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Chapter 10 - Coming To An Understanding

When I arrived home Big Bob was in the living room watching TV.

" Hey Olga, come in here." -Big Bob

"It's Helga dad HELGA. " - Helga

" Yeah whatever get in here. " - Big Bob

" What do you want, I have a ton of homework to do. " - Helga

" I have another commercial coming up and I want the whole family in it this time, so I need you to be at the store tomorrow right after school. " Big Bob

" I have a project to do tomorrow, and I don't feel like being apart of your stupid commercial." - Helga

"Damn it Helga, why can't things just be easy with you. Look if you come tomorrow I will get you one of those credit card things you have been talking about with no limit. " - Big Bob

Yes, that is exactly what I need right now since money would be tight once I get out of here. I can get money out everyday and by the time Bob figures out I'm pregnant I will have a good amount saved up.

"Fine I will be at your store after school and make sure you have my card. " Helga

I began to walk up to my room and started feeling a little hopefully for the future of peanut. Sure Arnold had gone and got Lila pregnant if her baby was even his but now I can get way more money than I anticipated and that was making it a little more easy to focus on getting my homework done. After all I needed to get ahead in all my classes and that was even proven to be easier said then done. I had even become a little behind since I was constantly thinking about Arnold but now I can see that I will probably end up doing all this by myself and I can live with that. I had been myself all this time anyways why would this be any different. I started rubbing my eyes since I was super tired from all the events of the day. Just as I was fixing to shut my eyes my phone rang. It was Arnold, what could this football head possible have to say to me now. Well it can't be much worse than what he already said earlier.

" Hello Helga?" - Arnold

" What do you want football head? " - Helga

" I really want to talk to you about everything that is going on. I know this is a lot for you to handle right now but we really need to talk about the baby. Do you think that you can come over after school tomorrow? " - Arnold

" I already have plans tomorrow maybe I can go over Friday? " - Helga

" Yeah, that will be great! I will see you then. Good night Helga." - Arnold

Well at least Arnold wanted to talk to me. I didn't think he would want to have anything to do with me. You would think that he would be all over Lila and planning their future. Instead he was calling me to talk to me about my baby I mean our baby. I found myself smiling with that thought and fell asleep.

Friday couldn't come any slower and Big Bob had held up his part of the deal. I know held my credit card with my name on it. I started taking out $100 a day as I knew any more than that and he would start to question what I was doing with it all.

I knocked on the door of the boarding house. There stood the love of my life and the father of my unborn child. I couldn't help but smile since he had the biggest grin on his face. Was he really this excited to talk to me.

"Hey Helga I am so glad that you could come over. " - Arnold

" Yeah, it isn't like I had much of an option since you are the dad. I would never want to keep you from your own child. " Helga

We started heading up to his room where I could now start to smell pizza. When he opened the door he had a box of pizza set up on the floor with one yahoo soda and one water. I smiled instantly since I figured he had done some research and knew that soda wasn't good for the baby. I knew I was suppose to be drinking plenty of water to help keep the baby healthy.

" You didn't have to go through this much trouble Arnold. " - Helga

" It wasn't any trouble at all, I wanted to do all this for you and our baby. I read that your appetite will increase and to stay hydrated with plenty of water. So I got you some pizza and a water bottle. It's not a big deal. " - Arnold

" Thanks football head. So what did you want to talk about? " - Helga

" Well I had wanted to see about how you were feeling about the pregnancy and I also really want to know how you feel about Lila being pregnant too. " - Arnold

" Well I'm already kind of in love with this baby after all it is sort of my baby. . . " - Helga

Arnold suddenly grabbed my hand and said " It's our baby. "

" Well umm yeah your right." I started to feel more nervous

" Please continue." - Arnold

" Uhh yeah, and the fact that miss perfect is claiming her baby is yours is completely bullshit. Yeah, I guess there could be a chance it is yours but I am not buying that crap." - Helga

" Why do you keep on saying that her baby isn't mine!? Look we had sex and it might have only been once and yeah we did use a condom but you can still get someone pregnant even with a condom on. It might have busted or had a hole or something I don't know but she is pregnant with my baby. " - Arnold

" What fantasy land are you living in football head you even said that you used a condom. How often do you only sleep with someone one time with a condom on and the girl comes out pregnant? How unlucky do you think you really are? Look I am only saying this because I care about you and I don't want someone to take advantage of my child's father. Wake up and really think about this whole situation. "- Helga

" No, Helga I am not gonna start doubting my other child because you insist on thinking that the child isn't mine. I could never do that to anyone Helga. What if I told you that I didn't believe that your child was mine. How upset would you be at me? We only had sex once but we didn't use a condom but still it was only once and we were both virgins so how unlikely is that. " - Arnold

Well he now had a point but I still wasn't gonna let miss goody two shoes off the hook that easy. I would get her to admit that her baby wasn't his or take a damn test to see. I will just drop the subject for now to please Arnold.

" Fine Arnold, but you asked me what I thought and I told you so don't get upset with me for answering your questions. " - Helga

I ended up telling Arnold my plan to take as much money as I could before Bob found out I was pregnant but he wasn't too happy with the idea and said we would discuss more of this later. We watched a movie and I was now walking home. I told Arnold that we would go to the doctors office tomorrow together. I had an appointment tomorrow and didn't plan on inviting him but he insisted on going.