Day Four

Helga's POV

I thought about what Phoebe said and realized that she was positively WRONG, Arnold is not just another guy to me, his the only guy for me. She doesn't understand because she has Gerald, she would feel the same if Gerald was to reject her. (Not that he could) Arnold was everything to me, he was my only reason for living. Arnold, why has thou, my love, forsaken me. I confessed my love to him two times and he just........... threw my to the side.

I skipped school today I couldn't face him with Lila, it would hurt too much. So I sat in my room all day starring at the wall, I couldn't write poems, my inspiration was gone. I felt so empty, I guess Arnold was really everything to me, way more than a crush.

"OLGA GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!!" Big Bob called

" It's Helga Bob."

"OK what every just get down here."

" let see what this gorilla wants" I slowly got off my bed and made a weak attempt to straiten my cloths. I went down the stairs as slow as I could, when I got there Bob was standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking pretty pissed off. I walked off the last step, which was right in front of Bob

" What," I said very annoyed.

"Don't 'what' me young lady, you have some explaining to do."

" For what" I said putting my hand on my hip with an attitude.

Bob crossed him arms around his chest before continuing "Why don't I have six big white belts in my hand?"

"I don't know you tell me it's your hand Bob" I also folded my arms.

Then Bob had the audacity to put is chubby finger in my face. "It's Dad to you and---------- ------"

"You think I should call you Dad, when you can't even remember my name, I'm your fuckin' daughter for peat's sake. You really think that fair, well guess what I don't think so."

"Hey I know your name."

"Oh yea then what is it, huh?"

" It's um… um,.................... I don't have to answer to you your only 12."

" 12, 12 I'm only 12, not only do you not know my name you don't know how old I am. You know you are the worse father on earth, I hate you!"

" You can't hate me I'm your father, you can't hate your father."

" I can't hate you, I can't hate you. You know what Bob I don't hate you," Bob looked kind of pleased, "I despise you, you are scum to me" Bob's eyes almost came right out of his head.

"Why do you hate me Olga?"

I just had it I couldn't take it "LOOK YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE MY GOSH DAMN NAME IS HELGA THE NAME YOU GAVE ME IS IT THAT HARD. I'M NOT YOUR FUCKING PRINESS OLGA!" At this point I was yelling, "You want to know why I hate you sure I tell you why, you ignored my for my whole life, you don't know who I am. Hell, Bob you never gave me anything, you don't know anything about me, You don't know how old I am you say I'm 12 but I'm 17. I just Hate you."

With that I left Bob in his own self-pity, and ran up the stairs. I went to my room, and slammed the door behind me. I've been waiting to let that out for a long time, but I don't feel any better. I think it made me feel worse. I went to lie on my bed, when the phone rang. I walked very slowly to the phone, I picked up the receiver even slower.

"Hello" I said very uncaring.

"Hi Helga, feeling any better?"

" No Pheebs, as a matter of fact I feel worse."

"Why, I thought after a good night sleep you would feel better."

" Well first of all I didn't sleep a lot last night and when I did sleep I woke up 30 minutes later. Secondly, I got in to a fight with Bob, I tol-"

"Helga you did have a fist fight with him?" I rolled my eyes as if she was there.

" Of course not, verbal."

" Oh I see continue."

" OK, anyway I told him that I hated him, and he asked me why. Then I told him the reason why was.........." I continued to tell Phoebe of today's resent event. I skipped the part of when he asked me about the ' Big White Belts'.

"Boy, Helga you let a big part of your distress out, but are you feeling any better about Arnold?" A tear rolled down my cheek.

"Oh, that, well no, I don't know what I feel anymore."

" You don't love him anymore?"

" Of course I love him Pheebs, I just don't know what I feel about what happened. I know I'm hurting, but there's something else some other feeling. I just can't place it, what do you think Pheebs"

"Well Helga, maybe since Arnold," Phoebe hesitated a little, not wanting to cause Helga anymore pain. "Well you know wh-"

"NO Phoebe go head since Arnold rejected me." I stated to cry softly, I know Phoebe didn't say it because she didn't want to hurt me. But I always have to finish the job, I always had to hurt myself. I hated the way I was, maybe Arnold did too.

