Hey Arnold!
Helga and Arnold, the TV Series - Chapter Two
By Simmer 2000
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold or have any connection with the show. This isn't supposed to be the Big Brother house and that it why it isn't mentioned in this story, but Big Brother is not my idea, so don't sue me.
"This morning our two stars moved into 'The House' and saw who they would be spending the next nine weeks with!" exclaimed the young, blonde haired, presenter of "The House." "The two children are both nine years old and are called Helga and Arnold! For the next nine weeks, we will be watching there every move. A summary of the day's events will be shown every day here on Entertainment Now and all events will be shown live on the website!"
The presenter's name was Felicity and this was not her first job as a TV presenter. She had jumped to be the presenter of this TV experience.
"In nine weeks when Arnold and Helga leave the house, I will be here to interview them," smiled Felicity. "But, if one of them decides to leave before the nine weeks are up, I will still interview them here in the studio! Today has been full of shocks as our two stars saw who they will be staying with, so let's watch today's events!"
DAY ONE
9:00 AM
Arnold and Helga had both been asked to enter the house at different entrances of the house so that they would not meet each other until they entered the house. Cameras were already following Arnold and Helga outside the house. Arnold and Helga were both patient with the cameramen who were getting pictures for that night's show and the media who were trying to get pictures of them. Arnold thought that he had better get used to not having any privacy, so put up with the cameramen. Helga was just happy to be getting some attention.
When the clock striked 9:00 AM, both Helga and Arnold were told that it was time to enter the house by a staff member of Entertainment Now. Helga and Arnold both said goodbye to their loved ones, and entered the modern house at separate entrances.
They both met in the living room and stood still. "Helga?" asked Arnold, stunned that she was here with him. "You're my housemate?"
"I don't believe this!" shouted Helga. "This has to be a mistake, we can't spend nine weeks together!"
Arnold would not have taken part in the whole experience if he had known that Helga would have ended up being his housemate. Living with Helga for this amount of time would be hell, he didn't know if he would be able to stay. Helga was shocked and happy at the sight of Arnold. This would be the perfect chance to get to know Arnold better; it wouldn't be like she would be able to avoid him.
"It looks like we'll have to," said Arnold. "We might as well make the best of it. Do you want to have a look around?"
"Not with you, Football Head," snapped Helga, instantly regretting what she had said.
They both instantly split up and looked around the house. Arnold and Helga both had separate bedrooms. There were mirrors everywhere, this was where the cameramen were to video the action at the house. There were also hidden cameras in the middle of each room.
There were notes everywhere, explaining what everything was for. There was a door that Arnold noticed with the sign, "Emotion Central," with a note stuck on the door, explaining that this was where Arnold and Helga were to go when they needed to talk. Arnold entered the room, which was sound proofed. There was a seat facing a mirror. Arnold couldn't see the person on the other side of the mirror, but heard a man say, "Hello, Arnold."
"Hi," Arnold smiled.
The man on the other side of the mirror could see that Arnold was still confused at what he was to use this room for, so he decided to give Arnold a brief explanation. "Every time you enter this room, there will be somebody here who has been employed to talk to you and Helga," said the man. "If you ever need to say something to us, or just tell us how you are feeling, you can come here. We won't tell Helga what you say, but we won't tell you anything that Helga says, either."
"Okay," said Arnold. "Thanks for explaining. Well, I was kind of surprised when I just entered the house. I know Helga from school and I expected to be here with a stranger."
"Do you and Helga get along?" asked the man.
"Not really," admitted Arnold. "She usually acts mean to me and to my friends. Sometimes she can be okay, but maybe I will be able to get through this with her."
"How do you feel about having Helga as your housemate?" asked the man.
"I'm not sure if I like it," said Arnold. "I hope to get to know Helga better in these next nine weeks. Maybe we could come out as friends."
"Thank you, Arnold," said the man.
"Thanks for listening," smiled Arnold. "I think that I could get used to expressing my feelings like this!" Arnold left the room and saw that Helga was sitting on a couch at the middle of the house. "We can go in that room if we ever need somebody to talk to," Arnold told her. "They're really good at listening!"
