Stay Together (Continued)
By Shaun Blankenship
A Hey Arnold! Fan Fiction
CHAPTER 7: Final Judgements
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"Wait up!"
Helga turned around. "What do you want, Helga?"
Arnold stopped to focus. "Please, let's just stick it out to the end of this. Now I need to know how all this ends. I can't just let you go back without my help."
"I don't need your help, Arnold! I have all I need on this tape."
"Please, Helga! I still desperately want to be your friend and maybe at the end of it all..."
"Why would you want to be my friend? I'm not popular or anything, I don't have anything valuable. I mean..." She stops and thinks about it.
"Helga, I've been lying to you to. I love you. It's that..." Arnold's mouth is suddenly silenced by Helga's. She wraps her arms around him and then takes a step back when it's over. Arnold finishes his sentance. "It's that we should take it slow right now. More important things are at stake. We need to get your parents back together."
Helga looks down at the ground and then at Arnold. "You're not just saying this to make me feel better, are you? You know, humor me?"
"Of course not." Arnold grabs her and kisses her. "Come on, let's go!" Arnold runs in a fury down the street. He stops and turns back to where he had stood. Helga was still standing there as if in shock. "Helga? HELGA! COME ON!"
"MIRIAM!"
Helga screamed her mother's name throughout her empty household. "Where are you, Miriam?"
Arnold is following close behind her when he noticed something. "Hey, there's a note on the fridge." Arnold grabs it.
Helga turns around trying to get a glimpse of the letter. "What's it say? What's it say?"
"'Helga, Went to court, divorcement suit, will be back at seven, will bring home chciken. Mom.'"
"Well, great! Where's the courthouse?"
"Really, Murry, can't you go any faster? I thought we got you over this whole 'twenty-five miles an hour' thing."
Murray shifted gears on the bus. "Please do not talk to the driver when the bus is in motion. And please step behind the yellow line."
Helga sits back down in her seat. Arnold tries to calm her down. "Don't worry, we're almost there."
The bus stopped in front of the courthouse and Arnold and Helga were not hesitant to get off of it. They rushed through the front doors of the courthouse. A guard from the side then yelled, "HALT!"
Arnold tried his best and reasoning. "Look, we need to find where her parents are to stop them from divorcing."
"I don't care if you were a fireman rushing to put out the whole building. You need to step through the metal detector."
Arnold and Helga walked trhough. Arnold cleared, but when Helga went trhough the machine beeped maically. She then took out her locket, put it in the dish on the side of the metal detector and passed through again without a problem. "Okay, you're clear to go." Helga grabbed her locket and rushed down the hall. "Hey, HEY! Stop running!"
Helga and Arnold run up and down level through level of the courthouse. Helga finally speaks up. "How are we supposed to find them? We have no idea where they could be!"
As soon as Helga said that, the door that they had just ran past vibrated with the screaming of Bob Pataki. "CRIMENY, YOU JUST WANT EVERYTHING, DON'T YOU?!"
Helga and Arnold bust into the room where Helga's parents were working out the divorce and walked over to Miriam. "Wait, Mom! Dad didn't cheat on you!"
"Helga, this is not one of those times where you..."
"Your lawyer is setting all of this up. She made it look like Bob cheated because she knew you would come to her first!"
Lyndsay stood up from beside Miriam. "That is preposterous! I assure you, I..."
Arnold turned to Helga. "The tape!"
Helga hands Arnold the tape and he quickly puts it in his recorder, rewinds a little and hits play. "Since I had earned her trust before, she still trusted me to take this case. So when it's all said and done and she divorces Bob, she's bound to get a big settlement, allemony, and child support. And I will be recooping a nice little lawyer fee." He rewinds it a little bit further and plays. "...He explained his whole business to me, how much money was in it. So I did whatever I could to make it look like he had an affair to anyone else."
Miriam looked at her lawyer and then back at Helga. She then turned to Bob. "Bob?"
"I've been trying to tell you the whole time, Miriam, I love you! I would never cheat on you!"
"Oh, Bob." They then got out of their chairs and hugged each other. "Oh, I am just so sorry. The divorce is off. Let's get re-married!"
Bob just cried on his wife's shoulder. "Yeah, that'd be great..."
Lindsay stomped her foot on the ground and looked at Miriam. "Hey! I've been helping you with this whole divorce and I demand that I get paid!"
Bob looks at her. "You know, I'm not staying quiet for this anymore. I'll find us a new lawyer, I'm sure there are criminal charges we can bring against you. Maybe fraud or conspiracy or somethin'. Until then, shove off!"
Lindsay took her briefcase and stormed out of the courtroom. Helga hugged her parents. "Promise me you'll never do this to me again."
Bob patted Helga on the shoulder. "It won't, Helga. I'll make sure of that." All of them, united again, start crying simultaneously. Arnold just stood off to side watching, proud in what he helped accomplish.
To Be Continued...
That's not the end of the story! One more chapter! Keep reading!
