Road Trip
Fun on the Road Home
BrokenRose24 here, you may notice the style of this story has changed, due to the fact that Pyrex Shards ditched being a beta to this story (He has his own reasons as well as I do) I have decided to post the last remaining chapters to finally end this story which means the plot MIGHT NOT match the plot Pyrex Shards had posted. When he was a beta he would change the story around and add his own personal touches to the story. However since there hasn't been any updates and since people always demand an ending to this story, I have decided to give you guys the ending but sadly you will have to have it Un-beta'd and the way it was Originally. Due to some conflicts I no longer work with Nintendogal55 nor Pyrex Shards. I hope you all will understand.
At least I gave you an ending, too bad it isn't the perfect one but it is an ending none the less. Please Enjoy.
"Have fun, you crazy lovebirds! We'll meet back here at two so we can get back on the road before it gets dark!" Gerald called to his and Phoebe's respective best friends as they walked off.
"Okay, Gerald!" Arnold called back to him.
Gerald laughed and brought his arm around Phoebe, shaking his head. "They're gonna be just fine."
"I concur, Gerald." Phoebe giggled. "Shall we get started, then?"
"You bet, babe! Let's go."
The quartet were now at the carnival that was located not far from the Motel they were staying at and where the car had been on repair.
At two o'clock the gang all met up after Arnold had gotten a few hours of asleep, they grabbed a few pre-made sandwiches and were off to the carnival before heading back out on the road.
They weren't entirely far from Hillwood at this point. Still a long drive, but no more than another day or two, they would be checking out of the hotel as soon as they all had some fun at the carnival.
So far, things were going very well, especially ever since Arnold and Helga finally resolved everything between them and got together as a couple. They didn't argue like before and nor did any awkward silences occur. The road trip had taken a turn for the better, and they all couldn't be happier for it.
As Helga had said, it was all a big nudge in the right direction.
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"Step right up young man and win that lovely young lady a prize, all you have to do is hit the spaceship"
Arnold turns to Helga "would you like me to win you something?"
"I don't know, think you can do it?" Helga gave a playful smirk. "I sure wouldn't mind seeing you try, Football Head."
"Hey, it's been a while since you said that. I was starting to think you loved me or something."
She burst into laughter, slapping his shoulder. "Just go and play the game, you loveable dolt."
He paid the man who seemed a bit cocky, already knowing this game was rigged but he knew a way how to win at classic plate toss carnival game, objective of this game is tossing a dime falling in the center of a plate.
Plates are slick and often made more so with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil, so the trick to winning is to slow down the trajectory of the dime to ensure that it lands and stops on the plate.
The first and easiest tactic for winning the plate toss is to toss the coin high with a sharp angle and absolutely no spin so that it falls flat onto the plate. The other more difficult trick is to practice bouncing the dime, so that it first hits the table before jumping into the plate.
The man was shock as he watched the young man defeat his game.
"But...ah...you can't...you cheated." the older man said
"Everyone here watched me win it fair and square, Helga which stuff animal do you want?"
"Mmm..." Helga scanned the stuffed animals, and pointed to one. "I want that puppy."
The man took down the puppy feeling very angry and cheated by these young punks. "here you go" he said giving Arnold the stuffed puppy.
"Here Helga, come on let's go on some ride" they walked for a few minutes trying to decide which ride they wanted to go to.
"How about the enormous drop?"
"Sure I'm game"
They waited in the long line feeling a bit bored "I remember last time I was in a carnival, actually it was the cheese festival and I remember I was trying to woo Lila and-"
"Rule number one Football head, never talk about your exs while being on a date with your current girlfriend"
His eyes widen "I'm sorry Helga but that is my past no matter how much you might not like it. Sure I dated girls but as you can see...they could have my past but right now you have my present." Pulling her closer to him. "And maybe one day you'll be in my future."
Her eyes glimmered and she giggled, smiling. "You're right, hair boy. How do you know always know the right things to say?"
