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"Hey Pheebs." Helga sat down next to the petite girl. "Good Morning, Helga." She replied eagerly. Helga wished she could have half the energy Phoebe had daily.

Things had been rough for Helga in the past couple of years. Her parents had split, and 2 weeks after the divorce was finalized, Miriam overdosed on Heroin. Since then, Bob began to sexually abuse Helga. Olga followed in their mother's footsteps, and began to experiment with drugs.

Helga was a little disappointed with Olga, she had so much going for herself. She didn't want to see her screw it up. Olga eventually fled to Mexico with drug dealer boyfriend, so they could elope. Helga began to experiment with self-harm (cutting the skin) and became extremely depressed.

One day, Helga cut her thigh too deep, to the white meat, and was bleeding constantly. Bob knew that Helga was cutting herself, but didn't do anything about it. When he found out that Helga cut too deep, he refused to take her to the hospital.

One night Helga was lying bed and she was bleeding so much so, it was making big puddles in her sheets. She rode her bike to Phoebe's house where her (Phoebe's) parents rushed her (Helga) to the hospital. Helga swore to stop cutting herself, which she did, but began to starve herself instead.

And Arnold? Well, Arnold, he has yet to return from San Lorenzo. The rest of the gang changed a lot. Lila went goth, Eugene came out, Herald got in shape, Brainy and Sheena started to date, Stinky and Gloria were still together, Rhonda got pregnant (By Curly) and decided to keep the baby (A boy named Roscoe), she and Curly got married, Nadine continued to be best friends with Rhonda throughout her pregnancy and at times babysits Roscoe when Rhonda or Curly has to work, and Phoebe and Gerald, they have been dating since 9th grade (they're seniors) and pretty much stayed the same.

But the thing is, Helga discovered she was in love with Phoebe. She would always ask to sleep over or hang out, and Phoebe would always catch Helga staring at her. Helga loved everything about her. She loved the way she smelled, her smile, the way she wore her hair, the way her soft voice caressed Helga's ears, just, everything.

"Helga!" Helga jumped at the shrill of Phoebe's voice. She also loved how straight forward Phoebe always was. She was real and never afraid to tell you what was on her mind

"Um, yeah Pheebs?"

"Hurry up and get out your homework." Phoebe always tried to help Helga academically, but Helga had bigger problems than finishing Miss Manchester's homework.

When Phoebe saw the blank sheet, she rolled her eyes in annoyance and handed Helga her homework sheet so she could copy. Helga mouthed "Thank You."

Phoebe sighed and placed her head in her hand, while her elbow sat on the table. She felt bad for her and wished that Helga could come live with her. It was pretty boring at home all the time and she thought it would be cool to have her best friend around all the time. She would have somebody to hang out with besides Gerald.\

Gerald. Phoebe loved him to pieces, but she was starting to become bored with him. Gerald had stop showing affection towards Phoebe. He stopped bringing her flowers, telling her how beautiful she was, buying her gifts, but most of all, he stopped saying he loved her. All he wanted to do now was play Call Of Duty on his XBox and have sex. And even that was starting to become boring.

The ear-splitting shrill of the bell rang and Helga handed Phoebe back her paper, while Miss Manchester walked in and began teaching.

Phoebe stared at Helga with pity. Even though Helga didn't want her pity, Phoebe knew she needed it.