Hey Arnold!
Helga and Arnold, the TV Series - Chapter Seven
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.
Mr. Simmons' class entered their classroom noisily, to find that Mr. Simmons wasn't at his desk yet. Mr. Simmons was in the stock cupboard, getting paints for the Art lesson that the class was having, today. Once they had sat down, the only topic of conversation was the events of the third day in The House.
"Can you believe yesterday's show?" asked Rhonda. "It was such a disappointment!"
"What do you mean?" asked Gerald. "What was wrong with it?"
"Well, I thought that Helga was going to have to confess!" exclaimed Rhonda. "She managed to collect in all of those fliers from the ground and Arnold still doesn't know about Helga's feelings for him! When is that girl going to tell Arnold how she feels!"
"They're going to be in the house for nine weeks, today is only the third day!" argued Gerald. "Helga has lots of time to confess and it doesn't look like she's rushing into anything!"
"You would say that," muttered Rhonda.
"What do you mean?" asked Gerald angrily.
"Oh please, Gerald, everybody can see that you don't want Helga to end up with Arnold," said Rhonda. "I don't know why you're so against it, but you need to stop being so pessimistic about it! Helga is going to confess to Arnold some time during these next nine weeks, whether you like it or not. The newspaper had a great plan! It's so sad that it didn't work out!"
"I don't agree!" Sheena spoke out for the first time. "It's up to Helga when she chooses to confess her love to Arnold! She isn't on the show to entertain people; she is a real person! Think of all the crushes that you have had in your past! Would you want to confess your love on television?"
"Helga has loved Arnold for six years," said Phoebe. "She has kept her true feelings from Arnold for all that time; it could be a long wait! She might choose to tell Arnold on the very last day!"
"Yeah," said Gerald. "I wouldn't want millions of people to know about my love life."
"I agree with you, Rhonda," said Curly, as he moved towards Rhonda and winked at her. "So, shall I come over to your house tonight? We can talk about the show more!" Curly winked at Rhonda, again.
"Get away from me, you freak!" squealed Rhonda.
Mr. Simmons entered the room, holding paints and brushes for the day's Art Lesson. "Now, now class settle down," said Mr. Simmons. "I'm sorry I'm late, we need these paints and brushes for today's Art lesson."
The class settled down and Mr. Simmons began to take the register.
***
Inside a meeting of the producers of The House, the producers were solemnly talking about the events of the previous day. They had decided that they should take some sort of acting against the newspaper for interfering with the show.
"I just don't understand what we can do about this!" exclaimed Yasmin Williams, the woman who had originally sent out the letters to both Arnold and Helga. "It's not like we have a serious case here!"
"We have to do something," said Paul Jenkins, the executive producer of the show.
"I have an idea," said one of the producers. "Our company has five comic strips that are printed in that newspaper. They are pretty popular, we could send a letter to the editor of the newspaper saying that we won't be producing comic strips for the newspaper any more because they tried to ruin our show."
"It's a start," grunted Paul. "It's better than nothing, anyway. We'll find somebody else to print our comic strips, no problem there."
"Helga did not seem happy yesterday," Yasmin pointed out. "She must feel really annoyed."
"It looks like they are both going to fail the basketball test today," said Paul. "So, what kind of forfeit shall we give them if they fail?"
DAY FOUR
10:50 AM
Helga woke up to the sound of birds singing outside. She sat up in her bed, quickly remembering the events of the previous day. She looked over at her clock. "Oh no!" shouted Helga. "I've slept in! Arnold and I were supposed to practise some more this morning! I've completely lost my touch - we have no chance of winning!"
She quickly jumped up from her bed, not sure what to do first. She quickly got dressed and ran out of her bedroom, wondering if Arnold had woken up yet. Arnold wasn't in the living room or the garden! He had slept in too! Helga burst into Arnold's bedroom shouting, "Wake up! Wake up!"
"What is it?" asked Arnold, sleepily.
"We've slept in!" squealed Helga. "We have no time to practise - our test is at 11 AM!"
"Oh no!" shouted Arnold. "Without any more practise - we're bound to fail!"
