Okie dokey, third chapter "Helga's dream, or nightmare"
Helga goes to the park at 10:30, looking great in her red dress, her bow showing on her head for it to shine off her blond silky hair. She looked around looking for her beloved anywhere in sight. She removed her locket from her neck and unlocked to see her Arnold, still a football shaped head, he looked mostly the same but his hair had been laid back so it was like it was when it was wet. His little blue cap was still on his head. He wore blue baggy pants, and a that same sweatshirt, he finally grew into his head! [A/n LOL] He looked around in a searching way. He saw Helga sitting there on the bench looking down, like she was thinking, and walked up to her. "Cold night huh Helga?" She looked up at him surprised "Arnold!"
"Who else?" He smiled at her warmly and offered her his blue jacket. She stared at him, admiring how he was, he looked so cute! She nodded and watched him take his jacket and laid it on Helga as it looked like a blanket. She blushed and looked down, then turned back... and blushed again. She looked back and gazed at Arnold, a never ending gaze.... He broke the stare and looked down, worried.
"Is something wrong Arnold?" Helga's voice changed to a more concerned voice, he had never heard Helga sound so sweet, but he has had heard the voice before.... He looked back up at her... thinking: could this be.... Could she be Cecile, My long time pen pal? She sounds just like her nah... He stared at her again, looking nervous.
"Arnold? Arnold? Are you still there?" she waved her hand at his face. "HEY FOOTBALL HEAD! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!" he hopped off the bench surprised, whimpering and slightly blushing. "Oh, um, sorry Helga, I wasn't paying attention." He smiled weakly at her but stared puzzled. "Helga?"
"Yes?"
"Um... you know about that day a long time ago?"
"What day?" she tried recalling what he meant.
"You know in 4th"- he got interrupted guessing she already knew
"Oh, that day, yeah I do. What about the play?"
"Um... never mind."
"Come on Arnold, I don't bite. Tell me."
From behind them, the sunset laid above the trees behind them. They both turned around looking at it when Arnold felt a tug on his hand. "Come on, let's go to the boardwalk! Before the sun sets!" She dragged Arnold running as fast as she can to the boardwalk. Her blond hair bounced on her shoulders which looked a bit funny, Arnold couldn't do anything but giggle. Before he knew it, his shoes were flying off of his feet. Helga's breathing started to become heavy, she was getting tired of running and slowed her pace to a fast jog. Like a minute later they made it to the boardwalk, she gasped and stared at the sunset.
"Isn't it so beautiful Arnold? We came at the perfect time. This is perfect!"
"Not as perfect and beautiful as you" He blushed at his own comment and looked down, shyly. Helga stopped staring at the sunset and looked at him. She blushed a dark shade of red, and shut her eyes hoping this day wouldn't end. She opened her eyes and asked "really? Do you really think I'm pretty?"
"Of course Helga, you're so gorgeous, so nice. You remind me of Cecile, um, my pen-pal in 4th grade." He looked at her describing every detail he saw. "Your sapphire eyes, shining like a crystal clear ocean reflecting the sun. Your blond hair glowing, as yellow as a sunflower blooming in the suns rays." He looked around for any flower around. He picked up a sunflower off the ground, it didn't look so nice but it was the only flower, then he noticed the rose bush. He picked out a yellow rose and offered it to her; so he leaned over, and arranged it right over her left ear. "There ya go. Now that's beautiful." He smiled at her which made her heart melt and started sobbing. His delicate smile turned into disappointment.
"What's wrong? Did I do anything wrong? Do you not like the flower I gave you?" He put his hand under her chin and raised it so they had eye contact. "tell me. Please Helga" She looked at him and smiled. I'm so sorry Arnold. I've never been so happy. I just never had someone say so many things about me, especially from you." Her cheeks burned red.
She walked over and got a blue flower and gave it to him, placed it right over his ear. He started to blush too, "well all I say is true. Out of all the people I met, you're the most beautiful, better than Lila, and Ruth, and Jessica. [A/n Jessica is another Lila, but when they were friends.... It got ugly] "I mean I'm not saying you weren't pretty before.. But I just don't know anymore. I mean with your unibrow"- Helga interrupted him. "I do have a unibrow, not a big one like before. Do you like me only because of what u see?" She looked back at the sunset and walked right to the end to where Earl, [Sheena's uncle] was. "Arr. Yung lad together over here, Ah the young days, better go." He headed away on his boat where Elk Island which he made a home out of. He rode off to his home. Helga looked down from the sunset as Arnold walked over and sat down at the end of the boardwalk and placed his hand on her shoulder. He wiped off a tear of her eye,
"I like you because of how you are on the inside Helga, I liked Ruth for her looks and Lila of the way she acted, but, you got looks and the right attitude. You're like a fallen angel. That's why I lov"- he stopped and started blushing slightly and turned around while he gazed at her looking in her eyes for any emotion. "That's why you, what?" she looked hopefully at him, he nodded. "Yeah, I do love you, I thought it was just a stupid crush in 6th grade, but I never got over you. So you're the one I love, I love you Helga G. Pataki!" he hugged her happily and acted like as if he took the world off his shoulders. He looked up at her and asked "how do you feel, what do u think about me?"
