Chapter 5: The Birth
AN: well here we are again another chapter! I have some really smart cookies reading my work. So far everyone who reviewed has figured correctly where this is going and I am so proud I could burst! *wipes away tear of sheer pride for her genius readers* . Oh Yeah almost forgot I don't own Hey Arnold! *Big Cheshire cat grin*
Olga was pulled out of school and her and Miriam went to stay with Olga's maternal grandmother. Big Bob hired a tutor to home school Olga so she wouldn't miss a grade. Big Bob began telling people around town that Miriam's mother was sick and she went to take care of her and took Olga with her. He would slowly start telling people that Miriam had called him and announced she was pregnant. She would have the baby at her mother's house so she can continue to take care of her. No one questioned any of this. Most everyone ignored Big Bob. Everyone was more interested in Many of the other neighbor's expected births. Mrs Johansen would be having her third child. Phil and Gerty had recieved word from their son and his wife that they were expecting a child. So the neighborhood was buzzing with all the new lives that would soon be here. Big Bob's announcement came as no big deal. Olga remembered the first time her father came to visit since they had left. He brought the mail with him and the patiently awaited letter from Helix. She remembered when her father first handed her the letter, he had not noticed who had sent the letter. As soon as Olga saw the envelope Olga shrieked with delight. "He remembered!" She shouted. "Who remembered?" Big bob said as he turned to look at Olga. "Why Helix..." suddenly she remembered she had told her parents the name of the guy who had impregnated her. Her father suddenly grabbed the letter out of her hand and began to rip it apart. "If I had KNOWN the letter was from that little BASTARD, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BROUGHT IT!" Big Bob screamed this as he through the pieces of the letter into the fire place and set them on fire. Olga cried out as she watched the destruction of her letter from Helix go up in smoke. She knew that she would never hear from him again. Her father would see to that.
Olga placed the contents of the lock box back and placed it back in it's draw. She suddenly heard a knock at her bedroom door. "Olga?" Came the voice from the other side. "Come in Helga" Olga said trying to hide her slight shock at this new development. Helga came in with her pink t-shirt on. "I just wanted to say..uhm ..well..Thank you for sticking up for me with Big Bob earlier today." She said with a noticed apprehension. "Your Welcome Helga Come sit on the bed and I'll brush your hair for you. Wouldn't that be fun?" Olga said while patting a spot on the bed for Helga. At first Helga just stared at the spot than slowly and reluctantly sat down. Olga pulled Helga's pigtails out and began brushing her hair. These were a few of the moments that Olga enjoyed. It wasn't very often that Helga let her do anything like this. She noted that Even though Helga's hair was the same color as hers; Helga's hair was thicker. Helga's hair also would lay in waves almost like it wanted to curl. "Now that" Olga thought "She gets from The Pataki side of the family. Grandma Pataki had curly hair." Olga wished her hair would curl a little; but no it remained straight as ever. The two continued to sit on Olga's bed silent while Olga continued to make finger curls with Helga's hair.
**Flashback**
Over the next nine months olga would watch her body turn into this grotesque version of her old self. Between the morning sickness, bloating, gas, muscle cramps, and basically looking like a beached whale she had began to forget what it was like to just be comfortable again. Then around the fifth month something amazing Happened, at first it was just a fluttery bubble feeling in her stomach then the movements became stronger. Then one night after several days of this it hit her what she was feeling. She was sitting on the couch during one of her father's visits. Her mother and Nanna sat at the table doing a puzzle. Her dad and grandfather were watching a football game. After feeling the movement again for the Umptenth time that evening she suddenly cries out "IT's THE BABY!! The Baby is moving." Suddenly everyone was staring at her, then they get up practically at the same time and ran over to Olga. Her dad made it there first, "let me feel!" he says placing a hand on her stomach. "WHOAH! Miriam feel that kick! Now that's a boy kick if I ever felt one. That boy is REAL Pataki blood. It woudn't surprise me if he plays for one of my favorite football teams." Big Bob just grinned from ear to ear. Miriam just nodded her head in agreement. The rest of the night was centered around Olga and her stomach. Olga at first liked the attention she was getting until she realized the attention was more for the baby and less for her. She didn't know why but she felt a bit jealous of that fact. She began to have disturbing thoughts; thoughts about her parents suddenly forgetting all about her and paying attention to their new "Son." She couldn't help but wonder if they would still love her the way they use to once her "baby brother" was here. By the seventh month, Olga could barely stand from the weight of her stomach . She could barely keep any food down. The baby grew at an alarming rate. By the eighth month, the doctor had no choice but to hospitalize Olga. So there she was six weeks from delivery and she was spending them in a hospital bed with monitors hooked up to her and to her stomach to monitor the baby. Her life was turning into a complete nightmare. She kept having strange dreams. Dreams about a pigtailed blonde haired girl calling her mommy, with vacant eyes staring straight into her soul. Olga would try to take her hand but she would just look up and say "You had your chance. Why didn't you want it?" She would then turn and run in the opposite direction. Olga would wake up asking the nurses had they seen her daughter. The nurses would calm her down and tell her that her child was still in her. The dreams are what really concerned her the most. In every dream she had the child was always a girl. She wondered to herself, what her parents reaction would be if the child she carried turned out not to be the son they longed for. Once in a while Olga allowed her self to day dream about being a mother to a blonde little version of herself. A little doll she could dress up and carry around with her. She even thought of a name for her, even though she knew her parents would never allow her to name the baby. She had saw the name in a baby name book that her mother left in the room. Nanna had bought it for her to look over. Her Dad just grabbed it and threw it the trash bin beside the bed claiming that she had wasted her money buying that because his son was going to be named after him. After they had left, Olga just picked the book up and started thumbing through it. She found her name first. It was Russian it meant "Pious or devout." It also said the it originated in Scandinavia as Helga which was the Scandinavian word for Priestess. She loved it. She saw the name as a combination of her name and Helix. She then saw the female version of Helix Middle name Gerald. It was Geraldine. She just sat there and daydreamed about the name Helga Geraldine Carter. Of course her day dreams included her being married to Helix. With Four more weeks to go the doctor made the decision to perform a Caesarian on Olga to deliver the baby. Olga was rushed into surgery. The family was told to remain behind in the room in case an emergency would arise. After surgery, Olga was wheeled back inot the room and the family awaited news of the baby. Because the delivery was early the doctor wanted a few test ran as soon as the baby was delivered. The next hour seemed to drag for the Pataki family especially Olga. The Doctor arrived in the room. He looks Olga straight in the eyes and said "Ms Pataki, You gave birth to a healthy baby girl. I want you to know that when I slapped her, She slapped me back. We call her M'am now. So tell me, what do you have in mind as a name for this child?" Olga looked at both her parents who were still speechless from the shock of finding out that their son was a girl. So Olga took the opportunity awarded her; "Her Name is Helga Geraldine Car..Uh Pataki" Correcting the last name. The doctor made a note of the name and told Olga he would tellthe nurse to bring her in. After he left, Big Bob turns to Olga and says " What do you mean by naming her?!! WE ARE NOT KEEPING THAT THAT THING! You had no right to give her the PATAKI NAME." Bob was yelling so loud he hadn't noticed that the nurse had wheeled the baby in with her incubator. Miriam who had not spoken a word up to this point walked over to look at the baby. She slowly picks her up, then with the firmest voice Olga had ever heard or would ever hear again come from her mother's lips said "ROBERT! We're KEEPING Her and THAT'S FINAL!" Big Bob just shut up and sat down. He knew better than to argue with that voice.