"Helga I won't talk about this if it is making you uncomfortable. We can talk about something else." I kind of did want to talk about some thing else. But if we did I would just be thinking about it.

"No, Phoebe I want to."

" OK then, anyway as I was saying, since Arnold turned down your offer, you think that you have no chance with him. And you're hurting because your heart won't let itself believe that. So in simpler terms your mind and your heart are battling in what to believe." I was kind of confused but slowly I got it. "Or Helga you could have an empty void in your heart because you think that he is 'gone forever', as you told me. Do you see what I'm saying Helga?"

"Yea I get it." I said after a while of letting it all sinks in.

"Good now that you know what might be wrong, do you feel some what better about your situation?"

"Phoebe just because I know what the problem is doesn't mean I feel better about having it, crimmity."

"I'm sorry Helga, I was just asking."

"No phoebe I'm sorry shouldn't have yelled at you."

" That all right Helga, well I have to go I'm meeting Gerald in 15 minutes. Goodbye. " Bye Pheebs"

Arnold's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about her, maybe I was feeling guilty about all those lies I told her. It wasn't because I was falling for her or anything. Gerald had just left to meet Phoebe. He still was talking about how stupid I was for not having sex with Helga, I just ignored it.

I was walking down the stairs to get something to eat. I walked into the kitchen; my Grandpa was sitting at the table.

"Hey Short man," my Grandpa just would not stop calling me Short man, even though I was 1 foot taller then him.

"Hey Grandpa" I grabbed a chair and set next to him. I set my head on the table and let my hands dangle at my side.

"Girl trouble?"

"Yea." I said with my head still face down on the table.

"Well tell me about it." I slowly set up, took in a deep breath.

"Well Grandpa you see, it's this girl who's kind of been in love with me for 14 years, and she kind of told me this twice. And she offered me.... Um well she...um." I was at a lost for words, I couldn't tell my Grandpa she offered me sex. I mean he was my Grandpa. I wasn't really expecting what he said next though.

"She offered you sex right?"

" Well, yea how did you know?"

"Well Arnold the same thing happened to me when I was your age. It was about 1947 and I meet this girl you see she was every thing you wanted in a girl, she-"

"Grandpa I still have a problem."

"Oh yea, well let me see if I got this right. She told you she loved you, she started to kiss you and of course you kissed her back, and led her on. Then you pushed her off and tried to leave. Of course she put up a fight, but it didn't work. When you left her house you went home called Gerald, he called you stupid because you didn't have sex with the girl. We all know what a sex-a-holic he is, anyway he makes you feel bad about leading her on. You start thinking about her more now, you go to school say some out-of- line stuff to her. Make her cry, you feel even worse, you start thinking about her even more than before. Now you're feeling really grimy and you find you're self-falling in love with her. You dreaming about her, thinking about her every waking minute. Is that about right?" I was stunned, I was just staring at him. He knew exactly what happened. "Close your mouth Short man." I obeyed.

"Grandpa that's almost exactly what happen. You got everything right except for the-" Grandpa put his hand up.

"Let me guess your not falling in love with her, your still in denial."

"I'm not in denial I'm just not fallen in love with her." He nodded "And I only think about her when I'm talking about her."

"And you are always talking about her, right?"

" Well, yea that's only because I think about her all that time."

"See I told you that you love her.

"I do not, Grandpa I don't know why you think-----------"

"Whoa!"

"What, what's wrong grandpa?"

"Never eat raspberries." With that he ran to his 'office'. Well he was no help. I got up and went to pull down my stairs, when the phone rang. I hated when that happened, I walked over to it, picked it up even slower.

"Hello?"

"Why Hello Arnold, am I ever so happy you picked up the phone."

