Disclaimer: I don't own "Hey Arnold!" or its characters any more than I
own... well, insert something a regular teenaged girl would never in her
wildest dreams achieve owning. Ah, I've got it: I don't own the cartoon any
more than I own a stretch H2 limo. (Though I think it'd be kick-ass to have
one.) On to chapter five!
Chapter Five: Confrontation
Arnold was quickly winning Kristi over as they moved through the line at Hilltop Commons, which made Helga smile. She didn't quite understand why it was so important to her that Kristi like Arnold, but something inside told her that it just was. Suddenly she saw Kristi shrink into the crowd, and looked behind Arnold, to where Kristi had glanced.
Tyler was storming towards them, his brown eyes lit like fire. She quickly pulled Kristi behind her and prepared herself to stand her ground. He ignored them and headed straight for Arnold.
"Oh no," she heard Kristi whisper.
Tyler grabbed Arnold roughly and lifted him clear off the floor. "Who said you could get near my girl?" he hissed, his burly fingers ramming into Arnold's throat.
Helga darted towards him, shouting, "Let him down! Let him down! He didn't do anything!"
Tyler looked down and chuckled. "Why, it's little Miss Priss Patacki. Go have your nails done, Helga. You might break one if you stay here."
"C'mon Helga- channel the bully for a minute, for Arnold's sake!" she said under her breath as she watched Arnold's eyes begin to bulge. "Listen, bucko," she snapped in a voice she barely recognized, let alone remembered, "I said drop the guy, now drop him!"
Tyler let Arnold fall and stared at her angrily. Arnold stared too, but out of admiration. 'Same old Helga underneath,' he thought, 'still as tough as nails when she wants something done.'
Tyler, however, was far from impressed. "Am I going deaf," he said in a dangerous tone, "or did you just give me an order, you little bitch?"
"That I did," she replied cockily, her outside appearing rock-steady while her insides quaked.
He drew closer. "And why did you think you would actually get me to do it?" She grinned out of relief when she saw the students behind Tyler part for two members of Public Safety.
"Because if you didn't-" She pointed to the two officers, now just over his shoulder- "it would be their turn to try." Tyler tried to get past, knocking Helga to the floor with a fierce shove, but was stopped and cuffed.
"I'll get you for this, Patacki!" he hollered as he was dragged off by the burlier of the two officers. The smaller, looking no older than the students surrounding him, gestured for Helga, Arnold, and Kristi to follow him, which they did.
"I'm Officer Clark, and I'll need your names," he said as they reached the outside of the commons. They all obliged, then he asked, "Why were you attacked by this man?"
"He's my ex-boyfriend, officer," Kristi said softly. "I broke up with him last week, and had to get a restraining order against him because he kept threatening me and my roommate. He must have seen me talking to Arnold and gotten jealous."
"Were you injured?" Officer Clark asked Arnold.
"Not seriously, sir."
"How about you, miss?" He looked at Helga.
"Just a bump on my head, that's all," she replied.
"All right then, I see no further need for questions. If anything else happens, contact me at Public Safety."
"Yes sir," the three chorused as he walked to the squad car, where Tyler sat in the back seat. As the car pulled out, he glared darkly at them all.
Especially Helga.
*** Author's Note: Tyler sounds like a nasty, doesn't he? Oh well, he's meant to be one. My cameo as a character enters in the next chapter, so keep an eye out for the new person. *winks* Please, please, please, please, PLEASE review! (No suggestions though, I'm up to ten set chapters and two floaters! GAH! O.o) While I spaz, you go read chapter six, Jenn Whitney, R.A. Luvs! -PopStarOE
Chapter Five: Confrontation
Arnold was quickly winning Kristi over as they moved through the line at Hilltop Commons, which made Helga smile. She didn't quite understand why it was so important to her that Kristi like Arnold, but something inside told her that it just was. Suddenly she saw Kristi shrink into the crowd, and looked behind Arnold, to where Kristi had glanced.
Tyler was storming towards them, his brown eyes lit like fire. She quickly pulled Kristi behind her and prepared herself to stand her ground. He ignored them and headed straight for Arnold.
"Oh no," she heard Kristi whisper.
Tyler grabbed Arnold roughly and lifted him clear off the floor. "Who said you could get near my girl?" he hissed, his burly fingers ramming into Arnold's throat.
Helga darted towards him, shouting, "Let him down! Let him down! He didn't do anything!"
Tyler looked down and chuckled. "Why, it's little Miss Priss Patacki. Go have your nails done, Helga. You might break one if you stay here."
"C'mon Helga- channel the bully for a minute, for Arnold's sake!" she said under her breath as she watched Arnold's eyes begin to bulge. "Listen, bucko," she snapped in a voice she barely recognized, let alone remembered, "I said drop the guy, now drop him!"
Tyler let Arnold fall and stared at her angrily. Arnold stared too, but out of admiration. 'Same old Helga underneath,' he thought, 'still as tough as nails when she wants something done.'
Tyler, however, was far from impressed. "Am I going deaf," he said in a dangerous tone, "or did you just give me an order, you little bitch?"
"That I did," she replied cockily, her outside appearing rock-steady while her insides quaked.
He drew closer. "And why did you think you would actually get me to do it?" She grinned out of relief when she saw the students behind Tyler part for two members of Public Safety.
"Because if you didn't-" She pointed to the two officers, now just over his shoulder- "it would be their turn to try." Tyler tried to get past, knocking Helga to the floor with a fierce shove, but was stopped and cuffed.
"I'll get you for this, Patacki!" he hollered as he was dragged off by the burlier of the two officers. The smaller, looking no older than the students surrounding him, gestured for Helga, Arnold, and Kristi to follow him, which they did.
"I'm Officer Clark, and I'll need your names," he said as they reached the outside of the commons. They all obliged, then he asked, "Why were you attacked by this man?"
"He's my ex-boyfriend, officer," Kristi said softly. "I broke up with him last week, and had to get a restraining order against him because he kept threatening me and my roommate. He must have seen me talking to Arnold and gotten jealous."
"Were you injured?" Officer Clark asked Arnold.
"Not seriously, sir."
"How about you, miss?" He looked at Helga.
"Just a bump on my head, that's all," she replied.
"All right then, I see no further need for questions. If anything else happens, contact me at Public Safety."
"Yes sir," the three chorused as he walked to the squad car, where Tyler sat in the back seat. As the car pulled out, he glared darkly at them all.
Especially Helga.
*** Author's Note: Tyler sounds like a nasty, doesn't he? Oh well, he's meant to be one. My cameo as a character enters in the next chapter, so keep an eye out for the new person. *winks* Please, please, please, please, PLEASE review! (No suggestions though, I'm up to ten set chapters and two floaters! GAH! O.o) While I spaz, you go read chapter six, Jenn Whitney, R.A. Luvs! -PopStarOE