Arnold and Helga sat on the couch in the boarding house while Phil, Gertie, Big Bob and Miriam waited for an answer.
Arnold looked over to Helga and cleared his throat.
"We have a good explanation for the photo. You see, I went over to Helga's house to check up on her and just to talk."
"It was late at night but Arnold told me his grandpa allowed him to stop by and chat for a few minutes. We talked outside and catched up a little bit having a normal conversation. Eventually we grew tired of standing and sat down to look at the night sky in silence. However, we became sleepy and didn't realize we fell asleep side by side."
"But we promise you nothing happened. I know you all might be wondering how the picture came up and it's all because of Rhonda Lloyd."
Grandpa Phil raised an eyebrow. "You mean that rich girl in your class whose always bragging about herself and loves to gossip about other people?"
"That's the one." Arnold replied.
Big Bob sighed after calming down a bit. "You're lucky I'm not going to punish you Olga. Ain't no daughter of mine, especially as young as you, is ready to have a bun in the oven-"
Helga blushed crimson red while glaring at her father. "DAD! Gross! And stop calling me Olga!"
Gertie walked into the room with a karate outfit on and set a watermelon on the table.
"So what do you both plan to do about Ramona?" She asked.
"Oh don't worry about that grandma. Helga and I are going to think of a plan this weekend here at the boarding house if it's okay."
"Sure thing. Oh and just remember Kimba. Violence is not the answer. Hiyah!" She karate chopped the watermelon with her hand and it splattered over everyone in the room.
"Okay. I'll keep that in mind grandma." Arnold said with watermelon sliding down his face.
Phil went over to her and put his hands on his hips.
"Pookie, you're cleaning up this mess!"
Miriam sighed and cleaned off the lenses of her glasses. "I need a smoothie."
Saturday. Helga sat in front of the mirror while brushing her hair. Today was the day she planned to hang out with Arnold. Her hair was in a neatly made ponytail instead of her usual pigtails she always wore.
She looked at her watch and smiled.
"Oh Arnold! How glorious it will be to finally spend true quality time with you. My prince! My love! Not once do I plan on ruining this opportunity to grow closer to you and winning over your heart."
She stood up and grabbed her bag, letting her parents know where she was off to before leaving. It was a nice sunny day and the weather couldn't seem more pleasant.
Soon, she reached the boarding house and knocked on the door. Phil came to answer it and smiled.
"Why hello Helga. You can come in." He said.
"Thanks." Helga muttered and walked in.
"Arnold's up in his room playing a video game."
"Okay-"
"But before you go, I found my old camera. I'd like you to scare my grandson and get it on video heheh."
Helga grinned and started recording on her way up the staircase to his room. She slowly cracked open the door to see Arnold's back facing her. Luckily he had on headphones and the game's volume had been turned all the way up.
"C'mon Gerald! Catch up! Catch up!"
She quietly ran over and screamed boo while slighty shoving him.
"AHHHHHHHHHH" He yelled and fell out of his chair onto the floor.
Helga laughed at the top of her lungs while running down the stairs, handing the camera to his grandpa. Arnold ran down and stopped at the bottom step.
"Helga?! When did you get here?"
"Like 5 minutes ago."
"You scared the heck out of me!"
"And I enjoyed every second of it. Now it's on video."
His grandpa grinned while waving the camera in his hand.
"Not cool guys." Arnold blushed.
"Awww. Anyways let's go upstairs football-head."
Arnold sighed and walked up the steps with Helga, managing to crack a tiny smile at what just happened.
To be continued...
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