Chapter 3

Arnold's "Pet Dog"

"Bye Grandpa! I'm running late!" Arnold shouted, on his way out the door. "Hey wait a minute, Short Man! You forgot your lucky underwear!" Phil yelled, running after him. Arnold blushed and glared at his grandfather. Then he heard girlish giggling from behind him.

"Your grandpa is awesome, Arnold. I didn't know you had lucky underwear." she teased, between laughs. "I don't! Anyway, what are you doing here Jackie? Aren't you going to be late too?" He asked, walking over to her. "I won't be if we get going now, Football Head." She replied, taking his hand.

Arnold glared at the insult then slowly smiled. "Didn't I ask you to stop calling me that?" he laughed, beginning to walk with her. "You did. I'm just so used to it, and besides, I never mean it as an insult. It's…a pet name I guess?" she said, winking at him.

Arnold blushed and looked away. "Sure…I guess it's fine if we give each other pet names but not 'Football Head' ok?" Jackie ran her free hand through her ebony hair and sighed. "Ok fine. At least tell me why you don't like that one, and I'll make up a new one for you." Arnold stopped walking suddenly and looked at the ground.

He thought about the other person who used to call him that. The only thing that bugged him about the name 'Football Head' was that it reminded him of the girl who finally confessed her love and then moved away quite soon afterwards. Helga. Worst thing about remembering her now, was the fact that he couldn't get her out of his mind.

Even he didn't know what made him like the new girl, Jackie. When he met her in his first year of high school, she was a nightmare. After a year of getting to know her, he discovered that she was, in fact, crazy about him, but in 'high school' it was uncool to like someone younger. Jackie was almost a high school senior and almost eighteen now while Arnold had just turned sixteen. The two of them were locked up in the school equipment storage room by their classmates and had time to seriously talk.

"Arnold!"

Instantly slapped away from his memories, Arnold blinked at Jackie who had her arms crossed and looked like she was about to strangle him. "Uh- Sorry Jackie…I was just thinking."

"Well your thinking just got us an hour of detention! Look at how late we are now!" she shouted, playfully punching him in the arm. "Sorry…we'd better run for it then."

'Line Break'

Helga screeched with happiness as she looked up at the old boarding house. Tons of memories flooding back into her mind. Being sure to fix her hair first, she rang the doorbell and waited.

A few moments later, Phil answered the door. "Hi there can I help you?" he asked. "Yeah, I'd like to rent a room in your boarding house." she replied, trying to be as polite as possible. "Aren't you a bit young to be living alone?"

"Of course not! I'm…tw-twenty years old!" she lied, fidgeting somewhat. "No rooms are available just yet, but there will be one this evening. Mr. Dorf is moving out." he replied, "How about you come back later?"

Helga groaned. "Can't you just tell Mr. Dork to hurry up and shove off already?!" SNAP! All thoughts of politeness vanished. "Well that's not…"

"Actually, My name is Mr. DorF, if it's all the same to you, Blondie." a man said from inside the house. "And, I'll leave when I'm good and ready."

Helga kicked the side of the stairs and walked away. "I'll be back and you had better be gone!"

'Line Break'

As the sun was setting, Arnold and Jackie were finally leaving school.

"Four. Hours." Jackie muttered. "Thanks a lot Arnold! We had to stay FOUR HOURS after school!" She yelled, crossing her arms.

"Hey, I was only responsible for one hour of our detention. You're the one who had to call the principle 'Baldy Head'. So quit blaming me." Arnold said, calmly.

"Well…she had it coming! It's not my fault that she pulls out her hair when she's mad." Jackie explained, making Arnold laugh. Her expression changed from mad to tired. "Great. Now I have to walk all the way home in the dark! You're lucky you live close to school, Arnold." she sighed.

"Why don't you sleep over then?" he asked, as they approached his house. "Sleep…over?" she mumbled, a shocked sort of expression on her face. Arnold soon realized how what he said could have sounded, "Uh!! Just cause' it's getting late and you live pretty far away! I have no ulterior motive!"

Jackie smiled cutely, and walked up the steps of the boarding house. "Awww, that's too bad." she said, playing with her hair. Arnold blushed so much that his ears turned pink. "So you're staying then?" He asked, his voice going an octave higher then usual. "Yep."

After Arnold explained Jackie's situation to his grandparents and after she called her house to let them know, they went upstairs to watch a movie.

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Helga stomped back to the house after wandering around the city for the day. She rang the doorbell and Mr. Dorf answered. "Oh it's you again," he said, glaring at her. "Well you're in luck, I'm leaving now."

Helga smiled and rushed past him. Phil noticed her waiting around in the living room. "Hey who are you?" he asked, walking over to her. "Doi. I'm the girl from earlier." she replied. "My room all ready?"

Phil smacked himself in the forehead. "Oh I'm sorry! I completely forgot about you. Someone else is going to stay in there tonight." Helga stomped her foot. "You forgot!? Who on Earth is here now?! How could you have already given up my room so easily?!" she demanded.

"Relax blondie, it was just for tonight, but I'll go ask her to sleep somewhere else." He said, walking over to the stairs. "Come on, I'll show you your room."

Helga followed him up the stairs and noticed that they were going up to…Arnold's room?! Phil opened the door and walked right in. That is…walked right in and interrupted a serious make-out session.

"Grandpa! Knock first!" Arnold shouted, wiping Jackie's lip gloss off of his face. Jackie sat up and crossed her arms. "Jeez, Gramps. How many times have we asked you to knock first?!" she yelled. Phil laughed. "Sorry Jackie, And I forgot that I already rented out that available room so is it alright if you sleep in here tonight?"

Helga pushed past Phil and stared at Arnold. And Jackie. His so-called-pet-dog. "Who is that?" Arnold asked, pointing to Helga.

Helga became extremely furious. "How could you not know who I am?! And you! Jackie! Who gave YOU the right to steal my Football Head!?" she shouted, stomping over to them. Arnold's eyes widened.

"H-Helga?!"


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