In The Woods
Chapter 7- Umm... Into the Woods We Go
A/N: Wow... it's been awhile since I updated...Excuse time... I just moved and I have been settling into my new home. Ok so I moved like three months ago. Well yeah... on to the story...
The bus slowly made it's way to the campsite; all that could be heard was snoring and light muttering. The sun shone upon the sleeping students. The rays of light awoken a certain blonde girl. Who was surprise to find that her head had fallen on her crush.
'Hmm... Arnold smells pretty' she thought to herself soaking in the site of the beautiful boy in front of her. 'He looks so innocence in his sleep. It's to bad that my innocence's was striped from me. I was forced to grow up too fast.' Helga thought bitterly to herself.
"Helga?" a soft voice called and pulled Helga from her thoughts.
"Huh? Oh hi Arnold," she replied just as softly.
"Are you alright?" Arnold asked looking straight into Helga's ocean blue eyes; concern shining clearly in his own sea green eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she told him. 'Fine as I can be anyways.'
"You know I'm here to talk," He told her taking her hand into his.
"Yeah I know, but I really don't think I am ready to open up, and let my mushy side show," she said smiling.
"I figured that," he replied yawning.
"Go back to sleep, I'm fine," she told him enjoying the fact that he was holding her hand. 'What I've always wanted, someone to show they care, even if it's just a little.' She thought.
"Wake me if you want to talk," Arnold told her squeezing her hand slightly.
"I will," she reassured.
Helga watched as Arnold fell into a deep, peaceful sleep. His features looked so relaxed and calm.
'How I wish that I could look like that, I wish I could be nice, but I can't… I always end up getting hurt. I can't put my walls down.' was her last thought as she fell into a fitful sleep.
Little did she know that Arnold wasn't really sleeping. He looked at her and noticed the troubled look on her face. 'I just wish she would open up.' he thought before joining her in dreamland.
A few hours students began to awake and the bus grew loud. Helga woke up and noticed that Arnold was still holding her hand. Phoebe and Gerald were silently talking among themselves, until they notice that Helga was awake.
"Helga!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Hey, how much longer until we get there?" Helga asked.
"It's not far now," Gerald told her.
"Oh alright," she replied looking out her window.
"How is Arnold still sleeping?" Gerald asked, considering the fact that most of the kids on the bus was awake and yelling over one another.
"No clue, let him sleep though," Helga told them.
About ten minutes the bus arrived at the campsite. Everyone was really happy to get off the bus and stretch.
"Arnold," Helga said quietly. "We're here."
"Huh? Wha?" Arnold asked sleepy.
"Yo, we are at the camp site," Gerald told him grinning.
"Really?" Arnold asked.
"Yes," Phoebe told him.
The four kids exited the bus in a hurry. They joined their class mates in a small group. The teachers busy taking role. As soon as they were down they told the kids the rules and what was expected of them.
"Alright, that's about it, oh before I forget, it's four kids to a tent," Mr. Simmons had told them.
"Mr. Simmons, I don't think that Helga, Arnold, Phoebe, and Gerald should share a tent, considering the fact that they are all going out," Lila exclaimed to their teacher.
"Now Lila, that is true, but I can not tell them that. If I would to forbid them from sharing a tent then I would have to forbid any boy/girl partnerships," Mr. Simmons told her. 'Plus, Helga deserves this opportunity to be with Arnold.' He thought to himself.
"Fine," Lila replied sulking.
"Ha," Helga laughed as Lila walked by with an attitude.
The rest of them just smirked. They plodded down to the area where the tents were located.
"Let's get the pink one!" Helga exclaimed jokily.
"Theirs is no way in hell that I am sleeping in a pink tent!" Gerald exclaimed.
*Ten minutes later*
"I can't believe I am gonna be sleeping in a pink tent!" He complained as Arnold just laughed.
"Gerald and I are going go hike around the place. You guys want to come?" Phoebe asked.
"Naw," they replied.
"Alright, we'll see you two later," Gerald told them. "And don't do anything that I wouldn't do!"
"Dang… that means we can't do anything," Helga said with an evil grin on her face.
"Hardy har har," Gerald replied walking out of the tent to where Phoebe was patiently waiting for him.
Arnold and Helga were quietly setting up there own little spots in the tent.
