CHAPTER 1
HELGA'S POV
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold. Sorry I haven't started writing in a while. I made this chapter longer to make up for it.
"So. . . what do ya want to do today?" Gerald asked us. Us meaning Gerald, Arnold, Phoebe, Sid and me. A lot has happened to us since Mr. Simmons assigned the colony project to our class.
First, Arnold and I have gotten together. Well, as much together as you can get without four wheels and a motor. So have Gerald and Phoebe, but shhhh! It's supposed to be a secret. Yeah, right.
Sid was a intresting new member to our group. In fourth grade, he was sort of, well he was, a totaly immature jerk who mooned the principal for fun. Now he is a totaly funny. His jokes, I mean. Ever scince fifth grade, he has been. . . for lack of a better word, cool. Yeah, I know it's "last year" to call someone cool, but he is. Like 10 on the coolness chart. He lookes a lot better, because he actually has hair, and gells it up in spikes. He died the tips blue. He also, thankfuly, got rid of his hat. His nose is now praportional to his head. he looks kind of cute, really. But, I just like him as a friend. Arnold's my bf forever.
Anyways, from when we got this project, we have all "clicked." A year passed, and we are now in seventh grade. We finely got to choose our classes, to a certin extent, and we get to choose a language to learn. We all signed up for Japanese. Totaly awsome, I know.
So, here we were. Five kids, bored out of our mind, in the city with nothing to do.
"I dunno," Sid said. "You were the genius that planned this little 'outing'."
"Well, how was I supposed to know the theater was closed?!" Gerald counterd.
"I have an idea," Phoebe said. "How about we-"
"Here it comes," Sid rolled his eyes.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"She is going to suggest we go to the history musem, or the librery, or something like that."
"No, she wasn't. Were you, Phoebe?"
"Um," her face turend red. "They had a new exibit up for prehistoric animals." We all laughed.
"At least Lila isn't here," Gerald said. He shiverd like a chill was going down his back. "That girl gives me bad vibes."
"Uh-huh. But, ever scince she started going out with Stinky, things have been fine," I added.
"I feel sorry for Stinky. She is probably using him," Arnold said.
"Yeah," Sid agreed. "But, the question is, for what?"
"I never thought of that before. Guess it's a job for us to find out. Spy on Stinky time, people. That will keep us from being bored out of our minds. But, where is he?"
"Ugh, you don't know," I asked. "Puh-leze. He is always out in the park, taking her on a 'stroll through the park' in," I checked my watch, "about two hours."
"Okay," Gerald said. "Time for, Operation Stinky. Now, who's our leader on this mission?"
"How about we're our own leaders?" I suggested. "I mean, we only have two hours to get ready, and we don't want to have a big contraversry. We are a demacrasy, not a dictatiorship."
"Okay," he said. "Meet in the park, behind those bushes in two hours. Wait, make it one hour and fourty-five muinites, we need time to get ready. Dress in green if you can, but have it be causal cloths. In case they see us, we don't want to explain looking like leprachauns. Bring the walkie- talkies. You know, those walkie-talkies we won for our science project. They can go up to a mile! Bring binoculars, if you have them. Everyone got it?"
"So, let me get this straight. We are spying on our classmates for no apparent reason, dressed as big MSU (Michigan State University) fans, hiding in the bushes. And, to top it off, if they see us, it will ruin our. . . well. . . friendship. . . with Stinky forever. Do I got it?" Sid asked sardonicly.
"Yep."
~~~**~~~**~~~
Two hours later, we were in the park, behind a bush, which was behind a park bench, listening to Lila talking to Stinky.
We had followed them to this spot, and then all of us had recolated here, to get what they were saying. So far, it was getting almost too mushy for me.
"Oh, Stinky. I like you ever so much," Lila, of course.
"Why, thank you Miss Lila. You're mighty perty today."
"Hey, Stinky?"
"What?" Stinky looked perplexed. More then usual, I mean.
"Were you invited to Arnold's party?"
"Um. . . why yes, Miss Lila. Why would a girl like yourself want to know that?"
"Because," she put on a puppy-dog face. "I wanted to go as your date to his party. I want everyone to know we're together," she looked into his eyes. "You'll do this for me, wont you Stinky?"
"Why, of course Miss Lila. Come on," he offered her his hand. "Let's finish our walk."
They walked off, leaving five very angry kids.
"How could she do this?!" Sid raged. "She knows you two are together! Why would she want to break it up? She doesn't like Arnold that much, does she?"
"No," I inturrupted. "She just hates me. She wouldn't care if I was going out with Eugene. She would want to take him away from me." I let out a laugh. "I should have never done that to her."