"Listen," said Helga. "Get dressed. Then, we can go into Emotion Central and plead with them to give us more time to practise. Just an extra hour - that should be enough!"
"Okay," said Arnold.
10:55 AM
Once they were both ready, both Arnold and Helga entered Emotion Central to plead with them for extra time to practise.
"Hello Arnold, hello Helga," said the man behind the mirror, once Helga and Arnold were inside the small room.
"Hi," smiled Arnold. "We have something that we would like to ask you."
"What is it?"
"We've slept in!" exclaimed Helga. "As you know, I've lost my basketball skill and I need more time to practise. One hour should be enough! Without extra practise - we'll fail the task for sure!"
"We will consider your request - we will call for you in three minutes."
10:58 AM
"Can Arnold and Helga please come to Emotion Central?"
The voice that Helga and Arnold had been waiting for came through the PA system of the house. They had both waited patiently for three minutes, waiting for Emotion Central to consider Arnold and Helga's request. Arnold and Helga had stayed hopeful - they thought that Emotion Central would give them extra practise time. After all, they wanted Arnold had Helga to complete the task - didn't they?
Yet again, Helga and Arnold entered the tiny room that they had now grown used to. They smiled into the mirror, even though they couldn't see the facial expression of the man behind the mirror.
"We have considered your request," started the man. "Unfortunately for you - we decided that two days was enough time to practise for today's test - so we will not give you any more time. Please make your way to the garden. The test will commence in two minutes time."
Helga and Arnold sadly left the room. "Well, shall we give up now?" asked Helga.
"Of course not!" exclaimed Arnold. "We can't give up - we practised this for two days! You're just nervous - that's why you feel like you have lost your skill - but really, you haven't! Just relax; trust the ball and everything will be fine! Now come on, let's get to the garden."
Helga still didn't believe that they could pass the test - but she made her way to the garden anyway. The man from Emotion Central talked to them over the PA system.
"Please decide which one of you will go first."
"I'm going to go first," said Helga. Arnold could sense her doubt by the sound of her voice. Would Helga even try to do well? Or would she give up?
A siren sounded. Helga picked up the first ball, and threw it towards the net. It missed. "Damn it!" cursed Helga.
"Come on, Helga!" encouraged Arnold. "Just trust the ball!"
Helga took Arnold's advice and picked up the next ball. This ball also missed and so did Helga's next seven attempts to get a ball into the net.
"Come on Helga, you can still do it!" said Arnold. "I have faith in you!"
Helga didn't know how Arnold could stay so positive. Helga knew that there was no chance that she could do it - even Arnold wouldn't be able to make up for her mistakes. She could feel anger boiling up inside her. She thought about how things had been ever since she had entered this house and had her life turned into some sort of a soap opera. She remembered how Emotion Central had taken advantage of her. They were always calling for her - wanting to know how she was feeling about Arnold on that day, whether this would be the day that she would confess and every little detail of her relationship with Arnold. And now they wanted her to do some stupid basketball test? Why? This whole thing didn't mean anything to her!
She picked up one of the balls, and threw it over the large wooden fence that separated her and Arnold from the outside world.
"Helga, no!" shouted Arnold. "What are you doing?"
Helga looked over at Arnold's face. He was pleading with her to try and do her best. She had to do this, for her true love. But then, Helga felt herself thinking again about Emotion Central. How they used her to get high viewing figures. She also remembered how the press had decided to disregard her own feelings and try and get a message across to Arnold - telling him about her feelings. The anger was building up inside Helga - she couldn't stand it. She had to take it out on somebody. Of course, it had to be Arnold. He was the only person besides the people in Emotion Central that she had any contact with.
"What are you waiting for?" asked Arnold. "You still have time! Trust the ball!"
"Shut up, Football Head!" screamed Helga, as she picked up another ball and threw it over the fence. She did the same with every ball that had been laid out for Helga and Arnold's use during practising and for the test. "I give up!"
"Helga, how am I supposed to take my turn with no balls for me to throw?" asked Arnold.
