******Chapper 6, chapper 6, hot diggety dog, its chapper
6!!!!!!******
******Right now im listenin to. Alanis Morrissette's Narcissus. for some reason I like that song, it reminds me of someone I used to know. sure does.******
******Yes, the last chapper was pointless, I know ^v^ but it had been so long since I posted a chapper for this story, that I felt I should post SOMETHING lest I forget where I'm going with this. Ya'll seem to like it, so I HAVE to keep going! I don't want any more enemies ^_^!******
******Ah, Angel. so sad.******
******I'm gonna put more songs in here, probly, its gonna end up sorta like a songfic, cept with a whole bunch of songs and probly not all of the words. It'll be like songs stuck in peoples heads, you know, like in real life, lool. What am I talkin about? Eh, we'll see. but probably not in this chapper ^-^'******
All in Your Head, ch 6
******disclaimer: buy me Arnold, two bucks a glass, come on, help me, I'm freezing my as- if! I WANT TO OWN HEY ARNOLD!!!!!! *throws a temper tantrum* I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *gets drugged and dragged back to the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time...* ******
Arnold grabbed the umbrella and they headed down to the movie theater.
Helga sighed, she was going to a movie with Arnold. and yesterday he hadn't even noticed her! It was almost too good to be true. She kept waiting for Arnold to start laughing at her. What if he was only playing a cruel trick on her?
No, Arnold wasn't like that. Arnold was kind. He was thoughtful, although dense. He would never do such a thing.
Arnold heard Helga sigh, and looked at her, "Did you say something, Helga?" Arnold asked.
"What? I didn't say ANYTHING Footballhead, so mind your own business!"
Arnold blinked, "Um. ok, Helga."
Arnold was relieved when they got to the theater. Walking in silence like that was starting to get to him.
"One for Yo Ernest please." Helga jumped in front of him in line.
The girl at the ticket booth cracked her gum and handed Helga a ticket and some change, "Here ya go."
"Helga, you didn't have to do that." Arnold began.
"I can pay for myself, Arnoldo." Helga said.
Arnold sighed, "One for Yo Ernest please." he got his ticket and caught up to Helga in the snack line.
"Really, Helga, at least let me pay for the popcorn."
Helga rolled her eyes, "Fine, Footballhead, extra butter and a Sprite."
"Ok!"
"Next." a very bored young man with a serious acne problem was waiting very impatiently, "Hello, next?"
"Hi, um, one large popcorn, extra butter, and two medium Sprites." Arnold told him.
"Would you like fries with that?" he asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, why not?" Helga snapped.
The kid rolled his eyes and brought the popcorn and drinks, "That'll be $28.76."
"Criminy, 29 dollars for popcorn and soda??" Helga practically shouted.
"No problem," Arnold handed him 20 and a 10, "Keep the change."
"Wow, thank you so much, "the kid rolled his eyes again.
As they went to their movie, Arnold whispered to Helga, "Don't you hate people like that? So sarcastic. ' Yes, you're majesty. oh thaaank you sir.'"
"Yeah, I'd love to pound that guy," Helga grinned evilly.
"Perhaps later," Arnold said in a regal tone, " but now, 'tis movie time!" Arnold kicked the door open and followed Helga inside.
"Hey Arnold!" Arnold spun around in the dimly lit theater searching for whomever had called to him.
"Over here, man!" He caught sight of Gerald waving madly at him from the back of the theater. Phoebe was trying to calm him down and get him to take his seat.
Arnold grinned and waved back, then led Helga up the aisle to the seats beside them, "Hey Gerald!" he attempted to do the secret handshake with his hands full.
"Hey man, who's the hotty next to you?" Gerald whispered, and was punched in the arm by Phoebe.
"GERALD!" Phoebe hissed.
"Whaat??" Gerald whined, "I was just asking!"
Arnold sat down on Gerald's left, Helga sat next to Arnold. Arnold pretended that he didn't hear Gerald's question.
"ARNOLD! Who is she?" Gerald whispered.
