Well, this other fan-fic idea hit me, but I wanted to get this story finished before I wrote it. So, as
soon as I'm done with this one, expect another new one from me. Well anyway, I hope you guys
like this chapter!
Disclaimer: if I owned it I wouldn't write this disclaimer, now would I?
Arnold sat there in shock. Had he heard what he thought he had heard? Helga didn't love him
anymore, and she went to live with another man that she had dated in high school before him? He
couldn't stand it. Leila looked at him in sympathy; or at least he thought it was. "I'm oh so sorry,
Arnold. But, you know, Lila is free, and she loves you. Why don't you go to her now?" Leila
said, walking over to him and kneeling in front of him. Then she rested a hand on his knee.
He looked down at her; she had made this up, he just knew it! "Get out of my apartment." he
ordered, frowning. Leila's eyes went wide, and she sat back.
Her mouth opened and closed about three times. "What?" she gasped, finally able to talk.
"Out. Get... out. You said something to her to make her leave! She never had a boyfriend before
me!" Arnold shouted at her, and stood up. Leila fell backwards onto her back, while staring up at
Arnold. He squinted his eyes. "Out, now."
"But I was telling the truth!" Leila lied, sitting back up and pointing a finger at him. Arnold rolled
his eyes, and kneeled down.
"You need to know something about Helga. She always wanted me, so she wouldn't accept any
other guy's feelings. I was her first boyfriend. The only person even close to being a boyfriend for
her before me was Brainy, and he is engaged to Helga's cousin Toni. So you, little liar, better-...
wait!" Arnold's eyes went wide, and his mouth dropped open. Then his eyes narrowed. "How do
you know Lila?"
That question Leila wasn't prepared for. She felt like she was a little child getting questioned
about something she was told not to say, 'cause it would turn her family against her. What could
she do? "I-I..." she was in a big predicament. Either turn her cousin away from her, OR tell the
truth. "She's my cousin!!!!" she moaned, then stuck her head in her hands and began to sob
uncontrollably.
Arnold looked at Harold and Patty in confusion. "What?" he asked, still trying to figure this out.
Harold looked to Patty, and she did the same except to Harold. They looked back to Arnold, and
both shrugged. 'They didn't even know about this?' Arnold thought in confusion, then looked
back at the crying girl in front of him. He suddenly felt awful; like he had done something wrong.
"Where do you think she went?" Leila looked up at him, tears still streaming down her face.
"A-Airport. O-Or at least th-that's where I would g-go." she sniffed, and stood up. "I better be
going. My parents will be oh so worried if I don't get home s-soon." she began to head o the
door, but was stopped by Arnold who was holding her left arm. "Hey, what's th-the big idea?"
"You aren't going anywhere just yet." Arnold said, spinning Leila around, and staring her right in
the eyes. "You're going to convince her that you did that just to get her mad at me so I would go
to Lila. Ok?" Leila sighed, and shook her head. "And why not?"
"Because if I did that Lila would hate me from now until she dies." Leila looked back up. Arnold
raised one of his eyebrows. How could Leila stand Lila?
"You know, not all of your family has to like you. I mean, if you were a thief would you expect
everyone in your family to like you?" he asked her. she gave him a thoughtful look, then slowly
shook her head. Arnold half smiled. "Now, how about you come with me and convince Helga to
come back, and forget about what Lila thinks?"
Leila gave another thoughtful look, then sighed. "I guess, but Lila will get back at me." she stated,
and looked down at the floor. She knew Lila would get back at her; she just knew it. But, little
did she know that Arnold already had a plan for that.
Arnold smiled, and began to drag her out the door of the apartment. He slightly turned his head,
and stopped. "Are you guys coming?" he asked Harold and Patty. They looked to each other then
shrugged. Patty picked up Keith, and they followed Arnold and Leila. All five of them got in the
car, with Harold Patty and Keith in the backseat and Arnold and Leila in the front. "Ok Leila, I
have an idea," Arnold began with a smile. "This idea might just make Lila not get back at you.
Did she tell you that she loves me?" Leila nodded her head and Arnold continued, "Ok then, that
works perfect. I know she really doesn't, she just wants to get back at Helga for all the mean
things she has done to her. Now, if she had a man to distract her, she would forget about being
mad at Helga and she would stop trying to get us two to separate. And I know the perfect man
for her."
