The next day Arnold was alone in the sand again, making a sandcastle. he sighed. now that Summer was gone he had no one to hang out with. well there was Helga Pataki. he had to admit, what she did for him was very nice. so maybe she didn't hate him as much as she led him to believe. while he was lost in his thoughts he scooped all the dry sand into a pile.

"That's a very nice sandcastle Arnold."

Arnold looked up at her and smiled. "Thanks Helga."

She wasn't mean or vicious to him this time. she was actually still being nice to him. "Can I help you?" she asked.

"Sure." he answered. right now what Arnold needed was a friend, someone to talk to. and that someone was Helga. she sat down in the sand and began to help him scoop the sand that was in the way.

When they finished the sandcastle, Helga untied her bow again, made a flag out of it and put it on top of the castle. it was outstanding. the most beautiful sandcastle that he had made so far, better than the one they recently made together at the competition.

"Well football head, you and me make a pretty good butt kicking team." she told him.

He smiled. "Yup Helga, I think we do."

"Don't get to carried away bucko, cause when our vacation is over I'm going back to bullying and hating your stinkin guts." she was half joking with him. she didn't really want to pretend that she was his enemy anymore, she loved hanging out with him, especially at the most romantic place in the whole world.

Arnold nodded. "Cool with me Helga."

"So, what should we do next football head?" she asked.

"Um..." Arnold put a finger under his chin thinking about what they could do next.

"Well, um, we could have a water balloon fight!" he exclaimed.

Helga's eyes popped open. she loved the idea of getting Arnold soaked. "You are so on!" she challenged.

He smiled. "Great, I'll go in my duplex, I think my grandpa has some water balloons on the kitchen counter. I'll ask if I could borrow em real quick." he explained.

"Okay, but make it quick hair boy, or you will hear a few words from my fists!" she said pretending to be angry. Arnold knew that she was joking and smiled to himself. Helga had no problem with waiting for him to get back. she would not stop waiting, not even just to punch Brainy in the guts.

"I better hurry up then!" he said pretending to panic.

He went to the duplex where his grandpa and grandma were. "Howdy short man, what's up?" Phil asked.

"Um, are you going to be using these water balloons?" he asked.

"Well I did plan on surprising Pooky with a big splash." he answered with a mischievous grin. "Why, do you need em for something?"

"Well, I was wondering if maybe I could borrow em, Helga and I want to have a water balloon fight." Arnold explained.

"Sure, go ahead and use em, take your time short man. I'm just glad that you're having a great summer." Philip said.

"Thanks grandpa." he got the bag of water balloons and brought them outside.

"I'm back Helga."

Helga grinned. "Great, now let's let this war began!"

Arnold handed Helga a pink balloon and he kept the blue one he was holding. he needed to keep a close eye on Helga. she could be very tricky.

"You are so getting drenched football head!" she watched his every move, there was no way he was going to evade this attack. she was going to have him nailed.

"Not if I get you first!" he spat back.

Helga made sure that the balloon was aimed right at her target the beloved football head. when she was precised that it would hit him, she threw it. and Arnold got hit right in the face, hard. he got drenched. as the pink water balloon got him, he lost balance and fell to the ground. his blue water balloon was flung in the air and got Helga. now they were both soaked.

The water balloon fight went on for a good fifteen minutes, then it wasn't fun anymore.

"I'm bored." Helga said.

"And I'm getting hungry." Arnold said.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Both Arnold and Helga got some towels and dried off. they went to a restaurant that was on the peer. it was the same restaurant where him and Summer went. they both ordered the lobster special.

"Man this stuff is good!" Helga said with her mouth full.

Arnold smiled.

After they were finished eating, they got a raft and decided to cool off in the ocean. Helga was having fun with Arnold but she really wanted to know one thing. something that was on her mind since they were having lobster on the peer.

"Arnold-" Helga began.

"Are you okay Helga?" he asked.

"Do you still think of Summer when you're hanging out with me?" she asked trying to hide the hurt in her voice.

Arnold was shocked when he heard this. "Why do you ask that?"

"Because we've been doing some of the same stuff you and Summer did." she explained.

"Look, I don't even care about that girl anymore. just thinking about her makes me sick." he said.

"Good. remember Arnold, you don't need her." she reminded him.

When sun set was approaching, Arnold and Helga decided to watch it. they were lying on beach towels in the sand.

"This is beautiful Arnold." Helga said.

"Yeah, it is Helga." he agreed.

"Well, I gotta get going. see you tomorrow football head." she left.

"See you Helga." he called after her.

Arnold was thinking about what Helga told him and asked if he still liked Summer. of course he didn't. she was evil, she was nothing but a cold hearted monster. right now Arnold had only one girl on his mind, another crush that he was starting to harbor but he didn't know why. he thought about no other girl because he was in love with Helga G Pataki.