THIS WAS MY FIRST ONE (I KNOW IT'S OUT OF ORDER)

BRAINY SAVES HELGA

It was a normal day. School had just let out, and Gerald was following Arnold back to the boarding house. Taking notice of the lovesick look in his friend's eyes, Gerald lifted an eyebrow and asked "What's up with you man?"

"Huh? Oh sorry Gerald. I was just thinking about Lila." Arnold blushed, as he started rubbing the back of his neck.

Gerald glared at his friend and asked "Arnold, how many times does she have to tell you? She doesn't like you - like you. She just likes you."

Being the optimistic person that he was, Arnold's eyes lit with hope and replied "That could change one day."

"Whatever you say Arnold."

While the boys were heading down the sidewalk, an unknown follower was lurking nearby. Hidden in the alley the boys had just passed, a pigtailed girl carefully glanced around the corner. Watching her loved one walk away, listening to him go on about his unrequited feelings, she scoffed "Pttss...Arnold. What a sap! What a dork! What a hopeless romantic! How I despise him! And yet…"

After quickly whipping her head back and forth to be sure she was alone, Helga pulled out her locket with her beloved's picture. Smiling sweetly at the face she had long admired, the passionate girl began to recite "I love him! The way he's always thinking of others before himself. The way he's always able to see the light in the most desolate situations. Oh if only I could find the strength to reveal my true feelings for him! To reach beneath my rough exterior, and show him my good hearted nature…"

The lonely girl went from leaning against the alley brick wall (smiling softly at her beloved's picture) to dramatically twirling down the pathway. Holding his picture in the air, imagining the moment she would at last be brave enough to speak the truth to the one she loved, Helga didn't watch where she was going.

"Ouch! Criminy!"

The blonde girl began rubbing her head as she turned to see she bumped into a ladder that had been left in the alley. Her eyes widened as she stood, watching it about to fall on her. Before she knew it, Helga was shoved out of the way of the heavy, metal object.

Once her locket was safely tucked back into her shirt, she turned around to see who her rescuer was. "Phew! Thanks for the...Brainy?!"

Wheezing at his friend's shocking reaction, the caring boy said "Uhh hey Helga."

Helga stood a moment with a hand on her waist and the other hanging at her side. Glaring at her rescuer, she thought to herself…

I guess I owe the freak a thank you. The only reason he was able to save me was because he was ONCE AGAIN stalking me. Criminy! How many freakin' fists in the face is it going to take to send him the message that I don't want someone hovering over my shoulder when I'm thinking about Arnold!

Brainy stood smiling at his friend until he at last listened to her say "Well see ya."

Helga's rescuer stood watching her walk away as if nothing had happened. Of course, whenever she threw a fist at him to end his nosiness, he was always able to pretend nothing had ever happened. It was what Brainy could almost consider to be their own secret relationship. For Helga, it was just a much needed wake up call when she was too lost in her thoughts.

Phoebe's House

There was no end to the pain Helga felt from the unrequited love she possessed for Arnold, along with the frustration of having to listen to him go on about another girl. Now the guilt of being saved by someone who liked her (the last person she would ever acquire feelings for), was thrown on top of that.

While Brainy, an unwelcome visitor, was always there to hear Helga's poetic problems, another friend was there for logical ones.

"That was certainly a nice gesture Brainy performed on your behalf." Phoebe pointed out, while watching her friend sitting on the floor, with her legs stretched out.

"Pttss...yeah it was nice. Was that supposed to be his way of apologizing for all the times he's interrupted my….I mean for following me all over the freaking city!"

Not knowing what her friend was so worked up about, Phoebe replied "Perhaps you could simply thank him."

"Pheebs, if I show him the slightest bit of appreciation, he'll never leave me alone. He'll take it as an opportunity to be my new safety guard. Helga G. Pataki doesn't need help from anyone...especially not a loser like him!"

Frowning at her friend's bluntness, the small Asian girl replied "Well if you find that to be the most fit solution to your problem, I don't see the need to worry about it. As you said, none of your hostility towards him in the past has had a negative effect on him."

After letting out a heavy sigh of remorse, Helga stood from the floor and said "I guess if the geek wad finds Ol' Betsy attractive, I'll be doing him a favor by holding back my gratitude."

Helga was making her way for the door. As she grabbed the knob, she looked back and said "Oh and Pheebs."

"Yes Helga?"

"This conversation...never happened."

"Right. Forgetting!"

Walk

Helga was making her way towards home in the dark. The only light that shone was the moon with the stars beside it up above. Kicking a can she saw nearby, the blonde girl wondered if she should take a moment to thank Brainy at school the next day. Surely there would be a moment she would feel the need to be alone to vent her feelings about Arnold. If so, it wouldn't be long before she heard the wheezing student lurking nearby.

Growing frustrated with the thought, Helga kicked the can all the way to the end of the sidewalk. There she stopped to look up and see someone standing at the corner of the street. It was too dark to see right away who it was, but she continued walking in that direction.

End of Sidewalk

Brainy was ready to cross the street when he heard something hit the ground. The wheezing boy looked down to see a bunch of change had fallen out of his pocket, and all over the street. The distracted kid began crawling all across the road to pick up his change. He was in the middle of collecting his money when he heard something coming…HONK!

Brainy looked up to see a car on the verge of hitting him, but was too stunned to move. The boy remained knelt on the ground, ready to be hit. That is, until he was jerked out of the way.

He was quickly dragged along to the other side of the street by his rescuer. After watching the car go by, Brainy stood to see the brave girl who had risked her life for him.

"Criminy! What the heck were you doing sitting in the street you idiot?!"

Brainy stood up, trying to catch his breath. Helga stood with her hands on her hips and an angry look on her face. After moments of watching him breathe heavily, trying to get his words out, she assumed she knew what he was trying to say.

Patting him on the back, she sighed "No need to thank me. Let's just call it even."

Helga then walked off content with the idea of having found a way to pay him back, yet still annoyed with the fact that wouldn't stop him from stalking her.

THE END

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