Chapter 3 "To the Ones I love"
-Take my breath away- by: 98 degrees, their very first c.d.
If I had castles built on high
I'd find a million ways to write your name against the sky
Just to let you know, you've caught my eye
And if I had more than wealth could buy
I'd sell it all and start again for just a chance with you
Girl, I'd give my all to win your love
Chorus:
And I would be rich
And I would build all my world around you
Just to show you
How you take my breath away
And you would find love, sweet lady
Nobody else this side of heavens knows
How you take my breath away
If I could turn the day to night
If I had faith to walk on water
Maybe you would see,
The reason I thank God for miracles
Cause baby when you walked into sight
You turned an ordinary man like me into a king
I would do anything to win your love
Chorus
I think there's something here worth saying
I don't want to scare you
So let me make my wish and hope that you believe
In simple love, like I do
Say that its true, baby
Cause you've got my shakin'
My breath had now been taken
I've got to over come this achin
To win your love
Chorus
As the song ended, Arnold looked up to see Helga who was staring at Lila, a girl who likes Arnold, holding up a sign that read: I Love You Ever So Much Arnold! Arnold shook his head in disappointment. But he got a wonderful round of applaud by everybody. "What a wonderful performance Arnold, okay lets see who do we have…Chris P., would you please come to the stage." Arnold looked over at Sara, who took a glance back a Chris and saw that Arnold saw her looking and quickly turned back around. That amused Arnold. When Chris got up to the stage, all the girls were shouting out all kind of words, like I love you, marry me, all that shit. He looked up at the audience and then looked at Sara. Sara looked around to see if there was someone else but she then realized it was her he was staring at. Arnold watched as she sunk into her seat. He laughed again. "Umm…I tried over and over again to write a song for the feelings I feel but I can't seem to find the words that describe it, so I finally came across this one that I'm going to sing for a special lady who showed me so much kindness and love and for someone that went out of their way each day just to say hi to me. And I showed her nothing, I didn't really care about our friendship, I ignored her and never did I ever see her cry, she always had a smile on her face, but the first time I saw her cry, I wanted to cry, you know why because I had taken that smile from her face, I was the one to blame for the tears and pain she cried. After that she stopped saying hi and she stopped coming up to me at my locker and then I started to miss her and I finally realized how wrong I was and how she was the best thing in my life and I let her go, I only hope when I sing her this song I hope she might give me another chance, another chance to be a better friend and maybe even more so this song goes out to my special lady,"
-"Back to your Heart" by: The Backstreet Boys, millennium cd
It's not that I can't live with out you
It's just that I don't even want to try
Every night I dream about you
Ever since the day I left you there
If I wasn't such a fool
Right now I'd be holding you
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
Baby if I only knew
Chorus:
The words to say
The road to take
To find a way back to your heart
What can I do?
To get to you
And find a way back to your heart
What can I do?
To get to you
And find a way back to your heart
I don't know how it got so crazy
But I'll do anything to set things right
'Cause your friendship was so amazing
Baby you were the best thing in my life
Let me prove my love is real
And made you feel the way I feel
I promise I would give the world
If only you would tell me girl
Chorus
Give me one more chance, to give my love to you
'Cause no one else on this earth loves you like I do, tell me
Chorus
I turn back time
To make you mine
And find a way back to your heart
I beg and plead
Fall to my knees
To find a way back to your heart
Chorus
With that Chris jumped off stage and walked over to Sara and handed her a long stemmed rose and with a smile said, "I'm sorry Sara." Sara looked at him and then looked at the floor. The entire audience was watching their every move. This made her very uncomfortable; as she looked at everybody she began to cry. All of a sudden she jumped out of her seat and took off. Chris stood there shocked. Everybody was speechless. Gerald yelled, "Run after her you fool!!" Chris then took off to go and find her. "Well umm…lets have our next and final participant shall we, Helga Pataki." There was a disturbing silence amongst the audience. As Helga got out of her seat from the back of the room, everybody watched her every move. She looked very nice, she had on a long baby blue dress on that sparkled and had her long blonde hair done in curls. Arnold sure was shocked but then again not really, for he knew there was another side of Helga that wanted to come out. As she stood on stage she looked around to see where Arnold was at so that when she sung it was directed towards him. "Umm…I want to dedicate this song to someone that I hold deep in my heart. Before any body says anything I know what your all thinking, ooo…Helga the big time bully likes someone. But there is more to me than you all think and since it's my last year, well I mean our last year here why not open up a little bit, here it goes"
-"If I open up my heart to you" by: Amanda-
Its still soon to call it love
I know it's more than just a crush
We're getting closer every day
And when you look at me that way
All I can say
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Is if I open up my heart to you
I just need to know you feel it too
Will you be the one to make?
