A/N. Enjoy! I'll try to post a chapter once a week or once every other week (alternating with my new story I'm working on)

"He...how did he even find out?" Helga frowned, looking up at Gerald. They were sitting back in the living room on the couch. Gerald had just finished explaining to her about his fight with Arnold all those years ago. "Why did he even care?"

Gerald sighed and shrugged. "I don't know why he cared so much…but Rhonda told him I guess. It just left us in a bad spot, you know? That phone call…told me that he'd be down this week and wants to meet. Wants to clear the air. I didn't tell him you were here though."

"Good, good. I don't want him knowing." Helga said. "At least not right now." It would be good to get an answer from him though. Just to have Arnold sit down with her and tell her the real reason he had left her and why he was so upset about her hook up with Gerald. That was it though. Helga had no interest in being with him –not anymore.

"Well I won't tell him anything you don't want me to." Gerald smiled at her and ran a hand through her hand. "Can't have him stealing you from me." He teased.

Helga laughed and curled up to him. "You don't have to worry a thing about that Gerald." She assured him.

Wednesday Night

Gerald mumbled to himself as he sat. Helga had told him to call Arnold back and meet with him because it would be a good idea to have everything in the open, and maybe Gerald could get some of her questions answered without Helga actually needed to come in contact with her old flame.

"Gerald." Gerald looked up to see Arnold, he hadn't changed much at all.

"Hi Arnold." He nodded and Arnold sat down. "It's been a while."

"Yeah…it has. I apologize for this being so spur of the moment, but we're moving…well Lila already left but I'm meeting her there after this week." Arnold explained, but Gerald didn't really care. He just wanted answers.

"So you wanted to clear the air, clear it." The waitress came over to take their drink orders and once she had left Arnold spoke up.

"That night…I shouldn't have reacted like that. You were both drunk and we weren't even together anymore."

"Maybe you just felt guilty."

"What do you-"

"Arnold. I was your best friend. I know full well that you were screwing Lila on the side."

Arnold hesitated a minute and then shook his head. "I was, but, she and I…we'd been fooling around for years-"

"That didn't give you an excuse to cheat on Helga."

"I know, I know. Lila kept insisting though. I don't know why."

"Maybe because she hated Helga and Helga hated her?" Gerald was annoyed at Arnold playing dumb. He knew full well what he did and why he did it.

"Yeah, maybe. In the end…I had to break up with Helga. I couldn't keep doing it behind her back."

"You shouldn't have even accepted her offer at all when she asked you!" Gerald snapped and Arnold looked surprised but the waitress came back to take their other orders. Gerald wasn't hungry though, he was ready to just walk out.

"Why are you so touchy?" Arnold asked when the lady was out of ear shot.

"Because she-" Okay he couldn't go saying that, who knows what that would do. "I'm not being touchy. I'm just pointing out what a jerk you were to her and then to me. You had no right to get on me like that about hooking up with her."

"I already said I didn't Gerald. I just still had feelings for her, but I was with Lila and-"

"And you would never ever cheat on Lila." Gerald rolled his eyes and stood up. "We're done here Arnold and if you know what's good for you- you'll leave tonight." Then Gerald walked out of the restaurant. He'd almost spilled everything, he couldn't do that. At least he had some answers for Helga though.