Chapter 3:
Dr. Bliss' office
Hey Arnold still is not mine!
Note: I know that some people asked for longer chapters, but for me it would be easier if I had lots of short chapters instead.
Helga did take Arnold' s suggestion and decided to go along with her family. (Since when did she not take Arnold' s advice?) The Patakis walked into the office, Bob made his usual scowl, Miriam slouching with an expression that always looked fatigued, and Olga with her usual "chipper" smile.
Dr. Bliss stood up, " Hello Mr. and Mrs. Pataki, Hello Olga." She greeted with a smile.
"Yeah ,yeah, let's get this over with." Big Bob growled.
"Mr. Pataki," Dr. Bliss said, " we have an hour and a half session, well Mr. Pataki, why don't you tell me about yourself?"
Bob sat down between Miriam and Olga on the black leather couch and Helga sat on a chair as far away from her wacko family as possible.
" I run a beeper empire, you know Big Bob Beepers, you must be pretty dumb if you don't know." Bob says.
As usual, Dr. Bliss, stood there in her usual calm poise and said in an even voice, " Yes, Mr. Pataki, I do know your beeper chain, I got my cellular phone there in matter of fact."
" Yeah, yeah, don't suck up to me Ms. Bliss."
"OK!" Dr. Bliss says, " How about you, Mrs. Pataki, what do you do?"
"Huh?" Miriam replied as if she was half-awake.
Helga smacked herself with a foam bat that Dr. Bliss keeps in her office for "anger management."
Gee, this is going well only one hour and 20 minutes till the end of the session, wait a minute, this will take my whatever's left of my life! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
" What do you do, as in an everyday routine." Dr. Bliss asked again.
" I watch soaps all day, my favorite is ' Physician's Hospital', and I do chores, errands, and sleep." Miriam explained.
Crimeny! Mom's answer made Curly sound normal. Helga thought to herself.
"That's...um...interesting." Dr. Bliss said, " Mrs. Pataki, how would you describe your relationship with Helga?"
Miriam pondered for a moment and said, " Helga and I get along great, I make sure she's ok and that she has a proper lunch for school."
" MOM," Helga said, " You packed Equal sugar packets and a Powerbar for my lunch yesterday, I had to bribe Harold to let me have his bologna and cheese sandwich."
"Ooohhhh, Helga, that's what I did, you know how things are so busy around the house, Helga, please bear with me." Miriam said in a weak voice.
Helga sighed with frustration, Bob scowled at everyone, and Olga was still smiling.
" Helga, how do you think your relationship is with your mother?" Dr. Bliss asked.
"It's not that bad, though, at least we don't fight." Helga said.
" What about your father?"
" Don't even get me started." Helga replied sarcastically.
" . . . And your sister?"
" As, I said again, don't get me started."
Olga wasn't smiling anymore. " Helga, I really do want to get to know you better, I honestly do, and I realized that trying to spend every waking moment together, baby sis, didn't work out, but I really do want us to be closer." She said.
Helga's face softened a little. Maybe her sister wasn't so bad. Even if she is sickeningly perfect, Olga is her sister, and she's human.
Olga continued, " I have an idea baby sis, why don't you go shopping with me tomorrow, just you and me."
" I really do think that it's a good idea," Dr. Bliss said, "what do you think Mr. and Mrs. Pataki."
" Ok, fine." Miriam says.
" That's fine with me too," Big Bob said, "but Helga is gonna do it, whether she wants to or not, only to make Olga happy, and it better not cost me any money, I run a beeper empire for pete's sake!"
" No Daddy, it would be my treat." Olga said.
Crimeny, don't I get a say in this? Helga thought to herself.
Dr. Bliss' office
Hey Arnold still is not mine!
Note: I know that some people asked for longer chapters, but for me it would be easier if I had lots of short chapters instead.
Helga did take Arnold' s suggestion and decided to go along with her family. (Since when did she not take Arnold' s advice?) The Patakis walked into the office, Bob made his usual scowl, Miriam slouching with an expression that always looked fatigued, and Olga with her usual "chipper" smile.
Dr. Bliss stood up, " Hello Mr. and Mrs. Pataki, Hello Olga." She greeted with a smile.
"Yeah ,yeah, let's get this over with." Big Bob growled.
"Mr. Pataki," Dr. Bliss said, " we have an hour and a half session, well Mr. Pataki, why don't you tell me about yourself?"
Bob sat down between Miriam and Olga on the black leather couch and Helga sat on a chair as far away from her wacko family as possible.
" I run a beeper empire, you know Big Bob Beepers, you must be pretty dumb if you don't know." Bob says.
As usual, Dr. Bliss, stood there in her usual calm poise and said in an even voice, " Yes, Mr. Pataki, I do know your beeper chain, I got my cellular phone there in matter of fact."
" Yeah, yeah, don't suck up to me Ms. Bliss."
"OK!" Dr. Bliss says, " How about you, Mrs. Pataki, what do you do?"
"Huh?" Miriam replied as if she was half-awake.
Helga smacked herself with a foam bat that Dr. Bliss keeps in her office for "anger management."
Gee, this is going well only one hour and 20 minutes till the end of the session, wait a minute, this will take my whatever's left of my life! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
" What do you do, as in an everyday routine." Dr. Bliss asked again.
" I watch soaps all day, my favorite is ' Physician's Hospital', and I do chores, errands, and sleep." Miriam explained.
Crimeny! Mom's answer made Curly sound normal. Helga thought to herself.
"That's...um...interesting." Dr. Bliss said, " Mrs. Pataki, how would you describe your relationship with Helga?"
Miriam pondered for a moment and said, " Helga and I get along great, I make sure she's ok and that she has a proper lunch for school."
" MOM," Helga said, " You packed Equal sugar packets and a Powerbar for my lunch yesterday, I had to bribe Harold to let me have his bologna and cheese sandwich."
"Ooohhhh, Helga, that's what I did, you know how things are so busy around the house, Helga, please bear with me." Miriam said in a weak voice.
Helga sighed with frustration, Bob scowled at everyone, and Olga was still smiling.
" Helga, how do you think your relationship is with your mother?" Dr. Bliss asked.
"It's not that bad, though, at least we don't fight." Helga said.
" What about your father?"
" Don't even get me started." Helga replied sarcastically.
" . . . And your sister?"
" As, I said again, don't get me started."
Olga wasn't smiling anymore. " Helga, I really do want to get to know you better, I honestly do, and I realized that trying to spend every waking moment together, baby sis, didn't work out, but I really do want us to be closer." She said.
Helga's face softened a little. Maybe her sister wasn't so bad. Even if she is sickeningly perfect, Olga is her sister, and she's human.
Olga continued, " I have an idea baby sis, why don't you go shopping with me tomorrow, just you and me."
" I really do think that it's a good idea," Dr. Bliss said, "what do you think Mr. and Mrs. Pataki."
" Ok, fine." Miriam says.
" That's fine with me too," Big Bob said, "but Helga is gonna do it, whether she wants to or not, only to make Olga happy, and it better not cost me any money, I run a beeper empire for pete's sake!"
" No Daddy, it would be my treat." Olga said.
Crimeny, don't I get a say in this? Helga thought to herself.
