Dream on ~~~~~~~~~
Sid meets a girl Cindy and soon realizes that she's more than meets the eye, will their nine year old dreams become reality when they seprate? Or does Fate have another thing coming for them?.
**DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN HEY ARNOLD OR THE SONGS POSTED IN THE CHAPTERS I WRITE.
CHAPTER#1:CINDY -
January 1997.
It was one of those beautiful winter days in January,
"Come on guys! We got no time to waste." Sid was done putting on his skating shoes.
He and the boys were practising for the annual winter skating competition.
"Those $300 are gonna be mine!" His exclaimed. "hey look, I can even skate backwards!."
"Sid watch ou-." Before Gerald could finish his warning it was already too late. Sid and a girl crashed into each other and fell down on the ice.
"Ow." The little girl groaned. "Quick! get your hands off the ice before someone skates by!." she pulled his hands away from the ice.
"Sid are you ok?." Arnold and the boys skate over to him.
"Yeah." Sid groaned clutching his head."You should look where you're going next time girly." he rudely tells her off.
The girl's blue eyes blink in surprise at what he just said and her pale white cheeks suddenly turn pink from the anger boiling up inside her.
"Don't mention it." She tells him sarcastically and skates off, her short,jet black hair whipped in the wind behind her.
"You do know that it was your fault to begin with, don't you Sid?." Arnold looked at him half-liddedly.
"What are you talking about? the girl crashed into me!."
"Sid I got a feeling you'll make a really bad driver." Gerald shakes his head.
"We're too young to think about driving Gerald. Race you guys to the bridge!."The pale boy skates off and his friends follow behind.
The day of the race has finally come. This was it.
"Ok Skaters, take your positions." The announcer's voice came through the loudspeakers.
The kids start taking their positions, Wolfgang and Edmund take their positions beside Arnold and the other boys.
"Fat chance you dweebs are gonna win."The bigger boy taunted.
"Don't count on it Wolfgang. We're gonna beat you." Arnold stood up to him, as always.
"Oh yeah?." Wolfgang luaghs mockingly."With what? that football shaped head of yours is only gonna slow you down."
"And the tall hair boy, and the fat kid, and this shrimpy little kid with the nose here ..." Edmund stupidly laughs.
The girl from the other day skates in and takes her position next to Wolfgang.
The bully notices her skates. "You think you're gonna win with those rags?."
"Get ready ..." The announcer announced.
"None of your beeswax." She kept her gaze ahead.
"Hey Sid, that's the girl from yesterday." The lanky contry boy tells his friend.
"Never mind her." Sid ignored. "I'm gonna win this." it was as if he commanded.
" ...and Go!."
Everyone speeds off. Wolfgang gets suspended for pushing all the smaller kids out of his way making Sid, Stinky and the blue eyed girl are in the lead.
"I'm gonna win this! I'm gonna win this! I'm gonna win!." Sid tells himself and he finally crosses the finish line followed by the girl, then Stinky, then Arnold and Gerald.
"I won! haha! I did it!." He celebrated.
"You were saying?." Gerald taunted Edmund.
Arnold skated over to Sid. "Congratulations Sid."
"Thanks Arnold." he goes to claim the trophy and reward.
HE GOES AND TAKES HIS TROPHY AND THE REWARD.
At the end of the day everyone was going back home, it's been one heck of a day.
Sid notices the blue eyed girl who sat at a park bench and changing into her sneakers. He decides that Arnold was right and so he decides to walk over to her and apologize.
"Uh ... hi."
A pair of glassy, blue eyes look upto him and go back to focusing on her changing her shoes. "Hi." She simply replies.
"Um ... is this seat taken?."
"Be my guest." She finished tying her shoes and gets up.
"No wait!."
"What now?." she sounded annoyed.
"I-I just wanted to apologize for the other day, you know ... when we crashed into each other and stuff. I should've looked where I was going." he fiddled with his fingers nervously.
She faces him sideways from her position and smiles. "That's alright. See ya."
"Bye." He waved.
"Hey Sid! Come on we gotta go!." HArold called out to him.
"Hold on lemme change into my boots!."
It's a week later now and Sid was walking on his own. Stinky fell sick that day and Sid couldn't find anyone to hang out with.
