A thousand Miles Chapter One: (I still can't think of a good name for Chapter 1)
The day started off pretty normal. Arnold was sitting in his class, taught by Mr. Simmons. He was rambling on about how special each and every day was and you never know when your time may come. According to Arnold, this was kind of dark coming from Mr. Simmons because usually, he doesn't speak on the subject of "death" much. Or, should we say, AT ALL! Anyway, He listened to Mr. Simmons's speech and did the paperwork he was given while some others grabbed their cellphones and texted people, others pulling out there PSPs, Some PSPs playing "A Dark March" by Danger Mouse. As soon as the bell rang, signaling the end of the day, the class raced out of the room except Arnold and Helga...
"Hey, football-head, better not be late for the nerd convention." Helga said, for lack of any other things to say. This seemed to work, though.
"Hey, Helga." Arnold said. He walked away, calmly. He met Gerald outside of school.
"Hey, man. What's up?" Gerald said to his best friend. They started walking together, headed for the arcade to play some video games for lack of anything better to do.
"Nothin' much. Helga's still a jerk, my grandparents are still crazy, and Lila still likes me just like a friend. What's been happening to you?"
"Gerald, turn off that light! You'll run up the electric bill! And turn down that damn radio! It's givin' me a headache!" Gerald said in his best imitation of his father's voice. He did pretty well, too. Anyway, they both laughed. They reached the arcade and Arnold realized he didn't have any quarters. Luckily, Gerald gave him eight quarters and Gerald kept eight as well. They played Crash Nebula: The Video Game and Dead Teacher IV. As usual, Gerald was a gamer and won about everytime he faced Arnold in a bout on both games. It was all fun, though.
"I'd better head home. I'll see you tomorrow, Gerald." Arnold waved goodbye as he walked opposite of his friend. He walked into his door, let all the cats and dogs and Abner out. He then headed inside and
"THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE!" Gertrude sang, scaring the pants off of Arnold as he walked through the door of Sunset Arms suddenly hearing his Grandmother burst out like that.
"POOKIE! KEEP IT DOWN! KEEP IT DOWN!" Phil yelled. Arnold nodded his head and got a start on his homework. He made sure it was all done and complete and then afterwards, he heard a bell signaling that the steak and eggs was ready. Arnold headed downstairs for dinner.
"Look, I had my eye on that steak before you did! Give it back!" Ernie said, pounding his fists on the table.
"Hey, you little midget, I had my eye on it before you even thought about having your eye on it!" Mr. Hyunh yelled back at Ernie.
"Now, now. Let's just settle this little predicament and let me have them both!" Mr. Kokoshka retorted. He then laughed nervously and then Ernie threw a piece of steak at him. Then Mr. K reacted by throwing eggs at Ernie. They all, soon, got into a big food fight and Arnold was in the middle of it. He escaped by lying low and sneaking up to his room. He then fell into a deep sleep. It was all a pretty normal day, really. Nothing happened that usually doesn't happen. Everything was as it should have been and should be. As he slept, he
But the next day is what got to Arnold. Something that usually doesn't happen...happened! Helga wasn't mean to him at all that day! She didn't even say one word to him. Everytime she saw him, she just sighed. He wondered what was wrong with Helga. He got up the nerve to ask her after class.
"Helga, I noticed you've been acting strange around me today. Is there anything the matter?" Arnold asked. Helga turned around from picking up the rest of her books out of her desk.
"What if there is? It's not like it's any of your business, Arnoldo." Helga replied.
"Well, sorry I asked..." Arnold told Helga. He walked off to his next class and Mr. Simmons walked out of the room. She then had a flashback of what happened yesterday.
"Yeah, Nick. I unders-I understand. OH YEAH! 20--200,000 DOLLARS! I--That's it. We'll be there in a couple of weeks. Tw--two weeks? Okay!" Bob seemed excited as Helga recalled. She wondered what he was so excited about and decided to ask her dad what was going on.
"Oh, hey, Helga," Bob said anxiously, "Umm, you don't mind moving to Wisconsin, do you?"
"Uhh, you're joking right? You must be since you actually got my name right..." Helga asked her father, nervously. She hoped that Bob was joking. She didn't want to leave any of her friends. Her whole life was in Hillwood!
"Umm...No, I'm not joking..." Bob said, walking away.
Helga knew she was going away in two weeks now and the only choices she had was either tell Arnold her feelings for him or she could not tell him and just go to Wisconsin, letting Arnold live his life. She didn't know what to do. How was she going to bring this up with her friends? She couldn't just leave them without saying goodbye but, she really didn't want to leave. She had unfinished business in Hillwood. What should she do?