A/N: Ok this is actually the last chapter because when I originally wrote it I could think of any other thing to write that would flow with it. Well anyway this is the end of Seven Days so shut up and enjoy. I Don't Own any of the copy righted material used in the writing of this fiction, but the plot is all mine.
Day Six
Arnold woke up the next day kind of uneasy, ' Boy I wonder what's wrong with me' he thought to himself. He slowly rolled out of bed, really not wanting to move but he knew he had to. He tried to make an attempt to move further but his body had frozen, he was so tired. He had been thinking about Helga all night and didn't get much sleep, when he did finally fall asleep the sun messed it up, and woke him up again.
"Man I hope she tells me today, this is really draining." he said as he walked down to the W.C.
Mean while at the Pataki home
"Ugh," said a very tired Helga who had not sleep in days. She got out of bed and went to take a shower. She stepped in and let the warm water hit her nude body. ' I think I'll tell Arnold today, I guess I have tormented MYSELF enough.' she said as she lathered her body. Helga stepped out of the shower and was feeling quit happy, somehow the thought of telling Arnold a third time she loved him made her happy.
"Man, I hope this is a good day."
Helga walked down stairs to find her mother once again KO'ed on the kitchen table.
"Good Morning Mother," Helga waited for her mumbling respond, but she got nothing.
"Come on woman you can be that wasted." Helga went to lift her mothers face off the table top.
" Hello Miriam, wake up,........... wow a free smoothe." still nothing. Helga now began to worry this had never happened before, she began to slap her mother repeatedly. Hot tears started to roll down Helga's face when her mother did not stir.
"Please don't be dead please don't be dead." She shook her but still got nothing.
"BOB GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!" She said screaming. Moments later she heard Big Bob coming down the stairs.
"What girl?"
"Bob look, she want wake." Helga said between sobs.
"She's just drunk she'll get up." He started to walk up the stairs, when he realized that his wife had no color in her face.
"Wait a second." He said as he turned to take a closer look. "Oh no."
"What, what's wrong."
" Wait here I'll go get the car."
"Bob wait, what's wrong."
"She's not breathing." Bob quickly ran out of the house as Helga held her mother. Bob ran back and picked up his wife and put her in the car, Helga following close behind. Helga noticed a envelope in the mailbox she grabbed it and shoved it in her pocket. Helga and Bob drove to the hospital in silence. When they got there the doctors took Miriam back.
"Can I came back please, I'm her daughter."
"I'm sorry only one person, and your father is already here." the nurse said trying to restrain Helga.
"No you whore that's my mother and I'm not going to sit here and wait on you to tell me she's dead."
"So you rather watch her die?," Helga didn't respond, because she knew she was right.
"That's what I thought now please have a seat." The nurse turned a entered the emergency room. Helga went to sit. Helga could stop thinking about her mother and what life would be like if she wasn't there. A tear rolled down her face, "I need to stop thinking about this."
She pulled out the letter she found, she opened it and read it,
Hello Helga sweety I know we don't talk much, but I am having a pre graduation party and I would like you to be there. And I am telling you, you don't want to miss it, I would have gave it to you in person but I haven't see you around school lately. Anyway Lila will not be there me and her are no longer friends, you know she tried to still Harold away from me, the nerve of the bitch. So I really hope you be there, it will be your second to last chance to tell HIM how you really feel. Oh yea and everybody knew you liked Arnold since 5th grade, the only one who didn't know was Arnold what a blind fool. Love, Rhonda
Helga looked up from her letter to see that it was 9:00, which meant she was late for school. ' I guess I'm not going to school, oh well.' Helga took out her phone and called Phoebe who she knew was not at school either.
"Hello?" Phoebe said, Helga could here that she had been crying.
"Hey, Pheebs you feeling any better."
"Not really."
"Well I need you right now, my mom is in the hospital and she's not breathing, and me and my dad brought her here and the bitch of a nurse would not let me in, so now I'm just sitting in the waiting room waiting for them to tell me she's dead." Helga said in one breath.
"Oh no Helga, I'll be right there." It took Phoebe about 2 minutes to get to the hospital. She walked in and went right to Helga.
"Oh Helga I'm sorry I haven't been much of a best friend, I'm so sorry." she hugged Helga and set next to her.
"So what have they told you anything?"
"No, I've been sitting here for what seems like forever."
