Hey Guys! This is part II of the chapter before. Blehh.. More arguing. Helga sees a bit of angry Arnold... Oooo.. And well, Arnold and Helga tell each other a couple things they know about each other. :) Yep. So there you have it! Enjoy!

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"Arnold?" I asked. I was lying on his bed as he was sitting down against his bed on the floor listening to my favorite station. He was currently looking in his yearbooks all the way from preschool all the way to junior year.

"Yes, Helga?" he replied flipping through pages. I stared at the sky through the skyroof trying to come up with a way to thank him. I faced him looking over his shoulder and sighing.

"I guess I just want to say thanks for helping me out. It really means a lot." I blushed. He paused and set the book down. He then looked up at me and smiled.

"It's not a problem at all, Helga. Like I said before.. I'd do it for you any day!"

"Why are you like that, Football Head?"

"Like what?"

"Why are you so kind? Why don't you hold grudges or be mean? What good is it to be nice all the time?" I asked annoyed. He put a hand to his mouth and laughed. "What's so funny, bucko? I asked you a serious question!" His laughing faded, but a smile remained on his face.

"I'm not as nice as you think I am. I'm selfish, greedy, and sometimes rude. And well, I hardly think about others if you think about it."

"I highly doubt it. You are pretty much one of the most popular kids in school without even trying. And even if you don't consider yourself popular, then you sure have a lot of friends."

"Yeah… I guess I do. But it's not like I'm close to all of them. I'm really not close to anybody…" he trailed. "Not even Gerald anymore…"

"And I really only have Phoebe. And she hardly wants to listen to me blab all the time! I guess there's no winning, is there Arnold?"

"Well, let me put it this way… since they aren't here to support us, then we just need to support each other." Arnold said putting a hand on my shoulder. I sighed and plopped back down on his bed.

"Well, I guess we have no other choice, do we?"

"I wouldn't want it any other way." He said stacking his yearbooks and putting them away in his closet. I watched him as he closed the door and walked towards the bed and sat down on the floor again. "Helga?" he asked. I was still looking at him silently. He turned his head and began to stare at me. After a minute of muted staring, he began to talk. "I don't know you very well," he paused and gulped. Where is he going with this? "So how about we get to know each other this summer?" I raised a brow and snickered.

"We probably know more about each other than you know, Football Head."

"Well, then tell me what you already know about me…" he said in a serious tone. I looked at him wide-eyed and blushed. He was still staring at me with an expressionless face, half-lidded of course. I sat up on his bed and put a finger to my right cheek.

"Well, let me start Football Head.." I told him and he leaned against his bed. "Do you want me to be honest with you?" I asked. He nodded. Can I really tell him about everything I know? I know a lot about him… Maybe it's not enough? Wait… What am I saying? Well… I don't want to sound creepy… ugh. I sighed and closed my eyes. "I.. I know that you're a really nice guy, Arnold. You help everybody! And whether or not you believe me, you aren't greedy at all. And even if you are, you share when you need to.. even if you don't want to. And rude? I'm sure that's only applied when somebody hurts the one you love and I can see how that is.. And selfish, Arnold… does this look selfish to you?" I pointed to myself. "You welcome me, Helga G. Pataki, in to your home.. in to your room. Can you tell me how that is selfish?" I told him with every fiber of passion that I had at the moment. He stared at me with a different expression. It was different from all the other expressions that he's done. None that I've ever seen before. His eyes were wide and he appeared to be quite surprised. But his hand was near his chest. Almost as if he was holding on to his heart.

"Let.. let me tell you what I know about you.." he hesitated to say. He looked at me in the eyes and smiled. "Helga, I know you aren't as bad as you seem. You're a totally different person around me than you are to other people alone. And I get why you are so angry all the time. You feel like nobody cares about you. You feel like… you have to do everything alone. And it's something you're so used to that half the time it really doesn't bother you until you actually think about it. And you are a kind person too. I don't see why you give off the bully attitude when you are a very caring person. You care about people who don't care much for you. Like one time, Rhonda was crying on the street alone, nobody wanted to help her. I was about to go up to her and help her, but you already beat me to her. Helga, you.. you are an amazing individual. You open my eyes further than anybody else has ever. You've never had a dark side, just a side that everybody doesn't understand…" he said sincerely. He stood up and sat on his bed next to me, still looking at me.

"Arno-" I was cut off by a hug from my football head. This was such a tender moment. But I realize that he didn't know very much about me.. and I can see why he wants to get closer. But I didn't really say all that I really wanted to, but I only did that so he wouldn't think I'm such a stalker… even though I was at one point in time. I awkwardly hugged him back and took him in. "Football Head, you are something else." I sighed. He laughed and let go.

"I need to get to know you more, Helga. If that's okay with you?" he asked smiling. I rolled my eyes and nodded. He nodded back. Suddenly there was a knock on Arnold's door. Both of us looked at the door. "Come in!" Arnold yelled and the door opened.

"Hey Arnold." said a male voice entering Arnold's room. "And Pataki…"

"What is it Gerald?" annoyed, Arnold got up and walked up to him.

"I did something bad…" he looked at the ground. Arnold looked at him and raised a brow.

"What am I supposed to do about it?" Arnold asked defensively. Gerald looked at him awkwardly and sighed.

"I know it was none of my business earlier, but I'm not here to apologize for that." He said in a guilty voice.

"What did you do, Hairboy? Spit it out so you can leave!" I said impatiently. Arnold put a hand on his hip and tapped his foot.