"That's the whole point!" shouted Helga. "I don't want to do this! It's stupid!" Helga stormed inside the house, leaving Arnold alone in the garden. The siren sounded again to mark the end of Helga's turn and for Arnold to start his turn, but all Arnold could do was stand and wait for his turn to end. Helga had ruined any chances of them completing the task. But now, they had to complete a forfeit challenge.
11:10 AM
Helga had gone straight to her room - leaving Arnold alone in the living room. He couldn't believe Helga's behaviour. He had thought that Helga and him were getting along unusually well in the house, but now they had began to argue. Why did Helga have to be like that? It was obvious that she had a nice side - she had been showing it to him in the previous three days that they had been staying in the house. Was it just the pressure of being on television that had made Helga flip out during the test? Arnold was also still aware that Helga was hiding something from him - but still couldn't figure out what it was. Arnold sighed. Would he ever understand Helga?
Helga lay miserably on her bed. Helga knew that she shouldn't have reacted in that way - the pressure of the past few days had caught up with her and she had taken her anger out on Arnold. Poor Arnold, thought Helga. He was the most important person to her in the entire world and she had ruined her chance to show him that she wasn't all bad. "Oh Arnold," she sighed, looking into her locket. "I don't deserve you - I know I don't! You light up my life and I still treat you so badly! If only you knew how I really feel about you! If only you knew that I absolutely worship you?"
Helga was interrupted by an announcement made over the PA system by Emotion Central. "Emotion Central would like to officially announce that you both failed your first task and that you will have to complete a forfeit challenge later on today. The challenge will be announced at 3 PM today. We would like to remind you that failure to take part in the forfeit challenge might lead to you being excluded from the house. Thank you."
"Oh great," muttered Helga. "There's no doubt that they will use the situation to their advantage! I hate being here!"
2:55 PM
Helga, who was still in her room, decided that it was time for her to face Arnold. She had to do it some time; it would be better for her to do it now, rather than later. She left her room and saw that Arnold was sitting on one of the couches, staring into space. Was Arnold angry with her? She hoped not - she hated the idea of Arnold not speaking to her.
She sat down on the couch facing Arnold. "Hey," she said gently. Arnold just looked up at Helga and scowled. "Oh please, Arnold!" pleaded Helga. "I'm sorry, give me another chance to prove myself!"
"Helga, you ruined any chances of us completing the task!" said Arnold. "You gave up so easily, you threw the balls over the fence. There was a chance that I could have got thirty balls in the net and we would have completed the task! It may have been a slim chance, but it wasn't impossible. You ruined all of that. How can you expect me to forgive so easily?"
"I know Arnold, I just want another chance!" pleaded Helga.
"Just leave me alone for a while," said Arnold.
"Fine, then!" shouted Helga. "You're a nice guy Arnold - I thought that maybe you would understand my circumstances and the pressure that I was under! We're locked away in this house, we have no contact with the outside world! I am allowed to have a bad day, where I feel depressed and angry. I'm sure that while we are here, you will have one of those days. You may get angry! You might even take it out on me! I thought that you would be able to show a little bit of sympathy towards me! Arnold, just forget that I apologised! But don't think that I'm going to lock myself away in my room - I have as much right to be here as you!"
Arnold didn't respond. Emotion Central made an announcement. "Your forfeit challenge has been decided. Tonight, you will both play a game of Truth or Dare, but only a very short game. Emotion Central will automatically pick whether you are to answer a question truthfully or perform a dare. You will both choose each other's dares and questions. The game will be played at 9 PM tonight. If you have any questions, please direct them to us before the game starts. Thank you."
This was all Helga needed. Emotion Central was taking advantage of her again - a truth question about who she had a crush on was bound to come up. She had tried apologising to Arnold - but he was still mad at her. This wasn't the Arnold that she knew. Why was he being so stubborn? Was Arnold feeling the pressure of being inside the house, too? Helga didn't know and she started to wonder how she could get Arnold to forgive her.
9:00 PM
"Please get ready to play Truth or Dare!" a woman's voice said over the PA system.
