The two made their way outside. They were confronted with a group of kids, staring at them. Stinky, blushed, realising he still held Rhonda's hand. He led her over to the bench.
"Well, there ya go Miss Rhonda...just sit down right here. You feeling woozy still?"
"Huh?"
Stinky whispered in her ear. "I's just didn't want people teasing ya, on accounta I was a holding your hand. I mean, I was just trying to help ya....that's all.."
Rhonda whispered back.."Oh I see..." she said lowering her head. For some reason she couldn't figure out, she felt sick on the inside once Stinky had said that.
"Stinky, um...could you go find Nadine?"
"Sure thing Miss Rhonda, are you sure you are okay?"
"I'm....fine Stinky."
Stinky walked across the playground.
Helga waited for the crowd around Rhonda to disperse.
"Um....Rhonda could we talk?"
"Helga!?! Um...sure I guess so...what about?"
"Okay, this is Arnold's dumb idea, so if I sound stupid, it's because of him."
"Uh...sure"
"Well, Stinky was mad at me, because I was teasing him. That's why he threw the ball so hard, and when I dodged it, it hit you instead. I...I just wanted to say...that....that...I'm sorry." Helga said, almost mumbling the last part.
"It's okay Helga....I forgive you.." Rhonda replied quietly.
Arnold was standing nearby with Phoebe.
"Thanks for talking her into appologizing Phoebe."
"It was the least I could do, with Rhonda being in her current condition."
"Well today was a first for a lot of things..."
"What pray tell do you mean Arnold?"
"Helga appologized, Rhonda forgave her, and Stinky...wait a minute...where's Stinky?"
Lila came over to Arnold.
"Arnold, may I talk to you please?"
"Sorry Lila, I have to go find Stinky." Arnold said walking off. Lila shrugged her shoulders, and walked the opposite way. Helga was right behind Phoebe, and heard it all. Helga snuck back around the corner.
"It's still working! And I didn't do anything this time! Now I wonder why I didn't have to do anything?"
"Ha! This is great! I said sorry to Rhonda, so I'm in the clear there, and now I won't have to go get myself into even more trouble by trying to mess things up." Helga, feeling better, decided to go play 4-square, 'but I'd better keep a watch on them, just in case…'
.Meanwhile, Nadine wandered up to where Rhonda was.
"Hey Rhonda, You look upset, is it about your arm?" Nadine asked, concerned for her friend.
"No, My arms fine, but…" Rhonda sighed, "Stinky was acting a bit weird before he left"
"How is he acting weird?"
"Well, he was being really nice when I was in the nurses office, but when we came out to recess, he seemed to only want people to think he's helping me out, not that we're friends" Rhonda pondered. "but never mind, I think that I'm going to tell stinky that he's re-paid me for making me for .. well, you know, and that he can go back to being just him, and not just always helping me, Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go inside" and with that, Rhonda got up and left.
Nadine was worried for her friend, 'Rhonda really likes Stinky, and I was almost positive that Stinky liked her back, What is going on here?' she thought, and she decide to go tell Arnold about this new development.
So, Nadine was meandering around, looking for Arnold, while Arnold was looking for Stinky. And in turn Stinky was looking for Nadine
"Gee Wilikers, Where could Nadine be? Everyone keeps saying they just saw her go this way or that, but when I get there, they say she just left!" Stinky said to himself, "Well, I guess I'll go back to Miss Rhonda and tell her I couldn't find Nadine for her.
At that time, Arnold was also in that same predicament. He finally gave up, and decided that if Rhonda or Stinky needed him, they could come and find him. Chances have it, this is when Nadine found him.
"I so glad I finally found you Arnold! I've been going around and around, and everyone said you had just been by, looking for Stinky"
"What's the matter, Nadine?" Asked Arnold, and Nadine explained what Rhonda had just said to her.
"There's got to be someway we can help! You could tell in the nurse's office they like each other, Stinky's just being shy:" Arnold exclaimed
"And Stinky probably won't take it very well when Rhonda tells him he doesn't have to help anymore" Nadine Added.
Helga, Sitting behind a tree, out of their veiw, had A pang a guilt, she was the one who had caused all these problems, it was partially up to her to help solve them.
Helga knew she had to talk to either Rhonda or Stinky, and see what exactly was the problem. She decided, after the awkward conversation with Rhonda earlier, Stinky would be her best bet. The kids ran back into the classroom, and Helga stopped Stinky, before he could get to Nadine.
"Okay Stinky, I really need to talk to you."