"Oh it's you I thought it was somebody important."

"You're not happy to hear from me?"

"How could you tell?" Lila was really the last person I wanted to talk to.

"Anyway, Arnold I have an ever so brilliant idea, and I would like you to be a part of it."

"No way!"

"You don't even know what it is."

"I don't care I'm not doing it."

"I think you will change your mind when I tall Sid that you and Helga had sex."

"We didn't have sex Helga!"

"Oh my your are falling for her you just called me Helga."

" No I didn't I called you Lila."

"OK what ever anyway. You know Sid has the biggest mouth in Seattle, and if he finds out everyone knows. And Helga will hate you more." I can't believe Lila was blackmailing me, I was kind of impressed. I really didn't think she was smart enough.

"OK Lila what is it?"

"I knew you would change your mind. Now Arnold I want you and me to get back together."

" No way in the blue hell am I ever going back with you."

"Oh come on Arnold be a sport, I think Sid is outside of my house to. Hey Sid come here."

"You're bluffing"

"I am," I guess Sid walked to her because I heard a door open and close, then I heard Sid in the background, she was serious.

"OK OK Lila I'll do it." Lila hung up right after I said that.

No One's POV

Arnold hung up the phone soon after Lila hung up. He couldn't believe she would do something like that, he really hated her sometimes. Arnold slowly walked to his room, not saying a word just thinking. He went to lay on his bed when his phone rang; Arnold walked even slower to the phone then he did to his bed.

"Hello?" He said with a yarn.

"Hi Arnold I forgot to tell you that I want you to meet me at the boardwalk today at 6:30 OK?" Arnold took a deep sigh and rolled his eyes.

"Sure Lila." Lila was about to hang up the phone when she remembered,

"Oh and Arnold I'll make sure Helga ever so knows and she will be there. Ta Ta." Arnold just stood there holding the phone stunned. ' She not doing this to get at me she's trying to hurt Helga, what a bitch.' Arnold hung up the phone, he looked over at the clock to see it was 6:45. He walked over to his closet to get his shoes, when Gerald walked through the door.

"What are you doing here Man, I thought you and Phoebe were going to the movies?" Gerald plotted himself on Arnold couch.

"Yea me too." Arnold put his shoes on as he walked over to Gerald.

"What happened."

"Phoebe and me was on our way to the movies and she was talkin' bout her stomach was hurting. So I was like you on ya period, she was like naw. Then I was bout to say somethin' else when this chick tossed her fuckin' cookies all over my damn car. I was so upset you know I almost cried. She threw up all over my car, you know I turned around and took her ass right home, I was furious." (a/n: big word for Gerald) "Now I got to shampoo my whole damn car, I am appalled . I got to wash my baby, you see Arnold my car is my baby it is everything to me next to sex. My poor baby that's like a nut shot to me."

"Gerald it's just a -" Gerald stood up, pointed his finger at me and put his hand on his hip.

" Don't you dare say it just a car. My car is more to me then just a car, my car is like a woman, you got to caress it, make it feel good, hell even lie to it once in a while."

" What ever you say Gerald." Gerald set back down and mumbled a little to himself.

" Hey Gerald guess who the bitch of the century is?" Gerald looked up at Arnold and surged his shoulders.

" Who Man?"

"Lila"

"Why?"

"Because guess what she did......." Arnold told him everything. Gerald just set and listened, didn't interrupted once. Very rare. "And she said she was going to tell Helga to be at the boardwalk."

"Oh really, man you fuck up."

"Yea I know"

Day Four Pt.2

No One's POV

Arnold and Gerald arrived at the boardwalk around 7:15.

"Man I can't do this if Helga's going to be here."

"Why not man she doesn't know that you and Lila broke up right after you broke her heart."

"Gerald your not helping."

"Sorry man I'm just tellen' the truth, I mean you did brake her heart. It's not like I'm lyin'."

