I guess people were eventually going to request me to focus on one particular subject... the what ifs on the episode 'Arnold and Lila'. There is one particular story I would recommend on the scenario 'What if Helga KEPT her name up there for 'Arnold Loves Helga'. The story itself is called... you guessed it... 'Arnold Loves Helga', written by SuprSingr. I would recommend giving it a read, it's pretty enjoyable and gives a bit of a what if scenario.
Okay, as you can probably guess, this is my own what if scenario, and it's requested by Animeguy1101... it's basically another one of these 'Arnold and Lila What If' scenarios, but this time, it's something different... 'What if Helga wrote down a different name?' Now, he did request two other scenarios, which were pretty interesting on their own (one of them I may write eventually, but who knows), but I decided to go with this one... just because... well, you'll have to wait and see! Anyway, enjoy!
"Thanks for getting the boys off me, Rhonda, Nadine." Lila smiled as she joined up with the waiting two girls.
"Hey, it's no problem at all." Rhonda shrugged. "Trust me, I know how it is to have admirers..."
"Yeah, she has one she can never get rid of." Nadine chuckled as Rhonda glared at her.
"Oh, hardy har har." Rhonda rolled her eyes as she got up. "Well, come on, I got to tell you what happened the other day! Nadine, feel free to add in more details as I tell it."
"Okay, Rhonda, I'll see what I can do." Nadine sighed.
"Oh? What happened?" Lila asked as the three started walking.
"Oh, well, it's quite simple. You see, me and Nadine were walking along the street, minding our own business when we noticed a couple of girls talking with each other. Now, this first girl, she was okay, really, she was wearing a pretty green outfit with the most sweetest purple skirt I've ever seen."
"Although, she did have a problem with the ponytail." Nadine explained.
The girls laughed as Lila said, "I can see that. Go on."
"Anyway, this OTHER girl..." Rhonda laughed. "This other girl, she had this black shirt on, with navy blue jeans! Think about that! She puts on navy blue and black! What was she thinking? It's just simply outrageous! So, I said, "Excuse me, Miss Thing, this is the Fashion Police and I'm going to have to write you a ticket!"
Lila and Nadine just giggled at that as all three girls stopped near an alley. Rhonda smiled a bit as she looked in one direction, and was about to leave, when she did a sudden double take, staring in shock. "Hold up, girls."
Nadine raised an eyebrow as she and Lila noticed Rhonda reading something.
"Arnold Loves..." Rhonda started reading... before her mouth dropped open in shock. "Wha-what?"
Nadine and Lila, confused at first, turned to where Rhonda was looking and pretty soon, they saw it.
Over there, on the wall... was a heart drawn in chalk, with an arrow inside, but most importantly, the words. The words 'Arnold Loves' was in cursive... but the last word was printed out hastily, as if in the last minute. That word was... 'Rhonda'.
"Arnold Loves Rhonda?" Nadine said in surprise. "Wait... Arnold, our Arnold, the one in fourth grade?"
"Gosh!" Lila said in surprise. "I don't think I ever saw that coming."
"Do you think it's true?" Nadine said, turning to a shocked Rhonda. "Uh... Rhonda?"
Rhonda just stood there in blank shock... before Nadine shook her.
"Huh, wha-" Rhonda said before recovering. "Thanks, Nadine, I needed that. But how could it possibly be true, Nadine?"
"It says it on the wall right there." Nadine shrugged. "Arnold Loves Rhonda."
Rhonda gave a little laugh as he said, "No, no, no, I doubt Arnold actually "loves" me. Maybe somebody else wrote it as a sick joke."
"But Rhonda, didn't you tell me the other day that..." Nadine started before Rhonda's eyes widened. She then covered Nadine's mouth as she chuckled nervously.
Lila raised an eyebrow. "What did Nadine TELL you the other day, Rhonda?"
"Nothing! Nothing to concern yourself with Li- OW!" Rhonda yelped as she retracted her hand and rubbed it. "Nadine!"
"Sorry for biting you, Rhonda, but Lila has to know sooner or later. Why not sooner?" Nadine sighed. "Lila, Rhonda has had a secret crush on Arnold for a while now."
