Let's continue, shall we?

Helga smirked as she was still settled behind the bushes. She pulled out a video camera that she had carried with her, thankful that Bob at least allowed her to have the privilege of owning one and turned it on. She held it up and coughed.

"Helga's Video Diary Number 72. Tonight is the night of the sleepover with Arnold and Lila. And right now, I'm looking into Lila's room to see what she has planned. Right now, she's watching cartoons, but she's going to move from that chair sometime..." Helga snickered. "She's not going to be getting away with trying to snag MY Arnold!"

With that said, Helga turned the camera away from her and positioned it near the window where Lila was watching intently and giggled.

"Oh, those Smurfs. Whatever will they think of next?" Lila giggled as she snuggled in her chair. Helga sneered at the sight before her as she checked her watch. It's been a half hour by now... shouldn't she be getting prepared.

"Come on, will you?" Helga whispered as Lila got up. "Ugh, finally!"

"Commercial break. I better get my favorite doll from my room!" Lila smiled as she started to run into her room. Fortunately, there was a window leading to Lila's room nearby, so Helga moved her camera over there and positioned it as she sneered towards Lila.

Lila hummed to herself as she was getting her doll. She giggled as she held it close. But before Lila could get back to the TV, her eye spotted something that was under the bed. Curious, she bent down and pulled out what seemed to be a sleeping bag. Helga smirked as she leaned her ear towards the glass.

"Well, that's funny." Lila said as she examined the sleeping bag. "How did Lulu's sleeping bag end up under my bed?"

It was right then and there that Helga looked a little confused. LULU'S sleeping bag? Helga's eyes widened as she suddenly remembered what Lulu had recently said before hopping in the car, about her packing up some books, and a couple changes of clo- CLOTHES!

"Oh, CRIMINY!" Helga said as she grabbed the camera and turned it around in shock. "I've been spying on the wrong girl!"

Suddenly, everything was becoming clear to her now. She had her sights set on Lila that she had not considered ONCE that Lulu may have been hitting on her man. Suddenly, everything made sense on why Lila was not in that big a hurry to pack... because she wasn't going to the sleepover at all! The REAL girl already left for the sleepover, and she slipped past her radar.

It was at that moment that she started to grow a little angry. "So, the twin thinks she can hit on MY Arnold? Well, fat chance of that happening!"

"Oh, I do so hope Daddy is over at the place already and hasn't left yet..." Lila said as she started to go over to the phone.

It was right then and there that an idea crawled into Helga's mind. Quickly, she got out of the bushes and grabbed the camera from the window before running towards the door and ringing the doorbell.

Lila was about to grab the phone to call the boarding house when she heard the doorbell ringing. Lila paused as she went towards the door. "Who could that be at four o'clock?"

Lila curiously peered through the peephole and smiled when she noticed Helga outside. She opened the door and smiled, "Oh, hello Helga. How are you doing this evening?"

"Oh, swell. I've been doing super fine, as a matter of fact." Helga gave a big smile. Lila then noticed the camera in her hand and looked at her in confusion. Helga yelped as she turned the camera off. "This? I was doing a video project with a friend. Actually, I was heading to another friend's house for advice."

"Well, you can talk to me, if you'd like." Lila smiled. "You're here now, aren't you?"

"Actually, this is more of an 'Arnold' talk." Helga explained. "I think he understands it more than you probably would."

"Oh... I guess you're right." Lila said as Helga raised an eyebrow.

"So... going to a sleepover tonight?" Helga quizzed, even though she already knew the answer.

"Oh, this?" Lila said, holding the sleeping bag up. "No, no, no, you see, Lulu forgot to take her sleeping bag with her, she's attending a sleepover with Arnold and I was about to call the boarding house to see if Daddy was still available... because if he wasn't there, I would have had to deliver this myself."

"Really?" Helga raised an eyebrow, then chuckled. "Hey, you know, I'm already on my way over to Arnold's place, I can drop off her sleeping bag for you!"

"Would you? Oh thank you ever so much, Helga! You're a really good friend!" Lila smiled as she bent down and rolled the sleeping bag up. As she handed Helga the sleeping bag, Helga realized that this would be weird if she just knocked on the door and just offered a favor... she needed just one thing to cover everything up so that Lila didn't suspect a thing.

