****** Hiyee! Ya, it's me again, who were ya expecting? Really? Well, too bad, I'm the only me I gots, so deal! It's chapper 2, hehehe! You people actually thought I was gonna leave it at chapper 1? Honestly... I mean, come on, we're not even close to the end of THIS story! Sorry it's taken so long to post the new chapper, my computer sucks (as I've mentioned before), so my bestest friend (known as adaydreamerswish or akuni on ff.net... she only writes DBZ ficcys though... -.-') has been posting the chappers up for me so that I don't have to post each one separately, but lately she hasn't been online to do it! *whew* anyhoo, it's here now, so you can stop holding yer breath!******

****** Theres quite a bit o reading til the actual chapper, so if you really dont wanna waste your life reading all my nonsense, you can skip down to the good stuff. just a warning, its your life, not mine*******

****** I think some thankees are in order, so if you don wanna read em, just scroll on past em!******

****** Chief- thankees! glad to see that you like it, considering! I hope you like this chapper too!******

******Angela St. Mathew- Thankee! Glad you like it. -.-' Ya, I noticed that mistake too... stoopid Microsoft Word 3.1... arg... well, anyhoo, thankee for da review!******

******fuzzbunni- Ever seen the April Fools Day episode? Arnold gives Helga a "belated birthday present", "It (her birthday) was last week, right?" he says. So, I jest picked a day in the week before April 1! Hence, Helga was born on March 25. I have NO IDEA how he knows when her birthday is, he just seemed to know it back then... kinda like how he knew her phone number that one time... It's hard to know what Arnold's thinking, especially since he doesn't know half the time, lool. Arnold's not dumb, he's just got the density of a lead elephant, lool, what am I talking about???? i dunno, Thankees for da review!******

******Jaha Canon- Original? it is? cool, no ones really ever said i was original before... except for when they were being sarcastic, or were talking about how stoopidly insane i am... so thankees, i love you, lool! ED EDD N EDDY RULES TOO! *huggles double d* i really do need to write a ficcy about em.. oh well, THANKEES FOR DA REVIEW!!!******

******Snow Lane- Thanks, your reviews, though brief, have been very nice and I can usually count on seeing one, THANKEE!!!!!!!!!!!******

******Anonymous person- oh i wish i knew who you were! *sob* oh well, if you're reading this, mystery person, remember that i love you, lool! Heh, thanks, I'm jest a laugh and a half are I not? Yes, i am crazy! THANKEES FOR REVIEW!!!!******

******Serap-89- ITS RIGHT HERE! LOOL! Thankees for review! (man, this is getting redundant, huh)******

******ThePopGirlz- Im continuing, I'm continuing, keep yer pants on, lool, for all our sakes ^V^******

******savagemind- aww, thanks, yes Helga rules, I'm a bit obsessed with the whole H/A scene... lool... Im glad you like it!******

******Jessrules- yes, cute, unlike me! lool! yep, thankees for da review!******

******ShinningStar24- thankees! I didn't think it was that well written (mostly cuz of that stoopid sentence that came up twice) but thankees, my head is now twice its normal size (and my head was teeeeeny, lool)!******

******Helga243- hehehe, thanks, glad you like my ramblings, otherwise i would have to kill ya! lool, no, i might just send my evil monkey minions down there to do your hair, but that's all and they're harmless anyhoo... Thankees******

******Briana LuvsFBH- Im glad you liked it, you too are one of those ppl always reviewing! thankees, i hope you like this chapper too!******

******bella1878- yeah, i tried not to change em too much.. sure Arnold's with them durn populars, but he's still sweet lil Arnold, and Helga's always been one of a kind. thankees for the review******

****** well, that's it, thankees to everyone who reviewed! i love you all! More than 10 reviews for the first chapper, much more than originally anticipated, considering that I only have about 22 reviews for my 4 chappered story (Put Two and Two Together) -.-', oh well! Those of you who haven't reviewed: for shame! Please review, id like to know how you guys feel about my writing! I'd also like to keep my review streak going, get more than 22, lool! on with da story, i know you guys are getting cranky by now!!******

****** disclaimer: MINE! *pulls on Arnold's arms* no, MINE! *Craig Bartlett pulls on Arnold's legs* No, MINE! *pull* No, MINE!! *pull* NO MINE!!!! *As we pull, Arnold is being stretched out* No, MINE!*pull* fine then! *lets go of Arnold and CB and the footballhead crash onto the floor* Hmph, I already own Curly and Helga anyway! *Skips away humming Team Rockets Rockin* CB: What? No you don't! COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!! *he chases after crazy Tano as she laughs insanely and runs away* :::wakes up::: Aw maaan, it was just a dream... *puts on her glasses and blinks, her eyes go into focus and she gasps* oh my... *picks up the pair of thick red glasses laying beside her pillow, her hands shaking* only a dream... or was it? *dun dun dun!!!!!!!* ******

all right, HERE'S the story!******

All in Your Head, Ch 2 - Friend?

by That Sock in the Fridge, aka Tano

"Happy Birthday, Helga." Impossible to correctly describe how these words affected her, but you could try. She felt faint, shocked, and an overwhelming sense of sheer bliss. Arnold remembered! He knew! But how did he know? She hadn't told him before... had she? Maybe she DID tell him, back in the days when they still communicated, but why did he still remember now? Maybe... no, stop it, Helga. You're not going to start this again. Arnold doesn't care about you, he just remembered it was your birthday for some reason and only acknowledged it because he thought it was the right thing to do. Yes, that's it, he was only being polite.