My dreams come true
If I open up my heart to you
I got a feeling this could be
Something I though I'd never see
You're on my mind night after night
Something keeps telling me
It's all right
So give me a sign…so
Chorus
You could be everything
That I've needed
But I can't take that chance
Till I know that you're with me
Till I know what you're feeling
Till I know just where I stand
Till I know where you stand
Will you be the one to make?
Dreams come true
If I, if I open up my heart to you
Will you be the one there?
To help me get through
If I, if I open up my heart to you
Helga looked up and saw Arnold cheering and whistling upon his chair for her. At the end of the show everybody went up to Helga and complimented on her outstanding performance. This made her feel like a princess. She loved every moment of it. As she turned around, she saw Arnold pushing his way to get to her, when all of a sudden she heard a voice calling Arnolds name. Both of them looked to see who it was when Lila came flying through everybody straight into his arms. "Oh Arnold, I'm ever so sorry for what I said to you. I ever so like you ever so much. Can you ever forgive me?" Lila said bopping her eyelashes with a sad little puppy dogface on. Arnold finally caught his balance and looked over to see Helga crying and then she took off. Arnold tried to get out of Lila's grasp but he couldn't. He looked at Lila and angrily said," Lila the song I sang wasn't for you, I'm sorry but I don't like-you, LIKE-you, the song was for…" "Hey man, that was pretty impressive, I didn't think you had it in you." Gerald said giving Arnold a hug. "Thanks you weren't so bad yourself," "Yo, did you hear Chris, dude did he fool everybody, I didn't think he could pull it off, and Helga, holy cow, what a performance, she had a voice like an angel." "I told you Gerald that Helga can be nice, and if you couldn't tell Chris likes Sara and I like…" "Arnold I need to talk to you," Chris said tiredly. "Excuse me guys while I go talk to Chris, What is the matter Chris?" "I can't find Sara, I've looked every where, and I thought she'd be happy but obviously I was wrong." "So how long were you friends for?" "Well we became friends in 9th grade for only two marking periods and I had left study hall to go back to my art class and everyday she'd go out of her way just to say hi to me and then 10th grade came and again I was in study hall and I never spoke to her and when I saw her in the halls, she'd have a big smile on her face when she saw me but I wouldn't look at her and that continued until may and then she just stopped and like I said up there I never saw her cry before and when I did it broke my heart, because I knew I was the one who had made her cry. And she hasn't spoken to me since then." Chris said sadly. "I treated her like she was nothing!" "Don't worry about it, I'm sure on Monday she'll be in school and you can talk to her then, okay?" "Yeah, I guess your right Arnold, thanks." "No problem."
When Arnold got home, his grandma and grandpa were waiting for him in the kitchen with dinner and a surprise for him. "Hey short man, in here for a second" "Yeah grandpa?" "We've made you dinner and we taped the entire talent show for you!" Grandpa said while giving the tape to Arnold. "You were brilliant kimba" Grandma said while giving Arnold a great big hug. "Gee thank you grandpa, I don't know what to say" "That girl Helga at the end of the show was pretty impressive and we think she likes you short man" With that his grandparents disappeared into the living room. After dinner Arnold went upstairs and watched the tape of the show. When he got to Helga's performance, he watched it over and over again. "Could Helga really like me? Was that song she sang for me? One thing is for sure that Lila ruined every thing for me. I can't believe her! I know Helga thinks that I sang the song for Lila now, I just can't believe it! Waite a minute, why do I care so much? Could I like Helga?" Arnold couldn't keep his eyes open, so he lay back on his bed and went off to sleep. Back at Helga's place, she was so devastated. She believed that Arnold sung the song for Lila. She cried herself to sleep that night. And back at Sara's house she was still in shock. "Who does he think he is? What does he take me for, he doesn't care about me, he never did and never will for that matter!!" and with that Sara went to bed. Chris lay on his bed confused, upset, rejected and stupid. He didn't know what to say to her, what could he say other than I'm sorry, but only sorry works so many times then it gets old. He truly was sorry for the way he had treated her but he was scared that she wouldn't accept his apology a second time. Then he drifted off to sleep.
tear, this was one of my fave chapters, hope you enjoyed it J