"Oh be reasonable Helga, I will probably be only another minute or so."
"What for them to tell me she's dead?"
"Helga come on she's not going to die, OK?"
"Yea, sure what ever you-------" Helga was cut off by the nurse flagging at her.
"Excuse me Ms. Pataki, you can come back now." Helga jumped up and was next to the nurse in a matter of seconds.
"Is is ok?, she's not dead is she?" Helga asked her quickly forgetting she didn't like her.
"Calm down she's fine, the doctor will tell you the rest when we get to the back." Helga began to follow the nurse when she remembered Phoebe.
"Oh, can she come too?" she said pointing to Phoebe.
"Sure why not." Phoebe got up and the three walked to the room Miriam was in. When they walked Miriam was still sleep, Helga walked to the doctor.
"What happen, why is she not awake." She said while trying to hold back tears.
"She's fine for now, but she will have to stop drinking. What happened was, her livers are being eaten away. See she has a bad case of alcohol poisoning. And this has come from years of drinking. Now I want you to stop her from drinking, Bob you will have to watch her very closely. Because if she takes another drink it is very possible that she can die. So I urge you to help her through this." The doctor left leaving Helga, Bob, and Phoebe standing over Miriam.
"Well I've got to go to the emporium, I'll come back later tonight." Bib Bog said as he left the room. Helga went to sit at Miriam's bedside. She picked up her hands and rubbed them softly.
"I'm sorry Mom," she whispered to her mother. Helga felt Phoebe touch her on her shoulder.
"Phoebe you can leave if you want, I kind of want to be alone with her, if you don't mind."
"Yes, of course, but where would I go?"
"I know why don't you go to school and tell Mr. Johnson what happened, and if he ask about the rest of the week, tell him she's been sick for a while."
"Alright Helga, I talk to you later."
"Bye Pheebes" Phoebe walked out of the room leaving Helga alone with her mother.
"Mom I'll never let this happen to you again." Helga softly kissed her hand, shortly after she fell asleep.
When Helga woke she saw Arnold sitting on the other side of Miriam bed.
"Wh, what are you doing here?" she said as she wiped the sleep out of her eyes.
"I came to check up on your mother." Helga gave Arnold a I don't believe you smirk.
"No really why are you here?"
"Ok, I came to see how you were doing, Phoebe told me that you were at the hospital. I quickly thought something had happen to you so I ran out of the school with out the whole story. On my way here Phoebe called me and told me about your Mom. So that's why I'm here." Arnold was now sitting next to Helga.
"Wow, I mean that much to you that you would just walk out of school."
"Yea Helga you mean everything to me I told you that. I love you." Helga wanted to jump into his arms, but Bob walked in.
"Your still here, it's 9 o'clock." Bob said as he walked in.
"Oh my gosh it's 9 o'clock. I've got to go." Helga said as she looked at her watch
"Ok, but I can't take you home, I'm staying with Miriam." Bob said as he kissed Miriam's forehead.
"I'll take you Helga."
"Oh thanks Arnold." With that Helga and Arnold walked out.
In Arnold's truck
"Arnold did you really mean what you said earlier?" Helga asked half way to her house.
"Of course Helga, why?"
"Because I just wanted to make sure this was real."
"Of course it is, you know that I love you Helga." Arnold said as he pulled up to her house. He gave her a huge smile, Helga's heart melted once again for that day.
" I have to go," Helga turned to open the door, but Arnold grabbed her arm.
"NO wait what's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Helga am I pushing you to give me an answer." He said turning his whole body to face her. ' I've got to get out of this car.' Helga thought.
"No" 'What have I gotten myself in to?' Helga could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. ' I'm turning into a regular crybaby.'
"Then what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Arnold I've got to go." Helga was now sobbing.
"Helga why are you running away from me?"
"Because I'm scared Arnold that's why."
"Scared of what?"
"I'm scared that I will lose you, every time I get something I want I always mess it up or lose it. And I don't want to lose you Arnold."
"Helga your not going to lose me, I love you and I know you love me, and nothing can change that. Helga you can't live closed in forever, your so used to it that you push out who ever tries to get in."