"I know man, but your supposed to be on my side." The two boys walked past the docks to see Helga and Phoebe. Gerald looked really pissed of when he saw Phoebe. He instantly stormed, not walked, but stormed over to the two girls. Gerald walked up behind Phoebe and tapped her on the shoulder.

" Um, excuse me, but can I talk to you?" Phoebe turned around slowly fearing what she knew she would find behind her.

"Oh, Hi" Gerald's hands somehow found their way to his hips.

"Oh Hi? Oh hi?" Gerald turns and looks at Arnold who had just walked up behind them, but was very careful not to look at Helga.

"Girl I ought to make you shampoo my carpets."

"I know Gerald I'm sorry, one day, but not today, you'll know why I was sick." Phoebe turned to look at Helga, and gave her the look that she only knew what she was talking about. Gerald quickly cut in on their telepathic conversation.

"What the hell is you talken' bout." Gerald had said that purposely, because he knew Phoebe hated improper English. Phoebe looked as if someone had ran a knife down a chalkboard.

"Gerald," she screamed. " That was just horrific I have stood for all I can take. Say one more improper thing, one more ain't , and no more sex." She was eye to eye with him looking very serious. Gerald wasn't taking this so good, he looked like he had just lost his best friend. His jaw almost hit the ground.

"No more, no more." Gerald began to mumble and stumbled a little, then he slowly looked up at Phoebe and said

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" He screamed. "Phoebe baby you can't do this to me, that, that's like air to me. I need it, please, do anything but that, I beg of ya, please." Phoebe's look told him she was staying true to her word, but Gerald wasn't giving up the fight. "OK you want mo' I'll give ya mo', Phoebe I'll get down on he knee girl" he did as he said, Helga and Arnold just watched amused.

"PLEASE, anything but that I'm on my knees begging you." Phoebe looked at her hoping boyfriend and started to think a little. She knew that this would break Gerald's spirit.

"Ok Gerald," the small girl said as Gerald looked up hoping. "Tell me you love me and your off the hook." Gerald looked at her funny because he knew she knew he had never said that to one person in his entire life. Gerald slowly got off the ground careful not to take his eyes off of her.

"Are you crazy you know I can't."

" You don't love me Gerald?"

"Of course I do"

"Then say it," Gerald looked Phoebe right in the eye, he tried to say it but the words were stuck.

"Phoebe I'm sorry, I can't." A tear ran down Phoebe's face, but her expression never changed.

"How can you answer yes when you can't say it, your yes means nothing. I don't know anymore Gerald, I can't be with someone who claims to love me, but can't say it. I'm sorry," Phoebe brushed pass Gerald, "Excuse me Arnold." She said as she walked pass him, but her voice cracked and she began to cry as she walked away. Gerald stood in the same spot speechless, he wanted to go after her but his pride was standing in his way. Gerald then felt a hand on his shoulder, he knew it was Arnold.

"You OK man?"

"Yea, I'm fine," he lied. "I don't need her I got plenty who would beg to take her place." Gerald didn't sound too convincing.

" But do you want to replace her?"

"Why the hell you care," Gerald snapped at Arnold. "I need to walk." Gerald walked off leaving Arnold and Helga there alone. Arnold turned to find her staring at the water, he assumed she hadn't been listening. He sat next to her and looked out at the water. ' I wonder what's she looking for' He thought, suddenly he found his mind could talk aloud. "What are you looking for?" Helga turned quickly, she looked very startled. "I'm sorry Helga did I scare you?" Helga was still staring at him, not saying a word, she could help but feel her love for him. She wanted so much to jump into his arms, but was afraid it would end the same as before. ' God he looks good' She thought to herself. Helga became dazed by him, she was dazzled by his looks, she could think of nothing more than him. Arnold disturbed her thoughts of him, by waving his hand in front of her face.

"Hello, Helga I asked you a question." Helga quickly looked away from him and blushed a bit. Helga's long golden hair blew in the wind as she pondered on what to say to Arnold. Arnold found himself staring at Helga, ' She's so beautiful' Arnold was going to tell her what he was thinking when Lila walked up behind him.