"Do what?" Gerald asked, curious. "What did you do to her?"
"So, what are we going to do about this?" Arnold intervened.
"Changing the subject, that's cool," Sid commented. "Well, we could wait and see what happends, you know, take the defensive side."
"I feel a or comming on," Phoebe said.
"Or," Sid smiled the way he does when he's got a great idea. "We could take the offensive."
"I can hear the little gears in Sid's brain working," I said. "Note little, being the key word." Everyone, even Sid laughed.
We met up at Chunko's, the new fast food place. It was a small buisness, probably going to go bankrupt in less than a year, but we decided to go there and at least experence it for a little. The hamburgers were lukewarm, and the frys tasted like old socks, but the milkshakes were fantastic! I have never tasted a better milkshake, or smoothie! I was drinking my third one when we finaly heard Sid's idea.
"You see, the key is to find out how she will approch Arnold. See what Lila is planning on doing, so he can react to it negitively, and by making a big scene at Rhonda's party. He won't be able to figure this out, so we will be watching him. Arnold will be bait."
"Oh," Arnold commented. "Now I finaly know how you all think of me."
"Sorry, Arnold. But, the thing is we need to find a spot that meets the following qualitys. One, it has to be secreative and where nobody will stumble upon them. Two, it needs to have a spot where we can hide, but be withen sight and hearing distance from you at all times. Three, it needs to be a place where Arnold and Lila won't move around a lot-- like out of our eyesight and hearing. Fourth, and last, it has to be a place that is not suspitious. If Lila thinks something is up we are done for. This plan is about Lila not suspecting a thing. We must be subtle. Everyone got it?"
We all looked at Arnold. We didn't want to pressure him into doing something he didn't want to. I really was agenst this. What if he goes for Lila?
"Oh, come on. You really expect me to duck out on you just because it involves her? I'm in."
"Me, too," I said. No need for him to know I was scared.
One by one, we all decided to go.
"Okay, I'll see you tomarrow at school. Bye, people." Sid waved us all off, but me. I left, pretending to go home. When they were out of site, I doubled back to Sid.
"What's wrong," I asked him.
"What do you mean?" He took a sip of his milkshake.
"Oh, come on. You may have them fooled, but not me. Why are you so into this? It's just Stinky. You never liked Stinky that much before."
"I don't know what your talking 'bout," he pushed his empty glass aside.
"Hello," I sat down across from him. "This is me, Helga. Your best friend. You can tell me what's troubling you."
"Well, nothing's wrong with me, and even if it was, I wouldn't want to talk about it," he stood up from the table. "Please, just leave me alone."
I watched him as he stalked off. Yeah, like that was going to happen. Right.
I easily followed him, keeping up his pace without hesitation. He walked home, but when he got to his block, he looked around, then ducked into an alley. I quickly followed him. i found a dumpster, and hid behind his view.
He was talking to someone, who, I don't know. But, I think it was a guy.
"Man, how could I have been such an idiot?!" Sid's voice beamed throughout the alley. "How could I not have known Lila was tricking me?"
"Because," the other voice said. "At that time you were stupid and immature."
"Oh, gee. Thanks."
"Sorry, man. It's just that you didn't know she was usuing you. But, as you know, I'm an expert computer hacker. If you give me Lila's screen name, I can. . . well, heh-heh. I can hack into her conversations with Stinky."
"Well," Sid sounded troubled. "I guess so. I just don't feel completly right about it, you know? Anyways, her screen name is I_a_angel. She has aol, if you want her email."
I didn't hear the rest of the conversation, because I was outta there! Although Sid doesn't know, I'm an expert on hacking into computers, too. I quickly hustled home, turned on my PC, and connected.
I put her on my buddy list, and was surprised to find she was already on. I quickly punched in a code, and found her talking to Stinky.
I_a_angel: stinky, are u friends w/ helga?
farmboy: not really, my dear. y?
I_a_angel: she was just being really mean to me online, thats all. do u perhaps know where arnold hangs out? i need to know for a class project.
farmboy: well, last i know, he likes to go to chunko's. the milkshakes there r good.
I_a_angel: what time?
farmboy: usualy after school. can we go back to talkingo about u, lila?
I shut off my computer and quickly dialed up Phoebe's number. I told her what Lila's plan was. When she asked me how I knew, I just said I heard them talking when I was walking home. I told the same story for the others, and we all met at my house. Big Bob and mom were off at some buisness type thing.
"What do we do?" Arnold asked.
