They turned fourteen in early June of 2020, and my original idea was that I would write a story, or chapter, or whatever which would feature the final appearance of Fred and Frida.
F&F were a fourteen year old couple who I would switch to when I wanted something to happen which I couldn't depict P&P doing, because of age. So, when Paula, age eleven, got the idea of dancing in a certain way for some boys from school, Frida actually did it, and you got to read about it. When P&P, barely nine years old, spent some very special time under a banyan tree, I couldn't give you any details, but it just so happens that F&F lost their virginities under that exact same tree and, since they were fourteen years old, I could give you all the details.
But when P&P themselves turned fourteen, well I didn't need to do that anymore, so I was going to write something where we would see F&F for the last time. They were going to be eighteen (four years older than my kids), and they were going to be getting married. They also won a radio contest, so P&P were going to sing at their wedding. Then, all four of them were going to have sex together.
But you know what happened in 2020: COVID-19. They weren't going to be going on tour, or singing at any weddings, or having sex with and breathing all over total strangers.
So instead I wrote about gifts of steel and wood. Hey, I like it, and the sex is still there, just the two of them. Fred and Frida? IDK, maybe they do show up at some point, maybe not.