By Shaun Blankenship
A Hey Arnold! Fan Fiction
CHAPTER 7: Final Judgements
________________________________________
"Wait up!"
Helga turned around. "What do you want, Helga?"
Arnold stopped to focus. "Please, let's just stick it out to the end of this. Now I need to know how all this ends. I can't just let you go back without my help."
"I don't need your help, Arnold! I have all I need on this tape."
"Please, Helga! I still desperately want to be your friend and maybe at the end of it all..."
"Why would you want to be my friend? I'm not popular or anything, I don't have anything valuable. I mean..." She stops and thinks about it.
"Helga, I've been lying to you to. I love you. It's that..." Arnold's mouth is suddenly silenced by Helga's. She wraps her arms around him and then takes a step back when it's over. Arnold finishes his sentance. "It's that we should take it slow right now. More important things are at stake. We need to get your parents back together."
Helga looks down at the ground and then at Arnold. "You're not just saying this to make me feel better, are you? You know, humor me?"
"Of course not." Arnold grabs her and kisses her. "Come on, let's go!" Arnold runs in a fury down the street. He stops and turns back to where he had stood. Helga was still standing there as if in shock. "Helga? HELGA! COME ON!"
"MIRIAM!"
Helga screamed her mother's name throughout her empty household. "Where are you, Miriam?"
Arnold is following close behind her when he noticed something. "Hey, there's a note on the fridge." Arnold grabs it.
Helga turns around trying to get a glimpse of the letter. "What's it say? What's it say?"
"'Helga, Went to court, divorcement suit, will be back at seven, will bring home chciken. Mom.'"
"Well, great! Where's the courthouse?"
"Really, Murry, can't you go any faster? I thought we got you over this whole 'twenty-five miles an hour' thing."
Murray shifted gears on the bus. "Please do not talk to the driver when the bus is in motion. And please step behind the yellow line."
Helga sits back down in her seat. Arnold tries to calm her down. "Don't worry, we're almost there."
The bus stopped in front of the courthouse and Arnold and Helga were not hesitant to get off of it. They rushed through the front doors of the courthouse. A guard from the side then yelled, "HALT!"
Arnold tried his best and reasoning. "Look, we need to find where her parents are to stop them from divorcing."
"I don't care if you were a fireman rushing to put out the whole building. You need to step through the metal detector."
Arnold and Helga walked trhough. Arnold cleared, but when Helga went trhough the machine beeped maically. She then took out her locket, put it in the dish on the side of the metal detector and passed through again without a problem. "Okay, you're clear to go." Helga grabbed her locket and rushed down the hall. "Hey, HEY! Stop running!"
Helga and Arnold run up and down level through level of the courthouse. Helga finally speaks up. "How are we supposed to find them? We have no idea where they could be!"
As soon as Helga said that, the door that they had just ran past vibrated with the screaming of Bob Pataki. "CRIMENY, YOU JUST WANT EVERYTHING, DON'T YOU?!"
Helga and Arnold bust into the room where Helga's parents were working out the divorce and walked over to Miriam. "Wait, Mom! Dad didn't cheat on you!"
"Helga, this is not one of those times where you..."
"Your lawyer is setting all of this up. She made it look like Bob cheated because she knew you would come to her first!"
Lyndsay stood up from beside Miriam. "That is preposterous! I assure you, I..."
Arnold turned to Helga. "The tape!"
Helga hands Arnold the tape and he quickly puts it in his recorder, rewinds a little and hits play. "Since I had earned her trust before, she still trusted me to take this case. So when it's all said and done and she divorces Bob, she's bound to get a big settlement, allemony, and child support. And I will be recooping a nice little lawyer fee." He rewinds it a little bit further and plays. "...He explained his whole business to me, how much money was in it. So I did whatever I could to make it look like he had an affair to anyone else."
Miriam looked at her lawyer and then back at Helga. She then turned to Bob. "Bob?"
"I've been trying to tell you the whole time, Miriam, I love you! I would never cheat on you!"
"Oh, Bob." They then got out of their chairs and hugged each other. "Oh, I am just so sorry. The divorce is off. Let's get re-married!"
Bob just cried on his wife's shoulder. "Yeah, that'd be great..."
Lindsay stomped her foot on the ground and looked at Miriam. "Hey! I've been helping you with this whole divorce and I demand that I get paid!"
Bob looks at her. "You know, I'm not staying quiet for this anymore. I'll find us a new lawyer, I'm sure there are criminal charges we can bring against you. Maybe fraud or conspiracy or somethin'. Until then, shove off!"
Lindsay took her briefcase and stormed out of the courtroom. Helga hugged her parents. "Promise me you'll never do this to me again."
Bob patted Helga on the shoulder. "It won't, Helga. I'll make sure of that." All of them, united again, start crying simultaneously. Arnold just stood off to side watching, proud in what he helped accomplish.
To Be Continued...
That's not the end of the story! One more chapter! Keep reading!
