. "Frida I want to talk to you." Frida swallowed hard.

"Okay," she said faking a smile. The tone of his voice didn't sound good.

"Frida, we have been together for a long time now. We live together, we are going to have children together, we sleep together," he winked at Frida but she didn't find anything funny. She was quite serious because she was afraid of what he was going to say. "When my Grandmother died she gave me her ring and told me to marry you. It wasn't just her choice though. It was mine." Benny got down on one knee and opened up the jewelry box. "Miss Anni-Frid Lyngstad, will you marry me?"