THE REUNION
I loooove Hey Arnold and have done since it first aired in 1996 and being old I was well 12 or so when it started haha so yeah guess my age if you want but I like to watch, read and try to draw Hey arnold stuff and adore Helga and Arnold. I like the way Helga dreams of her wedding with Arnold and is actually sweet to him which makes me think perhaps when they are married and come on they would have married eventually, that she would not be a bitch to him, but as far as everyone else is concerned even Geraldo she would probably stay cold and well pretty rude but who cares? she has arnold and a quick note, my fics will have her with Arnold, no surpries there. I may add gloria, arnie and lila to the story too. Oh and Jason (chocolate boy) for fun, just what will he be addicted to now?
Well here is my First Hey arnold fic. Yes it will be long. Bare with me.
thanks for the reviews here is chapter three..
Oh and to the person who asked about ages and such, Yeah they are meant to be 25 yrs old and Helga got emancipated at age 15 and moved in with Arnold not long after. The torn up bit of journal he found was from when she was 15 as well. So yeah They are 25 now and I tend to do flashbacks to high school only really as I do not think the childhood stuff needs mentioning, you can watch the show if you want that haha!
This might be one of my favorite chapters because its about none other than the one and only Rhonda Wellington Lloyd
THE REUNION
The kids of Hillwood are all grown up and MR Simmons has invited his most favored fourth grade class of PS118 to a big reunion. Its been 15 years so alot has changed. Who is married? who is successful? who are not even friends anymore and who is not invited but comes along anyway. A funny read with some real sad, fluffy and angst thrown in. (look out for Chocolate boy)
info
Miles and Stella are Arnold's parents
Aunt Mitzi Arnold's great aunt, Phil's twin sister and childhood rival. She is . DEAD NOW, not in this fic.
Eduardo is an anthropologist from a fictional Central American Republic of San Lorenzo. He was friends with Arnold's parents, Miles and Stella, and helped them during their expeditions in San Lorenzo. He is the last person to ever talk to Arnold's parents before they disappeared into the dense jungles.
Chapter three
Rhonda Wellington...who?
Phoebe was still trying to explain to Helga how the "incident" with Rhonda was only a one time thing at the reunion.
Herald could not forgive Geralds cheating due to how distraught poor Phoebe Heyerdahl was for the last year of high school. She barely spoke to Gerald, despite his attempts to make it up to her with flowers, songs and he even asked Helga for help but she was not willing.
Arnold was able to stop his girlfriend from punching him repeatedly, mainly because he did not want history repeating itself. Helga came to realize as she slept in bed next to arnold night after night that she would not be violent towards Gerald even though she found it hard watching her friend so sad and detached from things at school. She only really came to focus on her classes then left, she was extremely excited about senior year coming to an end so she could go to College and study medicine miles away from Hillwood...
Senior year
2005
"You know this is not all Geralds fault." Arnold said, one night in bed.
Helga rubbed her back (still scarred from her fathers many beatings) and sighed.
"I know, Rhonda was horrible." She looked at Arnold's beautiful teal colored eyes and softly smiled.
"She would have been all over you like a rash you know?"
Arnold nodded a bit embarrassed. "Only because she would want to hurt others."
"Yeah but I know you Arnold, you would NEVER do that." She said with a serious look on her face.
"No Helga I wouldn't." He replied.
The two of them started kissing and Helga felt a few tears run down her eyes.
"Crimeny how did I get this guy? He is so amazing, so caring and so sweet. He saved me and his parents took me in..."
"You're thinking about something aren't you?" Arnold said, breaking the kiss.
Helga wiped her eyes and nodded. "Doi, thinking about you off course."
Arnold knew Helga did care for those she loved and would fight to the death for them so she could fully understand her predicament and her contempt for his best friend.
Until Gerald and Phoebe resolved their issue then Arnold hoped his girlfriend would come round and start talking to Gerald again, not that they were great friends to begin with..
As the fell asleep they both thought of their friends and sighed. "Damn that Rhonda Wellington Lloyd."
