"The Love Docter" By Anne Anime (AnneAnime@aol.com) and Cecile (CarmHelga@aol.com).
Gerald was walking by when he saw them, he decided he needed to have a long talk with his buddy about this Helga thing.
"Hey man, can I talk to you about, ahem"
"Okay, Helga I'll be right back."
"Wait Arnold, I want to talk to Geraldo first."
"You do?" Gerald said quite surprised.
"Okay Helga if you insist, I just don't want to find Gerald all black and blue when you're done though."
"Thanks Arnold, I won't hurt him, unless he provokes me. Then I ain't promising anything." Gerald cringed and he went a little down the path, wondering why Helga would want to talk to him.
"Well before Arnold over there tells ya I want to"
"Tell me what?"
"I've loved Arnold since I was three years old and now he knows it"
"I don't understand, why are you telling me this?"
"Because if you heard it from Arnold you wouldn't believe him"
"Wow you must really like him if you're telling me"
"Of course I like him! But you tell a soul and you die!"
Gerald cringed again, "Don't worry, I won't"
"Good!" She said to him, then walking back towards Arnold, "Ok, all finished football head"
"Thanks Helga" He said, as he went towards were Gerald was waiting.
"She didn't hurt you did she?" asked Arnold smiling.
"No but she threatened, Ok I have to talk to you"
"Okay Gerald, what?"
"Man you are so oblivious."
"Gerald have you been hanging out with Phoebe again?"
"Arnold, listen to me straight man."
"All right Gerald, what is it?"
"It's about Helga...."
"What did she say to you?"
"Well that too, but about you hanging out with Helga."
"What about it?" Arnold said blushing.
"Why man, I mean it's Helga Pataki, so she told you she's loved you since she was three you don't owe her anything."
"She told you that?"
"Yeah she said something about she would rather that I heard it from her own mouth."
"She really does love me doesn't she?" Arnold said smiling.
"Arnold man, are you trying to make me puke? It's Helga, are you not comprehending that?"
"So it's Helga what's wrong with that, I think it's a pretty name."
"That's it you have lost your mind. Arnold do you have amnesia or something?"
"I don't think so Gerald, and what's so bad about me liking Helga?"
"I am not hearing this, you like her back?"
"Yeah so?"
"I need to sit down, you and your problems are about to make me faint."
"Sorry Gerald, I didn't know it was illegal to like Helga."
"I still don't get it man, I mean Helga why?"
"She's not what she seems Gerald. She's really nice."
"That's it you need a doctor, you're insane!"
"If it wasn't for Dr. Bliss I would have never realized it."
"So you got some voodoo love doctor matching you up now?"
"No Gerald she's really nice and normal."
"You know what Arnold, maybe I should talk to Helga, because you are nuts."
"Gerald, I'm telling you the truth. I like Helga okay."
"Okay Arnold, I believe you, I still don't see why, but I believe you."
"It's because she's nice, and she's done a bunch of stuff for me, that I didn't even know about till today!"
"Don't you mean she's done stuff to you?"
"No, really! Ever wonder how Mai suddenly appeared at my door on Christmas?"
"I don't know, how?"
"Because Helga gave up her snowboots to that guy!"
"Really?"
"And another thing! You know how we've always wondered what happened to Cecile?"
"No! Helga can't be!"
"She is!"
"All those years.. and Helga G. Pataki actually liked you, it's mind blowing man!" Arnold smiled, waved, and ran back to Helga,
"Bye Gerald!" he called.
"Bye Arnold!" he said, walking off.
"Arnold wait!" Gerald said running back up.
"What Gerald?"
"Does Phoebe know?"
"Not yet."
Helga replied. "Oh I can..um talk to her if you'd like."
"Thanks Geraldo." Helga said smacking him on the back.
"Helga!" Arnold said.
"Sorry Arnold, couldn't help myself." "See you two tomorrow." Gerald said starting to leave, then coming right back.
"One last question you two, just in case Phoebe asks me, are you two a....a......"
"..a couple?" Arnold suggested.
"Yeah man. Well are ya?" Arnold looked at Helga and thought over all that had happened. "Yes Gerald we are, just keep it between you and Phoebe though."
Helga's mouth dropped open, and her eyes went wide.
"Okay bye man." Gerald said walking off.
"Helga are you okay?" Arnold questioned.
