Arnold and Cassandra were the first to end up at the small vacant lot called Gerald field. There was a bit of silence until Cassandra cleared her throat before she swung her bat. "So Arnold, you got anyone you have a ultra special crush on or are you still looking?" She asked looking over to see that his oblong head had turned a shade of red from mentioning this. Cassandra hoped if he did have a crush it would at least be Helga. "I'll take that blush and the silence as a yes." Cassandra said smiling and she could see him blush even deeper. "Lila…" Arnold said and her smile instantly vanished right then.

She hid it well though and hit her bat to the ground rather hard before her eye sat down. There had to be some way he would like Helga without her changing her personality. "Does Lila like you?" She asked mainly because she hated the thought of competition for Helga. Cassandra had to deal with that all the time with Timothy when her cousin had visited. "Well…no." Arnold said sounding rather disappointed at the moment and her invisible smile returned. There was definitely a chance she could get Helga and the Football Head together. "Oh Cassandra Fletcher, there you are." I voice came.

Cassandra turned around to see one of her many enemy's standing on the sidewalk, arms crossed. Amy was one of the rich kids at her school and now less worse then Rhonda. Her long curly brown hair was like that one lady with snakes for hair and her attitude was really annoying. "What do you want Amy, I'm not bothering you anymore with my 'needless advise' anymore." She said and the other girl just rolled her eyes like that speech was just a huge annoyance. "You didn't tell me you transferred, and now your hanging with a boy with a strange head." Amy teased and stuck her tongue out.

"Oh, since I left you have no one to tease. TO BAD BIG BUTT!"

"No need to yell Cassie, especially in front of your boyfriend."

"Pfft…he's not my boyfriend, now if you will excuse us we have a baseball game to play."

"Baseball…go fig, you were always one for sports."

"And you were always one to break a nail on Tuesdays, what's your point."

Amy just sighed at that response and shook her head in pure annoyance as Cassandra went on. Laughing Cassandra pointed at her enemy and started clucking like a chicken. As confused as Arnold was he just let it go one as he waited for Gerald or someone else to get here. Thankfully there was a person coming around the corner but it was Helga. She wasn't one for peace but she would have to do. "What's happening here Football Head, never seen her like this." Helga said almost laughing as Cassandra yelled. She was mildly concerned for Cassandra as she fought with this other girl.

"As far as I know, this girl used to go to school with her and they don't get along to well." Arnold pointed out. Nodding Helga just stood there thinking of how she was going to get this to stop. She felt she could consider Cassandra her friend mainly because she knew her secret. Helga looked from Arnold and straight to Cassandra who was throwing back funny remarks. There was something about being a noodle head princess who was obsessed with looking pretty. "Hey pretty princess, do you want to hear from Old Betsy and the Five Avengers?" Helga asked which received the Arnold look.

she winked at him and moved closer to the girl who was yelling At her new friend Cassandra. "I would listen to her, she'll make you regret crossing her like you are now." Cassandra helped along mostly hating to lie like this but it had to be done so she could be rid of the brat. Rolling her eyes Amy left but not before giving them the greatest evil eye she could muster. "Bye Amy." Cassandra said and gave Helga a high five after her enemy decided to leave them. "Did you see that, I tamed the wild beast and lived to tell the tale…survived its mighty claws." Cassandra said imitating Nigel Thornberry.

Cassandra realized she was receiving stares from Helga and Arnold which was slightly annoying. "Anyway, where are the others? There's a marathon on the Animal Network I'm missing Nigel Thornberry." She said. Cass knew her sister would tape it for her but still it was fun to watch on the TV while it happened. At this point everyone seemed to be coming to the field, especially parents and friends. She was definitely ready to embarrass the fifth graders out of the park and kick Wolfgang's but once again. She was about to yell at him when she saw her sister take a seat next to Arnold's crazy grandmother.

After a few minutes the game was underway and the fourth graders were winning by ten points. Cassandra was so ecstatic that every time she hit the ball she screamed and then ran. Everyone thought it was rather funny all except Rhonda who found her to be an extreme annoyance. She was going to have to keep an eye on that Rhonda girl, she may be trouble. Cassandra had a plan to put her and Curly together sooner or later and hoped it would play out really good. "This girl has a problem." She heard Wolfgang say and she stepped on his foot making him scream. "No you do." She replied smiling.

"That was awesome!" Gerald said after the game was over.

"I have to admit she was rather good." Rhonda said sighing.

"SHE WAS STUPENDOUS! You were great Cassandra." Curly said dreamily.

"Calm down Curly…" Helga said.

"Curly is right Cassandra, you were great." Peapod kid said.