"Like we said before," I stated. "Arnold is bait. We bring him to Chunko's after school tomarrow. We hide by being at another table, in the back. Wear hat's and all that crap so she won't recognise us. Arnold will wear a mic under his clothes, and a hearing thing in his ear. Just like Never Been Kissed. And all those movies on TV. Arnold plays around, and pretends he still likes her. He becomes her 'boy friend'," why was that so hard to say? It was just pretend. "Anyways, while she thinks she gets him eating out of her hand, she will want to brag to me, right? So. . ."
I told them my perfect, foolproff plan. Just one thing, what if she really does get Arnold to like her?
It was the next day, after school, at Chunko's. Arnold was in place, along with us, just waiting for Lila. Arnold, looking innocent, was sipping a milkshake, was looking in the general direction of the door.
"Don't do that!" Sid hissed into thedevice that would go to Arnold's ear piece. We got it, and the microphone, by asking Arnold's friend, Mr. Smith.
Lila suddnly waltzed into the door. She looked around, and then walked over to Arnold, liked she was surprised to see him. Yeah, right. She sat mext to him, and Arnold's mic was picking up the start of their conversation.
"Hello, Arnold."
"Oh, hi Lila. I didn't know you came here."
"Not usually. Arnold, would you look into my eyes?" Arnold locked his eyes onto hers. "Now, tell me you havent stoped liking me."
Sid whisperd into the device to say no, he hasen't.
"I would never stop liking you, Lila."
"Thank you. I would never stop liking you, either. Tell me, what do you see in Helga? She was so mean to me."
Sid was starting to say to insult me, but Arnold was already way ahead of him. Maybe too far ahead?
"I see nothing in that girl Helga. I only like you. Helga was someone to get you off my mind. I never thought you were coming back. My dreams came true."
"Then, Arnold, invite me to your birthday party. And go with me to Rhonda's party. As my date, will you?"
"Of course."
And then my life changed forever. Lila bent over and kissed him. She kissed him! How could she?! That devil! And he let her! Sid turned off the device.
"Helga, you must be feeling bad now. But, you know it wasn't his fault. You know it. She kissed him. Helga, you have got to let it go."
I calmed down.
"Yeah, your right, I guess."
I went over to see how Arnold was doing, but he left. I guess it was a shock to him, and he needed to sort it out elsewhere. That was okay by me, I didn't really want to talk to him yet. I just went home and slept. I watched some TV, ignoring the homework I had. The next day wasn't going to be fun.
HELGA'S POV
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold. Sorry I haven't started writing in a while. I made this chapter longer to make up for it.
"So. . . what do ya want to do today?" Gerald asked us. Us meaning Gerald, Arnold, Phoebe, Sid and me. A lot has happened to us since Mr. Simmons assigned the colony project to our class.
First, Arnold and I have gotten together. Well, as much together as you can get without four wheels and a motor. So have Gerald and Phoebe, but shhhh! It's supposed to be a secret. Yeah, right.
Sid was a intresting new member to our group. In fourth grade, he was sort of, well he was, a totaly immature jerk who mooned the principal for fun. Now he is a totaly funny. His jokes, I mean. Ever scince fifth grade, he has been. . . for lack of a better word, cool. Yeah, I know it's "last year" to call someone cool, but he is. Like 10 on the coolness chart. He lookes a lot better, because he actually has hair, and gells it up in spikes. He died the tips blue. He also, thankfuly, got rid of his hat. His nose is now praportional to his head. he looks kind of cute, really. But, I just like him as a friend. Arnold's my bf forever.
Anyways, from when we got this project, we have all "clicked." A year passed, and we are now in seventh grade. We finely got to choose our classes, to a certin extent, and we get to choose a language to learn. We all signed up for Japanese. Totaly awsome, I know.
So, here we were. Five kids, bored out of our mind, in the city with nothing to do.
"I dunno," Sid said. "You were the genius that planned this little 'outing'."
"Well, how was I supposed to know the theater was closed?!" Gerald counterd.
"I have an idea," Phoebe said. "How about we-"
"Here it comes," Sid rolled his eyes.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"She is going to suggest we go to the history musem, or the librery, or something like that."
"No, she wasn't. Were you, Phoebe?"
"Um," her face turend red. "They had a new exibit up for prehistoric animals." We all laughed.
"At least Lila isn't here," Gerald said. He shiverd like a chill was going down his back. "That girl gives me bad vibes."
"Uh-huh. But, ever scince she started going out with Stinky, things have been fine," I added.
"I feel sorry for Stinky. She is probably using him," Arnold said.
"Yeah," Sid agreed. "But, the question is, for what?"
"I never thought of that before. Guess it's a job for us to find out. Spy on Stinky time, people. That will keep us from being bored out of our minds. But, where is he?"