"Great," said Helga, sarcastically. "Just what I need. I'm going to check out my bedroom." Helga rushed to her bedroom. There was a big bed in the middle of the room, with drawers for Helga to put her personal possessions in. She sat down on the comfortable bed and took out her locket.
"Oh, Arnold!" she exclaimed. "How I adore you! How I want to tell you how much I love you so that we can spend these nine weeks peacefully! And yet, how you are annoying me already! How I want to pound you!" Then, Helga noticed that even her bedroom had cameras. "Oh my God!" said Helga. She didn't have any secrecy or any privacy while she was in this house and already she had revealed her secret to millions of viewers.
"At least Arnold doesn't know," thought Helga. "But he will when he gets out! The producers of the show will love this gossip! I don't believe what I've just done."
"Attention please," Helga and Arnold heard a voice say over the house PA system. "Could Helga please visit Emotion Central?"
"Oh great!" said Helga. "They want to know all about my relationship with Arnold, already!"
Helga slowly walked out of her bedroom and into Emotion Central, but wasn't quite sure what to say. She entered the room. There was a chair facing a mirror. Helga sat down, but didn't know who she was supposed to be talking to.
"Hi, Helga," said the man behind the mirror. "Welcome to the house."
Helga realised that there was somebody behind the mirror. "Hi," she said, with a lack of enthusiasm.
"We just want to take this opportunity for the viewers to get to know you," said the man. "How do you feel about Arnold?"
"You saw me in my bedroom, didn't you?" asked Helga.
"Yes, we did," admitted the man. "I'm afraid that you won't be able to keep many secrets in this house."
"Please don't show everybody that I love Arnold on the TV show, tonight," pleaded Helga. "This has been my secret for a long time and I don't want it to be made public."
"I'm sorry," said the man. "We can't hide things from the viewers. Besides, this show is being shown live on the Internet, millions of people already know! You might as well explain your relationship with Arnold to us. We are here to listen."
"Okay," said Helga. "Since millions of people are going to know, I might as well explain."
Helga hadn't ever been this nervous. That night, millions of viewers would know about her love for Arnold. Helga knew that she should be taking some sort of action, but the man in Emotion Central had made it quite clear that there was nothing she could do about it. Her secret was out, to everybody except Arnold. Helga knew that when the series finished and both of them moved out of the house, Arnold would find out when he watched the tapes of the show or when somebody was bound to tell him. Maybe this was the perfect time to tell Arnold about her feelings?
"Okay," said Helga, sitting back in the comfortable chair. "I suppose that you have figured out that I have a crush on Arnold, but it's more than that. I love him, I can't imagine loving anybody else! I know that most viewers will probably think that because I am nine years old that I don't know anything about love, but I do. I've loved Arnold for a long time, and maybe I can try and tell him some time in these next nine weeks."
"Do you like the idea of spending nine weeks with Arnold?"
"I suppose that I do," admitted Helga. "It will give us time to get to know each other better. I suppose that I could try and be nice to Arnold."
"Thank you, Helga."
Helga left Emotion Central and went back into her bedroom. She took out a collection of wrestling magazines from one of her suitcases and took them into the living room. Arnold was reading a book, or at least he was pretending. He was really thinking about how he would be able to spend nine weeks with Helga.
12 NOON
"When is lunch around this place?" Helga asked Arnold, looking up from her fifth wrestling magazine. This had been the first time that either of them had spoken since Helga had left Emotion Central. Both of them were too nervous.
"I think I read in the booklet that lunch is served at 12:30," answered Arnold. "Do you think that we could talk?"
"I don't want to talk!" snapped Helga.
"Come on, Helga," said Arnold. "We can't spend nine weeks without talking. There are two of us here so that we can keep each other company. We should try and make the best of it and try to be friends."
"I suppose," said Helga. Helga didn't really want to spend the whole time ignoring Arnold. If Arnold wanted to be friends with her, she could at least try to get along with him, too.
"We managed to get through Biosquare without any major incidents," said Arnold.
"Have you forgotten what happened when we did Biosquare?" asked Helga. "We couldn't stand each other!"