Helga and Arnold were still not speaking to each other. The house had been silent for so long, now. Even Emotion Central had left them both alone throughout the afternoon and the evening. They had even eaten their dinners in silence, much to Helga's dismay.
"Arnold - you will be asked a question by Helga that you have to answer truthfully," the woman said. "Helga, please ask Arnold a question."
Helga was depressed about Arnold not speaking to her, but she was still angry with him. What question could she ask him? It had to be a really juicy question. She was angry at Arnold and couldn't help wanting to get back at him. "Tell me the truth," said Helga. "Does Gerald really have a crush on Phoebe?"
Arnold stayed silent for a moment. What could he do? He couldn't break Gerald's trust - but he had to tell the truth. "I'm not exactly sure about how he feels for her," said Arnold, nervously.
"You're lying!" exclaimed Helga. "Tell the truth!"
"Okay, I guess that Gerald does have a crush on Phoebe," said Arnold, instantly regretting giving in to Helga. "A little bit!"
"I thought so," Helga smiled cunningly smiled at Arnold.
"Helga - you will now be asked a question by Arnold that you have to answer truthfully. Arnold, please ask Helga a question."
Arnold was now angry that Helga had put him in such an awkward position. She was really starting to bug him. "Okay, Helga," snapped Arnold. "Who do you have a crush on?"
Helga stared at Arnold. What was she supposed to say? She couldn't tell Arnold the truth, anyway. It wasn't the right time, especially when they were both arguing. But, was she supposed to lie? Emotion Central would know that she was lying if she didn't say that she had a crush on Arnold. She had to lie, it was her only choice.
"I don't have a crush on anybody, Football Head!" snapped Helga. "And I'm sick of playing this game, I quit!"
"Helga, we have to play this game, we failed the task, remember?" said Arnold.
"I'm not doing it!" exclaimed Helga, as she walked towards Emotion Central and stormed inside the room. "Listen to me!" shouted Helga as she entered the room, but then calmed down and talked quietly because Arnold might have been able to hear her. "You've taken advantage of me again! I'm not carrying on with this game! I want you to know that I am seriously considering leaving this place. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to bed now."
Helga and Arnold, the TV Series - Chapter Seven
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.
Mr. Simmons' class entered their classroom noisily, to find that Mr. Simmons wasn't at his desk yet. Mr. Simmons was in the stock cupboard, getting paints for the Art lesson that the class was having, today. Once they had sat down, the only topic of conversation was the events of the third day in The House.
"Can you believe yesterday's show?" asked Rhonda. "It was such a disappointment!"
"What do you mean?" asked Gerald. "What was wrong with it?"
"Well, I thought that Helga was going to have to confess!" exclaimed Rhonda. "She managed to collect in all of those fliers from the ground and Arnold still doesn't know about Helga's feelings for him! When is that girl going to tell Arnold how she feels!"
"They're going to be in the house for nine weeks, today is only the third day!" argued Gerald. "Helga has lots of time to confess and it doesn't look like she's rushing into anything!"
"You would say that," muttered Rhonda.
"What do you mean?" asked Gerald angrily.
"Oh please, Gerald, everybody can see that you don't want Helga to end up with Arnold," said Rhonda. "I don't know why you're so against it, but you need to stop being so pessimistic about it! Helga is going to confess to Arnold some time during these next nine weeks, whether you like it or not. The newspaper had a great plan! It's so sad that it didn't work out!"
"I don't agree!" Sheena spoke out for the first time. "It's up to Helga when she chooses to confess her love to Arnold! She isn't on the show to entertain people; she is a real person! Think of all the crushes that you have had in your past! Would you want to confess your love on television?"
"Helga has loved Arnold for six years," said Phoebe. "She has kept her true feelings from Arnold for all that time; it could be a long wait! She might choose to tell Arnold on the very last day!"
"Yeah," said Gerald. "I wouldn't want millions of people to know about my love life."
"I agree with you, Rhonda," said Curly, as he moved towards Rhonda and winked at her. "So, shall I come over to your house tonight? We can talk about the show more!" Curly winked at Rhonda, again.
"Get away from me, you freak!" squealed Rhonda.