"I know Arnold but I just can't, every time I let my emotions show I always get hurt. Like when I told you I loved you I purred out my emotions, for pete's sake I cried for you but you still hurt me. Arnold you don't know what it's like to live with no one loving you no one knows your there. Always overshadowed, you don't know what it's like to be hated. Arnold even though you didn't have your parents around, you still had your grandparents to love you, through what ever. It had to take a near death experience for my family to show some type of love. Arnold you grew up so popular that you don't know what it was like for me, you don't, everyone loved you Arnold. Everyone liked you, you had all the friends you ever wanted. Arnold I had nothing, all I had to love in my whole life was you, you were all I had to live for. And when you hurt me I wanted to die, and when you said those thing about me I felt like I couldn't go on. I never thought that my Arnold would hurt me knowingly. Arnold I know you want an answer but I can't just pretend that you didn't hurt me. Arnold my heart needs time to heal, you understand do you?"
Helga's face was puffy and her eyes were red. Arnold pulled her into his warm body, stroking her hair trying to calm her.
"Now Helga," he said lifting her off his chest. "I've got to go, will talk later OK?" He said giving her a smile.
"No, Arnold stay I don't want to be alone."
"OK Helga." They went into Helga's house, going strait to Helga's room.
"Arnold I'll be back, I'm going to put on my pajamas."
"Ok Helga, I'll be here when you get back." Helga walked out leaving him alone with her things. Arnold got a cold shiver down his spine from just being in her room, he felt as if he belonged were she felt safe. Helga walked back in the room with a long, big, blue, Pooh Bear night shirt on.
"Nice." Arnold said sarcastically
"Ha Ha, very funny."
"You want to talk some more Helga?" Arnold said seriously.
"No not tonight," she said sitting next to him on her bed. "I am so emotional drained. I just want to sleep."
"Well Ok I'll sleep on the floor." He said hoping for an invitation.
"Ok, Hey Arnold are you going to Rhonda's party."
"Yea, why."
"I was just wondering."
"Oh, night Helga." Arnold said adjusting himself on the floor.
"Night." Helga watched Arnold as he tried to sleep, it didn't look like he was having much success. She couldn't sleep cause he couldn't sleep. She watched him for another five minutes. ' This is crazy' she thought as she got out of bed.
"Helga what are you doing." She didn't respond, she laid down next to Arnold on the floor.
"Oh," he said as he cuddled Helga closely, and kissed her on the forehead. The two quickly fell asleep in each other's arms, thinking of the other.
Day Six
Arnold woke up the next day kind of uneasy, ' Boy I wonder what's wrong with me' he thought to himself. He slowly rolled out of bed, really not wanting to move but he knew he had to. He tried to make an attempt to move further but his body had frozen, he was so tired. He had been thinking about Helga all night and didn't get much sleep, when he did finally fall asleep the sun messed it up, and woke him up again.
"Man I hope she tells me today, this is really draining." he said as he walked down to the W.C.
Mean while at the Pataki home
"Ugh," said a very tired Helga who had not sleep in days. She got out of bed and went to take a shower. She stepped in and let the warm water hit her nude body. ' I think I'll tell Arnold today, I guess I have tormented MYSELF enough.' she said as she lathered her body. Helga stepped out of the shower and was feeling quit happy, somehow the thought of telling Arnold a third time she loved him made her happy.
"Man, I hope this is a good day."
Helga walked down stairs to find her mother once again KO'ed on the kitchen table.
"Good Morning Mother," Helga waited for her mumbling respond, but she got nothing.
"Come on woman you can be that wasted." Helga went to lift her mothers face off the table top.
" Hello Miriam, wake up,........... wow a free smoothe." still nothing. Helga now began to worry this had never happened before, she began to slap her mother repeatedly. Hot tears started to roll down Helga's face when her mother did not stir.
"Please don't be dead please don't be dead." She shook her but still got nothing.
"BOB GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!" She said screaming. Moments later she heard Big Bob coming down the stairs.
"What girl?"
"Bob look, she want wake." Helga said between sobs.
"She's just drunk she'll get up." He started to walk up the stairs, when he realized that his wife had no color in her face.
"Wait a second." He said as he turned to take a closer look. "Oh no."
"What, what's wrong."
" Wait here I'll go get the car."
"Bob wait, what's wrong."
"She's not breathing." Bob quickly ran out of the house as Helga held her mother. Bob ran back and picked up his wife and put her in the car, Helga following close behind. Helga noticed a envelope in the mailbox she grabbed it and shoved it in her pocket. Helga and Bob drove to the hospital in silence. When they got there the doctors took Miriam back.