"Do you mean that Arnold?"
"What? About being a..."
"Yes that."
"Yeah I do Helga, I do mean it."
"Oh Arnold, you're so sweet!" Helga said wrapping her arms around him.
While Gerald was walking home, he spotted Phoebe walking down the street.
"Why Hello Gerald, would you happen to know the location of Helga?"
"Yeah, she's in the park with Arnold"
"Thank you Gerald, I will see you later"
"Don't bother 'em, they're busy"
"May I ask what?"
"Talking, hugging, couple stuff"
"Excuse me? What do you mean Gerald?"
"Apparently, Helga and Arnold are a couple now, " he saw her surprised face and added, "Yeah real sudden ain't it?"
"I had no idea, Helga must be happy"
"Yeah she is, but she doesn't want anyone but you and me knowing about it"
"By all means! But could you please inform me as how this happened?"
"Well they were at this group session with Dr. Bliss..." he started.
Meanwhile, with Helga and Arnold.
"Helga I need to tell you something, you promise you won't laugh?"
"Arnold you know enough things about me to blackmail me for the rest of my life."
"Well it's just that well I...."'
"What Arnold, you can tell me."
"I just feel bad that you spilled your guts, and I haven't said much at all, so I guess I can tell you that...um.....I....I... think...that.....you're.....a......a....good kisser." Arnold said turning bright red, and turning away.
"Really Arnold?"
"Yeah really" Arnold said shyly.
"So you know all the embarrassing stuff I did, and you think I'm a good kisser?"
"Okay Helga I get the point."
"Well I hate to leave now, but I don't want Bob sending out the police on us. So good night Arnold." Helga said giving Arnold a quick peck on the cheek and running off down the street.
Arnold stood there for a bit, holding the cheek Helga had kissed, then He got a dopey grin on his face and he left for home.
"Hi ya, Arnold, do you think it's safe to go in?" asked Grandpa, who had been hiding in the alley.
"I think that if you came in next Tuesday grandma would still have chili for you, so you had better come in now"
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Hey! Short man! how was the Date?"
"It wasn't....!", Arnold paused for a second, "It was great Grandpa, now I'm going to bed" and he rushed inside and up the stairs.
"Ha! I knew it was a date!.... No Pookie! really! I ate out! I have a stomach ache! No! Please, No chili!!"
"So she told him?"
"Apparently so Phoebe, I just don't get why."
"Well this is certainly an unforeseen contingency."
"A what?"
"And non expected turn of events, a surprise, do you need more synonyms or do you understand?"
"I think I understand, I just don't see what Arnold can see in Helga."
"Helga's quite an agreeable person, when she's not lashing out at those that seem insistent upon ridiculing her. Maybe Arnold has the insight to realize this and has the intent of trying to make Helga a better person."
"I still think Arnold is nuts. I mean Helga Pataki, she hates him or at least I thought she did."
"Gerald, Helga has always had that soft side, except she never let anyone know. She's a very covert individual, always trying to keep it a secret and going great lengths to do so."
"Helga may be nice and all, but Arnold's gone head over heels for girls before."
"So you think Arnold is exaggerating Helga's nice qualities in an attempt to gain her affection in return." "I think that's what I'm saying. I don't read the dictionary though, so I'm not sure."
"Well perhaps to end your trivial anxieties I should speak with Helga, and you with Arnold."
"I guess so, it's worth a try at least. See ya Phoebe." and Gerald ran off towards the boarding house.
Grandpa answered the door.
"Hurry and get up to his room, before you get hooked into eating the chili." Gerald nodded and went on upstairs, he knocked on Arnold's door.
"Come in." Gerald walking in and his mouth fell wide open. There on Arnold's bed was Cecile's shoe and the little pink book.
"Gerald, what's wrong?"
"You have got it so bad, don't you?"
"Got what?"
"Man you are in love with her now."
"Excuse me?"
"Look at yourself Arnold, you got out everything you have that belongs to her."
"Okay so I did."
Arnold said blushing.
"You are pathetic Arnold, you are falling in love with Helga Pataki."
"And what's wrong with that hair boy?" Arnold said, then covered his mouth realizing how Helga-like he sounded.
"Great now you are even calling me the same name as Helga does."
"Sorry Gerald, I guess I've just picked it up from her."
