And now, for this next one!
About two days later, early in the morning, Lila had just finished braiding up her hair as she came out of the bathroom and meeting up with Lulu, who was all set and dressed up for the day.
"Well, I don't know about you, Lila, but personally, I am excited for our tour around Hillwood!" Lulu smiled. "Oh, I hope Arnold is just as thrilled as we are!"
"Correction. Thrilled as 'YOU' are. Nothing personal, Lulu, but I am still ever so skeptical about this." Lila said, uncomfortably as they sat down.
"Hey, don't worry, sister of mine. Just remember to tell him you're interested in someone else, and you'll do fine." Lulu assured her sister.
Lila paused as she looked around and thought to herself. "If you're sure it'll work..."
"Believe me, I promise by the end of this, he probably won't even be thinking of you anymore." Lulu giggled, then thought to herself. "If anything, once I start using my words, he'll be thinking about me."
Lila took a deep breath... then smiled. "All right, I think I'm ready."
Before another word could be spoken, they both heard a knock on the door as Lila gave a small smile and walked towards the door. "Hello, Arnold."
Indeed, there was Arnold standing by the doorway, giving a small smile to Lila. "Hi, Lila."
"Hello, Arnold." Lulu appeared behind Lila, giving him a flirtaesious smile. Arnold looked up and gave a nod to her.
"Hi, Lulu. Are you two ready to go?" Arnold asked.
"Of course." Lila smiled as the twin sisters stepped outside. "Arnold, I would first like to say thank you for helping me out in helping my sister."
"It's no trouble at all, Lila." Arnold smiled. "Anyway, we have a lot to look around, so is there any particular place you would like to start with?"
Lulu gave a small smile as she thought about it. "Well... what's the busiest part of town you can think of?"
Arnold paused. "The... busiest part of town? Well, I guess that would be the square, but... I should warn you, it gets really busy."
"Oh, that's okay. I always don't mind the busy places. The more busy, the less likely anyone could see us." Lulu giggled.
"It's ever so true. I remember Lulu always wanting to be in the bigger parts of her town." Lila smiled.
Arnold gave a smile as he looked towards the two girls. "Well, all right then! Just make sure to stick close."
The girls nodded as they started to walk together with Arnold. Arnold was giving a warm smile to himself, hardly believing he was getting a date with Lila. Lila was holding the smile, but at the same time, she knew she would have to tell him... Lulu did say that one little white lie can't hurt.
Lulu, on the other hand, hid a smirk. Once she gets to the busiest part of town, she knew exactly who to find and where to go.
A little unknown to anybody else, inside the busiest part of town, two certain friends were hanging out at the hair stylists, one of them waiting for a certain friend as she had a magazine to her face. Helga Pataki looked over her magazine as she noticed her friend, Phoebe, was just about done as she was sitting down, a hair dryer stationed on her hair. "Come on, Pheebs, the sooner you have your hair done, the sooner we can just get the heck out of there so we can do my activity."
"Be patient, please. Hair like this doesn't just magically stay in position like yours does. It has to have the right foof." Phoebe called.
Helga growled as she kept an eye on her magazine. She frowned as she shook her head. She had to admit, although the shock of Lila having a twin sister shocked her, she didn't feel bothered by it. If anything, to her, it meant that it left more free time for her to spend with her sister, than with anybody else. Still, she found it pretty odd to see someone almost like Lila.
Helga looked out the window for a slight moment and looked out as she saw a flash of blue run by. Helga turned back to her magazine... then stopped herself short as she looked again, but the flash of blue had just vanished. Helga looked confused... before turning to Phoebe, who had just got the dryer removed from her hair. "Uh..."
"What's wrong, Helga?" Phoebe raised an eyebrow in confusion as she put on the scrunchie on her hair.
"I thought I-" Helga paused... then stopped herself as she shook her head. "No, nothing. Never mind. Anyway, if you're about done, we need to get going. I don't want to miss this week's wrestling event!"
"Coming." Phoebe chirped as she dug out some money to pay the hair stylist.
"So, this is the square." Arnold said as he took Lila and Lulu out of the bus. "The very busiest part of town. You can do just about anything here, whether it would be getting your hair done, arcade, or just window shop or shop."
