Omg It's been soooo long. I had to go back and reread this story so I knew what was happening still lol. So anyways, I don't have a lot of time to write anymore so I think for sure this time, there will only be three chapters left and I hope to have them all up and posted in the next 48 hours
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Helga had cried into Arnolds arms for a good fifteen minutes. She had ruined his life and felt terrible about it. She didn't want to admit it, but a part of her was happy about this baby. I mean it was Arnolds after all, how could she not! She couldn't help feeling like she had tricked him though.
"Arnold, I'm sorry. I've ruined everything!" She cried.
"Helga, calm down. I was just as much a part of this as you were. I know this wasn't maybe what we planned but we will make it work. You'll be a good mother. I know you will." He smiled as he pulled away from her slightly.
"Trust me Helga; we will get through this….together."
Helga smiled slightly at his works. 'Together….they could do this. She should've known Arnold would do the right thing. He always does the right thing. It was one of the many reasons why she loved him."
"Come on, we have to go tell Gerald and Phoebe what's going on. There probably going crazy up there."
Helga laughed a little at this. She could just imagine Phoebe pacing back and forth, head down deep in thought. Well Gerald lay uncomfortable on the bed, praying that they Arnold and Helga would come back soon and break the tension!
Arnold held out his hand once more and she took it. They walked up the stairs. She felt like she was on the Green Mile.
Helga opened the door slowly as she reached his room. Looking over at Arnold for him to give her a nod of reassurance and squeeze of her hand before entering his room.
Phoebe and Gerald where just were Helga imagined they were but quickly they both sat on the bed patiently waiting for Arnold and Helga to tell them the fateful news. Good or bad.
Helga sighed and sat on the edge of Arnold's bed. Arnold just stood beside her still holding her hand.
"Looks like were having a baby in nine months." Helga whispered but calmly.
Gerald shook his head giving them both a sympathetic look. Phoebe's mouth dropped a bit but she quickly recovered.
"What are you guys going to do?"
Arnold hadn't really thought much about exactly what they were going to do now. Hearing his grandpa come in downstairs though. Started the first step though.
"I'm sorry Helga I'll be right back." He leaned down and gave her a tender kiss on the cheek and walked downstairs.
Helga blushed and phoebe came and sat down beside her slowly.
"What does this mean Helga? I mean, you two are obviously having it right?"
Helga nodded. "Yes, you know I don't believe in abortion Phoebe…and it's Arnolds…baby…I couldn't.." She blushed again, realizing Gerald was staring at her. Smiling gently at the last part though.
"Helga, I've known you since we were in preschool, and I've been dating your best friend for 5 years now. I KNOW how you REALLY feel about Arnold."
Helga had to laugh slightly at that. It was pretty funny after all that Gerald even knew now, but yet somehow Arnold still had no idea.
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Meanwhile downstairs Arnold was talking to his grandpa. He walked into the kitchen and sat down, staring off at the kitchen table trying to figure out where to start.
Grandpa was putting the groceries away in the fridge and cupboard and looked over at Arnold.
"Everything ok shortman?"
Arnold looked up and sighed slightly.
"No grandpa, I messed up really bad. I mean…not that I regret everything that's happened but….grandpa…." Arnold didn't know where to go from here. This was the most awkward conversation he had ever had to have with his grandpa but he knew what he had to do. He had to do this to protect Helga, to protect his child.
"This wouldn't be about your friend with the one eyebrow would it?" He asked Arnold coyly.
Arnold looked up slightly startled but quickly recovered. Grandpa always seemed to know. Especially when it came to anything about Helga.
"Well…actually yeah. It has everything to do with her grandpa. Maybe I should start from the beginning. Lately, I've noticed Helga seems really sad. She's always running. I mean, I know she's on the track team but it's like she's trying to escape something. Like a while ago, I found her at school really early in the morning running like Hell was chasing her. Then I asked her what she was running from and that's when I saw the handprint on her cheek…." He trailed off, remembering the moment he knew Bob had struck her. Anger boiled up in him. How dare he touch his best friend, his own daughter, the mother of Arnolds soon to be child. He felt like pummelling Bob into the ground till he begged for mercy.
Grandpa frowned at what Arnold was saying.
"Are you saying someone's been hitting her shortman?"
Arnold nodded.
"Not just anyone Grandpa….I think its Bob."
Grandpa frowned even more. This was not good. He knew Bob was a blowhard but to sink low enough to hit his daughter. That was unspeakable!
"There's more though….we went to one of Rhonda's party's about a month ago and…well you know me grandpa I don't drink but…I was just so upset about Helga and her dad fricken handprint on her face."
Grandpa's eye's widened a bit at this, Arnold never swore in front of him before, that must of really bothered him.
"Well I had a few, more than a few actually. I ran into Helga also pretty drunk and well…we decided sleeping together was a good idea at the time."
Grandpa laughed.
"So you feel guilty about being with her shortman? Does she regret it? I highly doubt that. Do you?"
Arnold smiled slightly.
"No grandpa I don't think either of us regret it. Especially not me. I mean…I sort of like like her anyways. Actually I have for a while. Actually I think I may love her…." He trailed off.
"There's even more though grandpa….she's sort of…what I mean is…we just found out….she's….p…pregnant." He stumbled to finally finish the story and just get this out in the open.
His grandpa just stared at Arnold for a while. It started to make Arnold nervous. He wanted to hurry up and ask his grandpa and get back to Helga.
Grandpa finally sighed.
"What are you going to do shortman?"
