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Helga's Makeover II
Chapter 4: Who's That Girl? Part 3
Arnold had been unaware of what was going on with his girlfriend, since he had been helping Rhonda out with her "crises".
"There you go..." The football headed boy said, bringing the art project to its proper place.
"Thank you Arnold, you're such a doll..."Rhonda said in relief.
"No problem, Rhonda..."Arnold said.
Once they manage to find the missing art project, Arnold was free from his good nature obligation to help his friends in need. Now, he's free to go have fun with Helga, which he is looking forward to.
Though, he still had to go talk to her about-
"Hey, what's going on over there?..."Rhonda's voice snapped him out of it.
"Huh?..."He asked and noticed the prissy girl frown a bit.
Who is that?..."Rhonda said, feeling slightly jealous.
Arnold looked in the direction where she pointed.
To his surprise, he saw a lot of boys surrounding something...
No, not something
Someone...
Someone that was actually familiar to the oblong headed boy. He saw long blonde hair that was in a wavy style, a pink dress and an aggravated expression on her face.
"Wait? HELGA?!..."Arnold thought in alarm as he found himself running in that direction, much to Rhonda's confusion.
What is going on here?!
With Helga
Helga's going crazy.
No, she was going certified insane right now and for good reason. Every boy was flirting with her and it freaked her out. Even more so as they refused to leave her alone, even after she told them to go take a hike.
"Hey babe…" One said as he got too close to Helga's personal space.
"I thought I told you to get lost and-..."Helga tried before she was cut off when another boy butted in.
"Hi there, Beautiful. So, you seeing anyone?..."The boy said as he nearly put his arm around her.
Helga backed away and was tempted to break it but refrained from doing it since she didn't want to break any jaws...yet.
"Back off! Get out of my way, you creep!..."Helga yelled as she pushed him, looking mad and repulsed but it didn't make him leave.
The boys, on the other hand, seem to think she was playing hard to get or something, as they kept it up, smiling at her as they did so.
Playing hard to get, are we?..."The boy said with an interested look on his face, just like the others.
Helga growled and before she could yell at them that she already had a boyfriend or did anything physical, her boyfriend called to her.
"Helga?!..."She heard Arnold's voice call her.
"Arnold!..."Helga said in relief as she managed to push away from the crowd.
She went to Arnold, who just finished helping Rhonda with her "crises". Arnold was able to reach her, passing another boy who was making googly eyes at her, much to their disbelief.
"Helga, are you okay?!..."Arnold asked in concern.
She groaned, looking all the boys who were still trying to get her attention. The blonde girl shook her head and sent them a dirty look before turning her attention back to her boyfriend.
"I'm fine, but it seems the guys here are bigger morons than I thought!..."Helga muttered.
Arnold looked confused. Before he could ask what she meant... This happened.
Two of her admirers had followed her. It's Sid and Stinky, both who had Yahoo soda's in their hands.
"Hi again, Beautiful..." Sid said flirtatiously as he approached her.
"Here is your Yahoo soda..."Stinky said, still with that girl crazy look on his face.
"I never asked for one!..." Helga yelled at him.
"What is going on here?!..."Arnold asked, surprised at seeing the two admirers.. "Guys?!..."He asked, shocked at how they're both behaving towards Helga.
"Oh, howdy Arnold..."Stinky said.
"Hey Arnold..."Sid said, before turning his attention back to the girl.
"If I my be so bold, lil' lady, but your perfume smells sweeter than a flowery meadow..."Stinky said but Sid interrupted him, much to his annoyance.
"So, sweet thang...how are enjoying the many sculptures and paintings in this art gallery?..."Sid said and Helga was getting more annoyed and Arnold was just baffled by the whole situation and maybe a little jealous and annoyed too.
"Excuse me! We were talking!..."Helga said in annoyance, not liking that he called her "sweet thang".
"Oh, don't bother with him, he's dating some tomboy, but I am as free as a bird.."Sid said as he wiggled his eyebrows.
Helga was getting mad. So was Arnold, once he registered that not only did Sid not recognize Helga, he was flirting with her.
"Sid, you do realize that-..."Arnold was cut off when his friend, Sid, interrupted him too.
"Hey Arnold, why don't you let me handle this blonde bombshell here? Why don't you look for Helga?..."Sid waved off and the football headed boy realized that his friend was oblivious to the fact that this "blonde bombshell" IS Arnold's girlfriend!
Arnold wasn't sure what was worst: That his friends were flirting with his girlfriend in front of him or that Sid didn't even realize that it was his girlfriend he was flirting with.
Helga looked to Arnold, mouthing "help me", so Arnold realized that he should rescue her, before these two did something they'd regret.
"Uh Sid, this is not who you think it is..." Arnold attempted to explain to him.