"Why hello Arnold, my sweet." She said very happly, she turned and looked at Helga.

"Helga," she said plainly. Helga got up to leave when Lila grabbed her. "And just where do you think you going." Helga looked at Lila as if she was school lunch, and yanked her arm away.

"Away from you and him." She said as she pointed at Arnold, who was just getting up of the dock.

"Oh no your not," Lila said. "I have an ever so wonderful day for us three." Both Arnold and Helga looked stunned.

" Us three?" Arnold and Helga said in unisons.

"Why Of course," Lila screeched while clapping her hands together.

"Me and Arnold are celebrating are getting back together." Helga's jaw dropped she looked as if she had stop breathing.

"When did you two break up?" Helga asked when she regained her breath. "We ever so broke up 2 days ago, on Tuesday." Helga went pale, white as snow even. She turned and looked at Arnold, ' How could you do this to me, why would you do this to me.' she thought looking very hurt, Helga tried her hardest not to cry. She didn't want to cry in front on Lie- la, but she couldn't help it. A tear rolled down her soft cheek, then out of nowhere Helga slapped Arnold with all her might. Arnold nor Lila was expecting that,

" I thought she would slap me, guess I was wrong." Lila said, loving every minute of Helga's sorrow. Arnold couldn't say a word, he was speechless. Helga could take anymore of this, so she ran away from Arnold and what she thought was her problems. Arnold watched her ran till she was now longer visible. ' I'm sorry' Was all her could think to say to Helga, but it was too late.

"Well that went well, hell that went better that I thought it would." Lila said with an evil grin on her face. Arnold turned and looked at her in disbelief.

"You bitch," He said out of anger.

"What did you call me?" she said while putting her hands on her hips.

"You heard me Lila, your a bitch. Why would you do that to her what did she ever do to you." Lila didn't want to tell Arnold the real reason she did it, so she lied. "Because Arnold I hate her plain and simple."

"Lila I know your lying, tell me the truth NOW." Lila looked afraid, because she had never heard Arnold yell before.

"OK Arnold I'll tell you why, because I was jealous of her that's why."

"Jealous, why?"

" Because she was so much prettier then me, and she had," Lila stopped not wanting to say her last words.

"Because she had what Lila?" Arnold asked.

"Because she had you Arnold that why, Arnold I've been in love with you since I got here in 4th grade. And I see the way you look at Helga, even then Arnold. I knew she wanted you when she told me she loved you when we were doing Romeo and Juliet. I was ever so stupid that I gave her the part, Arnold I wanted to kiss you. I was ever so furious Arnold, so I vowed I would get her back, and I knew how."

"How Lila?"

"You, I knew you were all she lived for and I knew that she would tell you again one day." Arnold could not believe what he was hearing, Lila jealous of Helga. Not only that hearing this made him feel worse about what he did to Helga.

"But Lila if you wanted to make her jealous why did you break up with me?" Arnold asked

"Well, I thought that she would never do it, and I could get back with you anytime." Lila said before she instantly cheered up. "Anyway looks like I hurt her enough for one day Ta Ta Arnold." Lila walked away while she was waving at Arnold.

Arnold had been walking around the boardwalk looking for Helga for hours. But when he found her she was getting in a boat head to Elk island. ' Why is she going to Elk Island?' Arnold asked himself as he watch her. Arnold began to walk towards the boat, but he got there to late. Helga was sitting in the back of the boat looking back at Arnold, she just wanted to die. So Helga picked up the rope that was tied to the anchor, and tied it around her waist. Arnold saw this and quickly yelled out to her,

"Helga no." But she ignored him she then pushed the anchor in to the water, pulling her down with it. Arnold could not believe what he had just saw. He was staring at her go down, then mentally kicked himself for standing there so long. Arnold quickly shed his shoes and shirt, and jumped in the water after her. When he got down to her he tried to pull her up but she fought him. Arnold got a hold to the rope and untied it. Then he tried to pull her up, but she had set down in the hook of the anchor. Arnold could not pull her up with out cutting her. Helga had passed out shortly after he untied her. Arnold pulled her up causing the anchor to leave a deep gash in her left leg. He quickly swam her up to the surface, she wasn't breathing. He quickly got her mouth to mouth, Arnold did this and she started to breath again. But instead of letting her up Arnold's tough found it's way into her mouth, Helga pushed him off of her quickly. They stared at each other before anyone said anything, Arnold broke the silence.

