Helga sat down in the library while writing something down in her notebook. A look of disappointment came across her face. She remembered a certain day like it was yesterday, which it was. There was something really bugging her, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Arnold's cruel words came to her memory once again.
Flashback
"I can't believe that you could be so..so...NAIVE!" he said as he threw his hands up into the air.
"Everyday,YOU TORTURE US. You make us feel like we're worthless.I wish you would just leave everyone alone!And the bright side...There IS NONE anymore! So THANK YOU FOR RUINING MY LIFE! You know what? I don't even wanna see you anymore. So jump off the huge wave with your stupid surfboard!"
Gerald talks to Helga "Whoa whoa! That sounds dangerous-"
Arnold cuts him off, and points his finger at Helga. "It is!...AND I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU!" He runs off to the other side of the beach.
The whole class stared at Helga, and walked off to their beach houses.
Gerald and Phoebe stood there looking at Helga. They didn't even seem mad at her.
"Why are you guys still here? Don't you hate..m-me?"Her voice trails off.
Phoebe and Gerald exchange glances then run up to Helga while hugging her tight.
Helga cries in their arms.
"Helga, it's gonna be okay." Phoebe said.
"Yeah, we got your back. Friends stick with friends." Gerald said.
"Thanks guys..." Helga says weakly while wiping her eyes.
Gerald-"Helga?" A wide, mischievous grin spread across his face.
"Yea-Oh wait...I know that look! You've got an idea?"she said with excitement.
Gerald whispers to Phoebe and she giggles, which leaves Helga puzzled.
"So...are ya gonna tell me? Or just leave me hangin'?"She said while crossing her arms.
Phoebe spoke up."Just...meet us in the library tomorrow. That's all we can say."
"Uh, okaayy?"
End of Flashback
Helga checked her watch. "Shoot...it's 4. Where are they?"
Gerald rushes through the door while carrying Phoebe in his arms.
Helga smirks. "You guys had a wedding without me? No disrespect, but we're only ten. So this is just plain WACK."
Gerald set Phoebe down in a chair and blushed. "NO, we did not. And stop using street terms like WACK. Don't use that term if you don't know the facts."
"Oh you wanna go?"
"Bring it!"
Helga
"Okay, lemme get this straight. You don't know how haters gonna hate. Beware of me, cause you don't wanna see, what it really means to be geek-bait."
Gerald
"You think you got skill? Ha! You're just the gorilla. You're just the chimp whimp!-"
Helga
"Hey!"
Gerald
"And I'm the GODZILLA!"
The librarian shushes them.
Gerald blushed madly.
Helga whispered. "Godzilla doesn't talk, or scream, or blush very often."
"Oh Helga, shut yo trap before you wake in a coffin."
"Okay. Sometimes you just can't take whatever bothers you."
"Helga please, overall, that's a two-way-street dude."
"Keep it up and you'll soon see why you're standing still."
"I know your secrets, and the drill. Anything else left there to spill?"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll be thrilled."
Gerald sips some water."Lay it on me daffodil!"
"Mystery solved..." Helga takes down her hair.
"You just met Cecile."
Gerald spit out his water.
"Did that give you the chills?" She blushed.
Gerald fainted.
Helga panicked, "Oh god! I shouldn't have told him that!"
Phoebe kneeled down next to him.
"No kidding! Why did you have to say that Helga?"
"It just slipped out on accident! I didn't think he would actually faint! I guess I was too caught up on beating him since he was making fun of my grammar."
Phoebe gasped. "Wait! Give me one of his shoes!"
Helga handed Phoebe one of his shoes. She waved the shoe in front of his face, and he woke up gagging.
"Ew! Never... do that... again!" He said between breaths.
Helga snickered."Pshh. It's your shoe bucko. We had to get you up somehow."
"Man, I had a terrible nightmare. Helga was there, we were having a rap battle in the library and-"
Helga and Phoebe looked at each other with confused looks.
"Aw shoot. It's real isn't it?"
Phoebe helped him up. "Yeah unfortunately you're not dreaming."
A few moments of complete silence pass. Finally, Gerald had managed to pick up the conversation.
"So...You're Cecile?" He said while sitting on the library table and rocking his feet back and forth.
Helga looked down in shame. "Are you mad at me?"
"...Hmm...that depends..."
"Depends on what?"
"You're reasoning."
"My... reasoning?"
"Yeah. I need to understand if you did this for a good reason or not."
" I uhhhh..." She looks at Phoebe with a worried expression on her face.
Phoebe gave her a slight nod. "You'll be fine...it's just me and Gerald."
Helga sighs. "Hold on..." She looks up at the ceiling.
Silence
Gerald
"So...what's it gonna be Helga?"
" A Good Reason..." he says
Helga blushes slightly
"Or...a bad reason?"
Helga starts twiddling with her thumbs nervously.
"Well..."
"Helga..."
Phoebe walks next to Gerald.
"Helga. You need to let him know what it was. If you don't square up and be real with yourself, you'll never be happy."
"But-"
"Oh no way. No buts. If you won't tell him...then I will." She said while crossing her arms.
"I'm counting to 3."
"One..."
Helga bit her lip.'Don't give in...don't give in!'
"Two..."
'Oh god...NOT GOOD'
"Three."
"..."
"Gerald-"
Helga had convinced herself to be strong. 'NOW! Here we go...' She thought
"No! Stop! It was neither!" she whispered loudly as she lunged into them both.
They all hit the ground.
"What do you mean?" He said while rubbing his hair.
Helga took a deep breath. 'I give up. Out with it.'
"Gerald it wasn't a good reason NOR a bad one."
"Then what else would it be for?"
"A...j-jealous one..." she said while looking down and blushing madly.
Gerald's eyes opened wide.
Helga looked up at him sadly.
"It's fine. I know you're mad at me, so just let it ou-"
"I'm not mad..."
"Huh?"
"I'm not mad."
"Don't say that, I know you are."
"Only I decide that. And you know why?"
"Why?"
"You like Arnold. Don't you?" He smiled
"Would it be a big deal if I said yes?" She tilted her head.
"It would be a relief, that's for sure. And if you can say it to me, it proves that you don't need me spreading the word around. You'd be brave enough to tell other people yourself. I promise not to say a word. Even though we don't always agree on everything, in the end, you're actually okay. So I'd keep it to myself and I wouldn't mind it.
"Okay, I like Arnold." She smiled.
"Phew, that's a relief. I meant what I said Helga. You're not a kid anymore, you're growing up and I'm proud of you."
Phoebe gasps
"Helga! You did it!"
She runs up to give Helga a big bear hug.
"I can't believe it either!" She smiles warmly
"Can I join?" Gerald says playfully
"Aw sure what the heck!"
They pull him into the hug.
"BEEP BEEP" Gerald's phone rings in his pocket.
The librarian stands up slowly and grabs a bat.
"If you children don't shut the hayl u-"
Okay, that's enough for this scene. Next scene coming up.