"Lalalalala,"Arnold turned to Helga, "I hate these stupid ads, 'who fell off of a ladder in The Wizard of Odd?' 'who did the voice of the raccoon in Dr. Didnothing?' does anyone care?"
Helga laughed, "Not me."
The lights dimmed, and the movie started.
"I'm telling you, Ernest, you're ball is flat." Ernest's best friend, Gary said as they walked.
"It's not flat, it's just a little low on air." Ernest, the kid with the taco shaped head replied, "Look." he bounced the ball and it rolled into the gutter.
"Like I said, your ball is flat."
Helga rolled her eyes. The Ernest kid was stupid. He reminded her of someone..
"Why do you always do that, Ernest?" Gary asked.
"Do what?"
"Why do you always have to be so optimistic about everything?"
Ernest shrugged, "Somebody has to." he said.
Man, this movie seemed REALLY familiar..
Ernest and Gary had a plan. They would save the school somehow.
Criminy, why do most movies made from television shows have to be about saving the world or something? So corny.
"Ernest," Helen muttered to herself, "What an annoying little goody- two-shoes! What a dopey little dreamer! What a corny little cornball! How I despise him! And yet." she looked around before pulling out her picture of him, "I love him! I love him!"
Helga's heart was beating hard. This was all so familiar..
"I love his unerring sense of right and wrong. I love his unfailing insistence on the needs of the many over the needs of the few. But most of all, I love the way his hair smells when I get real close behind him and he doesn't know I'm there. But then he turns and looks at me funny. I immediately insult him just to cover up my secret adoring feelings.." she sighed, "Oh, Ernest!"
Most of the people in the theater laughed. Helga turned even more red. This was so familiar, it wasn't funny.
Arnold nudged her, "Helen's pretty pitiful, isn't she." he whispered.
"Huh? Oh, yeah!" Helga squeaked and tried to hide her face in case Arnold could see her, "Pitiful."
"Well, Ernest's no better, he can't even tell that Helen likes him."
"Yeah." Helga felt sick. She wanted to scream at Arnold, HE'S LIKE YOU, IDIOT! But she couldn't do it. Instead she took a big sip of her Sprite and tried to keep watching the movie.
"If only I had the guts to tell you!" Helen said, "If only I wasn't such a coward. If only I had your strength." she shook her head, "Look at you, trying to win an obviously unwinnable cause and save the world, in spite of the hopeless odds stacked against you. oh, but what if you lose? What if the evil Emporer Shack takes over the world, and feeds all the male children under the age of 11 to his Mutant Dog Minions and I never, ever get a chance to tell you how I feel about you? Oh Ernest.how I love you!" then Brian, the weird kid who followed Helen around a lot popped up behind her and she kicked him in the shins and walked home.
Helga's eyes popped out of her head. THIS WAS ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 4TH GRADE! Brian. was so much like Brainy. Helen. like Helga. and Arnold was like Ernest! How was all of this so similar?
Helga found the rest of the movie to be pretty boring. but then something happened..
"Loud Tone!" Ernest yelled.
The mysterious figure dropped the phone.
"Stay back! Don't come another step closer! Pay no attention to the man with the big shoes!"
"Who are you?" Ernest asked.
"Um. no one in particular!" the mysterious person said through a voice box as he backed up.
"I'm not playing anymore, Loud Tone! I'm not doing anything until I know who you are!"
Loud Tone turned to try to run away, but tripped and his hat fell off.
"Helen? You? You're Loud Tone?" Ernest was shocked.
"I knew it!" Gerald shouted and was shushed by everyone in the theater.
Helen giggled nervously, "Looks like it." she said.
Ernest shook his head, "But, I don't understand. why couldn't you just tell me? Why did you have to make up this. crazy secret identity?"
Now even Arnold was starting to see something familiar about the movie, "Wait a minute.."
"No reason." Helen said.
"But Helen, you just risked everything to help me save the world."
"So? What's your point?" Helen asked, pretending it was no big thing.
