A Poem For My Daughter
Hey Arnold! / Touched By An Angel crossover
A/N: I've been watching re-runs of Touched By An Angel on UP Lifting Entertainment and this idea for a story came to me. This is my first crossover I'm trying to stay true to both series so let me know what you think. Read & Review please.
Disclaimer: I do not own either series they belong to their respective creators'.
Chapter 1: Choices
Pataki residence
Helga can be seen running around her room gathering her things for school. She mentally checked off her list: hair brushed, homework, shoes?
"Where are they?" Helga asked aloud, looking everywhere. Then she thought to check under her bed and behold there they were.
'Why am I such a basket case this morning?' Helga thought knowing full well why.
Ever since the start of high school Helga thought a change was in order, but she didn't quite know what kind of change she needed. So she started with her look losing her pigtails, uni-brow and pink dress. Choosing to wear t-shirts with fitted jeans and sneakers of various colors. Brushing her hair and letting it fall naturally in waves cascading down her back. The biggest change would be letting go of her ever present pink bow which has come to define her most of her young life. The final change she made was to her defensive personality. No longer feeling the need to hide who she is, but at the same time not advertising it either.
"Here goes nothing." Helga said mentally preparing herself for the day ahead. With that Helga made her way out of her room, closing the door behind her.
"Miriam where's my lunch?" Helga yelled as she made her way downstairs and into the kitchen.
A startled Miriam bolted up wide awake from her lying position on the kitchen counter. She began mumbling incoherently trying to figure out what just happened.
"Oh Helga is that you?" Miriam asked in an obviously tired voice to her youngest daughter as she made her way into the kitchen.
"Yeah Miriam it's me, did you make my lunch?" Helga asked again unaffected by her mothers lack of alertness this morning.
"Oh dear no I forgot to go shopping this week sorry honey. You can buy your lunch today okay, here's some money." Miriam answered handing Helga her lunch money.
"Fine, don't forget you have to pick me up after school today. I'll be out at four fifteen." Helga said stuffing the bills in her pocket.
"What?" Miriam asked trying hard to focus on their conversation.
"Miriam I have to stay after school remember you have to pick me up at four fifteen." Helga repeated getting annoyed with her mothers lack of focus.
"Yes dear I remember don't worry I'll be there on time. Now run along and get to school before you're late." Miriam said waving her daughter off to school.
"Fine see you later." Helga said as she left the house locking the door behind her.
As Helga leaves her house heading for P.S. 222 High School, she is unaware of the two Angel's watching from their seated position on her stoop.
"Is that girl our next assignment Tess?" Monica asked her supervisor.
"Well yes and no baby. You see that girl's name is Helga Pataki and we are here for not only her, but her family as well." Tess answered.
"What is wrong with her family?" Monica asked a bit confused on their assignment.
"There's a lot wrong, for starters her family doesn't acknowledge the fact that they even have two daughter's. Her parents only focus is on their oldest daughter, Olga who is obsessed with everything being perfect. Perfect family, perfect life." Tess said sadly.
"Is it so wrong to want to be perfect?" Monica asked.
"Well yes baby it is because then you start looking to yourself and not our Heavenly Father. Humans are not perfect no matter how hard they try to be. But God loves them with every imperfection and that is what this family must learn. Their faults shouldn't be ignored or "swept under the rug" as the saying goes. It only does more harm than good. They will have to learn to face their problems head on before it's too late." Tess explained.
(Music) - intro
When you walk down the road
Heavy burden, Heavy load
I will rise and I will walk with you
I'll walk with you
Till the sun don't even shine, walk with you
Every time I tell ya I'll walk with you
(echo-walk with you)
Believe me I'll walk with you
A dove can be seen flying overhead of P.S. 222 High School just as the final bell sounds and crowds of students can be seen exiting the building. It was the end of the school day and students gathered their belongings from their lockers before heading out for the weekend.
"Hey Pheebs." Helga greets her best friend as she approaches her locker.
"Hello Helga are you ready for the class meeting?" Phoebe asked gathering her things and closing her locker.
"Yea, who's bright idea was it to make the entire P.S. 118 gang our freshman class representatives anyway?" Helga said slamming her locker shut with a loud bang.
"Well Helga it was Arnold's idea remember?" Phoebe said with a smile knowing Helga only said yes because their class president and her long time crush asked.