"Man you are crazy, but you are still my best bud, so I guess I'll let you start explaining how this happened."
Gerald was walking by when he saw them, he decided he needed to have a long talk with his buddy about this Helga thing.
"Hey man, can I talk to you about, ahem"
"Okay, Helga I'll be right back."
"Wait Arnold, I want to talk to Geraldo first."
"You do?" Gerald said quite surprised.
"Okay Helga if you insist, I just don't want to find Gerald all black and blue when you're done though."
"Thanks Arnold, I won't hurt him, unless he provokes me. Then I ain't promising anything." Gerald cringed and he went a little down the path, wondering why Helga would want to talk to him.
"Well before Arnold over there tells ya I want to"
"Tell me what?"
"I've loved Arnold since I was three years old and now he knows it"
"I don't understand, why are you telling me this?"
"Because if you heard it from Arnold you wouldn't believe him"
"Wow you must really like him if you're telling me"
"Of course I like him! But you tell a soul and you die!"
Gerald cringed again, "Don't worry, I won't"
"Good!" She said to him, then walking back towards Arnold, "Ok, all finished football head"
"Thanks Helga" He said, as he went towards were Gerald was waiting.
"She didn't hurt you did she?" asked Arnold smiling.
"No but she threatened, Ok I have to talk to you"
"Okay Gerald, what?"
"Man you are so oblivious."
"Gerald have you been hanging out with Phoebe again?"
"Arnold, listen to me straight man."
"All right Gerald, what is it?"
"It's about Helga...."
"What did she say to you?"
"Well that too, but about you hanging out with Helga."
"What about it?" Arnold said blushing.
"Why man, I mean it's Helga Pataki, so she told you she's loved you since she was three you don't owe her anything."
"She told you that?"
"Yeah she said something about she would rather that I heard it from her own mouth."
"She really does love me doesn't she?" Arnold said smiling.
"Arnold man, are you trying to make me puke? It's Helga, are you not comprehending that?"
"So it's Helga what's wrong with that, I think it's a pretty name."
"That's it you have lost your mind. Arnold do you have amnesia or something?"
"I don't think so Gerald, and what's so bad about me liking Helga?"
"I am not hearing this, you like her back?"
"Yeah so?"
"I need to sit down, you and your problems are about to make me faint."
"Sorry Gerald, I didn't know it was illegal to like Helga."
"I still don't get it man, I mean Helga why?"
"She's not what she seems Gerald. She's really nice."
"That's it you need a doctor, you're insane!"
"If it wasn't for Dr. Bliss I would have never realized it."
"So you got some voodoo love doctor matching you up now?"
"No Gerald she's really nice and normal."
"You know what Arnold, maybe I should talk to Helga, because you are nuts."
"Gerald, I'm telling you the truth. I like Helga okay."
"Okay Arnold, I believe you, I still don't see why, but I believe you."
"It's because she's nice, and she's done a bunch of stuff for me, that I didn't even know about till today!"
"Don't you mean she's done stuff to you?"
"No, really! Ever wonder how Mai suddenly appeared at my door on Christmas?"
"I don't know, how?"
"Because Helga gave up her snowboots to that guy!"
"Really?"
"And another thing! You know how we've always wondered what happened to Cecile?"
"No! Helga can't be!"
"She is!"
"All those years.. and Helga G. Pataki actually liked you, it's mind blowing man!" Arnold smiled, waved, and ran back to Helga,
"Bye Gerald!" he called.
"Bye Arnold!" he said, walking off.
"Arnold wait!" Gerald said running back up.
"What Gerald?"
"Does Phoebe know?"
"Not yet."
Helga replied. "Oh I can..um talk to her if you'd like."
"Thanks Geraldo." Helga said smacking him on the back.
"Helga!" Arnold said.
"Sorry Arnold, couldn't help myself." "See you two tomorrow." Gerald said starting to leave, then coming right back.
"One last question you two, just in case Phoebe asks me, are you two a....a......"
"..a couple?" Arnold suggested.
"Yeah man. Well are ya?" Arnold looked at Helga and thought over all that had happened. "Yes Gerald we are, just keep it between you and Phoebe though."
Helga's mouth dropped open, and her eyes went wide.
"Okay bye man." Gerald said walking off.
"Helga are you okay?" Arnold questioned.
"Do you mean that Arnold?"
"What? About being a..."