Mr. Simmons entered the room, holding paints and brushes for the day's Art Lesson. "Now, now class settle down," said Mr. Simmons. "I'm sorry I'm late, we need these paints and brushes for today's Art lesson."
The class settled down and Mr. Simmons began to take the register.
***
Inside a meeting of the producers of The House, the producers were solemnly talking about the events of the previous day. They had decided that they should take some sort of acting against the newspaper for interfering with the show.
"I just don't understand what we can do about this!" exclaimed Yasmin Williams, the woman who had originally sent out the letters to both Arnold and Helga. "It's not like we have a serious case here!"
"We have to do something," said Paul Jenkins, the executive producer of the show.
"I have an idea," said one of the producers. "Our company has five comic strips that are printed in that newspaper. They are pretty popular, we could send a letter to the editor of the newspaper saying that we won't be producing comic strips for the newspaper any more because they tried to ruin our show."
"It's a start," grunted Paul. "It's better than nothing, anyway. We'll find somebody else to print our comic strips, no problem there."
"Helga did not seem happy yesterday," Yasmin pointed out. "She must feel really annoyed."
"It looks like they are both going to fail the basketball test today," said Paul. "So, what kind of forfeit shall we give them if they fail?"
DAY FOUR
10:50 AM
Helga woke up to the sound of birds singing outside. She sat up in her bed, quickly remembering the events of the previous day. She looked over at her clock. "Oh no!" shouted Helga. "I've slept in! Arnold and I were supposed to practise some more this morning! I've completely lost my touch - we have no chance of winning!"
She quickly jumped up from her bed, not sure what to do first. She quickly got dressed and ran out of her bedroom, wondering if Arnold had woken up yet. Arnold wasn't in the living room or the garden! He had slept in too! Helga burst into Arnold's bedroom shouting, "Wake up! Wake up!"
"What is it?" asked Arnold, sleepily.
"We've slept in!" squealed Helga. "We have no time to practise - our test is at 11 AM!"
"Oh no!" shouted Arnold. "Without any more practise - we're bound to fail!"
"Listen," said Helga. "Get dressed. Then, we can go into Emotion Central and plead with them to give us more time to practise. Just an extra hour - that should be enough!"
"Okay," said Arnold.
10:55 AM
Once they were both ready, both Arnold and Helga entered Emotion Central to plead with them for extra time to practise.
"Hello Arnold, hello Helga," said the man behind the mirror, once Helga and Arnold were inside the small room.
"Hi," smiled Arnold. "We have something that we would like to ask you."
"What is it?"
"We've slept in!" exclaimed Helga. "As you know, I've lost my basketball skill and I need more time to practise. One hour should be enough! Without extra practise - we'll fail the task for sure!"
"We will consider your request - we will call for you in three minutes."
10:58 AM
"Can Arnold and Helga please come to Emotion Central?"
The voice that Helga and Arnold had been waiting for came through the PA system of the house. They had both waited patiently for three minutes, waiting for Emotion Central to consider Arnold and Helga's request. Arnold and Helga had stayed hopeful - they thought that Emotion Central would give them extra practise time. After all, they wanted Arnold had Helga to complete the task - didn't they?
Yet again, Helga and Arnold entered the tiny room that they had now grown used to. They smiled into the mirror, even though they couldn't see the facial expression of the man behind the mirror.
"We have considered your request," started the man. "Unfortunately for you - we decided that two days was enough time to practise for today's test - so we will not give you any more time. Please make your way to the garden. The test will commence in two minutes time."
Helga and Arnold sadly left the room. "Well, shall we give up now?" asked Helga.
"Of course not!" exclaimed Arnold. "We can't give up - we practised this for two days! You're just nervous - that's why you feel like you have lost your skill - but really, you haven't! Just relax; trust the ball and everything will be fine! Now come on, let's get to the garden."
Helga still didn't believe that they could pass the test - but she made her way to the garden anyway. The man from Emotion Central talked to them over the PA system.
"Please decide which one of you will go first."
"I'm going to go first," said Helga. Arnold could sense her doubt by the sound of her voice. Would Helga even try to do well? Or would she give up?
