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The pataki's episode 4
It had been a few days since Helgas family had pledged to be better to her and it was already looking like a lost cause but at least Olga wasn't the perfect angel anymore. As she gets up for school she finds she's gotten another letter from Arnold.
Dear Helga
It hasn't been the same without seeing you every day, I don't know how much longer I'll be able to take it. I know you've gotten my other letters and I get you're busy but I really thought you'd right back by now… I really miss hearing from you. Write as soon as you can.
Love Arnold. 'He seems a little detached as though he doesn't really believe what he's writing…? Oh no! No no no was right! He's starting to get the wrong idea! I've gotta fix this before he goes and hooks up with some green eyed jungle girl tramp! But how?! Phoebe! Yeah I'll ask phoebe!' So Helga gets everything she needs and heads for school but not before… "hey girl! You going to school or something? Today's what Wednesday? You go to school on Wednesdays right?" She just stood there and rolled her eyes "well anyway uhhhh.. Helga..? Be sure to be back here on time! I don't want you wandering around the streets at midnight or anything got it?!" All she mutters is a whatever bob before slamming the door. When Helga gets to school she starts panicking because phoebe is nowhere to be found 'oh man how am I going get through the day without phoebe?! Besides I need to talk to her about Arnold!' But by the time third period bio rolls around she can relax because phoebe has finally shown up "sorry I'm late Helga. I had an optometrist appointment this morning, there's a chance that I could finally leave my glasses behind!" Helga is glad to hear that but can't really picture phoebe without glasses on all the time. 'I should ask her what I should do before miss pricklment starts going on and on about ATP or whatever the hell it is' but before that "alright I'm going to hand back your graded projects from last week before we start today's lesson" completely panicking tries desperately to remember what she did for that project 'we had a project last week?! Did I do it? Did I hand it in? I better have! It better be good! I really don't want to have to take this class again next year!' As she hands back Helga and phoebe's' projects Helga is pleasantly relieved to see her grade 98 "what did you get Helga?" Phoebe eagerly asks but immediately regretted once Helga showed her the grade "98!? Huh you did better than me!? On a science project?!" Phoebe was twitching practically seizing at the revaluation "you got a 96 I got a 98 really pheebs it's no big deal" Helga tried to relieve her best friend. 'I hate seeing Phoebe get so worked up like this, she really has to be the best but when is she going realize the best isn't good enough for her; if the best wants to be a lifetime part of her life then it better get into high gear because it has a long way to go to catch up. Besides she'll be too distracted now to help me!' Phoebe is still twitching and gets up to walk to the door "no no this doesn't happen you don't ever do better than me on a science project.. English maybe but science… no no no something is wrong that means… who knows what else you'll do better than me on…" with every growing concern "pheebs where you going…?" "Nurse.." she responds in between some incoherent mumbling. Her teacher wouldn't let Helga go and check on Phoebe and they didn't see each other again until after lunch: trig. When Helga saw Phoebe enter the room she looked even more on edge than before "whoa Phoebe you okay?" She knew right away it was a stupid thing to say "am I okay?! I don't know am I? After all you seem to know a lot more than me now! Let me guess you'll get a 112 on today's test while I'll get a 87! Or maybe you'll decide to show up for baseball practice and get 15 home runs, 6 stolen bases and perform 11 triple plays! Oh I know you'll enter the science fair, win in a landslide than be selected as the first person to travel to a parallel universe!" 'Man… she's really stressed out about this…' "how could I perform 11 triple plays pheebs..? There's only supposed be 9 innings and there's no WAY there would be any extra if I was doing that good"she could tell be the look on her face that Phoebe didn't feel in the mood for jokes "come on Phoebe lighten up I scored two points higher than you on 1 science project it's not the end of the world and it doesn't mean I'll always do better than you on everything" for a moment it seemed like everything would be alright until… "so anyway I'm gonna need your help with something, it's about Arnold and…" Phoebe snapped "oh I didn't realize we were cycling back to you pataki!" 'We've had our fights but I don't know if I've seen her so angry…' "it's always about you isn't it! What YOU need me to do! What YOU need to help YOU with! Whatever crisis is going on in YOUR love life! But you never really care about anything that happens in MY life!" 'As true as that is I don't think that's all this is about…' "pheebs what's going on….?" Her expression dramatically softens "Gerald has been flirting with every girl that walks by him even when I'm standing right there. I don't know what to make of it Helga! What do I do!?" At this point Phoebe was crying into Helgas lap "ok Phoebe I know exactly what to do but I'm going need a pair of bolt cutters, a bag of confetti and one of those cheesy hallmark cards oh and a double cheeseburger."
Later as Gerald was walking to his locker he saw Helga and needed to find a few things out for 'his boy' "hey pataki get over here I need to talk to you about something!" 'Huh? What the hell is hair boy so pissed about' as she walked over "coming Geraldo! Jeesh what do you want!?" His expression actually became madder "I want to know why you've been ignoring Arnold's letters! You treated him like crap for years, tell him you love him out of nowhere, suddenly he loves you back, he leaves, he writes to you and you ignore it like he's the bags of garbage sitting outside!? What's with that? Have you just been messing with him for the past five years and you really do hate his guts?!" He's yelling this right next to his locker that Phoebe is currently inside holding a card with confetti rigged up to go everywhere when the door opens so she hears all of that and can't help but sob for her friend "hey is that Phoebe in my locker?! Did you actually lock your best friend in my locker pataki? Man you need some serious help!" Helga can't contain herself "how dare you! I've been in love with Arnold since the moment I met him! Don't think for a minute you have any idea what him leaving is doing to me! Getting those letters from him but not seeing him! No being able to be close right there with him! Every day is killing me Geraldo! And by the way hair boy just because I haven't sent him a letter doesn't mean I haven't written one…." She finished somberly as she slowly walks away. When Gerald opens his locker the first thing Phoebe does is slap him, then yell at him for not knowing Helga at all, tell him this was Helgas idea to help Gerald and her, and of course kiss him. Late that night
Deer Arnold my brave, sweet price i can't possibly express my sorrow for not returning any of your letters but it is not of my desire but merely my twisted sense of fear that if I truly acknowledge that you are no longer across the neighborhood that I will never see your caring face again and though I shan't send this letter just know that I will always love thee my beloved Arnold. "Come on girl is 3:39 in the morning go to bed! I got an electronics empire to run in the morning I need some sleep!"
A/N I'm back for those that might even read this I have about 40 or so more of these in the works that I plan on uploading leading up to the jungle movies premiere in November but don't hold me to that I may start lagging again or I could upload them all before halloween I don't really know plus I'm writing this at 6 in the morning without having slept so if it really sucks I blame that.