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A Broken Heart

Chapter 55: Unexpected Part III

Previously

"Arnold..."Helga whispered to herself, not realizing that she said that out loud and that Drake had heard her until it was too late.

"Arnold?! You mean that little weasel did this?!..."Drake exclaimed in outrage.

"Drake...calm down...I don't know for sure..."Helga said while her boyfriend looked mad and started walking.

"Where are you going?..."Helga asked.

"To find that freaky headed blabbermouth and demand some answers!..."Drake said angrily as he went to go find him.

Helga went after him, just to make sure he didn't do something stupid...

Both him and Arnold...

"Criminy! So much for a normal day..."Helga thought in dismay.

Arnold Shortman was not having a good day.

No, in fact, he was having a lousy day!

He had tried to talk to Helga, to reason with her and get her to see that she was making a big mistake but she was so stubborn, that she refused to listen to him.

She chose to listen to Drake Sanchez over him!

Unbelievable!

"I still can't believe Helga is...UGH! What the heck does she even see in that guy? She saw the pictures but she is still with him?..."Arnold thought in frustration as he marched throughout the halls, trying to look for her.

He was going to talk some sense into her, one way or the other.

"Excuse me, Arnold?..."Lila said as she ran up to him.

"Yeah?..."Arnold said, seeing his former crush.

"What is wrong? You look...upset about something?..."Lila asked and Arnold groaned.

"It's nothing, Lila...I...just need to speak with Helga, have you seen her?..."Arnold asked and Lila suddenly giggled.

It weirded him out to be honest.

"What?..."Arnold questioned.

"I see things haven't changed that much..."Lila giggled.

"Excuse me?..." Arnold questioned, not liking her tone.

"Oh, Arnold...you are ever so nice of a friend, but you can be oh so dense..."Lisa commented.

"What's that suppose to mean?..."Arnold asked, confused and getting annoyed now.

Suddenly, Sheena came rushing to them.

"Hey, you guys..."Sheena said.

"What is it, Sheena?..."Lila asked.

"Haven't either of you seen the papers yet?..."Sheena asked.

"Papers?..."Lila questioned.

Arnold didn't have time for this, he just had to find Helga. The longer he takes to find her, the longer she is holding hands with that delinquent Drake.

The mere thought made him feel sick to his stomach.

"Lila, Sheena...look, I really have to go, we'll talk later..bye..."Arnold said, leaving before Sheena could say anything.

He has to find Helga.

"What's he doing?" Sheena asked.

"Looking for Helga..." Lila giggled.

"Heh, so it looks like things haven't changed that much..." Sheena mused.

Unknown to the football headed boy, Helga was looking for him right now, and she is not alone.

Drake Sanchez looked absolutely livid right now.

"When I get a hold of that little big mouth, I got a few choice words to say to him..."Drake seethed as he kept looking for him.

"Drake! Listen to me! We still don't know if Arnold said anything..."Helga said, but even she was doubtful.

"He was the only one who knew and the only one with pictures and that was just yesterday..."Drake said.

Helga wanted to argue with him, to tell him that Arnold is not the kind of person who would do this, but right now, given how angry he has been lately, and the fact that he seemed to have been the only one with the information, she was beginning to have doubts.

She hated having doubts when it comes to Arnold.

"Just promise me that you won't do anything stupid when you talk to him, this whole thing is complicated enough as it is..."Helga said and Drake turned to her.

"I am not going to do anything that little punk isn't asking for..."Drake said, only for Helga to glare at him.

"Drake!..."Helga said.

"Give me some credit, I won't hit him but if he thinks he can get away with this, I am going to show him how wrong he is..."Drake said, still convinced that Arnold is the culprit here.

Helga didn't know what to expect, all she did know is that she hopes that she and Drake are wrong about this.

"Helga!..."Was suddenly heard.

Helga and Drake turned around and the two had seen Arnold rushing up to them. Helga found it ironic that they had been looking for him and he was the one to find them.

