This is my first fan fiction so let me know what you think! I'm gonna write the whole thing at once but I'm only gonna post one chapter a day so you guys will be is suspense…and also so I know what people think of the story before I keep posting. Ok so I hope you enjoy!

Ch.1: Goodbye

Arnold and Gerald are walking to school.

"I have some news Gerald." Arnold said while looking at the ground.

"What kinda news?" asks Gerald.

"Bad news." Arnold confesses.

Gerald looks worried. "Alright man, spill it."

"I'm moving."

"You're what?!" yells Gerald so loud that people look out windows and doors to see what's happening.

"I'm moving Gerald."

"You can't be serious man! Where are you gonna go?"

"Well Gerald, now that I found my parents, I'm gonna go live with them."

"Do ya think you'll ever come back here Arnold?"

"We'll sure Gerald, I'll visit all the time."

"Nah man, I mean will ya ever move back here?"

"I dunno Gerald."

"Well, I'm gonna miss ya, man."

"Me too, Gerald. I'll miss everyone else too but they're my parents ya know? I've gone my whole life without them. Now that I've found them, I want to be able to be a real family together."

"Yeah I understand. But why couldn't they just move here?"

"Well they both just got really good jobs so they said that if I wanted to, I could come live with them but they can't come here for a few years because they say their jobs could take their careers to a whole new level. They did tell me they would pass up the opportunity and move here, but I told them I couldn't let them do that and I would move there with them."

"So when are ya movin?"

"This Saturday."

"This Saturday?! But that means we've only got two days left to hangout! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I just found out this morning. My parents called and told me."

"Well we gotta do everything before you move!"

The whole time Gerald and Arnold were talking, Helga was following them. She heard it all. Phoebe came up to her when she was hiding behind a bench and asked what she was doing. Helga told her she dropped a quarter. She then told Phoebe that she "overheard" Arnold telling Gerald that he is moving. They continued walking to school while Helga's heart was silently breaking. Phoebe and Gerald had been getting really close lately so the whole walk to school all Phoebe could talk about was Gerald. Helga didn't really listen since he's all Phoebe can ever talk about. She was also preoccupied from because the boy she has loved since preschool is moving away for who knows how long? Arnold and Gerald spent the next two days playing baseball, eating ice cream, going to the park, riding bikes, and everything else they could think of. On Saturday the whole class, Gerald, Phoebe, Harold, Rhonda, Sid, Stinky, Nadine, Sheena, Eugene, Peapod kid, chocolate boy, Iggy, Mr. Simmons, and even Helga all came to say goodbye to Arnold.

That afternoon, Arnold left. Gerald was bummed so Phoebe comforted him leaving Helga by herself. Phoebe knows about Helga's feelings for Arnold, so it hurt Helga a little for Phoebe to just ditch her like that. Everyone else was bummed for the rest of the weekend. They all just sat together saying how things will be different now that Arnold wouldn't be there.

Helga was sitting outside the Sunset Arms boarding house thinking about Arnold when Lila came walking by. She noticed Helga looking upset and she asked her what was bothering her.

"Nothing is bothering me, not that it's any of your business." Helga said with a scowl.

"Okay, Helga. See you on Monday."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." she said. She scooted her knees up to her chin and put her arms on them then rested her chin on her arms. She looked around to make sure no one would hear her as she took her locket out from the inside of her dress. "Oh my love. Why must you leave me here to suffer. Why couldn't I just tell you how I feel. Why did I have to hide behind a rough exterior. Why didn't I just tell you how much I love and adore you? My dear, sweet, football head-"

"Hey Helga!" shouts Phoebe as she walks down the street with Gerald. Helga quickly shoves the locket in her dress and jumps up.

"Hey Pheebs." she says slightly irritated.

"Uh Gerald, I'll see you later okay? I need to talk to Helga."

"Sure no prob, babe. See ya," he kisses her," later Helga." he says in an unfriendly voice.

"Whatever tall-hair boy. Let's go to my house Pheebs."

"Going!"

Later at Helga's house, Helga tells Phoebe how heart-broken she is about Arnold moving.

"Oh Phoebe! What am I going to do?"

"Well Helga, considering the situation, I think maybe you should take this opportunity to, well, move on."

Helga looked at Phoebe, at first irritated that she would suggest Helga would stop liking the boy she's only loved and adored since preschool, but then she thought Phoebe made sense.

Without the football head here to torment me because I can't tell him how I feel, I can really try to get over him. But how? I've never liked, or loved, anyone but him and I've felt this way forever! Why did he have to move? I should've just told him how I feel. I doubt he would have stayed here I mean after all, his parents have missed nine years of his life, but atleast he would know how I feel. Now I have to live like this forever! Atleast when he was here I still had the opportunity to tell him. Now I might never see him again! This is all too much for me. I don't want to get over him. If only I knew someone in the same situation who could help me. But who?

Helga wanted to cry. Although Phoebe made sense, she had no way to help her move on from Arnold. Helga felt alone and told Phoebe she just felt like being alone. Phoebe made sure Helga really meant it. She did. Phoebe left Helga and went to hang out with Gerald.