So I was going to attempt to post a new chapter yesterday evening, but I ended up at a movie instead ... sorry guys. But I managed to finish a chapter tonight! Yay! Enjoy, and reviews are much appreciated!
Trip Planning
"Ugh … someone turn the lights off …" as Helga pulled the covers over her head. While laying there she wondered to herself what happened last night and how did she get home. She reached over to her nightstand trying not to remove the blanket shielding her from the rays of sunlight peaking through the curtains.
It seems she had missed a few texts from Monica, John, and … Quin … Why was Quin texting her she was asking herself, she seemed to not understand why she would be texting her to begin with. She instead just decided to reply to each of the texts, since she didn't feel like letting them think she was dead or ignoring their texts. Though the only one to reply back first was Quin, which was odd since they don't talk all that much.
Just then the doorbell rang and Helga couldn't help but think who would be coming to her door this early, despite the fact that it was 1 in the afternoon. Her head was still pounding from the events of last night so she yelled from her bed "Miriam door!" only to receive no reply back in attempt she yelled it again. But after no reply again she had no choice but to get out of bed and check whom it was at the door.
While she pulled herself up from the bed, she couldn't help but cringed a little the moment her feet touched the ground and she had to meet with the stream of lights entering her room. Stepping into the hallway and down the hall to the stairs she couldn't help but mumble "criminey, no one can do anything around here. I have to do everything …"
When she reached the door she was surprised to find Gabe standing at the door with his big goofy smile. "Hey stranger! Long time no talk!"
"Uhhh … hi …" that was all that was able to come out of Helga's mouth at the moment, considering Gabe's girlfriend obviously disliked Helga the moment they met.
"So are you going to invite me in or what?" Gabe said with the same goofy smile on his face.
"Ya sure, but how 'bout we head out somewhere, in case Big Bob get home or something." Helga still confused with what was going on at that moment.
"What did you have in mind then? We can head to the park or something, or just take a walk around if you want." Gabe said while stepping into the house.
"Ya, ya, ya can you keep it down a little, my head is still pounding here, plus I still need to get changed anyways."
"Alright I'll just wait down here till your done then."
Rushing up the stairs Helga didn't want to keep Gabe waiting too long, so she quickly grabbed some clothes and threw them on, since she didn't see any point in really putting an effort into how she looked at that moment.
As she walked down the stairs, Gabe looked up at her and smile and said, "you look great!"
Helga not believing him rolled her eyes and said to him, "don't even bucko."
Gabe couldn't help but laugh at her typical reaction to any form of compliment and just said to her, "so I was thinking making we can just go and walk down the train tracks."
Helga not caring too much about what they'd do, but more curious as to why he just randomly showed up at her house unannounced simply agreed and the two teens headed out the door.
"So, why did you show up so randomly today?" Helga not wanting to wait to find out, since it was the one thing that really got her wondering.
"Well we haven't talked much, and plus I miss hanging out with you. Haven't you missed my annoyance?" he said teasingly to Helga.
"That's really the only reason you came to my house unannounced? There's nothing else 'bugging' you?"
"Nothing you have to be concerned about if that's what you're wondering." Gabe said assuring Helga.
Helga on the other hand wasn't buying into it and continued to push on. "So you mean to tell me nothing is bothering you at all?"
"Well ya there is something, but it doesn't have anything to do with you, it's more about Sandy."
"Well then just spill it, obviously you want to get it off your chest, DOI!"
"Ok, well fine, we broke up …"
Helga being as surprised as she was, did not see this coming at all, and couldn't help but fell bad for Gabe. "Oh that totally sucks, I'm so sorry … are you ok?"
"Ya I'll be ok, she was just being too controlling, and her friends were just ridiculous. I just don't understand them, they just kept going on and on about how I'm actually friends with you."
Helga feeling a little flattered but still horrible about the fact that she was the purpose of their break up felt like she needed to fix it, but how. "Well that's a stupid reason to break up because some girls have some opinions about me, who really I'm just your neighbour."
"You're not just a neighbour Helga." Gabe said pretty sternly to her. "You're more than just my neighbour, you're one of my closest friends."
Helga feeling more flattered couldn't help but start putting up walls again, even though she knew she wanted to be a changed person from who she was back in Hillwood. "Well bucko, we haven't even officially known each other for a year, and yet I'm one of your closest friends. Sounds a little dumb to me if you ask me."
Gabe knowing Helga to say something along those lines couldn't help but feel hurt by what she said and not feeling the same way about their relationship with each other. But he knew not to say something that would ultimately piss Helga off in the end and decided to just respond to her statement with, "Well we've gotten to know each other so well, and you may not feel that way, but I trust you, plus whom else can I go and annoy at all hours of the day."
She knew at that moment he was trying to lighten the mood and change the subject since it was starting to really get to him. So she decided to go with the change of topic and asked him, "well what did you have plan for this summer? Any crazy trips or parties planned?"
"I was thinking of maybe going for a trip, but nothing really comes to mind at all. What about you, planning on going back to your hometown to visit your old pals?"
Helga totally forgetting that, that would be the perfect time to visit Phoebe stopped for a second and thought 'ya maybe I will go see Phoebs this summer.' "Well I never really thought about it till now, but ya maybe I will go back to go see good old Phoebs, she's probably completely lost without me."
"That sounds good, how long do you think you'll be away for then?"
"What, you're going to miss you once I'm gone?" Teasing Gabe a little she couldn't help it, but she knew he knew she was kidding around. "I was thinking maybe a couple of weeks, maybe even a month. I'm not too sure yet, I wanna get Phoebe's opinion maybe, but then again if it were up to her, she would want me to stay forever."
"Well that's going to be a lonely 2 or so weeks then." As he nudged Helga on the arm.
"Don't worry you'll barely notice I'm gone, trust me."
Then at that moment a thought came to Gabe's mind, "maybe I'll come visit while you're there. That is if you don't mind, I want to get out of the city anyways. Plus Hilton sounds like a fun place."
"Hilton … really, you mean Hillwood right?"
Gabe slightly embarrassed that he completely got the name wrong, laughed with embarrassment and corrected himself, "ya I meant Hillwood."
"Ya, good save there. Who knows where you would've ended up then if you were to get tickets to get out of the city."
"So I take it as a yes that it's ok if I go visit you while you're in Hillwood."
Helga a little hesitant about the idea decided well if he really wants to see the 'glory' that is of Hillwood, who am I to stop him and simply responded back to him, "well if you really want to. Wait to have 2 weeks of your life taken away that you'll never be able to get back."
And with that, it was pretty much settled, Helga and Gbae would spend part of their summer together, in Hillwood.