She smiled down at him, and started hugging him too. "I've always loved you Arnold. I fell head over heels, ga, ga, in love with you. Since we were 3 years old I fell in your spell. Your green emerald eyes, shining in the light." She looked at him, she thought that this was the one moment that she always would remember Arnold in, and he looked so cute. His golden cornflower hair glowing with the flower in his hair. His green emerald eyes staring at her shining in the sunsets light. "Beside, we all gained what we just lost." Helga smiled gazing down but confused what he meant.
Arnold held Helga by the hand which made her look up at him. "Um, can I ask you something I was going to ask you earlier?"
"Why can't you? Go ahead, I'm listening, as long as its good." She leaned closer so she can hear.
"Well about that play back in 4th grade?"
"The Romeo and Juliet play? Yeah I remember, what about it?" Helga had a good feeling about what he was going to say.
"Can we show the sun about how we did that kiss?" He started to lean and slid his hand over Helga's way.
Helga had a huge smile across her face and giggled. "Of course Arnoldo, just make it last ok?" She started scooting closer so she was a centimeter away from Arnold.
They both hugged each other tightly as their lips almost touching each other, but....
"ARNOLD!" Lila was running toward them just stopping their almost- kiss. "Lila? What is she doing here?" Helga glared at Lila as she smirked at her and looked but at Arnold. "Oh Arnold I'm oh so sorry. I was looking for you everywhere, I went to your house and your grandpa told me you were at the park, but I didn't see you there. I was about to give up and came here to stop and rest and there you were with her" "What's wrong with Helga?" Arnold looked over at Helga who was looking at him curious, he shrugged and looked at Lila without eye-contact. "So what are you doing here? I thought you were going to ballet"
Lila looked down searching for an excuse..... [a/n like she'll find one there] "Well you see Arnold, I was going to ballet but I... forgot that we don't have ballet today" Arnold looked confused at her and questioned her "but you have ballet everyday, except Saturdays and Sundays" Helga was shocked at what she was looking at, her worst enemy Lila, was trying to take Arnold form him, again! She mumbled under her breath "but she knows my secret... why would she do this to me? Because she wants to make me suffer, that's why!"
Lila looked at Arnold confidently, ignoring poor Helga lost in her mind. "See Arnold, I'm oh so sorry how I've treated u the past years, I didn't want to hurt your feelings but I came this way to tell you something really important!" Lila scooted Helga away from Arnold and wrapped her arms around his neck. She looked up at Arnold right in the eyes, he tried avoiding it but it was a hypnotizing stare. Arnold struggled not to pay attention to Lila, but it was Lila! The one girl he had fallen for since 4th grade. He looked down and glanced at Helga while trying to take Lila's arms off him. "So what is so important that you need to tell me?"
From up in the sky, the light was covered by clouds and sprinkled tears [literally if u know what I mean]
Helga knew Ms. Perfect was going to say something bad or insult her but wished that she wouldn't say 3 words.... A tiny tear formed in her eye but wiped it off before anyone saw it. There was silence and Helga was getting impatient and screamed "SPIT OUT LILA! YOUR GONNA KILL THE FOOTBALL HEAD OF SUSPENCE! CRIMANY!" Lila glared at Helga and turned back to Arnold slapping Helga with her pigtails. "That's true Lila, just say it" Arnold was still struggling from getting away from Lila, and was thinking: she's just going to hurt me again, she never said what I wanted before and I don't want to hear her say it now. Lila looked at him and smirked.
"I love you Arnold! I'm sorry that I haven't told you before but I thought I wasn't ready but I am now. I LOVE YOU ARNOLD!" That was it, the words that both Arnold and Helga didn't want to hear. Helga stood there, struck... filled with different emotions, hate, and madness and sad. She couldn't think or do anything; she couldn't control her self, and yelled at the top of her lungs. "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME LILA!!!!! YOU KNEW HOW I KNEW ABOUT THAT STUPID FOOTBALL HEAD!!!!" Helga couldn't believe what she had just said. She tried but she couldn't control her self. She ran bursting in tears running down the boardwalk losing her shoes, along the way, and slamming the rose in her hair on the ground as it broke into pedals flowing in the breeze. Forgetting about Lila in his lap, he stood up and yelled.
"HELGA!
Helga...