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At the bus depot, Helga sat waiting, and crying. She was trying to make sense of it. Arnold, and
Phoebe? Phoebe was pregnant with Gerald's baby for crying out loud! She let out a muffled sob,
and buried her head farther into her hands. 'Wait...' suddenly a thought came to her. she lifted her
head, and narrowed her eyes. "That picture looked awfully familiar. And yet, I've never seen it
before." she reached into her pocket, and pulled the picture out. She examined it for a minute,
then something on it caught her eye. It had a crack down the middle, with tape across the crack.
"Why that little..." she stood up, and dropped the picture. "When I get my hands on her...!!!!!"
she cracked her knuckles, and walked out of the depot.
Just as she got into her car, Arnold's car pulled up. She stuck her head out of the window, and
smiled widely. She flung the door open, and stepped out running to the other car after it had
gotten parked. Just as the driver's side door opened Helga threw her arms around the one that
stepped out. "Helga!?" Arnold exclaimed, hugging her back, then pulled away. "I thought you
were mad at me!"
"I was until I looked closer at the picture Leila showed me. It has a crack down the middle of it."
she scoffed, throwing her arms around Arnold again. "I'm so glad she didn't make you believe
something about me that wasn't true." suddenly, the passenger's side door opened, and out
stepped Leila. Helga's eyes automatically narrowed with seeing the manipulative little harpy.
"What is SHE doing here?" she pulled away from Arnold, and pointed straight at Leila.
Arnold turned around, and slightly chuckled. "She came to say sorry, and that the only reason she
did it was because she was afraid that Lila would hate her." Helga looked at Arnold with an
eyebrow raised.
"How does she know Lila?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips.
Arnold turned his head to her. "They're cousins." Helga's eyes went wide, and she looked back at
Leila who was standing there with an guilty look on her face.
"Well that explains a lot." Helga said in disgust, and crossed her arms. Then she felt a hand on her
shoulder. She sighed and turned her head to Arnold. "Arnold, why couldn't you have left her at
the apartment, and told me what she wanted to say yourself? I really didn't want to see her
again."
"Well, we thought we would need her to tell you the whole thing and convince you to come back
to me. Oh, and we have an idea of how to get Lila off our backs." Arnold smirked, and looked
back at Leila who also smirked.
soon as I'm done with this one, expect another new one from me. Well anyway, I hope you guys
like this chapter!
Disclaimer: if I owned it I wouldn't write this disclaimer, now would I?
Arnold sat there in shock. Had he heard what he thought he had heard? Helga didn't love him
anymore, and she went to live with another man that she had dated in high school before him? He
couldn't stand it. Leila looked at him in sympathy; or at least he thought it was. "I'm oh so sorry,
Arnold. But, you know, Lila is free, and she loves you. Why don't you go to her now?" Leila
said, walking over to him and kneeling in front of him. Then she rested a hand on his knee.
He looked down at her; she had made this up, he just knew it! "Get out of my apartment." he
ordered, frowning. Leila's eyes went wide, and she sat back.
Her mouth opened and closed about three times. "What?" she gasped, finally able to talk.
"Out. Get... out. You said something to her to make her leave! She never had a boyfriend before
me!" Arnold shouted at her, and stood up. Leila fell backwards onto her back, while staring up at
Arnold. He squinted his eyes. "Out, now."
"But I was telling the truth!" Leila lied, sitting back up and pointing a finger at him. Arnold rolled
his eyes, and kneeled down.
"You need to know something about Helga. She always wanted me, so she wouldn't accept any
other guy's feelings. I was her first boyfriend. The only person even close to being a boyfriend for
her before me was Brainy, and he is engaged to Helga's cousin Toni. So you, little liar, better-...
wait!" Arnold's eyes went wide, and his mouth dropped open. Then his eyes narrowed. "How do
you know Lila?"
That question Leila wasn't prepared for. She felt like she was a little child getting questioned
about something she was told not to say, 'cause it would turn her family against her. What could
she do? "I-I..." she was in a big predicament. Either turn her cousin away from her, OR tell the
truth. "She's my cousin!!!!" she moaned, then stuck her head in her hands and began to sob
uncontrollably.
Arnold looked at Harold and Patty in confusion. "What?" he asked, still trying to figure this out.
Harold looked to Patty, and she did the same except to Harold. They looked back to Arnold, and
both shrugged. 'They didn't even know about this?' Arnold thought in confusion, then looked
back at the crying girl in front of him. He suddenly felt awful; like he had done something wrong.