"Yes that."
"Yeah I do Helga, I do mean it."
"Oh Arnold, you're so sweet!" Helga said wrapping her arms around him.
While Gerald was walking home, he spotted Phoebe walking down the street.
"Why Hello Gerald, would you happen to know the location of Helga?"
"Yeah, she's in the park with Arnold"
"Thank you Gerald, I will see you later"
"Don't bother 'em, they're busy"
"May I ask what?"
"Talking, hugging, couple stuff"
"Excuse me? What do you mean Gerald?"
"Apparently, Helga and Arnold are a couple now, " he saw her surprised face and added, "Yeah real sudden ain't it?"
"I had no idea, Helga must be happy"
"Yeah she is, but she doesn't want anyone but you and me knowing about it"
"By all means! But could you please inform me as how this happened?"
"Well they were at this group session with Dr. Bliss..." he started.
Meanwhile, with Helga and Arnold.
"Helga I need to tell you something, you promise you won't laugh?"
"Arnold you know enough things about me to blackmail me for the rest of my life."
"Well it's just that well I...."'
"What Arnold, you can tell me."
"I just feel bad that you spilled your guts, and I haven't said much at all, so I guess I can tell you that...um.....I....I... think...that.....you're.....a......a....good kisser." Arnold said turning bright red, and turning away.
"Really Arnold?"
"Yeah really" Arnold said shyly.
"So you know all the embarrassing stuff I did, and you think I'm a good kisser?"
"Okay Helga I get the point."
"Well I hate to leave now, but I don't want Bob sending out the police on us. So good night Arnold." Helga said giving Arnold a quick peck on the cheek and running off down the street.
Arnold stood there for a bit, holding the cheek Helga had kissed, then He got a dopey grin on his face and he left for home.
"Hi ya, Arnold, do you think it's safe to go in?" asked Grandpa, who had been hiding in the alley.
"I think that if you came in next Tuesday grandma would still have chili for you, so you had better come in now"
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Hey! Short man! how was the Date?"
"It wasn't....!", Arnold paused for a second, "It was great Grandpa, now I'm going to bed" and he rushed inside and up the stairs.
"Ha! I knew it was a date!.... No Pookie! really! I ate out! I have a stomach ache! No! Please, No chili!!"
"So she told him?"
"Apparently so Phoebe, I just don't get why."
"Well this is certainly an unforeseen contingency."
"A what?"
"And non expected turn of events, a surprise, do you need more synonyms or do you understand?"
"I think I understand, I just don't see what Arnold can see in Helga."
"Helga's quite an agreeable person, when she's not lashing out at those that seem insistent upon ridiculing her. Maybe Arnold has the insight to realize this and has the intent of trying to make Helga a better person."
"I still think Arnold is nuts. I mean Helga Pataki, she hates him or at least I thought she did."
"Gerald, Helga has always had that soft side, except she never let anyone know. She's a very covert individual, always trying to keep it a secret and going great lengths to do so."
"Helga may be nice and all, but Arnold's gone head over heels for girls before."
"So you think Arnold is exaggerating Helga's nice qualities in an attempt to gain her affection in return." "I think that's what I'm saying. I don't read the dictionary though, so I'm not sure."
"Well perhaps to end your trivial anxieties I should speak with Helga, and you with Arnold."
"I guess so, it's worth a try at least. See ya Phoebe." and Gerald ran off towards the boarding house.
Grandpa answered the door.
"Hurry and get up to his room, before you get hooked into eating the chili." Gerald nodded and went on upstairs, he knocked on Arnold's door.
"Come in." Gerald walking in and his mouth fell wide open. There on Arnold's bed was Cecile's shoe and the little pink book.
"Gerald, what's wrong?"
"You have got it so bad, don't you?"
"Got what?"
"Man you are in love with her now."
"Excuse me?"
"Look at yourself Arnold, you got out everything you have that belongs to her."
"Okay so I did."
Arnold said blushing.
"You are pathetic Arnold, you are falling in love with Helga Pataki."
"And what's wrong with that hair boy?" Arnold said, then covered his mouth realizing how Helga-like he sounded.
"Great now you are even calling me the same name as Helga does."
"Sorry Gerald, I guess I've just picked it up from her."
"Man you are crazy, but you are still my best bud, so I guess I'll let you start explaining how this happened."
