Arnie Comes for a Month: Part 2
Arnold and Gerald had just left Geraldsfield, and were talking about what they would do with Arnie when he comes.
"Gerald, how am I going to live through this whole month? I mean, he never wants to do anything, except collect lint and read ingredients off of things…"
"Well then, if he never wants to do anything other than that, you might as well bring him to the vacant lot when we want to play a game. He could look at the ingredients of something…" Gerald said, half joking.
"Hahaha, yeah, I guess he could do that."
"Yeah. Well Arnold, I gotta get goin'."
"Oh, hey do you wanna eat over Gerald?"
"Is your Grandma cooking tonight?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, sorry man, I can't. I have to… clean my room."
"Gerald, you cleaned your room yesterday!"
"Well, Ugh. Sorry Arnold, I just can't eat your Grandma's cooking. See ya later!"
"See ya Gerald."
Arnold walked up to his stoop, glanced at the "No kids, pets OK" sign, and never got what the meaning was because he was a kid himself. He opened the door, and was smothered by the strange smell that didn't quite smell like edible food. He knew that the only thing it could be was yet another one of Grandmas attempts to cook.
"Hey Grandma, hey Grandpa."
"Oh, oh hey Arnold, didn't hear you come in…how was the game with your friends?"
"It was fun, my team won. I just don't get this one girl. She's always on my back. I always shake her off though."
"Is this the same girl you told me about who always bugs you, just like Gurty did to me?"
"Yep. Same girl. I just don't get her. Today I hit her with the baseball and she said something like 'Of course I'm ok, I'm always ok when your around'. But then just a second after, she told me to get away. I just don't get it."
"Well Shortman, sounds like she likes ya!" Grandpa ruffled Arnolds' hair.
"I really doubt that Grandpa. I'm gonna go to my room, call me when dinners ready."
"OK Arnold."
Arnold slowly made his way to his room, and flopped down on his bed face up. He was watching the cottony clouds float by, and something strange happened. He thought he saw a cloud shaped like Helga. He didn't know why that happened. He just closed his eyes and opened them again, trying to forget what had happened.
Meanwhile, Helga was in her room, looking in her mirror. "I have to change my hair for a while, it might just help get my plan started…"
She brushed her hair down. She looked at her reflection for a while, then said "No way, that isn't me."
Then she tried it in a bun, and that just didn't seem right. Finally, she put it in a ponytail.
"You've done it Helga ol' girl! This is the best hair do that looks on you! Well, other than your pigtails."
Helga had her hair up with her pink bow, in which Arnold had commented on so long ago. She found a salmon colored dress, with long sleeves, and a sort of frilly white collar on it.
"Perfect!" It matches my bow almost exactly!"
"Olga, sweetie, its time for bed! Did you take your constipation medicine?"
"Yes Miriam!"
"OK, goodnight Olga."
"Its Helga, Miriam."
"Whatever… I need a smoothie."
Helga grumbled to herself about how she longed for a normal mom.
"Oh Arnold, my love, in the tomorrow future, I will put you through no more torture. Arnie will come, and I will ignore you like my chewed up gum." Helga wrote in one of her poetry books.
"Yuck! Where'd I come up with that crapola?" Helga erases it, and decides she's not in much of a poetic mood. She turned off her light, and went to sleep.
The next morning Arnold woke up to Arnie standing hunched over him, just watching. This startled Arnold, and he sat up in less than a second.
"Arnie?! You scared me! What are you doing here so early?"
"(Snort) My parents had to leave early." Arnie said in his monotone voice.
"Oh, OK. Well I'm going to get changed."
Arnie blinked one eye after the other.
"OK."
Arnie didn't move. He was blocking Arnold from getting out of bed.
"Uh, Arnie, could you maybe step out of the room for a minute while I get changed?"
"OK."
Arnie finally walked out of the room slowly. Arnold got out of bed quickly and again struggled with his plaid and teal shirts. He opened the door, and was startled yet again by Arnie standing there.
"Man, how can I help but go crazy with him scaring me every time I turn around?" Arnold thought.
They went down to get breakfast, but Arnie didn't eat anything. He seemed to be looking at the orange juice container the whole time.
Meanwhile, Helga is still in bed. A cloud had been blocking the sun from Helga's room, but now was moving out of the suns way. The suns rays' swept over Helga like a warm blanket, and woke her up in the kindest way. She sat up, her legs dangling down from the bed. She got up, and remembered her plan. She got the salmon colored dress, put it on, and then put her hair up in a ponytail, the way she had planned the night before.
"Oh Arnold, my love! This must work! I know it will!"
Helga went downstairs and skipped breakfast.
"I'm going out for a little while Miriam, bye.
"Bye Olga"
Helga sighed and rolled her eyes, but didn't make an attempt to correct her mom. She went out and headed for Arnolds' house. While Arnold was still sitting with Arnie at the table, he had one of his faces when his eyes look annoyed, with a frown. Just then he heard someone knock on the door.
"I'll get it Grandpa!" Arnold jumped up with relief to get away from Arnie. He thought it was Gerald.
Helga was waiting nervously. "Ok Helga, this is the new you… be nice…" Arnold opened the door and didn't recognize her. His heart jumped, he was nervous because he thought whoever it was, was kind of cute..
"Can I help you?" He said
"Oh, hey football head. Is Arnie here yet?"
"Helga… is that… you?"
"Who else would it be football head?"
"Uh, I don't know, yeah Arnie's here."
Arnold couldn't believe it was Helga, of all people he thought was cute.
"Hey Arnie, Helga wants to see you!"
Arnie remembered who she was, and rushed over.
"Hey Helga!" He actually changed the tone of his voice by one level.
"Hey Arnie…" Helga tried to sound like she liked him. "Haven't seen you in a while. Do you wanna see a movie later?"
"(Snort) OK."
Arnold couldn't believe it. Was he starting to go crazy? Was he starting to actually like Helga, the girl he thought he couldn't stand?
"Ok, well football head, you can come if you want."
"Maybe I will, I have nothing else to do."
"I gotta go, bye guys." Helga said, fluttering her eyelids.
"Bye Helga" the two boys said in unison.
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Well everyone, this isn't the end, if you want more that is! So keep me posted if you want me to add to this.