"Wow... that looks so ever so wonderful!" Lulu smiled as she looked around. "Not like my town. We don't have a square quite as large, but it's still nice."
Lila giggled. "Oh yes, I believe you said something about that, Lulu. You say there was a big pavilion in the middle of your square?"
Lulu nodded. "It's not much to look at, but it's pretty nice. Some say you can take a dance partner and... dance the day and night away." Lulu smirked as she turned towards Arnold.
Arnold raised an eyebrow towards Lulu as he grinned. "That sounds like a nice thought."
Lulu paused as she looked around... before spotting something in the crowd. Lulu smiled as she looked towards Arnold and Lila. "Er, sorry to leave you guys like this, but... I have to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back."
"Take your time." Arnold said as Lulu started to run off. Lila nodded as she sat down on the bench, with Arnold sitting next to her. Arnold gave a smile as he said, "You know, your sister is really a nice girl."
"She is, isn't she?" Arnold smiled. "You know, Lila, I really appreciate you taking the time to go out with me, even if it is an outing with your sister..."
"Right... er, Arnold, can we talk for a moment? Do you remember when we were in front of the movie theater the other day?" Lila said.
Arnold paused. "I... do recall that, yes. You said something along the lines of 'wanting to find that all-so special someone, and I wasn't it."
Lila nodded. "Well... I believe that I have found that all-so special someone."
"You have?" Arnold's eyes widened in shock. He couldn't believe his ears. He couldn't have been changing her mind about him already, was he?
Meanwhile, Lulu was smiling as she met up with someone near the alley. "Well, well, well, you certainly took your sweet time."
"Golly, Ah should say the same to you!" A female about Lila's age said. She was a tall girl, wearing a tight blue sweater with a light blue skirt, and had oddly shaped ears. She also had messy black hair and blue rimmed goggles. "How's your sister doing, Lulu?"
"Oh, doing great, thank you, Fifi!" Lulu giggled. "Anyway, see her with the football headed kid?"
The girl, known as Fifi, looked over and raised an eyebrow. "He kinda looks like..."
"...Arnie, but smarter and saner? You got it, sweetcheeks." Lulu laughed. "Indeed, this is the man I've mentioned. This is his cousin, Arnold, and let me tell you, he is more man and mature than Arnie ever was. I mean, I want to like Arnie, but... ugh! Now, his cousin... mmmm... now that's a boy that I want to declare as mine."
Fifi paused as she giggled, "I can see that... do you think you can win his heart?"
"If I do, when I get back home, Arnie is being dumped." Lulu smiled. "And seeing Arnold... he makes my heart a-flutter."
"But didn't Arnie say he was a good person?" Fifi scratched her head.
"Please, Fifi, even a good person always has some hidden desires... and it's up to me to exploit those hidden desires..." Lulu giggled. "Now, listen. I just need you to keep an eye on anyone that could potentially threaten my plan. Don't worry about Lila, she doesn't even like like him. And if you find someone you like like... just make sure she's trained."
"Of course, Lulu. There won't be any trouble at all." Fifi gave a salute.
Lulu gave a giggle. "I know I could always count on you..."
Unknown to anybody else, Helga and Phoebe were walking together as Helga smiled, "I'm telling you, Pheebs, I'm feeling pretty good today."
"How so?" Phoebe smiled.
"Well... a big wrestling event is today, the sun is shining, the spring birds are chirping happily, Arnold is talking with Lila on the bench over there, and best of all, Bob and Miriam have gone for a week vacation to Lo-" Helga stopped herself as she covered her mouth. "Wait... did I just say Arnold is talking with Lila on the bench over there?"
Phoebe turned towards where Helga was pointing as she said, "Yes, and you're not seeing things."
"Thanks for answering my next question..." Helga sighed as she looked over in shock to see Arnold and Lila talking on the bench. "Wh-why are they here? The last I heard of the two, Lila isn't even interested in Football Head!"
"Quite a conundrum, isn't it?" Phoebe raised an eyebrow. Helga furrowed her brow as she growled.
"I don't like it. I don't know what they're saying over there, but I need a closer look. Pheebs, stay here and wait until further instructions." Helga said and started to walk off before Phoebe could say anything.
And now, to stop here! We'll be right back!