"Where do you think she went?" Leila looked up at him, tears still streaming down her face.
"A-Airport. O-Or at least th-that's where I would g-go." she sniffed, and stood up. "I better be
going. My parents will be oh so worried if I don't get home s-soon." she began to head o the
door, but was stopped by Arnold who was holding her left arm. "Hey, what's th-the big idea?"
"You aren't going anywhere just yet." Arnold said, spinning Leila around, and staring her right in
the eyes. "You're going to convince her that you did that just to get her mad at me so I would go
to Lila. Ok?" Leila sighed, and shook her head. "And why not?"
"Because if I did that Lila would hate me from now until she dies." Leila looked back up. Arnold
raised one of his eyebrows. How could Leila stand Lila?
"You know, not all of your family has to like you. I mean, if you were a thief would you expect
everyone in your family to like you?" he asked her. she gave him a thoughtful look, then slowly
shook her head. Arnold half smiled. "Now, how about you come with me and convince Helga to
come back, and forget about what Lila thinks?"
Leila gave another thoughtful look, then sighed. "I guess, but Lila will get back at me." she stated,
and looked down at the floor. She knew Lila would get back at her; she just knew it. But, little
did she know that Arnold already had a plan for that.
Arnold smiled, and began to drag her out the door of the apartment. He slightly turned his head,
and stopped. "Are you guys coming?" he asked Harold and Patty. They looked to each other then
shrugged. Patty picked up Keith, and they followed Arnold and Leila. All five of them got in the
car, with Harold Patty and Keith in the backseat and Arnold and Leila in the front. "Ok Leila, I
have an idea," Arnold began with a smile. "This idea might just make Lila not get back at you.
Did she tell you that she loves me?" Leila nodded her head and Arnold continued, "Ok then, that
works perfect. I know she really doesn't, she just wants to get back at Helga for all the mean
things she has done to her. Now, if she had a man to distract her, she would forget about being
mad at Helga and she would stop trying to get us two to separate. And I know the perfect man
for her."
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At the bus depot, Helga sat waiting, and crying. She was trying to make sense of it. Arnold, and
Phoebe? Phoebe was pregnant with Gerald's baby for crying out loud! She let out a muffled sob,
and buried her head farther into her hands. 'Wait...' suddenly a thought came to her. she lifted her
head, and narrowed her eyes. "That picture looked awfully familiar. And yet, I've never seen it
before." she reached into her pocket, and pulled the picture out. She examined it for a minute,
then something on it caught her eye. It had a crack down the middle, with tape across the crack.
"Why that little..." she stood up, and dropped the picture. "When I get my hands on her...!!!!!"
she cracked her knuckles, and walked out of the depot.
Just as she got into her car, Arnold's car pulled up. She stuck her head out of the window, and
smiled widely. She flung the door open, and stepped out running to the other car after it had
gotten parked. Just as the driver's side door opened Helga threw her arms around the one that
stepped out. "Helga!?" Arnold exclaimed, hugging her back, then pulled away. "I thought you
were mad at me!"
"I was until I looked closer at the picture Leila showed me. It has a crack down the middle of it."
she scoffed, throwing her arms around Arnold again. "I'm so glad she didn't make you believe
something about me that wasn't true." suddenly, the passenger's side door opened, and out
stepped Leila. Helga's eyes automatically narrowed with seeing the manipulative little harpy.
"What is SHE doing here?" she pulled away from Arnold, and pointed straight at Leila.
Arnold turned around, and slightly chuckled. "She came to say sorry, and that the only reason she
did it was because she was afraid that Lila would hate her." Helga looked at Arnold with an
eyebrow raised.
"How does she know Lila?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips.
Arnold turned his head to her. "They're cousins." Helga's eyes went wide, and she looked back at
Leila who was standing there with an guilty look on her face.
"Well that explains a lot." Helga said in disgust, and crossed her arms. Then she felt a hand on her
shoulder. She sighed and turned her head to Arnold. "Arnold, why couldn't you have left her at
the apartment, and told me what she wanted to say yourself? I really didn't want to see her
again."
"Well, we thought we would need her to tell you the whole thing and convince you to come back
to me. Oh, and we have an idea of how to get Lila off our backs." Arnold smirked, and looked
back at Leila who also smirked.