"We still got through it," said Arnold. "I'm sure that if we try and get through this as friends, the time will fly by."
"It's been three hours and I'm bored already," moaned Helga. "Is every day going to be this boring?"
"No!" Arnold reassured her. "They are going to give us things to do! We'll get our first task tomorrow morning!"
"Yeah," said Helga. "And if we are acting boring the people here will give us something to do, won't they? I mean, if we are boring they won't get any viewers!"
"Yeah," agreed Arnold.
10:00 PM
"Can Helga please come to Emotion Central?"
Helga groaned, leaving Arnold confused. Helga had been called to Emotion Central so many times that day, while he had only been called twice! Why did they always want to speak to Helga?
Helga sat down on the chair.
"How's it going?"
"Fine," said Helga. "I'm trying my best to be Arnold's friend."
"When do you think that you will tell him how you really feel?"
"I'm not going to rush anything," said Helga, firmly. "I'm going to see how if we can get along together, first. It's only our first day, I have plenty of time."
"Thank you, Helga."
Helga left Emotion Central, and Arnold decided that he wanted to talk so he went into Emotion Central.
"Hi Arnold, what's up?"
Arnold sat down. "I'm a little confused," he said. "Helga seems to be acting a lot more nicely. I can tell that she is trying her best to be friendly."
"How do you feel about that?"
"Well, it's better than he being mean to me!" said Arnold. "I just want the both of us to come out of here with a stronger relationship."
"Would you like to say anything else about your feelings for Helga?"
"No," said Arnold, who left.
***
"That was today's show!" said Felicity. "Helga is in love with Arnold, but doesn't want to say anything! Lots of drama and it's only the very first day! The House will be back tomorrow at the same time! If you haven't seen enough of Arnold and Helga for one night, you can see what they are doing live, 24 hours a day on our website! What will happen to Arnold and Helga tomorrow? They will be receiving their first task! Will they be able to work together as a team or will everything go wrong? Tune in tomorrow!"
Notes: I'll be adding chapter three soon.
Helga and Arnold, the TV Series - Chapter Two
By Simmer 2000
Disclaimer: I don't own Hey Arnold or have any connection with the show. This isn't supposed to be the Big Brother house and that it why it isn't mentioned in this story, but Big Brother is not my idea, so don't sue me.
"This morning our two stars moved into 'The House' and saw who they would be spending the next nine weeks with!" exclaimed the young, blonde haired, presenter of "The House." "The two children are both nine years old and are called Helga and Arnold! For the next nine weeks, we will be watching there every move. A summary of the day's events will be shown every day here on Entertainment Now and all events will be shown live on the website!"
The presenter's name was Felicity and this was not her first job as a TV presenter. She had jumped to be the presenter of this TV experience.
"In nine weeks when Arnold and Helga leave the house, I will be here to interview them," smiled Felicity. "But, if one of them decides to leave before the nine weeks are up, I will still interview them here in the studio! Today has been full of shocks as our two stars saw who they will be staying with, so let's watch today's events!"
DAY ONE
9:00 AM
Arnold and Helga had both been asked to enter the house at different entrances of the house so that they would not meet each other until they entered the house. Cameras were already following Arnold and Helga outside the house. Arnold and Helga were both patient with the cameramen who were getting pictures for that night's show and the media who were trying to get pictures of them. Arnold thought that he had better get used to not having any privacy, so put up with the cameramen. Helga was just happy to be getting some attention.
When the clock striked 9:00 AM, both Helga and Arnold were told that it was time to enter the house by a staff member of Entertainment Now. Helga and Arnold both said goodbye to their loved ones, and entered the modern house at separate entrances.
They both met in the living room and stood still. "Helga?" asked Arnold, stunned that she was here with him. "You're my housemate?"
"I don't believe this!" shouted Helga. "This has to be a mistake, we can't spend nine weeks together!"
Arnold would not have taken part in the whole experience if he had known that Helga would have ended up being his housemate. Living with Helga for this amount of time would be hell, he didn't know if he would be able to stay. Helga was shocked and happy at the sight of Arnold. This would be the perfect chance to get to know Arnold better; it wouldn't be like she would be able to avoid him.