Senior year
Strutting down the halls, walking like a princess of all seniors, dictating friendships and dating older men (now all the Seniors she dated had left school she would not be seen with high school boys.) Was none other than Rhonda Llyod the queen of fashion and first in line for prom queen. She had her pick of the football team but seeing as though they were all in her grade she was not interested, instead she flirted her way up the Johanssen tree and started dating Jamie-O, six years her senior. (He was fifteen at the time they were back in fourth grade) He found the dark haired girl with her prada clothes and perfectly made up face quite alluring. This pissed of little brother Gerald to no end, this is also one of the reasons Rhonda did it and Jamie O well, found this young woman very sexy. She liked to watch him wrestle in college and often visited him.
One evening Gerald started Texting his older brother demanding to see him. Until now he had kept quiet about sleeping with Rhonda, because Martin, his father would kill him but he had to tell Jamie-o to show his older brother would Rhonda Lloyd was really like.
Jamie-o Threw his phone on the floor of his dorm room and rolled back towards Rhonda, laying in her silky black bra.
"Who was that?" she asked.
Jamie un hooked Rhonda's bra and cupped her breasts.
"Noone important." He replied...
Sick of Jamies lack of response, Gerald took Arnold with him to the college and headed up to where Jamie-O was as he knew the dorm room and name.
There was a knock at the door. Jamie-O and Rhonda were right in the middle of "things" so Jamie ignored it.
"Bro its me." "Let me in."
Rhonda kept kissing Jamie and told him to ignore his little brother.
"Wait a sec babe." He wrapped a towel around himself after he pulled out off course and opened the door.
Gerald glared when he saw rhonda in bed with Jamie's duvet wrapped around her.
"Go away Gerald." she hissed.
"Uh Arnold what are you doing here?" Jamie questioned.
"I'm here to support Gerald." He replied.
"Support him?"
"You're not going to like what I have to say but it needs to be said."
Rhonda fumbled around or her clothes and leapt out of her boyfriends bed with her dress half buttoned.
"Stop" "Remember what you said would happen?" "Your dad would be MAD" She whispered at Gerald.
Jamie tilted his head. "What are you talking about hon?"
"I cheated on Phoebe last year and slept with Rhonda at a party." He blurted it out before Rhonda could cut in and say anything.
Gerald then closed his eyes, expecting to be hit over the head by his older brother.
Jamie looked at Rhonda and folded his arms. "You did what?" "with my little brother?"
Rhonda folded her arms. "Hey it takes two you know." She then glared at Gerald. "Besides, I did not cheat on anyone."
Jamie pushed Rhonda out of his room and told her to never come back again. "Get out of here you slut."
"Ack" Rhonda spat. "Fine." Rhonda sauntered off, bound to find someone else in a few days.
Jamie-o was still pissed of at Gerald. "How could you not tell me?"
Gerald sighed and looked at the floor. "I'm sorry bro." "I should have told you."
Jamie shook his head. "Doing that to Phoebe." "Okay she's a nerd and all but I thought you were you know..." "tight."
"Shes NOT a nerd and I'm paying big time for hurting her."
"Well." Jamie sighed. "Its not as though I didn't do the same in high school so I can't hit you." He then laughed.
"WHAT?" Arnold gasped.
Jamie shrugged. "Yeah I slept with the head cheerleader when I was dating this young girl called Ruth someone...uh she had really big feet"
"Ruth P. McDougal" Both friends chanted.
"Yeah that was her name." "She wasn't that old and we never did anything because she was too young but still..."
Gerald slapped his forehead. "Man, what a mess."
"Dont tell Dad." Jamie warned.
"I wont if you wont." Gerald replied.
The two brothers shook hands on it.
"Now get lost little bro would ya?" "I got a party to go to in like an hour."
On the way back to Geralds red car, Arnold could still not believe it.
"You two." He sighed.
Gerald felt pretty bad. "I'm such a fool Arnold." he said as he pulled up outside Arnolds house.
"Rhonda is so..."
"Rhonda is Rhonda." Arnold replied.
"I never should have gone near her, do you think Phoebe will ever forgive me?"
Arnold got out of the car and went opened the front door.
"I dont know Gerald." "I hope so."
The Reunion NOW
The entire room went quiet even a slightly balding and older Mr Simmons clapped his hands together with pride when he saw her walk in...
The man eater walked into the room like she was walking down the red carpet. Her velvet black gown flowing, a large diamond ring on her wedding finger, long flowing hair and a sapphire sash which complimented her earrings and nail polish.
