Let's get started on the next chapter of "Rhonda's Beau"! Anyway, enjoy!
Later that night, after a couple of hours hanging around and having dinner at the Sunset Arms Boarding House, as Rhonda came into the car with her bag as she put her seatbelt on. She looked over at Arnold, who peered into the car as Brooke, noticing, smiled as she put the car window down.
"Good-bye, sweetheart. I'll see you tomorrow at school." Arnold said as he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Remember what we discussed."
"Don't worry." Rhonda whispered back as she returned the smile. "Oh, darling, I don't know how much longer I can stand being away from you. Until tomorrow."
Rhonda then put her head back as Brooke turned to Arnold, "Good-bye, Arnold. Maybe we'll see you tomorrow at our place."
"We'll see." Arnold smiled as he watched the car drive off. Arnold gave a sigh in relief as he turned to see his grandparents smiling. "Oh, what?"
"You know." Phil smirked a little bit.
Arnold sighed as he looked down, then faked a smile as he said, "You know, Grandpa, I am pretty happy in terms of introducing you to my girlfriend. And thanks for not treating us... special."
Phil laughed a bit as he said, "Oh, Arnold, you know me and Pookie wouldn't dare try to meddle in your affairs. If anything, we plan on doing it next week."
Arnold, not liking the sound of this, asked, "Where are we going next week, Grandpa?"
"Well, the Lloyds want to take us to a show. They already arranged extra tickets." Phil explained as he sniffled a bit. "Imagine, already, we have a big family outing... and you two ain't even married yet!"
"GRANDPA!" Arnold blushed furiously.
"I'm kidding you, Shortman!" Phil said. "Better rest up, you'll need to be bright and bushy-tailed in the morning for school!"
"Not to mention your little jungle girl, right, Kimba?" Gertie said with a smirk on her face.
Arnold groaned as he held his head and muttered to himself, "Even in her moments, she's still seeing me and Rhonda together?"
"What was that? I didn't catch that?" Phil asked, causing Arnold to jump a bit.
"Oh, uh, I said, after all that homework and hanging out together, I can't wait to see Rhonda again." Arnold laughed a bit.
"Oh good. Because you'll see her again in the morning." Phil said as Arnold sighed, following his grandparents to the boarding house for the night.
"At least things can't get any worse." Arnold thought to himself.
Later that night, as Rhonda had said good-night to her parents and got ready for bed laying down on it, she gave a sigh as she looked down. "I'm sorry, Arnold... this was not how I wanted things to go down today..."
As Rhonda looked up at the ceiling in the dark, she sighed as she thought and thought about her current situation. "Well, at least it's just for two weeks... if we do this right, hopefully my parents won't be too mad and are okay with our 'break-up' after that's all over..."
As Rhonda kept looking up at the ceiling, eventually, she started to relax as sleep began to overtake her. She sighed as she started to roll around in her sleep as she started dreaming about the many clothes that she would adore wearing. It wasn't until about an hour or so in her sleep that everything in the Lloyd house had went dark. It was at that moment a rock had broken the window in Rhonda's room. A figure wearing a black mask was climbing up the window and frowning as that person looked, wondering whether or not they were doing the right thing. That person then frowned as the masked person jumped through the window and into Rhonda's room as "Masky" pulled out a blindfold.
Sure enough, as soon as the blindfold went over Rhonda's eyes, Rhonda got shaken awake. "Wh-wha-"
She then felt a hand covering her mouth and both hands had been restrained by another hand as Rhonda looked around, wondering what was going on... before she heard a whisper in her ear.
"Maybe you didn't hear me the first time. Stay... away... from... him! No good will come from you dating him. If you continue to do so, you will suffer. Oh, will you suffer. Now, I have a demand I'm going to give you... you WILL break up with him first thing t-"
All of a sudden, the sound of glass breaking was heard as an alarm began to ring as the masked figure looked up in shock. "Wh-what the- I never even-"
"What's going on out there?" Buckley's voice called out as the lights came on.
The masked figure, panicking, jumped out from the bed as Rhonda started giving a scream. The masked figure quickly scrambled out from the window, a shoe falling off from her feet as she climbed out the window.
"Rhonda? Sweetheart?" Brooke said in worry as she opened the door and saw Rhonda was trying to find the blindfold. "Goodness!"
Brooke ran over and pulled off the blindfold as she started taking a deep breath and hugged Rhonda. "What happened?"
"I-I don't know? I was asleep when I was shaken awake by someone else. That someone blindfolded me, put a hand over my mouth and restrained both my arms before I could say anything. She started whispering something about 'breaking up with someone'." Rhonda said in worry.
Brooke took the time to examine the room as she noticed the broken window and the rock, along with a white shoe that was left behind. Brooke picked up the shoe and examined it as she frowned. "Whoever this person was, wasn't doing a very good job at what he or she did..."
"Brooke, Rhonda!" Buckley said as he ran in the room. "Our priceless vase is broken! And there was a broken window. I tried to find who the perpetrator was, but that person was gone!"
It was at that moment Buckley noticed the damages in Rhonda's room. "Goodness grief, Rhonda! What happened in here?"
"Someone attempted to blindfold our daughter and make demands!" Brooke said in worry as she and Buckley turned towards Rhonda, who looked a little scared.
"Do you think it was an enemy who hates the Lloyds?" Rhonda asked.
"I doubt it. We don't have many enemies, and even if we do, they don't attempt break-ins... or kidnappings, which I think someone was trying to do to you, my little angel." Buckley said.
Rhonda gasped as she hugged her father, her father hugging her back as he tried to console her. Rhonda looked worried as she looked at her parents. "Mom, Dad, there was something I didn't tell you about at school... that voice I heard whispering to me, I heard that same whispering earlier today... I didn't recognize the voice, but it was definitely the same whispering."
Brooke and Buckley looked worried as Brooke said, "Buckley, darling, what do you think it means?"
"I think it means whoever this person was, has more intentions for our little girl..." Buckley said in concern.
Meanwhile, the masked figure was far away from the Lloyd house as she panted, pulling off the mask as her blonde pigtails sprung out from her head. Helga groaned as she covered her head.
"I- I ju-" Helga panted... before growling. "What the heck happened? It was supposed to be a simple 'forget about him' case! UGH!" Helga groaned in frustration... as she took a deep breath. "This is going to be more difficult than I thought... what I don't understand is who or what tripped that alarm? I had everything down to detail!"
Helga started pacing as she looked at the sky and sighed, "Well, no use pacing. I better get back to my place and get to bed before Bob and Miriam find out I was gone... not that they notice I'd be gone..."
With that, the pink wearing girl started walking as she looked down and noticed one of her shoes is missing... and groaned. "Great, and I left my shoe back at the Lloyds. Well, if I'm lucky, they won't trace it back to me. Sheesh... the things I do to ensure Arnold goes with me..."
And for now, this chapter will end here! How did you guys like it? Now, was it excessive for Helga to break in to Rhonda's home to assure a break-up happens? Even she will admit it is, but in Helga's eyes, it's in the name of love. Next time, we'll go to the next morning and have Arnold and Rhonda together again, and Arnold finds out what happens. Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!