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Chapter 8 - Planning For the Future

"Hello Arnold! Did you hear me?" - Helga

"Did you just say you were pregnant? This can't be happening right now? - Arnold

" Yeah, I know I didn't quite have this planned either but I think we should talk about our options and take it from there." - Helga

At this point it didn't seem like Arnold was listening to me. He was completely zoned out. I understand this was a surprise but can't he at least let me know what he is thinking. As I watched Arnold stand up and walk away, I just watched him get further and further. Maybe he just needed some time to take everything in. I started walking home and knowing that I needed to come up with a plan. I couldn't tell Bob or Miriam, he would definitely kick me out of the house. Not like I didn't have enough money saved up. I could always squeeze every dollar I could out of Bob before the baby comes. I will get a suitcase ready just in case that day came a lot sooner than expected.

I started writing down everything I wanted to have done before I started showing. Or before Bob found out so hopefully I could hide the big bump for at least 6months. I could wear baggy clothes and Big Bob was never home anyways.

Things to do before peanut gets too big

Save up as much money as I can

Look for new place to live

Get ahead in school so when I am gone I won't be so far behind

Look for a job

Find a babysitter for when I return back to school

TALK TO ARNOLD

This sounded like a fairly easy list to get done. I started counting up how much money I saved up and it was about 4 thousand dollars. I could live in a boarding house like Arnolds which would be my cheapest option. I really hope Arnold will want me to live with him. I didn't know for sure what he would want so I will just look for a place for myself and peanut. I nicknamed my baby peanut. I started smiling now. I started to feel like my life had purpose now and my goal was to make sure that peanut had a good home to arrive to in 8 months. I started falling asleep holding my stomach.

A week had past since I had to talked to Arnold. I seen him everyday at school and didn't know how to approach him. Did he not was to be involved or maybe he didn't know how to talk to me either. That's it I have had enough of his bullshit. I was going to talk to him today whether he liked it or not. I needed to know, I deserved to know whether or not he was going to help me with the baby. Come on this is Arnold I am talking about of course he was going to be there for his child. He is always doing the right thing but either way I needed to talk to him and today was going to be that day.

I started walking to his house and knocked on the door. Phil let me in and directed me to Arnold's room which I already knew where it was but I didn't say anything. I knocked on the door slowly and to my surprised Lila opened the door.

"Oh hi, Helga what a ever so nice surprise to see you." - Lila

" Ummm yeah, I really need to talk to Arnold." - Helga

" Oh, well me and Arnold were having an important discussion right before you came in. Do you think that maybe you can come back later or call him?" - Lila

"No, I have already been waiting a week to talk to him and I am not gonna wait another minute!" - Helga

" Well what do you need to tell him?" - Lila

Lila began looking at Arnold and I started looking at Arnold too. He didn't seem to know what to do. Then he stood up and shut the door.

" Can ya'll both take a seat? I need to talk to both of ya'll." - Arnold

I started smiling instantly as I knew he was going to break miss perfect's heart right now when she finds out I'm pregnant. Well I am finally going to get little miss perfect out of the picture. There is no way she is going to stay with him after she finds out that he cheated on her and that he ended up getting me pregnant.

" I don't know of an easy way to say this so I am just going to come out with it. Both of ya'll are pregnant and both of those babies are mine." - Arnold

" WHAT!?" Both me and Lila said together.

We both looked at each other with anger. There is no way this slut is pregnant with his baby.

" She might be pregnant but it might not be yours. She is the biggest slut in the school." -Helga

" Wait, when did you two have sex?" - Lila

" We had sex the night of Rhonda's party!" -Helga

" The day before we had sex for the first time Arnold?!" - Lila

Now things are getting way too complicated for me to keep up with. They just had their first time together the night after we had sex. So does that mean that Arnold was a virgin when he slept with me. I began to smile on the inside knowing that I had his first time and she didn't. Why hadn't they ever had sex before and why on earth would their first time be the day after he had sex with me. Was he not satisfied with me that he had to go to that slut for some more. I began to get angry and couldn't take anymore or this conversation and I stormed out of his room. I was walking on the street before I knew it. What in the world had just happened. What if that was really his baby. What if Arnold really had two babies coming into this world. Would he still be there for my baby even though he loves Lila. Well if he didn't plan on being involved then why would he tell Lila about me. I really just wanted to get home and lay down. All of this mess was exhausting and I just didn't wanna deal with it anymore. I know I will have to deal with this for a while and really just don't want to think about the future now.