Unfortunately for Arnold, Sid did not recognize that it was Helga whom he was eying, in his desperation, actually pulled Arnold away, much to Helga's surprise as he now had the Yahoo soda that Helga didn't ask for in his hand.
"Listen Arnold, you can't go around blocking us single guys from trying to score with some beautiful babe like her. Besides, you already have girlfriend, an angry and high maintenance one, but still your girlfriend none the less..."Sid said.
Arnold got mad at that but before he could say anything, some more boys approached Helga.
It's Rex, Big Gino and Mickey the snitch, who also had apparently stopped their physical brawl long enough to notice her absence and approached her.
"There you are, fair lady.."Rex said, only to be pushed away by Mickey and Big Gino.
"Don't mind him, beautiful. So, where were we?..."Mickey said flirtatiously.
Helga looked ready to hurl as she held back her fists and glared menacingly at all the lovesick idiots.
Arnold heard this, felt jealousy rise and was unable to believe the nerve of these guys who were flirting with HIS girlfriend right in front of him. He was about to talk some sense to all these so-called gentleman and give them a piece of his mind and an ear full too.
"Now wait just one min-..."Arnold tried to say but was cut off by his so-called friend, Sid, who once again interrupted him when he spoke to Cecile-Helga again.
"Don't listen to these bozos. They wouldn't know how to treat a pretty little thing like you, even if they had a manual..."Sid said, not knowing the trouble he put himself into.
"What did you say, you little punk?! You forgetting who you're talking to!..."Big Gino said with a glare.
"At least he has enough brain cells to see that you're not that you're nowhere near her type..."Rex said snobbishly and before Helga could say anything, the other boy yelled in anger.
"Are you saying that I'm not good enough for her?! Maybe I teach the both you a lesson..."Big Gino yelled at him as the arguing continued.
Both Arnold and Helga were really starting to loss their patience as the other boys continued to bicker and fight over Helga, even if they don't know it's her and unknown to them, things were going to get worse.
Meanwhile
Connie and Maria had witness all of the boys leave them to eye the new girl. Anger began to fuel both females at the mysterious girl for stealing all the boys attention away from them.. They eyed her critically and in slight jealousy too.
"That's the gaudiest dress I have ever seen..."Connie said with her arms crossed, already judging the new girl.
"And did you see how her hair is styled? I mean, can you say last season?..."Marie said, refusing to admit she's jealous.
The two girls noticed even more boys around her, and they also noticed that certain boys that they knew very well were looking at her too.
"Just, who is that blonde, anyway?..."Marie demanded, wondering just who this new girl is and why she's getting more attention than they are.
"She's stealing our admirers!..."Connie said as they decided to be go see just what is it about this girl that all boys are gawking at.
Meanwhile, Rhonda, who had just finished talking with Arnold's parents about an art project that's due soon and she noticed a crowd forming up in the distance.
She also noticed that the new girl from earlier seems to be unnerved at al this attention and the dark haired girl sensed some incoming juicy gossip might be in the works.
"Oh my gosh! Looks like there might be major drama..."Rhonda said as she pulled out her phone/
The pampered rich girl then went to the now growing crowd, wanting to get a better view.
During that time, Wolfgang and Edmund just arrived at the art gallery, looking around, clearly with the intention to make their own "art", as in, trash it and mess with the underclassmen for his own fun.
"Wolfgang, why are we here again?..."Edmond asked in his clueless way.
Wolfgang rolled his eyes.
"I already told you, to give these lower graders a good lesson in 'art' and maybe pick up some chicks..."The mean seventh grader said.
"Oh, yeah...that's right..."Edmund said in his usual absent-minded way.
Wolfgang rolled his eyes at that before he spotted their targets, who were gathering around in a large group. The bully grinned.
"Now, this is going to be fun..."The big bully said as he marched over to the crowd with his lackey right behind him.
Before Wolfgang and Edmund could cause trouble, they noticed something...or rather someone who the crowd was looking at and they stopped.
It's a girl. A really pretty girl that made Wolfgang's jaw dropped.
"Woah..."Wolfgang whispered.
"Yeah...woah..."Edmund agreed.
It was almost like they were hypnotized or something when they saw this girl. In their minds, she's a total knockout and Wolfgang then sported a flirtatious look on his face as he approached her by getting between her and Sid.
"Hey there..."He said.
Helga saw him and looked on in dread.
"OH NO! NOT HIM!?..."She thought in dread, hoping that Wolfgang didn't come here to flirt with her too.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the case as the tall seventh grader began flirting with her...poorly.
"I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of heaven, my little angel..."Wolfgang said.
Helga was so mad, she flat out slapped him. Wolfgang was stunned, before he looked even amused for some reason.
"Haha...Sassy, just the way I like them..."Wolfgang said, not seeing that the poor girl is repulsed by him.
