Chapter 8:"Whispers of Fate"
………Is
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Footsteps echoed throughout the hallways of PS 118. They were the footsteps only made by Helga Pataki. Alone in her mind, a question whispered in her heart…Is this the answer…? It was a hard task, and it seems that it may take awhile for her kinder side to over come her malicious side…But she knows, that with a little hope, and determination, she will be compassionate.
¤+In the hallways of PS 118+¤
Helga walked in the hallways, lost in her own mind. Suddenly, she stopped and looked around to see no one in sight. Pulling out her locket, she mumbled, "Oh, Arnold, Light of my soul, blithe of my heart, may it be that some day, you'll love me with an incomprehensible desire, which I have for you. But if only I can show you I'm changing…for you…" She swooned, and added, "If only there was a way for me to show you that I am changing, and not just so I can be nice, but to impress you," Helga hugged her locket and declared, "I vow, from now on, I will be nice to you." The girl put her locket back in her dress and began to walk. Humming to herself, she began to round a corner when……….
Slam!
Helga fell on her back. She looked on to see who knocked her down, when she saw…Arnold.
Confusion, Anger, Love, and Hatred zoomed through her heart.
Arnold looked at Helga the same time she looked at him and said, "Oh, Sorry Helga, I wasn't looking where I was going. Here, let me help you up."
"Arnold! I mean watch-!Uh…" Helga stuttered as the boy got up. She took his hand and said, "I've gotta go." He watched her run off and thought, I wonder what that was all about…
"What the heck is wrong with me!" shouted Helga as she stopped running and went up a stair well. She looked out the window and said, "That was the perfect chance to be nice to Arnold and I blew it!" She leaned her head on the glass window and closed her eyes.
"Helga…Are you alright?" came a soft voice from behind her.