"Arnold," Helga said shyly.
"Yes?" He asked.
"I think I should…there is something really bugging me right now," she told him.
"What is it?" he asked concerned.
"Oh never mind," she told him.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes… No… I don't know," she said truthfully.
They fell into an awkward silence. Helga debating with herself and Arnold trying really hard not to ask what was wrong.
"Well… I guess that I should," Helga said breaking the silence, deciding that tonight was the night that Arnold would find out about her feelings. "I don't know where to start."
"Start at the beginning," he told her grabbing her hand was rubbing small circles with his thumb.
"Ok… It was just another day in my house. Miriam, and Bob were fussing over Olga and how freaking perfect she is," Helga started out. "It was my first day of preschool, you remember the day you shared your umbrella with me."
"Yeah I remember," Arnold told her as she fell into a thought.
"I remember I asked who was going to take me, but they were to caught up in Olga's piano playing to even notice me. Bob had mistaken me as Olga… again, that wasn't the first time though. Well anyways, they didn't answer me, so I left to go to school." she said pausing, then continuing. "Well I was walking to school, I saw all these big people there. People that could have easily taken advantage of me. I ignored them and continued on. I was scared, so scared. Especially when I huge dog came up. He took my lunch, I fought for it but lost," she continued as her voice cracked.
"Well, I was just about there, I stood at the crosswalk with the adult and a truck came speeding by and got me soaked. I was so cold and wet, I didn't know what to do. I made it to school and looked in. Everyone was so happy, I felt like I was looking in through glass, literally I was though. That's when you came up to me, offered your umbrella and told me you liked my bow. You had said,' I like your bow.' I replied with a huh? Then I remember you saying that you liked it because it matched my pants, that's when you went inside." She told him. "That was the first compliment I have ever gotten."
"Then why have you been so bitter to me?" Arnold asked.
"Well school went on, and you were nice. You offered you crackers to me and I took them, Harold had made fun of me," She continued, tears leaking from her eyes. "Well that is when I had enough, enough of the teasing, treatment, and the lack of love. That day I turned bitter to everyone, I felt that everyone was just teasing. They all had love and acted like it wasn't enough. I had built my walls up and I had decided that I needed no one; that I was just going to get hurt… again," she finished sobbing.
Arnold sat there dumbfounded trying to process all the information that he just received. He had thought that Helga was a spoiled brat. He never knew all the emotional abuse she had be subjected to. He had always wanted parents and was jealous because Helga had some, but in reality they weren't really parent at all. Arnold snapped out of his thoughts and went to comfort Helga. He whispered comforting words in her ears and smoothed out her hair.
"It's alright Helga, I'm here I'll make sure nothing harms you," he told her in a serious voice.
"Arnold there is something else," she told him looking in his sea green eyes.
"Yes?" he asked looking back into her blood-shot ocean blue eyes.
"Well you see…" she said before getting cut off by Gerald and Phoebe walking into the tent.
They stopped dead in their tracks and looked at Arnold holding Helga who had tear streaks and blood-shot eyes.
"What happened?" Phoebe asked rushing over to her friend's side.
"Nothing," Helga said aloud before whispering to Phoebe. "I'll tell you later."
"You're lying," Gerald said in a comforting voice also walking over to were the three others sat.
"She'll tell you when she's ready," Arnold told him seriously.
"Ok… ok don't get so defensive," Gerald told him. "She is my friend too… right?"
"You actually consider me a friend?" Helga asked shocked.
"Well yeah," he replied.
Helga crawled over to Gerald and gave him a hug.
"You don't know how much that means to me," Helga told him pulling away.
Gerald and the others sat there amazed to see that Helga had dropped the 'tough girl' act. Helga looked shyly at the others and smiled.
A/N: Well I'm ending it here. What did you think? Was it to soon for Helga to admit all that to them? I just thought that it would be a good way to start. Well review… and if you must flame go ahead. It's getting cold and I want some hot chocolate. It might take me awhile to update, I am currently working on another fic… it's Harry Potter slash though. If you want to read it, it should be up on ff.net in a few days… Well I must take my leave… Peace… My aim name is lake8911 if you wanna talk to me… I could use some more friends! Thanks to all my reviewers… Reviews make Lakie really really happy! ::grin::
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Chapter 7- Umm... Into the Woods We Go
A/N: Wow... it's been awhile since I updated...Excuse time... I just moved and I have been settling into my new home. Ok so I moved like three months ago. Well yeah... on to the story...