"Just lucky I guess?"
"We may never know." She kissed his cheek, and pulled back. "So, what do you suggest we do next, O Great Football Head?"
"After this ride we can go to The Mighty Avenger ride"
"Isn't that the ride were your upside down during the whole thing?"
"Yeah but if you don't want to go or if it's too scary for you we really don't have to."
"HA! Are you crazy? The fast and scary rides are the best! I have a stomach and nerves of freaking steel! I rode the roller coaster back home in Dino Land SEVEN TIMES once, and I didn't feel at all queasy. Let's go!"
Before he could answer, she grabbed his hand and dragged him off to get in line.
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"THAT...WAS...BOSS!" Helga yelled with her arms up.
Arnold laugh along with her "Yeah it was."
They passed by some cotton candy which Arnold stopped and turned around "Do you want some? I haven't had any in years"
"Yeah sure, I want the-"
"Pink one"
"You got it" she said with a flirtatious wink which cause his heart to beat quickly. Giving the man the money and getting one pink and one blue.
They both sat down on the bench, Arnold took a piece of hers and ate it.
"HEY!"
"Hay is for horses Helga."
"Oh let me guess, payback?"
"Maybe."
"Screw you."
"When?"
"Arnold!"
"What?"
Laughing, Helga slapped his shoulder. "You slay me, love. You slay me."
"Or was I being serious when asking when?"
Now her eyes widened with shock, turning toward him just as she tore off some more of her cotton candy, some of it poking out her mouth.
Taking his chance now, Arnold lean down to ate the cotton candy that had been poking from her mouth, then giving her a very sensual kiss. Her lips open to him but before he could drown into their kisses he remembered that they were in a public place. Pulling away and smilimg
"I was joking."
"...Uh, yeah! Yeah! I knew that. Of course I knew that. Just making sure you were paying attention, Football Head, and God knows you sure do. Yep, mm-hmm." Still she was dazed and had a goofy grin on her face from his affectionate gesture. Even though they'd kissed quite a few times in the past few days, and had been a couple for a while now, so it was nothing new, it was still something to get used to, and turned her legs into jello.
Arnold broke a piece of his cotton candy and place it against her lips. Helga looked at that cross-eyed, and then took it into her mouth, snickering through her nose
After they finished their treat, they both decided to go to the tunnel of love.
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They both got into the boat, this tunnel of love was unlike the one in Hillwood, the ride is longer and soft music played from the speakers built in.
"So um...I am your first boyfriend right?"
"First real boyfriend...since the other jerks I dated just wanted to get into my pants and were ass cracks, yeah, they don't count."
"I want to do everything right in dating you, I don't want to pressure you into doing whatever you don't want, you deserve a lot and well I'm going to do my best to be a good boyfriend to you."
Helga beamed and snuggled against him, letting out a soft swoon as a big smile broke out on her face. "Oh Arnold, you're too much. But all that aside, you bet I'm going to do my best to be a good girlfriend to you. It'll take time to adapt and for me to kinda...well, you know, let go of my older tendencies, but I'll try. For you, if not for me, okay?"
"Okay, so um...not to sound rude or anything but how is your...injuries? have they been hurting?"
"Eh, they're still tender and it stings a little when I touch them or when my shirt or bra brushes over them, but a lot better than before. I'll be just fine."
"When we get to the hotel you should put some ice on it or something, I'm not well educated on um...how to heal that area but I think when we go back to Hillwood you should go see a doctor" He was worried for her safety, wishing there was something he could do to help her.
"You worry too much, love. But okay, if it'll set your mind at ease, I guess it would be best if I saw a doctor by the time we get back to the city. Olga keeps telling me to get them examined by a professional, anyway."
"Good then."
A devilish smirk came to her face. "You know...maybe once they're better, I'll let you examine them..."
Blushing hard and trying to calm down his beating heart "That's not funny Helga, you know I don't want to rush into sex with you yet"
"So you're saying you wouldn't want to cop-a-feel without me sleeping and without clothes on this time?"
He stood very quite although his face turn even more red.
Although none of my exes used to be this sexual with me since I always wanted to wait...still Helga is like the devil herself...darn temptress...
"What's wrong my love...did I strike a cord?"
"You're going to regret teasing on me so much."
"Am I? Well, how so?"
His mouth was suddenly on hers, his tongue played along with hers. To Helga it felt like a deja-vu but to Arnold it felt like the first time. Her hands fisted into his hair and she kissed back, her tongue dueling along with his. She was then brought onto his lap, surprising her, but ultimately pleasing.
His hands rubbing up and down her back, his hand slips inside of her shirt just to feel how warm and soft she felt. Kissing her was like drowning, it made your heart beat quickly but you knew you could die from it.
Greatest death ever.
A moan escaped Helga at the feel of his hands on her skin, her arms lowered to wrap around his neck, and they kissed deeper.
Suddenly, there was a bright light shining in, indicating that they were soon to exit the tunnel.
Pulling away from her "The rides almost ending"
"Depends on which one you're talking about."
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A little later, they were now on the ferris wheel, enjoying the view of the colourful and wide spread of the carnival below them, as well as the views of the open land stretching out far as the eye could see, with little seemingly toy-sized buildings of the nearby town.
"Hey look, I see Gerald and Phoebe down there." Helga pointed down toward the "little" people. "They're coming out of the House of Mirrors."
"We should go there next." he pulled out his camera.
"I didn't know you brought your camera."
"Well why not? This IS our first date."
"Oh, so that's it..." She turned away for a moment and then looked back in the other direction when the flash went off. "Hey! Did you just take a picture of me?"
"No." His grin was obviously indicating he was lying.
"You are a lying liar who lies."
Blinking slowly "Yeah that's why they call someone a liar."
"That's how I say it." Winked the young blonde woman. "Man, is it hot out here?" She took off her black sweater, revealing the pink tank top she was wearing underneath, and no bra. "Hey, I know, here's a dorky picture of me you can take." She tied the sleeves of her sweater around her neck so that the garment would hang over her shoulders and down her back.
Unable to look away from her breast, the top of it was showing, yellow, purple and blue marks on them. Trying to not let that bother him, he smiles and take the picture of her goofy pose.
"Dorky McDork Dork!" She said in a geeky, squeaky voice and made a silly face, which he also took a photo of.
"You're too much you know that?" he said chuckling at her antics.
"I know." Helga said with a mild shrug and smiled. "What can I say, I guess I just can't help but feel the way I do now."
"Come here" she fixed her shirt sliding closer to him in the seat. Taking a picture of them smiling with their heads close to each other, he decided to take another one but this time he sneak a kiss to her cheek
She blushed at that, but smiled widely as he did so, giggling a little. It reminded her of the time he had licked her cheek back during the waterfall adventure in Minter Gardens, then finally he did it.
Lick.
"Arnold!"
"What's wrong with you?" he acted innocent.
"You licked me again! Don't you deny it..." She playfully narrowed her eyes. "I'm on to you..."
Just for good measure...
Lick.
"If you lick me one more time, you're going to regret it..."
Lick.
Lick.
Lick.
...Lick.
That did it. But the ride had ended, and they had to disembark. But that didn't stop her. Helga grabbed his hand and dragged him off somewhere.
He made no protest, but wondered what she was doing.
It wasn't until they came behind a building that she pinned him to the wall, and proceeded to make out with him, fiercely, even pressing her body up against him sensually. It did hurt her breasts a bit, but she didn't even care.
Arnold sank into the kiss, their mouths clinging before finally parting, Arnold's eyes backlit with flame that Helga found exciting.
Tentatively, Arnold raised his hand and touched her lips, his fingers tracing their shape as if committing them to his memory. Capturing her lips again as he lay on hand against the wall of the building. Helga's legs came up, wrapping around his waist, her arms around his neck as she kissed back with ferocity and hungry passion.
"Helga…this is not…the place" he warned seeing the giggling faces of some children looking at them.
"Huh?" She followed his gaze, and blushed. "Oh...um, yeah. Sorry, got carried away." I can't help it, it feels like such a new thing to be able to kiss and touch him freely like this...he's my BOYFRIEND now...I still can't believe it... Oh God I might faint... "C'mon, let's go find something else to do. We've still got two hours to kill before we gotta meet up with Pheebs and Geraldo."
He turned around but was shocked to feel her weight on his back.
"H-H-Helga what are you doing?"
"Piggyback ride now Giddyup!"
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"Ah man,that was sooooo fun." Gerald said in playful sarcasm as he and Phoebe walked off from the Merry-Go-Round.
"Oh stop it, you know you enjoyed it." Phoebe giggled, and looked at her watch. "Ah, it's 8:23PM, we should go to the meeting point now."
"Already? Man, time doesn't just fly, it freaking jets!"
"When you're caught up in something that doesn't involve thinking about what time it is, your brain loses focus on the timing and you can end up doing something for hours, even if it only feels like a few minutes, maybe longer."
Gerald chuckled and held her hand in his, lacing their fingers as they came to the ticket booth, right where the designated meeting point was.
"That's what I love about you, babe. Always smart and summing things up for us dumb ass folk."
"Now Gerald, you are not dumb." Phoebe chided gently.
"Oh, I beg to differ."
The couple turned around, coming to see their respective best friends now behind them, with a disgruntled but definitely happy Arnold giving Helga a piggyback yet again, as he had been doing for the past hour at times when she wanted one.
"Real funny." Gerald rolled his eyes. "You guys ready to hit the road?"
"Yeah let's go picked up our bags and head out."
"I'm glad you got some sleep buddy"
"Why?"
"Because you're driving" he said handing him the keys.
"…Great"
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"Stop Helga." laughing before saying it again "Stop."
"I'll stop when I feel like it." Helga grinned, and poked him again.
"Come on, really, quit it."
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
"Seriously, come on."
Poke.
Poke.
...Poke.
"If you don't stop it, I swear I will pull over this car and get you."
"Okay." She grinned innocently.
A few minutes passed, and then...
Poke.
Poke.
Both Phoebe and Gerald were asleep in the car when Arnold pulled over. Taking off his seat belt and walking to Helga's door.
Well, I'm dead. ...Especially since he's grown a backbone over the years. This should be interesting.
Opening the door and putting his index finger over his lips "shh" He picked her up bridal style shutting the door. They were parked by a food store, Arnold felt a bit thirsty plus he wanted to give his girlfriend some pay back.
As they got a bit away from the car he begin to tickle her. "So Ms. Pataki, you wouldn't stop poking me? How does it feel to be tickled to death?" She bend down trying to get free but only causing herself to fall carefully on the ground while Arnold held her still ticking her sides. He grab both of her arms with one hand holding them together, his other hand tickled her.
"Will you surrender?"
"NEVER!" she cried while laughing
"How long can you last I wonder"
"Stop!"
"Stop? Okay answer some questions for me, who is the coolest guy you know?"
"Hahahahaahaha! Stoooop!"
"Come on, answer me."
"Y-Y...You are...! Hahaha! Now stop it!"
His smile faded as he looked serious, still holding her hands above her head.
"Who loves you?"
Taking some breaths, she found her voice and felt unable to believe she was saying this, after 14 long years.
"...You do."
"I'm glad you believe it now because I do." his eyes lowers down, starting into her eyes and letting go of her wrist. Lowering himself for one sweet kiss. His kiss was tender and spoke many volumes, his love for her, the strength he felt while saying them and his complete loyalty to her.
