Here's another Hey Arnold story that was going on in my mind at the time, and thought it would be a good story to do... you'll see for yourself why that is! Anyway, enjoy!


"It started out as a regular school day, I was just finishing up one of my delightful stories to the others as I was taking my leave."

Lila smiled as she hummed to herself, gathering her things.

"Of course, every once in a while, Arnold would come around my area, to announce his undying love for me."

"Hey, Lila! I'm glad I caught you!" Arnold called as Lila turned to see him approaching. "I was wondering if you were busy tomorrow."

Lila resisted the temptation to roll her eyes at this attempt, but kept a smile. "Sorry, Arnold, but I am going to be busy tomorrow. Very, VERY busy."

"Oh... well, I thought maybe you'd be interested in going to the farming convention in the middle of town, but if you're busy..." Arnold said, looking down.

"Sorry, Arnold, but I can't oh so go out with you. It's nothing personal, but I'm just too busy. You understand." Lila said as she collected her books. She was about to leave... before stopping herself. "Oh, and I don't like you like you, I just like you."

Arnold sighed as he walked off, another attempt busted. Lila gave a nod.

"Normally, this doesn't bother me. What does bother me is the girl who constantly spies on Arnold's every move... not that there's anything wrong with Helga, mind you, she is sweet when you get to know her... unfortunately, she gets pretty... demanding. At first, I tried to get used to it... but apparently, every conversation I have with Arnold has to be monitored by her. Helga has a huge crush on Arnold... okay, she's in love with him, but that's not the point."

Lila started to look both ways as she started to walk off.

"Hold it Liiii-la."

Lila gave a sigh, but turned with a smile towards an angry Helga. "Good afternoon, Helga."

"Cut the good afternoon! I just saw Arnold talking with you today! Cough up the info, ginger!" Helga growled as she curled up her hands into fists. "You don't want me to use Ol' Betsy, do you?"

"You never even use her on me." Lila pointed out. "And I wish you'd get a new threat. Anyway, Arnold was going to ask me to go to the farming convention tomorrow, and I told him I was busy that day. That's all there is to it."

Helga glared at Lila for a few moments... before giving a satisfied nod as she started to depart. "Just remember, Lila, I have my eyes on you!"

As Helga started to depart, Lila held her head and shook it.

"It became to the point where I got sick of Helga's jealous attitude, but I didn't want to be rude to her. But that's what it's like almost every time I have a talk with Arnold and a talk with Helga respectively. I mean, I love the city and I love the perks it provides, don't get me wrong, but with someone berating me for talking with someone I don't even like like... it's been tough."

Later that night, Lila was looking out from her apartment bedroom window as she gave a sigh.

"When I was getting ready for bed later, I started to look out the window and just watched as the night sky was being lit up... by the city lights... a thought came into my mind, wondering how Helga would feel if she were in my shoes... if she could only understand what it was like to be myself..."

It was then the light in one of the street lights started to dim a little as part of the night sky was shown... and Lila gasped as she noticed a shooting star passing through.

"That's when I saw the shooting star up in the sky. They say that if you see a shooting star, you make a wish. So I closed my eyes and I made a wish... wished to see how Helga would feel in my place... little did I realize was that that one simple wish would be the beginning of my troubles..."

As soon as Lila was done with her wish, she heard her father talking, "Hey, sweetheart, time for bed."

"Okay, daddy." Lila gave a giggle as she went over to her bed. As she got comfortable, Lila's father then gave a kiss on her forehead as he said, "Good night, my little angel."

Lila smiled as she closed her eyes and her father turned off the light.

"As soon as my father turned off the light, I had to wake up right away, because I wasn't tired. I looked out the window one more time, to see if that shooting star was still there."

Of course, Lila woke up as she got up for a mere moment to look outside and up in the sky for a couple of moments.

"After a while, I figured I was just being silly. And with that note... I went straight to bed."

Lila gave a slight giggle as she got comfortable in her bed and relaxed, letting sleep overtake her.


"Morning finally came as I woke up... it was a typical morning, of course... but... one thing was different."

Lila groaned as she started to wake up as she blinked for a minute or two as she got up and yawned. Lila's hairstyle looked a little different than usual, as instead of it being straight down, it was straightened out to two pigtails. Of course, Lila didn't notice anything different at first as she gave a loving sigh, as if thinking of someone.

"Oh, sweet morning, sweet, sweet morning..." Lila gave a happy giggle as she started to skip over towards the closet nearby as she opened it. She went inside the closet and walked deep as she looked around to see the shrine dedicated to Arnold. Lila gave a happy giggle as she looked over toward the chewed-up bubblegum statue of Arnold as she smiled. "Good morning, my love. I hope you're having a wonderful morning!"

Lila then started to sniff around... then groaned. "You definitely need to be rebuilt, though, you're starting to smell. Oh well, nothing another little poem can keep my mind off of..."

With that, Lila sat down and started writing in a pink book as she gave a loving sigh. "Maybe I can turn this in to Mr. Simmons... I'll have to keep it anonymous again, though... I just wish he wouldn't read these in front of the class, it's just... so embarrassing!"

"Of course, at the time, I didn't notice anything was different... and it wouldn't catch on until a couple of seconds later."

"You know, these poems are so romantic, I'm glad I..." Lila started... before blinking in shock. "Wait... a love shrine to Arnold? Pink books with poems?"

Lila then got of her closet as she looked around in confusion to see that her room was different. "Wait a minute... this isn't my room!"

"Lila!" A familiar, hungover voice called out as Lila heard the voice. For some reason, Lila gave a grunt and a groan.

"What is it, Miriam?" Lila called out rudely.

"You need to get ready for... for school." Miriam called.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming down, give me a few!" Lila frowned... then yelped as she covered her mouth as she asked, "What the heck was that voice?"

Being stumped, Lila just decided to get herself dressed up for the day.

"I didn't realize it yet... but this was just the beginning of my troubles..."


And the first chapter is up! How did you guys like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!