I Won't Let You Go

Chapter 36

Several weeks have passed since Agnetha and Björn had their little Valentine's Day date and now Agnetha's birthday was coming up. Of course, it felt weird that Agnetha was nearly 70 years old and was heavily pregnant with twins. Initially, Björn and the family wanted to take Agnetha out somewhere and surprise her with it, kinda like their trip to Gröna Lund the year before, but news of the coronavirus becoming a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), forced them to slightly alter some of the plans that they had for Agnetha's 70th birthday.

Even though Sweden didn't lockdown like the rest of the world, including other European countries like Spain and Italy, which were on total lockdown after being the hardest hit countries in Europe with the virus, Björn and the family could still technically take Agnetha out for her birthday as long as they practiced social distancing of course. However, due to Agnetha's and Björn's age, along with Agnetha's advanced pregnancy, it really wasn't safe for them to go out and especially since Agnetha was still on bedrest following her kidnapping.

Björn and the others knew that they would have to do something special at home instead of their original plans and just have a small family gathering consisting of themselves, Benny, Frida, Görel, Emma and Anna, along with Agnetha's sister, Mona, and Mona's husband, Ronny. Agnetha, on the other hand, was now 28 weeks pregnant and she was exhausted. She just wanted her baby girls to come out and make their appearance already as this pregnancy was wearing her out as expected due to her age.

"I can't take it anymore!" Agnetha moaned as Björn was rearranging the pillows on their bed.

"It'll be totally worth it, Anna," Björn replied gently. "Just a few more weeks until they're here."

"You better be right!"

"Anyways are you excited?"

"For the babies to come? You're damn right I'm excited! Why the hell would you ask me that?!"

"Well I knew you are excited for the babies, but I was also wondering if you were excited for your birthday as well. It's next Sunday you know."

"Yeah I know," Agnetha replied. "It feels weird you know."

"Why does it feel weird?"

"Because I'm almost 70 years old and here I am pregnant with twins and on bedrest, again!"

"But it'll be worth it for sure like I said. And the fact that there's a worldwide pandemic shouldn't stop us from being excited."

"Yeah true," Agnetha sighed. "I still want this pregnancy to be done already though! I'm exhausted!"

"I know sweetheart," Björn replied reassuringly as he patted her on the back.

From there, Björn let Agnetha rest for a bit while he and the others continued planning for Agnetha's birthday surprise. They were still coming up with quick yet still very cute and special ideas for her birthday and they needed to figure exactly what they were going to do as quickly as possible since her birthday was only one week away. In the meantime, the family decided to carry out their normal routines while still planning for Agnetha's birthday. So while Linda was cooking some lunch and Björn was putting his feet up on the couch after a long video chat over Zoom in regards to Mamma Mia: The Party and it's expansion to Gothenburg as well as the Pippi Longstocking Circus, which was a new project of his that he was really looking forward to, when Tilda and Esther approached him.

"Hi Morfar," Esther announced as she and Tilda walked in. "Whatcha doing?"

"Nothing much sweetheart," Björn replied. "I'm just relaxing after my meetings today."