"Can I came back please, I'm her daughter."
"I'm sorry only one person, and your father is already here." the nurse said trying to restrain Helga.
"No you whore that's my mother and I'm not going to sit here and wait on you to tell me she's dead."
"So you rather watch her die?," Helga didn't respond, because she knew she was right.
"That's what I thought now please have a seat." The nurse turned a entered the emergency room. Helga went to sit. Helga could stop thinking about her mother and what life would be like if she wasn't there. A tear rolled down her face, "I need to stop thinking about this."
She pulled out the letter she found, she opened it and read it,
Hello Helga sweety I know we don't talk much, but I am having a pre graduation party and I would like you to be there. And I am telling you, you don't want to miss it, I would have gave it to you in person but I haven't see you around school lately. Anyway Lila will not be there me and her are no longer friends, you know she tried to still Harold away from me, the nerve of the bitch. So I really hope you be there, it will be your second to last chance to tell HIM how you really feel. Oh yea and everybody knew you liked Arnold since 5th grade, the only one who didn't know was Arnold what a blind fool. Love, Rhonda
Helga looked up from her letter to see that it was 9:00, which meant she was late for school. ' I guess I'm not going to school, oh well.' Helga took out her phone and called Phoebe who she knew was not at school either.
"Hello?" Phoebe said, Helga could here that she had been crying.
"Hey, Pheebs you feeling any better."
"Not really."
"Well I need you right now, my mom is in the hospital and she's not breathing, and me and my dad brought her here and the bitch of a nurse would not let me in, so now I'm just sitting in the waiting room waiting for them to tell me she's dead." Helga said in one breath.
"Oh no Helga, I'll be right there." It took Phoebe about 2 minutes to get to the hospital. She walked in and went right to Helga.
"Oh Helga I'm sorry I haven't been much of a best friend, I'm so sorry." she hugged Helga and set next to her.
"So what have they told you anything?"
"No, I've been sitting here for what seems like forever."
"Oh be reasonable Helga, I will probably be only another minute or so."
"What for them to tell me she's dead?"
"Helga come on she's not going to die, OK?"
"Yea, sure what ever you-------" Helga was cut off by the nurse flagging at her.
"Excuse me Ms. Pataki, you can come back now." Helga jumped up and was next to the nurse in a matter of seconds.
"Is is ok?, she's not dead is she?" Helga asked her quickly forgetting she didn't like her.
"Calm down she's fine, the doctor will tell you the rest when we get to the back." Helga began to follow the nurse when she remembered Phoebe.
"Oh, can she come too?" she said pointing to Phoebe.
"Sure why not." Phoebe got up and the three walked to the room Miriam was in. When they walked Miriam was still sleep, Helga walked to the doctor.
"What happen, why is she not awake." She said while trying to hold back tears.
"She's fine for now, but she will have to stop drinking. What happened was, her livers are being eaten away. See she has a bad case of alcohol poisoning. And this has come from years of drinking. Now I want you to stop her from drinking, Bob you will have to watch her very closely. Because if she takes another drink it is very possible that she can die. So I urge you to help her through this." The doctor left leaving Helga, Bob, and Phoebe standing over Miriam.
"Well I've got to go to the emporium, I'll come back later tonight." Bib Bog said as he left the room. Helga went to sit at Miriam's bedside. She picked up her hands and rubbed them softly.
"I'm sorry Mom," she whispered to her mother. Helga felt Phoebe touch her on her shoulder.
"Phoebe you can leave if you want, I kind of want to be alone with her, if you don't mind."
"Yes, of course, but where would I go?"
"I know why don't you go to school and tell Mr. Johnson what happened, and if he ask about the rest of the week, tell him she's been sick for a while."
"Alright Helga, I talk to you later."
"Bye Pheebes" Phoebe walked out of the room leaving Helga alone with her mother.
"Mom I'll never let this happen to you again." Helga softly kissed her hand, shortly after she fell asleep.
When Helga woke she saw Arnold sitting on the other side of Miriam bed.
"Wh, what are you doing here?" she said as she wiped the sleep out of her eyes.
"I came to check up on your mother." Helga gave Arnold a I don't believe you smirk.
"No really why are you here?"