"Well, that's a pretty amazing thing to do for someone whom you claim to hate." Ernest said in disbelief.
"Well, I'm a pretty amazing person, Tacohead."
"But I thought you were on Emporer Shack's side. I thought you wanted all of that money and stuff he promised."
"Money and free stuff isn't everything." Helen said.
"Helen, why did you do it?"
No, Helen, don't tell him! Helga was on the edge of her seat, shivering nervously as she sipped on her soda.
"Okay.I love a good mystery?"
"Oh come on! What's the REAL reason?" Ernest pleaded.
Arnold knew he'd heard this all somewhere before, he just couldn't put his finger on it.
"Oh. I don't know, Ernest. I guess I just took pity on you and your stupid friends."
"Why?"
"Because. because I guess maybe I don't hate you as much as I though, okay?"
Helga was now mouthing the words as Helen said them.
"I guess I might even kind of. like you a little. Heck, I guess you might even say I like you a lot!"
"You do?" Ernest asked hesitantly, "You did all of this for ME?"
"That's right hair-boy!" Helga mouthed.
"That's right!" Helen said.
"I mean, criminy!" Helga mouthed.
"I mean, sheesh!" Helen said.
"What else are you supposed to do when someone you love is in trouble?" Helga mouthed as Helen said it.
Helga felt terrible, it was as if what had happened in the fourth grade was happening again. as though she were really saying it to Arnold again.
"LOVE?" Ernest said, shocked.
"You heard me pal! I love you!" Helen said, and Helga stopped mouthing the words. She was too confused.
Helen went on, "That's right, I love you! Who else do you think has been stalking you night and day, building shrines to you in a closet, filling volumes with poems about you?" she took a step towards Ernest, "I love you, Ernest! I've loved you ever since I first laid eyes on your stupid taco head!"
Helga couldn't take it. She ran out of the theater to the bathroom.
"Helga?" Arnold whispered as she ran off, "Helga? Where are you going?"
"That was Helga?" Gerald whispered, "Wow."
"Shut up, Gerald." Arnold ran off after Helga.
Helga ran into the bathroom and sat behind the door, "I'm so stupid," she wiped the tears from her eyes, "It's just a movie. a stupid movie that's almost exactly my life.. Was someone following me around or what?" she hiccupped, "I'm being stupid. It's no reason to cry."
The door opened a crack and a voice called, "Helga? Helga are you in here?"
Helga jumped up and wiped the remaining tears on her sleeve. Arnold wasn't going to see her cry. Not now, not ever.
"Arnold, this is the GIRL'S bathroom, stay out!" she pushed on the door.
"Oh come on, Helga." he easily pushed the door and Helga and went into the bathroom.
"Arnold! Get out!" Helga whined.
"Helga, this isn't school. Nobody cares if I'm in the girl's bathroom." Arnold smiled innocently.
"Well, maybe they should. Get out!"
Arnold noticed her eyes were sort of puffy, "Helga, are you ok?"
Helga sniffled, "I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you ran to the restroom without saying anything at all."
"For your information, I drank a lot of soda and had to pee. Not that it's any of YOUR business." Helga said.
Arnold gave her the look, "Oh, come on Helga, no girl can pee in five seconds."
He had her there. "Oh shut up." Helga said.
"Don't you like the movie, Helga?"
"It's FINE." Helga said.
"Because, we could leave if you wanted to, I mean, it's YOUR birthday, you be the boss. We don't have to see the end."
Helga knew the ending anyway. She had LIVED it.
Arnold held the door open and he and Helga walked out of the ladies' bathroom, but not before receiving a LOOK from an older woman who was going in.
