Chapter 4: It Was All For You

The next morning, Helga awoke not to an alarm or a screaming sibling, but to the sunlight shining through her window. As she rubbed her eyes, she looked over at her clock to see it was almost 9 am. Crimity! I can't believe Ms. Mary Sunshine hasn't said anything to me!

After getting dressed, Helga went downstairs to the kitchen to pour herself some cereal. As she was about to grab a bowl, she heard "Good morning baby sister!"

"Crimity!" Helga gasped, not expecting Olga to be behind her.

"I've got some yummy doughnuts for breakfast that Arnold was nice enough to bring by!" Olga showed her as Helga's eyes widened.

"Arnold? What did he do that for?" she asked, cocking her brow.

"He wanted to make sure you and I had a fun day together!" Olga screamed excitedly.

Pttss… of course!

"Which is why he also brought by this movie for us to watch!"

Helga reached for the tape to see it was a movie called 'Pleasantville.'

"What the heck is it?" she scoffed, reaching for a doughnut.

"I believe it's about two siblings who are zapped into a television show together! Isn't that wonderful!" Olga screeched as Helga rolled her eyes.

Crimity! I'm going to kill that stupid football head!

"What are we waiting for baby sister?! Let's go watch it!" Olga exclaimed, pulling Helga into the living room.

"Alright, alright! Sheesh!" Helga scowled as she sat on the couch with her arms and legs crossed, wondering how awful this would be.

Twenty minutes into the movie, Olga asked "Would you like me to get you a drink baby sister?"

Helga shrugged her shoulders at the offer. As long as Olga didn't come up with a way to take credit for making it, she was willing to let her do it.

Another twenty minutes into the movie, Helga was easily beginning to notice the excitement in Olga's eyes.

"Oh! Oh! They've had such an incredible influence on everybody in their show!"

Oh brother… Helga sighed, wondering what Arnold could have been thinking would change between them. As she stared off into space, she heard Olga say "I love having an influence on people. I always hoped I would be a good influence on you baby sister!"

Helga turned to face her older sister as she cocked her brow and asked "You did?"

"Oh yes! I was so excited when mommy and daddy told me they were having you! I decided right away I would do everything I could do be the best role model for my baby sister!" Olga exclaimed.

Helga sat there a moment wondering if Olga's perfect performance all these years had really all just been for her. Whether or not it was true, it was still a sweet thing to here.

By the end of the movie, Helga was actually happy to have shared some quality time with her sister.

"Oh that was so wonderful! Do you want me to teach you to bake my famous lemon souffle now?!" Olga screeched.

Helga rolled her eyes at her overly enthusiastic sister. After hearing her sweet words about her hard work over the years being for her, she felt the least she could do was put up with Olga's boasting.

"Eh, why not?"

"Oh goody!"

A few hours later, after they had cooked and eaten it, Helga sat in the living room thinking to herself This day hasn't been so bad. Guess football head knew what he was doing.

No sooner had she thought that, she heard a knock at the door. Helga opened the door to see her boyfriend standing there, anxious to see her.

"Hey Helga. How was your day?"

"Eh, not bad. How about you? Does Pink boy know I'm coming for him on Monday?" she asked, as she stepped outside.

"Uhh maybe. So, did you and your sister like the movie?"

"It wasn't too bad. Ms. Perfect was actually tolerable." Helga scoffed as she and Arnold took a seat on the steps.

"I thought that movie might help."

"What made you think that?"

"It's supposed to send the message that even if you don't get along with your family now, one day you might. In other words, there's always hope for something." Arnold explained, taking her hand in his.

"You are such a football head." she scoffed, rolling her eyes at his optimism.

"Whatever you say Helga." he sighed, pulling her in for a lingering kiss. Knowing her problems were taken care of made him just as happy as it did her. Perhaps even more.

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