Here's the fourth chapter! Anyway, enjoy!
It was before recess as Arnold and Rhonda were walking to recess, Arnold clinging on to Rhonda as she was blushing.
"At least you were kind enough NOT to do that to me during class..." Rhonda muttered.
"Rhonda, it's a classroom. I may not know who everybody is, but I'm not stupid enough to just get a detention automatically if I disrupted a class and announce my undying love to you." Arnold smiled.
Rhonda stopped as she turned. "What?"
"My undying love." Arnold nodded. "I'm not ashamed to admit it, Rhonda... you shouldn't be either."
"I'm not ashamed, Arnold... because I don't like you like that!" Rhonda shook her head. "Yes, there's times where we hang out, but not in that way!"
As Arnold and Rhonda went into recess as they stopped... Helga was smilng towards Arnold and Rhonda, which Rhonda thought was a bit shocking.
"Hi, Arnold." Helga smiled, offering a hand.
Arnold raised an eyebrow as he turned to Rhonda. She said, "That's Helga."
"Oh yeah, the jerk you told me about." Arnold said, nonchalantly.
Helga's eyes widened in shock. "Whoa, whoa... what makes you think I'm a jerk?"
Before Rhonda could respond, Arnold turned to Helga, with an angry face. "The fact that you make fun of me, the fact that you make fun of the shape of my head as a derogatory term, the fact you lead the school... people like you DISGUST me, Helga! I mean, who died and put you in charge, huh? You're mean to everyone, Helga, and you don't have a heart!"
Helga's eyes went white in shock as Arnold clung on to Rhonda. "Now, if you'll excuse me, me and my beautiful girl are going off somewhere!"
"I'm flattered you're calling me beautiful, but..." Rhonda started before Arnold dragged her off.
Helga just stared wide-eyed as she said, "What just happened?"
"Pst."
Helga groaned. "My one chance to be with Arnold..."
"Pst!"
"...And Rhonda already told her of my negative qualities!" Helga groaned. "Worst of all, he's convinced I'm the Devil's Daughter!"
"PST!"
Helga frowned as she turned. "WHAT?"
Helga then noticed a nervous Curly motioning over to Helga.
"Oh, it's just you!" Helga rolled her eyes.
"Helga, I need to have a serious talk with you for a minute..." Curly said as he dragged Helga to the side.
"What is it?" Helga frowned.
"Okay, well, here's the thing. Yesterday, I had a little... freak out over Rhonda." Curly said in embarrassment.
"So?" Helga rolled her eyes. "You always have freak-outs..."
"Yes, but this is different!" Curly said. "It's... mostly my fault Arnold's acting like this in the first place!"
Helga soon figured it out as she glared at Curly. "YOU beat up Arnold?"
"No, I just knocked him unconscious with a thrown apple... but that's not the point!" Curly frowned. "I was enjoying a snack..."
FLASHBACK
Curly was humming to himself as he was enjoying an apple, walking along the area, when he overheard Arnold's voice.
"Okay... go to Rhonda, go to Rhonda, go to Rhonda!" He heard a voice say from behind.
"At first, I thought it was one of Rhonda's... shall I say, suitors. You know how jealous I am whenever I think of Rhonda hanging with someone like Sid or Harold. I threw the apple to shut that guy's mouth!"
Curly then growled angrily as he turned towards the voice and threw an apple right at it.
"I didn't know it was Arnold who was right behind me..."
Curly's eyes widened as he saw Arnold falling down unconscious. It was then Curly noticed the list on Arnold's hands as he picked it up and read it... and sure enough, there was 'Meet Rhonda at the Library at 3 to do geography project'. Curly gulped. "Whoops..."
"I tried to wake him up, but I couldn't..."
Curly at first tried to slap Arnold awake. Then Curly tried beating Arnold with the apple, but it didn't do good as the bruise on Arnold's cheek appeared. Curly then ran up towards the roof to try to jump him to wake him up. He looked like he was ready to jump... but then he pulled out his apple and let it go as it landed... right on his right eye causing it to be black as the apple rolled off.
Curly groaned. "Oh, he's not getting up..."
"When I went back down on the ground, I saw Rhonda and her mother taking Arnold in their car..."
"To the hospital? They... took him to the hospital, right?" Helga asked.
"Well, her mom did suggest it at first, but then she changed her mind... no, they took him to Rhonda's house..."
"What sense does that make?" Helga asked in frustration.
"Will you let me get back to the story? And Arnold's bruises weren't THAT bad!"
When Curly got off the roof, he saw a car passing by and stopping quickly as Curly yelped and hid. He watched as Rhonda and her mother came out as they looked at him and they started talking. He then saw Brooke taking Arnold and putting him in the backseat as Rhonda followed.
"Anyway, I followed the car and got under the guest room window, where I could easily overhear a conversation."
A few moments later, we see Curly hiding near the bushes under a window that lead to the guest room as he was listening in to Arnold and Rhonda talking.
"It was there I learned of Arnold's partial amnesia, which I did feel guilty about... it was also there that I overheard Rhonda teaching Arnold about you... she described you like a monster... which come on, you're obviously not a monster!"
"Of course I'm not. Where do people get that idea?" Helga laughed. "Wait, how do you know I'm not a monster?"
"Do you really think Brainy's the only person who overhears your little love confessions to Arnold?"
"WHAT?" Helga yelled in frustration.
"Back to the story!"
Pretty soon, Curly overheard Rhonda's mother and Arnold talking as Curly's eyes widened in shock and horror.
"Anyway, Rhonda wasn't the only one who can manipulate Arnold into a memory mold. Apparently, Rhonda's mother decided to take advantage of Arnold's partial memory loss by convincing him that Arnold was in love with Rhonda!"
"WHAT? So Princess' mom is the one who corrupted Arnold into loving Rhonda in the first place?" Helga growled.
"Yes, apparently so!"
Curly was in a panic as he heard enough and left the building before he could get caught.
"I wanted to have revenge, but I couldn't when it was all my fault to begin with!"
END FLASHBACK
"And so, that's why I'm here to see you... I need you to punish me in the worst way possible... knowing that I pushed Arnold into having amnesia, which pushed Arnold to my own beloved..." Curly groaned.
"Curly, I'll punch you... but not because of that whole giving Arnold amnesia, but because you've been spying on me!" Helga growled, holding up a fist.
"Hey, at least I don't reveal your secrets in public!" Curly glared.
Helga muttered as she said, "Okay, fair point. But hey, Rhonda doesn't seem to return Arnold's feelings... go on, try asking her out."
Curly gave a little smile. "I'll give it a try! It'll make Arnold heartbroken, then you'll come in to sweep the pieces!"
As Curly ran off, Helga sighed as she sat down, chuckling, "Yeah, good luck with that... soon, you'll be on the same boat as me..."
There's the fourth chapter! How'd you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!