"Thanks guys." Cassandra said as she tried to get away from the crazy crowd of her new friends. She grimaced at Curly's voice but laughed because she knew Rhonda was jealous of the attention. "That was awesome sis! Never thought I'd see that sponge of a brain come in handy!" Hanna yelled as she walked her way over to the gathering fourth graders around Cassandra. With a smile she silently thanked her dad for making her watch a few baseball games on the TV. "Well, Hanna…someone has to have photographic memory around the house." Cassandra teased and waved her friends goodbye.

Rhonda glared at Cassandra as she left for home with her older sister in tow behind her. That girl had no idea who she was messing with taking Curl's attention from her. It made her mad to see that all her years of pushing the insane boy away threw him to Cassandra. She tapped her foot against the sidewalk and looked over at Helga smiling. Oh yes, Helga had shown a definite distaste for the girl during recess and that was it. "Oh Helga, may I speak with you?" She asked catching the blond girls attention all of the sudden. When you needed revenge Helga was the one to go to at all times.

Helga turned away from Cassandra and gave Rhonda a smirk as she walked over to the rich girl. "What is it Princess?" Helga asked noticing her very annoyed posture. Whatever it is there must have been something good in it unless it was something against Curly or Harold. It wasn't that she liked the screw ball or anything it was just that they had an understanding. "I need your help." Rhonda said. She said it innocently to meaning something was definitely up. "What with?" Helga said gaining curiosity with every question she asked her. "Cassandra is getting on my nerves." She replied.

"Ah, you see I cant do that." Helga responded and then walked away from the spoiled rich brat smiling. This was not Pataki behavior meaning there must be something Cassandra had on her. She would have to find out and then it would be two birds with one stone like her dad said. She decided to walk home with Nadine by her side as she thought about what to do. Something like this had to take extra caution since she had something she was trying to take back. Without Curly's constant attention she felt she was going to be lost forever. "She stole Curly." Rhonda mumbled audibly.

This caught Nadine's attention as she was busy watching the ants on the sidewalk trying not to step on them. She knew her rich friend liked Curly but not enough to actually miss his obsessed ways. Nadine was beginning to wonder about Rhonda's sanity and whether it was deteriorating. Things like that rarely happened to fourth graders but Curly was the one exception for insanity. "Rhonda…are you saying you like-like Curly?" She asked pulling her full attention to her best friend. "This cant be happening Nadine, I think I've gone insane…what will people think?" Rhonda asked sounding dramatic.

Nadine was about to say something but decided to wait to see where her dramatics decided to take her. Usually they ended up watching one of those stupid love movies at Rhonda's house. Other times they ended up talking about boys in her room and what age was appropriate for boyfriends. This was always how it started and Nadine whished she would accept Curly's offer. All his swooning may make him think it was for not but in all reality she liked him like flies to poop. "Cassandra will pay." She heard her friend vow and knew this whole thing wasn't going to end well for them.

Cassandra was walking with Helga who seemed to be scowling as they reached her house. There was a light blue car in front of it and Helga just gave an annoyed sigh before looking at her. "My sister is home, I figured she would be back in Alaska doing her teaching job or whatever." She said and then put her hand on the door knob which opened really fast for Cass's liking. There was a tall girl with short hair and she giggled with happiness when she saw Helga. "OH BABY SISTER! I'm so glad your home, how did your little game go?" The woman asked and then took Helga in a bone crushing hug.

This wasn't going to sit well with Cassandra seeing as she hated those kind of hugs. If this woman was going to hug her she had to find a way to get out of it pronto. She could act like she was sick but then she probably wouldn't gain entry to Helga's home. "And who is this Helga?" The woman asked looking to Helga for an answer to the question. "Her name's Cassandra." Helga said. "Hi…" Cassandra managed but then was taken into a hug which was starting to annoy her. Cassandra had to think of a quick plan to get out of this woman's death grip. "Let go…I'm Claustrophobic." She managed.

That was only half true and as much as she hated to lie about it there was some truth to it. The woman instantly let her go and apologized as Cassandra followed Helga to her room. "Who the heck was that?" Cassandra asked right after Helga closed the door and locked it tight. "That was Olga…my really annoying sister." Helga responded taking a seat on the bed with a sigh. "So, your claustrophobic huh?" Helga asked catching Cassandra's distracted attention. "Only a little…along with being a germaphobe." Cassandra admitted. "Have you figured a few things out to help me?" She asked.

"Besides the fact that he likes Lila, nope."

"Nothing new there, she's little Mrs. Perfect."

"I know how that goes…"

Helga was about to ask her what she meant by that until there was a knock at the door. "Baby sister, you and your friend need to come with me to go shopping." Olga yelled. Cassandra sighed in frustration and then threw a pillow at the door before yelling at her. "Busy!" She yelled making Helga laugh as she went to the door, scowl back on her face. "Your touchy feely crap freaks Cassie out Olga, you came off as to…" Helga thought about it. Honestly there wasn't a good enough word. "Creepy, it was plain creepy…what if you had germs?" Cassandra asked cringing at the thought of such things.