"I know Pheebs that football head and his bright idea that we would all be perfect for the job." Helga said shaking her head trying to come off as sarcastic as possible, but truth be told she was ecstatic to know that Arnold included her given their long history together.
'Perhaps this year will be different?' Helga thought trying not to get too hopeful if things didn't work out. After all the years of disappointment Helga is still skeptical that anything good will come out of her life.
~Pataki residence
Miriam checked the clock and it read two thirty-four. She still had some time till Helga got off of school so she decided to make another smoothie before she had to go get her daughter.
"One or two more wouldn't hurt? Would it?" Miriam asked aloud not expecting an answer, but knowing deep down what it would be. Yet she didn't care at the moment, pushing the thought aside, and continued her task just like any other day. Days like these have become more routine for Miriam than anything else. To the point where she is numb most days barely able to function. It's not like anyone cares enough to notice.
With smoothie in hand Miriam sits on the couch turning on the TV revealing a familiar commercial.
"Hi there this is Big Bob Pataki of Big Bob's Electronics' Emporium inviting you…" Miriam changed the channel getting enough of her husbands boasting at home.
"When will things change?" Miriam asked in the emptiness of her home.
~P.S. 222
Later the entire P.S. 118 gang can be seen gathered in room 204 for their first official class meeting.
"Alright everyone let's get this meeting started." Arnold said getting his classmates attention. Once everyone settled down the meeting resumed until they got to the last item of the day.
"Alright looks like we are done for the day. Let's do our best this year for our freshman class and I'll see you all at our next meeting." Arnold said looking to Phoebe on when that might be.
"Right our meeting will be next Friday same time, see you all here." Phoebe said making her final notes.
Everyone gathered their things and headed out the door going their separate ways. Helga was waving bye to Phoebe outside when she heard Arnold call her name.
"What's up football head." Helga asked as she turned to give him a questioning look trying to come off as nonchalant.
"Ha ha." Arnold laughed nervously pausing a moment before answering.
"I just wanted to thank you for agreeing to join me on the student council." Arnold said with a smile and a blush starting to form on his cheeks.
"Yeah I'm glad too." Helga replied shocked and unable to stop blushing at his words. She looks down hoping he doesn't notice how much it affected her.
(Honk, Honk)
"That's my grandpa I better get going. I'll see you on Monday. Bye Helga." Arnold said making his way to the Packard. Turning to smile and wave goodbye to her one last time before driving away.
'Yeah, see you then.' Helga thought unable to stop the small smile from forming once the Packard was out of sight.
It was already five fifteen, a whole hour had passed and still no sign of her mother.
"I should have known better than to trust Miriam not to forget me." Helga grumbled as she started her long walk home, when suddenly she was startled by a car horn coming up from behind her.
It was when the car pulled up next to her did she realize it was her mother. Helga opened the door and got into the backseat not wanting to sit next to her mother at the moment.
"Helga I'm so sorry. I must have lost track of time." Miriam said in her usual tired tone.
"Don't worry about it Miriam. Let's just go." Helga said to tired from her long day to be angry with her.
"Okay dear." Miriam replied sadly driving the rest of the way home in silence, but still checking her rear view mirror every so often to gauge her daughter's mood.
They were just a few blocks from the house approaching a busy intersection. Miriam was distracted for a second and didn't realize that the light had changed. But by then it was too late, as her car entered the intersection another came crashing into the right side of her vehicle hitting Helga's side head on.
"Oh my, Tess was this supposed to happen?" Monica asked as the scene unfolded before them.
"No it wasn't, but people make choices. Like driving while under the influence and there are consequences for those choices. It looks to me like this family will need angels now more than ever." Tess replied looking at the ambulance as it stopped at the scene and Monica did the same.
"What is the angel of death doing here?" Monica asked worriedly as Andrew, the angel of death, got into the ambulance that was taking Helga to the hospital.
"I don't know baby but it can't be good." Tess said sadly fearing the worst for the young girl.
Their assignment just got a whole lot more complicated.
A/N: I would like to dedicate this new story to my grandfather who went on to be with the Lord January 30, 2014. I will miss him, but I know one day we will be reunited in heaven. For those who are looking out for the next update to GC Camp I am not giving up on that story just having some trouble with writer's block. I may do a re-write and start over haven't decided I will see how this turns out before I make that decision. Thank you and God Bless.