Well, here's my next fanfic. Thank you to JT, jodylovesanimals, SparrowPatil, & Athalia for their reviews for Complicated. This one is admittedly not as good; oh well. It's in two parts, & this part is all exposition so as to give some background for Part 2, which is in the works. Thanks again for your reviews, & I hope for more of the same.
It had been over two years since Rhonda's party, & since the arm wrestling match. Harold & Patty had reached an understanding, & then some. They were friends, good friends. Being a few years older than the rest of the gang, they were significantly more mature. Well, Harold wasn't at first, but over the years Patty had been good for him. Oh, he was still one of the top three bullies (Helga & Patty being the other two) & crybabies in PS118, but around her he was a different person, more mellow, although if you brought it up around him he'd pound you. Harold never said anything about it in public, but it was understood around school that the two of them were an item. No one commented about it though, certainly not to their faces. Would you knowingly run the risk of incurring the wrath of Harold AND Big Patty? Not even Helga was that brave, not after her previous run-ins and subsequent understanding with Big Patty. So no one said anything, leaving Harold & Patty to continue & develop their friendship. And develop it did, growing over the months & months despite their increasingly hectic schedules. Their lives by now have become quite busy. For Harold, it was due to increasing proficiency in the butcher trade; by now Mr. Green was having him work at the shop three days a week. Surprisingly, Harold's interest in his studies also picked up. After the aptitude test mix-up, he decided to continue the interest he'd found in architecture to find that he actually had talent in that area. Sometimes Harold wouldn't show up at Gerald field all week, so full was his plate. As for Patty, her friendship with Rhonda resulted in a uptake in her social life. And it didn't hurt said social life when people started to notice that when she wasn't beating people up, she could be quite a well-mannered young lady. Her interest in music also increased; she still played accordion & was learning to transfer what she knew there to other keyboard instruments. Already she had surprised a couple of Rhonda's parties --- but not Rhonda herself --- with a mini-concert. Yes, both Harold & Patty were very busy indeed. And yet, no matter how crowded their respective schedules got, they always found time for each other. They were often found at each other's houses, & each was quite familiar to the parents of the other. Patty had even accompanied Harold's family to synagogue on a Sabbath or two, where she quietly charmed Rabbi Goldberg as she had Jerry & Marilyn Berman. The rabbi took note of the good effect that being around her had had on 'Chaim'.
But make no mistake, in & around school they were still bullies, and woe to the unfortunate soul who crosses either of them. Bad enough separately, together they were a force. They could take on an army, & did too, that time they tangled with Wolfgang & his entire mob. They won too, thanks to Torvald. But that's another story. It would have been dark days indeed for PS 118 if Patty was more hostile, or if she wasn't in the junior high part of school by now. Yes, Harold & Patty were close. But as close as they were, there was one thing about Harold Patty didn't know, someting she was about to find out.
"There! That's the last of the cruddy exposition; thank you very much." --- Roddy McStew, The Wrath of Gutierrez, Freakazoid. The real story is in Part 2. Please feel free to review. Thank y'all.
It had been over two years since Rhonda's party, & since the arm wrestling match. Harold & Patty had reached an understanding, & then some. They were friends, good friends. Being a few years older than the rest of the gang, they were significantly more mature. Well, Harold wasn't at first, but over the years Patty had been good for him. Oh, he was still one of the top three bullies (Helga & Patty being the other two) & crybabies in PS118, but around her he was a different person, more mellow, although if you brought it up around him he'd pound you. Harold never said anything about it in public, but it was understood around school that the two of them were an item. No one commented about it though, certainly not to their faces. Would you knowingly run the risk of incurring the wrath of Harold AND Big Patty? Not even Helga was that brave, not after her previous run-ins and subsequent understanding with Big Patty. So no one said anything, leaving Harold & Patty to continue & develop their friendship. And develop it did, growing over the months & months despite their increasingly hectic schedules. Their lives by now have become quite busy. For Harold, it was due to increasing proficiency in the butcher trade; by now Mr. Green was having him work at the shop three days a week. Surprisingly, Harold's interest in his studies also picked up. After the aptitude test mix-up, he decided to continue the interest he'd found in architecture to find that he actually had talent in that area. Sometimes Harold wouldn't show up at Gerald field all week, so full was his plate. As for Patty, her friendship with Rhonda resulted in a uptake in her social life. And it didn't hurt said social life when people started to notice that when she wasn't beating people up, she could be quite a well-mannered young lady. Her interest in music also increased; she still played accordion & was learning to transfer what she knew there to other keyboard instruments. Already she had surprised a couple of Rhonda's parties --- but not Rhonda herself --- with a mini-concert. Yes, both Harold & Patty were very busy indeed. And yet, no matter how crowded their respective schedules got, they always found time for each other. They were often found at each other's houses, & each was quite familiar to the parents of the other. Patty had even accompanied Harold's family to synagogue on a Sabbath or two, where she quietly charmed Rabbi Goldberg as she had Jerry & Marilyn Berman. The rabbi took note of the good effect that being around her had had on 'Chaim'.
But make no mistake, in & around school they were still bullies, and woe to the unfortunate soul who crosses either of them. Bad enough separately, together they were a force. They could take on an army, & did too, that time they tangled with Wolfgang & his entire mob. They won too, thanks to Torvald. But that's another story. It would have been dark days indeed for PS 118 if Patty was more hostile, or if she wasn't in the junior high part of school by now. Yes, Harold & Patty were close. But as close as they were, there was one thing about Harold Patty didn't know, someting she was about to find out.
"There! That's the last of the cruddy exposition; thank you very much." --- Roddy McStew, The Wrath of Gutierrez, Freakazoid. The real story is in Part 2. Please feel free to review. Thank y'all.