He notices a group of kids gathered around a certain game machine at the arcade so he decides to check what's up.
"Hey what's going on?." he asks one of the boys there.
"This girl's about to break the high score in 'Space Avengers!'."
"No kidding!." Sid was surprised himself. The only person able to break the record was Wolfgang ... and he already did it twice!.
"She did it! A new highscore!." Another kid announced a few seconds later.
Everyone cheers and a familiar face steps out from the crowd.
"Oh hey Sid." He noticed a twinkle in her eye.
"Uh ... hi." Sid realized he had no idea what her name was.
"Here's the $15 just like we agreed on Cindy." The first kid hands her her money.
"Thanks. Hey! I know!." Turns to Sid. "Wanna hang out?."
"Uh ... o-." And before Sid could finish Cindy has already grabbed his hand.
"Great! let's go!."
So they spent the day ice skating and eating hot dog at the park
"So me and my pet frog Sid-."
"You're frog has the same name after you?." Cindy cut him off.
"Yyyy-eah?."
"Why?." She scrunched her nose.
"I dunno ... maybe it's 'cuz I like my name. Got a problem with that?."
"None at all." She shrugs and takes a bite out of her hot dog. "Continue."
"O.k so she's the coolest frog, of course we don't tak much now since he's hibernating and all. I just don't get why anyone would wanna miss out on all this winter fun."
"They're cold blooded animals Sid. They can't stand the cold."
"... Yeah sure I knew that." It hits him. "Wait a minute!."
"What?."
"You're a girl!."
"Uh-huh?."
"No I mean I was just talking about my pet frog and you didn't get grossed out!."
"Why should I be?."
"'Cuz girls hate frogs! and bugs and ... other boy stuff!." he squeaked.
"Sid, that's a common misconception. Not all girls get grossed out easily by stuff boys like. I had a pet frog once."
"Really?."
"Yeah. But ..." she looks down sadly "... my dad doesn't really like 'pets' so I had to let him go."
"That stinks."
"Yeah." She mumbled sadly. "But then I guess he's happy wherever he is. He deserves the freedom, that's what Mama Wanda tells wanna go throw rocks at a garbage bin?." She changes her mood.
"Sure!."
"Well I gotta go home now Sid." She tells him when she notices the sky getting darker.
"O.k., Do you want me to walk you home?." He offered.
"No no it's o.k.!." she calms down. "I'll be fine."
"Alright. I'll see ya."
"Bye."
As Cindy walks away she accidentally slips and falls into a small puddle of water.
"Cindy!." He runs up to her and helps her up. "You ok?."
"Yeah I guess." Cindy wipes her face. "Geez this path's really slippery."
"Your sweater's all wet."He begins to take off his jacket. "Here.
"What for?." she asks almost surprised.
"You'll get cold with that wet sweater. Take my jacket."
"Won't you feel cold?."
"I'm wearin' another sweater. I'll be fine."
"... O.k." She takes off her sweater revealing A sleveless top and bruised arms.
"What's this?." He gently toucher arms. "Why are your arms bruised like that?."
"I ... they're from when I skate, I keep falling down on my arms." She stammered.
"What are you talking about? You're an expert at skating!."
"You calling me a liar?." Cindy starts getting all defensive.
"No ... I just-."
Cindy calms down "I'll give you your jacket back tomorrow. Meet me at the arcade at 4." She muttered and walks away.
"Cindy. I'm sorry."
She doesn't reply but runs off leaving Sid behind. It was a miracle she didn't slip again.
Cindy finally reaches her dark appartment, closes the dorr quietly behind her and tip-toes to her room.
"Cindy?." A hoarse voice asks from the darkness.
"What?." She asks brattily with her arms crossed.
Her father appears in a lit area illuminated by the street lights outside, holding a can of beer in one hand, his eyes red and his face pink obviously from drinking too much.
"You're late." He slurs.
Cindy just rolls her eyes and turns to go to her room but her father grabs her arm. She winces from the pain, those bruises from last time haven't heaed yet.
"Where'd you get this jacket?. That old lady gave it to you?."
"None of your buisness!." she frees her arm and runs to her room.
"Looks like you still need some disciplining." He stumbles a bit and grabs a stick and follows her into her room.
(MUSIC:RELIENT K-MUST'VE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT)