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It was a few moments later, Arnold was a bit of a distance away from the Pataki household as he sighed, tapping his foot. He wondered why he couldn't just go in with Helga, even if he HAS came in her house a couple of times by invitation. Then again, he did have a slight fear of Big Bob for some reason. One look at that man, and he would immediately feel intimidated. He didn't know why, it wasn't like he was dating Helga!

Arnold paused to think about it. Though there was the time Helga did confess her "love" to him out of the blue during the FTi incident. She still insulted him frequently, but for him, things haven't quite been the same around her and him. Sure, she said it was the 'heat of the moment', but he somehow didn't feel too convinced. He started pacing back and forth, trying to think. If Helga DID love him, why would she try to insult him at every opportunity? He started pacing around at the thought. He remembered a little far back during pre-school when he WAS nice to Helga and Helga just gave a smile towards him. Of course, he left her alone for a few minutes, and when he got back, she started bad-mouthing everyone, even himself. He didn't quite understand how one girl would be so acceptive about the compliment on her bow the first day they met would be so mean and growly a few hours later.

He sat down, trying to wrap his head around it. From what he heard from Helga's personal history, he knew SHE didn't... quite get along with her parents, or when she did, it was mostly for personal gain. He had heard that Helga's mother was... quite lazy and had her license stripped from her at least a few times, though Arnold suspected that she had a large drinking problem. As much as he hated to admit it, Helga had a lot of problems not just with her home life, but with her socializing skills. The only person he noticed that would try to get along with her was Olga, and even then, Olga was away most of the time. And from what he heard of Olga, well... he admitted, she was pretty cute for an adult woman. He still remembered the time he had a crush on the substitute teacher for a while, but grew out of the crush and decided to go for people more his age.

And of course, Helga herself. From what he heard, she has gone to see a therapist once a week (maybe even twice if she really needed to think), and from he had seen, her socializing skills were getting a little better. At least, she's not ordering Phoebe around as much... then again, she hasn't really quite done so for a while. Arnold smiled. Maybe it was a sign of her changing...

Heck, from the times that he was trying to get Monkeyman paired up with Olga, she started to show more concern for even Olga, and that made Arnold smile. He knew that girl had a heart somewhere, otherwise, why would she confess her "love" for him? While he was thinking about it, he realized that Helga had protected him and saved his life from the one guy last night. He couldn't deny it now... but he was pretty sure...

"Arnold?"

Arnold stopped in his tracks as he saw Helga coming over to him, piece of paper in hand as Arnold paused. "S-sorry. I was thinking about something. Did you get the address from Olga?"

Helga nodded. "It wasn't easy to do, though. I had to get past Big Bob and Miriam, who were excitedely talking about and setting up plans for their 'pride and joy's wedding day."

Arnold then noticed that Helga said 'pride and joy' in a slightly bitter tone, only it was more sad bitterness than angry bitterness. Arnold decided not to bring it up. "How's Olga doing?"

"Scared. I just... I wanted to tell her that Bramble tricked her and that she wasn't pregnant. I wanted to, but I couldn't. I knew she wouldn't believe me, even if I told her. So I cleverly asked if she knew Bramble's address, wondering if she would be living there or here or move to a new apartment? And I did get the address!" Helga smirked as she showed Arnold the address.

Arnold looked over the address as his eyes snapped opened. "No wonder we couldn't find the address! It's a little outside of Hillwood!"

Helga nodded as she tapped her side, indicating her grappling hook is there. "Come on, Arnold, we better do some investigating!"

"But wouldn't that be breaking and entering?" Arnold asked in concern.

Helga frowned as she glared at the blonde haired boy. "Really, Arnold? You want to follow your morals NOW?"

"Well... shouldn't we at least get Monkeyman to come with us?" Arnold asked.

"We don't have time for that! We need to catch the bus and get to this address, pronto! Bramble should still be at work, so this is a perfect time!" Helga said as she started to grab Arnold by the collar of his shirt and started dragging him to the bus stop. "Come on!"

Arnold decided not to argue anymore as he sighed, waiting.


"Welp, we have nothing." Jackie said as she stopped the car, Monkeyman getting out, dizzily. "You know, maybe we should just give up the search..."

Monkeyman groaned as he frowned. "May as well... maybe Olga likes Bramble more than me..."

"Wh-what? No! Kevin, I know Olga, and she would never go for someone as old as Bramble! Besides, why would she try and do so?" Jackie asked.

Monkeyman sighed as he held his head. "I don't know, it's just... things have been going on today! I learn that Bramble isn't the nice person he is, that I have some brand new powers that aren't even monkey-based, AND worst of all, the girl that I really like is going out with the person who isn't as nice as most of us made him out to be!"

Jackie sighed as she looked over at Monkeyman. "I know you're upset, but trust me. Olga wouldn't do something like that."

It was at this moment, in a flash, Jackie looked out the mirror and saw a familiar face running towards the car. "Melissa!"

"J-Jackie!" Melissa said as she grabbed the window of the car. "I have news! Bad news! Worst news! News that will make you vomit!"

"Easy, Melly. What's the sitch?" Jackie asked.

"I had just recently turned on the news, and Bramble was on the air, showing off his usual boring speeches how he's going to make Hillwood a better place, make everyone appreciate new laws, yadda yadda... and on top of that, he announced that he was to be married in two weeks!"

Jackie and Monkeyman stared wide-eyed as Jackie said, "I hate to ask, but... to whom..."

"To our own... Olga M. Pataki." Melissa said in a worried tone.

That proclamation had just broken Monkeyman's heart to pieces. He had looked down in sadness. The girl he had loved... was to be married to another...


"Here it is, the address!" Helga said as she pointed towards the house she and Arnold were now in front of. "This is the house where Bramble lives."

Arnold and Helga walked in the yard, looking surprised as the empty, spacious lawn with a couple of flamingos for decoration as both of them felt a little creeped out. Pretty soon, Arnold and Helga arrived at the door as Helga tried the door. Helga frowned. "Locked."

"Well, we tried, let's go." Arnold said as he was about to turn back.

"Hold up a second, football head! Maybe Bramble has a spare key around here somewhere... maybe it's under the mat." Helga said, looking down under the welcome mat.

Arnold frowned as he said, "Helga, nobody leaves a key under the mat, that's the first place any thief would think to look wh-"

"Got it!" Helga smiled as she pulled out the key that was, surprisingly, hidden under the mat. Helga then inserted the key inside the lock and heard the click. She opened the door as Helga smirked towards a shocked Arnold. "Come on, inside."

"No way, nuh-uh, no how!" Arnold frowned. "I am not going inside that house! After that creepy lawn, I am not ready to go inside. I repeat, I am not going into that house."


"I can't believe I am going into that house." Arnold said as he and Helga were already inside the living room of the house.

"Search for something, ANYTHING, football head! Maybe there's some sort of history behind Bramble we're not getting!" Helga said as she started searching under the couch cushions.

Arnold could only sigh as he started looking around the living room. The only thing he could hope for was that Bramble would not arrive at home to see two kids raiding it.


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