A/N: Everyone will find out their ages in the next chapter. I do have a reason if people remember why I didn't do it in the first place. Her deceased husband was just a little older than her. Thank you for the reviews.
Walking from one class to another, Sid came running up to Gerald and Arnold in excitement. "Tell me what Rhonda said is true." He was walking backwards to eye Arnold. "You have to tell me."
Gerald took a glimpse over to his friend to find Arnold just rolling his eyes. "What is going on?" He asked in honest confusion.
Sid turned his head to Gerald to answer for him. "The hot librarian kissed Arnold here. Kissed her!"
"Shut up, Sid. You act like I'm the first person who kissed anyone." Arnold wished he wouldn't try to crowd him as he continued to walk backwards.
"Yeah but this is the hot librarian. The hot librarian! You have any idea how many guys have been aching to get close to her?" Sid wanted to shake his friend for being so naive.
"Sid she's a human being not a status symbol or a sex object. Leave her be. Leave my main man be." Gerald glanced over to a bevy a beautiful girls on the quad area for a few moments before focusing in front of him.
"Gerald's right. She is a very intelligent person with a great personality. Leave her be." Arnold spotted the library looming up ahead.
Sid decided to walk beside Arnold instead. "Well in any case, Rhonda is mad at you. At her. She says that you are hers and not some skank."
Stopping in his tracks, Arnold turned an angry glare at him as if he was Rhonda. "Did she actually say that?"
"Of course, but with the Rhonda touch."
Arnold wished she was here right now to straighten her out. "I'm not hers. I will never be hers. When she kissed me at that party I told her I wasn't interested. Hell it felt like I was kissing a family member."
"Still she is mad." Looking at the time Sid decided to rush off to his class.
"Mmm mmm mmm. Care to explain what happened? I know you have been crushing on that girl hard, but to piss off Rhonda Wellington-Lloyd is big time." Gerald and him resumed their walking.
"Well Helga is pretty cool. I don't think she wants people to know that she has a daughter. I ran into her daughter in the park. No she ran into me. Cutest little thing ever. Anyhow me and her talk at the library. Helga lent me a book for that homework assignment and I was reading it when Rhonda came in trying to insist we get together. I'm telling her I'm not interested and she keeps going on not listening me. Helga took pity on me and came up. Next thing I know we are kissing." Stops before getting too close to the library. "It was the most powerful kiss I have ever felt. This girl is the one. I know it. Anyhow she leaves, Rhonda, and then Helga dashes off saying that she'll get in trouble for that. We go outside and I ask her if she wants to start off as friends."
"Why friends after an amazing kiss like that?"
"Single mother doesn't want her heart broken or her kid getting use to someone before they leave. She is protecting herself. Even though she didn't have to say all of it, I know enough about single mothers that they do these things to protect themselves. We exchanged numbers." Puts his hand on Gerald's arm. "Please don't tell anyone about her having a child. Please don't say that it was a ploy. I want Rhonda off my back."
"Hey man you know me. I won't tell anyone else about this." Walking again, Gerald smiled. "I wonder if she has any single friends. Hot girls with brains in their heads always hang out with their peers. You have to think about this."
"She has one friend and she is attractive, but first and last time I seen her Helga was trying convince her to break up with her boyfriend because he is taking her for granite."
"Hmmm perhaps I'll start hanging out with you at your work too."
Arnold shook his head as he entered into the building waving hi to John before they moved to the furthest table to do their work.
Helga left Ruby's office feeling a headache coming on so she made her way upstairs to find a few couples making out. Making her presence known they would separate and make their way out of there. In the midst of the last couple she ran into she couldn't help but think of her and her husband in the beginning of their relationship. How he would sneak up on her and she would turn around to meet his lips deep within the schools library. Of course the recent kiss from Arnold was Earth shattering to say the least while with him it was incredibly sweet.
Moving around the area to see if anything was out of order she looked down below to see Arnold sitting with his friend doing their work. She smiled down to him thinking of those lips. Giving him one final look, Helga made her way downstairs to head behind the counter to see Natalie munching away on another snack.
"You eat more than me when I was pregnant." Helga told her as she snagged a chip away from her.
Swallowing her food, Natalie took a sip of her water. "I'm going to be big as a house with how this little guy wants me to eat strange crap."
"Don't try peanut butter on steak because I was sickened by that craving." Helga mentioned as she glanced up casually to watch the cheerleaders come in to occupy a table next to Arnold's.
"So what did Ruby say about you kissing that hunk?"
"Slap on the wrist." Turns her head to look at her co-worker. "Hunk?"
"He is. He has this sweet unusual face, and that body is fine." Natalie answered as she watched one of the blonde cheerleaders go over to the table. "They even think he is hot."
Looking up to see a girl trying to touch Arnold's arm and with him moving away from her, Helga looked down as she began to type on the computer. Hearing Natalie help a student out, Helga was deep into her work when Arnold's voice spoke. "Hey Football Head."
That was the second time she called him that. "Hi Helga. Are you in trouble?"
She shook her head. "No, but if you want to head upstairs away from those girls you can. There is a table that is out of the way up there." She suggested.
"I would, but I enjoy seeing my friends face."
Glancing past him she spotted how the girls were clamoring for his friends attention. "Well they moved on to him."