Her heart pounded, she could feel the emotions expressed in his kiss, which was sweet, tender but with a bit of passion. It said everything. She kissed back, not taking over the kiss but letting it take over her, as she brought one hand up to gently run through his hair.
He loves me...he really loves me...he loves me...he loves me...if this is a dream, I don't want to wake up...
Their lips moves, both giving tender small kisses to the other, Arnold slowly pulls away knowing he couldn't handle it if she began giving him her "famous" passionate kisses.
Standing up and helping her onto her feet, he put his arm around her "Let's get something to drink and maybe some snacks, that's really why I stopped in the first place, the second was giving you a bit of payback." he said with a wink.
Helga laughed, bringing her arms around his torso. "If that's your definition of payback, then bring it on, Romeo."
Arnold held her hand stopping her from walking in the store, his face serious as his emerald eyes stares intensely at her beautiful widen cerulean eyes. Lifting her hand up to his soft velvet like lips.
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand" He lift her hand up to place another kiss on her wrist.
"This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this" Placing another kiss below her wrist. His eyes still staring at her.
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand" another kiss on the crook of her arm. Gently sucking on it and closing his eyes before letting it go.
"To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
With a smile, she continued with Juliet's line, remembering the play back in fourth grade when they were Romeo and Juliet, and amazingly she remembered the line. "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much. Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss." She touched the palm of her hand to his.'
"Have not saint's lips and holy palmers too?" Encasing his arm around her waist pulling her closer to him.
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." She said putting her arms around his neck.
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do they pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair."
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake."
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged. "
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took."
"Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again." He gave her a kiss after his line, his heart beats so rapidly he thought it would burst right out of his chest. He felt fire all over, his blood singing in his veins. Helga pulls away but Arnold was so entranced, that he swoops in to capture her lips again.
His hands sliding into her soft hair to hold her still as he suckled on her lips. Pulling back slightly and allowing their lips to touch softly before finally pulling away completely. Licking his lips and trying to regain his breathing.
"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" Helga smiled.
"Yeah." Arnold smiled back and took her hand, going inside the convenience store. "Our first kiss, wasn't it?"
"You bet. I had to con Rhonda, Sheena and Pheebs, and then actually tell Lila that I loved you just to get the role. Just because I wanted to kiss you."
"I knew something was up. It's a one in a million chance that the leading lady and all the understudies would drop out in less than a few days."
"But your dense little brain didn't quite process it. ...Was it that obvious?"
"Yep."
"Damn. I needed to work on my stealth."
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Arnold just thought they would go inside and get some soda and be right out before Gerald and Phoebe woke up but it didn't happen that way. Instead Helga wanted to get some snacks for everyone, Arnold shrugged and decided to get some for himself although he just wanted some pumpkin seeds. Now he had a bag of chips, a Mr. Nutty bar, his pumpkin seeds and some soda. Helga had been looking for some pop tarts, they were both walking the wrong way only because they were busy laughing and joking about things.
Passing a row of condoms, Helga got an evil idea and took a pack, holding it out for him to see. "We're so going to need these." A seductive but playfully devilish smirk came to her face.
Arnold looks at the box, his face turned completely red "HELGA!"
"What?" she said trying to act innocent.
Arnold clenched his jaw trying to calm his blush. Helga held onto her stomach laughing at his expression.
Looking at the shelf, he did her one better and took another pack of condoms, this time the extra large size. "In that case, we need to get the right size. This is my size."
Blinking, frozen in surprise, Helga then burst into laughter, doubling over and holding her stomach as she died with laughter, rousing the attention of a couple other customers in the store.
Arnold blushed and quickly threw the box into their mini cart, which had shocked Helga for a moment.
...He's not serious, is he? ...Unless it's for future use? ...If we ever get that far? If he ever wants me like that? ...Oh dear God I think I'm going to faint!
"Um Helga?"
"Yeah?"