"It looks like we'll have to," said Arnold. "We might as well make the best of it. Do you want to have a look around?"
"Not with you, Football Head," snapped Helga, instantly regretting what she had said.
They both instantly split up and looked around the house. Arnold and Helga both had separate bedrooms. There were mirrors everywhere, this was where the cameramen were to video the action at the house. There were also hidden cameras in the middle of each room.
There were notes everywhere, explaining what everything was for. There was a door that Arnold noticed with the sign, "Emotion Central," with a note stuck on the door, explaining that this was where Arnold and Helga were to go when they needed to talk. Arnold entered the room, which was sound proofed. There was a seat facing a mirror. Arnold couldn't see the person on the other side of the mirror, but heard a man say, "Hello, Arnold."
"Hi," Arnold smiled.
The man on the other side of the mirror could see that Arnold was still confused at what he was to use this room for, so he decided to give Arnold a brief explanation. "Every time you enter this room, there will be somebody here who has been employed to talk to you and Helga," said the man. "If you ever need to say something to us, or just tell us how you are feeling, you can come here. We won't tell Helga what you say, but we won't tell you anything that Helga says, either."
"Okay," said Arnold. "Thanks for explaining. Well, I was kind of surprised when I just entered the house. I know Helga from school and I expected to be here with a stranger."
"Do you and Helga get along?" asked the man.
"Not really," admitted Arnold. "She usually acts mean to me and to my friends. Sometimes she can be okay, but maybe I will be able to get through this with her."
"How do you feel about having Helga as your housemate?" asked the man.
"I'm not sure if I like it," said Arnold. "I hope to get to know Helga better in these next nine weeks. Maybe we could come out as friends."
"Thank you, Arnold," said the man.
"Thanks for listening," smiled Arnold. "I think that I could get used to expressing my feelings like this!" Arnold left the room and saw that Helga was sitting on a couch at the middle of the house. "We can go in that room if we ever need somebody to talk to," Arnold told her. "They're really good at listening!"
"Great," said Helga, sarcastically. "Just what I need. I'm going to check out my bedroom." Helga rushed to her bedroom. There was a big bed in the middle of the room, with drawers for Helga to put her personal possessions in. She sat down on the comfortable bed and took out her locket.
"Oh, Arnold!" she exclaimed. "How I adore you! How I want to tell you how much I love you so that we can spend these nine weeks peacefully! And yet, how you are annoying me already! How I want to pound you!" Then, Helga noticed that even her bedroom had cameras. "Oh my God!" said Helga. She didn't have any secrecy or any privacy while she was in this house and already she had revealed her secret to millions of viewers.
"At least Arnold doesn't know," thought Helga. "But he will when he gets out! The producers of the show will love this gossip! I don't believe what I've just done."
"Attention please," Helga and Arnold heard a voice say over the house PA system. "Could Helga please visit Emotion Central?"
"Oh great!" said Helga. "They want to know all about my relationship with Arnold, already!"
Helga slowly walked out of her bedroom and into Emotion Central, but wasn't quite sure what to say. She entered the room. There was a chair facing a mirror. Helga sat down, but didn't know who she was supposed to be talking to.
"Hi, Helga," said the man behind the mirror. "Welcome to the house."
Helga realised that there was somebody behind the mirror. "Hi," she said, with a lack of enthusiasm.
"We just want to take this opportunity for the viewers to get to know you," said the man. "How do you feel about Arnold?"
"You saw me in my bedroom, didn't you?" asked Helga.
"Yes, we did," admitted the man. "I'm afraid that you won't be able to keep many secrets in this house."
"Please don't show everybody that I love Arnold on the TV show, tonight," pleaded Helga. "This has been my secret for a long time and I don't want it to be made public."
"I'm sorry," said the man. "We can't hide things from the viewers. Besides, this show is being shown live on the Internet, millions of people already know! You might as well explain your relationship with Arnold to us. We are here to listen."
"Okay," said Helga. "Since millions of people are going to know, I might as well explain."
