Love was in the air all around the city of Hillwood. Many people couldn't wait until the cheese festival that went from 6 to 9 P.M. Everything was great except for one problem, the cheese festival had been canceled due to an insufficient amount of funds needed to hold the party. "WHAT, NO CHEESE FESTIVAL! WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN" screamed Harold loudly during their lunch period. "Don't worry guys, I hear Rhonda is throwing a Valentines Day party at her house" said Eugene. " "She said the party is going to be ten times better than the cheese festival" Eugene added. " Well is there going to be cheese"? asked Sid. "Yes, she said there is going to be gourmet cheese, cheese puffs, creamed cheese, cheese soda, cheese pops, and a life sized cheese model of the Eiffel Tower that will be there" said Eugene. "MAN O MAN, CHEESE SODA, I'VE GOT TO GO" shouted Harold. Somebody told him to shut up but he did not know who it was. " I reckon hearing Rhonda say you gotta bring a date to be eligible to even come to the party" Stinky said in his usual accent. "I'm gonna ask Lila" Arnold said optimistically. " I thought you were done with Love Arnold'' Gerald said. To which Arnold replied "Well, things have changed". After the whole Timberly, Lila, Arnold Lemonade fiasco, Arnold swore off of girls for a while. "In fact I'm gonna go ask her right now" Arnold said in a rather confident manner. He walked over to Lila's lunch table. "Hey Lila, I know you don't like me- like me and to be quite frank, I'm not sure I even like you- like you, but there is going to be an awesome party tonight at Rhonda's house and I was wondering..." "Wondering what" Lila asked Arnold quite bewildered at the fact that he suddenly stopped talking. "Wondering if you c-could g-g-go to the p-party with..." "Your asking me to go to Rhonda's party with you" said Lila sternly cutting off Arnold mid-sentence. "Yeah but just as friends" he said. "Sure, why not" she said. Arnold had a grin from ear to ear that could be easily noticed by anybody. "SHE SAID YES" said Arnold in a very happy way. "ARNOLD LOVES LILA, ARNOLD LOVES LILA. ARNOLD AND LILA LAYING DOWN IN BED, HAVING GOOD OL S-E". That was all Harold could say before he was cut off by the bell. Helga had heard of this, large in part of Harold's boisterous screaming. "How could he. Falling for little miss perfect. How I hate that stupid football head, and yet, I LOVE HIM. I love his sweet blue eyes and his lavishing blonde hair" said Helga. She as always had a plot to try to make this night go as bad as possible for the both of them. "Instead of doing something crazy and out of this world, I'll dress up nice" she said. "That will entice him and make him leave that stupid little pizza faced weirdo" Helga said aloud again. She heard the usual heavy breathing of Brainy who this time had flowers in his hand. That didn't stop Helga from giving a nice jab in between his eyes. Rhonda had now realized that nobody is dating anyone so instead she broke the rule of having to have a date. This gave Helga even more of a reason to go. Arnold had opened the door to the boarding house and the usual stampede of animals came rushing out. When he walked in, he saw that his dishwasher had been taken apart. "Hey short man, I hope your not busy cause me and Pookie need your help with something" said Arnold's Grandpa who was drenched with a mixture of water and perspiration. "Well, I am going to a party at 6 and I have homework" Arnold told his Grandpa. "Well this won't take long at all" said his Grandpa. Big Bob had noticed Helga's different look. "Whoa, where is the real Olga" said Bob. "Helga dad, and there is a party tonight and I can't go looking like a tom boy" said Helga. "Since when do you care about your personal image"? asked Bob. "Well, I don't, I-I-I just want to change it up a little" replied Helga not wanting her dad to know about her crush. She indeed was dressed differently. She wore a pink plaid flannel top, skinny jeans, and pink flats. She wore perfume and had her hair out. Her hair was curly, and she took her iconic pink bow off and had kept it in her room. "This will show Miss Perfect" said Helga aloud. "Helga, who...who are you talking to?" asked Miriam. "Nobody mom" replied Helga. "Ugh, I need a smoothie" said Miriam in a hushed voice. It had been 7:30 and Arnold had just finished helping his Grandparents with the dishwasher. He hopped into the shower. He wore a tuxedo and men's Ralph Lauren cologne. He rushed out of the door. It took him about 20 minutes to get to Rhonda's house because the bus he was on broke down. That along with the 10 minutes it took him to get ready made it 30 minutes. It had been 8:00. Lila had been depressed and wasn't too thrilled to see Arnold when he came in. "How could you Arnold" she said. "You stood me up, I though I would give you another chance after you messed up in the summer with me and Timberly, and I thought maybe I would like you like you after this event, but I was ever so wrong" she said. "Lila, I can explain, I had to help my Grandparents with their broken dishwasher" Arnold said defensively. "I want to believe you, but I can't" she said". "You have made me just ever so depressed" she told him. With that she walked away. Arnold had taken a seat down at the seat near the table. He had lost his appetite. He felt tense and he felt like the biggest jerk on the earth. Helga walked by to get a can of cheese soda and Arnold instantaneously noticed her. "Hi Helga, you look different" said Arnold. "Well football head, I decided to change things up just for tonight" she replied. She added a compliment about his cologne and tuxedo and he added a compliment about her perfume and hair. Her hair smelt like lavender and blueberries. They talked for a long time although they didn't notice it. It was 9:00 and the party had just ended. "Hey Helga, could I walk you home" Arnold asked. YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Helga thought. "Um why not" she said instead of what she was thinking. Arnold took her up to the top of her stoop and kissed her hand. "Thank you for a great night and for letting me walk you home" Arnold said. "Yeah, Yeah, I need to go watch the newest episode of Keeping up with the Marmashians" said Helga. When she got inside she took out her locket and kissed it for about 30 seconds. It had been the best night of her life so far.