******So, I'm going to stop right there, I hope you enjoyed the 6th chapper, it was stoopid, yes. I'll get chapper 7 out as soon as I can, k?******
******wow, almost 50 reviews, I'm ever so happy *smacks self for sounding like Lila* ok. Thank you everyone who has reviewed.******
******KEEP THOSE REVIEWS COMING PEOPLE!!!!!!******
******Right now im listenin to. Alanis Morrissette's Narcissus. for some reason I like that song, it reminds me of someone I used to know. sure does.******
******Yes, the last chapper was pointless, I know ^v^ but it had been so long since I posted a chapper for this story, that I felt I should post SOMETHING lest I forget where I'm going with this. Ya'll seem to like it, so I HAVE to keep going! I don't want any more enemies ^_^!******
******Ah, Angel. so sad.******
******I'm gonna put more songs in here, probly, its gonna end up sorta like a songfic, cept with a whole bunch of songs and probly not all of the words. It'll be like songs stuck in peoples heads, you know, like in real life, lool. What am I talkin about? Eh, we'll see. but probably not in this chapper ^-^'******
All in Your Head, ch 6
******disclaimer: buy me Arnold, two bucks a glass, come on, help me, I'm freezing my as- if! I WANT TO OWN HEY ARNOLD!!!!!! *throws a temper tantrum* I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *gets drugged and dragged back to the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time...* ******
Arnold grabbed the umbrella and they headed down to the movie theater.
Helga sighed, she was going to a movie with Arnold. and yesterday he hadn't even noticed her! It was almost too good to be true. She kept waiting for Arnold to start laughing at her. What if he was only playing a cruel trick on her?
No, Arnold wasn't like that. Arnold was kind. He was thoughtful, although dense. He would never do such a thing.
Arnold heard Helga sigh, and looked at her, "Did you say something, Helga?" Arnold asked.
"What? I didn't say ANYTHING Footballhead, so mind your own business!"
Arnold blinked, "Um. ok, Helga."
Arnold was relieved when they got to the theater. Walking in silence like that was starting to get to him.
"One for Yo Ernest please." Helga jumped in front of him in line.
The girl at the ticket booth cracked her gum and handed Helga a ticket and some change, "Here ya go."
"Helga, you didn't have to do that." Arnold began.
"I can pay for myself, Arnoldo." Helga said.
Arnold sighed, "One for Yo Ernest please." he got his ticket and caught up to Helga in the snack line.
"Really, Helga, at least let me pay for the popcorn."
Helga rolled her eyes, "Fine, Footballhead, extra butter and a Sprite."
"Ok!"
"Next." a very bored young man with a serious acne problem was waiting very impatiently, "Hello, next?"
"Hi, um, one large popcorn, extra butter, and two medium Sprites." Arnold told him.
"Would you like fries with that?" he asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, why not?" Helga snapped.
The kid rolled his eyes and brought the popcorn and drinks, "That'll be $28.76."
"Criminy, 29 dollars for popcorn and soda??" Helga practically shouted.
"No problem," Arnold handed him 20 and a 10, "Keep the change."
"Wow, thank you so much, "the kid rolled his eyes again.
As they went to their movie, Arnold whispered to Helga, "Don't you hate people like that? So sarcastic. ' Yes, you're majesty. oh thaaank you sir.'"
"Yeah, I'd love to pound that guy," Helga grinned evilly.
"Perhaps later," Arnold said in a regal tone, " but now, 'tis movie time!" Arnold kicked the door open and followed Helga inside.
"Hey Arnold!" Arnold spun around in the dimly lit theater searching for whomever had called to him.
"Over here, man!" He caught sight of Gerald waving madly at him from the back of the theater. Phoebe was trying to calm him down and get him to take his seat.
Arnold grinned and waved back, then led Helga up the aisle to the seats beside them, "Hey Gerald!" he attempted to do the secret handshake with his hands full.
"Hey man, who's the hotty next to you?" Gerald whispered, and was punched in the arm by Phoebe.
"GERALD!" Phoebe hissed.
"Whaat??" Gerald whined, "I was just asking!"
Arnold sat down on Gerald's left, Helga sat next to Arnold. Arnold pretended that he didn't hear Gerald's question.
"ARNOLD! Who is she?" Gerald whispered.