"Well….I was thinking…we have that spare room. I don't want her living with Bob…I don't trust him and I need to protect my baby….and Helga. If anything were to happen to them…." He trailed off his eyes getting teary.
Grandpa stared at Arnold and finally sat down in the chair across from him.
"Well shortman I have to admit I'm a bit disappointed that you let this happen. I am proud that you are doing the right thing though and keeping this baby. And sticking through this with her. I think it's a good idea that we try getting her out of there…I'm going to go over there later and talk to Bob. I think you and Helga should come with me though. She will have to tell him that she's pregnant. So he knows why she needs to live here…"
Arnold nodded and let out a sigh of relief. He was so glad his grandpa understood. Even if he was a bit disappointed in him.
"I have to say though, I'm really not surprised it's with your friend with the one eyebrow…you and her always seemed to have this..thing between you." He laughed then.
Arnold just blushed.
"Uh…well, anyways I should probably get back to Helga". Then he ran out the kitchen before this grandpa could say anything else embarrassing.
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Helga sat talking to Gerald and Phoebe about the events that led up to here and Arnold sleeping together. They had just listened and nodded their heads appropriately.
"That's it…then I threw up nearly on top of Arnold and we came back here and took the test. I mean, I wanted to have kids with Arnold but not right now…but I guess…everything happens for a reason right?"
Gerald and Phoebe just nodded.
"Well I'm sure you guys are doing the right thing though Helga. You and Arnold will be wonderful parents, I'm sure of that…and maybe Arnold will start to realize how much you care about him in the end of all this, and how much he cares about you." Phoebe explained to Helga.
Helga nodded her head slowly. She just didn't know what to do about Bob now though.
Arnold finally came into the room then. Helga looked up and she couldn't help a huge smile come to her lips. He sat beside her, putting his arm around her and pulling her closer. He kissed the top of her head briefly. Even that caused a shudder to run through Helga though.
"Helga…I need you to do something for me." He started.
"I'm not getting rid of it Arnold!" She screamed.
Arnold looked taken aback and then a look of hurt filled his eyes. Helga immediately felt terrible.
"Helga, I would never, EVER ask you to do that. This is my baby too, I don't want that."
She put her head down.
"I'm sorry…." She mumbled.
Arnold just pulled her into his lap though. Making Gerald and Phoebe blush slightly as they watched from the bed.
"I told you Helga. We are going to do this together. Helga, I don't regret anything that happened that night, and I hope you don't either but listen, Helga you can't lie to me. I know what's going on at your house. I've known for a while now actually. I just didn't know what to do about it."
Helga didn't like this. He knew? Knew what? That her dad smacked her around? That her mother was a drunk?
"Helga, I think it would be best if you moved in with me."
Helga's mouth dropped then, as did Gerald's and Phoebe's.
"You want me to WHAT?"
"Live with me. Helga, I am NOT letting you live at your house anymore. Your mom is never awake to notice anything and your dad…" He trailed off and she could feel him pull her even closer and tense up.
She was amazed. He really cared about her. He was trying to protect her. She had never felt so loved in all her life. Of course maybe he didn't love her the way she so desperately wanted him too, but she couldn't deny that he loved her a lot, as his best friend.
"Arnold, I couldn't…I mean your grandpa would never approve and Bob…I don't know "
"Helga, I've already talked to my grandpa and he agrees with me that you should live here and we're going over to your house later today to talk to him."
Helga started to shake slightly.
"Arnold you don't understand…you can't talk to Bob..he…"
"Helga, I know what he's been doing to you! I know that he has hit you! You're not fricken staying there!"
Gerald and Phoebe gasped at this and just stared at Helga. Helga's eyes filled with tears. How did Arnold know. Why did he have to blurt it out like that in front of Gerald and Phoebe. She didn't want people to know. She stood up suddenly then and tried to make a break for it.
Arnold grabbed her hand though and pulled her back. She struggled against him.
"Let me go Arnold, I just want to be by myself. LET ME GO!"
Arnold held tight though, knowing that she was going to react like this.
"Helga calm down sweetie…"
Helga continued to struggle though.
"FUCK YOU ARNOLD! You think you know me, you think you can just be some knight in shining armor and come 'rescue' me from my shit hole of a life. Just because we're having a baby. You think you can do this! You just…get the hell away from me! GET AWAY! LET ME GO!" She was screaming now. She didn't want Arnold to know about her home life. She didn't want his pity. He didn't want him to see how utterly broken she really was.
"Helga…calm down, before you hurt yourself or the baby." He pleaded.
She stopped struggling. The baby, if Bob found out Helga was pregnant, what would he do?" She didn't even want to think about it. She hated to admit it but Arnold was right. She couldn't stay there! She needed to get out. If not for her baby's sake but for her own. Here was the answer; she HAD to move in with Arnold.
Gerald and Phoebe watched all this silently. The events of everything that was happening was overwhelming.
Helga finally relaxed and looked up.
"Alright Arnold. I'll move in with you."
He smiled. Gerald and Phoebe smiled slightly too.
"We should probably get going though, you two still have so much to do." Phoebe stood up and grabbed Gerald's hand.
Helga had almost forgot that they were there. She smiled at Gerald and Phoebe though.
"Please…can you guys not tell anyone about….anything that you heard today?"
Both Phoebe and Gerald smiled again.
"of course Helga, we won't say anything" Gerald looked at Arnold and they did their secret handshake as Helga and Phoebe hugged.
As they were just about to go out the door though, Phoebe turned to Arnold and Helga one last time.
"You two should figure out what you're going to do when Helga starts to show though." Then she and Gerald went out the door.
Helga frowned, she hadn't thought about that.
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