Alright this starts right as Helga ran out of the room after they slept together.

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ArnoldandHelga

As soon as Helga ran out of the room Arnold sighed and ran a hand through his hair. What had he done? The truth was he had lied to Helga and he knew it. He knew everything.

He hadn't really recognized nor had he cared who it was at first. Then they had gone upstairs and she had stripped down and it was then as he looked her up and down his mouth had dropped. He knew who it was. It was Helga, his best friend.

Hoping she hadn't realized his shock he put a smile on his face and then blurted out that she was beautiful. She had given him one of her smiles, the smiles that he had fallen in love with.

So his more drunk side had taken over and he had made love to her. He was once again shocked when he realized she had been a virgin. Then he had thought and realized he wasn't really that surprised. Helga wasn't the type of girl to go and sleep around. Or sleep with anyone for that matter; she was saving herself for someone special.

Arnold wanted to think that someone special was him; she had told him once atop the FTI building that she was in love with him but that was almost 9 years ago now.

He laughed to himself as he gathered his clothes and started to get dressed. It's funny how things never happened at the right times. She had loved him then, he hadn't even thought of it. Now Arnold had realized he was very much in love with her, but she didn't love him anymore, or maybe she did?

He shook that thought out of his head. She was his best friend now and she needed him now more than ever. He knew that she didn't have a good family life at home. In fact he was almost foaming at the mouth when he saw the bruises that started to litter her body. He knew that Bob was bad news. He couldn't wait till they graduated and he could finally take her away from here.

He opened the door to the room of whoevers it had been and went down the stairs. There were people passed out all over the living room, beer cans and shot glasses occupied almost all the counter space.

"One hell of a party…." Arnold muttered to himself as he walked out the door.

Later on he had tried to go talk to Helga and let her know everything was alright, and that he hoped she didn't hate him. She had refused to come to the door though, and her sister had said it was because she was deathly ill. Arnold didn't believe that for a second but he decided to wait till Monday at school to talk to her. That would give him some time figure out what exactly he was going to say to her too.

Monday came though and Helga avoided him like the plague! He had watched Rhonda walk over to her and ridicule her and make fun of her as someone had supposedly watched them enter the room together and then later someone had walked in during some very intimate time in the middle.

He had tried to get up then and protect her but she had bolted out the door. He decided there was plenty of time to talk to her.

The weeks had passed though with Helga running, literally, in the opposite direction when he saw her. He had tried to corner her a couple of times but she dodged him at the last minute every time. He didn't like this.

Then the rumours had started again. This time some girls had heard her throwing up in the bathroom during English one day and biology class the next day. People started to whisper. Girl's pointed and laughed at her. Guys would walk by Arnold and give him a sympathetic pat on the back for getting some chick knocked up in high school.

Arnold didn't believe any of it. This was high school. People fed off gossip. He just wanted to talk to Helga!

Rhonda had confronted her again in the cafeteria this time and this time when she ran Arnold ran after her. He had tried to get the truth out of her and badgered her and then she had thrown up. His face had drained of colour and his mouth dropped. The rumours were….true? Oh my god!

He had grabbed her hand and dragged her to the drug store buying three different at home pregnancy tests then raced back to his house. Running up to his room, her still in tow and locking the door behind them.

"Let's find out Helga….."

"Calm down Football head! No one can pee on demand like that!" She responded angrily grabbing the bag of tests and leaving his room into the bathroom down the stairs. Luckily no one was home at Arnold's house at the time.

Arnold paced back and forth for a minute. Then two minutes. Then three minutes.

It had been a whole 4 minutes and she still hadn't come back. Arnold was getting impatient. He tried to weigh his options.

What would he do if it was positive? He could run away…yeah right! Like he could leave his best friend, the girl he was in love with to raise their child alone. It would be a long hard road if she was. People at school would be the worst. Helga hated being so vulnerable, she would need him to protect her weather she realized it or not.

On the other hand…if she wasn't would he be happy? Relived?

Helga's phone suddenly started to ring. Arnold jumped and looked over. He looked at the screen and saw it was Phoebe calling so he decided to pick up.

"Hey Phoebe."

"Arnold! What….I mean….where…why are you answering Helga's phone? Is everything ok?" She asked panicking.

"Calm down, it's alright. Helga is fine. She's just in the bathroom." He stated.

"Is she over at your house right now?"

"Yes."

"I'll be right over we all need to talk….NOW….oh, and Gerald's coming with me too." Then she hung up before Arnold had a chance to respond.

He groaned. Great now they were all going to be here well Helga and him were about to find out one of the most important things that could be happening in their lives right now.

Helga still stayed in the bathroom he was starting to worry. So he climbed the stairs down to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

"Helga? Are you alright? Do you need some hel…..I mean do you need something?" He blushed. Not that it mattered she couldn't see him turning red.

"I'm fine football head, I have stage fright. I'll be up in a second!" She yelled back impatiently.

"Alright…" He trailed off and was about to say something else when he heard a knock at the front door.

