When Arnold got home he sat on his bed depressed looking at the rose "what did I do?" Arnold couldn't help but feel guilty. He sighed . Arnold grabbed his cellphone to call Helga. "Hi Helga" Arnold said "What do you want?" Helga said her sadness hiding in her angry voice "I just wanted to ask you if you were ok and I also wanted to know if you were mad at me" "I'M FINE ARNOLD! IT'S OK IF YOU LIKE MY COUSIN WHY WOULD I EVER CARE ABOUT YOU OR HER" "wait you think i li..." Helga hung up the phone. Arnold tried to call her again but all he got was voice mail. The next day Arnold tried talking to Helga about what happened but she wouldn't listen "HELGA!" Arnold said "what!" Helga answered "just listen to me" "I don't wanna hear about your date with Hilda or how you kissed just leave me alone" Helga said as she started to cry. Arnold tried to dry her tears but Helga pulled away "don't touch me" Helga said and walked away. Arnold felt sad he didn't want Helga to cry he wanted to protect her. Arnold screamed and hit his head against the wall he knew it wasn't his fault but he felt guilty "how did she even know Hilda kissed me" Arnold asked to himself. "Because Arnold" Hilda said "I made sure we went to the restaurant Helga and Dallas went to" Arnold looked at her with disbelief "b-but why?" "I just like to torture Helga it's fun" Arnold was mad at her, he wanted to punch her but he remembered she was a girl. At lunch Arnold was thinking of what he should do when Gerold interrupted his thoughts "did you hear Helga's dating Dallas" "SHE'S WHAT!" Arnold said he felt like he was getting stabbed in the heart. Arnold looked over to them they were holding hands. Arnold told gerold what had happened "that sounds like a problem Arnold but really all you have to do is tell her what happened" Gerold said "I've tried that but she doesn't listen." Arnold said "Well then force her to listen" "I guess i could do that." Arnold waited all day long so he could have a chance to talk to Helga alone. He finally got the chance to "Helga wait" Arnold said as she started to leave school. "I thought I told you to leave me alone" Helga said "just let me tell you what happened" Helga started to leave, but Arnold grabbed her arm "please. Just let me explain" Arnold said "fine lay it on me football head" Arnold explained what had happened. Helga was both relieved and angry. she was relived that Arnold didn't like Hilda and she was angry and wanted to kill Hilda. Helga hugged Arnold she blushed and said "sorry". (again) dark Arnold took over and looked at her with half lidded eyes he pulled Helga towards him. they were so close to each other their noses' were touching "I love you Helga" Arnold said Helga gulped and said "y-you do?" Helga said her heart was racing. Arnold nodded and he kissed Helga. Helga's eyes went wide and slowly closed she then held Arnold's hand and put the other on his face. When they finished they couldn't help but to smile and blush "well i'll see you later Arnold" Helga said. Helga ran out of school and met up with her best friend "Hello Helga" Phoebe said "you look awfully cheerful this afternoon" Helga kept smiling with a dreamy look on her face "Arnold kissed me" she announced excitedly. "Arnold kissed you? does that mean he likes you likes you?" Phoebe asked "he told me he loves me!" "oh congratulations Helga" "yeah well he still didn't ask me out, and he might have said that in the heat of the moment" "Helga I'm sure it wasn't the heat of the moment I think he loves you" Phoebe said "YOU WHAT!" Gerold said "I kissed Helga" Arnold repeated to Gerold. gerold was walking behind Arnold listening to the story. As they turned the corner Arnold and Helga crashed into each other "OW!" they both said as they fell to the ground. Arnold and Helga looked to see who they crashed into. Helga gasped they both stared at each other until Phoebe and Gerold's snickering broke the silence. Arnold got up and grabbed Helga's hand and brought pulled her up. Helga blushed and gerold laughed until she shook her fist at him. "H-hey Helga" Arnold said nervously "hey football head" Helga said and kept blushing. "well um... I'll see you later Helga" Arnold said as he walked away "Bye Arnold" Helga said. When Arnold and Gerold walked away Gerold started laughing so hard he could barley breath. Arnold's face turned bright red "quit laughing its not funny" "oh yes it is" gerold said laughing harder than before. "yeah yeah whatever see you later gerold" Arnold said as they neared Arnold's house and did their hand shake. Arnold was so happy that he completely forgot about the animals that came rushing through the door knocking Arnold on the ground.
