Hey Arnold Christmas Carol
A knock comes to door "Come in" Helga yells to whoever is on the other side. Phoebe comes walking in "Helga your sister is here to see you." Helga just looks up from the papers she's reading "Let her in" Phoebe walks back out but stops at the door"Oh Helga I'll have go home early to take my son the doctor" Helga looks back"Ok then but come in tomorrow a half hour earlier" Phoebe walks out then Olga walks in "Hi baby sister" says Olga in her ever happy tone "Hi Olga" is all that Helga could say right now. "So Helga I see that your doing well, have you heard from Arnold?" Helga was so close to blocking him out completely from her memories. Then Olga mentions his name, a flood of mixed feelings come back to her. "Please Olga I'd rather not talk about it" Olga looks a little sad "Oh . . .I see." Olga looks away from "I'm sorry Helga. I didn't mean to upset you" Helga smiles a little, which is a rare as a blue moon. "Hey Helga you want to get something to eat?" Helga thinks for a moment "Sure, I could use a bite to eat"
A half hour later Helga and Olga or at a fine restaurant. Each of them has been silent since they ordered there food. Helga speaks up first while looking at the décor "This is ridiculous" Olga looks up "What?" Helga points to the people having fun "This, sometimes I wonder, I look around people being cheery, happy, even through the holiday traffic jams, the cold air, snow hazards. . . trust me nobody can be that cheery not in this world, not unless they had something hide" Olga stares down into her food tapping at it with her fork. Helga see this "Sorry Olga I-" Olga still looking down at her food then shakes her head slightly "n-no it's okay Helga I know you didn't mean to" There is silence for a good 10 minutes the Olga breaks the silence "So Helga is there any chance you can come to the Christmas party. I and my husband Rick are looking forward to see you there." Helga just look off to the side "No" but Olga pleads "Come on Helga, can you make just this once?" "No" is all that Helga can say "Oh Helga why-" Helga cuts her off mid sentence "Look Olga I don't want to come to a party were you are the center of attention and asides Christmas isn't for adults, just kids, it's all a load of bull anyway." Olga is suddenly taken back by her comment "Helga, what happened to you, don't you still like Christmas at all?" Helga is playing with her food "Sure, during Christmas it gets cold people stay home and watch TV, the revenues from ads jump 50, I am a huge fan of Christmas." Helga gets up and puts down some money to pay for the meal, but just before she leaves she says good bye and marches off.
Phoebe gets off the train with her son Jake and head home. When she gets there she is greeted by her other son and two daughters, Gerald pulls up to "Hi Hun, so did you talk Helga about your bonus?" Phoebe tosses a towel and face cloth in his lap and stares at him. "You know Phoebe I don't know why you take this from her" Phoebe looks at Gerald "What do you mean?" "You know what I mean. Being mistreated, ordered around, etc. Why don't you just quit?" Phoebe lets out a heavy sigh "Well Gerald I don't know why, but a part of me feels that there is hope for her" Gerald starts to roll away "You must be losing it, well I'm going to turn in for the night, Good night hun" "Good night Gerald" as he made difficult climb to his room Phoebe wondered why he just didn't sleep down stairs, but he had been stubborn about that. She can never forget that faithful day 2 years ago, it was an exciting game his team in the lead by 6 he was going for a jump shot when he landed he hit the ground wrong his right leg broke in 6 places and tore several tendons that allowed him to walk.