Harold Cries Mommy
(12 years old)

Helga looked out over her whispering classmates with a smirk; it wouldn't be long before somebody said something. Arnold sat beside her, doing nothing but eating his lunch. It was a fairly innocent situation, except for the fact that it was Arnold and Helga who were sitting together.

Arnold looked up himself to survey the situation, "They all look so confused." he said with a laugh.

"Nobody has said anything." Helga frowned, wondering if she truly had over-exaggerated the potential uproar that would occur if their relationship was public knowledge.

Arnold grinned at her, "That's because they're petrified of you." he reminded her.

"This is it." Helga nudged him, "Here comes Harold, there's no way he'll let this slide."

Harold entered the cafeteria with a bang, pushing kids out the way as he piled food onto his lunch tray and sat down with Sid and Stinky who wasted no time in pointing toward Arnold and Helga and whispering.

Harold immediately forgot his food and quickly gained the entire cafeteria's attention as he walked over to their table.

"Ooohhh how cute Arnold and Helga eating lunch together!" Harold teased.

"Hey Harold." Arnold said coolly.

"Hey Arnold." Harold responded sarcastically, "How's your little girlfriend?" he asked, causing a ripple of laughter amongst their classmates.

Arnold shrugged, "I don't know Harold, why don't you ask her yourself." he responded.

The ripple of laughter ceased abruptly.

"Uh, okay." Harold said, scratching his head in slight confusion, "But I'm not going to cause I don't care how she is!" he said huffily.

"Feeling's mutual pink boy." Helga said with a frown.

"Shut up Helga, or I'll start singing songs about you!" Harold threatened.

Helga rolled her eyes, "Let me guess, Arnold and Helga sitting in a tree?" she said crossing her arms.

"No!" Harold lied, as he tried to think of a back-up plan, "Helga and Arnold sitting in a cafeteria..." he began.

Classmates chimed in as he got to the all important part, "K-I-S-S-" was as far as they got before Arnold and Helga leaned over and actually did start kissing.

"Oh my god!" Rhonda shrieked.

"Bold kid." Gerald, who had already known, muttered.

Harold stood frozen for a moment before letting out a panicked scream and running toward the hallway yelling "Mommy!".