A/N: Hey! I did NOT forget about this story! I just wasn't sure how to continue and something about how I wrote it didn't feel right. I rewrote a few parts of the first chapter if you'd like to read it. I'm now a junior and college and still completely geeking out over Hey Arnold! so how about that TJM sneak peak? I cried! It was pretty amazing, and anyone notice Helga and Arnold's interactions? Well that's what got me to finally come back, I was inspired. Anyway, I apologize for taking so long to update.

By the time Arnold made it to the courts, the guys were already tired and heading out to go home. He was disappointed of course, but what can be done about it? He began his trek home, looking down at the ground just thinking about Helga.

Sometimes when Helga really gets to him enough to almost make him explode he really regrets letting her go easy when she confessed. It was hard to just forget a confession like the one she gave.

Helga was a good actor, but after beginning to get close to her after Thanksgiving last year he came to learn to differentiate when she was being herself and when she was using her mask to hide herself. The confession was as real as real can get.

Sure at first it freaked him out, the girl spent 6 years tormenting him whenever she'd get the chance. And when his adrenaline was on high while trying to save the neighborhood? it was definitely a memorable moment of that night.

But after the thought sitting on the back of the head during the intense bus ride and saving the neighborhood, something just clicked.

Something clicked alright, but there was more questions than answers running in his mind.

One thing was for sure, if Helga made it a point to keep it a secret and make his life complicated since they were tots she would definitely not want to face it right then and there.

He didn't even know how to feel about her.

He didn't hate her. He thought she was okay.

Have they've gotten closer as of lately by that point? Yes.

He even worried about her every now and then.

But did he like her like her?

For some reason he can't say 'No', but he isn't so sure and that's what has been worrying him for the last couple of months and everytime he has an enconter with Helga whether it be pleasant or not it would just send him back to asking more questions than getting answers.

He started noticing her presence more.

He began to notice how she gets nervous when they bump into each other just before she throws at him a ball of insults.

He began to notice her smile when she writes on one of small journals before she notices him staring and flashes her infamous scowl at him.

Sometime's when he'd catch her smile or laugh his chest would start feeling tight. He didn't understand that girl at all.

"I want to know her." He whispered to himself as he reached the boarding house.

He was taken back by his statement but he was sure of what he said.

It would be a challenge, but he likes a challenge.

A/N This was a bit short because I wanted to set the idea of how I want this story to go from now on. Chapter 4 will be up for sure this week.