"Well's hows bout after school, on accounta Mr. Simmons will get mad if we talk now."
"Fine Stinky, after school... and you better show up."
Stinky walked towards Rhonda, when Nadine stopped him.
"Um..Stinky, Rhonda isn't feeling very good, maybe you should leave her alone for awhile."
"Well if Miss Rhonda is hurt, I's got to help her."
"Stinky wait! Um...Rhonda said she was fine, yeah, so you could just relax the rest of the day."
"Okay, if Miss Rhonda said that, I guess I can follow her orders on that account." Stinky said sliding down into his seat. Arnold could tell something was still not right with Stinky and Rhonda. He looked around and spotted an open seat near Stinky. He hated to move because he was sitting by Lila, but he could tell Stinky really needed someone to talk to.
"Hi Stinky, is something wrong?"
"I's don't know Arnold. Miss Rhonda's done dismissed me for the day, and I's thinks it's because I done hit her."
"Well, is there anything else that happened that maybe she could have taken the wrong way?"
Stinky thought back to the whole incident in the nurses office.
"Only thing I's done remembers is that Rhonda was being nice to me one minute, and the next she's ordering me around like a slave again."
Arnold was quite puzzled, it sounded like Stinky thought Rhonda's personality had changed, and Rhonda thought Stinky's had. Before Arnold could reply, Mr. Simmons came in to start class.
After school, Arnold went to Stinky's locker.
"Hey Stinky, would you still like to talk?"
"I'd like to Arnold, but I's got someone else I's supposed to jaw with." Stinky said walking off. Arnold looked after him, who was he going to talk with. Afraid that it was Rhonda about to dismiss him permanently, Arnold decided to follow him.
Stinky walked to the park, untill he saw the tree on the hill, with a figure standing next to it. As he came closer, he realised it was Helga.
"Howdy Helga."
"Hello Stinky... well you see I need to talk to you about Rhonda and you."
"Why?"
"I can't tell you why, I just want to see how you two are."
"Helga this isn't because you like me is it?"
"No way! Stinky you know I don't like you like that!"
"Sorry Helga, I's just can't see why yous wants to know about me and Miss Rhonda."
"Well, lets just say a friend sent me..."
Stinky, figuring Rhonda had sent Helga, because Nadine would be too obvious, decided to watch what he said.
"So what exactly do you want to know?"
"Well, I've just noticed some awkwardness between you two lately, and I was trying to figure out why."
"Nothin's awkward Helga, I's just doin' my job, making it up to Rhonda, and you can tell her that, and also tell her that next time she wants to speak to me, she can plum do it herself!" Stinky said angrily, then He stalked off.
"Oh this is Just great Helga! You just made it worse" Helga groaned to herself, and left in the opposite direction. Leaving the hiding Arnold alone and bewildered.
'Okay, so as far as I understand, Rhonda and Stinky like each other, but neither of them knows it, and they are fighting , for some reason or another. Then, to top it all off, Helga is trying to help them get back together. Gosh, this is definantly something you don't see everyday…' Arnold thought, Going to the boarding house. "tommorrow should be very interesting…"
The Next day, Arnold found Nadine right away, and told her about Helga trying to get some answers out of Stinky.
"I don't understand this at all, Maybe, before trying to get information from Stinky and Rhonda, we should try and understand what Helga is trying to do, then we can try and come up with a plan so those two won't be mad" suggested Nadine.
"Ok I'll talk to her, maybe she'll tell me what she wouldn't tell Stinky"
Arnold confronted Helga before she went into class that morning,
"Hey Helga, can I talk to you for a second?"
"What about Football-head?" Helga asked.
"Okay, I'll get strait to the point, why did you ask Stinky about him and Rhonda, yesterday?"
" How did you know about that?" Helga asked back.
"I wondered who stinky was going to talk to, so I followed him, now please, tell me why you wanted to talk to Stinky"
"'cause" Helga said resentfully.
"'Cause why?"
"Because!"
"Because * why * Helga"
"Because I think it's my fault they aren't getting along!" Helga said quickly.
"Why would you think that?"
Helga needed an excuse, and she needed it fast, " Because uh… um… Because… I was responsible for Stinky throwing the ball so hard! Yeah! That's it!"
"Well, how would you like to help me and Nadine get them together an not fighting again?"
"Uh… ok football-head, I mean, I don't have anything to do today anyway" Said Helga.
"Ok then, Meet Nadine and I by the Jungle gym to figure out some Plan"
Meanwhile, Rhonda had gone up to Stinky, despite Nadine trying to get her not to.
