Author's Note: Surprise! Another chapter! I hope you guys enjoy .

Warning if your Shortaki heart is sensitive, be prepared. Thanks for the reviews. Disclaimer, I don't own hey Arnold. But honestly will we get a season six?


CHAPTER 7: Oh the Places You Will Go

Arnold just finished his homework and was contemplating what to do with the remanier of his Sunday morning, when his Grandpa came in his room to tell him he had a visiter.

Behind his Grandpa he saw the blonde haired girl. "Helga?"

She smiled shyly.

"Yes Arnold, it's your little friend, that had the pink bow and one eyebrow."

Helga smiled. "Well now I have two eyebrows but I do miss that bow." She smirked well touching her bracelet with her right hand.

Phill snickered.

Arnold noticed and said softly, "I have always liked that bow."

Helga turned to face him, her eyes were huge as she looked at him. Her eyes had a mix of sadness and admiration in them. She spoke softly almost above a whisper. "I know."

"You do?" Arnold said a little puzzled.

"Of course Shortman you said it to her on your first day of Urban Tots." Phill remarked.

Arnold turned to face his Grandpa with a confused expression.

"I might be an old coot but I have not lost all my marbles yet. That is what you said to her on your first day of preschool. What was it again..." Before Phil could finish his sentence he was interrupted by Helga.

"I like your bow, because it's pink like your pants."

"That's it." Phil said will snapping his fingers.

"Is that why you wore it?" Arnold asked.

Helga started to blush. Phil noticed and thought that it was time he let the two teens. "Well I will be downstairs if you need me Shortman." Phil closed Arnold's room and made his way downstairs.

When his footsteps faded away Helga spoke. "Yes, but I did like it also." She said with a smile.

"How come you never told me?" Arnold asked.

"I don't know. We were so young. We even kept our relationship a secret." She said will looking over to Arnold's bookshelf.

Arnold watched her. "You wanted to keep it a secret. You did not want anyone to know."

Helga smiled at the little pink book on Arnold's shelf. She gently touched the spine of the book with her fingers. Then turned around to face Arnold. "Yes there are still things I do not want people to know. But I am learning to let people in."

Arnold smiled. "Helga I am glad that you are here. When I told Sid that we were going to hang-out on Sunday...well I did not know if you really wanted to hang-out with me."

"Well I did not mind showing you all the new places in Hillwood. So much as changed."

Arnold looked at her. She was wearing dark wash jean shorts with a pink tank top and some Nikes. Her hair was in a ponytail. Again Arnold thought who is this girl in front of me. "Yes it has."

"Well are you ready to go?"

"Oh hold on let me change my shirt." As Arnold opened his closet a little red shoe fell out. Helga noticed and went to pick it up.

She smiled and handed it back to him. They both gazed into eachothers eyes. Arnold waited for her to ask him why he had a little girls shoe in his closet. However she never asked. She just handed Arnold the small shoe with a smile, and he placed it back in his closet. Then he turned to look at her. She was walking towards the door.

Over her shoulders she said "Are you going to change or are you ready Football head?

Arnold quickly took off his shirt forgetting that Helga was in the room. He grabbed a clean one from his closet and put it on.

She was standing by his door, with a shocked expression and a small blush on her face. However, before she said anything, he grabbed her hand and made their way out of his room and out of the boarding house.


They made their way past Green Meats and stopped in front of a small shop.

"This use to be 's flower shop?"

"Yes but now it is a shop that sells fine wine and fancy cheese." Helga said with a snort.

"What happened to Mrs.V?"

"She retired, last I heard she was helping her son run a restaurant."

Arnold looked at the shop. With all the expensive wine being displayed and he could not help but remember when Gerald and him worked for Mrs.V.

"Do not worry Arnold, I am sure they will not last long. A few months ago this was a children's store"

"Huh?"

"It seems like every business after Mrs.V's can not stay open after a few months." She said matter-of-factly.

Let's keep going." She said while walking away.

Next the two them found themselves at the pier similar to a Thanksgiving many years ago.

"I remember this place, it has been cleaned up since then." Arnold said.

"Yes, it was bought a while ago and is used now for large luxury yachts. Rhonda's family has one somewhere around here."

"Oh" Arnold had a sadden expression.

"It is not all bad football head, come on."

After the two were in front of a building with a large whale in front of it. Well modernized Arnold could tell where they were. "The City Aquarium!"

"Yup, come on." Helga Pulled Arnold inside. Arnold was emerged in the beauty of the aquarium. Thoughts of when he rescued a turtle with his grandmother here flashed before him. He remembered the awful condition that turtle was in. However, after looking around at all the animals, Arnold couldn't help but notice that they were all in great condition. Inhabitants that were larger and appropriate to their size. He still prefer that they were all free, but he was not as crazy as Curly.

