Hey everyone!

This is my first fanfic I've submitted in a few years. I know it may not be the best but here it is. Please review! I want to know what can be made better and what you like. I have many more chapters but I don't want to add them if no one even likes the first one. Thank You!

It had been about 7 years since the neighborhood had been saved and about 6 years since Arnold found his parents and left Hillwood to live with them in the jungle. The gang from P.S. 118 has since dwindled away from each other either from moving away, relationships, or just the fact that their peacemaker had left, leaving them to deal with their problems on their own. The only ones from the gang who kept an ongoing relationship with each other were Helga, Phoebe, and Gerald.

Gerald and Phoebe had begun dating soon after the neighborhood was saved which coincidentally was when Arnold and Helga began becoming good friends because of the fact that they had to be around each other a lot more due to their best friends dating.

Soon after all of that Arnold found his Dad's journal which had a map in it. Having been parent less for so many years finding his parents was the only thing that Arnold could really think about. He had taken his 3 friends with him to the jungle where he was soon reunited with his parents after days of searching and adventures that none of them could ever forget.

After being in the jungle for so long Arnold's parents couldn't bring themselves to leave and go back to live in Hillwood. Knowing that he couldn't ever bring his parents with him he knew he had to stay with his parents in the jungle. To Arnold it was one of, if not, the greatest times of his life. Sadly it was one of the worst times of Helga's life. Knowing she had to go back to Hillwood without Arnold was the most heart breaking things Helga had to ever endure.

Being the caring person he was Arnold couldn't just let Helga go back to Hillwood on a sad note.

"Helga wait!"

She looked back at Arnold while another tear streamed down her cheek. He ran up to her and fumbled his words trying to find something to say to her.

"Yes Arnold?"

"I uh...I just wanted to...."

He began sweating as he nervously dug his foot into the dirt and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Just wanted to what Arnold?"

A confused look came over her face. Why was he acting so weird?

He nervously took her hand in his and looked deep into her eyes.

"I just needed to do something before you left..."

A look of shock came over her face as Arnold kissed her.

"Helga."

"Yes my love?"

"Helga."

"Yes my love?"

"Helga! Wake up already!"

"Criminy I'm up, I'm up!"

She rubbed her eyes and stretched as she yawned. She always loved having that dream. It was a reminder of how things used to be, which were a lot better than they were now. Arnold and her had begun dating soon after Arnold had kissed her but sadly they too had dwindled away from each other due to distance and due to teenage problems. They were still friends, they just weren't dating.

She quickly turned on her stereo as she hoped into the shower making an attempt to try and wake herself up. It helped, but only a little. Grabbing a short sleeve pink shirt ,some white capris, and some white tennis shoes Helga got dressed.

She brushed her hair into two ponytails as she sung to the current song on the radio.

"Looking back on the photo album of my life

It's the little things that make us smile (that, that, that, that make us smile)

Like very first time that you discovered true love (uh)

It's a feeling you can't describe

But it always stays on your mind"

Thinking of the line she just sung Helga placed her brush on her vanity and sighed. She always wished she could have just stayed with Arnold in the jungle but her Parents refused for reasons she didn't even know of and she felt Arnold needed some alone time with his parents anyway.

'Snap out of it Helga! Your stronger than that.'

She shook her head before she tied in her pink bow and placed her pink baseball cap over it.

"Shoot it, Shoot it!" The overweight man yelled as he clenched the sides of his chair. She rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen. Quickly making some toast she walked out of her house right as the school bus arrived.

"Well hello there Helga. How are you doing?"

Phoebe's black hair fell down to her shoulders as a blue barrette held the left side of her hair back.

Helga bit into her toast and shrugged her shoulders.

"Nothing special today Pheebs, how bout you?"

She brushed away the crumbs from her short sleeve pink shirt and white Capri's.

"Hehe, well..." Her cheeks flushed red.

She looked to her friend with one side of her uni-brow raised.

"I'm not even going to ask."

The halls were busy with chatter and the smell of cheap school made breakfast. Helga and Phoebe cut through the crowd of people and soon reached their lockers.

"So Gerald and...."

Phoebe was cut off by a sudden hand on her shoulder. She turned around and sighed a breath of relief.

"Oh Gerald you scared me."

He smiled as he ran his hair across his shortened hair.

"Sorry Pheebs, but I heard my name and wanted to know if it was for anything good."

Phoebe smiled at him. She rubbed her hand along his muscular arms until she rested her hands on his broad shoulders.

"I was going to tell Helga that you and I wanted to invite her to hang out after practice."

"Oh ok, well you know I get some one on one time with you before that right."

He ran his hand through her soft black hair making her blush. Helga rolled her eyes as she shut her locker. She hated it when her two friends flirted with each other, well she hated when any couple flirted, it made her sick to her stomach.

"Well hey I'm going to leave you two alone, I got a class to get to before Mr. Ferguson freaks out again over me being late."

She pushed through the crowd again and walked away to her class. The moment he saw she was gone Gerald shook his head and laughed.

"What? Why are you laughing at?"

"Helga. She has no idea what's about to happen."

A confused look came over Phoebe's face.

"What on earth are you talking about?"

He looked around to make sure no one they knew could hear him.

"You promise not to tell?" He whispered.

" Promise."

He lightly chuckled and double checked to make sure no one could hear him.

"Arnold's coming to visit."

She suddenly shrieked as everyone stared at her. Her cheeks flushed red as the people around her shook their heads and kept on with their business.

"You can't tell anyone! Especially Helga."

"But why? I thought Arnold would want her of all people to know."

"He wants it to be a surprise, catch her off guard, you know."

"Oh. Well when's he coming?"

"Today. He's going to come pick her up after softball practice."

Hey thanks for reading my fanfic! Please R&R and tell me what you like and what you think could be made better.