What a sight to behold this Rhonda was.
Nadine, was now a graduate from The national college of Zoology at Rhodes University in South Africa of all places.
Now a successful biology teacher and married to Pea Pod kid, Nadine Lowenthal, who chose to keep her maiden name.
The blonde haired and now very wealthy biologist just sighed and turned away in disgust at her old school friend, prancing down the hall like she was cock of the walk.
The fact is the two of them had grown apart since they started middle school and Rhonda started hanging out with Ruth and other last years at the middle school. Rhonda did not approve of Nadine's love of insects and animals and butterflies, to her it was boring and very weird. Rhonda was a feminine fashioin queen and Nadine had a mind of her own and did not want to be part of Rhonda's clique anymore.
Rhonda was never an outright bitch to her in High school like she tried to be with Helga and Phoebe and she did not like Sheena or Eugine much once she ot her contact lenses at age 12 and ignored all her "Geek speech" on the bus and so on. How fickle her memory was...
Nadine was snapped out of her thoughts when Rhonda bypassed her with a rather tall and dark haired male who seemed unrecognizable to her and most of the gawking class.
"Well she hasn't changed has she?" Peapod observed with his hand on his chin.
"Who cares?" Nadine shrugged.
Nadine started talking to Park, Peapods closet friend and some other guys from her class, Nadine was pretty much one of the boys in high school and her and Peapod began dating early on as she parted from Rhonda who just flicked the idea aside, despite being a tad jealous of her ex friend dating a man of the same wealth as she had.
Helga and Arnold came to talk to Nadine and the rest of the clan.
"Look at her." Helga snarled. "Who is that weirdo she's with anyway?"
"You dont recognize him?" Arnold asked.
"Wilikers" Stinky peterson gasped. "Is that...?"
"Oh I'm ever so certain its um that boy." Lila sawyer remarked.
"That boy?" Helga rolled her eyes.
"Curly Gamethorpe?" Sid gasped.
"Yep" Arnold nodded his head.
He had sure changed. Curly the rather psychotic young boy and stalker of Rhonda's for years had really cleaned up his act.
Dressed in a penguin style tuxedo, including top hat and walking stick, he clung onto his rich wife's shoulder proudly.
Lila, Sid, Stinky, Park and Arnold went up to talk to the lavish couple but Nadine and Helga went outside for some fresh air.
"I cannot stand the fake little bitch, I never could." Helga said in the chilly night air.
Nadine agreed. "You know we stopped being friends after elementary school?"
Helga nodded. "Yeah, good call there." "You became half way likeable."
"huh, well thanks a lot." Nadine half smiled.
"Yeah well anyone who is not a friend of Rhonda wellington Gamel thingy is a friend of mine."
Nadine chuckled and held out her hand.
Helga shook it gladly.
Back inside, the class including Mr Simmons were dying to know how Rhonda came to Marry "Thaddeus."
"He has not been Curly for a long time." she stated proudly.
Her husband kissed her publicly and clasped her hand. "That's right." He replied.
"He basically grew up I guess." "After high school, we met at Princeton." Rhonda explained.
"Princeton?" Arnold raised an eye brow.
"Well yes." Thaddeus replied. "I am not stupid, in fact my I.Q is extremely high."
"It certainly is." Rhonda smiled.
"He is a successful businessman in the stock market and I am a fashion designer." "I also model lingerie on the side."
"You needed to go to Princeton for that?" Peapod questioned.
Rhonda sighed. "No, I kind of dropped out but I didn't need to stay." "Curly and me both pursued our dreams and I get to pose as a glamor model and get paid for it."
The words coming out of Rhonda and her snooty husband's mouths were dripping with pride and self righteousness as though they some sort of Royalty.
"Um no offense." Phoebe piped in. "Glamor modelling isnt exactly classy"
The group all gasped. The naive Mrs Johanssen had her revenge and wasn't finished yet...
"Then again." She added, "You never were classy were you Rhonda?"
Helga and Nadine peered in to see Phoebe talking back to Mrs Gamelthorpe and giving her hell.
"OMG this is fantastic." Helga grinned. "That a girl pheebs, tear her to shreds."
