So here it is, Chapter 10. What is Arnold's plan? Read and find out.
There's some humor, some romance and some...well you'll find out.
R&R please!
He pulled the hood of his sweater over his head as his hair began to stick to his face from the rain pouring down on him. As he looked up to the sky rain drops splashed on his face. He didn't really know what his parents or grandparents would think about him leaving. He knew they would be upset and scared but frankly he didn't really care at that moment. He felt it was time for them to learn that he was growing up and that the woman he loved needed him....'I love her. I still love her!'
He began to run as fast as he could towards her house. As he ran through the puddles on the sidewalks water splashed on his pants until he was completely drenched.
He looked up to her bedroom window. There wasn't any light coming from the house besides a flickering light that was caused mostly by Bob and Miriam's TV. He looked around to find a way up to her room. With a sudden lightning strike the tree in front of her bedroom was illuminated.
As he carefully climbed the tree he looked around for something he could use to tap her window with. As he looked out the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a loosely dangling tree limb. He tore the limb away before tapping on her bedroom window.
She yawned lightly before gently smiling and embracing her pillow. A grimace soon arrived on her face as an annoying knocking noise sounded through her ears.
"Ugh...it can't be time already." She mumbled as she took a blurred glance at her alarm clock. As the illuminated numbers came in focus she came to realize that it was 2:03 a.m. She grumbled under her breath as she clenched the corner of her blanket and pulled it over her head.
As she came to realize that the annoying knocking noise wasn't going to go away she angrily threw her covers off her bed and decided to make the knocking stop. After only a few seconds of searching Helga found the noise to be coming from her bedroom window. As she opened the window a flash of lightning illuminated Arnold's figure. A scream escaped her lips as she ran and grabbed a bat lying near her closet.
"I have a bat and I'm not afraid to use it!" She screamed.
Arnold quickly put his hands up.
"Helga, it's me, Arnold!"
Helga rubbed her eyes after dropping her bat to the floor.
"Arnold? What the heck are you doing out there!?"
"I'll tell you but can you let me in, it's kinda cold out here."
Helga shrugged her shoulders as she helped Arnold climb into her room. As she looked at him she noticed how drenched he was. She quickly grabbed some towels from the bathroom and threw them at Arnold.
"Here. Dry off before my carpet becomes a big puddle."
As Arnold began drying off Helga began rummaging through her closet trying to find something he could wear. Not being able to find anything she quickly left the room to shortly come back with some men's clothes.
"Here's some of Big Bob's clothes."
Arnold looked to Helga as he blushed. She put her hands on her hips as a confused look came over her face.
"What? I'm sorry I couldn't get anything more in style but hey at least I got you something that wasn't pink and 2 sizes too small."
Arnold looked down at the clothes laying at his feet than himself.
"It's not that."
"Than what is it?"
"Well...can't a guy get some privacy when changing?"
Helga rolled her eyes.
"Well there's a bathroom right there." She said as she pointed to her bathroom.
As he closed the door behind him he soon noticed the femininity of her bathroom. She had everything in there. There was a pink toilet covering, pink rug, pink rug around the toilet, pink towels, pink wallpaper, pink toothbrush holder, and even a pink toothbrush.
Soon after he finished dressing into the over sized sweatpants, t-shirt, and sweater Arnold decided to brush his hair so he didn't look to horrible when he walked out to Helga. As he opened the cabinet above the sink he soon closed it as it didn't contain any brushes or combs but things he didn't even want to know about. As he opened the drawers he came to the conclusion that out of everything she had, she didn't have a single brush.
"I can't believe it." Arnold said as he walked out of the bathroom.
"What?"
"You have everything in that bathroom but a brush."
A look of anger came over her face.
"What were you doing going through my stuff!?"
"Sorry. I was just trying to find a brush so I could brush my hair so I didn't look so hideous."
Even though she was angry that he would go through her stuff and even though he probably saw everything a girl never wants a guy to see, especially one she loves she pointed to her vanity.
"There's one over there."
As he began to brush his hair Helga ran her hands through her hair and yawned.
"So what was so urgent that you had to come to my house and wake me up at 2 in the morning?"
Arnold sighed as he put the brush back down on her vanity. He walked over and sat down next to her on her bed.
"My parents called and they're coming to pick me up tomorrow."
A look of shock came over her face.
"What!? But you just got here!"
Arnold shrugged his shoulders as he looked to Helga.
"So you came and woke me up at 2 in the morning to tell me your leaving!?"
Before she could get angrier Arnold decided to tell her why he was really there.
"Well the reason I came to wake you up at 2 in the morning because I wanted to..."
A confused look came over her face.
"Wanted to what?"
He turned his head to where they were looking eye to eye.
"To run away with you."
A look of shock came over her face.
"You want me to run away with you? What about your parents? What about your grandparents? ..."
"What about them? Look Helga if you don't want to take me up on my offer than that's fine. I'll go back to the jungle with my parents and who knows how long it'll be when I get to come back. But don't get mad at me when I don't come back for another six years."
Before Arnold could get up Helga grabbed a hold of his hand.
"Don't you even think about it. I never said I wouldn't run away with you. I just want to know why all of a sudden your so determined to be with me even if it means you leaving your parents who about 6 years ago you would have done anything just to see."
Arnold sighed as he folded his arms across his lap.
"I'm just sick of them making decisions for me. They're wonderful parents don't get me wrong but...."
Arnold stared deeply into Helga's eyes as he ran his fingers through her hair..
"When a man loves a woman as much as I love you there's nothing that can stop him from getting that girl."
Helga looked to Arnold completely dumbfounded.
"You love me?" She uttered after seconds of silence.
Arnold smiled lovingly at Helga before he swept her in a loving kiss.
"More than anything or anyone in this world."
Before Arnold knew it Helga wrapped her arms around him as she passionately kissed him. Tears streamed down her face as she was finally able to kiss Arnold again after six years.
Arnold smiled at Helga as his cheeks flushed red.
"OK Helga not yet." Arnold said as he moved her hands from his sides.
"Huh?" A confused look came over her face.
"We're only 15 years old Helga. Let's wait for that when we're older." He said as his cheeks burned red.
Helga rolled her eyes.
"Dang Arnold even as a hormonal 13 year old you still act like an innocent 9 year old boy."
Arnold chuckled.
"Nah I'm as hormonal as any 13 year old I'm just smart enough to know when a certain thing can be done or when it shouldn't be done."
Helga shook her head.
"OK, OK I get it. I guess your right, I mean if Big Bob or Miriam walked in...well let's just say it would have been bad."
Helga got up before she began to grab clothes from her closet. Arnold dodged the items as they were thrown to the bed.
"What are you doing?"
"I gotta dress warm if I'm going to run away with the guy I love in the middle of the night."
Arnold smiled at Helga as she was finally done getting ready. She had on some blue jeans with a pink hooded sweater and white tennis shoes.
"Now if your done staring help me with my bags so we can ditch this place."
Arnold smiled again at Helga as he grabbed her bags.
As the two began sneaking out her bedroom window the rain began to become heavier.
"So Arnold, where are we running away to?"
With a gentle shrug of his shoulders Arnold replied.
"I have no idea."
Now that the plan Arnold's plan is in action where will he and Helga run away to? Will they get that far? Will Arnold and Helga finally be able to be together with no one to break them up? Check in to find out.
