I Won't Let You Go

Chapter 5

A few days have passed and Agnetha was home from the hospital. She and Björn had decided to take it one step at a time when it comes to their relationship. They were in bed holding one another content to be in each other's company. Just then, Agnetha's alarm clock went off. Time to wake up, Agnetha thought as she groaned and hit the snooze button before going back to sleep.

"Looks like somebody's still tired," Björn grinned.

"Stop it, Björn," Agnetha muttered, half asleep.

"I'll be downstairs."

"Ok Björn."

Björn headed downstairs where his daughter was making breakfast. Linda turned around upon noticing her father's presence.

"Papa! Good morning!" Linda exclaimed, turning around slightly before turning back to the breakfast she was making.

"Good morning sunshine," Björn replied. "What are you making?"

"The usual. French toast and eggs."

It was a typical Monday morning in the little farm house in Ekerö. Well, the house itself was more of a compound but still. Björn sat down reading his newspaper as Jens, who was helping Linda with breakfast and getting the girls ready for the day, brewed Björn a nice, hot cup of coffee.

Björn smiled as he took his cup of coffee as Agnetha came down. She walked over to where he was and kissed his cheek and sat down next to him.

"Good morning my love," Björn responded, kissing her back as Jens handed Agnetha a cup of coffee.

The girls scrambled downstairs after getting ready and joined the rest of their family on the kitchen table. They took a seat and neither of the girls could help but notice their two grandparents together. Agnetha blushed and her rosy cheeks went pink as the family sat there awkwardly before Tilda decided to break the ice.

"So Mormor, Morfar, I'm very happy to see you guys together again," Tilda said.

"Thank you sweetheart. I'll do anything to be with your Mormor again and protect her," Björn replied, putting his arm around Agnetha.

Agnetha leaned into Björn and smiled back at everybody. After a lovely family breakfast, the girls headed to school. Linda, Jens, Christian, and Isabelle went about their own regular routines as they headed out to work, as did Björn and Agnetha who were due back at the studio to continue recording the new songs and complete the ABBAtars.

Björn and Agnetha peacefully drove together to the studio in Björn's car while listening to the romantic music that they both enjoy. The songs were coming out of Agnetha's Spotify playlist. She had multiple playlists. She had a playlist filled with all the music she grew up with back in the 50s and 60s; another filled with her old Swedish songs; another filled with ABBA songs; another filled with her English solo songs that were made after ABBA; another filled with Chess songs; other songs from the 50s/60s/70s/80s/etc., and many more playlists, including one filled with romantic music and the very first song on that playlist was Because You Loved Me by Céline Dion.

"I love this song," Björn said, turning up the radio upon hearing the song.

"Me too. It's one of my favorites," Agnetha replied.

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

Agnetha sung along with Céline Dion after the first part of the chorus and Björn couldn't help but be amused. After all, he noticed a lot of similarities between Agnetha and Céline Dion. For starters, they are both very powerful female singers. Not only that, but they both one Eurovision at one point and they often leaned towards singing emotional love ballads such as this one when it comes to their work. And because of that, Björn couldn't help but think about Agnetha every time he listens to Céline Dion or any other artist that has a similar vocal range to Agnetha's.

After a while, Björn and Agnetha arrived at the studio for a long day ahead. And as usual, Benny and Görel were there to greet them. Agnetha and Björn shared a kiss and cuddled around for a bit shortly after they greeted Benny, Görel, Michael, and the other staff working at Mono Music. Just then a familiar face showed up and it was genuinely a pleasant surprise.

"Aww...you two have always been so cute together!" Frida exclaimed as both Agnetha and Björn jumped, looking very surprised.

"FRIDA! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!" Agnetha exclaimed, getting very emotional at the sight of her best friend and giving her a warm hug.

"I'm so happy to see you too, Anna! Gosh I missed you!"

"I missed you more!"

"Yes, I can see that! Don't cry! You're going to make me cry!" Frida exclaimed as she and Agnetha broke away from their hug.

"So you're just going to leave me in the dust?! I'm not some sort of chopped liver you know!" Björn exclaimed sarcastically.

"I second that," Benny said. "I didn't even get a hug from my lovely ex-wife and good friend."

"Me three," Görel added.

"I didn't forget you guys!" Frida exclaimed as she greeted the others.

The rest of the day was spent working together in the studio before it was time to head home. Björn and Agnetha headed home together as usual and they once again decided to play some songs from Agnetha's playlist. This time, they were listening to her Chess playlist. They were listening to the playlist quietly until One Night in Bangkok came on.

Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world
In a show with everything but Yul Brynner

Agnetha began to dance around to the song a little bit, which left Björn feeling very amused. He was happy to know that Agnetha was proud of his and Benny's work with Tim Rice.

"I didn't know you liked this song," Björn chuckled.

"Shh...it's getting to the good part!" Agnetha exclaimed.

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me

"We might as well plan a trip to Bangkok together one day," Björn said as he pulled into Agnetha's driveway.

"I'm not too sure about that," Agnetha winced.

"You're still scared of flying aren't you?"

"Yeah. Don't get me wrong, it's gotten better over the years but that fear is still there. America, 40 years ago, I'll never forget it."

"Well just keep it in the back of your mind for now. I know you've always been very unpredictable, especially when it comes to facing your fears. Believe me, I still remember that Children in Need performance from about 5 years ago," Björn said, getting out of the car as Agnetha followed behind him.

"Well I only did it for the children. You know, kinda like when we performed Chiquitita for the very first time," Agnetha replied as she and Björn got into the house. They were greeted by their happy clan.

After eating dinner and hanging out and relaxing with their children and grandchildren before heading off to bed. Björn and Agnetha cuddled into one another like they always used to back when they were married. Agnetha snuggled into his chest before Björn spoke up.

"You know, I really enjoyed spending time with you Agnetha. I hope we have many more days like this," Björn said.

"Me too, Björn."

"You know what I think about that song we listened to this morning?"

"What about that song?"

"I think that song is about us."

"Because You Loved Me?"

"Yes that song."

"I think so too, Björn."

Björn kissed Agnetha multiple times on her forehead, making her smile and blush. With a megawatt smile, she eventually turned to Björn and said, "I love you Björn."

"I love you too, Anna. Never forget that."

And with that, the two lovers drifted off to sleep. The same routine and another day at the studio awaited them tomorrow, but little did they know there would also be some drama awaiting the two.