Here we are, the next chapter!
The knocking on the front door was heard as Arnold and Lulu realized that Arnold's legs were about to close on Lulu. Quickly, Arnold unfurled his legs and moved them to the side as Lulu crossed her legs and sat to the side, but still made eye contact. The door to the bathroom turned as Lila came out, her hair about wet. "I wonder who that would be?"
"Well... if it's for me, tell them I didn't come here, okay?" Arnold said, nonchalantly.
Arnold's shoulder angel's mouth dropped in utter shock as Arnold's shoulder devil was smiling widely and nudging the shoulder angel's ribs.
Lulu could only giggle as Lila blinked in confusion. "Why?"
"Just say it to whoever, okay?" Arnold said as Lulu got up.
"Come on, Arnold, I'd like to show you the small guest room Daddy set up for me." Lulu said as Arnold took her hand.
Arnold smiled deeply as he followed his girlfriend in, his mood a little horny at the moment.
Lila blinked as Lulu shut the door to the guest bedroom. Lila didn't understand what was going on in there, but if she had known, she might have stopped it. The knock on the door was heard as Lila smiled, "I'll be right there!"
Lila ran over to the door as she opened it, "Yes, yes, who is it?"
"Hi, Lila." Phoebe said as Lila opened the door all the way to reveal that Phoebe and Gerald were standing at her door step. "We were wondering if we can have a word with you, if you don't mind."
"Oh, hello, Phoebe, hello Gerald. Gosh, it's certainly a surprise to see you here." Lila smiled.
Inside the guest room, as Lulu locked it up, she smiled as she turned to Arnold, "You little minx. You just told Lila to tell a lie!"
"D-did I?" Arnold said, suddenly regretting his actions. "Maybe I made too bold a choice..."
"No, no, my blonde haired stud, you were doing the right thing." Lulu smiled as she walked over and hugged Arnold, nuzzling her head under his chin. "If anything, if it keeps Lila busy, she won't even know what I want to do with you?"
"What did you have in-" Arnold started as Lulu turned around and bent over. To Arnold's dark delight, Lulu's blue and red polka dot panties were in clear view as his 'Short Man' was waking up from below.
"So, what of that deal, hm?" Lulu smiled. "You willing to skip school and spend an entire day with me?"
"Don't you know it!" Arnold smiled as he was unbuckling his pants to drop them down.
Back outside, Gerald and Phoebe were sitting down as Lila was getting a couple of waters. "Sorry for the limited drink supply. I didn't know company was coming over."
"That's all right..." Gerald said as he paused. "Say, where's your father?"
"Oh, he's out shopping for groceries at the moment." Lila smiled.
"And Lulu?" Phoebe asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, she's out at the moment... she said she was going to visit Arnold." Lila said.
"Really? Because last I remembered seeing him, I noticed him walking home with you." Gerald pointed out, remembering that before he got on the school bus, he spotted Arnold coming out with Lila.
"Oh, that? Well, yes. Lulu was at home, and she and Arnold went out together after he dropped me off." Lila explained as loud grunting was heard.
"What was that?" Phoebe asked as she looked around.
Lila paused as she thought to herself, "Are those two playing a video game in the guest room or something?"
Lila smiled nervously as she lied, "Oh, uh, we have a bit of a mouse problem in this area. Daddy just told me this morning."
"Oh dear." Gerald said, though his face frowned, looking at Lila suspiciously. "That must be awful."
"Indeed. Daddy either considered hiring an exterminator or getting a cat. He figured getting a cat would be the ever so cheaper of the two." Lila smiled. "And you know, having a pet around the house may not be a bad idea."
"I'm sure you would have the responsibility to take care of one, but that's not why we're here." Gerald said. "From what I understand, you, Arnold and Lulu went on a tour together on Saturday."
"Well, of course we did." Lila smiled. "It was a wonderful tour of the place."
"Really?" Phoebe asked as she raised an eyebrow. "Did anything in particular happen?"
"Well, I noticed that when I arrived with Lulu at school to give her a tour, she had a slight crush on Arnold, and thought he was pretty cute. I thought I would introduce the two to be polite. And... well, technically Arnold asked me out to town, but before I could answer no, Lulu answered yes for me and sort of invited herself along." Lila blushed in embarrassment.
"Really?" Phoebe raised an eyebrow. "She "invited" herself along?"
"Well, why not? She did seem to be ever so interested in Arnold." Lila said. "But unfortunately, I knew that Arnold would still be pining for me, so, after being given some advice by my twin sister, she told me to tell him that I was seeing somebody else."
"Wait... you actually willingly LIED to Arnold?" Gerald frowned.
"I didn't want to get in the way of Lulu's attempts, and I thought if Arnold wouldn't be interested in me, maybe he'd be interested in someone like Lulu." Lila said.
Gerald frowned in suspicion as she said, "How DID Arnold fall for Lulu anyway?"
"I don't have any idea, but all I know was that Arnold decided to invite Lulu over for a sleepover and she agreed to it." Lila smiled.
"I see... did anything peculiar happen to you or Arnold and Lulu while you were on the tour on Saturday?" Phoebe asked as she pulled out a note pad.
