Helga was in her room staring at the ceiling bored outta her mind. She still was still ignored by her parents. Her home life was worse now. Her mom was constantly drunk and hung over and her dad was abusive towards her when he was angry or got drunk. It began getting worse when she reached her teens.
Since that time she has been waiting out her days after school in her room when she couldn't hang out with Phoebe or play baseball with the gang. She still got into a few Arnold schemes but not as often these days.
Thinking about her beloved she rolled off of her comfy bed and went to her closet. Pulling back her wardrobe she went to the very back and turned on the Christmas lights to her Arnold shrine.
"Oh Arnold, my oblong football headed god. How I love you. I wish I could confess my feelings for you like I did on the FTi roof. I would except the feeling of rejection that I felt afterwards. You probably thought that I was just kidding around, but little do you know that I meant every single word I spoke to you that night." Helga sighed, " I still cannot tell you my feelings for you because I still fear rejection. Even though you would have a nice way of putting it my fragile heart could not bear the rejection."
Helga had a very low self esteem as it was. The rejection would just kill her. However, she didn't see the beauty others saw. Helga had grown into a stunning and beautiful woman. Even though her baggy clothes covered her grown up body, she had no way of hiding the beautiful face she had. She didn't see herself as beautiful though.
The reason why she wore baggy clothes was she didn't want to be taken advantage of by the guys in her school. She knew the lengths guys would go to just to get ass. Almost all the guys were like that….. With the exception of the her beloved Arnold.
"Oh Arnold you and your gentleman characteristics, how you are so lovable. No wonder I've been inlove with you for 14 years." Helga swooned at the thought of her love
She kissed the football on her shrine and turned the lights off. As soon as she turned around she realized a figure in the doorway.