"I just want to say that I'm um…well I know you weren't serious back there and I'm not one to pressure you into doing something you don't want to do. I want to take this slow but the reason why I am going to buy…um…this is because If we ever do then I'll be prepared but I'm not pressuring you or anything." He sighs nervously "you must think I'm some sex crazed jerk."
"Arnold Arnold... You really need to calm down. I know you're a gentleman and you want to wait because you respect girls, and frankly that's a lot more than what most guys would do." Helga said, patting his shoulder. "Come on, no reason we can't be prepared...for the future, when the time comes around, right?" She blushed a bit. "You know, whenever we want to...you know..." She slapped herself on the cheek to compose herself. "What I'm saying is, I agree with you, let's get some now so that we can be ready when the time comes."
"Um Helga?"
"Yeah?"
"You were about to say something before you slapped yourself, by the way that's a weird habit of yours." he teased grinning.
"Oh shut up!"
"No really what did you want to tell me, you can tell me anything you know."
"Um...well...nothing really, I was kinda referring to when we ever decided to...to... Take our relationship to the next level?" She gave a nervous, sheepish smile, making it sound like she was answering his question with another question.
"Tell me please? I want to know."
"N-Not much else to say Football Head, I mean uh, I already kinda told you that I did...you know, desire you and all, and I know you're just taking precautions ahead of time so that when we're ready to...do that, we've got the protection, right over here...and...there's the cash! Come on let's go pay! Chop chop!" With that she grabbed their basket and walked in long strides toward the cash, blushing furiously.
"So…you really wouldn't mind if we…um…went all the way someday?"
"Hush! We'll talk after we pay!"
The cashier stared at the couple in mild confusion as she ringed up their items, placed them in a bag and bid them a good night, earning a thank you in return before they dashed out. The young cashier chuckled.
"Ah, teens."
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Once outside, with no one around, Helga took a breath and said in a low voice to keep from sounding too loud, "Yes, I told you before. I had to hold myself back that night you were drunk, remember? Because I wanted to do the right thing and not get into that unless you were completely consensual AND sober."
"I'm sorry I…what exactly did I do anyway? You never gave me details."
"Well, um..." Helga blushed more. "When we were leaving the concert, you were all over me and then you made out with me...I kissed you back, of course... And then we finally got on the shuttle bus, and you were cozying up to me. We finally make it back to the hotel, and you sniffed my neck, and kissed me there, and then you were...feeling me up, I tried to stop you so we could get in the room, but you wouldn't, and then finally we get into the room. Then we're on the bed, and you got on top of me and started kissing my neck, and I pushed you off me because I knew you were trying to have sex with me, you landed on the floor and hurt yourself, I felt bad so I went to make sure you were okay. Then you wanted me to be your sexy nurse, and I said 'Okay, what do I have to do?' and then you said 'Kiss me until I'm better', and so I did. I kissed you on the head and on the cheek, but then you grabbed me and I fell on top of you, and you started to make out with me again. ...And I made out right back. I tried telling myself to stop, but it was getting harder and harder to resist you. I wanted you...so badly, but I knew I couldn't do that to you. So we made out for a while, I managed to get up, and you fell asleep, and then I went into the bathroom, locked myself in and slept in the tub."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that"
"You know hairboy, I really thought you were doing it to get back at me for everything I did."
"It was that bad?"
"...No." Helga murmured, and looked away. "...It felt like a test, a test to prove that I could do the right thing and not give in to my selfish desires and end up hurting you. ...I didn't want that to happen unless we were really together. When you knew I would do that because we loved each other." Her gaze dropped to the ground. "I know I said and did a lot of things to torture you, but like I said, I would never do that kind of thing out of spite and torture. ...I'm sorry if I ever gave you that impression. I only have myself to blame for hat."
"Nah, I always knew you'd do the right thing…eventually." he teases holding her and giving her another tender kiss. "Come on we have to hit the road now"
Relieved, she gave a smile and nodded. "Yeah. Let's go. I'll drive."
~End of chapter~