Looking behind him, Gerald was soaking in the attention. Chuckling softly, Arnold turned his head back to her. "I'm almost done with that book you lent me. Also are you free Saturday or Sunday so we can go to the movies?"
"I'll have to ask my friend or sister if they can take care of Hailie, but I know I don't work on Sunday. I'll call you to let you know."
"Sure no problem. I should get back to work and leave you be so you can do your job. Talk to you soon, Helga." Arnold turned away to find that the girls left to bug someone else. Going back to the table he asked, "What happened to them?"
"They just wanted us to go to a party and I said no on your behalf. So did you ask her?"
"Yeah and she'll call me to let me know. I hope I get to spend private time with her." Glancing up Arnold just smiled as her eyes met his.
Tucking her daughter in that night, Helga was smiling at her proudly while she was speaking of the elemental chart. While she had her natural childlike nature in front of others where they think of her as a simple six year old, she knew how to kick butt when it came to studying beyond her age.
"I love that science book you have. I read the whole thing in it." Hailie boosted as she began to yawn.
"What is your favorite thing you have enjoyed reading so far?" Kissing her daughters forehead, Helga enjoyed listening to her speak.
Screwing those blue eyes up, Hailie thought hard on which one is her favorite. "I'm fascinated with plants. Why do people become vegetarians when plants feel pain too?"
"We eat animals too and they feel pain. The thing is sweetie that veggies are good for you. Oh I'm not about to chop down a tree to gnaw at the bark, but it is. We unfortunately need to eat so what is left to eat? Don't say humans because I did not raise a cannibal." Helga pointed her finger to her face comically before touching the tip of her button nose.
"Ewwwwwwwwww. I could never do that." Yawning again her eyes began to close. "I love you mommy."
Brushing some of her hair back with her hand, Helga smiled warmly down to her daughter. "I love you too munchkin." Kisses her forehead again. "I'm so proud of you." Slowly she gets up so as not to jostle her bed too much. Going to the door she shut the light off. "Good night."
"Night mommy."
Closing the door behind her, Helga placed her hand to her heart melting. "I bet you look down on her smiling." She whispered to her deceased husband.
Moving away from her bedroom door to her own bedroom, Helga removed her clothes to change into her night wear. She went into the bathroom to clean off her face and went to her bed. Slipping under the covers she forgot to call Arnold so hoping he wasn't already asleep, Helga pressed his number in to receive his sweet but husky voice. She was almost too ashamed that it brought tingles up her legs.
"Hey Football Head."
"Hey there yourself. Oh wait a second. Mr Kokoshka! Will you stop whining about lack of food when you went and got thirds." Arnold's kind voice turned to irritated. Helga smiled at listening to some annoying voice before another person stepped in to shut the man up. "Thank you, Mrs Kokoshka. Alright good night to you." Arnold began to ascend his stairs leading to his room just to get away from the nonsense. Shutting the door behind him, he returned back to Helga. "I'm sorry about that. I have the worlds largest baby living under this roof. He has been like that since I've known him."
Snickering, Helga grinned. "So you know how it is to raise a baby."
"You could say that. I remember helping to fix his marriage when I was nine. A kid my age shouldn't do things like that." Arnold groused as he went to lay down. "How was the rest of your work day? How is Hailie?"
"Work day is fine. Today was the day I had to go upstairs to continually stop people from making out in the aisles. At least I'm not Natalie, the other worker, she caught someone in the act when she first started. Girl nearly had a heart attack. Hailie is my bundle of joy so she is perfectly fine. I just put her to bed. How about your day?" She glanced at the picture of her husband for a moment almost feeling guilty about speaking to another man.
"Everything was pretty good until I got home and it becomes mad house city."
Hearing his tone of voice switch to irritated somehow made her feel comforted in a way that someone would understand her. "That is why you are at the library studying."
"Correct." Arnold loved listening to her voice. He will sleep with that voice in his head tonight.
"Phoebe, the girl I was with at the coffee shop, she offered to take Hailie for the day so I'm available to meet you at noon if you are still interested."
If he is still interested? Of course he is. "I would like that. We can get a bite to eat before the movie if you want. What would you be interested in seeing?"
"The new Evil Twin movie. I know sequels get stupid as time goes on, but you still sometimes want to see them. Is that fine?" Helga caught her lip between her teeth to wait for his answer.
"Oh god yes. All the girls that I know don't like those type of movies."
"Lame."
Chuckling at her sarcasm, Arnold couldn't wait to see her in a more personal setting on Sunday. "Want to head to Bigals before hand? I can meet you there assuming you don't want your daughter to see me yet."
"How right you are bucko. I'll see you there at noon, but before then I'll catch you at the library."
"Catch you then there too. I guess we can call it a night since I just heard a yawn from your end." Arnold heard another yawn issued from her enjoying the slight squeak at the end of it. For some reason he could imagine her looking like a cat as she stretched.
"Long day so yeah. See you on the flip side."
"Good night, Helga." Hearing a click on her end, Arnold punched the air. "Yes!"
Placing her phone on the charger, Helga picked up her picture of her husband. "You know that I'll always love you, but even I have needs." Placing a kiss on the photo she placed it down next to her as she laid on her side.
That night faded blue eyes were meeting her own eyes turned into vibrant green ones as the owner of those eyes met her with a very passionate kiss.
A/N: Before anyone says anything about her daughter there are young children like that who are exceed their ages when they have high IQ's.
