Bjorn's POV
May 30, 2019
"Bjorn, promise you'll help me clean the dishes after dinner!" shouts my wife, Lena.
"Ok honey! I'll be back before then! Bye Lena!" I replied.
"Bye Bjorn!"
I'm off to the studio for yet another long day of work. Ever since Agnetha, Benny, Frida, and I announced that we were recording as ABBA again, along with an abbatar tour last year, we've been spending long days at the studio working on the abbatars themselves and recording the two new songs that Benny and I have composed. And to top it off, the sequel to the film adaption to Mamma Mia came out in theaters last summer, so Benny and I have done a ton of promotional work for that as well.
I leave my apartment and I hop into my car on my way to the studio. Once I arrive in central Stockholm near the studio, I drive into the nearby parking garage where I leave my car before walking about one or two blocks before actually entering the studio. There, I'm the first one who has arrived so I decide to take a seat and check the news.
I open the CNN app on my iPhone 7 and I begin reading all about what's happening in the world today. And believe me, the world has become more and more scary as the years pass. Back in the 70s, during the prime of my life as a member of ABBA, the world wasn't that scary. I mean, yes it was in the middle of the Cold War and there was the Vietnam War, along with a horrible genocide taking place in Cambodia at the time, but either way, the world is still scarier today than it was back then.
As I keep scrolling through the latest news articles, the elevator door opens and somebody catches my attention.
"Bjorn!" shouts Frida.
"Hey Frida! How have you been?!" I say as I give Frida a warm hug.
"Good! It feels so good to be back in Stockholm!"
"Is Switzerland not treating you right?"
"It is treating me right but I was feeling nostalgic and homesick, so I've decided to come back here to Stockholm with Henry for the next month or so. You know, so we can finish recording and we can finish with the abbatars. And I can have more nostalgia."
"Awesome! Well I'm glad you've come back, Frida!"
"Thanks Bjorn! It's always a pleasure."
Just then, the elevator door opens once again and two people come out.
"Hey everybody!" shouts Benny.
"Hello there!" says Gorel.
"Hi Benny! Hi Gorel!" says Frida.
"Benny! Gorel! Nice to see you all again!" I say as I give both Benny and Gorel warm hugs as well.
"Same here, my friend!" says Benny.
"I'm glad to see you here too, Bjorn. And now that three of you are here, the only person missing is Agnetha. Where can she be?" asked Gorel.
"Well, knowing Agnetha, she probably slept in as usual. But, I might as well give her a call just to double check," Frida replied.
"Good idea," says Benny.
Just as Frida pulled out her Samsung and began dialing Agnetha's cellphone number, the elevator doors open once more and Agnetha walks in completely out of breath.
"Hello everyone! Sorry if I was running late, I was stuck in traffic and I ran straight here from the parking garage!" says Agnetha.
"It's ok, Anna. What matters is that we're all here now and now we can all continue working on our abbatar projects and finish up on those recordings," I reassured her as I gave her a warm hug.
"Ok good. I'm gonna try to get today's work over with. I have to be home early tonight," Agnetha says.
"How come?" asked Gorel.
"I promised Linda that I'd help her cook dinner tonight while Jens is staying late at the office."
"Alright then. Let's get started."
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A Family Vacation
FanfictionInspired by several other ABBA fanfics, this particular fanfic focuses on Bjorn Ulvaeus planning to bring his entire family (including his current wife, Lena, and his ex-wife, Agnetha, along with their children and their spouses and the grandchildre...