Helga hadn't ever been this nervous. That night, millions of viewers would know about her love for Arnold. Helga knew that she should be taking some sort of action, but the man in Emotion Central had made it quite clear that there was nothing she could do about it. Her secret was out, to everybody except Arnold. Helga knew that when the series finished and both of them moved out of the house, Arnold would find out when he watched the tapes of the show or when somebody was bound to tell him. Maybe this was the perfect time to tell Arnold about her feelings?
"Okay," said Helga, sitting back in the comfortable chair. "I suppose that you have figured out that I have a crush on Arnold, but it's more than that. I love him, I can't imagine loving anybody else! I know that most viewers will probably think that because I am nine years old that I don't know anything about love, but I do. I've loved Arnold for a long time, and maybe I can try and tell him some time in these next nine weeks."
"Do you like the idea of spending nine weeks with Arnold?"
"I suppose that I do," admitted Helga. "It will give us time to get to know each other better. I suppose that I could try and be nice to Arnold."
"Thank you, Helga."
Helga left Emotion Central and went back into her bedroom. She took out a collection of wrestling magazines from one of her suitcases and took them into the living room. Arnold was reading a book, or at least he was pretending. He was really thinking about how he would be able to spend nine weeks with Helga.
12 NOON
"When is lunch around this place?" Helga asked Arnold, looking up from her fifth wrestling magazine. This had been the first time that either of them had spoken since Helga had left Emotion Central. Both of them were too nervous.
"I think I read in the booklet that lunch is served at 12:30," answered Arnold. "Do you think that we could talk?"
"I don't want to talk!" snapped Helga.
"Come on, Helga," said Arnold. "We can't spend nine weeks without talking. There are two of us here so that we can keep each other company. We should try and make the best of it and try to be friends."
"I suppose," said Helga. Helga didn't really want to spend the whole time ignoring Arnold. If Arnold wanted to be friends with her, she could at least try to get along with him, too.
"We managed to get through Biosquare without any major incidents," said Arnold.
"Have you forgotten what happened when we did Biosquare?" asked Helga. "We couldn't stand each other!"
"We still got through it," said Arnold. "I'm sure that if we try and get through this as friends, the time will fly by."
"It's been three hours and I'm bored already," moaned Helga. "Is every day going to be this boring?"
"No!" Arnold reassured her. "They are going to give us things to do! We'll get our first task tomorrow morning!"
"Yeah," said Helga. "And if we are acting boring the people here will give us something to do, won't they? I mean, if we are boring they won't get any viewers!"
"Yeah," agreed Arnold.
10:00 PM
"Can Helga please come to Emotion Central?"
Helga groaned, leaving Arnold confused. Helga had been called to Emotion Central so many times that day, while he had only been called twice! Why did they always want to speak to Helga?
Helga sat down on the chair.
"How's it going?"
"Fine," said Helga. "I'm trying my best to be Arnold's friend."
"When do you think that you will tell him how you really feel?"
"I'm not going to rush anything," said Helga, firmly. "I'm going to see how if we can get along together, first. It's only our first day, I have plenty of time."
"Thank you, Helga."
Helga left Emotion Central, and Arnold decided that he wanted to talk so he went into Emotion Central.
"Hi Arnold, what's up?"
Arnold sat down. "I'm a little confused," he said. "Helga seems to be acting a lot more nicely. I can tell that she is trying her best to be friendly."
"How do you feel about that?"
"Well, it's better than he being mean to me!" said Arnold. "I just want the both of us to come out of here with a stronger relationship."
"Would you like to say anything else about your feelings for Helga?"
"No," said Arnold, who left.
***
"That was today's show!" said Felicity. "Helga is in love with Arnold, but doesn't want to say anything! Lots of drama and it's only the very first day! The House will be back tomorrow at the same time! If you haven't seen enough of Arnold and Helga for one night, you can see what they are doing live, 24 hours a day on our website! What will happen to Arnold and Helga tomorrow? They will be receiving their first task! Will they be able to work together as a team or will everything go wrong? Tune in tomorrow!"
Notes: I'll be adding chapter three soon.