"They all look so happy."

"Ya, I guess that turtle you busted out of this joint made them see that they had to change their way."

Arnold looked at Helga in disbelief and quirked his head.

She scratched the back of her neck and said. "Maybe all those hippie animal rights protesters may have helped. Sheena was one of them." She laughed.

Arnold smiled. "This is great Helga. Thank you."

"Don't thank me just yet. There is one spot left. Come on Football head."


Arnold looked up at the sign that readed "Slice."

"It this your sister's fiance's restaurant?"

"Yes, I heard that you met Michael."

"Wh..why did you move in with your sister?" Arnold said nervously. He was unsure if he should ask her, he knew the way Helga's parents had treated her. He did not want to imagine if the situation got so bad that she had to move in with her older sister, whom she did not get along with.

"After you left…well my parents started to pay more attention to me. They started well to care." Helga said rather nervously. She clearly did not want to tell Arnold the whole story well at least not yet… not now.

"Wow...what made them change?" Arnold asked very confused on why Helga was acting so nervous.

Before Helga could answer the door to the restaurant swang open. Michael stood at the doorway and surprised the two teens

"Helga do you plan on coming in?" Michael said.

"Michael...um yes we were about to come in." Helga said.

"Hello Arnold it is nice to see you again." With that Michael gestured for the two teens to come inside the restaurant.

"It is nice to see you too." Arnold said well following Michael and Helga inside.

The two blondes sat at a table that Michael gestered too. "So lunch?" Michael asked.

"Yes." Helga said

" I will bring some menus." With that Michael was gone.

"I did not know that we were going to eat here." Arnold said.

"Of course, this is a great restaurant and Michael is a great chef. Didn't you also miss Mrs..."With that last statement Helga was interrupted.

"Arnold is that you?" An other women said.

"Hello...um do I..? Arnold was interrupted by the old woman who gave him a hug.

"It is so nice to see you young man. Look at you? You are all grown up. I remember that you use to make the most beautiful arrangements when you worked at my flower shop. You always had an eye for beauty."

With that statement Arnold's eyes widen. "Mrs. Vitello?

"Yes dear." Mrs. V replied.

"I thought that you retired and are helping your son...oh. Wait Michael is your son. So Helga is your...oh wow this is fantastic." Arnold said in a mix shocked and appreciation.

Helga giggled at Arnold's words.

"Yes Arnold, Michael is my son. Whom is going to marry Olga, Helga's sister. And I could not be happier. Olga is great and Helga is a wonderful young woman. She even helps out in the restaurant from time to time."

Arnold looked at Helga and smiled. Then he turned to Mrs. V and said, "that is great."

With that Michael came back with the menus and was going to hand it to Arnold.

"Oh no dear, we must make Arnold something special."

"Mrs.V it's okay, I do not want to impose." Arnold stated.

"No, worries my dear. It would be our pleasure." Ms.V said matter-of-factly. With that Ms.V and Michael left towards the kitchen.

"Wow so Mrs. V is going to be your sister's mother-in-law. So she is your in-laws I am not sure if that is right?"

"I am not really sure what you call it. I just call her Mrs.V." Helga said with a smirk.

"Ya that is much easier." Arnold said.

Helga giggled at Arnold's puzzled expression.

"My sister is really happy with Michael and he is a great guy. That fact that he is Mrs.V's son made me know that he was raised right."

"That is great, and you live with them right?"

"Yes, until college."

"You plan on leaving Hillwood?"

"Yes, I've wanted to leave this town for so long."

Arnold gave her a saddened expression. "I do not think I want to leave Hillwood. It took me so long to get back. I have wanted to get back for a long time."

"Really?" Helga asked.

"Yes, I mean I enjoyed San Lorenzo and helping the Green eyes. But..but I missed Hillwood, I missed my friends and mostly I missed you."

Helga's eyes widen in shock as if she was not expecting him to say that. Her blues eyes met his greens ones. They were both speechless. The two blonds intimate moment was interrupted by Mrs. V holding two plates of chicken parm with a side of pasta.

"This smells great, thank you Mrs.V." Arnold said.

"Your welcome. Just so you know this is not on the menu it is a special family recipe. Enjoy kids." With that Ms.V walked away to the kitchen.

The two teens enjoyed their meals and before Arnold left Mrs. V told Arnold if he wanted a job for the summer that they would love to have him.


Author's Note: I know sudden stop. Sorry this Chapter was just so cute that I thought it should just end with the end of their date. Or is it the end? Also, if anyone can draw I am still looking for some cover art. As always PLEASE REVIEW.