The sound of clanging trashcans was heard, but nobody paid it any mind as Lila turned to Rhonda. "Really? For how long?"
Rhonda quickly blushed as she muttered, "Few-months-ago."
"What?" Lila asked.
"A few months ago!" Rhonda said in frustration. "Look, I can't explain how it happened, but ever since Arnold helped me through my first problem that I ever had, I... kind of developed a small crush on him. I thought it would go away for a while, but the more I thought about Arnold's kindness... the more... the more I thought about how it would be sweet if he and I... well... hung out with each other, you know, maybe spend some quality time together..."
Rhonda kept blushing. "That... that type of thing."
"Wow..." Lila smiled. "Having someone you like.. I think it's ever so sweet." Lila giggled.
"Yeah... but I know he'd never go with me because of my status..." Rhonda sighed. "I'm like, the most fashionable girl in the fourth grade, and Arnold's just so cool, yet he works with both sides. I mean, I honestly don't think Arnold would fall for me... I mean, I actually expect him to fall for someone like you, Lila. I mean, everybody likes you, Lila! You're smart, funny, pretty, and next to me, you're the best dresser in the whole class!"
"Don't bring yourself down so hard, Rhonda." Lila said. "Besides, what's stopping you from going out with Arnold?"
"Lila's right, Rhonda." Nadine said as she looked at her. "Suppose Arnold really DID write this message, intending for YOU to find it?"
"What if it's not his handwriting, though? I mean, the last part of the sentence seems... chicken scratchy." Rhonda said, using a small hand motion to give an opinion on the writing in the wall.
"Don't you think maybe he might have overheard us come over, panicked and wrote it quickly before going off? He probably didn't even have time." Nadine explained.
Rhonda paused. "That... that thought never occurred to me before..."
"Maybe he was just too shy to tell you himself, so he wrote it on the wall anonymously, hoping his wish would come true." Nadine smiled.
Rhonda paused. "Well... if you really think that..."
Rhonda gave a smile. "All right. You girls are right. I've got to tell him I have a crush on him. Who knows? Maybe we'll see where it goes. But I'm not going to say anything about the writing on the wall... not yet, anyway."
"Hold on a sec..." Nadine said as she pulled out a camera from her backpack and took a picture. "There. That way, we'll know it's time to show it..."
"Perfect. All right, I'll tell him tomorrow... in the meantime, I better finish my story!" Rhonda said as she, Nadine and Lila left. "So, anyway, I came up to the girl and did the police bit thing, and..."
By the time the three girls left... Helga came out of the alleyway, clearly scared for her life as she looked at the writing in the wall.
"...What have I done? How could I have done this? Why didn't I just leave my name on the wall... or better yet, why didn't I just replace my name with Lila's... at least I could have bared it..." Helga groaned as she looked down.
Indeed, Helga was the one who wrote the message... though it had originally been 'Arnold Loves Helga'. But she suddenly heard Rhonda, Lila and Nadine's voices as they were heading this way, so Helga, in a panic, erased her name... she originally considered Lila's name, but considering the reason Helga was a little jealous that Lila got all the attention, she didn't want to think about it... so she just put up the first name she knew on the top of her head, which, unfortunately, happened to be the name of the girl she just heard.
"Why did I put up RHONDA'S name in the first place, and how was I supposed to know she had a crush on Arnold too?" Helga groaned. "I am going to have my work cut out for me this week..."
Helga took a deep breath. "Okay, take it easy, Pataki. Rhonda said she won't bring up the writing on the wall, which is probably a good thing... oh, but her best friend Nadine took a picture of the writing, so I can't change it back, shoot!"
Helga sighed. "Maybe I can just wait it out... I mean, what's the worse that can happen, huh?"
Helga laughed. "Yeah, I have nothing to worry about. This is princess and football head! They probably won't even last!"
Little did Helga know was that because of one little change, she unintentionally planted the seed of a possible romance.
And the first chapter is done! How'd you like it? More will come along the way, so don't miss it, folks! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!