Lila paused. "The oddest things kept happening on Saturday, yes. For one thing, I kept getting wet everywhere when I was getting a drink from the water fountain, and when I had a milkshake at Slausen's, I felt a spicy taste. Then I got even more wet at the docks. And I thought Eugene had that bout of bad luck."
"Sounds like her, all right." Phoebe muttered to herself as she wrote everything down.
"Sorry?" Lila paused.
"Nothing." Phoebe shook her head. "I'm sorry, it's just... when you were on the tour on Saturday, did you see anyone peculiar... like, I don't know, Helga?"
"Helga?" Lila raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Well, no I didn't see her on Saturday."
"Oh..." Phoebe looked down as Gerald paused.
"But I DID see her Sunday night." Lila said as Phoebe and Gerald looked towards Lila in surprise.
"You SAW Helga on Sunday?" Phoebe asked.
Arnold was feeling a bit spent as he kissed Lulu on the lips. After the kiss, Arnold sat down, his pants and underpants still down as he sighed, growling happily. Lulu giggled as she stood up, pulling up her skirt and panties to her side as she laid her head towards the wall. "Ah... Arnold, you're a wonderful man... willing to do me in the a-"
"An hour or so after Lulu left for the sleepover, I noticed her sleeping bag was under my bed. I was going to go return it, but then Helga showed up." Lila's voice was heard from the wall.
Lulu blinked in confusion as she peered in and listened.
"Really?" Phoebe's voice asked. "Did she say anything?"
"Just wanted to know what homework assignment she needed help on, and she even offered to deliver the sleeping bag to Lulu for me at Arnold's boarding house." Lila explained.
"She did? Did... anything else happen?" Phoebe's voice asked as Lulu frowned, not liking where this was going.
"Well, no. After school when I got back, I saw Lulu putting away her sleeping bag in the guest room, and so I figured Helga delivered it safe and sound." Lila said. "Why?"
"Helga hasn't been in school all day, have you noticed that?" Phoebe asked.
"Of course I did, but..." Lila's voice started... then tampered off. "You know, it's weird. I thought she would be sick in bed, but no, Helga was just fine last night. You don't think it was an overnight sickness, do you?"
"Well, when we went to deliver her homework, Helga wasn't there in her home!" Gerald explained as Lulu was cursing under her breath.
Lila's eyes widened in horror. "Helga wasn't at home?"
"No, she wasn't. And if I know Helga, she didn't go with her parents to the convention, and she was definitely not sick!" Phoebe frowned.
Lila paused as she covered her mouth. "You-you don't think she's been kidnapped, do you?"
Gerald frowned. "Helga Pataki? No way! I've seen her be tough and brutal before! Nobody would ever lay a hand on her, she CAN fight back!"
"But it's a possibility." Phoebe said.
"Gosh, that's terrible." Lila said as she covered her mouth. "Tell you what, if I see anything, I'll let you know what's going on."
"Thanks." Phoebe smiled. "I appreciate that."
"Just don't alert anyone else yet, okay?" Gerald said as he got up. "We can't know for sure what happened to Helga unless we can figure it out what happened."
"A-all right." Lila said in worry. "Should I at least tell Arnold and Lulu what happened?"
"Don't send them into a panic yet. Not until we know what happened." Gerald said as he got up and pulled Phoebe up. "We better get going. We'll be exploring more of her house in the morning to see if we missed any clues."
"All right." Lila nodded as the two headed out the door. "Good-bye. I hope Helga's okay!"
As Lila watched the two leave, she shut the door as she sighed in worry. She then took a deep breath as she said, "You can come out now, they're gone!"
The guest room door unlocked with a click as Lulu and a tired Arnold came out (the latter thankfully having his pants up) as Lila frowned, "Were you two playing video games in there? You sounded like you were!"
"Uh... yeah, we were playing video games. Isn't that right, sweetie?" Lulu smiled as she patted a dazed Arnold on the back, snapping him out of it.
"Huh? Oh... yeah, video games, yeah..." Arnold shook his head as he looked around. "What were we doing?"
"Oh, well, Lila, would you mind sitting with Arnold for a few minutes, I need to make a quick phone call." Lulu smiled as she turned around and started heading into the guest room and shut the door.
"So... what video game were you two playing that caused you to grunt loudly?" Lila asked as Arnold yelped.
"Tell her the truth, Arnold! You didn't play video games with her sister, you SCREWED her sister!" Arnold's angelic side growled at the boy.
"Oh, but then she'd never trust you with her dear, sweet sister! Trust me, Arnold. Just say the name of a game, shall we?" Arnold's devilish side smirked.
"Well... it was a car racing game." Arnold lied as Arnold's angelic side was smacking his forehead.
"Oh, okay." Lila smiled.
Inside, Lulu was picking up the phone and dialing a number as she waited for someone to pick up. Someone then answered the phone. "Yello, pardner!"
"Fifi, it's me, Lulu! Listen, how far along are you with your new beau?" Lulu whispered.
"Gosh, I figure a few more hours and she'll agree to be called 'Fifi's Bitch'. Why?" Fifi asked.
"I need you to delay the breaking for a couple of hours. I need you to do me a favor." Lulu whispered. "Listen closely."
And we'll stop here for now! What will happen next? What is happening to Helga in the meantime? Find out next time!