Rhonda was left speechless. Did she dare say something back or grab a glass of wine and pour it over Phoebes head.
Rhonda tightened her lips and curled her fingers into a fist. Gerald ran in and placed his arms on Phoebes shoulders.
"Dont ruin your reputation Rhonda." He narrowed his eyes as he spoke.
Arnold agreed.
Rhonda was shocked and looked around the room. It looked as though her old classmates were not the naive teenagers anymore and just shook their heads in disrespect for the old Queen Bee.
"This isn't high school anymore Rhonda." Arnold said.
"Come on my darling." Thaddeus snarled. "These people are not worth it."
"You will never be happy Rhonda." Peapod said. "You have more money and more inheritance than you know what to do with but you still want more."
"What the hell do you know?" She screamed, throwing her glass of wine on the floor. The glass smashed and the red liquid stained the floors of the hall.
Helga grabbed her arm on the way out. "Until you stop trying to hurt others, you will never be happy." She said with a sarcastic wink.
Nadine nodded her head. "She's right." "Bye Rhonda."
As Curly led the fuming Mrs Gamethorpe into their Rolls Royce she yelled back.
"Helga you Hypocrite, all you did was make people miserable because you're an ugly person who has nothing."
Helga shrugged and let the comments fall off her, she had heard these things from her father and other people in her adult life, but Arnold loved her and she did try to be kind to people she felt sorry for, unlike Rhonda.
"You Nadine are missing out on what could have been fantastic." "You blew it." "You're a freak and always will be." she called out as the car drove off.
Nadine just laughed. She had her own friends and rather good life now of travel and animal study, what did she need a sour ex best friend for?
Inside the hall the ex class all cheered for Phoebe.
"Well done babe." Gerald wrapped his arm around her waist.
"She had to be told." Phoebe replied proudly.
On the way home, Arnold and Helga shared a car ride home with Phoebe and Gerald.
Helga realized what she needed to do, because it affected the people she loved.
As they drove onto the motorway past the lights and out of the Hillwood border, Helga bit her bottom lip and looked at Gerald.
"Look Geraldo." "If Pheebs can forgive you then I guess...well I guess.."
Gerald smiled. "You guess?"
She tapped Arnold on the shoulder. "Arnold this is hard."
"What my wife is trying to say is that she forgives you."
Helga rolled her eyes. "Yeah but don't expect any fancy treatment bucko." She pointed directly at Mr Johanssen who just chuckled.
"I wouldn't Helga." he replied.
Phoebe started to weep.
"Oh Helga thats so...sweet."
Helga held her hand out. "No hugs Pheebs." "Just take it as it is, its all good now right?"
Phoebe and Gerald both nodded. "Yeah it is."
The car pulled up outside Geralds house, not far from the coast where Helga and Arnold lived.
Arnold hopped out of the car, gave phoebe a hug and did his thumb-shake with Gerald.
Helga let Phoebe hug her and tapped her on the back.
Gerald then wrapped his arms around her and poor Helga froze.
"Come on, give in."
The blonde scrunched up her face and slowly placed both hands around Arnold's best friend.
"Fine."
They parted ways and on the way back home Arnold kissed helga on the cheek and stroked her hair.
"I am so proud of you sweetie." "It must have been hard for you to do that."
Helga took in a deep breathe and sighed. "You have no idea husband of mine."
In bed that night Helga lay on her husbands chest after a very passionate night of love making...
"Okay Im glad I went to the reunion just to see Rhonda brought down by Phoebe."
Arnold stroked Helgas fragile back slowly. "I thought so too."
As they fell asleep, thoughts of Lila, Sid, Harold and Stinky came to pass...
What happened to them?
Were they still friends with Arnold and Did Lila end up with dopey old Arnie in the end?
(Sorry I have no idea of Peapods real or last name, was it ever mentioned?)
Okay chapter three, a long one about Rhonda and all the peoples lives she has ruined.
If the words, spelling and grammar is not too good, I apologize, I am going through a messy separation with my husband. Yeah I am on old married lady with a baby. Well twenty something isn't too old to still be into hey arnold is it?
Oh I also LOVE "Cougar town." Helga reminds me so so much of Ellie, who is the main character Jules best friend haha so cold but deep down she isn't that bad.
Hope you liked it.