"Lalalalala,"Arnold turned to Helga, "I hate these stupid ads, 'who fell off of a ladder in The Wizard of Odd?' 'who did the voice of the raccoon in Dr. Didnothing?' does anyone care?"
Helga laughed, "Not me."
The lights dimmed, and the movie started.
"I'm telling you, Ernest, you're ball is flat." Ernest's best friend, Gary said as they walked.
"It's not flat, it's just a little low on air." Ernest, the kid with the taco shaped head replied, "Look." he bounced the ball and it rolled into the gutter.
"Like I said, your ball is flat."
Helga rolled her eyes. The Ernest kid was stupid. He reminded her of someone..
"Why do you always do that, Ernest?" Gary asked.
"Do what?"
"Why do you always have to be so optimistic about everything?"
Ernest shrugged, "Somebody has to." he said.
Man, this movie seemed REALLY familiar..
Ernest and Gary had a plan. They would save the school somehow.
Criminy, why do most movies made from television shows have to be about saving the world or something? So corny.
"Ernest," Helen muttered to herself, "What an annoying little goody- two-shoes! What a dopey little dreamer! What a corny little cornball! How I despise him! And yet." she looked around before pulling out her picture of him, "I love him! I love him!"
Helga's heart was beating hard. This was all so familiar..
"I love his unerring sense of right and wrong. I love his unfailing insistence on the needs of the many over the needs of the few. But most of all, I love the way his hair smells when I get real close behind him and he doesn't know I'm there. But then he turns and looks at me funny. I immediately insult him just to cover up my secret adoring feelings.." she sighed, "Oh, Ernest!"
Most of the people in the theater laughed. Helga turned even more red. This was so familiar, it wasn't funny.
Arnold nudged her, "Helen's pretty pitiful, isn't she." he whispered.
"Huh? Oh, yeah!" Helga squeaked and tried to hide her face in case Arnold could see her, "Pitiful."
"Well, Ernest's no better, he can't even tell that Helen likes him."
"Yeah." Helga felt sick. She wanted to scream at Arnold, HE'S LIKE YOU, IDIOT! But she couldn't do it. Instead she took a big sip of her Sprite and tried to keep watching the movie.
"If only I had the guts to tell you!" Helen said, "If only I wasn't such a coward. If only I had your strength." she shook her head, "Look at you, trying to win an obviously unwinnable cause and save the world, in spite of the hopeless odds stacked against you. oh, but what if you lose? What if the evil Emporer Shack takes over the world, and feeds all the male children under the age of 11 to his Mutant Dog Minions and I never, ever get a chance to tell you how I feel about you? Oh Ernest.how I love you!" then Brian, the weird kid who followed Helen around a lot popped up behind her and she kicked him in the shins and walked home.
Helga's eyes popped out of her head. THIS WAS ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 4TH GRADE! Brian. was so much like Brainy. Helen. like Helga. and Arnold was like Ernest! How was all of this so similar?
Helga found the rest of the movie to be pretty boring. but then something happened..
"Loud Tone!" Ernest yelled.
The mysterious figure dropped the phone.
"Stay back! Don't come another step closer! Pay no attention to the man with the big shoes!"
"Who are you?" Ernest asked.
"Um. no one in particular!" the mysterious person said through a voice box as he backed up.
"I'm not playing anymore, Loud Tone! I'm not doing anything until I know who you are!"
Loud Tone turned to try to run away, but tripped and his hat fell off.
"Helen? You? You're Loud Tone?" Ernest was shocked.
"I knew it!" Gerald shouted and was shushed by everyone in the theater.
Helen giggled nervously, "Looks like it." she said.
Ernest shook his head, "But, I don't understand. why couldn't you just tell me? Why did you have to make up this. crazy secret identity?"
Now even Arnold was starting to see something familiar about the movie, "Wait a minute.."
"No reason." Helen said.
"But Helen, you just risked everything to help me save the world."
"So? What's your point?" Helen asked, pretending it was no big thing.