"Ugh, you don't know," I asked. "Puh-leze. He is always out in the park, taking her on a 'stroll through the park' in," I checked my watch, "about two hours."
"Okay," Gerald said. "Time for, Operation Stinky. Now, who's our leader on this mission?"
"How about we're our own leaders?" I suggested. "I mean, we only have two hours to get ready, and we don't want to have a big contraversry. We are a demacrasy, not a dictatiorship."
"Okay," he said. "Meet in the park, behind those bushes in two hours. Wait, make it one hour and fourty-five muinites, we need time to get ready. Dress in green if you can, but have it be causal cloths. In case they see us, we don't want to explain looking like leprachauns. Bring the walkie- talkies. You know, those walkie-talkies we won for our science project. They can go up to a mile! Bring binoculars, if you have them. Everyone got it?"
"So, let me get this straight. We are spying on our classmates for no apparent reason, dressed as big MSU (Michigan State University) fans, hiding in the bushes. And, to top it off, if they see us, it will ruin our. . . well. . . friendship. . . with Stinky forever. Do I got it?" Sid asked sardonicly.
"Yep."
~~~**~~~**~~~
Two hours later, we were in the park, behind a bush, which was behind a park bench, listening to Lila talking to Stinky.
We had followed them to this spot, and then all of us had recolated here, to get what they were saying. So far, it was getting almost too mushy for me.
"Oh, Stinky. I like you ever so much," Lila, of course.
"Why, thank you Miss Lila. You're mighty perty today."
"Hey, Stinky?"
"What?" Stinky looked perplexed. More then usual, I mean.
"Were you invited to Arnold's party?"
"Um. . . why yes, Miss Lila. Why would a girl like yourself want to know that?"
"Because," she put on a puppy-dog face. "I wanted to go as your date to his party. I want everyone to know we're together," she looked into his eyes. "You'll do this for me, wont you Stinky?"
"Why, of course Miss Lila. Come on," he offered her his hand. "Let's finish our walk."
They walked off, leaving five very angry kids.
"How could she do this?!" Sid raged. "She knows you two are together! Why would she want to break it up? She doesn't like Arnold that much, does she?"
"No," I inturrupted. "She just hates me. She wouldn't care if I was going out with Eugene. She would want to take him away from me." I let out a laugh. "I should have never done that to her."
"Do what?" Gerald asked, curious. "What did you do to her?"
"So, what are we going to do about this?" Arnold intervened.
"Changing the subject, that's cool," Sid commented. "Well, we could wait and see what happends, you know, take the defensive side."
"I feel a or comming on," Phoebe said.
"Or," Sid smiled the way he does when he's got a great idea. "We could take the offensive."
"I can hear the little gears in Sid's brain working," I said. "Note little, being the key word." Everyone, even Sid laughed.
We met up at Chunko's, the new fast food place. It was a small buisness, probably going to go bankrupt in less than a year, but we decided to go there and at least experence it for a little. The hamburgers were lukewarm, and the frys tasted like old socks, but the milkshakes were fantastic! I have never tasted a better milkshake, or smoothie! I was drinking my third one when we finaly heard Sid's idea.
"You see, the key is to find out how she will approch Arnold. See what Lila is planning on doing, so he can react to it negitively, and by making a big scene at Rhonda's party. He won't be able to figure this out, so we will be watching him. Arnold will be bait."
"Oh," Arnold commented. "Now I finaly know how you all think of me."
"Sorry, Arnold. But, the thing is we need to find a spot that meets the following qualitys. One, it has to be secreative and where nobody will stumble upon them. Two, it needs to have a spot where we can hide, but be withen sight and hearing distance from you at all times. Three, it needs to be a place where Arnold and Lila won't move around a lot-- like out of our eyesight and hearing. Fourth, and last, it has to be a place that is not suspitious. If Lila thinks something is up we are done for. This plan is about Lila not suspecting a thing. We must be subtle. Everyone got it?"
We all looked at Arnold. We didn't want to pressure him into doing something he didn't want to. I really was agenst this. What if he goes for Lila?
"Oh, come on. You really expect me to duck out on you just because it involves her? I'm in."
"Me, too," I said. No need for him to know I was scared.
One by one, we all decided to go.
"Okay, I'll see you tomarrow at school. Bye, people." Sid waved us all off, but me. I left, pretending to go home. When they were out of site, I doubled back to Sid.
"What's wrong," I asked him.
"What do you mean?" He took a sip of his milkshake.
"Oh, come on. You may have them fooled, but not me. Why are you so into this? It's just Stinky. You never liked Stinky that much before."