Unfortunately, Helga's other admirers caught up and saw this. Sid, being fool hardy, spoke up next.
"I saw her first!..."Sid said.
"Well… I don't see a sign that says she's yours..." Wolfgang said.
They weren't the only ones getting involved. Soon all of the boys began arguing among themselves and Helga was losing her patience.
Arnold too.
He realized that this has gotten way out of hand, and tried to break things up and explain things.
"Hey!..." Arnold said..."Hey, guys..Come on, quit bothering-..."Arnold tried but was cut off again, this time by a certain seventh grade bully.
"Get lost, Football Face! Can't you see we were busy fighting over this pretty blonde here!..." Wolfgang said as he shoved him aside, knocking Arnold back and he nearly made him knock over a couple of trashcans along the way.
"Arnold!..."Helga exclaimed at what just happened to her beloved and went to check on him.
Despite the fact that he is okay, seeing what Wolfgang did was the straw the broke the camel's back that was her patience and-
"AH!..."Helga screamed, getting their attention.
She then grabbed her pigtail bands that had been in her purse, fixed her bangs and soon her face was back in her typical hair style, thus revealing her own face to them.
"IT'S ME, YOU BONE HEADS!..."Helga yelled and everyone at the art show, minus Arnold, was stunned by this development.
All of them rubbed their eyes in refusal to believe what they're seeing. The other students who had come to see the potential fight, including Rhonda, Connie and Marie stared in disbelief.
"Helga?!..."Wolfgang shouted in total shock.
"Helga?!..."Rex said in a surprised manner
"Helga?!..."Mickey the snitch said in the same tone.
"Helga?!..."Big Gino exclaimed, almost scared for his life.
"Helga?!..."Connie and Maria both shouted at the same time, unable to believe their eyes.
"Helga?!..."Rhonda exclaimed, taking some photographic evidence with her smart phone.
"Helga?!..."Stinky said as felt like he was just hit in the face.
"Helga?!..."Sid said, immediately hiding behind Stinky as the blonde girl sent everyone a furious stare.
"YES! IT'S ME, YOU IDIOTS!..."She yelled angrily.
"I...I can't believe it..."Rhonda said in a stunned voice as she continued to take pictures, keeping her smartphone study in her hands.
"N-No… it… it can't be…" Sid said with utter disbelief.
"Oh heck no! I just flirted with lower grade girl!? I don't feel so good..." Wolfgang said, looking like he was going to throw up.
"That's… that's not possible… You're… you're you!..." Stinky said with his jaw dropping.
Helga, aggravated, yelled at them.
"WHAT?! Wearing a dress and makeup? I cannot believe you chuckle-heads were stupid enough not to recognize me! You didn't even recognize my voice! CRIMINY!..."She yelled.
Connie and Maria were flabbergasted at this.
"O.M.G?! I see it, but I still can't believe it..."Marie said, nearly stunned silent.
"I know, right...That's Helga?!..."Connie said, who still couldn't believe her eyes.
While they continued to stare in disbelief, , the boys were all still feeling a mixture of confusion, dread and mortified.
"This can't be happening..."Sid said, still currently mortified.
"Why didn't ya'll say something?..."Stinky asked.
"I TRIED! YOU IDIOTS DIDN'T LET ME HAVE A WORD IN ALL NIGHT!..."She yelled.
"Same here..."Arnold said with his arms crossed.
The boys then realized that they've made a mistake and just now realized that they were flirting with Arnold's girlfriend.
"I flirted with Helga?..." Sid said in horror before looking to Arnold... "Dude, I seriously had no idea!..." Sid said, not meaning to break the bro code.
"I noticed..."Arnold said, showing that he did look ticked due to all the trouble they've not only put him though, but his girlfriend too.
His girlfriend who is now really, really angry!
"That's it! I'm out of here!..."Helga said as she angrily marched out of the art gallery, leaving a stunned crowd behind.
"Helga, wait!..."Arnold called as he ran after her.
All the while, EVERYONE was still freaking out over what just happened.
The girls were surprised and astounded that Helga actually managed to look so good tonight, and the boys were still flabbergasted over the fact that they ended up flirting with her.
"Oh, this really bites…" Stinky said as he hang his head down.
"Yeah, it does..."Sid said as the rest of the crowd slowly began to disperse and awkwardly go back to looking at the paintings and sculptures, though they are were still a little stunned by what just happened.
-To be continued-
Next time on Helga's Makeover II
Just the Way You Are
A/N(1): Special thanks to Anonymous Latino, Jay The Average Fanboy and NeoMark for assisting. You guys rule ;)
A/N(2): Some scenes here were inspired by an old CatDog episode: "That Lady is A Shriek", one of my favorite episodes.
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