"Are you OK Helga."

"Yea I think so" Helga said tiredly.

"You want me to take you home?" he asked.

"Yea."

Day Four No One's POV

After Arnold picked Helga up, and put her in his car he notice she was bleeding really badly. He was staring at her leg, she noticed him.

"What?" she said kind of irritated.

"Nothing," he stared the car. " it's just you leg it's bleeding pretty bad, don't you think?" Helga looked down at her leg, it was hurting pretty badly.

"No it's not that bad, I can fix it at home."

"No, Helga I think you need to go to the hosp-" Helga cut him off by putting her hand in front of his face.

"Don't even say hospitals, I hate them."

"But Helga not only do you need to go for your leg, you might still need to be checked for," Arnold hesitated.

"No Arnold I don't need to go, I fine." Helga tried to cross her leg the pain made tears stream down her face.

"Helga I can see that it hurts, I'm taking you to the hospital."

"No Arnold take me home."

"Ok Helga sure." Helga and Arnold drove in silence, not saying a word to one another.

Helga looked out of the window wondering why Arnold jumped in after her, 'maybe he was just trying to do the 'right thing'. Or maybe, just maybe, he wanted to save me because he was in love. No Arnold's not in love with me, I was stupid to think so.' Tears started to stream down Helga's face, Helga's heart was aching for the pain of thinking of Arnold. She tried not to, but it was hard when he was sitting right next to her. Arnold turned to see that Helga was crying.

"What's wrong Helga?" Arnold asked even though he already knew the answer. Helga quickly wiped her tears and turned toward Arnold giving him a weak smile. She put her wet hair behind her ear.

"I'm not crying Arnold," Arnold's jaw drooped at the very unbelievable lie she just told. "Something was in my eye." Helga finished.

"It must have been really big because you were tearing really bad Helga." Helga looked out of the window trying not to pay attention to him.

"Hey what the hell are we doing here?" Helga said as Arnold pulled into the hospital parking lot.

"I'm sorry Helga but your leg is really bad, and it just wouldn't be right if I took you home like that. OK?" Helga turned her whole body to Arnold.

"No the hell it's not OK, I told you to take me home."

"Well I'm not doing what you told me to do." Helga let out a very loud very deep sigh.

"Well I'm not going in there, No way are you getting me in there Bucko." She said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Arnold got out of his car walked to Helga's side of the car. He opened the door and put one arm over her waist gripping her side. He swiftly pulled her out of the car, Helga began to kick and scream giving Arnold a harder time to hold her up. Arnold walked to the entrance of the hospital, with Helga still kicking. He walked to the receptionist.

"May I help you young man?" she asked looking strangely at him and Helga.

"Yea," he said while popping Helga onto him hip, with one arm around her waist. "I'd like to check her in."

"No he wouldn't." Helga objected.

"Yes I would." Arnold protested back.

"No he wouldn't.

"Yea I would"

"No"

"Yes."

"STOP" the receptionist yelled over the two. "Know what's wrong with her?"

"Oh, well she has a deep gash in her leg and it's bleeding pretty bad."

"OK well take her to the second door on the right and wait for a doctor to see you."

"Thanks" Arnold said as he walked off.

Arnold waited with Helga till she went to see the doctor. He called Phoebe and told her what happened, and told her to meet Helga at the hospital. Arnold left the hospital when Phoebe got there. Arnold went home and tried to sleep, but he couldn't because he couldn't stop thinking about Helga.