Chapter 10: The Aftermath…

Disclaimer: We already know I don't own Hey Arnold and I also don't own the song. Britney Spear does, it's from her first album a really good song. Well I think so anyway. Well I think it suits this chapter.

AN: HEY! I'm so glad you guys liked the last chapter! I fun writing it! ^_^, Dunno where I got the idea but I thought it would be kewl to do since I haven't seen anyone else here do it. Took awhile to write though, I tried to make it as less confusing as possible. Like I said you'll find out why Helga doesn't love Arnold really soon. But it's not that bad of a thing. But it is to Helga. I don't know if you understood that. I hope you did! Well here's chapter 11. The stories coming to an end soon….. Maybe. Depends how mean I want to be…

"Never look back," we said
How was I to know I'd miss you so?
Loneliness up ahead, emptiness behind
Where do I go?....

"What was I thinking?" Arnold asked himself as he lay on his bed staring into the window over heard, the rain pouring softly in the background. The events of last night kept playing in his head over and over again. It seemed so familiar like they already went through the same situation many years ago. But of course he couldn't remember.

Every time he thought back to his past, he could never remember Helga; it was like she was erased from his life for awhile. But now she may be gone for good. Since they're project was due today they no longer needed to stay together, because Melissa was gone, she was the only thing that kept them together. And now Helga was gone. She packed up the night before and left early morning all hopes of bringing back their friendship was lost.

"Maybe I should give up" Arnold whispered as a single tear rolled down his face.

And you didn't hear
All my joy through my tears
All my hopes through my fears
did you know, I still miss you somehow…

"It's ironic," Helga whispered as she stared intensely at her familiar light blue walls of her room.

"That he likes me now after I've moved on, how twisted can life possibly get?" She asked herself. As she sat up and moved to her open window.

Her small pale hand hung in the air as the cold rain pelted her hand and ran threw her spread fingers.

Just feeling the rain somehow brought back painful memories of their past, memories that she tried so hard to forget. It was part of her life. The life she wanted erased for good. With a sigh she pushed back those memories; she turned from the window and flopped onto her bed.

She laid there for awhile thinking, then out of nowhere she whispered, "Pretty damn twisted."

From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love
'Til there was you
From the bottom of my broken heart….

Arnold roughly wiped away his tears, and sat up. "WHY SHOULD I CARE!!!!!! WHY!!....WHY!" He hung his head low and sobbed.

"Why when I try so hard to hate you and put you out of my mind, you never get out of my mind. You haunt me…. And though I say I hate what you do to me…I don't know what I would do without you." Arnold whispered.

"I love you Helga, with my whole heart and soul…. I would be so lost without you… Please don't say goodbye, when we've just begun." He sobbed.

"Why can't I tell you how I feel to your face?" he asked

"Baby," I said, "please stay.
Give our love a chance for one more day"
We could have worked things out
Taking time is what love's all about…

"How can he love me now?!?! When I gave him all the time in the world!! But after what happened in the past… and now I dunno if I can still take the pain. The pain is killing me, but just being near him… I would die for that… But now I dunno it's like… It hurts too much... too much to stand. And I'm starting to get scared. My life depends on Arnold. I would be dead by now if he wasn't here. He was the one and only reason I didn't kill myself."

Helga crossed the room and sat in front of her mirror as she slowly picked up the brush and brushed her long golden hair.

"But now… I dunno… I JUST DON'T KNOW!" she sobbed as she broke down into uncontrollable tears.

But you put a dart
Through my dreams through my heart
And I'm back where I started again
Never thought it would end….

"Why do I even bother with her? I mean she never appreciated anything I did for her…" Arnold mumbled out loud.

"Why did I even care then..?"

Arnold sat and thought about his question.

"Because…. I liked her… before I even realized it myself; everything I did for her was out of love."

From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love…

"I don't care, I don't care..." Helga chanted over and over.

"I don't care…" Soon tears silently streamed down her face.

It soon settled in, she didn't care about Arnold she may have in the past but now… she didn't give a damn.

You promised yourself
But to somebody else
And you made it so perfectly clear
Still I wish you were here…

Arnold stared out of the window, as the rain started to slowly die down, images of Helga flashed threw his head. Her laughter rang in his ears, and her smile, god he loved her smile. He loved everything about her.

"Maybe it's not too late to undo what I've done…" he whispered,

From the bottom of my broken heart
There's just a thing or two I'd like you to know
You were my first love, you were my true love
From the first kisses to the very last rose
From the bottom of my broken heart
Even though time may find me somebody new
You were my real love, I never knew love…

"There's no turning back now… It's too late Arnold… I'm sorry…" Helga whispered as she fell into a dreamless sleep.

"Never look back," we said
How was I to know I'd miss you so?....

AN: AHH! I UPDATED!! FINALLY! YES! Ok sorry, sorry, SORRY if it sucked. I'll try to updated faster I swear. Man I'm gonna die with all the homework… REVIEW!!!!!!