Helga...."
Helga goes to the park at 10:30, looking great in her red dress, her bow showing on her head for it to shine off her blond silky hair. She looked around looking for her beloved anywhere in sight. She removed her locket from her neck and unlocked to see her Arnold, still a football shaped head, he looked mostly the same but his hair had been laid back so it was like it was when it was wet. His little blue cap was still on his head. He wore blue baggy pants, and a that same sweatshirt, he finally grew into his head! [A/n LOL] He looked around in a searching way. He saw Helga sitting there on the bench looking down, like she was thinking, and walked up to her. "Cold night huh Helga?" She looked up at him surprised "Arnold!"
"Who else?" He smiled at her warmly and offered her his blue jacket. She stared at him, admiring how he was, he looked so cute! She nodded and watched him take his jacket and laid it on Helga as it looked like a blanket. She blushed and looked down, then turned back... and blushed again. She looked back and gazed at Arnold, a never ending gaze.... He broke the stare and looked down, worried.
"Is something wrong Arnold?" Helga's voice changed to a more concerned voice, he had never heard Helga sound so sweet, but he has had heard the voice before.... He looked back up at her... thinking: could this be.... Could she be Cecile, My long time pen pal? She sounds just like her nah... He stared at her again, looking nervous.
"Arnold? Arnold? Are you still there?" she waved her hand at his face. "HEY FOOTBALL HEAD! SNAP OUT OF IT!!!" he hopped off the bench surprised, whimpering and slightly blushing. "Oh, um, sorry Helga, I wasn't paying attention." He smiled weakly at her but stared puzzled. "Helga?"
"Yes?"
"Um... you know about that day a long time ago?"
"What day?" she tried recalling what he meant.
"You know in 4th"- he got interrupted guessing she already knew
"Oh, that day, yeah I do. What about the play?"
"Um... never mind."
"Come on Arnold, I don't bite. Tell me."
From behind them, the sunset laid above the trees behind them. They both turned around looking at it when Arnold felt a tug on his hand. "Come on, let's go to the boardwalk! Before the sun sets!" She dragged Arnold running as fast as she can to the boardwalk. Her blond hair bounced on her shoulders which looked a bit funny, Arnold couldn't do anything but giggle. Before he knew it, his shoes were flying off of his feet. Helga's breathing started to become heavy, she was getting tired of running and slowed her pace to a fast jog. Like a minute later they made it to the boardwalk, she gasped and stared at the sunset.
"Isn't it so beautiful Arnold? We came at the perfect time. This is perfect!"
"Not as perfect and beautiful as you" He blushed at his own comment and looked down, shyly. Helga stopped staring at the sunset and looked at him. She blushed a dark shade of red, and shut her eyes hoping this day wouldn't end. She opened her eyes and asked "really? Do you really think I'm pretty?"
"Of course Helga, you're so gorgeous, so nice. You remind me of Cecile, um, my pen-pal in 4th grade." He looked at her describing every detail he saw. "Your sapphire eyes, shining like a crystal clear ocean reflecting the sun. Your blond hair glowing, as yellow as a sunflower blooming in the suns rays." He looked around for any flower around. He picked up a sunflower off the ground, it didn't look so nice but it was the only flower, then he noticed the rose bush. He picked out a yellow rose and offered it to her; so he leaned over, and arranged it right over her left ear. "There ya go. Now that's beautiful." He smiled at her which made her heart melt and started sobbing. His delicate smile turned into disappointment.
"What's wrong? Did I do anything wrong? Do you not like the flower I gave you?" He put his hand under her chin and raised it so they had eye contact. "tell me. Please Helga" She looked at him and smiled. I'm so sorry Arnold. I've never been so happy. I just never had someone say so many things about me, especially from you." Her cheeks burned red.
She walked over and got a blue flower and gave it to him, placed it right over his ear. He started to blush too, "well all I say is true. Out of all the people I met, you're the most beautiful, better than Lila, and Ruth, and Jessica. [A/n Jessica is another Lila, but when they were friends.... It got ugly] "I mean I'm not saying you weren't pretty before.. But I just don't know anymore. I mean with your unibrow"- Helga interrupted him. "I do have a unibrow, not a big one like before. Do you like me only because of what u see?" She looked back at the sunset and walked right to the end to where Earl, [Sheena's uncle] was. "Arr. Yung lad together over here, Ah the young days, better go." He headed away on his boat where Elk Island which he made a home out of. He rode off to his home. Helga looked down from the sunset as Arnold walked over and sat down at the end of the boardwalk and placed his hand on her shoulder. He wiped off a tear of her eye,
"I like you because of how you are on the inside Helga, I liked Ruth for her looks and Lila of the way she acted, but, you got looks and the right attitude. You're like a fallen angel. That's why I lov"- he stopped and started blushing slightly and turned around while he gazed at her looking in her eyes for any emotion. "That's why you, what?" she looked hopefully at him, he nodded. "Yeah, I do love you, I thought it was just a stupid crush in 6th grade, but I never got over you. So you're the one I love, I love you Helga G. Pataki!" he hugged her happily and acted like as if he took the world off his shoulders. He looked up at her and asked "how do you feel, what do u think about me?"