The bus slowly made it's way to the campsite; all that could be heard was snoring and light muttering. The sun shone upon the sleeping students. The rays of light awoken a certain blonde girl. Who was surprise to find that her head had fallen on her crush.
'Hmm... Arnold smells pretty' she thought to herself soaking in the site of the beautiful boy in front of her. 'He looks so innocence in his sleep. It's to bad that my innocence's was striped from me. I was forced to grow up too fast.' Helga thought bitterly to herself.
"Helga?" a soft voice called and pulled Helga from her thoughts.
"Huh? Oh hi Arnold," she replied just as softly.
"Are you alright?" Arnold asked looking straight into Helga's ocean blue eyes; concern shining clearly in his own sea green eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she told him. 'Fine as I can be anyways.'
"You know I'm here to talk," He told her taking her hand into his.
"Yeah I know, but I really don't think I am ready to open up, and let my mushy side show," she said smiling.
"I figured that," he replied yawning.
"Go back to sleep, I'm fine," she told him enjoying the fact that he was holding her hand. 'What I've always wanted, someone to show they care, even if it's just a little.' She thought.
"Wake me if you want to talk," Arnold told her squeezing her hand slightly.
"I will," she reassured.
Helga watched as Arnold fell into a deep, peaceful sleep. His features looked so relaxed and calm.
'How I wish that I could look like that, I wish I could be nice, but I can't… I always end up getting hurt. I can't put my walls down.' was her last thought as she fell into a fitful sleep.
Little did she know that Arnold wasn't really sleeping. He looked at her and noticed the troubled look on her face. 'I just wish she would open up.' he thought before joining her in dreamland.
A few hours students began to awake and the bus grew loud. Helga woke up and noticed that Arnold was still holding her hand. Phoebe and Gerald were silently talking among themselves, until they notice that Helga was awake.
"Helga!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Hey, how much longer until we get there?" Helga asked.
"It's not far now," Gerald told her.
"Oh alright," she replied looking out her window.
"How is Arnold still sleeping?" Gerald asked, considering the fact that most of the kids on the bus was awake and yelling over one another.
"No clue, let him sleep though," Helga told them.
About ten minutes the bus arrived at the campsite. Everyone was really happy to get off the bus and stretch.
"Arnold," Helga said quietly. "We're here."
"Huh? Wha?" Arnold asked sleepy.
"Yo, we are at the camp site," Gerald told him grinning.
"Really?" Arnold asked.
"Yes," Phoebe told him.
The four kids exited the bus in a hurry. They joined their class mates in a small group. The teachers busy taking role. As soon as they were down they told the kids the rules and what was expected of them.
"Alright, that's about it, oh before I forget, it's four kids to a tent," Mr. Simmons had told them.
"Mr. Simmons, I don't think that Helga, Arnold, Phoebe, and Gerald should share a tent, considering the fact that they are all going out," Lila exclaimed to their teacher.
"Now Lila, that is true, but I can not tell them that. If I would to forbid them from sharing a tent then I would have to forbid any boy/girl partnerships," Mr. Simmons told her. 'Plus, Helga deserves this opportunity to be with Arnold.' He thought to himself.
"Fine," Lila replied sulking.
"Ha," Helga laughed as Lila walked by with an attitude.
The rest of them just smirked. They plodded down to the area where the tents were located.
"Let's get the pink one!" Helga exclaimed jokily.
"Theirs is no way in hell that I am sleeping in a pink tent!" Gerald exclaimed.
*Ten minutes later*
"I can't believe I am gonna be sleeping in a pink tent!" He complained as Arnold just laughed.
"Gerald and I are going go hike around the place. You guys want to come?" Phoebe asked.
"Naw," they replied.
"Alright, we'll see you two later," Gerald told them. "And don't do anything that I wouldn't do!"
"Dang… that means we can't do anything," Helga said with an evil grin on her face.
"Hardy har har," Gerald replied walking out of the tent to where Phoebe was patiently waiting for him.
Arnold and Helga were quietly setting up there own little spots in the tent.