"Well, there ya go Miss Rhonda...just sit down right here. You feeling woozy still?"
"Huh?"
Stinky whispered in her ear. "I's just didn't want people teasing ya, on accounta I was a holding your hand. I mean, I was just trying to help ya....that's all.."
Rhonda whispered back.."Oh I see..." she said lowering her head. For some reason she couldn't figure out, she felt sick on the inside once Stinky had said that.
"Stinky, um...could you go find Nadine?"
"Sure thing Miss Rhonda, are you sure you are okay?"
"I'm....fine Stinky."
Stinky walked across the playground.
Helga waited for the crowd around Rhonda to disperse.
"Um....Rhonda could we talk?"
"Helga!?! Um...sure I guess so...what about?"
"Okay, this is Arnold's dumb idea, so if I sound stupid, it's because of him."
"Uh...sure"
"Well, Stinky was mad at me, because I was teasing him. That's why he threw the ball so hard, and when I dodged it, it hit you instead. I...I just wanted to say...that....that...I'm sorry." Helga said, almost mumbling the last part.
"It's okay Helga....I forgive you.." Rhonda replied quietly.
Arnold was standing nearby with Phoebe.
"Thanks for talking her into appologizing Phoebe."
"It was the least I could do, with Rhonda being in her current condition."
"Well today was a first for a lot of things..."
"What pray tell do you mean Arnold?"
"Helga appologized, Rhonda forgave her, and Stinky...wait a minute...where's Stinky?"
Lila came over to Arnold.
"Arnold, may I talk to you please?"
"Sorry Lila, I have to go find Stinky." Arnold said walking off. Lila shrugged her shoulders, and walked the opposite way. Helga was right behind Phoebe, and heard it all. Helga snuck back around the corner.
"It's still working! And I didn't do anything this time! Now I wonder why I didn't have to do anything?"
"Ha! This is great! I said sorry to Rhonda, so I'm in the clear there, and now I won't have to go get myself into even more trouble by trying to mess things up." Helga, feeling better, decided to go play 4-square, 'but I'd better keep a watch on them, just in case…'
.Meanwhile, Nadine wandered up to where Rhonda was.
"Hey Rhonda, You look upset, is it about your arm?" Nadine asked, concerned for her friend.
"No, My arms fine, but…" Rhonda sighed, "Stinky was acting a bit weird before he left"
"How is he acting weird?"
"Well, he was being really nice when I was in the nurses office, but when we came out to recess, he seemed to only want people to think he's helping me out, not that we're friends" Rhonda pondered. "but never mind, I think that I'm going to tell stinky that he's re-paid me for making me for .. well, you know, and that he can go back to being just him, and not just always helping me, Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go inside" and with that, Rhonda got up and left.
Nadine was worried for her friend, 'Rhonda really likes Stinky, and I was almost positive that Stinky liked her back, What is going on here?' she thought, and she decide to go tell Arnold about this new development.
So, Nadine was meandering around, looking for Arnold, while Arnold was looking for Stinky. And in turn Stinky was looking for Nadine
"Gee Wilikers, Where could Nadine be? Everyone keeps saying they just saw her go this way or that, but when I get there, they say she just left!" Stinky said to himself, "Well, I guess I'll go back to Miss Rhonda and tell her I couldn't find Nadine for her.
At that time, Arnold was also in that same predicament. He finally gave up, and decided that if Rhonda or Stinky needed him, they could come and find him. Chances have it, this is when Nadine found him.
"I so glad I finally found you Arnold! I've been going around and around, and everyone said you had just been by, looking for Stinky"
"What's the matter, Nadine?" Asked Arnold, and Nadine explained what Rhonda had just said to her.
"There's got to be someway we can help! You could tell in the nurse's office they like each other, Stinky's just being shy:" Arnold exclaimed
"And Stinky probably won't take it very well when Rhonda tells him he doesn't have to help anymore" Nadine Added.
Helga, Sitting behind a tree, out of their veiw, had A pang a guilt, she was the one who had caused all these problems, it was partially up to her to help solve them.
Helga knew she had to talk to either Rhonda or Stinky, and see what exactly was the problem. She decided, after the awkward conversation with Rhonda earlier, Stinky would be her best bet. The kids ran back into the classroom, and Helga stopped Stinky, before he could get to Nadine.
"Okay Stinky, I really need to talk to you."
"Well's hows bout after school, on accounta Mr. Simmons will get mad if we talk now."