A siren sounded. Helga picked up the first ball, and threw it towards the net. It missed. "Damn it!" cursed Helga.
"Come on, Helga!" encouraged Arnold. "Just trust the ball!"
Helga took Arnold's advice and picked up the next ball. This ball also missed and so did Helga's next seven attempts to get a ball into the net.
"Come on Helga, you can still do it!" said Arnold. "I have faith in you!"
Helga didn't know how Arnold could stay so positive. Helga knew that there was no chance that she could do it - even Arnold wouldn't be able to make up for her mistakes. She could feel anger boiling up inside her. She thought about how things had been ever since she had entered this house and had her life turned into some sort of a soap opera. She remembered how Emotion Central had taken advantage of her. They were always calling for her - wanting to know how she was feeling about Arnold on that day, whether this would be the day that she would confess and every little detail of her relationship with Arnold. And now they wanted her to do some stupid basketball test? Why? This whole thing didn't mean anything to her!
She picked up one of the balls, and threw it over the large wooden fence that separated her and Arnold from the outside world.
"Helga, no!" shouted Arnold. "What are you doing?"
Helga looked over at Arnold's face. He was pleading with her to try and do her best. She had to do this, for her true love. But then, Helga felt herself thinking again about Emotion Central. How they used her to get high viewing figures. She also remembered how the press had decided to disregard her own feelings and try and get a message across to Arnold - telling him about her feelings. The anger was building up inside Helga - she couldn't stand it. She had to take it out on somebody. Of course, it had to be Arnold. He was the only person besides the people in Emotion Central that she had any contact with.
"What are you waiting for?" asked Arnold. "You still have time! Trust the ball!"
"Shut up, Football Head!" screamed Helga, as she picked up another ball and threw it over the fence. She did the same with every ball that had been laid out for Helga and Arnold's use during practising and for the test. "I give up!"
"Helga, how am I supposed to take my turn with no balls for me to throw?" asked Arnold.
"That's the whole point!" shouted Helga. "I don't want to do this! It's stupid!" Helga stormed inside the house, leaving Arnold alone in the garden. The siren sounded again to mark the end of Helga's turn and for Arnold to start his turn, but all Arnold could do was stand and wait for his turn to end. Helga had ruined any chances of them completing the task. But now, they had to complete a forfeit challenge.
11:10 AM
Helga had gone straight to her room - leaving Arnold alone in the living room. He couldn't believe Helga's behaviour. He had thought that Helga and him were getting along unusually well in the house, but now they had began to argue. Why did Helga have to be like that? It was obvious that she had a nice side - she had been showing it to him in the previous three days that they had been staying in the house. Was it just the pressure of being on television that had made Helga flip out during the test? Arnold was also still aware that Helga was hiding something from him - but still couldn't figure out what it was. Arnold sighed. Would he ever understand Helga?
Helga lay miserably on her bed. Helga knew that she shouldn't have reacted in that way - the pressure of the past few days had caught up with her and she had taken her anger out on Arnold. Poor Arnold, thought Helga. He was the most important person to her in the entire world and she had ruined her chance to show him that she wasn't all bad. "Oh Arnold," she sighed, looking into her locket. "I don't deserve you - I know I don't! You light up my life and I still treat you so badly! If only you knew how I really feel about you! If only you knew that I absolutely worship you?"
Helga was interrupted by an announcement made over the PA system by Emotion Central. "Emotion Central would like to officially announce that you both failed your first task and that you will have to complete a forfeit challenge later on today. The challenge will be announced at 3 PM today. We would like to remind you that failure to take part in the forfeit challenge might lead to you being excluded from the house. Thank you."
"Oh great," muttered Helga. "There's no doubt that they will use the situation to their advantage! I hate being here!"
2:55 PM
Helga, who was still in her room, decided that it was time for her to face Arnold. She had to do it some time; it would be better for her to do it now, rather than later. She left her room and saw that Arnold was sitting on one of the couches, staring into space. Was Arnold angry with her? She hoped not - she hated the idea of Arnold not speaking to her.