At that explanation Helga began laughing and couldn't stop because it was a funny thought. She totally had her sister at a stand still as emotions were plainly evident on her face. Obviously she didn't know if she should cry at this but knowing her she would start soon. "Here comes the water works, I'm beginning to like you Cassandra because you went beyond." Helga said. Cassandra just rolled her eyes and watched Olga's reaction ready to apologize for being mean. Only she couldn't bring herself to do it because the girl was a huge hugger and she hated that. "Your to cute!" Olga said laughing.

This was not the response she was thinking about, in fact it was the opposite of what she wanted. Cassandra was going to have to call her sister if this girl hugged her to death again like last time. She could tell Olga was going in for the hug again and that was not a good thing at all. "Helga…do you have something I can spray in your sisters face if she tries to hug me again?" Cassandra asked getting into attack mode ready for the kill incase there was another love attack. The mere suggestion made Helga laugh as she got up to push her sister out of the room. "We can take care of ourselves." Helga said.

"I just had a thought." Cassandra said taking a seat on Helga's bed next to the window. "What about?" Helga asked joining her. "Helga, you torment the guy you like…what if Tommy is doing the same thing?" She responded. "I could totally find out for you." Nodding Cassandra looked out the window before responding to that. "Thanks, now about Arnold…you told him a couple months ago right?" Cassandra asked. "Don't remind me." Helga said with a tiny hint of a scowl playing on her face. "I bet he's still thinking about it, his mind is still reeling about that kiss of yours." Cassandra said imagining it.

After a while they decided to leave Helga's house and go to the park where a couple of kids were playing. When they reached the swings Cassandra had spotted Brainy and Iggy skipping rocks. "I think Brainy likes you." Cassandra said absentmindedly as she began swinging back and forth. About the only response she got out of that was a slight nod and wide smile. "He's more like a brother to me." Helga responded. Nodding Cassandra went back to thinking about what to do. "Hey Cassandra." A voice said bringing her out of her thoughts as she looked for the sours, it was Shay her best friend.

"Shay! Helga, this is Shay." Cassandra said jumping of the swing as it was right in midair just then. Helga waited for the swing to stop before deciding to get of and meet the girl named Shay. "Its exceptional meeting you." Shay said which reminded the tall girl of Phoebe a little. It was funny how they were almost alike and it reminded her that she needed to call the Japanese girl later. "Yeah same here." Helga responded shaking her hand before her eyes wondered around. She suddenly spotted Arnold walking up the trail to the swings and she took to the shadows of the trees. This confused Cassie.

She looked over to where Helga pointed and told Shay she would talk to her on the phone later tonight. Cassandra put her back to the tree and looked at the offending girl for a few minutes before talking. "What are you doing, I thought we were going to confront this." She said whispering. Cassandra was in a word very annoyed with her at the moment because her fear of rejection. If this was how Tommy acted half the time she knew she was going to have to do something about this. "Cassandra, I took it back I cant say it again." Helga whispered. Shaking her head Cassandra sighed and left the tree.

"I think I like her."

"Arnold, I think you've gone crazy."

"Why do you say that?"

"For one thing she's…"

"Gerald, she's nice."

Shaking his head Gerald leaned against the slide and stared at his best friend before continuing. He was obviously getting frustrated whit Arnold as he was talking about like-liking Cassandra. The girl was a little strange for his taste and it didn't matter that she knew Fuzzy Slippers. Anyone who decided to be friends with Curly was a degree of insane in his books for sure. "Arnold…what makes you think this isn't going to be another Lila incident as per the usual." Gerald said. This received one of those glares usually reserved for Helga G. Pataki at times. "We don't even know if she's here." He pouted.

At that moment Cassandra walked from behind a tree pointing at it like she was talking to someone. Gerald shook his head and let his friend go on with what he was doing trying to let this go. At that moment he saw Helga hiding behind the tree and looking rather worried about something. This was really unsettling to him at that moment because you rarely saw that in her. "Arnold…something isn't right man…" Gerald whispered but Arnold wasn't even listening. "Hey Cassandra…can I ask you something?" Arnold said as he made his way over to her as she turned around. "Sure, what is it?" She asked.

Cassandra looked from Arnold then to Gerald who had apparently spotted Helga behind the tree. Suddenly she got this feeling in the pit of her stomach as the football headed boy took a deep breath. "I think I like-like you." Arnold said making Cassandra put her hand on her head just then. This was not supposed to happen, especially with Helga right behind the tree now. "C-can you repeat that." She said trying not to stutter as she looked at the tree.