Chapter 1: Goodbye Pataki's!
~Time: 3 o'clock am, Tuesday.~
I, Helga G. Pataki, am at the verge of a gigantic breakdown, and I haven't had one of those in a loooong time. Today I had just found out my parents, Bob Pataki and Miriam Pataki, have decided to get divorced and are sending me away to my aunts. My Aunt Vanessa isn't that bad but I just can't stand how overly peppy she is. I mean, she's better at listening to than Olga, but still. They just up and decided it was time to end it, and that means I have to go to my aunts and leave Hillwood at 3 o'clock in the morning. I can't believe this is ACTUALLY happening.
I mean I get that they just want to get me out of the way to get over with the divorce but seriously? They couldn't just send me over to Phoebe's?, The 10 year old 6th grade girl thought. She gruffed and had a scowl on her face at the thought. She watched the loaded truck with all her furniture drive off, and soon she was in the front seat of her aunt's mini-van and they drove off to Michigan.
As soon as they had gotten to her Aunt Vanessa's house, Helga's furniture and essentials were already in her room for her to arrange it as she pleased. She just wanted to go to bed and be over with it all. Her aunt had mentioned her starting school in a week, and the blonde pigtailed girl internally groaned and forced herself to not roll her eyes. After all. This is going to be a new school with new faces.
Might as well make it worth it. She thought as she was soon met with dreams about her and Arnold being together.
~Arnold's p.o.v, Tuesday 7:00 am, P.s118~
My best friend, Gerald, and I walk through the halls of p.s118 to our classroom where our classmates frantically find their seat after Mr. Simmons, our teacher, has told us he had "bad news". I seat down and wait anxiously along with the rest of my class for the "bad news".
"As you all may or may not have noticed. Helga isn't here today," He begins. Everyone turns their heads, including me, to the seat directly behind me to see it empty. Then turn back to Mr. Simmons as he proceeds.
He hangs his head and sniffles, "She has moved, and is currently living with her Aunt Vanessa. Her Aunt has mentioned that she has no idea when she will return or if she even will, but if any of you wanted to contact her you may come up to my desk and grab a slip of paper with her address to send a letter to ask for additional information. She will be dearly missed." He finished and looks up to see most of his class listening but not caring, well besides me, Arnold P. Shortman, Gerald Johansson, and of course, Helga's best friend Phoebe Heyerdahl.
Lunch time comes around and the gang and I are sitting at one of the tables in the cafeteria. Gerald and I are trying to comfort Phoebe while she is distraught by the news.
"She didn't even tell me she was leaving. I'm her best friend, and I should've at least gotten a call or something." She says sniffling. I give her a concerned look, "It's okay Phoebe i'm sure she had a reasonable explanation for why she couldn't contact you." I see trying to look on the brightside. I wasn't so happy about her moving either. We had planned on going to a trip to San Lorenzo and hopefully find my parents, and I was also planning on confessing to Helga as well.
Guess I won't be able to until I see her in person or at least skype her., I blush at the thought and avert my attention back to Phoebe. "Yeah I guess you're right. I could also try to skype her sometime to." She says seemingly cheering up. I smile and hope for the best, and that soon I'd get to be reunited with her.