This is my first time writing a fanfic. Hope you enjoy.

I do not own Hey Arnold or it's characters. I just really love flight back home was very enthusiastic.

Everyone was so excited to be getting out of the jungle, and back to their homes. Occasionally, having Rhonda Lloyd as an acquaintance came in handy. When they had all exited the jungle and made their way to the airport, Rhonda had been able to call her parents and set up one of their private jets to get herself, and her classmates and families an immediate flight home.

Everyone was celebrating their escape. A certain football head was in a corner of the plane surrounded by his grandparents and newly reacquainted parents. Helga noticed their interaction from afar and sees that Arnold is sitting rather quietly with his moms head resting atop his own, smiling, while his parents interact with Grandpa Phil and Grandma Gertie. He seems so content to just watch the adults catch up.

"Oh Arnold, my love, I am so happy that you finally have all you desire. All you deserve. The love of your parents and grandparents enveloping you in their warmth." - Helga thought to herself.

Meanwhile, she was sitting with her parents. Who would have ever thought Bob and Miriam would travel so far to save her! And yet, there they were. The three of them sitting together. Her parents not giving her a moment of peace since they had found her. Miriam, frantic from the minute they had discovered her.

*Flashback to the jungle*

"I am never letting you out of my sight again, missy." - Miriam had said.

"That's right, Helga. You're staying where we can be sure you're safe." - Big Bob agreed.

"D-did you just call me Helga?" - Helga questioned incredulously. She couldn't believe it. Her parents were caring about her. They had been worried, and they even remembered her name! She could not recall the last time Bob had called her anything but 'girl' or the ever so common 'Olga.'

"Well of course I called you Helga. That's your name, isn't it?"

Without the ability to form a response, Helga simply smiled and hugged her parents.

Arnold could hardly believe it. After the long walk back to his classmates, reality still had not sunk in. His parents were back. When they reached the site where he, Gerald, and Helga had originally escaped the guards and set off on their quest, he was surprised to see his grandparents waiting for him.

He saw them notice his arrival. Saw the smiles on their faces form, knowing he was safe. Then he saw their smiles turn into utmost confusion as they noticed the two adults standing slightly behind him.

As they all grouped together, Gertie was the first to speak.

"Miles! Stella! Oh how terribly we've missed you!"- She said, tears forming quickly in her eyes. She lunged forward to pull the two of them into a hug. She had not been this clear and aware of a situation in as long as Arnold could remember.

Pretty soon, they were all embracing.

*Later*

On the plane, Arnold and his family had made sure to get a small area for the five of them to talk. To catch up. Arnold was still so overwhelmed by everything, he didn't even know what to say. Instead, he decided he should let his grandparents catch up with their son and daughter-in-law. After all, they had a more established past with them then he did.

However, not once during the plane ride did his mom let go of him in one way or another. She would either hold his hand, have her arm around his shoulder, or rest her head on top of his own. It was almost as if she let go of him for a second, they would be separated again and she couldn't stand the thought of that.

Arnold didn't mind. It was nice, in fact. Comforting.

"So this is what it feels like. Having a parent comforting me."- Arnold thought to himself. "I definitely could get used to this."

Arnold was still beside himself thinking about the events that had transpired over the last few hours. Not only just the thoughts of finding and waking his parents, but at losing El Corazon and none other than Helga being the one to find an alternative to freeing them. The fact that this girl, who had spent the better half of a decade taunting and bullying him, had actually been concealing her true feelings for him all this time was unbelievable to him.

Realistically, it started to make sense. She always did seem to pick on him more than their other classmates. And yet, he had always sensed that there was a softer side to her than she let on. She always seemed to be there for him in one way or another when it really mattered. Maybe, deep down, he had known it all along. Maybe, he felt the same way….

He just had no idea what to do with all this information that he was still trying to process….