"Uh, one more thing, Lila." Helga said as she looked up. "I was wondering... if... you knew question five of our homework assignment Mister Simmons sent. I tried to ask Phoebe, but she didn't know."

"Oh, that?" Lila smiled. "It's simple really. The answer is negative seven. It's a tricky question, but subtraction does allow for negative numbers."

Helga snapped her fingers. "I knew it, thank you! I wasn't sure! Anyway, I'll be on my way and deliver her sleeping bag for you."

"Thank you ever so much, Helga!" Lila smiled as Helga started to go off, Lila closing the door behind her. As soon as Helga was a good five feet away from the house, Helga put the sleeping bag by her side as she growled, putting the camera up to her face and turning it on.

"Well, apparently, I was wrong about Lila... but LULU, on the other hand... if that witch thinks she can fool me into thinking she's so innocent, she has another thing coming! After all, I AM the one in love with Arnold! NOBODY GETS THE DROP ON HELGA G. PATAKI!"

Helga yelled that at the top of her lungs as she held the camera away from her face, but still got it in view. Unfortunately, Helga did not notice a figure behind her raising a frying pan to her head as she swung it down.

CLANG!

The last thing Helga remembered before falling unconscious was a pain on her forehead as she fell down, dropping her camera nearby the bush.

It was about a couple of hours later as Arnold and Lulu had already finished eating with the folks and Lulu introducing herself to everyone and talking about her home life in the countryside, which everyone found nice and entertaining. As a matter of fact, as soon as everything was done, Arnold was holding Lulu's hand as she was looking around. "I have to say, Arnold, the people that live in your house are pretty eccentric."

"Maybe so, but I still think they're good people regardless." Arnold explained as he pulled the downstairs down that lead to his room. "Anyway, I apologize we didn't get a chance to explore my room in full... but would you like to take a look around?"

"Of course. It would be my pleasure." Lulu smiled as Arnold took her into her room.

Lulu's eyes sparkled as she drank it all in. There was a nice bed, a computer, a good sturdy desk, a retractable couch, and even a nice little alarm clock that was shaped like Arnold's body. Also nearby was a television and VCR player. Lulu whistled as she said, "You're a loaded man, Arnold. Your parents must really love you to give you all this stuff."

Arnold paused. "Well, actually, these aren't my parents' gifts, they're my grandparents' gifts. My parents are out somewhere in the jungles of San Lorenzo somewhere."

"Oh really? Are they explorers?" Lulu said, turning to Arnold.

"My grandpa says they are, but I'm not sure myself. According to them, the last time anyone has seen my parents was when I was one year old." Arnold explained as Lulu looked at him in sympathy. "Yeah, I never seen them most of my life..."

"Oh, my poor, sweet Arnold. You must be horribly upset..." Lulu said in concern. "Do you think they're still out there?"

"I like to think they are..." Arnold said... before shaking his head. "But I don't want to think about them right now... I want to have the sleepover with you, Lulu... I was thinking maybe we can watch a movie first?"

"Oh, a movie?" Lulu smiled. "Can it be a horror film?"

Arnold raised an eyebrow. "Why a horror film?"

"Well... let's just say I want someone to cling on to when the scary scenes pop up." Lulu smirked towards Arnold as Arnold blushed.

Arnold paused as he said, "All right, I guess we can do horror..."

Arnold then looked in his video collection as he found something interesting... thinking back to the Evil Twin 2 conversation he had with Lila. "How about the first Evil Twin? I've been thinking about seeing the second one for a while, and I thought seeing the first one will get me hyped for it."

"Oh, I've heard about this movie! Sure, I wouldn't mind watching it." Lulu smiled as Arnold smiled, putting the movie on. As Arnold sat down next to her, Lulu thought to herself, "Because by the time the movie's over... we will be having so much fun, he'll wish it'll never end... who am I kidding, of course the fun will never end!"

Who knocked Helga unconscious? Will Arnold and Lulu enjoy the movie... or will they be enjoying each other oh so much more? Find out next time!