He walked to the front door slowly. Dreading what was going to happen. This couldn't be good. Helga was in his bathroom right now taking a pregnancy test and her best friend Phoebe and his best friend Gerald (also boyfriend and girlfriend) were standing outside his door.

He swallowed once with his hand on the door took a deep breath and threw it open.

"Arnold what is going on? I want to know this instant and no funny business!" Phoebe demanded pushing past him and looking around the house.

"Calm down, she's still in the bathroom. Let's go to my room and sit down and I'll explain everything."

Phoebe looked at him and deciding that he was telling the truth they headed for Arnold's room.

Gerald seemed a little tense but flopped down easily on Arnold's bed. Phoebe following in a more mundane manner.

"Alright Arnold….there are rumours flying around the school about a looooot of things. You should start from the beginning I think." Gerald tried to calmly state.

Arnold took a deep breath. There was no point in lying he mays well tell their two best friends the truth. After all if Helga was pregnant it was going to come out sooner or later.

So he sat down heavily on the couch across from his bed sighing heavily.

"You know that party of Rhonda's that everyone ended up getting smashed at a month ago?" He asked.

They both just nodded.

"Well….Helga and I both did have some drinks…and you could say we were both pretty wasted. Well I don't know what really either of us was thinking but we ended up sleeping together."

Phoebe gasped at this.

"Arnold…no!"

"I know Phoebe, I don't really feel too great about it either…I mean don't get me wrong she was amazing…I just can't help but feel I took advantage of her."

Phoebe nodded in understanding.

"I don't think you took advantage as much as you think Arnold…" She trailed off slightly smiling. She knew Helga was still in love with Arnold. She also knew how terrible her home life was, and she had seen the bruises and marks. Yes, she knew how sad Helga was, so to know this had happened almost made Phoebe smile a little. Helga she was sure, did not regret it, she was probably on cloud nine but then….why had she been avoiding Arnold then. She sat back a little listening to Arnold again.

"She avoided me for the last month…I've been trying to talk to her. To ask her how she's doing, but she keeps ducking me….that's when I heard the rumours that she was…..pregnant."

Phoebe and Gerald both nodded again.

"I heard those too." Gerald commented. "They aren't true though are they?"

Arnold swallowed hard.

"Helga's in the bathroom, we are about to find out…" He smiled weakly.

Phoebe frowned at this.

"Oh my….a teenage girl pregnant in high school! Arnold this is not good! Not good at all!"

"You don't think I know that! Trust me, I feel terrible. Especially if she's pregnant with my baby!"

"Arnold chill out!" Helga stood in the doorway glaring at Arnold.

He looked at her, slight bit of fear in his eyes.

"Helga! Is it…are you?"

She shook her head.

"I couldn't look. I finally was able to pee on the damn thing and then I just came up to your room. A little surprised you brought back an audience." She laughed slightly motioning towards Phoebe and Gerald.

"Helga, we just came over, he didn't invite us. I'm terribly sorry." Phoebe replied looking at Helga.

"It's all good Phoebe. I understand, you were worried about me." She smiled slightly.

Phoebe nodded and got up heading over to Helga and giving her a hug.

Gerald just coughed.

"So is anybody actually going to go find out?"

Everyone looked around the room awkwardly.

"Come on Helga." Arnold said calmly reaching for her hand.

"This is our battle." He stated and she slowly reached out her hand grabbing his back.

He headed toward the stairs and slowly walked down them, feeling like he was walking the green mile. He stopped in front of the bathroom door looking over at Helga.

She looked up at him her whole body trembling.

"Hey." He smiled at her "remember, no matter what, we're in this together. You know that Helga, right?"

She nodded still shaking and he pulled her into a hug.

"It's ok sweetie. I'm right here."

He stood hugging her for a good couple of minutes then she pulled away.

"Let's just get this over with." She grumbled.

He turned towards the door and slowly turned the knob. They both stepped in and shut the door behind them. Arnold looked around seeing the three pregnancy tests lined up neatly on the counter.

"You look." She said shakily to him as she pressed her back against the wall.

He took a step towards the counter and looked down. The first pregnancy test showed a plus sign and a single bar, the second showed two lines in one window and a single bar, and the third there was no question, because it was digital and it read, 'pregnant 3-4 weeks'. His breath left his lungs and he had to take a deep breath before turning towards her.

She looked up at him. Tears brimming in her eyes. She knew what he was going to say. She thought she probably knew all along. She needed to hear it though.

"They're all positive Helga. Every single one."

Helga felt a wave of happiness, then sadness, and finally shock set in as she collapsed to the floor.

Arnold's arms shot out and grabbed her, pulling her to him and sliding to the ground.

"It's alright Helga. I'm here. We're going to get through this. We will. I'll be right here the whole time."

ArnoldandHelga

Alright That's it for this chapter. I tried to make it a bit longer as I had some complaints about how short the chapters were lol. Anyways I think only 2 chapters to go. Please read and review