She sat down on the couch facing Arnold. "Hey," she said gently. Arnold just looked up at Helga and scowled. "Oh please, Arnold!" pleaded Helga. "I'm sorry, give me another chance to prove myself!"
"Helga, you ruined any chances of us completing the task!" said Arnold. "You gave up so easily, you threw the balls over the fence. There was a chance that I could have got thirty balls in the net and we would have completed the task! It may have been a slim chance, but it wasn't impossible. You ruined all of that. How can you expect me to forgive so easily?"
"I know Arnold, I just want another chance!" pleaded Helga.
"Just leave me alone for a while," said Arnold.
"Fine, then!" shouted Helga. "You're a nice guy Arnold - I thought that maybe you would understand my circumstances and the pressure that I was under! We're locked away in this house, we have no contact with the outside world! I am allowed to have a bad day, where I feel depressed and angry. I'm sure that while we are here, you will have one of those days. You may get angry! You might even take it out on me! I thought that you would be able to show a little bit of sympathy towards me! Arnold, just forget that I apologised! But don't think that I'm going to lock myself away in my room - I have as much right to be here as you!"
Arnold didn't respond. Emotion Central made an announcement. "Your forfeit challenge has been decided. Tonight, you will both play a game of Truth or Dare, but only a very short game. Emotion Central will automatically pick whether you are to answer a question truthfully or perform a dare. You will both choose each other's dares and questions. The game will be played at 9 PM tonight. If you have any questions, please direct them to us before the game starts. Thank you."
This was all Helga needed. Emotion Central was taking advantage of her again - a truth question about who she had a crush on was bound to come up. She had tried apologising to Arnold - but he was still mad at her. This wasn't the Arnold that she knew. Why was he being so stubborn? Was Arnold feeling the pressure of being inside the house, too? Helga didn't know and she started to wonder how she could get Arnold to forgive her.
9:00 PM
"Please get ready to play Truth or Dare!" a woman's voice said over the PA system.
Helga and Arnold were still not speaking to each other. The house had been silent for so long, now. Even Emotion Central had left them both alone throughout the afternoon and the evening. They had even eaten their dinners in silence, much to Helga's dismay.
"Arnold - you will be asked a question by Helga that you have to answer truthfully," the woman said. "Helga, please ask Arnold a question."
Helga was depressed about Arnold not speaking to her, but she was still angry with him. What question could she ask him? It had to be a really juicy question. She was angry at Arnold and couldn't help wanting to get back at him. "Tell me the truth," said Helga. "Does Gerald really have a crush on Phoebe?"
Arnold stayed silent for a moment. What could he do? He couldn't break Gerald's trust - but he had to tell the truth. "I'm not exactly sure about how he feels for her," said Arnold, nervously.
"You're lying!" exclaimed Helga. "Tell the truth!"
"Okay, I guess that Gerald does have a crush on Phoebe," said Arnold, instantly regretting giving in to Helga. "A little bit!"
"I thought so," Helga smiled cunningly smiled at Arnold.
"Helga - you will now be asked a question by Arnold that you have to answer truthfully. Arnold, please ask Helga a question."
Arnold was now angry that Helga had put him in such an awkward position. She was really starting to bug him. "Okay, Helga," snapped Arnold. "Who do you have a crush on?"
Helga stared at Arnold. What was she supposed to say? She couldn't tell Arnold the truth, anyway. It wasn't the right time, especially when they were both arguing. But, was she supposed to lie? Emotion Central would know that she was lying if she didn't say that she had a crush on Arnold. She had to lie, it was her only choice.
"I don't have a crush on anybody, Football Head!" snapped Helga. "And I'm sick of playing this game, I quit!"
"Helga, we have to play this game, we failed the task, remember?" said Arnold.
"I'm not doing it!" exclaimed Helga, as she walked towards Emotion Central and stormed inside the room. "Listen to me!" shouted Helga as she entered the room, but then calmed down and talked quietly because Arnold might have been able to hear her. "You've taken advantage of me again! I'm not carrying on with this game! I want you to know that I am seriously considering leaving this place. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to bed now."