A/N: Here's the conclusion of "As a Brother." :D Told ya I couldn't just leave it at that. xD
Dabbling in Drabbles
The Pickle Jar
Alternate Reality
Sorry
"You could always get a girlfriend. That would help you get over her."
"I already tried that when I was nine, Gerald. Didn't work at all. It just made me miserable that she wasn't Helga. I should just… just…"
"All right, Shortman, here's what you do: you grow a beard, get colored contacts to cover up your Shortman green eyes (they're a dead giveaway), buy some new clothes, and move to Afpakastan!"
"Grandpa, that's not even a country. Besides, I'm only fifteen."
"Well of course it's not a country, Arnold. It's a continent!"
"Whatever you say, Grandpa…" A sigh was heard, sounding depressed, and he didn't even have the strength to correct his grandpa.
"Well," Arnold's dad sounded, "I'm with Gerald on this one. Just because it didn't work all that time ago doesn't mean it couldn't work now. Maybe that other girl just wasn't the right one? There's plenty of other girls. There must be someone other than Helga you find attractive."
"Not really…"
"Have you ever looked?"
"Well, no, but-"
"Then it's settled! You'll get an amazing girlfriend and she'll make you forget ALL about old Helga. Now who's up for some raspberry tarts?" his grandpa's voice came, and she heard footsteps coming towards the door.
"Whatever…"
Helga quickly ran to the front door and went outside, quietly shutting the door. Assured that no one had seen her, she stumbled down the steps then and practically fell into sitting on the final step of his stoop. She hadn't meant to eavesdrop, his grandma had just let her in, told her they were in the living room, and she'd walked in right when Arnold said he was still in love with her. And to think that only last night she'd told him she thought of him as a brother. Good God, she could just hit herself now. How she must have made him feel… And now, after hearing their conversation, about how he was just going to get a girlfriend and forget about her, she felt sick…
She heard the door open behind her then and she shot up, spinning around in alarm, and came face to face with Arnold. He blinked, his eyes widening. He was still in the process of putting on his jacket, and he shut the door when he saw her. "Helga? What are you doing h-"
She cut him off by throwing her arms around him, crushing him back against the door and pressing her lips to his. Even she didn't know what had just come over her. It was totally impulsive, and almost against her will, but now with her lips on his for the first time ever, she couldn't help but close her eyes and kiss him harder.
Arnold just stumbled back more and eventually just fell to the ground, his knees too weak to keep him up. She fell with him, her lips still on his, and he thought he was going to pass out from the electric pleasure pulsing through him.
She pulled back before he could respond to the kiss and said the first thing that came to mind, the only thing she could possibly think of in a time like this, "I'm sorry I took so long…"
A/N: Lol, I'm sure you wanted to see what Arnold was gonna say, but that's a TPJ secret reveal. xD So eat pants… for now. ;)
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