She smiled down at him, and started hugging him too. "I've always loved you Arnold. I fell head over heels, ga, ga, in love with you. Since we were 3 years old I fell in your spell. Your green emerald eyes, shining in the light." She looked at him, she thought that this was the one moment that she always would remember Arnold in, and he looked so cute. His golden cornflower hair glowing with the flower in his hair. His green emerald eyes staring at her shining in the sunsets light. "Beside, we all gained what we just lost." Helga smiled gazing down but confused what he meant.
Arnold held Helga by the hand which made her look up at him. "Um, can I ask you something I was going to ask you earlier?"
"Why can't you? Go ahead, I'm listening, as long as its good." She leaned closer so she can hear.
"Well about that play back in 4th grade?"
"The Romeo and Juliet play? Yeah I remember, what about it?" Helga had a good feeling about what he was going to say.
"Can we show the sun about how we did that kiss?" He started to lean and slid his hand over Helga's way.
Helga had a huge smile across her face and giggled. "Of course Arnoldo, just make it last ok?" She started scooting closer so she was a centimeter away from Arnold.
They both hugged each other tightly as their lips almost touching each other, but....
"ARNOLD!" Lila was running toward them just stopping their almost- kiss. "Lila? What is she doing here?" Helga glared at Lila as she smirked at her and looked but at Arnold. "Oh Arnold I'm oh so sorry. I was looking for you everywhere, I went to your house and your grandpa told me you were at the park, but I didn't see you there. I was about to give up and came here to stop and rest and there you were with her" "What's wrong with Helga?" Arnold looked over at Helga who was looking at him curious, he shrugged and looked at Lila without eye-contact. "So what are you doing here? I thought you were going to ballet"
Lila looked down searching for an excuse..... [a/n like she'll find one there] "Well you see Arnold, I was going to ballet but I... forgot that we don't have ballet today" Arnold looked confused at her and questioned her "but you have ballet everyday, except Saturdays and Sundays" Helga was shocked at what she was looking at, her worst enemy Lila, was trying to take Arnold form him, again! She mumbled under her breath "but she knows my secret... why would she do this to me? Because she wants to make me suffer, that's why!"
Lila looked at Arnold confidently, ignoring poor Helga lost in her mind. "See Arnold, I'm oh so sorry how I've treated u the past years, I didn't want to hurt your feelings but I came this way to tell you something really important!" Lila scooted Helga away from Arnold and wrapped her arms around his neck. She looked up at Arnold right in the eyes, he tried avoiding it but it was a hypnotizing stare. Arnold struggled not to pay attention to Lila, but it was Lila! The one girl he had fallen for since 4th grade. He looked down and glanced at Helga while trying to take Lila's arms off him. "So what is so important that you need to tell me?"
From up in the sky, the light was covered by clouds and sprinkled tears [literally if u know what I mean]
Helga knew Ms. Perfect was going to say something bad or insult her but wished that she wouldn't say 3 words.... A tiny tear formed in her eye but wiped it off before anyone saw it. There was silence and Helga was getting impatient and screamed "SPIT OUT LILA! YOUR GONNA KILL THE FOOTBALL HEAD OF SUSPENCE! CRIMANY!" Lila glared at Helga and turned back to Arnold slapping Helga with her pigtails. "That's true Lila, just say it" Arnold was still struggling from getting away from Lila, and was thinking: she's just going to hurt me again, she never said what I wanted before and I don't want to hear her say it now. Lila looked at him and smirked.
"I love you Arnold! I'm sorry that I haven't told you before but I thought I wasn't ready but I am now. I LOVE YOU ARNOLD!" That was it, the words that both Arnold and Helga didn't want to hear. Helga stood there, struck... filled with different emotions, hate, and madness and sad. She couldn't think or do anything; she couldn't control her self, and yelled at the top of her lungs. "HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME LILA!!!!! YOU KNEW HOW I KNEW ABOUT THAT STUPID FOOTBALL HEAD!!!!" Helga couldn't believe what she had just said. She tried but she couldn't control her self. She ran bursting in tears running down the boardwalk losing her shoes, along the way, and slamming the rose in her hair on the ground as it broke into pedals flowing in the breeze. Forgetting about Lila in his lap, he stood up and yelled.
"HELGA!
Helga...
Helga...."