"I don't know what your talking 'bout," he pushed his empty glass aside.
"Hello," I sat down across from him. "This is me, Helga. Your best friend. You can tell me what's troubling you."
"Well, nothing's wrong with me, and even if it was, I wouldn't want to talk about it," he stood up from the table. "Please, just leave me alone."
I watched him as he stalked off. Yeah, like that was going to happen. Right.
I easily followed him, keeping up his pace without hesitation. He walked home, but when he got to his block, he looked around, then ducked into an alley. I quickly followed him. i found a dumpster, and hid behind his view.
He was talking to someone, who, I don't know. But, I think it was a guy.
"Man, how could I have been such an idiot?!" Sid's voice beamed throughout the alley. "How could I not have known Lila was tricking me?"
"Because," the other voice said. "At that time you were stupid and immature."
"Oh, gee. Thanks."
"Sorry, man. It's just that you didn't know she was usuing you. But, as you know, I'm an expert computer hacker. If you give me Lila's screen name, I can. . . well, heh-heh. I can hack into her conversations with Stinky."
"Well," Sid sounded troubled. "I guess so. I just don't feel completly right about it, you know? Anyways, her screen name is I_a_angel. She has aol, if you want her email."
I didn't hear the rest of the conversation, because I was outta there! Although Sid doesn't know, I'm an expert on hacking into computers, too. I quickly hustled home, turned on my PC, and connected.
I put her on my buddy list, and was surprised to find she was already on. I quickly punched in a code, and found her talking to Stinky.
I_a_angel: stinky, are u friends w/ helga?
farmboy: not really, my dear. y?
I_a_angel: she was just being really mean to me online, thats all. do u perhaps know where arnold hangs out? i need to know for a class project.
farmboy: well, last i know, he likes to go to chunko's. the milkshakes there r good.
I_a_angel: what time?
farmboy: usualy after school. can we go back to talkingo about u, lila?
I shut off my computer and quickly dialed up Phoebe's number. I told her what Lila's plan was. When she asked me how I knew, I just said I heard them talking when I was walking home. I told the same story for the others, and we all met at my house. Big Bob and mom were off at some buisness type thing.
"What do we do?" Arnold asked.
"Like we said before," I stated. "Arnold is bait. We bring him to Chunko's after school tomarrow. We hide by being at another table, in the back. Wear hat's and all that crap so she won't recognise us. Arnold will wear a mic under his clothes, and a hearing thing in his ear. Just like Never Been Kissed. And all those movies on TV. Arnold plays around, and pretends he still likes her. He becomes her 'boy friend'," why was that so hard to say? It was just pretend. "Anyways, while she thinks she gets him eating out of her hand, she will want to brag to me, right? So. . ."
I told them my perfect, foolproff plan. Just one thing, what if she really does get Arnold to like her?
It was the next day, after school, at Chunko's. Arnold was in place, along with us, just waiting for Lila. Arnold, looking innocent, was sipping a milkshake, was looking in the general direction of the door.
"Don't do that!" Sid hissed into thedevice that would go to Arnold's ear piece. We got it, and the microphone, by asking Arnold's friend, Mr. Smith.
Lila suddnly waltzed into the door. She looked around, and then walked over to Arnold, liked she was surprised to see him. Yeah, right. She sat mext to him, and Arnold's mic was picking up the start of their conversation.
"Hello, Arnold."
"Oh, hi Lila. I didn't know you came here."
"Not usually. Arnold, would you look into my eyes?" Arnold locked his eyes onto hers. "Now, tell me you havent stoped liking me."
Sid whisperd into the device to say no, he hasen't.
"I would never stop liking you, Lila."
"Thank you. I would never stop liking you, either. Tell me, what do you see in Helga? She was so mean to me."
Sid was starting to say to insult me, but Arnold was already way ahead of him. Maybe too far ahead?
"I see nothing in that girl Helga. I only like you. Helga was someone to get you off my mind. I never thought you were coming back. My dreams came true."
"Then, Arnold, invite me to your birthday party. And go with me to Rhonda's party. As my date, will you?"
"Of course."
And then my life changed forever. Lila bent over and kissed him. She kissed him! How could she?! That devil! And he let her! Sid turned off the device.
"Helga, you must be feeling bad now. But, you know it wasn't his fault. You know it. She kissed him. Helga, you have got to let it go."
I calmed down.
"Yeah, your right, I guess."
I went over to see how Arnold was doing, but he left. I guess it was a shock to him, and he needed to sort it out elsewhere. That was okay by me, I didn't really want to talk to him yet. I just went home and slept. I watched some TV, ignoring the homework I had. The next day wasn't going to be fun.