"Well, that's a pretty amazing thing to do for someone whom you claim to hate." Ernest said in disbelief.
"Well, I'm a pretty amazing person, Tacohead."
"But I thought you were on Emporer Shack's side. I thought you wanted all of that money and stuff he promised."
"Money and free stuff isn't everything." Helen said.
"Helen, why did you do it?"
No, Helen, don't tell him! Helga was on the edge of her seat, shivering nervously as she sipped on her soda.
"Okay.I love a good mystery?"
"Oh come on! What's the REAL reason?" Ernest pleaded.
Arnold knew he'd heard this all somewhere before, he just couldn't put his finger on it.
"Oh. I don't know, Ernest. I guess I just took pity on you and your stupid friends."
"Why?"
"Because. because I guess maybe I don't hate you as much as I though, okay?"
Helga was now mouthing the words as Helen said them.
"I guess I might even kind of. like you a little. Heck, I guess you might even say I like you a lot!"
"You do?" Ernest asked hesitantly, "You did all of this for ME?"
"That's right hair-boy!" Helga mouthed.
"That's right!" Helen said.
"I mean, criminy!" Helga mouthed.
"I mean, sheesh!" Helen said.
"What else are you supposed to do when someone you love is in trouble?" Helga mouthed as Helen said it.
Helga felt terrible, it was as if what had happened in the fourth grade was happening again. as though she were really saying it to Arnold again.
"LOVE?" Ernest said, shocked.
"You heard me pal! I love you!" Helen said, and Helga stopped mouthing the words. She was too confused.
Helen went on, "That's right, I love you! Who else do you think has been stalking you night and day, building shrines to you in a closet, filling volumes with poems about you?" she took a step towards Ernest, "I love you, Ernest! I've loved you ever since I first laid eyes on your stupid taco head!"
Helga couldn't take it. She ran out of the theater to the bathroom.
"Helga?" Arnold whispered as she ran off, "Helga? Where are you going?"
"That was Helga?" Gerald whispered, "Wow."
"Shut up, Gerald." Arnold ran off after Helga.
Helga ran into the bathroom and sat behind the door, "I'm so stupid," she wiped the tears from her eyes, "It's just a movie. a stupid movie that's almost exactly my life.. Was someone following me around or what?" she hiccupped, "I'm being stupid. It's no reason to cry."
The door opened a crack and a voice called, "Helga? Helga are you in here?"
Helga jumped up and wiped the remaining tears on her sleeve. Arnold wasn't going to see her cry. Not now, not ever.
"Arnold, this is the GIRL'S bathroom, stay out!" she pushed on the door.
"Oh come on, Helga." he easily pushed the door and Helga and went into the bathroom.
"Arnold! Get out!" Helga whined.
"Helga, this isn't school. Nobody cares if I'm in the girl's bathroom." Arnold smiled innocently.
"Well, maybe they should. Get out!"
Arnold noticed her eyes were sort of puffy, "Helga, are you ok?"
Helga sniffled, "I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you ran to the restroom without saying anything at all."
"For your information, I drank a lot of soda and had to pee. Not that it's any of YOUR business." Helga said.
Arnold gave her the look, "Oh, come on Helga, no girl can pee in five seconds."
He had her there. "Oh shut up." Helga said.
"Don't you like the movie, Helga?"
"It's FINE." Helga said.
"Because, we could leave if you wanted to, I mean, it's YOUR birthday, you be the boss. We don't have to see the end."
Helga knew the ending anyway. She had LIVED it.
Arnold held the door open and he and Helga walked out of the ladies' bathroom, but not before receiving a LOOK from an older woman who was going in.
******So, I'm going to stop right there, I hope you enjoyed the 6th chapper, it was stoopid, yes. I'll get chapper 7 out as soon as I can, k?******
******wow, almost 50 reviews, I'm ever so happy *smacks self for sounding like Lila* ok. Thank you everyone who has reviewed.******
******KEEP THOSE REVIEWS COMING PEOPLE!!!!!!******