"Fine Stinky, after school... and you better show up."
Stinky walked towards Rhonda, when Nadine stopped him.
"Um..Stinky, Rhonda isn't feeling very good, maybe you should leave her alone for awhile."
"Well if Miss Rhonda is hurt, I's got to help her."
"Stinky wait! Um...Rhonda said she was fine, yeah, so you could just relax the rest of the day."
"Okay, if Miss Rhonda said that, I guess I can follow her orders on that account." Stinky said sliding down into his seat. Arnold could tell something was still not right with Stinky and Rhonda. He looked around and spotted an open seat near Stinky. He hated to move because he was sitting by Lila, but he could tell Stinky really needed someone to talk to.
"Hi Stinky, is something wrong?"
"I's don't know Arnold. Miss Rhonda's done dismissed me for the day, and I's thinks it's because I done hit her."
"Well, is there anything else that happened that maybe she could have taken the wrong way?"
Stinky thought back to the whole incident in the nurses office.
"Only thing I's done remembers is that Rhonda was being nice to me one minute, and the next she's ordering me around like a slave again."
Arnold was quite puzzled, it sounded like Stinky thought Rhonda's personality had changed, and Rhonda thought Stinky's had. Before Arnold could reply, Mr. Simmons came in to start class.
After school, Arnold went to Stinky's locker.
"Hey Stinky, would you still like to talk?"
"I'd like to Arnold, but I's got someone else I's supposed to jaw with." Stinky said walking off. Arnold looked after him, who was he going to talk with. Afraid that it was Rhonda about to dismiss him permanently, Arnold decided to follow him.
Stinky walked to the park, untill he saw the tree on the hill, with a figure standing next to it. As he came closer, he realised it was Helga.
"Howdy Helga."
"Hello Stinky... well you see I need to talk to you about Rhonda and you."
"Why?"
"I can't tell you why, I just want to see how you two are."
"Helga this isn't because you like me is it?"
"No way! Stinky you know I don't like you like that!"
"Sorry Helga, I's just can't see why yous wants to know about me and Miss Rhonda."
"Well, lets just say a friend sent me..."
Stinky, figuring Rhonda had sent Helga, because Nadine would be too obvious, decided to watch what he said.
"So what exactly do you want to know?"
"Well, I've just noticed some awkwardness between you two lately, and I was trying to figure out why."
"Nothin's awkward Helga, I's just doin' my job, making it up to Rhonda, and you can tell her that, and also tell her that next time she wants to speak to me, she can plum do it herself!" Stinky said angrily, then He stalked off.
"Oh this is Just great Helga! You just made it worse" Helga groaned to herself, and left in the opposite direction. Leaving the hiding Arnold alone and bewildered.
'Okay, so as far as I understand, Rhonda and Stinky like each other, but neither of them knows it, and they are fighting , for some reason or another. Then, to top it all off, Helga is trying to help them get back together. Gosh, this is definantly something you don't see everyday…' Arnold thought, Going to the boarding house. "tommorrow should be very interesting…"
The Next day, Arnold found Nadine right away, and told her about Helga trying to get some answers out of Stinky.
"I don't understand this at all, Maybe, before trying to get information from Stinky and Rhonda, we should try and understand what Helga is trying to do, then we can try and come up with a plan so those two won't be mad" suggested Nadine.
"Ok I'll talk to her, maybe she'll tell me what she wouldn't tell Stinky"
Arnold confronted Helga before she went into class that morning,
"Hey Helga, can I talk to you for a second?"
"What about Football-head?" Helga asked.
"Okay, I'll get strait to the point, why did you ask Stinky about him and Rhonda, yesterday?"
" How did you know about that?" Helga asked back.
"I wondered who stinky was going to talk to, so I followed him, now please, tell me why you wanted to talk to Stinky"
"'cause" Helga said resentfully.
"'Cause why?"
"Because!"
"Because * why * Helga"
"Because I think it's my fault they aren't getting along!" Helga said quickly.
"Why would you think that?"
Helga needed an excuse, and she needed it fast, " Because uh… um… Because… I was responsible for Stinky throwing the ball so hard! Yeah! That's it!"
"Well, how would you like to help me and Nadine get them together an not fighting again?"
"Uh… ok football-head, I mean, I don't have anything to do today anyway" Said Helga.
"Ok then, Meet Nadine and I by the Jungle gym to figure out some Plan"
Meanwhile, Rhonda had gone up to Stinky, despite Nadine trying to get her not to.