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Chapter: Four- "A happy couple"
"Cherry?" Arnold gently sets a cherry in Helgas mouth, who happily accepts. "Arnold, this is the best picnic I've ever been on!" Helga smiled brightly. They lay on a blue and white checkered picnic blanket, with a whicker picnic basket next to Arnold. Inside they had a feast of beef and cheese sub sandwiches, cantaloupe and watermelon pieces, pasta salad, lemonade, strawberry shortcake, and chocolate cupcakes topped with white icing and a cherry. Underneath the weeping willow tree, lay a couple more in love than the world has known for quite some time. Off in the distance Helga sees kids running around and imagines Having a family with Arnold. Arnold looks at Helga, who's glistening eyes remind him of the stars. "You want to go sing on the jungle-gym?" Helga nods, Arnold holds out his hand and helps her off of the blanket. Hand in hand they walk over to the swing set. Helga sits on a swing and Arnold gently pushes. The light wind blows Helgas pony tails back and forth. Arnold giggles to himself. He's never seen a more beautiful girl in his life.
After a while at the park Arnold walked Helga back home. On the way Arnold was nervous as he thought, "Should I take her hand? Or will she pull away from me?" Cautiously Arnold inched a little closer to Helga. Helga squirmed inside in excitement, she tried to look natural but touch him (or bump into him) as often as she could. Arnold knew her intentions and smiled to himself. About half a block from Helgas house Arnold told a joke that made them both laugh, as they laughed Helga put her hand on Arnold arm. They both stopped, not sure what to do next. Helga kept her arm in place. Arnold forgot about everything else in the world and grabbed Helgas hand and held it tight. They walked in silence the rest of the way there. Once at the doorstep, Arnold asked Helga as calm as possible, "Helga? Would you be my girfriend?" Helga was shocked and also very happy. Shyly, and in a low soft voice, Helga answered, "Yes" They both smiled, Arnolds heart jumped with joy, "Can I see you tomorrow?". Helga happily said, "Yes!"
The next day the happy couple decided on going to see a movie. Arnold worked weekends at a deli to earn extra money. He saved some and spent the rest on treating Helga to dinner and movies and occasional surprises. Today they decided to eat at the deli. It was Arnolds day off and he could get extra food for Helga to take home. Helga didn't mind free or cheap dates, money didn't matter to her, only the thought counted. They sat down to a pastrami sandwich dinner, with macaroni salad and fruit punch. They talked about everything, from the weather to memories they had from the past, and dreams for the future. They found they had a lot in common, and thought the same way. There were things she liked that he didn't and vise versa. But at there stage in a relationship, nothing mattered but being together.
At the movie that night, they decided to pick a comedy. They laughed and had another perfect evening together. In the theatre, They both turned to see the other staring back. A moment passed as there eyes met, slowly Arnold leaned in and lip-locked Helga in there first kiss. When they broke apart they were both slightly red. Arnold put his arm around Helga and whispered, "I love you" in her ear. Helga thought the same thing, but didn't respond back. She was scared and happy at the same time. She wasn't sure if this was right. Even though her feelings for Arnold have been very strong from the first day she met him.
After that night in the theatre, everyone would see Helga and Arnold together, locked at the hips, lips, and hands. They cuddled and hugged, whispered and flirted. No one could spoil there love and the fun they had together. They were a happy couple.
One evening while Arnold worked a night shift at the deli, Helga sat at home thinking of her love and missing him every second. Big Bob had sold both Helga and Arnold beepers that day. They had a code for each other. 143= I LOVE YOU 45= GOOD-NIGHT and 47=GOOD-MORNING. Helga sat on the couch and watched her beeper, anxiously waiting for a page. Finally about 3 hours later, her beeper sounded. She picked it up so fast she almost dropped it. It read "143" She smiled and sunk into the couch. She dozed off for a couple of hours when her pager sounded again and woke her up. When she picked it up, this time it read, "45 143" She said silently, "good-night, I love you too."
Helga was so happy she didn't think anyone or anything could spoil her new life. She had waited so long for Arnolds love, and now she got it. As time passed and her life kept on bringing her surprises, she was even more surprised when one day Arnold took her to a special spot. There was a place in there town where plays and pageants were held. When nothing was going on it turned into makeout peak. But up there it was so quiet and the stars were so bright. They had made it there special spot where they'd go to spend time alone. Arnold had took her there one particular night. It was nice outside with a slight breeze and the sun was just setting. Arnold took out a small box and held it out to Helga. Arnold spoke in a soft voice, and from his heart. "Helga, you have made me so happy, and I love you. I wanted to show you my love. I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Were not ready for marriage yet, but I want to give you this ring and talk about marriage. I want to spend the rest of mylife with you." Helgas eyes were as big as stones and her mouth had dropped to the floor. Her eyes swelled with happiness, and she sobbed as he slipped the ring onto her right ring finger. It was black hills gold, two leaves in the shape of a heart.
They were even closer than ever after that. They talked about having a wedding and having children. They even picked out names they liked for their future kids. Everyone thought they were moving too fast. But they were so much in love they couldn't wait and it tore their hearts in two to think about being apart. They promised each other they would both finish high school before making any major plans. They just wanted to be together and injoy each other. Helga finally felt like she had a better life than her perfect older sister Olga. Helga is so jealous of her older sister that she felt like tearing her eyeballs out every time she brought home a new boyfriend or a shiney new award to sit on one of many shelves filled with her accomplishments.
Helga was sitting around one day when she flipped to a talk show on the TV. The subject was "Cheating lovers" as she watched her heart sank in her chest. All these people were in love and had no problems and then one day found out one was cheating oin the other and no signs were shown. Thoughts started going through her head of Arnold, with Lila or Rhonda or any of the other girls, flirting, staring, kissing behind the deli on one of his breaks. Her face coiled up in maddness. Her pager sounded with "143" and she picked it up and threw it to the other side of the room. "You lieing jerk! Who are you seeing behind my back!?" Helga didn't know why this had bothered her so much, but the thoughts swirled around in her head, and she felt betrayed. She grabbed her jacket and stormed out the door.
20 minutes later Helga arrived at the deli. She didn't see Arnold anywhere. She went into the back, her heart pounded and she felt like crying when she didn't see him anywhere. Her thought was, "Where is he? And who is he with?" She opened the back door and saw Arnold, he was throwing out a trash bag. No one else could be seen. Her heart calmed and she felt happier knowing he was working and not out with another girl. Arnolds face lit up and he smiled when he saw Helga, his love, standing in the doorway. "Hi! What are you doing here?" She twisted her face in hurt and anger, "What do you mean 'what am I doing here' do you not want me here or something?" Arnolds smile faded and a look of hurt crossed his face. "That's not what I mean. I love you Helga, come here, give me a hug." He took her in his arms and held her tight, planted a light kiss on her forehead and asked if something was wrong. She looked at his beautiful face, and could only think, "What if he has or will cheat on me? I love him, I don't want to find out he did something like that" She didn't know what to say, so she just stared at him.
Arnold didn't know what happened or why Helga was acting the way she was, but he had a feeling it wasn't good.
(A/N: I would like to thank you again for reading. This is based on my life, and is no joke, I am trying to get help and I hope anyone out there who is like me, will feel better once I finish my story.)