"Five minutes." Mr. Phillips announced and Helga panicked.

Oh crap, she forgot about the test! She furiously began to scribble the answers onto her paper. Another thing she hated about her birthday being on a school day: there was always a quiz.

"Five minutes."

Arnold yawned. He had finished long ago and was bored. Hmm... he pulled a piece of paper out of his binder, wrote something on it and folded it up. He yawned again, and fell out of his chair.

Clunk! Helga turned around. Arnold. The stupid Footballhead had fallen out of his chair. How'd he manage that? Arnold had the dumbest look plastered onto his face that she had to laugh, and the rest of the class joined in, only to be silenced by the teacher who said, "120 seconds left." Criminy, couldn't he just say two minutes like everyone else? Ack! Ten questions left! Noun! Verb! Adjective! Verb! Adverb! She couldn't remember what "how" was! Was it an adjective or a verb? A noun? An adverb? She had a minute left. Oh forget it, she skipped that one and answered the last four. Finished! She dropped her pen and put her head down on her desk, hoping to get a couple seconds of sleep.

Something hit her in the back of the head. She picked a piece of paper out of her hair and turned to glare at Arnold, who pointed to the floor. What the...? She saw a note laying beside her book bag. She picked it up.

In neat print was her name, written on the front of the paper football note. She gave Arnold a quick LOOK and slowly opened it.

"What are you doing?" the note read.

What was that supposed to mean? She wrote something back and made sure that the note hit Arnold in the face.

Ow... the note got him right in the eye. Oh well, he looked at it.

"First of all," it said, "That's MY job, and second, what are you talking about, Footballhead? What does it LOOK like I'm doing?" Arnold grinned. Footballhead. He'd never liked that name before, but for some odd reason really enjoyed being called that now.

"No, I mean for your birthday." he wrote back.

"All right! Time's up, pass up your tests!"

"Nothing." Helga handed him the note as Arnold passed the tests up.

He looked at her surprised. Nothing? How could anyone do "Nothing" for their birthday?

"What do you mean, nothing?" he whispered.

"What does it sound like? I'm not doing anything, doi! Besides, I don't see how that's any of YOUR business, Footballhead, why do YOU care?" Great, he finally starts talking to her, and she puts him down. Stupid Helga... stupid... stupid....

"I'm only saying that you should do something for your birthday. You deserve to have at least one good day, like anyone else."

What? Deserved? She didn't deserve anything. It was making her sort of mad. Why was he asking her all these questions? Why couldn't he leave her alone? Ugh, why did he have to be so... Arnold?

Mr. Phillips passed out a worksheet, "You probably won't finish this today, but try to get started on it now. You may work with a partner."

Ooh, this was great. Arnold slid his desk besides Helga, who gave him the LOOK again.

"Hey, partner." Arnold greeted her, "Hey, if you're not going to do anything, do you want to come over today?"

"I don't need your pity, Arnold, I'm fine by myself."

He wasn't too sure if she meant she wanted to be alone for her birthday or if she didn't want a partner, but he wouldn't have left anyway, "I don't pity you! Why would I? I just feel that you should have some fun on your birthday. Besides, we haven't said two words to one another in a long time, I want to catch up. I mean, being with me wouldn't be so bad, would it?"

Oh, if only he knew how much torture he was putting her through now and he was just talking to her. Being with him for the day would be too much, "Catch up?" she finally said, "Catch up on what? Our wonderful friendship?"

Ah, there it was, the sarcasm. She was hiding something, he could tell. He pushed those thoughts into the back of his mind for later, "That's it." he joked.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Arnoldo, but we neither had, nor will ever have a "friendship"."

"Sure we did! You were one of my best friends! Well, maybe not, but I always wanted to be friends... it's just you would always be so... Helga, and get all defensive and push me away."

Friends. There was that oh-so-unattainable, inconceivable concept. She hated it, and yet she so wanted to remember what it was like to have one. It was baffling, Arnold had wanted to be friends with HER?

"I wasn't pushing anyone away!" Helga protested.

"Were too."

"Was not!"

"Yahuh!"

"Nuhuh!"

"Yeshuh!"

"Shut up, leave me alone!" she whined, and began to doodle little hearts and footballs all over her worksheet.

"See!" Arnold laughed, "You're doing it right now!"

Helga hit her head on the desk in mock frustration, "Do'h!" then she realized what she had done to her paper and tried to scratch everything out with her pen before Arnold could see it and wonder why.

"So, come on Helga, please?" He was begging now.

"Oh..." she couldn't take it. He was so adorable, how could she deny him anything? His green eyes became big and sad, tugging at her strings. She was but a marionette, he the puppeteer. "Oh, all right!" her stubborn facade indeed had a few cracks in it, "Just stop looking at me like that! I hate it!"

"Yay!" Arnold did a little victory dance in his seat.

For one of the popular kids, he sure was dorky, Helga giggled a bit and went back to mindlessly doodling on her paper.

Arnold was a good kid. Always helping others and being his sweet self. But even the great, kind Arnold had his evil side, though it wasn't very big. He could be very persuasive (not to mention, sneaky) sometimes.

****** heh, well, that's it for chapper two, please review, hey, that rhymes, hahahoohoo... ok, that's enough of that! like it, hate it? lemme know!!!!! I'll try to get chapper three out a.s.a.p!******

******Hey, dya like my new name? That Sock in the Fridge. Whoever can guess where I got that from gets the mystery prize! heh, so you'll jest have to figure it out, won't you?******