"I told everybody that you two did the do!" Gerald said as quickly as he could. I gasped in surprise.

"GERALD!" Arnold screamed in anger. "We didn't do anything! Why would you do such a thing?"

"I'm sorry, man! You can't hide anything from the gang! They were going to find out sooner or later!"

"Arnold and I didn't do that! Your hair must have been stuffed inside your ears, bucko!"

"That's exactly what somebody would say when they didn't want to have anybody find out that it happened. Why else would Arnold be sleeping over at your house? Why else would you be here at his house and so close?" Gerald wanted an explanation. "I'm your friend, Arnold!"

"Friends don't tell other people their friend's business! Even when it isn't even true!"

"Alright you fuzzy-headed freakazoid!" I stomped over to Gerald and poked him in the chest. "You listen here, and you listen good! Arnold came over my house to-" I was interrupted my Arnold grabbing my arm. He held me back and shook his head.

"We don't owe Gerald an explanation." He said quietly. I looked at Arnold with disbelief.

"You do! You've been putting a girl above me! Your best friend, man!"

"You aren't my best friend anymore, Gerald. Get out of my house.."

"Arnold.. I-"

"OUT!" he yelled and pointed to the door. Gerald sighed and put his hands in his pockets.

"You're making a big mistake, man…" he said and walked out of Arnold's room. Arnold shut the door behind him and put his head against his door and sighed.

"Is that what you guys were fighting about earlier? About how he thinks we had… sex?" I blushed just thinking about it. Arnold was blushing too.

"It's okay though. People can think what they want."

"I don't want people to think you degraded yourself to me.. It's not fair to you!"

"You aren't a degrade." Arnold said lifting his head and looking at me. "You need to stop downing yourself like that."

"Arnold, I could hurt your reputation! Summer is coming to an end! Once school starts, people will be wondering why you even hang out with me. People are going to turn against you!"

"Even if that does happen, that isn't a problem. I don't care what other people think." He said with a slightly angry tone.

"Arnold.." I said scooting back. He walked towards me with a concerned look on his face. "I've never seen you so upset."

"I'm sorry, Helga. Gerald just worked me up… I shouldn't have put my anger out on you.."

"It's alright.." I said awkwardly. Arnold hugged me and sighed. He's been really clingy to me. I guess… maybe he needs somebody to comfort him. "I'm here for you whenever you need me." I told him.

"Thank you Helga. I really appreciate it." He said with his arms still around me. I mentally sighed and laid my head on his shoulder.


A few hours later, Arnold left to go to the store while I 'fell asleep'. I took his leave as an opportunity to call a special someone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Pheebs."

"Helga, I was going to call you today. Gerald told me about you and Arnold. I didn't really expect that to happen, but congrats on getting Arnold to like you!" she said. I sighed.

"Phoebe, that didn't happen. My parents left me at home, permanently. Arnold was only spending the night to make sure I was safe."

"Oh my gosh, Helga! Why didn't you call me about it before? Gerald told everybody from PS 118!"

"Yeah, I know. Arnold and Gerald had an argument in front of me about it a few hours ago. Apparently, Arnold doesn't want Gerald as a friend anymore.. But I didn't call you about it cuz the Football Head has been with me the whole entire time, replacing your role as 'best friend'."

"Well, I'm glad he wants to help you, Helga. I wouldn't have thought you would go as far as to lose your virginity." Thanks a lot Phoebe.. "But Gerald has been acting kind of weird lately. It's probably because I broke up with him…"

"You what?"

"Ohh.. I wasn't supposed to tell you that…" she whispered to herself in shame. "Well, yeah. I broke up with him before I left. For the time being of course." I figured it out! Gerald was jealous that he thought Arnold was getting some action and Phoebe broke his heart! Haha.. This moron.. "He needed some space. But I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anybody about it."

"I won't… Say, when are you coming back home again?"

"I told Gerald by the end of July. But I'm actually coming by the end of this week. For a surprise…"

"This is great Phoebes! We can spend some time together!"

"Actually, Helga.. I bought tickets for Gerald and I to go to Florida for the rest of vacation."

"Are you kidding me, Phoebe?"

"I kid you not.. But-" She said. I hung up the phone and began to cry. Why is Phoebe choosing a stupid boy over me? I knew Phoebe and I weren't as close as we used to be, but I would have thought she would have hung out with me this summer at least one flippin' time! Well, at least she believed me when I told her that Arnold and I didn't do anything inappropriate. But I still continued to cry. The bedroom door opened and footsteps came stepping my way. I looked up and saw Arnold standing there in front of me.

"What's wrong, Helga?"

"Phoebe is coming home early, but she doesn't want to hang out with me.. She rather go hang out with tall-hair boy." I sniffled. He sat on the bed beside me and laid down next to me. He gently brought me closer to him by holding my back and laying his head on top of mine.

"I think they really love each other." He said. "And for that, they would do anything to be together. Even if it means pushing their closest friends away." Wait… Arnold knows what happened between them? "It'll be alright. I won't abandon you." He soothed. I felt his hand go up and down my spine slowly. I snuggled into his chest and silently fell asleep.


Alright then. So this is the second part of the other chapter.. :P

I'm starting to get an idea of what direction I want to have this story go. So bear with me guys. :)

It might get a little confusing because I like to mix my ideas up. I'm sorry. xD haha

Let me know what you think though! :D

Until then, Hasta Luegos! :)