"Arnold," Helga said shyly.
"Yes?" He asked.
"I think I should…there is something really bugging me right now," she told him.
"What is it?" he asked concerned.
"Oh never mind," she told him.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes… No… I don't know," she said truthfully.
They fell into an awkward silence. Helga debating with herself and Arnold trying really hard not to ask what was wrong.
"Well… I guess that I should," Helga said breaking the silence, deciding that tonight was the night that Arnold would find out about her feelings. "I don't know where to start."
"Start at the beginning," he told her grabbing her hand was rubbing small circles with his thumb.
"Ok… It was just another day in my house. Miriam, and Bob were fussing over Olga and how freaking perfect she is," Helga started out. "It was my first day of preschool, you remember the day you shared your umbrella with me."
"Yeah I remember," Arnold told her as she fell into a thought.
"I remember I asked who was going to take me, but they were to caught up in Olga's piano playing to even notice me. Bob had mistaken me as Olga… again, that wasn't the first time though. Well anyways, they didn't answer me, so I left to go to school." she said pausing, then continuing. "Well I was walking to school, I saw all these big people there. People that could have easily taken advantage of me. I ignored them and continued on. I was scared, so scared. Especially when I huge dog came up. He took my lunch, I fought for it but lost," she continued as her voice cracked.
"Well, I was just about there, I stood at the crosswalk with the adult and a truck came speeding by and got me soaked. I was so cold and wet, I didn't know what to do. I made it to school and looked in. Everyone was so happy, I felt like I was looking in through glass, literally I was though. That's when you came up to me, offered your umbrella and told me you liked my bow. You had said,' I like your bow.' I replied with a huh? Then I remember you saying that you liked it because it matched my pants, that's when you went inside." She told him. "That was the first compliment I have ever gotten."
"Then why have you been so bitter to me?" Arnold asked.
"Well school went on, and you were nice. You offered you crackers to me and I took them, Harold had made fun of me," She continued, tears leaking from her eyes. "Well that is when I had enough, enough of the teasing, treatment, and the lack of love. That day I turned bitter to everyone, I felt that everyone was just teasing. They all had love and acted like it wasn't enough. I had built my walls up and I had decided that I needed no one; that I was just going to get hurt… again," she finished sobbing.
Arnold sat there dumbfounded trying to process all the information that he just received. He had thought that Helga was a spoiled brat. He never knew all the emotional abuse she had be subjected to. He had always wanted parents and was jealous because Helga had some, but in reality they weren't really parent at all. Arnold snapped out of his thoughts and went to comfort Helga. He whispered comforting words in her ears and smoothed out her hair.
"It's alright Helga, I'm here I'll make sure nothing harms you," he told her in a serious voice.
"Arnold there is something else," she told him looking in his sea green eyes.
"Yes?" he asked looking back into her blood-shot ocean blue eyes.
"Well you see…" she said before getting cut off by Gerald and Phoebe walking into the tent.
They stopped dead in their tracks and looked at Arnold holding Helga who had tear streaks and blood-shot eyes.
"What happened?" Phoebe asked rushing over to her friend's side.
"Nothing," Helga said aloud before whispering to Phoebe. "I'll tell you later."
"You're lying," Gerald said in a comforting voice also walking over to were the three others sat.
"She'll tell you when she's ready," Arnold told him seriously.
"Ok… ok don't get so defensive," Gerald told him. "She is my friend too… right?"
"You actually consider me a friend?" Helga asked shocked.
"Well yeah," he replied.
Helga crawled over to Gerald and gave him a hug.
"You don't know how much that means to me," Helga told him pulling away.
Gerald and the others sat there amazed to see that Helga had dropped the 'tough girl' act. Helga looked shyly at the others and smiled.
A/N: Well I'm ending it here. What did you think? Was it to soon for Helga to admit all that to them? I just thought that it would be a good way to start. Well review… and if you must flame go ahead. It's getting cold and I want some hot chocolate. It might take me awhile to update, I am currently working on another fic… it's Harry Potter slash though. If you want to read it, it should be up on ff.net in a few days… Well I must take my leave… Peace… My aim name is lake8911 if you wanna talk to me… I could use some more friends! Thanks to all my reviewers… Reviews make Lakie really really happy! ::grin::
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