Drake, on the other hand, sent him a nasty glare, one that the Football headed boy noticed and surprisingly enough, returned in full force.

"You!..."Drake said.

"You..."Arnold said as Drake marched up to him.

"How dare you!..."Drake said in anger.

"How dare I what?..."Arnold said, glaring at him.

Helga wasn't used to seeing Arnold glare at people. She doesn't like it.

"You know what I am talking about, you little shrimp..."Drake said angrily.

"I have no clue what you're talking about," Arnold responded with an angry glare.

Drake grabbed Arnold by the collar and pulled him up.

"What right do you have to ruining my life?!..." Drake shouted furiously.

"Drake!"

Drake turned around and saw Helga there. He realized that his temper is acting up and that is not good, so he let go of Arnold, but he was still furious.

The two boys had a stare off, not of fun or some odd manliness thing, but out of stubbornness.

Helga saw that Drake is mad and she also knew what a blockhead he can be, so she decided to do something before either boys did something really stupid.

"Drake, relax!..."Helga said as she got in between the two boys.

"Helga, what is he talking about?.."Arnold said.

He wanted to get her away from this jerk, but he was confused too.

"What my calm, patient boyfriend over here is trying to ask, is this...Arnold, do you have any idea how this happened?..."Helga said as she handed him a copy of the school paper.

Arnold briefly read the cover and actually looked stunned by what was on the front page.

"W-What the?..."Arnold said as he read the title "Friend or Foe?".

Drake then appeared before him, looking furious.

"Look, I can almost understand why you told Helga but putting this in the newspaper was so...so..."Drake was very upset now, so upset that he can't even find the right word for this.

"I had nothing to do with this...I haven't even told Gerald what I found out..."Arnold said.

"Don't lie to us..."Drake shouted.

"He's not lying..."Helga said and both boys looked at her.

"I have known Arnold since preschool and believe you, me...he stinks at lying..."Helga said and Arnold actually frowned at that.

"Hey, it's true..."Helga said.

He frowned, until it registered that Helga actually believe his innocence here.

That is good.

Drake frowned, still looking confused.

"But if he didn't do this, then explain how this happened?...'Drake said, looking upset.

"That is what I want to know..."Helga said.

"Arnold, you said that you didn't tell anyone about this...not even tall hair boy?..."Helga asked and he nodded.

"I didn't tell anyone..."Arnold said honestly.

Helga knew that no matter what, Arnold doesn't lie and even if he did, he wasn't the kind of person who would do this sort of thing.

She tried to think back. She and Arnold had been alone when he dropped that truth bomb on her, but just because she didn't see anyone, doesn't mean that there was no one there, she knew personally how a person can make themselves be hidden while spying on someone.

"Okay...so, someone must have overheard what Arnold told me and then went to press with it.."Helga thought as she tried to think of who she knows would do something like that.

Then, it hit her like an coming bus and she was furious for not realizing it sooner.

"RHONDA!..."Helga yelled suddenly, getting the two boys attention.

"Rhonda?...'Arnold question.

"Rhonda! What makes you think that it was Ms. Priss?..."Drake asked.

"Because it is so obvious! I can't believe I didn't see it sooner but this is totally something she'd do..."Helga said.

"But how did she find out?..."Drake asked, hating this.

"She must have been snooping around and heard us yesterday...as for how she got the picture, I have no clue..."Helga said as she started getting mad and started marching away.

Both Drake and Arnold were surprised and both of them followed her.

"Helga?..."Arnold exclaimed.

"What are you gonna do?..."Drake asked, still mad but worried for her sake too.

"To go find princess and have a few choice words of my own!..."Helga said, barely concealing her fury right now.

-To be continued-

Next time on A Broken Heart

Confronting Rhonda

A/N(1): Special thanks to NeoMark and BeConfuzzled Writer for their help :)

A/N(2): I dedicate this chapter to my friends, my family and my love for God :)

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