"Ok, I came to see how you were doing, Phoebe told me that you were at the hospital. I quickly thought something had happen to you so I ran out of the school with out the whole story. On my way here Phoebe called me and told me about your Mom. So that's why I'm here." Arnold was now sitting next to Helga.
"Wow, I mean that much to you that you would just walk out of school."
"Yea Helga you mean everything to me I told you that. I love you." Helga wanted to jump into his arms, but Bob walked in.
"Your still here, it's 9 o'clock." Bob said as he walked in.
"Oh my gosh it's 9 o'clock. I've got to go." Helga said as she looked at her watch
"Ok, but I can't take you home, I'm staying with Miriam." Bob said as he kissed Miriam's forehead.
"I'll take you Helga."
"Oh thanks Arnold." With that Helga and Arnold walked out.
In Arnold's truck
"Arnold did you really mean what you said earlier?" Helga asked half way to her house.
"Of course Helga, why?"
"Because I just wanted to make sure this was real."
"Of course it is, you know that I love you Helga." Arnold said as he pulled up to her house. He gave her a huge smile, Helga's heart melted once again for that day.
" I have to go," Helga turned to open the door, but Arnold grabbed her arm.
"NO wait what's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"Helga am I pushing you to give me an answer." He said turning his whole body to face her. ' I've got to get out of this car.' Helga thought.
"No" 'What have I gotten myself in to?' Helga could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. ' I'm turning into a regular crybaby.'
"Then what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Arnold I've got to go." Helga was now sobbing.
"Helga why are you running away from me?"
"Because I'm scared Arnold that's why."
"Scared of what?"
"I'm scared that I will lose you, every time I get something I want I always mess it up or lose it. And I don't want to lose you Arnold."
"Helga your not going to lose me, I love you and I know you love me, and nothing can change that. Helga you can't live closed in forever, your so used to it that you push out who ever tries to get in."
"I know Arnold but I just can't, every time I let my emotions show I always get hurt. Like when I told you I loved you I purred out my emotions, for pete's sake I cried for you but you still hurt me. Arnold you don't know what it's like to live with no one loving you no one knows your there. Always overshadowed, you don't know what it's like to be hated. Arnold even though you didn't have your parents around, you still had your grandparents to love you, through what ever. It had to take a near death experience for my family to show some type of love. Arnold you grew up so popular that you don't know what it was like for me, you don't, everyone loved you Arnold. Everyone liked you, you had all the friends you ever wanted. Arnold I had nothing, all I had to love in my whole life was you, you were all I had to live for. And when you hurt me I wanted to die, and when you said those thing about me I felt like I couldn't go on. I never thought that my Arnold would hurt me knowingly. Arnold I know you want an answer but I can't just pretend that you didn't hurt me. Arnold my heart needs time to heal, you understand do you?"
Helga's face was puffy and her eyes were red. Arnold pulled her into his warm body, stroking her hair trying to calm her.
"Now Helga," he said lifting her off his chest. "I've got to go, will talk later OK?" He said giving her a smile.
"No, Arnold stay I don't want to be alone."
"OK Helga." They went into Helga's house, going strait to Helga's room.
"Arnold I'll be back, I'm going to put on my pajamas."
"Ok Helga, I'll be here when you get back." Helga walked out leaving him alone with her things. Arnold got a cold shiver down his spine from just being in her room, he felt as if he belonged were she felt safe. Helga walked back in the room with a long, big, blue, Pooh Bear night shirt on.
"Nice." Arnold said sarcastically
"Ha Ha, very funny."
"You want to talk some more Helga?" Arnold said seriously.
"No not tonight," she said sitting next to him on her bed. "I am so emotional drained. I just want to sleep."
"Well Ok I'll sleep on the floor." He said hoping for an invitation.
"Ok, Hey Arnold are you going to Rhonda's party."
"Yea, why."
"I was just wondering."
"Oh, night Helga." Arnold said adjusting himself on the floor.
"Night." Helga watched Arnold as he tried to sleep, it didn't look like he was having much success. She couldn't sleep cause he couldn't sleep. She watched him for another five minutes. ' This is crazy' she thought as she got out of bed.
"Helga what are you doing." She didn't respond, she laid down next to Arnold on the floor.
"Oh," he said as he cuddled Helga closely, and kissed her on the forehead. The two quickly fell asleep in each other's arms, thinking of the other.
