Chapter Eleven: Blast From the Past
Still, he kept the guilt close to his heart and created the beginnings of a obssession with his former bully.
Roxanne (Helga) was finally having the life she deserved. She didn't have to be mean to get attention anymore. She was allowed to be the sweet person she always was on the inside. The young girl soon became the young woman everyone loved. Once David had enough money, he and Roxy moved into their new place in Holbrook. He soon settled down with a beautiful girl that treated Roxy as if she was her own daughter. They bonded instantly. Actually, it was Roxy who hooked the two up.
Flashback
It had been four years since Roxy came to know her paternal family and a year since father and daughter lived on their own. Roxy frequented the local Starbucks weekly. Eventually, the entire staff knew her. Her favorite latte maker was Brenda. She had dark auburn hair and hazel eyes and was about David's age. During Brenda's breaks, the two would chat up a storm. As time went on, she realized that she would be great with her father. They both were athletic, smart, humorous, and into biology. Brenda was a nurse that worked part-time at Starbucks to supplement her salary and an EMT (Emergency Medical Tech). David was a dentist.
Roxy sent the two on a blind date and before they knew it, they were saying their vows at the altar. David now had a wife and Roxy had a friend in her new stepmom.
End of Flashback
The young woman was currently dating John Schneider. She still held a torch for Arnold and it showed. All the guys she dated had blond hair and somewhat green eyes. Roxy knew it was pathetic, but she missed him. Everything was going great until a certain blonde appeared in her first semester as a freshman at Stony Brook University. 'What am I going to say?'
Not a day went by without thinking of Helga for Arnold. He kept a cut out picture of her from their fourth grade year book with a picture of his parents in an oval locket around his neck. The years were good to him and he grew into his football-shaped head. All of the girls thought he was gay because he wouldn't go out with anyone. It was only because everytime he went on a date, he found himself thinking about Helga and how it would have been if he had taken her on a date. Although he was somewhat lonely, Arnold was happy longing for her despite what any of his peers thought.
Years had gone by and Arnold was almost losing hope of ever seeing her again when he was bumped into by a brunette on campus.
"Watch it, football head!" she said sneeringly.
Arnold was taken aback by the statement. Only Helga ever call him that. When he had turned around, she had already disappeared. 'Who was that girl?'